|
Disc One
| TRIAL BY FIRE |
(I warned you. I'm bad at coming up with titles. Hey, I can be even less
creative
that this.)
-Balamb Garden
Draw Points: Cure(r), Esuna, Blizzard(r)
Rare Cards: Quistis, MiniMog
Rule Set:
Balamb
GFs: Quezacotl, Shiva
After an impressive FMV, sequence, you'll see Squall wake up in the
infirmary.
Dr. Kadowaki will ask Squall how he is, and you'll be given a
choice. I'm not sure if the choice you make affects anything.
Then
you'll be asked to name Squall. Change his name if you want. After some
more dialogue, Dr. Kadowaki will call
Squall's instructor, Quistis. Then
you'll see a mysterious girl talk to Squall through the window... she'll
prove
to be an important figure in the game. Then Quistis will come to
take Squall back to class.
Walk down the hallway
with Quistis; there will be some dialogue along
the way. After a while, you won't have to walk. There will be a short
FMV, then the scene will shift to the classroom.
Quistis will talk to the class briefly about the field exam in
the
afternoon, then tell Seifer he should be more careful not to injure his
partner in training. After she dismisses
the class, she'll tell Squall
that he hasn't gone through the Fire Cave yet, and won't be able to go
on the field
exam until he has. Quistis tells you to meet her at the
front gate, and says that you should review the study panel if
you have
any questions.
Note: After completing the field exam, Squall's rank will be determined
by what he
did prior to and during the exam. You'll gain and lose points
for various actions; I'm not sure how points are determined,
though, so
I can only give small suggestions in this version. Hopefully, I'll have
a more thorough breakdown of how
to get points later on.
Go to the study panel and select the GF Tutorial; you'll receive two GFs.
GF Quezacotl's
Stats:
Level 1
Starts with Mag-J, GF, Draw, Magic, Item
GF Shiva's Stats:
Level 1
Starts with Spr-J,
GF, Draw, Magic, Item
Note that if you don't get Quezacotl and Shiva from the study panel,
you'll get them automatically
when you talk to Quistis at the front
gate. You may lose points for this, though; I'm not sure.
Anyways, after
getting your GFs (or not), leave the classroom. You'll
literally run into another student; after some dialogue, she'll
ask you
to take her on a tour. Personally, I agreed; I'm not sure how this
affects your points later, though.
On
the next screen, talk to the guy near the elevator to get 7 Triple
Triad cards. It may not be a good idea to start playing
just yet; you'll
find it much easier to win the card game once you've gotten the Ifrit
Card in the Fire Cavern. However,
there are two rare cards you can win
by playing cards here; the MiniMog card, from a little kid running
around on
the first floor (he doesn't use it often, though), and the
Quistis card, which can be won from any of the Trepies.
The one in the
cafeteria uses it the most, though. (When you get asked which one you
want to talk to, choose the one
in the back. You'll understand when you
do it.) Note that the Trepies only have one Quistis card between them.
Anyways,
once you take the elevator, you'll show the student the
directory if you agreed to give her a tour. Head to the front
gate to
meet Quistis, who'll give you a tutorial on how to use GFs, then join
your party. If you want to skip the
tutorial, hit the Cancel button;
this may cause you to lose points, though. Also, Squall will ask who the
girl at
the infirmary was; Quistis will say she didn't see anyone.
Note that there's a Draw Point with Cure on the screen before
the front
gate; just remember, you need the Draw command set in order to use Draw
Points. There's also a Draw Point
with Esuna in the library (walk near
the bookcase and you'll come to a new screen with the Draw Point clearly
visible)
and one with Blizzard in the Training center. I'll say some more
about the Training Center later, when you have to go
there.
Anyways, after Quistis joins, leave the Garden. Now you'll want to
Junction GFs; I recommend giving Quezacotl
to Squall and Shiva to
Quistis. Next, set your command abilities; since you don't have any
spells now besides a handful
of Cures from the Draw Point, choose GF,
Draw, and Item for both characters. Have both GFs work on learning Boost
first;
it only takes 10 AP to learn and is quite useful when you're
summoning. After that, I suggest HP-J and then Card for Quezacotl
and I
Mag-RF, then Str-J for Shiva. After getting those abilities, get
whatever other ones you want.
Before
going to Fire Cavern, it's a good idea to fight enemies in the
surrounding area to stock up on spells. In the plains,
you'll find lots
of Bite Bugs; you can Draw Fire and Scan from them. The latter isn't
that necessary, so you can skip
it if you want. You'll also occasionally
run into Glacial Eyes; you can draw Blizzard, Cure, and Scan from them.
In
the forests, you'll frequently find Caterchipillars; you can Draw
Cure and Thunder from them, and they occasionally drop
Spider Webs. If
you get one, use it to teach Quistis the Ultra Waves skill. Also, you'll
sometimes find T-Rexaurs
in the forest. If you do, RUN. They're REALLY
strong and have over 10000 HP, so they're quite a pain to kill right
now.
They don't have anything special to Draw either. If you'd prefer
not to run, try to Card it; its card is pretty good.
Finally,
on the beach you'll find a lot of Fastitocalon-Fs. You can Draw
Blizzard, Scan, and Sleep spells from them (the latter
is a good
Junction for Magic at this point) and you get 3 AP for each one. Since
you always fight 2, that's an easy
6 AP. I recommend fighting them until
Shiva learns I Mag-RF, then using that to turn the Fish Fins you'll be
winning
almost constantly into Water spells. Water is the best Junction
you can get at this point without playing cards. After
getting 100 of
all the spells you want for both characters, (some extra Fish Fins and
M-Stone Pieces would be good,
too) head to the Fire Cavern.
*****
-Fire Cavern
Draw Points: Fire(r)
Rare Cards: Ifrit
GFs: Ifrit
When
you reach the Fire Cavern, Quistis will give you a tutorial about
Junctions, (again, you can skip it with the Cancel button)
and then
offer to give you a refresher about your Gunblade. If this is your first
game, you might as well accept.
After that, head to the entrance.
At the entrance, you'll be asked to choose a time limit; go with 20
minutes,
you'll easily finish in that time. If you're replaying, though,
go ahead and choose 10 minutes. Choosing a shorter time
limit will
affect your points later on. (I don't know exactly how, though.)
The path through the Fire Cavern is
fairly straightforward; there's one
intersection a few screens in. Go straight to reach the boss; there's a
Draw Point
with Fire on the right and a dead end on the left, neither of
which is very helpful. You can fight or run from enemies
on the way,
depending on how you're doing for time. At the center of the cave,
you'll find Ifrit...
----BOSS
BATTLE----
Ifrit
Absorb Fire
Weak against Ice, Water
This is fairly easy; have Quistis summon Shiva while
Squall casts
Blizzard spells. (They'll do a little more damage than Water does.) The
timer stops after you win, so
don't worry about not having time to get
out afterwards. When you win, you'll get 20 AP, 8 G-Returners,
the Ifrit
Card, and the Ifrit GF.
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GF Ifrit's Stats:
Level 1
Starts with Str-J, Elem Atk-J,
(Elem Def-J?), GF, Draw, Magic, Item
Quistis will give you a tutorial on how to use Elem Atk-J and Elem Def-J
once
you win. Since Quezacotl and Shiva are probably at a higher level
than Ifrit, have both of them equipped on one person
and Ifrit on the
other so that the GFs level up more evenly. Ifrit should learn Boost
first, then HP-J. After that,
it doesn't matter much.
Leave the cave, then return to Garden.
| FINAL EXAM |
(Told you. This one isn't even
mildly creative.)
-Balamb Garden
New Items: Occult Fan I
Quistis will leave. If you want, go to the Library
and check the
bookshelves for Occult Fan I. Then, head to the Dormitory; go to
Squall's room and change into your
SeeD uniform. Now head over to where
the Directory is and Headmaster Cid will brief you on your mission.
You'll then
drive out of Garden in a car. Take the car to the nearby
town (Balamb) and then watch the short scene where you drive
to the
docks. Get in the ship; there will be a short scene. After a while,
Seifer tells you to look outside; agree.
(you'll probably lose points
otherwise) Leave the small area you're in, and watch the FMV. Then
you'll land on the
beach in...
*****
-Dollet
Draw Points: Blind(r)
GFs: Siren
Cool music, huh? Anyways, at the moment
you've got Squall, Zell, and
Seifer in your party. (Seifer's not following you around, but he is in
your battle party.)
Give each character one GF, and give all of Quistis'
magic to Zell. If you've got some spare Fish Fins like I recommended,
make some Water spells for Seifer. Give everyone the Draw command; this
way, you can Draw from the Galbadian soldiers
when you need healing.
Don't talk to any of the other students; I think you lose points for
this. Head up the stairs
to find a Save Point, then move towards the
next screen. You'll fight two Galbadian soldiers. They're easy to beat,
but
it's a good idea to have Seifer Draw some spells for himself before
doing so. Keep going; after a while, you'll fight
two more Galbadian
soldiers. If Seifer still needs some spells, Draw some here, too. When
you come to the fountain,
you'll have to fight one G-Soldier; no
problem. Then Seifer will tell you to scout the area for enemies. Head
to the
northeast section of the screen, and a G-Soldier will attack.
After defeating the Galbadian Soldier, the rest should
be
straightforward. Take the northwest exit off the screen, then just keep
going forward. After a while, an injured
Dollet soldier will warn you
about monsters, then...
----BOSS BATTLE----
Anacondaur
Actually, the
Anacondaur isn't even a real boss. It is, however, quite
strong compared to the other enemies you've fought. It has around
1200
HP; if you've got some good Strength Junctions, though, it shouldn't be
a problem. Seifer will tell you to let
him finish off the Anacondaur;
doing so may affect your points later.
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After defeating
the Anacondaur, keep going some more. The path is
completely straightforward. After two more screens, Seifer will run
ahead and leave your party; then Selphie (the girl Squall gave a tour to
earlier) will appear and jump down the cliff.
You can do this too, but
it may cost you points; instead, head east and walk. When you reach
Selphie, she'll join;
she inherits Seifer's spells, but just in case
you're paranoid, you might want to Junction Exchange Seifer with Quistis
before he leaves, then Quistis with Selphie.
Anyways, after Selphie joins up, head into the communications tower.
(that's the building right ahead of you, in case you weren't paying
attention) There's a Save Point here, as well
as a Draw Point with
Blind. Save, then go up the elevator...
There's a short scene with a Galbadian commander,
Biggs, talking to a
soldier named Wedge. Then there's an FMV of the communications tower
activating. (looks more like
a big gun than a communications tower...)
Then, Biggs notices you and tries to get away, but Seifer stops him.
Cornered,
Biggs attacks.
----BOSS BATTLE----
Biggs
Weak against Poison
Wedge (appears after some time)
Weak
against Poison
So easy you don't need a strategy. If you want, draw some Esuna spells
from Biggs. When you do enough
damage to one of them, they'll be blown
away by some wind and you'll have to fight...
Elvoret
Flying Monster
This
can be a long battle. There are two notes here; first, you can Draw
the Siren GF from the boss. Second, you can Draw Double
spells, which
are good for Junctions and allow you to cast two spells in one turn. The
quickest way to beat Elvoret
is to have everyone summon their GFs; when
Boosted to around 125%, they'll do around 300 damage to it. When you
win,
you'll get some Cottages or Elixirs, some G-Returners, and the
March Issue of Weapons Monthly, as well as Siren if you
Drew it.
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GF Siren's Stats:
Level 3
Starts with Mag-J, ST Atk-J, ST Def-J, GF,
Draw, Magic, Item
After you defeat Elvoret, Selphie says that you have to get back to the
shore by 1800 hours.
Seifer says that leaves only 30 minutes, and a
timer counts down. You can equip Siren if you want, but I don't
recommend
it, as the clock's ticking. Go down the elevator, save if you
want (I _highly_ recommend using a separate file) and then
leave the
tower. However, Biggs sends a huge spider-like robot to attack you...
----BOSS BATTLE----
X-ATM092
Weak
against Thunder
If you've got Str-J on, you can probably knock it out quickly. Once it's
down, run away.
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Head
to the right quickly. On the next screen, you'll see the robot
shortly; move quickly. When the screen fades, hold left
and the control
pad IMMEDIATELY. If you don't move immediately, the robot will catch up
to you and you'll have to
fight it again. On the next screen, WALK when
you come to about the middle. Otherwise, the ground will shake and
you'll
be forced to fight X-ATM092 again. Next screen... no problem. The
bridge is after that. After you move far enough to the
right, the robot
will jump over you; immediately turn around until you hear it jump
again, _then_ run to the right
and off the screen. This lets you avoid
another battle with it. From here, it should be easy to make it to the
shore,
and when you do, you'll see an FMV of Quistis blasting the robot
with a gatling gun.
Note: Apparently, it's possible
to destroy X-ATM092. I'll have a
strategy for that once I do it.
| TALK ABOUT YOUR LONG DAYS... |
(Be warned.
My titles are going to get worse.)
-Balamb Garden
New Rare Cards: Zell
You'll arrive in the town of Balamb.
With Zell in the party, you can
play cards with his mother; she has the Zell card. Leave town and save
before trying
it, though. Win the card (or don't) and go back to Garden.
You can get into a few fights before you go, though. If you're
going to
build up Siren, I suggest Boost first, then L Mag-RF, then Tool-RF, and
pretty much whatever you want after
that.
When you go back to Garden, Zell and Selphie will leave. Head to the
main lobby; Cid, Xu, and Quistis are
standing in front of the directory.
Talk to them if you want, then head to the right and talk to Seifer.
After a brief
scene, head to the elevator; I don't remember exactly
when, but at some point you'll be told to go to the 2nd floor hallway.
Go there and wait; after a while, one of the Garden Faculty will tell
Squall and Zell they've been chosen as SeeDs.
You'll automatically go to
Headmaster Cid's office and receive your SeeD Rank report; in addition
to Squall and Zell,
Selphie and another student have been chosen as
SeeDs. (You'll later find out that the fourth SeeD's name is Nida.)
After
regaining control, talk to Cid and he'll add a "Battle Meter" to
the tutorial. You may have to talk to him again to play
cards with him
later; I'm not sure.
After talking to Cid, leave the room. You'll automatically take the
elevator
to the second floor walkway. Talk to the others, then head to
the hallway. After a short scene, your SeeD Rank Report
will be
displayed. I'll have a full explanation in a future update, provided
someone gives me the information.
Now
you're in the Dormitory; Selphie tells Squall to go to his room and
get his SeeD uniform. Do so, then leave the room and
go to the dance. At
the dance, Zell and Selphie will talk to you; Selphie asks if you'll
join the Garden Festival
committee. Answer either way, then she'll
leave; then, a girl in a white dress asks Squall to dance. After some
more
dialogue, you'll get to see a rather amusing FMV of the dance. =)
After the dance, the girl leaves... but you'll be meeting
her again soon
enough...
Quistis then appears and compliments Squall on his dance, then tells him
about the
"secret area" at the Training Center. She tells Squall to
change into his regular clothes, then meet her at the Training
center;
leave the screen and you'll automatically be in Squall's dormitory. Go
into Squall's room and change. Now
leave and head to the Training
Center. Quistis will give you a Tutorial about Status Junctions, and
tell you that
Junctioning Sleep on your weapon will make it easier to
defeat T-Rexaurs.
In the Training Center, you'll mostly
encounter Grats; you can Draw
Sleep and Silence from them. You should have plenty of the former, but
the latter are
good to have too. Draw 100, because there's going to be a
Boss that uses Silence soon, and you'll want them for status
defense.
You'll also find T-Rexaurs occasionally; you can run, or you can be
prepared by giving Squall Ifrit and
Siren, with 100 Blizzards on Elem
Atk (T-Rexaur is weak against Ice) and 100 Sleeps on ST Atk, as well as
a good Strength
junction (like Water). Quistis should summon Shiva and
use Boost. You can also try Carding T-Rexaur once its HP drops
below
about half. You won't get any Exp that way, but you will get 10 AP.
At any rate, getting through the Training
center is fairly simple. Go
either left or right; there's a Draw Point with Blizzard on the right
path. Also, a man
sometimes appears here and sells you items, but I'm
not sure when he firsts shows up. Anyways, the "secret area" is near
the
save point. At the secret area, Quistis explains that she's been demoted
from an instructor to a normal SeeD;
Squall doesn't care. This scene
pretty much tells you what to expect of Squall for much of the game...
After the
scene, save, then head out of the Training Center. When you
try to leave, you'll see the girl from the infirmary being
attacked by a
huge insect; she'll recognize Squall and Quistis, then the monster
attacks you.
----BOSS BATTLE----
Granaldo
Flying
Monster
Raldo*3
This battle is EASY. Draw Sleep from Granaldo and cast it on him; it
works rather often.
The Raldos won't attack, Granaldo will just whack
you with them. Kill two of them, (they only have a couple hundred HP)
then Draw Protects from the last one, putting Granaldo back to sleep
when necessary. You can also draw Shell and Blind
from Granaldo; you
don't need a lot of Blinds, but Shell will be quite useful. Once you've
got all the spells you
want, kill the last Raldo, then kill Granaldo
with your strongest attacks. You'll win a bunch of Wizard Stones.
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After
the battle, some strange troops will take the girl with them, and
Squall and Quistis will wonder who she was...
I
suggest turning the Wizard Stones into Curagas with L Mag-RF, then
Junctioning those to HP. Anyways, once you leave the
Training Center,
Quistis will talk to Squall briefly and then leave. Head back to the
Dormitory; when you go there,
Zell tells you that as a Seed, you've got
a new room. Squall will head off to sleep, thereby ending one of the
longest
days in RPG history.
| FOREST OWLS |
(Yes, I believe I've already told you about my amazingly creative
titles.)
-Balamb
Garden
New Rare Cards: Seifer, Diablos
New GFs: Diablos
Items: Magic Lamp, Pet Pals Vol.1, Weapons Mon Apr
You'll wake up in Squall's new room the
next day. Check the desk for a
Weapons Monthly issue. Then head out of the Garden; Cid and a Garden
Faculty will tell
you about your first mission; to go to Timber and meet
with a resistance organization. After the scene, talk to Cid and
he'll
give you a Magic Lamp; even if you don't talk to him, he'll give you the
Lamp when you try to leave. The Magic
Lamp will allow you to challenge
Diablos. I'll explain that in a second.
Before heading to Timber, there's one more rare card you can get; head
back into Garden and go to the elevator.
You'll be allowed to take the
elevator to the third floor, where Cid's office is. Here, you can play
cards with him;
he has the Seifer card, a VERY good card. Try to win it
now if possible.
Now, for Diablos.
----BOSS BATTLE----
Diablos
GF
Draw: Demi, Cure
(Now, let me explain something. If you want the GF, Diablos, as soon as you get out of Balamb Garden, follow my strategy
EXACTLY.)
Diablos is very strong. He can kill one of your members (and I'm talking about the time right after you get out of Garden)
with one of his physical attacks. He uses Demi on one of your characters, or Demija on all of your characters. Demi reduces
your character's HP by 1/4, and Demija reduces your characters' HP by 3/4.
At the beginning of the battle, do not use any GF's. Just try to draw Demi from him. Draw and Stock, not cast. It will
take a while to successfully draw from him, and when you do, you will only get one or two Demi's. But they are extremely helpful.
Now, cast Demi on him. When you do, and I don't know why, but he will then cast Curaga on the person who cast Demi on him.
Maybe he's stupid. But continue casting Demi on him until it reaches the point where it only does about 1000 damage. After
that, unleash the wrath of your other GF's on him until he is defeated. You should only have to summon your GF's 3 or 4 times,
though. After that, you have the GF Diablos!
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Anyways, to get to Timber, you'll have to go to the train station in
Balamb. To get there, go to Balamb, and
go left at the second screen.
The Queen of Cards is at the station. Even if you don't want to do that side quest just
yet, you can still play her to get a better trade rule, like Diff or All.
This will make your future card games more rewarding;
be careful of the
Direct rule, though.
You'll have to pay 3000 gil for a train ticket. Do so, then get on the
train.
There's a short scene; when it's over, follow Zell into your
cabin. Zell gives you a Pet Pals magazine; (more on those
later) then
Selphie comes in, and everybody falls asleep...
*****
-Laguna Flashback 1
Draw Points: Cure(r),
Water(r)
You're probably wondering what the heck just happened. You're now in
control of three Galbadian soldiers
named Laguna, Kiros, and Ward.
You'll notice that your items and abilities have been transferred to
these guys; Laguna
has Squall's abilities and a gun, Kiros has Zell's abilities and two blades, and Ward has Selphie's abilities and a harpoon.
Their Limit Breaks are different, though. Anyways, just follow the path; it's completely straightforward, but you'll see some
grayed-out text in the dialogue boxes... those are Squall's thoughts. You'll be fighting Funguars and Geezards here; they
don't pose much of a threat. Once you reach the car at the end, you'll arrive in Deling City automatically.
Laguna
parks the car in the middle of the street, despite Kiros'
protests; then he offers to take Kiros and Ward for a drink.
Head to the
right, then up one screen. You'll come to the Hotel. Use the Save Point
if you want. Now, go downstairs;
the waitress will offer to show you to
your table. Pick the greyed-out choice a few times for some laughs;
eventually,
you'll want to accept. Once Laguna, Kiros, and Ward are
sitting down, Julia will come on to play the piano; Kiros and
Ward will
tell Laguna to go and wave to her. Walk towards Julia. After some
dialogue, Julia will come to Laguna's
table and sit down; she'll then
invite him to her room to talk. (I said to talk, you sickos.) Talk to
people if you
want, then head upstairs. Talk to the guy at the front
desk and pick the option refering to Julia. You'll be taken up
there;
Julia will offer Laguna a seat. After you regain control, talk to Julia
for some more dialogue. The scene ends
with Kiros telling Laguna they
have a new assignment...
After that, Squall, Zell, and Selphie wake up. Selphie
said she had a
great dream, then mentions Laguna's name; Zell says there was a Laguna
in HIS dream too, and then they
realize that the three of them must have
had the same dream. After some more dialogue, the train will arrive in
Timber.
Timber: Forest Owls' Base
Rare Cards: Angelo
Items: Pet Pals Vol.2
When you get off the train, you'll
be met by somebody. If you payed any
attention at all to the mission briefing, you know that the correct
response
is "But the owls are still around". Pick the wrong one and
you'll see a rather amusing scene. ^_^ However, if you pick
the wrong
one, I think you'll only gain 1 SeeD rank from successfully completing
the upcoming mission. Anyways, the
man will lead you to a train. This
train is the base of the Forest Owls, one of many resistance groups
dedicated to
the independence of Timber. On the train, another man
introduces himself as Zone, leader of the Forest Owls, and introduces
the guy who brought you here as Watts. They'll tell Squall to go and
wake up "the princess". Note: You can play cards
with Watts. He has the
Angelo card. If you're wondering "Who's Angelo?", you'll see soon
enough.
Anyways, head
up the stairs. On the next screen, there's a Save Point in
the room to your left; be sure to make full use of it during
this part.
Head up one more screen and into the next room to find the "princess".
It turns out that the "princess"
is the girl from the dance; you'll
quickly find that she's very enthusiastic (to say the least) about
having SeeD
helping the Forest Owls. She'll leave, then realize she
forgot to tell you her name; you'll be able to name her. Rinoa
is the
default. She'll then introduce you to her dog, who you can also name;
the default name is Angelo. Then you'll
get a Tutorial about how to use
Rinoa's Limit Breaks. You have a Pet Pals magazine, so read it and
you'll be able
to have Rinoa learn Angelo Strike. Anyways, head to the
meeting room for your mission briefing.
Rinoa, Zone, and
Watts will go over the plan. The explanation is long,
but what you actually have to do is fairly simple. BTW, if you don't
understand how to enter the codes, you have to push the appropriate
buttons on the controller. Anyways, after the
briefing's done, save.
(Sidenote: You can look at the dummy president in the Save Point room
and talk to the Forest
Owls in the room for more details about it.)
Also, head to Rinoa's room and you can find Pet Pals Vol.2, which
teaches
Angelo Recover. When you're ready to start the mission, talk to
Watts and tell him you're ready.
You'll now start
on top of the Forest Owl's train. (Note: This is some
pretty cool music.) Move left and talk to Rinoa. The President's
train
will show up, and a timer will appear. Rinoa jumps over to the other
train; do the same by pressing the X button.
I'm not sure if you can
mess up the timing on this one, or what happens if you do. Anyways, on
the next car you'll
have to deal with the sensors. This isn't that
tricky; if you move quickly, you don't have to worry about the sensors
at all. However, if you do have to worry, in case you don't remember
your briefing, stay still if the blue guard is
below you; if it's the
red, move.
Once you're on the next screen, you'll meet up with Rinoa. The timer
disappears
and freezes during this part. After a scene showing what's
happening in the President's car, you'll be on the 1st escort
car. Zell
and Selphie will keep an eye on the guards for you; you can also take a
look for yourself with the L1 button.
Anyways, Rinoa asks if you
remember how to enter the codes; the timer's stopped, so there's no time
penalty for hearing
it again. (It might affect the rank increase later,
though.) Just go down, (note: the timer starts up again when you're
able
to go down) and when Rinoa calls out the codes, enter them quickly. You
can probably enter all 3 codes before
the guards reach you, but play
it safe and stop after the second if you need to. After entering all the
codes, you'll
automatically climb back up. Head to the right. After
another scene, you'll be uncoupling the 2nd escort car. This one
takes 5
codes, and you won't have Zell and Selphie watching the guards, so it's
a bit trickier and you'll have to
climb back up at least once. I
suggest climbing up after entering the second code, waiting for the
guards to pass,
then entering the last 3 codes all at once. After
entering all the codes, you're done; head to the left.
Note:
If you get caught by the guards, you'll have two choices. The
first choice is something along the lines of "No big deal".
The second
is "It's all over...". If you pick the first choice, you'll start back
at the section you were at with
about an extra minute. However, you
won't get the rank increase. If you pick the second choice, you'll get a
Game
Over.
You'll now be back on the Forest Owls' train. If you did everytyhing
correctly on the train and gave the
correct password when you met Watts,
your SeeD rank will go up by two; if you did everything right on the
train but
gave the wrong password, your rank will only go up by one. (As
far as I can tell, anyways.) Anyways, Rinoa will say that
she's going to
enter "serious negotiations" with the President. You'll go to the menu
screen to re-equip GFs; Zell's
and Selphie's have been unjunctioned, so
make sure to set them up again. I suggest putting 100 Silences on ST Def
for
the character with Siren; it'll be quite helpful.
Save, then talk to Rinoa and tell her you're ready. You'll go into
the
President's car, only to find you kidnapped a fake. Then the fake
attacks you.
----BOSS BATTLE----
Fake
President
This is easy. The Fake President attacks you, but he doesn't do much
damage. Draw Cure spells if you
need to restock. After taking some
damage, he turns into...
Gerogero
Undead monster
Very weak against Holy
Weak
against Water, Ice
Immune to Poison
(You knew he was going to turn into a monster. Admit it.)
If you didn't
get a whole bunch of Esunas and Doubles from the battle at
the Dollet Communications Tower, now would be a good time to
Stock them.
Gerogero mainly uses status ailments on you; Berserk, Slow, and Silence
are the major worries. If he casts
one of these on you, Draw Esuna from
him and cast it on the afflicted member. (The reason I suggested putting
Silence
on Status Defense was to prevent Silence on one character, which
may make the battle go faster.) He also hits you with
Blind and Curse,
but these are less of a problem. Heal when you need it. In addition to
Esuna and Double, you can
Draw Zombie and Berserk from him; however,
these aren't very useful for now, so you can go without if you want.
After
you're satisfied with your spell stock, you can kill him quickly;
just Draw Double from him, cast it on yourselves, and
cast two Cure
spells on him every turn. Since he's undead, Cure will damage him, and
with 100 Waters on Magic, it
will hit him for about 400 HP each time. No
problem. You'll win some Zombie Powders and 20 AP.
-------------------
After
defeating Gerogero, you'll be back in the briefing room. Watts
will come in with some new information. It seem that Deling
is in Timber
to make a broadcast from their old TV station, which seems to be why
they fixed up the Dollet Communications
Tower. After some more talking,
you'll gain control of Squall. Talk to Rinoa. After some more dialogue,
you'll make
a party with Rinoa in it to go to the TV station. When you
want to get off the train, talk to Watts and tell him you're
ready.
Note: This is your LAST chance to get the Angelo card and Pet Pals Vol.2
for quite a while, so be sure you
have them before getting off the
train.
There will be a short scene, then you'll be in Timber.
*****
-Timber
Draw Points: Cure(r), Scan(r)
Hidden Draw Points: Blizzaga
Items: Girl Next Door, [Buel Card], [Tonberry
Card] or [Forbidden Card]
Enemies: G-Soldier, Elite Soldier
Head back towards the train station. Here, you'll find
a Pet Shop. This
sells some useful items, such as Amnesia Greens (make a GF forget an
ability, allowing you to teach
it a different one) and two Pet Pals
magazines, which teach Invincible Moon and Angelo Reverse.
BIG TIP! The Pet
Store sells GF, Draw, Magic, and Item Scrolls. The
purpose of these scrolls is to reteach the appropriate ability to your
GFs if you used Amnesia Greens to forget it. However, they have another
use; with Siren's Tool-RF, each scroll can
be made into 10 Wizard
Stones! That's 50 3rd-level spells. This will be especially useful to
keep in mind once you
get the Call Shop ability later on.
Anyways, the train's not running now, so you can't go back to Balamb.
You also
can't leave Timber; if you head to the gate, you'll see a pair
of Galbadian soldiers harrassing two guards and you'll
get into a fight.
The guards will be grateful if you defeat the soldiers, but they won't
be able to let you through.
You also can't stay at the hotel (the owner
warns Rinoa that there are Galbadians staying there), but there's a Save
Point
in there, so be sure to use it. Next to the inn is a junk shop
where you can remodel your weapons if you have the parts.
Since you
probably don't (unless you've been playing a lot of cards), just ignore
it.
Anyways, head back to
where the Forest Owls' train was and leave the
screen by the Northeast exit. You'll see the Timber Maniacs building
right
ahead of you; go inside. Examine the magazines in the first room;
in one pile, you'll find the "Girl Next Door" magazine.
Hold on to this;
it'll let you get the Shiva card later on. (DF's Note: Here's where
Matt's part of the walkthrough
begins.) That yellow magazine laying on
floor in the back room is an old issue of "Timber Maniacs" (the
magazine);
get it. In this same room, you can talk to the man in the far
back for some rather amusing scenes. (No matter which option
you pick,
the guy starts rambling on about nothing, and Squall gets angry. ^_^)
Before leaving, go in the small
'closet' left of the front desk. You
can't see it (even with Move-Find set), but there's a Blizzaga draw
point somewhere
behind the shelves; just feel around for it, you're
bound to find it eventually. Unfortunatly, this particular draw point
never recharges... Once you've gotten everything, leave Timber Maniacs.
The house next door isn't of any real importance.
Talk to the lady
wearing the apron to learn that you can get to the TV Station by way of
the back alley behind the
pub. She says you can see the alley from the
window upstairs, and suggests you take a look. Might as well... Well,
it's
not much of a sight, but it gives you an idea of what to do next.
Oh, and despite what the kids say, you don't lose any
money. Speaking of
those kids... Notice how they seem to be speaking in "AOL" language? =P
(It's not r kitty
u know!)
Back in the city, head right. The pub that you're headed for is
downstairs, but go into the tunnel to
the right first. At the entrance
is some strange girl who's willing to give you 'secret information'.
It's not at
all useful, though, so you can just ignore her and go right
into the tunnel. You'll come out on some train tracks in a
back part of
the city. Climb the stairs and go into the small house. Talk to the old
man sitting on the couch, and
he'll ask if you like beverages; say yes,
and he'll allow you to drink some water from the tap on the opposite
wall.
This seems rather pointless at first, but try taking him up on his
offer and having a drink. This is no ordinary water,
but rather the
"Owl's Tears" that Watts spoke of. Your HP will be restored to full. Oh
yeah... Should you wanna be
a heartless jerk, you can steal 500 Gil from
the old man by repeatedly examining the cupboard below the mirror. If
you
do this, however, you lose access to the Owl's Tears...
Anyway, across the bridge just outside the house is a save
point. Use it
if you need to, but don't waste time taking either of the lower roads
here, as they just lead to pointless
dead ends; go back through the
tunnel you came from, and head downstairs.
Just outside the pub, you'll hear two
Galbadia Soldiers gloating over a
card they swiped from one of the town citizens, and when they spot you,
they attack.
After beating them, you'll get the card they stole: a Buel
card. In the area near the pub are two points of interest:
an item shop
and a 'Cure' draw point. Buy stuff if you want, then enter the pub.
(Finally...)
There's some
drunk here ranting about the town's situation, who mentions
that some soldiers stole his card. Well, that door behind
him that he's
convienient blocking is the way to the back alley, so you might as well
talk to him... You have two options
here.
(DF's Note: Matt hadn't tried buying him a drink, so I've altered this
part a bit.)
1) You can offer
to buy him a drink for 100 gil, at which point you'll
get 6 choices for what drink to give him. If you give him the right
drink, he'll move; if you give him the wrong one, you've just wasted 100
gil. If you want to do it this way, talk
to the other customer in the
pub to find out what color bottles the drinks are in, and which ones are
"sweet" and
"bitter". Then, look at the drunk to see what color bottle
he's holding, then to the waitress to find out whether he likes
"sweet"
or "bitter" drinks. (Though I think the waitress has it wrong.) Give him
the right drink and he'll move out
of the way, as well as giving you a
Forbidden card.
2) Alternatively, you can offer to give the card you won outside
back to
him. In thanks, he lets you keep it, and gives you a Tonberry card as
well. He then asks the owner to move
him out of the way, clearing the
path to the back door.
Two things here: A save point, and a 'Scan' draw point.
(For some
reason, though, it doesn't always seem to be here, and it's not hidden.)
Use them if you'd like, then head
left and go up the long staircase. At
the top, you'll be stopped by Watts, who says that the whole TV station
is under
heavy guard, and that it'd be a bad idea to just bust in. Rinoa
hesitates a bit, then decides to change her plan. At this
point, Squall
gets angry at the Timber Owls' general lack of organization, and starts
yelling at Rinoa... Upset, she
runs off, and Selphie shows up to take
her place. There's now a scene where President Deling makes his live
broadcast
-- the first one in 17 years. Unfortunatly, he's not
announcing Timber's independance as Rinoa had hoped... Instead, he
speaks of 'peace talks', using his new ambassador, the Sorceress... His
'noble' speech is cut short, however, by a
rather untimely visit from
Seifer and Quistis. Seifer, in his usual nature, tears the place
up, cutting off the broadcast,
but not before Quistis orders Squall's
group to assist them. The team then dashes up the stairs. Make your way
to
the TV station now, and you'll witness a long chain of scenes, which
results in Zell accidentally revealing to Galbadia
that they're from
Balamb Garden, and the Sorceress making her grand appearance, then
disappearing with Seifer...
After
the events have played out, you'll end up back outside the TV
station. Head back down the stairs, where Rinoa and Quistis
are waiting.
Rinoa reveals that their base was found by Galbadia and was totally
destroyed. Fortunately, Zone and
Watts managed to escape. After
informing you of this, the women run down the stairs. At the bottom of
the staircase,
Rinoa will suggest that they get out of Timber for a
while, and runs off again. You'll meet up with Rinoa yet again at
the
bar, where a woman suggests that the team hide out at her house for a
while. To get there, just follow the girls,
and enter the house next to
the Timber Maniacs building. After a short discussion about the fate of
Seifer, the woman
comes back upstairs and tells you that the Galbadia
Soldiers are withdrawing from town. The team then decides the next
plan
of action. The Garden code states that after a mission, if the main
Garden is unavailable, report to the nearest
Garden. In this case,
Galbadia Garden. (Excuse me? "Galbadia" Garden? Aren't we trying
to get *away* from Galbadia?
^_^) After forming a team (which can now
include Quistis), head back out into town. Before leaving, however, the
woman gives you a Potion, a Phoenix Down, a Soft, an Antidote, and a
Remedy.
Back in town, you'll notice a
lone Galbadia soldier roaming around...
Though it may not seem like the most intelligent thing to do given the
situation,
go over and talk to him. Turns out it's not a soldier at all,
just your old friend Watts in disguise. He says that the
trains are out
of service, but that one last train will be heading out of town shortly.
Now head right, and you'll
be stopped by a "Mystery Man", who turns out
to be Zone. He tells you thst all the tickets to the last train out of
town
are gone, but that he managed to get the last five... He and Watts
remain in town, allowing your team to escape via train...
Head into the
tunnel, and cross the bridge and head south. This is the train station.
Board the train, and ride it
out of town.
You've finished the main stuff here, but there's still some stuff to get
should you wish to return
to Timber. The inn is now opened, and you can
find another issue of "Timber Maniacs" in the hotel room. (DF's Note:
Too
cheap to pay for the inn, but still want the magazine? There's a way
to get into the hotel room for free, although you
can only do it once.
First, go to the railway bridge near the "Owl's Tears" house. You'll see
a girl stuck on the
tracks, and hear a train. Talk to the girl a few
times and the screen will flash white, then you'll be in the room and
can get the magazine. My, that was a long note.)
Also, a man standing on the bridge overlooking the three railways
will
give you a free Potion if Quistis is on the team (or maybe you just need
a female; I'll check). (DF's note: In
my old game, he always mentioned
Rinoa... strange.) He'll run off, but he'll return later, so basically,
you can get
an endless number of potions from him. Also, there's a man
outside the Timber Maniacs building who says that he's starting
to think
he should give up. Tell him "No way", and he'll reward you with a Pet
Nametag later. Finally, if you wanted
that 500 Gil from the man in the
"Owl's Tears" house, but didn't want to lose the healing feature, go
ahead and do
it now. You don't need it anymore now that the inn is
opened. Still, this is a rather stupid act, and it may lower your
SeeD
rank.
| ESCAPE |
(This is about the least creative title yet...)
-After Timber...
If you
want, you can stay on the train and get off near Dollet. See Side
Quests for things you can do there.
At any rate,
your goal is a small forest near the East Academy station.
Before going in, make sure Squall, Quistis, and Selphie are
well-
junctioned. Inside the forest, you'll meet up with your other two
teammates and there'll be some dialogue, where
Squall is his usual
charming self. =P After a while, Squall, Selphie, and Quistis will fall
down... Rinoa will ask
what happened, and Zell will say he thinks they
went to the 'dream world'...
-Laguna Flashback 2
Draw Points:
Sleep(r), Confuse(r), Cure(r)
Hidden Draw Points: ?
Laguna time again. Squall is Laguna (he always is), Selphie
is Kiros,
and Quistis is Ward.
Laguna, Ward, and Kiros will talk for a bit, then you'll gain control.
On the
next screen, there's a Draw Point with Sleep; use it if you need
to. Head across the walkway, and you'll be attacked.
In the first
battle, you'll be back-attacked by one Esthar Soldier; then you'll fight
three. Not a major problem.
You'll probably get a few Potions from
defeating them.
A few comments before I continue with this walkthrough.
Considerably
later in the game, you'll be able to explore this place again, and the
things Laguna does here will affect
what items you can get when you do.
Follow this walkthrough and you should (hopefully) be able to get all
the items
later. Also, a note on enemies. There are 4 kinds of enemies
you'll fight in this place. You've dealt with the standard
Esthar
Soldiers already, and you'll be fighting more of them. There are also
cyborg Esthar Soldiers; they're somewhat
stronger than the normal ones.
There are two ways to tell them apart; by color, or if you're not sure
about the color,
see what they have to Draw. If there's no Cure spell of
any level, it's a cyborg. Neither type of Esthar Soldier can be
Carded.
The other two enemies are Elastoids and Gespers. You can draw Dispel
from the Elastoids, and make their cards
into Steel Pipes. The Gespers
have Shell and Protect spells to Draw, and Float if they're at a high
enough level.
They also frequently drop Black Holes, which teach Quistis
Degenerator, and can be made into Demi spells with Diablos'
Time Mag-RF.
If you have the time, get 100 Demi spells for each character and
Junction them to your Magic stat. You
can Card the Gespers and make
their cards into Black Holes as well.
That said, head inside the excavation site;
there are two entrances on
this screen. One is a door, the other is just a ladder. If you go down
the ladder, Laguna
will get a leg cramp; I'm not sure if this affects
anything. However, I suggest going down the ladder first, if only to
save a little bit of time.
Head up one screen and left one screen, then examine the rubble near the
bottom
of the new screen. Laguna will pick up an old key, but it will
fall out of his back pocket. Go left three screens and
examine the
rubble on the left side of the screen; Laguna will find another key, and
put it in his shirt pocket. However,
he sneezes, and loses the key
again. (I don't know if getting the keys affects anything, but I don't
think it hurts.)
The ladder here will lead to the other entrance to the
facility; ignore it for now and go back one screen.
There
are 3 panels here; when you walk across the one in the middle,
you'll hear a clicking sound. There's a lever on the panel;
examine it.
(It's near the top of the screen.) Laguna will notice that the lever is
loose, and suggest loosening it
all the way to set a trap for the Esthar
soldiers. Kiros and Ward are skeptical; after the brief dialogue, you'll
have
the option to either tamper with the lever or ignore it; tamper
with it. You won't be able to cross the panel after tampering
with it,
but do it anyway. Leave the screen, and an Esthar Soldier will walk over
the panel, which will open under
him and make him plummet. Go back to
the ladder where you came in; climb up and you'll be back outside the
place.
Go in through the door. There's a walkway here, and you have
three paths you can take. The left path leads quickly to
a dead end; the
right path leads to a Draw Point with Confuse. Use it if you want, then
take the middle path. This
leads to a ladder; climb down.
This screen should look familiar. Go down and you'll be back on the
screen with
the panels. You can only access the leftmost panel; you'll
notice it clicks when you walk on it. Examine the lever and
you'll be
given the choice to tamper with it again. Do so; Kiros and Ward will
stop you, pointing out that if you
_do_ mess with it, you'll be stuck
there. However, once you've triggered this event, you can open that
panel another
way...
Retrace your steps to the other side of this screen, then examine the
lever on the rightmost panel. Again,
choose to tamper with it; it's
stuck, but again, you can open the panel by another means...
Go back to the screen
where you found (and lost) the first key. From
there, go up two screens. You'll see a small, black object on the
ground;
examine it. As the ensuing dialogue reveals, it's a detonator.
You'll have the option of using it to move either the nearby
boulder or
the one further down; first, choose to move the one further down. There
will be a short scene where you
see an Esthar Soldier run away from the
boulder; also, if you tried to tamper with the leftmost panel, you'll
see
it fall open now. Use the detonator again, on the nearby boulder
now. Laguna and company will run away, and you'll see
the boulder roll
down, scaring away some Esthar soldiers. If you messed with the
rightmost panel, it'll fly open at
this point, too. Laguna, Kiros, and
Ward will come back onscreen and make some comments, then you'll be back
in control.
Leave the same way they did, and continue for a couple of
screens until you see a boulder. Examine the boulder, and Laguna
will
push it, taking care of another Esthar soldier. You'll also be able to
use the Draw Point, which has Cure. Yay.
On the next screen is a much-
needed Save Point. Use it, then use the exit on the top of the screen.
(the path on the
right just loops back to where you've been) If you
didn't trigger the traps, you'll have to fight a whole bunch of battles
with Esthar soldiers; if you _did_ trigger them, however, you'll only
have to fight one battle against two cyborgs.
When you defeat the second
one, he'll use an attack called Soul Crush, knocking Kiros and Ward down
to 1 HP...
After
the battle, there'll be some more dialogue, and the flashback will
end. Squall, Quistis, and Selphie will wake up in the
forest, there will
be some more dialogue, then you'll leave. Note that the forest will just
be an ordinary forest
if you go back. Also, Quistis and Selphie are now
at 1 HP; if you don't want to bother healing them, just switch Zell
and
Rinoa in. Head to the nearby structure; this is Galbadia Garden.
*****
-Galbadia Garden
Draw Points:
Shell(r), Life(r)
Hidden Draw Points: Haste, Double(r?)
When you enter the Garden, you'll be treated to a short
FMV. After you
regain control, just head through the next two screens. There will be a
short dialogue sequence when
you reach the gates. Go through the gates
to reach the main hall. There will be an announcement over the PA asking
you
to head to the 2F reception room. To get there, go straight ahead
(check the beam of light for a hidden Draw Point with
Haste) until you
come to a room with some stairs. (Note: If you keep going straight at
this point, you'll find a Draw
Point with Shell after a couple of
screens. Also, if you go left from the main hall, you can get to the ice
rink;
you can't get the Draw Point _in_ the rink yet, but you can head
left to the locker room and a Draw Point with Life.)
Go up the stairs,
and the reception room is behind the door at the bottom of the screen.
Inside, the party splits,
and you control Squall. Talk to Rinoa and
Selphie if you want; when you talk to Zell, Quistis will come in. In the
ensuing
dialogue, Quistis says that Seifer has been executed by the
Galbadian government... When you regain control, talk to Rinoa,
then
Quistis. Squall will get frustrated. Head towards the door, and he'll
suddenly snap at everyone, then run out
the door. Note: If you head
right from this screen, you'll reach a circular walkway above the main
hall. This leads
to an auditorium where you can find a hidden Draw Point
with Double.
Go down the stairs (Zell's doing push-ups...
heh.) and head back towards
the main hall. Just as you leave the screen, Fujin and Raijin will come
and talk to Squall.
When Squall tells them that Seifer is reportedly
dead, they won't believe it. After they leave, there will be an
announcement
telling you to go to the front gate. Go there and
Headmaster Martine will appear when you talk to Rinoa. (Note that Rinoa
has a bit of trouble with the salute... heh.) Martine will talk for a
while about your mission, then hand Squall the
orders. Squall will
comment that the orders call for a sniper, and nobody on the team has
that skill. Martine says
not to worry, and introduces Irvine, a
sharpshooter from Galbadia Garden. Irvine now joins the party, and you
have
all the main characters. Now, talk to Selphie and Squall will
explain the orders. Your mission is to assassinate the sorceress.
After Squall explains the orders, Irvine will say it's time to choose a
party. The screen will fade; when it comes
back, Irvine will be standing
between Rinoa and Selphie, and ask how this party is. If you choose to
accept, you'll
see a rather funny scene and be left with a party of
Squall, Zell, and Quistis. If you don't, the party selection screen
will
come up. Either way, Squall will give a tutorial on how to switch
members, then you'll leave Galbadia Garden.
You can head to Deling City
now; if that's what you want to do, head to the clearly visible train.
However, you
may want to take this opportunity to get some Level 6
cards. If so, go back into the Garden. Take the northeast exit from
the
main hall, then take the door on the right on the next screen. There's
three students here, all of whom are card
players. The girl (who says
something like, "We're too old for cards") uses all the Level 6 cards.
Keep playing her
until you have whatever cards you want, then leave the
Garden and head to the train. Go up the stairs, and pay 3000 gil
to
board the train.
Once you're on the train, head to the door you came in by and the other
team members will
arrive. Selphie will head to the hall, and Irvine will
follow her; go after them to see a short scene. After that, head
back to
the others. There will be another short scene, then you'll arrive in
Deling City.
By the way, now that
you have Irvine, this might be a good time to start
learning Ifrit's Ammo-RF.
| OBLIGATORY FETCH QUEST |
(Amazingly,
it's the only one....)
-Deling City
Draw Points: Thundara(r)
Hidden Draw Points: ?
Rare Cards: Kiros (see
Queen of Cards side quest)
Leave the train station by the south side of the screen. Then go up the
stairs. After
a brief FMV, your other two team members will be visible,
but Squall won't; move up and he'll appear on the screen eventually.
Talk to either team member and Squall explains that you're supposed to
meet with General Caraway. On the next screen,
there will be a man
standing by the road; when you see the bus arrive, talk to the man to
get on. This bus will go
right to Caraway's Mansion. Get off and talk to
the guard. He explains that before you can meet with General Caraway,
you have to go to the Tomb of the Unknown King and find an ID number to
prove you were there. (The ID number is different
in every game, so you
basically have to go to the tomb.) Then he gives you a map of the tomb,
and explains how to
use it. (hold Select when in the tomb; when the map
is up, you can leave by pressing the Triangle button, but your SeeD
rank
will drop) After that, you'll be given several choices:
-Ready to answer
Pretty much self-explanatory.
Don't bother with this until you've found
the ID, though.
-Buy a hint for 3000 Gil
If you choose this, the guard
tells you that there's a GF inside the
tomb, and recommends you buy the location displayer if you're going to
try
and find it. Not worth the price.
-Buy a location displayer for 5000 gil
If you buy this, you can see where you
are in the tomb when you look at
the map. However, it's not too hard to find your way around in the tomb,
so don't
bother with this unless you have a _really_ bad sense of
direction.
-Talk
The guard repeats what you're supposed
to do and where the tomb is.
-Ask him to escort us out of town
The guard takes you to the entrance to the town,
and suggests you rent a
car.
After talking to the guard, head out of town and to the tomb. If you're
having
trouble finding it, look at the world map. There's a place just
northeast of Deling City where two small peninsulas almost
meet; the
Tomb is at the edge of the peninsula on the west side. If you don't
understand those directions, just head
northeast from Deling City and
you'll get to the tomb soon enough.
-Tomb of the Unknown King
Draw Points: Protect, Float
Hidden Draw Points: Cura
Rare Cards: Sacred, Minotaur
(see Side Quests)
GFs: Brothers (see Side Quests)
When you reach the tomb, you'll see two Garden students run out.
There's
a Save Point here, and a Draw Point with Protect. Use them if you want,
then head inside the tomb.
The
ID number is on a sword in the second screen inside the tomb. You
might want to write it down. That's all you have to
do here, but it's a
good idea to get the Brothers GF before going back. See the Side Quests
section for more details.
|
THE SORCERESS |
(I suppose that title works...)
-Deling City: Parade
New Draw Points: Esuna(r), Zombie(r)
New
Hidden Draw Points: Bio (r)
GFs: Carbuncle
Items: Weapons Mon May
After finishing your business at the tomb,
go back to Deling City. Go to
Caraway's Mansion and give the guard the ID number. (Note: You give the
ones digit first,
then the tens digit, then the hundreds digit.) Now you
can go to the mansion.
When you approach the doors, Squall
will start wondering why both
Gardens are working with General Caraway, then decide it's not his place
to think about
it. There's a Save Point by the doors; use it if you want
before going inside. (there's no real need right now, though)
You'll
find yourself in the waiting room, and your teammates are getting
impatient. Talk to Rinoa, and she'll go to
talk to Caraway, mentioning
that this is her house. After she leaves the room, Carway comes in;
you'll learn that
he's Rinoa's father and the two of them don't get
along. He says he's decided that she should stay out of the operation
since she hasn't received the same type of training as the SeeDs. After
a brief dialogue, Caraway will lead you around
the town, explaining the
plan along the way. Don't get too caught up with the details of the
plan; the actual sequence
will be much less complex. After finishing,
Caraway says to meet him back at his mansion when you're ready. Note
that
Rinoa is unavailable at the moment. Also, after this point, you're
going to be using the Junction Exchange option a _lot_...
Back
at the mansion, Caraway will decide on the teams. Squall and Irvine
will form the sniper team, while Quistis, Zell, and
Selphie will handle
the gate. You're in control of Quistis now; head for the door and Rinoa
will rush in, knocking
Quistis back. Rinoa wants to help with the plan
by using something called an Odine Bangle to supress the sorceress'
powers,
but Quistis says there's no time to make a plan, then leaves
Rinoa behind on her own. (Quistis is acting like Squall here.
=P) Then
you'll leave the mansion; this would be a good time to save. Follow
Caraway; Squall and Irvine will have
a brief conversation. (With Irvine
doing most of the talking. =P) There's a Draw Point with Thundara on the
way.
Once
you reach the gateway, talk to General Caraway. (he's a bit hard to
see; he's standing between Zell and Quistis, except
he's further up the
screen.) After he finishes talking, follow him. There will be an
automatic event and Caraway will
head back to his mansion; then, Quistis
will decide to go and apologize to Rinoa. You're in control of Quistis'
team
now; return to Caraway's mansion. When you go inside, you'll see a
short scene with Caraway and Rinoa, then Caraway will
try to lock Rinoa
in. Rinoa rushes out before the door closes... and then Quistis' team
runs in just as it locks.
The
scene shifts to Rinoa. There's a Save Point near where you come on
to the screen, and a manhole on the Northeast side
of the screen. You
don't have to go down the manhole, but you can find the May issue of
Weapons Monthly if you head
left a few screens down there. There are
enemies there, so Junction Rinoa properly. You'll have a chance to go
down
there with Squall and Irvine in a little bit. Anyways, what you
have to do is climb the huge pile of crates and such,
which isn't too
hard. On the next screen, climb the ladder, then move right about one
step. You can then climb the
wall, and Rinoa will arrive in Sorceress
Edea's chamber. Once you regain control, approach the sorceress; Rinoa
will
get blasted back. There will be an FMV of Edea walking to the
terrace with Rinoa being dragged behind her, then things
start to get
really weird...
Squall and Irvine notice Rinoa up with the sorceress, then Edea gives an
unusual
speech. President Deling wonders what she's doing and approaches
her, only to get zapped and tossed aside. Edea finishes
her speech, then
walks away, mentions a "sacrifice", then raises her hand. There's an FMV
of a lizard-like statue
coming to life and then running through the
streets, accompanied by an identical creature... The monsters jump to
the
terrace and attack Rinoa, an action which does not go unnoticed by
Squall and Irvine. Unfortunately, the gate isn't open
yet, so they can't
get in to help her.
The scene shifts to Quistis' team. Zell and Selphie start searching the
room; what you have to do is examine the shelves next to the door to
find a cup. Then, go the the statue in the upper-left
corner of the room
and examine it to reveal a hidden door. This leads to a stairwell.
There's a Save Point here, which
you should use. Go down the stairwell
and you'll find a ladder which leads to the sewers. Navigating through
here
can be tough at first, so I'll try to give exact directions. Note:
In both the stairwell and the sewer itself, you'll
fight shadowy enemies
called Creeps. You can draw Life spells from them. Anyways, from the
entrance to the sewers,
head left, walk to the middle of the ladder
going across the water, and examine the waterwheel. You'll get on it and
be
taken to another part of the screen. Head straight up. When you reach
the end of the next screen, Zell will hear the parade
starting...
The scene shifts above ground with an FMV of the parade. The gate's
open, so Irvine rushes for it,
then tells Squall to hurry up. Follow
Irvine, see another FMV, follow Irvine again, see another FMV... huh?
Seifer's
on the Sorceress' float? No time to think about that now.
Follow Irvine for the last stretch and you'll make it through
the gate.
You're now where Rinoa was earlier in the scenario. If you didn't get
the Weapons Monthly magazine before,
get it now, since you won't get
another chance to find this one until Disc 3. Also, be sure to Junction
Squall and
Irvine, as they've got a boss to fight soon. Climb the
structure like you did with Rinoa, then head left, climb the ladder,
then climb the wall. Now head left and climb another wall. Move forward
a bit and you'll come to the next screen;
you're on the terrace now,
near Deling's body. Head to the back of the screen. Keep going, and
you'll find the two
monsters attacking Rinoa...
----BOSS BATTLE----
Iguion*2 (Most likely, that's short for Iguana-Lion)
Weak
against Earth/Holy
Immune to Fire/Poison
Be sure to draw Carbuncle from one of these guys; otherwise, you won't
have another chance to get it until near the end of the game. Besides,
they have a Reflect spell up until you get
Carbuncle. You can also draw
Break spells from them if you want, but kill one of them first. Their
Magma Breath can
petrify you in addition to doing a fair amount of
damage, and they have a powerful combo attack called Resonance. However,
their physical attacks aren't that strong. Since they're weak against
Earth, summon the Brothers GF if you got them.
Otherwise, just focus on
one lizard at a time. After the battle, you'll get some G-Returners (You
can also Mug them
during the battle, but then you won't get them
afterwards; not a big difference) and 20 AP.
-------------------
GF
Carbuncle's stats:
Starting level: 16
Starts with Vit-J, Ability*3, Magic, GF, Draw, Item
I recommend learning
Recov Med-RF first. It's only 30 AP, and it lets
you make Mega-Potions. Mega-Potions heal everyone for 1000 HP and can
be
sold for a nice amount of money. After that, Counter, ST-Def-J and
Vit+20% are good ones to look at.
Head
back one screen and open the hatch to get to the carousel clock.
Inside, pick up the sniper rifle just to the left of
where you come in.
After some talking, it's back to Quistis' team. Go forward and open the
gate in front of you, then
go to the upper-left corner and open the gate
there. You'll se a ladder; when you touch it, you'll knock it down and
can
cross the water with it. Follow this path to reach a Draw Point with
Esuna. Now retrace your steps and go back across
the ladder, then head
left. Go through the next gate, go forward, cross the next ladder, and
go through the gate on
your right. You'll see a Draw Point on the other
side of the water in this screen; get to it from the next screen. It
contains Zombie. After getting it, (if you want it) go back to the right
and examine the waterwheel; then go right
and examine the next
waterwheel to get to the other side. Go down, examine the next
waterwheel, go down again, examine
the waterwheel again, and go down
again.
You're now on the screen where you entered the sewers. Knock down the
ladder nearby and cross it. This will let you get back to the Save Point
in the stairwell. Do so, then go back to
where you knocked over the
ladder and head right. Use the next waterwheel, and you'll come to
another Save Point shortly.
Climb the nearby ladder; you're almost done!
When you get off the ladder, examine it again and choose to go up. Zell
will
say that you're just in time; go over to where he is and watch the
FMV. Once it's done, head over to the switch and use
it.
The scene shifts to Squall and Irvine arguing. Irvine can't bring
himself to shoot, and Squall convinces him
to try it, if only as a
signal. Irvine aims, and fires... but Edea blocks the shot with a
forcefield. Squall gets
ready to attack head on, and the menu screen
somes up; be _sure_ to Junction Squall, Irvine, and Rinoa. After
preparing
everyone, exit the menu screen. There will be a FMV where
Squall jumps from the roof, makes his way to the gate, and squeezes
through the bars. (why couldn't Edea do that and escape?) Then he'll
talk briefly with Seifer, and the battle begins...
----BOSS
BATTLE----
Seifer
Weak against Poison
You've just got Squall in this fight. (Note: His HP is full at the
start
of the battle.) There's no special strategy; just make sure you've got
good Junctions, or it's going to be a
long fight. Not a hard one,
however; Seifer's physical attacks do only about 70 damage _without_
Vit-J. He gets the
occasional critical, but even that's nothing to worry
about. Seifer's spells are the bigger threat, doing 200+ damage;
if
you've got Carbuncle on Squall, try summoning it to reflect them.
Otherwise, just attack, healing when you need
it. He'll go down easily
enough; in fact, just before writing this I managed to beat him without
any Junctions. (accidentally
closed the menu screen too soon...) You
won't get anything for winning, but you can use Mug to steal a Hero
(sometimes
even a Holy War) from him during the battle.
-------------------
Immediately after you defeat Seifer, you'll
fight Edea. Luckily, Rinoa
and Irvine show up to help you at the start of the battle.
----BOSS BATTLE----
Edea
Pretty
cool music here, huh? Anyways, Edea's spells are nasty, doing
around 400 damage. You have a couple of choices here; either
summon
Carbuncle, which will cause her to cast Dispel on you instead of other
spells, or draw Cura from her when you
need to heal. She also has a very
weak attack called Astral Punch; it does about 30 damage with Vit-J.
Note: You can
Mug her for an Elixir. Actually, you don't need to win
here; the battle ends automatically after Edea says something like
"Time
has run out, SeeDs!" After the battle, you'll get 20 AP.
-------------------
After the battle, there
will be an FMV of Edea shooting a huge ice spear
at Squall, then the scene fades out and you get a prompt to save...
-END
OF DISC ONE-
*****
-Disc Two
| IT'S LAGUNA AGAIN... |
(Have I mentioned enough times how bad I am
at coming up with titles?)
-Laguna Flashback 3
Draw Points: Dispel(r), Drain(r)
Hidden Draw Points: Curaga, Reflect(r)
Yep,
it's another Laguna sequence. This time, there's no setup, you're
just thrust into it. Anyways, as the scene opens, a
little girl named
Ellone tells Laguna that someone's come to see him and is waiting at the
pub. After you regain control,
use the save point, then search near the
door for a hidden Curaga Draw Point. Go downstairs and talk to Ellone,
then
leave the house and head to the pub next door. Laguna will call
Ellone over, then you can go inside. Note: You may get
into random
encounters when wandering around outside. These fights are easy, just
Bite Bugs and Caterchipillars. Anyways,
inside the pub, you'll talk to
Raine, then Kiros will show up and greet you. Talk to him. After a
while, you'll be
given some choices of things to ask Kiros about; ask if
you want, but when you're done, pick "Let's talk later...". Kiros
will
join up with you, and you'll go off to fight some monsters. Be sure to
re-Junction Kiros; note that he has Irvine's
stats in this sequence.
Leave the pub. In the southeast section of the area you're in, you can
find a Draw Point with
Dispel, but it's not really needed. Head south
from the pub entrance to find a wooden bridge. When you go to the
bridge,
Laguna and Kiros will have a short talk. After that's over, head
south. On the next screen, you'll see a Draw Point with
Drain. Use it if
you want, then head south, or east for a hidden Draw Point with Reflect.
Basically, just keep heading
south until you reach the town entrance.
(Buy stuff in the nearby shop if you want.) Then head back to the pub
and
go upstairs. Raine and Ellone will be talking; Laguna wants to
leave, but Kiros makes him eavesdrop. =P After Ellone and
Raine's
conversation, you'll regain control. Talk to Raine and you'll tell her
how many monsters you've defeated on
your patrol. Raine tells you to
head to your room and get some rest. Go back to where the flashback
started, (if you
forgot, it's upstairs in the house next to the pub)
save if you want, (probably a good idea, as there's a _long_ sequence
to
go through before you can save again) and rest in the bed. That's it for
this flashback...
****
-Desert
Prison
Draw Points: Berserk(r?)
Hidden Draw Points: Thundaga(r?)
Items: Tent, Pet House, Pet Nametag, Str Up,
Combat King 001, Cottage, Rename Card
After the flashback, Zell wakes up in a prison cell with Selphie,
Quistis,
and Rinoa. Quistis asks if he was in the "dream world" again,
and Selphie asks about Laguna. Zell says he was Ward and
was working in
some sort of prison. Now you'll be in control of Zell. Talk to Rinoa
twice and she'll ask if Zell recognizes
this room. He'll realize that
Ward was working in the prison they're now in...
After some more dialogue, the scene
shifts to Squall. He'll try to think
about what happened, then there's an FMV of an elevator carrying him
up... Now
it's back to Zell and the others. Some guards come in,
threaten you, beat Zell up, and take Rinoa away. Back to Squall;
the
elevator stops, then Seifer walks in and tells two small red creatures
(Moombas) to take Squall away. In the next
scene, Squall is hooked up to
a torture device. Seifer tries to get Squall to tell him what the secret
of SeeD is,
but Squall isn't aware that there _is_ one. Seifer gloats
for a while, and the scene fades out...
Back to Zell...
(getting tired of this yet? =P) Selphie tries to cast a
healing spell on him, but it doesn't work very well due to some
sort of
anti-magic field. A Moomba comes in with some food and trips, then the
guard comes in again and threatens
the Moomba. You have the choice to
help the Moomba or not; help it. You'll scare the guard away, and
Selphie will
try to heal the Moomba. Choose to help.
Now it's Squall again. Seifer gloats some more, then leaves and tells a
guard
to continue the interrogation. After a while, you'll be given a
choice between "...Just let me die" and "...I'll lie...
I
must...live..." Choose the first option to save yourself a little
trouble later on in the prison. Either way, the
scene will shift back to
Zell. Talk to Quistis and you'll start planning how to escape. Zell
decides that, since he
uses his fists as weapons, he'll go and get the
other characters' weapons back. Zell gets the guard out of the way, then
leaves the cell with the Moomba following him. First, re-Junction Zell,
then go downstairs for a Save Point. (About
time!) Then go up to Floor 8
to find the guards with your weapons. Head towards them and they'll
comment on the weapons.
Get closer and they'll spot you, then attack.
They're pretty easy to beat, even though you only have one character.
They
can cast Sleep on you, but that's about it. After you win, Zell
will reclaim the weapons.
Now it's back to Squall.
Some Moombas will call him Laguna, then let him
down from the torture device... Then the scene shifts to Zell, Quistis
and Selphie. They've got their weapons back now, and the menu screen
comes up so you can Junction them. After you
exit the menu, you'll hear
some guards talking... Biggs and Wedge come in and recognize Zell and
Selphie. After some
rather funny dialogue, they attack you.
----BOSS BATTLE----
Biggs
Wedge
Yep, them again. And they're
just as easy as before. You may want to
draw some spells from them, since they're so easy; Wedge has Reflect,
and
Biggs has Regen. (As well as Haste and Slow, but you should be able
to refine those easily.) Reflect is a good Junction
for Spirit, and
Regen is good for HP. Mug Wedge for a Strength Love, and Biggs for a
Regen Ring. If you didn't Mug
them, you'll win some Remedies and
Elixirs.
-------------------
After beating Wedge and Biggs, leave the
cell; another Moomba will come
down the stairs and say "Laguna" to your Moomba. They'll get excited and
run up the
stairs. Then an alarm will sound. Now would be a good time to
save. A note: You can enter some of the doors in the prison.
Walk up to
them and slide open. You should go down first and check the doors there,
as this is your only chance; here's
what you'll find.
The Save Point is on Floor 6. Neither door on that floor has anything;
going down from Floor
6, the doors have:
Floor 5, Right Side: A prisoner who'll charge you 500 gil for a game of
cards. Win to get an
item.
Floor 4, Left Side: Item box with a Tent.
Floor 3, Right Side: Item box with a Pet House.
Floor 2, Left Side:
Item box with a Pet Nametag.
Floor 2, Right Side: Item box with a Str Up.
Floor 1, Left Side: Hidden Save Point. You
need Move-Find set in order
to use it.
Floor 1, Right Side: It's hard to spot, but there's a yellow object on
the
floor. Examine it to find Combat King 001. Read it to teach Zell his
Dolphin Blow Limit.
Moving up from floor 6:
Floor
7, Left Side: The cell you came out of.
Floor 8, Left Side: A guy from Garden running an item shop.
Floor 9, Right Side:
Draw Point with Berserk.
Floor 10, Right Side: Another card player. He charges 300 Gil per game,
and will upgrade your
Battle Meter the first time you win. The upgrade
lets you see how many enemies each character has killed and how many
times they've been knocked out. However, he doesn't give you any items.
Floor 10, Left Side: Save Point.
Floor 11,
Right Side: Hidden Draw Point with Thundaga.
Floor 11, Left Side: Another card player, who charges 200 gil per game.
This
one gives you items.
Nothing on Floor 12.
On Floor 13, you'll find Squall... and a LOT of Moombas if you decided
not to give in during the torture. Once you find Squall, you'll be in
control of him. Talk to the nearby Moombas;
they'll offer to make a
shortcut on one floor of the prison. One gives you the choice of making
a shortcut on Floor
2, 3, or 4; choose Floor 4, as you won't be going
through the others. Choose whichever floors you want for the other two.
Now head out of the room. Zell will say that they should probably go
down, and Quistis will comment that it would
be a pain with all the
monsters there. Squall will mention the elevator they used to bring him
up. After some more
talking, Zell stays behind to operate the elevator
while the others go down. Don't bother re-Junctioning at this point.
Inside the elevator, Zell tells you to push the red button on the main
panel. Walk up to the center control and examine
it to push the button.
You'll wind up on the bottom floor. On the next screen, you'll a huge
door; examine it and
sand will pour out of it. Then you'll hear gunfire
and automatically rush out.
Now you're in control of Zell, who's
being chased by guards. If a guard
catches up to you, you'll have to fight, which isn't much of a problem.
You _will_
have to start at the beginning of the screen, but it's still
not too tough. On the next screen, the Warden will catch
Zell, but
Squall will come and and take care of him. Then Selphie and Quistis will
run in, and the guards will start
shooting at you. It looks bad, but
then Irvine shows up and takes out a couple of guards. Rinoa's come
back, too.
After some dialogue, Irvine will tell you to head up. You
have to make a party of Squall, Rinoa, and one other character.
You're
now on Floor 9. Head up until Floor 13, and the scene will shift back to
Irvine.
One of the party members
remaining with Irvine will suggest using the
elevator to get out, since going up doesn't seem to be an option. Re-
Junction
yourselves and start heading down. Stop by the item shop if you
want, though. Then head down until you reach Floor 3,
and the scene will
shift back to Squall. Move your Junctions around, then talk to the
nearby Moombas for a Cottage
and a Rename Card. On the next screen, head
up the stairs. There's a hidden Save Point here. Head up the next set of
stairs
to find a control room. Head out and an alarm will sound, and
you'll be attacked.
----BOSS BATTLE----
GIM52A*2
Elite
Soldier
The Elite Soldier will cast boosting spells on the two robots. Take him
out first and this will be easier.
The robots have a Micro Missiles
attack that halves your HP; just heal after this. Not too tough, all in
all.
-------------------
After
the fight, you'll hear Irvine over the communications console in
the control room. Irvine will tell you to take the elevator
up. Go back
down and use the Save Point. Now go back up and head back to where the
battle happened. Cross the bridge.
The prison will start to move
underground; Rinoa and the third character will make it across, but
Squall won't. Once
you regain control, you'll have to move Squall to
safety; just keep moving to the right, and you shouldn't have any
trouble.
After the screen fades out, everyone will have found their way
back. You'll take two Galbadian military vehicles and drive
away.
| KABOOM! |
(...I don't need to give a sarcastic comment here.)
-Desert
Draw Points: Aero(r?)
Rare
Cards: Rinoa
In the next scene, you stop both cars and Irvine will say that Galbadia
is going to fire missiles
at Balamb and Trabia Gardens. Squall will want
to warn the students at Garden; Selphie wants to stop the missiles.
You'll
regain control now. Grab the nearby Aero Draw Point if you want,
then talk to everyone. When you talk to Selphie, you'll
see some
missiles fire into the air... Irvine will say that he heard Trabia was
going to be the first one hit. Talk
to Selphie again and you'll be asked
to choose Squall's team. You'll be using this team for quite a while, so
make
sure it's a good one. You'll have a choice to change the team
assignments now; do it if you're not sure. Otherwise, pick
"Go with it".
The two teams head off once your choice is finalized.
First, you'll have a short section with Squall's
team. Head off the left
side of the screen and head to the control room. Watch the Galbadian
Soldier try to follow
you, then you'll be in control of Selphie's team.
Note: At this point, you can go to Deling City and challenge General
Caraway to a game of cards. Lose the Ifrit card to him, (You can win it
back from Martine in FH) then ask him about
cards and play again. He'll
probably use the Rinoa card now, and you can win it. You can also do
this later. Anyways,
after doing any stuff you need to in Deling, drive
the car to the Missile Base; you may want to save before going in.
Drive
the car in; if you go in without it, you'll see a funny scene, then have
to leave. So, get in the car and drive
in...
****
-Missile Base
Draw Points: Blind(r), Blizzara(r)
Hidden Draw Points: Full-life(r)
Once
you're in, Selphie will park the car and you'll get off. Go into
the nearby door. There's a Save Point here; use it if
you want, then
examine the panel by the door on the left. One of your party members
will give you an ID card that
was in the car. Selphie will use it to
open the door.
In the next room, you'll find a guard. You'll have three
choices as to
how to get by him; I don't think it matters which one you choose, he
just says different (and funny)
things. =P Head through the next screen;
there's another Save Point on the screen after. Go _straight_ down from
the
Save Point (on the left side of the stairs you came down) to find an
easy-to-miss room. There's a Draw Point with Blind
in here; more
importantly, there's two Galbadian Soldiers. Talk to the top one and
they'll tell you to deliver a message.
Go back to the room you were just
in, and go through the door at the top of the screen. This is the
missile launcher
room. Look just below the launcher on the left side of
the screen for a hidden Draw Point with Full-life; this Draw Point
recharges, so keep checking back. Anyways, talk to the soldier standing
next to the missile launcher and you'll give
him the message. You'll be
given a choice of what to tell him the message was; it's "To go on
ahead", but it doesn't
seem to matter what you tell him. Either way,
he'll ask you to tell them he's not done yet. Go back to where the
soldiers
who gave you the message were and talk to them. They'll tell
you to do the inspection for them, since everyone else is
too busy. Go
back to the guard you had to get past earlier and talk to him. He
leaves, and tells you to go ahead with
the inspection. Go into the door
nearby.
There's a Draw Point with Blizzara here. Use it if you want, then
approach
the control panel. You'll have a choice of "Ahh, just hit
whatever!" or "Hit a few buttons here and there..." Either way,
nothing
will happen. After that, you'll have a choice of hitting more buttons or
banging on the console. Bang on it.
You'll be told to press the Square
button repeatedly; do so and the lights will go out after a while. Leave
the room
quickly; the maintenance team will show up right outside.
You'll have a choice of fighting them or talking your way out;
talk your
way out and tell them that you were just going to go call on them.
They'll run in, then you'll run in after
them and beat them up. =P Go
back to the screen leading to the launcher room; as you arrive, a
soldier will call the
guards in to help. Head to the door; the guard
will walk out and you'll be given a few choices. First choose "Play it
cool", then "Help out". Go inside and talk to the soldier standing
alone; he'll ask you to help push the launcher
in. Walk between the two
soldiers already pushing on it, and you'll automatically get into
position. Now hit the Square
button repeatedly to push it. Talk to the
soldier standing alone again, and he'll tell you to set the coordinates
on
the control panel.
Go to the control panel and examine it. You'll have a few choices;
Target, Equipment, Simulation,
and Exit. If you go to Equipment and hit
Left, one of your characters will comment that you may be able to get it
to
miss by setting the Error Ratio to Maximum. Go to Target, and you'll
have several other choices; Set Target, Set Error
Ratio, Data Upload,
and Exit. You don't have the authorization to Set Target, so go to Set
Error Ratio. Hold Right
and set the Error Ratio to Maximum. Now chooce
Data Upload. Go to Check Equipment and Simulation if you want, then
Exit.
(Note: On the Check Equipment screen, hold the Card and Cancel
buttons and press Up to see the specs of a Galbadian Officer.
=P) After
that, Save and talk to the guard by the right-hand stairway. Once you
get inside, however, a Galbadian Officer
will see you and immediately
realize you're intruders.
----BOSS BATTLE----
Base Leader
Base Soldier*2
This
is a pretty standard fight with Galbadian Soldiers. They're a
little stronger than most, but not too tough. The only thing
of note is
that all three enemies have Confuse to Draw.
-------------------
After defeating the guards,
examine the left-hand console. Selphie will
do... something. Examine the other two consoles in the room, then leave
through
the North door. (Save first if you want) Examine the console and
you'll be asked to set a time. Set whatever time limit
you feel
comfortable with; if you set 30 or 40 minutes, you'll have to go the
long way out of the base. Set 10 or
20 minutes for a quick exit. One of
the soldiers in the other room will do something at the console as you
leave...
Just as you're on the way out of the base, you'll feel some
shaking. Then there will be a scene with some Galbadian Soldiers
running
away. Once you regain control, head towards the gate... A Galbadian
Captain will be there, along with a large
machine...
----BOSS BATTLE----
BGH251F2 (Iron Clad)
The timer's running in this battle, so be quick.
Just keep hitting it
with your strongest attacks. It does a lot of damage, but if you have a
good HP Junction, you
won't need to heal. As the battle goes on, several
of the Iron Clad's turrets will get blown off. Eventually, it will
short
out, and the troops inside will run out to attack. Note: The Iron Clad
doesn't have anything to Mug.
Elite
Soldier
G-Soldier*2
You won't have any trouble with these guys. =P When you win, you'll get
the June issue of
Weapons Monthly and some common items.
-------------------
After the fight, head towards the fence in the back.
After some
dialogue, there will be an FMV of the Missile Base blowing up...
(Note: If you did everything right
here, you'll go up two SeeD ranks.)
****
-Balamb Garden
Hidden Draw Points: Demi(r?)
New Items: Mega-Potion,
Gysahl Greens, X-Potion, Elixir, Remedy*2, Tent
The scene shifts to Squall's team. Before doing anything else, I
recommend
going out and saving; it's going to be a _long_ time before
you can see the World Map again. Then go to the Switch menu
and exchange
your Junctions. Also, it might not be a bad idea to stop by the Junk
Shop in Balamb to upgrade weapons.
When you're ready, go back to Garden.
As soon as you get in, you'll see students running around, and a Garden
Faculty
will be telling them to seize the Headmaster... And after a
while, you'll find there are random enemies around, too! Head
further
in; at one point, a Garden Faculty will ask which side you're on. If you
say "I don't get it", he'll send
a Grat and Caterchipillar to attack
you. It's an easy fight. If you say you're with the Garden Master, he
won't attack
you. Either way, keep going. At the turnstile, talk to the
student on the ground twice to get a Mega-Potion. On the next
screen,
you'll meet up with Fujin and Raijin, who apparently don't know much
more about the situation than you do.
You'll tell them about the missile
attack, and they'll go off to warn everyone.
Now you can go all over Garden
and fight off the Garden Master's troops.
At each of the various sections of Garden, you'll meet up with a Garden
Faculty
who'll send monsters after you. You'll get items from each of
the areas except the Dormitory. I recommend you start by
heading to the
Dormitory; you can rest and save there. You'll just have to fight a
Caterchipillar, which shouldn't
be a problem. Here are the battles in
the other areas of Garden:
Cafeteria - A Bomb. It's rather high-level, actually;
you can sometimes
Draw Firaga and Meltdown from it. Do that if you want, but it's not a
big deal. Once you're in the
Cafeteria, talk to one of the students to
get some Gysahl Greens. Also, there's a hidden Draw Point with Demi that
only
seems to appear during this sequence.
Quad - Bomb and Glacial Eye. No problem. When you meet up with the
students,
tell them either answer, then talk to one for an X-Potion.
Infirmary - Here, the Garden Faculty is threatening some
other students.
You have the choice of "Help them" or "Let them handle it". If you
choose to help, you'll fight a
Granaldo. (the boss from the Training
Center) If you have Mug, you can steal a few Wizard Stones from it; it's
not
too hard, though. Afterwards, talk to Dr. Kadowaki for an Elixir.
Library - A Grat. Inside the library, talk to one
of the students for a
Remedy.
Training Center - As with the Infirmary, you have a choice of whether or
not
to help out here. If you do, you'll have to fight a T-Rexaur; it's
strong, but you should be able to beat it. Talk to
the student who was
being attacked to get another Remedy.
Parking Lot - You'll fight a Grendel here; again, nothing
too tough.
After beating it, you'll see what looks like the Headmaster, but it's
actually just a hologram. Talk to
one of the students for a Tent.
In the Cafeteria, you'll hear that this was Xu's plan; once you've found
this out,
head towards the elevator and you'll see Xu go in. Follow her.
(you can fight the rest of the Garden Faculty's monsters
first if you
want) She'll show up at the end of the hall on Floor 2. Squall warns her
about the missiles, and Xu tells
you to go with her to Cid's office,
where he's been all along. =P
In Cid's office, he'll tell you to help with
the evacuation, while he
tries something. After you regain control, talk to Cid; Squall will
volunteer to help with
whatever he's planning. After a while, Cid
agrees, and gives you a key that will let you access the MD level where
you
may find something... Talk to Cid again and he'll tell you to get
prepared. The menu screen will come up, but you really
don't need to do
anything. (Though you can save.)
****
-Balamb Garden: MD Level
Draw Points: Full-life(r?)
Head
back to the elevator... You'll see an FMV of the missiles in the
air, then it shifts back to the elevator, which stops
suddenly...
Examine the hatch in the floor and you'll open it and climb in. Climb
down the ladder you find yourself
on; at the end, you'll be on the MD
Level. You won't be able to get back for now, though. Examine the hatch
nearby;
Squall will open it and you'll automatically go down. He'll
suggest you Junction Fire to your Elemental Attack in this
section. It's
not really necessary, though. On the next screen, go down the ladder.
Then go through the door and examine
the valve. You'll have 10 seconds
to push the Square button repeatedly in order to turn the valve; if you
don't succeed
the first time, a second party member will help and you'll
repeat it, and the third will help if you failed the first
two times.
It's not too hard.
Go out; you'll find that turning the valve has let you access a ladder
going
down. Once you've climbed down, you can get a Draw Point with
Full-life. Head past it to find a ladder. You'll make a
choice about who
investigates it. (I don't think it matters) Climb up. When you get high
enough, the ladder will and
you'll crash through a window into a control
room. Examine the control panel nearby, then go back to the ladder. When
you get down, examine the blinking light nearby; it's a gate. You'll
open it and be able to reach _another_ ladder.
Climb down to find a Save
Point.
Near the Save Point is a switch. Examine it, and you'll use it to open a
huge
door in the distance. Head there, and you'll get attacked by two
huge monsters on the way...
----BOSS BATTLE----
Oilboyle*2
Weak
against Fire
Immune to Water
Their "Sonic Wave" attack can Curse you, and their Oil Shot can Blind
you; however,
they have Esuna in their Draw lists, so just cast it when
you get hit by status ailments. They still hit hard, though;
however,
with a good Strength junction and Fira on Elem-Atk, the fight should be
over quickly. Also, they're vulnerable
to Sleep; use this to get some
breathing room. After you do enough damage to one, it'll use a _very_
strong Oil Blast
attack; try to finish it off quickly at this point. You
can steal Fuels from them, but you'll get Wizard Stones after
the battle
if you don't steal. You'll also get 20 AP.
--------------------
After beating the Oilboyles,
go to the door in the distance. Behind it
you'll find yet _another_ ladder going down. Start climbing, and you'll
see
another FMV of the missiles on their way... Finish climbing down,
then head left to find a huge machine. Examine the nearby
conolse;
you'll now activate the machine, which makes a platform rise straight
through Cid's office. There will be
an FMV of Balamb Garden lifting out
of the ground and hovering away, barely avoiding the missiles. The scene
shifts
to what's now become the bridge. After a while, one of your
characters will take the elevator down; talk to Cid and tell
him you'll
investigate, then go to the end of the Floor 2 hallway and open the door
there. Go back in and you'll automatically
return to the bridge; the
controls aren't responding and you're heading straight for Balamb.
Squall will hit buttons
furiously, and the Garden will change course.
There will be an FMV of Garden dropping into the ocean, then the scene
shifts
to Squall's room, where he ponders the recent events, then goes
to sleep.
| FISHERMAN'S HORIZON |
(Wow... another
title that's actually decent. I must be slipping.)
-Balamb Garden
New Hidden Draw Points: Bio(r)
At this
point, if you have Rinoa, she'll wake up Squall and ask for a
tour of the Garden. Go into each of the various sections
to see some
rather funny scenes. =P If you don't have Rinoa, you'll wake up; I
forget just what happens in that case,
so for now I'll write the
walkthrough for what happens if you _do_ have Rinoa in this team. Either
way, when you get
to the screen with the Directory, a Garden Faculty
tells you that the Garden Master wants to see you and tells you to
take
the elevator to Floor B1. Do so; you'll overhear Cid talking to the
Garden Master, and your third party member
will come down the elevator.
(Note: If you're worried, go back to Squall's room and save before
talking to Cid.) When
you regain control, talk to Cid. Then head off the
left side of the screen to meet NORG, a strange-looking creature. (Later
you'll find out he's a member of the Shumi Tribe.) He'll start ranting
and raving about your attempt to assassinate
the sorceress, saying it
made her angry. Then he'll start getting more and more upset, and
eventually attack.
----BOSS
BATTLE----
NORG Pod
Strong against Thunder
Poison has no effect
Left Orb
Immune to all elements
Right
Orb
Immune to all elements
At first, NORG is hiding in his "shell". Attack the main pod while being
sure to
keep hitting the side orbs; you can't destroy them, since they
just regenerate all their HP when you attack, but if you
don't attack
them, they'll change colors. When they turn red, they'll cast a _lot_ of
spells. You can draw Bio spells
from the Left Orb (but it's probably
easier to just refine them if you have Diablos) and you can steal a Mag
Up from
it. The Right Orb has a Spr Up to steal. The pod has nothing.
Once you do enough damage to the pod, it explodes, revealing
NORG.
NORG
Weak against Wind
Immune to Poison
Once NORG's exposed, draw Leviathan from him. You can also
Mug him for a
Circlet. You may find it useful to summon Carbuncle here to deflect some
of NORG's spells, though they're
not a major problem with a good HP
junction. He'll still be able to use his Psycho Blast attack on you,
though; it's
fairly strong, but not much to worry about if your HP's
high. If you happen to have some Tornado spells, use them for
some
serious damage; otherwise, just use whatever your usual boss-fighting
tactics are. He can cast Protect and Shell
on himself; just use Dispel
when that happens. You'll get 20 AP when you win.
GF Leviathan's Stats:
Starting level: 17
Starts with Spr-J, Elem-Def*2, Magic, GF, Draw, Item
As always,
Boost is a good ability to start with. Other good abilities
are Supt Mag-RF, Recover, Auto-Potion, and Spr+20%. (which
starts you on
the road to getting Spr Bonus)
Examine NORG's pod to find a hidden Draw Point with Bio. Leave the
screen and go back to the elevator. Head to the infirmirary to find Cid.
You'll get several choices of things to talk
to him about. Talk to him
about all of them for some information, then leave.
Now head towards the Directory; Xu
will run in and ask if you've seen
the Headmaster. She'll tell you that a ship is headed this way, and tell
you to
go to the deck to see it. Do so and the ship will arrive. You'll
later find out that it's the White SeeD ship. They've
come in peace,
then tell Cid that they've come for Ellone. Squall will recognize that
as the name of the little girl
he saw in the Laguna flashback. Cid tells
Squall to get her; she's in the east side of the library. Go there, and
Squall
will ask her what she knows about the "dream world". She'll say
it's hard to explain, but she's showing them the past...
After more
explanation, Squall will get upset, then Xu will come in and take Ellone
to the White SeeDs. You'll see
Ellone leaving while Squall's thoughts
flash by. Then you'll see a brief flashback to Squall's youth.
If you have
Rinoa, she'll come in again and ask you to go for a walk
with her. Shortly after you leave the dorm, Cid will start talking
over
the intercom, then suddenly sound surprised... The scene shifts to a
fisherman on a dock who comments on having
a slow day, then there's an
FMV of the Garden floating straight towards him... =P
Back inside Garden, Squall heads
to the bridge at Cid's request. Cid
tells you to go to Fisherman's Horizon, which is where you are. Note: If
you didn't
win the Seifer Card from Cid earlier, you can do so now. He
also has some Level 6 cards now. Take the elevator down and
your other
two characters will rejoin. Go to the deck and you'll arrive in...
****
-Fisherman's Horizon
Draw
Points: Regen(r), Shell(r), Full-life
Hidden Draw Points: Ultima
Rare Cards: Irvine (see Queen of Cards side quest),
Quezacotl
Items: Occult Fan III, Megalixir
As you enter the town, some fishermen warn you they don't want any
violence
in here. After you agree, they'll tell you to see the Mayor,
whose house is in the center of town. Keep going for a couple
of
screens; on the second, there's a hard-to-see ladder. Climb down it,
then head up the screen to find another ladder.
Climb up that ladder and
head left to _another_ ladder. Head left to come to another screen, and
the Master Fisherman.
Talk to him and you'll have a choice of things to
say to him; choose either and you'll get Occult Fan III. Remember where
he is; you'll want to come back later.
Now head to Mayor Dobe's house. (Note: If you walk past the Mayor's
house,
you'll find Martine, the former Garden Master of Galbadia Garden.
You can play cards with him to win Level 7 Boss Cards,
but he plays
_really_ slowly. Also, if you lost the Ifrit card to General Caraway
earlier, you can get it back now.)
When you head upstairs to the Mayor's
house, he makes it quite clear that he wants you out of there as soon as
possible.
After some more talking, you'll be asked to head back to
Garden. However, you may want to play cards first; Mayor Dobe
has
Quezacotl's card, and his wife will have Irvine's card if you're far
enough on the Queen of Cards side quest.
(See Side Quests for more
details.) Both are good corner cards. Also, both of them seem to have a
good supply of Level
6 cards. Note: If Dobe isn't using Quezacotl, try
getting all the common cards before playing him. He seems to use it
more
often if you do. Finally, there's a hidden Draw Point with Ultima in
this room. Unfortunately, it doesn't recharge.
Head
back to Garden. Just as you're heading back, you'll hear someone
screaming about Galbadian Soldiers. Head back towards
the Mayor's house.
You'll see an FH citizen warning them about the Galbadians at the
station. Head back up; Flo will
tell you that since the Galbadians are
probably here because of you, it's your responsibility. However, Mayor
Dobe
will want to try reasoning with them and will head towards the
station on his own. Bad move. Follow Dobe. The next screen
has a Save
Point and a Draw Point with Regen. The Inn/Item Shop is on the next
screen, but you don't need to head
there just yet. You'll find the Mayor
on the screen after. BTW, there are random encounters here for the
moment. One
new monster is the SAM08G; you may be able to either Mug or
win a Running Fire from it. You can also Card it and turn
its card into
a Running Fire. This teaches Quistis the Blue Magic Gatling Gun, and can
be refined into 20 Demolition
Ammo.
When you catch up with the Mayor, you'll listen in on him talking with a
Galbadian Soldier. You'll hear Ellone
mentioned, and the Soldier will
threaten to torch the town... The Mayor pleads, but it's no good. You
have the choice
to help now, or listen a bit longer. If you choose to
listen a bit longer, your other party members will force you to
help.
Head towards the Soldier and the Mayor, and you'll be attacked by an
Elite Soldier and two G-Soldiers; a routine
battle. After that, the huge
machine from the Missile Base will appear...
----BOSS BATTLE----
BGH251F2 (Iron
Clad)
Weak against Water, Earth, Thunder
If you want Stop spells, the Iron Clad has them, and now's a good time
to Draw, since there's no timer. Still, they're not hard to refine, so
if you're in a hurry, don't bother. Mug the
Iron Clad to get a valuable
Adamantine. Again. the Iron Clad isn't particularly tough if you've got
a good HP Junction.
You'll get 20 AP after the battle.
-------------------
After you defeat the Iron Clad, it will slide away into
the water, then
Selphie and her team will climb up... They escaped from the Missile Base
by climbing inside the Iron
Clad. Now everyone will leave except Squall
and Rinoa. Talk to Rinoa for a short scene, then head back towards
Garden.
On the way back, stop by the docks (East of the screen where the
Inn/Item Shop is) to meet up with the Master Fisherman's
pupil and talk
with him a while for some funny scenes. =P If you've beaten the Iron
Clad, the kid will make one last
attempt and actually get his line in
the water. Note: The man nearby runs a Junk Shop, and there's a Draw
Point near
him with Shell. Then resume your trip back to Garden. You'll
meet Irvine on the way back; he'll talk to you for a bit,
then he'll
join your current party. Now go and see the Master Fisherman again; the
ladder leading to him is just past
where you met Irvine. You'll tell him
about his pupil's success, then start to leave. He'll stop you and ask
you to
meet him at the Inn. Head there and he'll tell you about Mayor
Dobe. Then he'll ask if you want to talk some more; say
yes and head
outside. Follow him to the docks, then talk to the shopkeeper. After a
rather long dialogue, talk to
the Master Fisherman for a Megalixir.
He'll then leave, but you haven't seen the last of him...
Now, go back to
the station. There's a house nearby; go inside to find a
Galbadian Officer yelling at a mechanic. Head towards them. The
officer
is trying to get the Grease Monkey to fix the Iron Clad. Squall tells
the officer to step outside. (Note:
There's an issue of Timber Maniacs
nearby.) After that, go outside and come back. Talk to the Grease Monkey
and he'll
tell you that the officer escaped through the window. =P The
Grease Monkey will give you a Mega Phoenix as a reward. Now,
go back to
where the Master Fisherman was to find a Full-life Draw Point. It
doesn't recharge, unfortunately. Finally,
head back to Garden.
As you head back, Irvine will tell you to talk to Selphie, who's at the
stage in the quad.
Go there and Cid will call Squall to the bridge, then
Irvine and Selphie will talk. The scene will shift to the bridge;
Squall
will make a report, and Cid will decide that it's time to take action.
He'll announce that Garden is going
to battle the Sorceress, then
appoint Squall as commander... much to Squall's surprise and
displeasure.
Squall
will be laying in bed, mulling over this turn of events, then the
scene will shift to the others. Selphie and Irvine are
going to get them
to play in the concert. =P You'll be asked to decide what instrument
Zell should play; he'll start
playing it, and you'll be in control of
Irvine.
First, leave the stage and head back to Grease Monkey. The Galbadian
Officer is back, and he'll demand that you step outside. Leave and go
back in, and you'll find the officer lying on
the floor, barely
conscious. =P Talk to the Grease Monkey for a Phoenix Down. (Yay.) Then
examine the Officer for
5 Fast Ammo, 5 AP Ammo, and 5 Pulse Ammo.
Now, go back to the stage. Pick the instruments for each of the 4
characters.
(As far as I know, your choices here don't have any major
impact, but if you pick the Electric Guitar, Piano, Bass Guitar,
and
Saxophone, the scene between Squall and Rinoa will be slightly
different.) When you do, the scene will shift to
nightfall. Squall will
wake up. Leave his room; on the next screen, you'll meet up with Rinoa.
She'll ask you to come
to the concert; you can try to refuse, but she'll
eventually force you to come along. Now, talk to Irvine twice, then
head
down to the stage. Irvine, Selphie, Zell, and Quistis will play the
instruments you chose for them before. You
can press Square to shift the
angle you see the stage from, but it's not really important. Leave the
screen and you'll
find a magazine; examine it, and Squall and Rinoa will
start talking. (I thought this was a pretty funny scene. =P) After
the
scene fades, Squall will be mulling things over in bed again; he seems
to do this a lot. =P The intercom will
crackle, and Squall will be
called to the bridge.
| CHECKING UP ON THINGS |
(Okay, now I can insult my skills
at coming up with titles some more.)
-Miscellaneous Errands
Rare Cards: Carbuncle, Leviathan, Gilgamesh, (see
CC Group side quest),
Chicobo (see Chocobo Forests side quest), ChubbyChocobo (see Queen of
Cards side quest), Odin,
(see Centra Ruins side quest)
Items: Pet Nametag
On the bridge, Quistis and Xu will suggest going to Balamb, and
that you
let Selphie rest for a while. You'll then be in control of Garden!
Before heading to Balamb, though, there
are some side events to do. At
this point, you can go to Winhill, Shumi Village, the various Chocobo
Forests, and
the Centra Ruins to do side quests; you can also stop by
Timber, Dollet and Deling City to get some things you missed.
Also, in
Timber I highly recommend buying Scrolls from the Pet Shop and refining
them into Wizard Stones; you should
be at a point where 5000 gil isn't
too hard to get, especially with Recov Med-RF. Get 100 Firagas,
Blizzagas, Thundagas,
and Curagas for everyone, as well as Bios, Stops,
and Dispels if you want them. While you're in Timber, talk to the guy
outside Timber Maniacs for a Pet Nametag if you encouraged him earlier.
At this point, the following Junctions are
recommended:
HP - Regen (or Tornado if you can get it)
Str - Firaga/Blizzaga/Thundaga
Vit - Curaga
Mag - Demi
Spr
- Reflect
Note: If you fight Odin and Draw plenty of Triple spells, go ahead and
put those on a stat to give it
a BIG boost.
Once you've done everything you want to do for now, put Zell in your
team and go to Balamb.
****
-Balamb
New
Rare Cards: Pandemona
New GFs: Pandemona
Items: Combat King 003 (later)
You won't be able to enter Balamb unless
Zell is in your team. If he is,
talk to the Galbadian Soldier blocking your way into town. Then, move
away from the
soldier and walk towards him. Squall will convince the
guard to let you in. Then, you'll be asked to make a party with
Zell in
it; also, Selphie now becomes selectable again.
You'll have to do several things to get through this section.
First, go
to Zell's house and go into the room on the right to find Ma Dincht.
She'll tell you about the situation.
Next, go to the Hotel and talk to
the guards in front. They'll tell you to talk to the captain. Next, go
to the docks
and you'll find out that the captain caught some fish and
said he was going to cook them. Go to Zell's house; Ma Dincht
will say
that a man came in and cooked some fish, and the stench was horrible.
Finally, go back to the docks and talk
to the dog. He'll start barking
like crazy and run off. Follow him to the train station; when you get
there, you'll
see him run into the train and chase Raijin away. =P
Note: If you want, you can leave town. First, talk to the Big
Bad Rascal
in Zell's house. He'll run off. At some point, he'll show up in the
house next door, consoling the Hotel
Owner's daughter by offering to
check up on her parents. Go to the town entrance and talk to the guard.
Leave the
dialogue box open until you see the Hotel Owner talk to Big
Bad Rascal; then, go back into town and talk to the Rascal.
He'll offer
to help you leave town. If you accept, you'll be asked to make a party,
but you can't put Selphie in.
Also, after doing the event at the town
entrance, you can play cards with the Hotel Owner's daughter to get the
Pandemona
card; you can also get it from the Hotel Owner once you've
finished this section.
Whether you do that or not, go
to the Hotel once you've woken up Raijin.
Fujin will kick Raijin straight out of the Hotel, then Raijin will
notice
you and attack.
----BOSS BATTLE----
Raijin
Absorbs Thunder
Weak against Poison
G. Soldier*2
Weak
against Poison
Pretty easy. Raijin's attacks don't do too much damage, and you can draw
Protect from him to reduce
it. The soldiers, not surprisingly, are
wimps. Mug Raijin for two Str Ups, then just finish him off; an easy
task
if you Junction 100 Bios to Elem-Atk. You'll get 12 AP for the
battle.
-------------------
Once you win
here, you'll automatically go into the hotel and confront
Fujin. Then Raijin comes in (he sure recovered fast!) and you'll
have to
fight both of them.
----BOSS BATTLE----
Fujin
Absorbs Wind
Weak against Poison
Raijin
Asbsorbs
Thunder
Weak against Poison
This is a pretty tough battle if you're a beginner. Fujin's fairly
harmless; she'll
cast Tornado at the start, but she can't use it after
you Draw Pandemona from her. So, do that right away. At this point,
she'll mainly use her Zan attack, which isn't too strong. However, she
sometimes uses Sai to drop a character to 1
HP. Raijin, on the other
hand, will start using his powerful Raijin Special attack when he takes
enough damage. Cast
Protect (you can Draw it from Raijin if you want) to
reduce the damage. Use your best attacks on Raijin. Fujin has less
HP
than Raijin, but a higher defense; most attcks do half damage to her.
The best way to damage her is with good Strength
junctions and 100 Bios
on Elem-Atk. If you need healing, you can Draw Cura from Fujin. Once
again, mug Raijin for
two Str Ups; Fujin has a Megalixir, but you'll get
that whether you Mug her or not. After the battle, you'll get Combat
King 002 and 20 AP.
-------------------
GF Pandemona's Stats:
Starting level: 19
Starts with Str-J,
Spd-J, Elem-Atk-J, Elem-Def-J, Magic, GF, Draw, Item
After you win, you'll talk with them for a bit, then the scene
will fade
to the bridge of Balamb Garden. Selphie will come in and ask you to go
to Trabia Garden.
Note: Come
back here sometime during Disc 3. If you've got Zell in the
party, a girl at the entrance will tell him that a pigtailed
girl was at
his house. Go to Zell's house, and Ma Dincht willl say she hasn't seen
anyone. Now, stay at the Hotel.
In the morning, Zell will be gone; go
downstairs and you'll see him talking to the pigtailed girl. She'll give
him
a book and walk away. You'll get Combat King 003. Also, you can find
an issue of Timber Maniacs in the Hotel Room.
-Trabia
Garden
Draw Points: Thundaga(r?)
Hidden Draw Points: Zombie(r?), Aura
Rare Cards: Selphie
Items: Weapons Mon Aug
Once
you arrive, Selphie will rush in (if she's not in your party
already) and climb the fence to get into Trabia Garden. Follow
her, and
your other party members will show up on the next screen. After that,
you'll find Selphie talking to an old
friend of hers. (There's a Draw
Point with Thundaga near them.) Talk to them; Selphie will tell you that
there's a
basketball court in the back, and she'll meet you there. If
you take the right exit from this area, you'll come to a cemetery;
there's a hidden Zombie Draw Point and an issue of Timber Maniacs here.
Go back to where Selphie was and take the
left exit from the area. Go
right if you want to talk to some people, otherwise just go left to find
a stage with
a missile lodged in it. Examine the missile to find a
hidden (non-recharging) Draw Point with Aura. Now go left one more
screen to find the basketball court. Talk to your other party members,
and go to the upper right; a basketball will
roll in, then Selphie will
arrive. There's now a long scene where you find out about the
characters' pasts; you'll
have to move and talk to people from time to
time, but there's nothing special or complicated to do here.
When
the scene's over, you'll be piloting Balamb Garden. Save, then go
back to Trabia Garden and challenge Selphie's friend
to a card game. She
has the Selphie card. However, this region uses the Random and Plus
rules, so it'll be tough to
win. Also, you can get the August issue of
Weapons Monthly nearby. (Weird that you can get the August issue now,
but
you can't get the July issue until Disc 3...) Now, head to southwest
Centra and find the small building by a lighthouse;
this is the
Orphanage. You can't go in, but you'll notice Galbadia Garden hovering
in the nearby forest. Pilot Balamb
Garden near it...
| WARRING GARDENS |
(...there is something just _wrong_ with that one, but I can't quite
place
it.)
-Balamb Garden: Under Attack
Items: Cottage
As soon as you approach the forest, the scene will shift
to the bridge.
Squall and Nida will see Galbadia Garden approaching, then you'll be
given a list of orders to give
the Garden students. I don't think it
matters what orders you give. After that, go down the elvator to find
your other
party members. Choose a party, then take the next elevator
down. There will be an FMV of Galbadia Garden approaching.
Talk to the
students in the hall to send them to their positions, then go to the
next screen. Talk to the Junior Classman
for a Cottage. Now, go back to
the elevator and go to the first floor. Go to the quad to find Zell.
Talk to him; your
other party members will show up, then Nida will call
you to the bridge.
The scene automatically shifts to the
bridge. There's an FMV of Galbadia
Garden coming, and another one of Galbadian Soldiers charging into
Balamb Garden
on motorcycles... by riding them off ramps straight into
the air. (These soldiers are crazy. =P) The scene shifts to Zell's
team
in the quad. Equip them with GFs, then head left.
When you get all the way to end, there's an FMV of Galbadia
Garden
crashing up against Balamb Garden; Zell and your third party members
will make it to safety, but Rinoa won't;
she'll be desperately clinging
to the very bottom of Garden. Head out and go to the front gate. Squall
will be there.
After some dialogue, you'll be prompted to choose two
party members out of Selphie, Quistis, and Irvine. The character
left
out will help Xu; Squall's team will go to the classroom on Floor 2; and
Zell will help Rinoa. As you leave,
Galbadia Garden will ram you. Re-
equip your GFs and head to the elevator. There will be an FMV of
Galbadian paratroopers
storming Garden, then you'll have to fight...
----BOSS BATTLE----
Paratrooper*4
Weak against Poison
These
guys are stronger than most Galbadian Soldiers, but still aren't
much of a threat. Easy.
-------------------
After
fighting off the Paratroopers, you'll be called to the bridge. As
you head to the elevator, you'll get rammed again. Keep
going; when you
reach Cid's old office, you'll meet up with Dr. Kadowaki. After some
talk, you'll decide to ram Galbadia
Garden to get inside. Zell will come
in and say he couldn't get to the quad to help Rinoa. Things are looking
bad...
Everyone will try to get Squall to save her, but he'll be
reluctant... then, Dr. Kadowaki will stand on the elevator.
Go there,
and she'll tell you to encourage the troops. After some hesitation,
Squall will get on the PA and tell everyone
what's going on. Then, Nida
will ram Galbadia Garden, allowing the Balamb troops to get in.
After that, you'll
be in control of Squall. Go to the second floor and
head towards the deck. Talk to the Junior Classman and you'll tell
him
to go to the elevator. Then, an energy meter will appear on the bottom
of the screen and a Galbadian soldier in
a flying mech will ram Squall
right up against the emergency exit. Press the Confirm button and you'll
be given several
choices; choose to "Look around for another option",
then press the button again and choose to press the button for the
emergency exit.
You'll now have a battle with the Galbadian Soldier; this is tricky,
especially since you
start out at a health disadvantage. If you lose,
you'll be able to try again, try again with an extra 200 HP, or declare
it "Game Over". I don't recommend the third, as you haven't had a chance
to save for a while... Should you choose
to try again, you'll get some
hints that may help you win. I can't really offer much help here.
Anyways, once you
do enough damage to the Galbadian Soldier, you'll
knock him off and use his mech to help you save Rinoa. You'll then land
at Galbadia Garden; head left through the chaos to reach the entrance.
Squall and Rinoa will talk for a while,
then you'll be asked to name the
lion on Squall's ring. (The default name is Griever.) This won't have
much significance
right now. Anyways, after you regain control, head
inside...
-Galbadia Garden
New Draw Points: Protect(r)
Rare
Cards: Cerberus
GFs: Cerberus, Alexander
Once you're inside, you'll meet up with your other party members. After
choosing a team, head to the save point; you haven't had a chance to
save for a while.
Wandering around the
Garden, you'll come across several locked doors. To
open them, you'll need to get the keycards from Galbadian students
hiding in various rooms. To find the first student, go east from the
Save Point, then go through the doorway on the
East side. Climb the
stairs; you'll find Fujin and Raijin here, but they won't fight you. Go
past them and head left.
Go through the door on the right to find the
first student. Talk to him for Card Key 1.
Now that you have the first
key, you can unlock some of the doors.
Retrace your path to the Save Point and go left. The first door on the
left
can now be unlocked. This leads to the ice rink; there's a Draw
Point with Protect by the net. Note: The random enemies
here are hockey
players called Slappers. They're worth 3 AP each, as well as pretty good
Exp, and fight in groups
of 3 or 4, so this is a decent place to gain
levels and abilities while you're stuck in Galbadia Garden. Anyways,
once
you're through the rink, leave through the door to the right and
you'll come out in another hall. The second student is
in the door to
the right. He'll give you Card Key 2.
Go back to the hall you were just in and leave through the
south exit.
You'll now be in the hall just west of the Save Point. Make your way
back to the stairs and go to the
top. The second key will let you open
the door, which leads to the roof. Go down the nearby stairs and you'll
arrive
on a small ledge overlooking the basketball court. Go to the
edge, and you'll jump down to the basketball court. Turn
around to open
the door behind you, which leads back to the Save Point. Now go back
through the basketball court.
Head straight to reach the main hall.
You'll see a large creature in the beam of light in the hall; walk
around
it to find a Save Point. Now examine the creature and you'll
fight it...
----BOSS BATTLE----
Cerberus
Absorbs
Thunder
Immune to Wind
While you don't _have_ to fight Cerberus, this is your only chance to
get him (and his
card) until Disc 4, so I'm putting this in the
walkthrough. Cerberus can be quite tough if this is your first time
playing;
he likes to cast Tornado a lot, as well as the occasional
Quake, and his physical attacks are fairly strong, too. Also,
he likes
to cast Triple on himself; if he does, cast Dispel ASAP. If you're well-
Junctioned, this won't be too hard,
actually, especially if you have
abilities like Recover and Darkside available. You can Mug him for a
Spd-J Scroll,
and can Draw Quake spells from him, possibly even Triples.
Do that if you want. If you're really having trouble winning,
go to the
ice rink or the top of the nearby stairs and build up a bit, and try
putting Aero (or Tornado, if possible)
on your elemental defense. Win,
and you'll get 30 AP, as well as the Cerberus Card and GF.
-------------------
GF
Cerberus' Stats:
Starting Level: 23
Starts with Str-J, Hit-J, Ability*3, Magic, GF, Draw, Item
Start by learning
either Spd-J (which will ultimately lead to Auto-
Haste) or Spr-J (which ultimately leads to ST-Def-J*4).
Now that
you've got Cerberus, it's time to look for the last student.
Head west from the main hall, then go through the door on
the left side.
The third student is here; talk to her for Card Key 3. Now, make your
way back to the main hall and
take the Northwest exit. When you reach
the hallway with the stairs, go up. At the top of the stairs, you can
fight
plenty of Tri-Faces; they're worth 8 AP each, so this might be a
good place to build up abilities. Head left to find an
elevator. With
the Card Key, you can use it; it takes you to the third floor, where
there's a Save Point... as well
as Seifer and Edea. Use the Save point,
then approach Seifer. He'll talk for a while, then you'll fight.
----BOSS
BATTLE----
Seifer
Weak against Poison
He's not that hard, if your HP is high. If you could beat Cerberus,
Seifer will be a cinch. Mug him to get 8 Mega-Phoenixes; otherwise,
you'll get 8 Mega-Potions after the battle. The
only thing of note is
that his physical attack sometimes hits twice. Seifer's worth 20 AP.
--------------------
After
the fight, Edea disappears through the floor... To find her, first
take the elevator down. On the screen with the stairs,
go right to reach
a round walkway above the main hall. Circle around and go in the door on
the far right; it's the
Auditorium. Rinoa will run in if she's not
already in your party, then Edea will come crashing through the ceiling,
and
Seifer will walk in. The battle begins..
----BOSS BATTLE----
Seifer
Weak against Poison
At the start,
Seifer is protecting Edea, and you can't hit her. It's
kind of funny, actually; you can summon a GF like Brothers that
tears up
the landscape, and Edea will just stand there. =P Anyways, Seifer is
actually easier than he was before;
his HP is lower, his physical attack
is weaker, and he can't hit twice. Mug him for a Hero/Holy war; you
shouldn't
have any trouble winning.
Edea
Immediately after you defeat Seifer, Edea will use Maelstrom on you.
This
attack halves your HP and causes Curse status. The Curse isn't much
of a problem, since you can Draw Esuna from her to
remove it. Edea has
the Alexander GF. Be _sure_ to Draw it; you'll need its Med Level Up
ability to get the extremely
useful Doomtrain GF. More on that in the
Side Quests section. Edea will use various support spells, like Dispel,
Silence,
Slow, Death, and Reflect; deal with them as needed. She also
has attack spells, of course. Mug her for a Royal Crown,
then hit her
with everything you've got. When you win you'll get 50(!) AP.
-------------------
GF Alexander's
Stats:
Starting level: 25
Starts with Spr-J, Elem-Def*2, Ability*3, Magic, GF, Draw, Item
Good abilities to start
with are High Mag-RF and Med Data.
After the battle, Edea will spout some strange mist, then the screen
gets blurry...
You'll see Rinoa help Seifer up, then faint... Edea will
start talking, and say how proud she is of all of you, then the
scene
will fade out... You'll be prompted to save and Disc 3 will begin.
-Disc Three
| SETTING UP THE
REST OF THE PLOT |
(What? That's what it is...)
Disc 3 opens with Squall mulling over things in bed again. He'll
get up
and go to the infirmary, where Rinoa is still unconscious. Then Quistis
will call him over the intercom and
tell him to go to Edea's house. Go
to the bridge so you're flying the Garden, then head to the small
structure nearby...
this is Edea's house.
-Edea's House
Draw Points: Curaga(r?)
Rare Cards: Edea
Items: Weapons Mon Jul
Your
other party members will be waiting at the entrance, and Cid will
show up when you go inside. Talk to him, and he'll congratulate
you, as
well as apologize for disappearing. Pick up the Timber Maniacs issue
nearby, then follow him to the beach.
Also, if you head through the
nearby doorway, you can find a Draw Point with Curaga.
On the beach, you'll find
Edea. She'll apologize for what happened; talk
to her to find out that she was posessed by Ultimecia, a sorceress from
the far future. As you try to leave, Squall will ask if they can think
of any way to help Rinoa, but they can't. The
screen will turn black,
and the others will be talking in the background, while Squall is
thinking to himself. After
the scene, Squall will make an announcement
over the Garden intercom, then you'll regain control.
Go back to Edea's
house and play cards with her to get the Edea card.
It's an excellent corner card. Also, if you didn't win the Seifer
card
from Cid before, do so now. It's tough, though, since they play with the
Random and Plus rules here. Or you can
wait until later to do that.
To proceed, you have to go to the Infirmary; however, if you go to the
Training Center,
you can find the July issue of Weapons Monthly. Take
the left path at the start and look for a small yellow object near
the
fallen log. That's the magazine.
At any rate, save, then go to the Infirmary. Rinoa is still
unconscious...
Squall will get upset, then a "Party Junction" screen
will come up, where you decide which characters to attach to Kiros
and
Ward. (Squall is automatically attached to Laguna) Pick characters who
already have some magic on. Note: If you
got the Timber Maniacs issue in
Shumi Village, Ward will not be in this scenario. This doesn't have a
big effect in
terms of the story, since Ward doesn't say much anyways;
however, the battles will be easier if you've got Ward.
-Laguna
Flashback 4
This is a rather pointless Laguna scenario, but it's also a rather funny
one. =P Laguna and his team
have been hired to work on a movie. After
Kiros and Ward berate Laguna for losing all their money, the scene
shifts
to the actual movie site. The director tells Kiros and Ward to
put on the dragon costume, then Laguna walks off. There's
a roar in the
distance...
The director starts the scene. He calls for the dragon, but it doesn't
show up at
first. Then a HUGE dragon walks on... and it's real.
Laguna now has to fight the dragon in a sequence that's kind of
like the
one against the Galbadian Soldier near the end of Disc 2. While this one
is easier, (at least, that's what
I think) the dragon can do twice as
much damage as Laguna. Always be ready to block. However, the dragon
doesn't attack
very often, which makes this easier.
After beating the dragon, (for now, anyways) Laguna will run off.
However,
the dragon stops him at the exit to the mountains... Kiros and
Ward will arrive now. You'll have the choice to fight the
dragon now or
to run off for the moment; it's best to run, as Kiros and Ward aren't
Junctioned. Set your junctions,
use the nearby Save Point, then go and
attack the dragon. You can also fight random battles here; the main
enemies
are Mesmerizes.
----BOSS BATTLE----
Ruby Dragon
Weak against Water/Ice
Absorbs Fire/Wind
The dragon
has high HP, but it's pretty low-level, so its attacks aren't
that strong. Put Blizzaga or Water on Elem-Atk, and this
fight should be
easy. This isn't actually a boss; Ruby Dragons are normal enemies. If
you have the Tonberry GF, try
using LV Up on the dragon to Draw Meteor
and Flare spells; however, this is somewhat risky. Winning this battle
nets
you a fair bit of Exp, as well as 14 AP.
-------------------
After you defeat the dragon, Laguna will see something
in the
distance...
Now, Ellone will start talking and explain that she can't stop using her
power at the moment,
and you'll see a scene with Laguna talking to Edea
at the orphanage. When that scene's done, Ellone will tell you a bit
about what happened in the past, and Squall will decide to look for
Ellone in an attempt to help Rinoa. He decides
to start by asking Edea
about the White SeeD ship...
-White SeeD Ship
Draw Points: Holy(r?)
Rare Cards: Shiva
Items:
Sorceress'Letter, Rename Card
Back at Edea's house, talk to her and she'll say that the White SeeD
ship may be
at an inlet in the Centra region, and give you the
Sorceress'Letter. Now you have to _find_ the ship, which can be quite
a
time-consuming task if you don't know where to look. Head a little North
from Edea's house to find the right inlet.
Circle around the perimeter
to find the ship.
When you first arrive on the ship, the White SeeDs won't believe
you.
Head towards the upper edge of the screen. You'll find Watts and Zone,
from the Forest Owls. You;ll talk to them
for a while, and then Zone
will run off. If you didn't win the Angelo card from Watts before, you
can do that now;
he plays by Galbadia's rules, so it should be fairly
easy.
Also, go up the stairs Zone left by to find him. Talk
to him a few
times; if you have the Girl Next Door magazine, he'll ask for it. You
can choose to give it to him for
free, for 25500 gil, or not at all.
Give it to him for free and he'll give you a Rename Card and the Shiva
card. Look
near him for an issue of Timber Maniacs.
Go back down the stairs, then go down another set of stairs near Watts.
The
leader is here, and you'll show him Edea's letter. After you finish
talking for the first time, go to the nearby Draw
Point for some Holy
spells. Then talk to the leader again. He'll tell you that Ellone got on
an Esthar ship. So, you'll
have to go to Esthar to find her. The scene
shifts to the bridge of Balamb Garden, and Squall will tell Nida they're
heading
for Esthar. To get there, pilot the Garden into FH.
| ESTHAR HO! |
(Don't ask. Please. Don't ask.)
When you
arrive in FH, Squall will decide, in typical Squall fashion, to
do things on his own. He'll carry Rinoa out of Garden
on his back. Keep
going right; the screen will get darker as you go further to the right.
Eventually, it fades completely,
and the scene shifts to Squall walking
along the bridge to Esthar.
At the end of the bridge, Quistis and Zell are
already there. =P They've
brought Edea with them; talk to her and she'll explain why she's come
here. The scene will
fade, and Irvine and Selphie will show up. You'll
be asked to make a party... and you can put Edea in it! She won't be
with you for very long, though. Try her out for a bit; it's pretty neat
having the sorceress in your team. =P Anyways,
go east to find...
-Great Salt Lake
Draw Points: Thundaga
The party will talk for a while at the entrance,
then you'll have a
chance to make a party again. Just head in.
On the next screen, walk onto the dinosaur skull;
this will let you
reach the upper level of this area. On the next screen, walk across the
long bone to reach a Draw
Point with Thundaga. (Joy.) Jump off the
cliff; you've saved yourself about two screens of walking. Go north to a
cliff.
Head
right for a Save Point, then go left from the cliff. As you head
towards the top of the screen, a huge skeletal creature
will attack
you...
----BOSS BATTLE----
Abadon
Undead Monster
Weak against Fire, Holy
Not too
tough, all in all. Mug it for a Power Wrist; otherwise, you'll
win 10 Flare Stones. The only trick here is that when it
rears up to its
full height, its physical and magic defenses are massively increased. At
this point, use _only_ healing
moves on it, as nothing else is very
effective. Recover is especially good; it'll do 9999 damage, or
instantly kill
it if it has less than 9999 HP. You'll get 40 AP for
winning.
-------------------
After defeating the Abadon,
go north. You'll see the sky blink. Examine
the blinking area, and a hole will appear. Climb into it along an
invisible
ladder to find yourself in a mysterious building. (Note: Give
any spells Edea has to another character.) Head along the
walkway; at
the end, you'll reach an elevator. As soon as you step on it, it starts
moving. When it stops, head out;
another elevator will take you to
Esthar. Then you'll hear a familiar buzzing...
-Laguna Flashback 5
Draw Points:
Death(r?), Double
Hidden Draw Points: Flare
Items: Weapons Mon 1st
The same Party Junction screen that showed
up before the last Laguna
scenario shows up here, too. Pick whoever you want, then get ready.
Laguna, Kiros, and
Ward are prisoners. A guard tells Kiros and Ward to
leave, and Laguna is left on his own. Talk to the two guards, and
the
scene will fade. When it returns, talk to the guards again. Then, talk
to the Moomba twice. A guard will tell
you to go up and tell the others
there's an emergency. However, Laguna will stay and talk to the other
prisoner and
the Moomba for a while. The guard comes back, and attacks.
You'll have to fight one Esthar Soldier with just Laguna.
No problem.
The elevator will come down, and another guard will show up. Laguna will
ram him against the wall, allowing
the others to show up. Kiros and Ward
will run in now, followed by another guard. You'll have a chance to go
to the
menu and set Junctions; do so. Then it's time to fight. You're up
against a normal Esthar Soldier, a cyborg soldier, and
a Gesper. Nothing
too hard. Now, go up the elevator. You'll overhear Dr. Odine talking to
his assistant. After a while,
you'll run out of the lab. When you regain
control, use the nearby Save Point and Death Draw Point, then go back
into
the lab. Pick up the magazine (it's the first issue of Weapons
Monthly) and go down the elevator. You'll find Dr. Odine
here. As you
approach him, another group of security guards will show up...
This is much like the last fight with
security guards, except the Gesper
is replaced with an Elastoid. It's still pretty easy; you might want to
Mug the
Elastoid for a Laser Cannon, though. After the fight, you'll
confront Dr. Odine, but he'll run away. Head out of the lab
and he'll
tell you that Ellone is in his laboratory. You'll automatically go
there; soon after, you'll be attacked
by a couple of normal Esthar
Soldiers. Examine the nearby Draw Point for Double; there's also a
hidden Save Point
here that you may want to use. Then, go to the weird
object in the middle of the room; it's an elevator. Choose to sit
down
on it, then when you arrive on the next floor, look to the left of the
door for a hidden Draw Point with Flare.
Go in the door for one more
battle, against two cyborg Esthar Soldiers. Then examine the nearby
control panel to open
the door on the lower level. You can also look in
on Ellone from the window here. Go back down and through the door to
end
this sequence.
-Esthar
Draw Points: Blizzard(r?), Tornado(r?), Curaga(r?), Quake(r?)
Rare Cards: Ward
Items:
Occult Fan IV, Rosetta Stone
You'll be back in Esthar now. A vehicle will come and take you to the
Presidential
Palace. You'll be taken to the waiting room, where Dr.
Odine will meet with you. He'll give you permission to see Ellone;
after
you regain control, play cards with him to get the Ward card. Talk to
the Presidential Aide, and he'll tell
you to go to the Lunar Gate when
you're ready.
Now, leave the palace. There's a Blizzard Draw Point nearby, but
you
definitely don't need it. Head left and examine the lift; take it to the
Airstation and get off. Talk to the Presidential
Aide here, then go back
to the palace. Just outside of the room where you met Odine, there's a
Presidential Secretary.
Talk to him, then examine the spot where he was
standing for Occult Fan IV.
Before leaving the city, pay a visit
to the Shopping Center. Visit all
the shops. Johnny's Shop is usually closed, but keep trying to go there,
and it'll
eventually be open. You can buy some strong healing items
there if you have the Familiar ability, and íf you just visit
it once,
you can use Call Shop to go there anytime. Cheryl's Shop is always
closed, but if you keep trying to visit
it, you'll get a Rosetta Stone
eventually. It's probably the most valuable item in the game, as it
teaches a GF Ability*4.
Also, there's a Tornado Draw Point in the
shopping center. There's also a Curaga Draw Point on a screen near the
city
entrance, and a Quake Draw Point outside Dr. Odine's lab. Also,
head two screens west from the Curaga Draw Point and talk
to the soldier
here; this will let you get Combat King 004 later. Once you're done
here, leave the city. Your next
destination is Lunar Gate, but you can
also go to Tears' Point... see the Doomtrain side quest for what you can
do
there.
-Lunar Gate
Go inside the building. An attendant will greet you; walk over to her
and Rinoa's dog will
rush in. Then, you'll get taken to another room.
Now, nobody has explicitly mentioned this before now, but you're going
out into space. A staff member will ask if you're sure about this; say
yes, since you don't really have a choice.
You'll be told to bring one
other character with you; Edea will stay behind, and Zell will ask to
stay and protect
her. It doesn't matter what you choose here. Now you
have to pick one of the remaining 3 characters to go to the Lunar
Base
with you; there will be _no_ battles on the Lunar Base, (well, unless
you decide to fight Diablos there...) so
take that into account when you
make your decision. Get in the capsule, and there will be an FMV of the
launch.
After
you get launched into space, the scene will shift to Zell. As you
leave the Lunar Gate building, the ground will shake...
Go outside, and
you'll see an FMV of a huge monolith moving towards the city of
Esthar... Choose your third party
member and head over there.
| OUT OF THIS WORLD! |
(I can't believe I just did that...)
-Esthar: Lunatic
Pandora
Items: Combat King 004
Once you're in Esthar, first head to the soldier I mentioned before.
Talk to
him; another soldier will walk onscreen and give you Combat King
004. Now, go to Dr. Odine's laboratory. The doctor will
tell you that
the huge monolith is the Lunatic Pandora. Then, he'll explain where you
can try to get inside to stop
it. It'll take 20 minutes for it to pass
through, and you can board it only during certain intervals. Also, the
later
you try to board it, the harder a battle you'll have to fight to
get in... If you've gotten Odin, you should definitely
use Enc-None to
save time. The timer starts as soon as you leave the lab, so head
straight for the first contact point;
it's the screen west of the Curaga
Draw Point. You can board the Lunatic Pandora here when there's 12 - 15
minutes
left. You'll have to fight an Elite Soldier and a G-Soldier; not
a problem.
Now you're inside the Lunatic Pandora.
(Note: You don't actually _have_ to get on the Lunatic Pandora. If you
run out of time, the scene shifts to the
one after you get kicked out.)
***
-Lunatic Pandora
Draw Points: Meteor(r), Curaga(r), Confuse(r?), Silence(r?),
Ultima(r?),
Holy
Items: LuvLuvG, Power Generator, Phoenix Pinion, Combat King 5
There's a Meteor Draw Point
near you, and it recharges rather
frequently. Take advantage of this while you're here. Go up the stairs
to find three
elevators and a Curaga Draw Point. Take the elevator
marked 03; it turns out that this is the place where the second Laguna
scenario occured! You'll get items here based on what you did in there,
so if you followed my walkthrough for that
area, you'll be able to get
the items listed here. The enemies here are just wimpy Galbadians, so
you shouldn't have
trouble with them. Head southeast to a stairway, then
climb down the nearby ladder, and enter the alcove nearby. Keep
looking
to find a LuvLuvG. The nearby Draw Point has Confuse. Now, head left.
You'll come to three doors; they're
the hatches from Laguna's second
scenario. If you opened them there, they'll be open here. Go inside the
right-hand
one for a Power Generator, the center one for a Draw Point
with Silence, and the left-hand one for a Phoenix Pinion. Head
left to
find Combat King 5, and go into the door to find a Draw Point with
Ultima.
Go back to the main elevator
room. Go up the elevator marked 01; there's
nothing up the 02 one. Head left for a non-recharging Draw Point with
Holy.
Go up from here for a hidden Save Point. Head north from here, and
a strange robot will toss you out of the Pandora.
You'll
see the Lunatic Pandora move into position over Tears' Point,
then the scene shifts to Squall...
***
-Lunar
Base
Rare Cards: Alexander, Laguna
There will be a short scene in the control room, then your capsule will
arrive.
Talk to the man in white, (Piet) then go over to where Rinoa is.
Follow Piet to the Med Lab; there's a Save Point here.
Use it, then
challenge Piet to a card game. He has the Alexander card, but be warned:
The Lunar Base uses ALL the
rules. If you can't win it here, you'll have
another chance later.
Go to the next room, and you'll leave Rinoa
there. Piet will head to the
bridge. Save; there's another rare card to be gotten here, and if you
don't get it now,
you won't be able to until Disc 4. (And I haven't even
gotten it _then_.) Leave the med lab, and go up the stairs when
you
reach them. Follow the hall to the end to find Ellone's room. You can
win Laguna's card from her, but you'd better
be patient, since it may
take a while to win and you won't get another chance. It's worth the
trouble, though, as
the Laguna card can be refined into 100 Heros! If
you're not a big fan of cards, though, you may as well skip this one.
Talk to Ellone normally, then leave the room; she'll follow you.
Now head to the bridge. (It's a good idea to
save at the med lab first,
though.) Examine the monitor beside your other party member to get a
look at the moon.
The operator will tell you that the Lunar Cry is
starting. Leave the bridge and head to the med lab...
As you head
towards the med lab, sirens start going off... Go towards
the lab and you'll see the medical technician get tosed out,
and Rinoa
staggering strangely. You can try to approach her, but you'll just get
tossed away... Something strange
is going on here... Just head to the
bridge. No matter how fast you get there, Rinoa is there ahead of you.
She deactivates
one of the seals on Adel's Tomb... Aprroach her, and
she'll stagger out... Your second party member will run over to the
monitor. Head there, and you'll see that the monsters on the moon are
going crazy... Go to the upper level... you'll
see an FMV of the Lunar
Cry... Pretty creepy-looking.
Now, head towards the nearby glowing doorway. This takes
you to the
locker room; approach the glass window, and you'll see Rinoa go through.
Examine the spacesuit in one of
the lockers to put it on, then go after
her. You'll come to the airlock; Rinoa will go through, but you won't be
able
to make it, so you'll have to head back. As you do, Squall will
realize that this must be Ultimecia's doing...
As
you leave the locker room, two aides drag the President (in a space
suit) away. Head to the bridge and talk to Piet to
see Rinoa break the
manual seal on Adel, who falls to earth with the monsters... You have to
leave now. Talk to Ellone,
then follow the others to the escape pod. Go
down... You'll see an FMV of the Lunar Cry reaching earth, then you'll
be
in the escape pod. There's a Save Point here; use it.
Go through the door on the right to reach the next room. Talk
to Ellone,
then go to your place in the pod. Watch the Lunar Base crash, then
Ellone will send you into Rinoa's past.
There's nothing to do here, just
watch the scenes. When it's done, Squall will go into space...
Now comes a tricky
minigame. You have roughly a minute and a half to
catch Rinoa as she floats towards you, and you don't get directions
unless you fail. If you do, choose to start over. Once you succeed,
Squall will grab Rinoa, then you'll float over
to a dragon-shaped
spaceship...
***
-Ragnarok
Draw Points: Life(r)
Hidden Draw Points: Full-life
When
you come in, you'll see a Save Point. Use it. Then, head towards
the next room; Squall will close the airlock. In the
next room, you'll
take off your space suits, since you don't need them now. Head to the
next room; you'll see a strange
creature on the lower level. You've got
no choice but to head there...
The creature is an alien called a Propagator.
There are 8 of them on the
ship. Now, it's important to kill the Propagators in the correct order.
You have to first
fight one Propagator, then fight another one of the
same color. If you don't, they'll revive each other. I'll use the
room
names to help you find the Propagators of the correct colors.
Purple: 1. Hangar (this is where the first Propagator
you see is)
2. Entrance (go through the big door in the Hangar, then go
through the door on your left)
Red: 1. Aisle (go through the big door in the Hangar)
2. Aisle
(upstairs from the Hangar; I think it only appears once
you've gone through the door on the Aisle
with the elevator) Note:
There's a Draw Point with Life here.
Green: 1. Passenger Seat (go
through the door in the back of the Aisle
with the elevator) Note: A computer here
tells you how to kill
the Propagators.
2.
Air Room (head back towards where you entered the Ragnarok)
Black: 1. Hangar (go through the small door in the main room
of the
Hangar) Note: There's a Save Point here, and a hidden Draw Point
with Full-life.
2. Aisle (go through the left-hand door in the Entrance) Note:
The elevator here will take you to the bridge once you've beaten
all 8 aliens.
Also,
a sidenote: Rinoa can't use her Angelo Limit Breaks here, since
Angelo's not here. However, she has a new Limit Break,
Angel Wing. This
is essentially a variation of Berserk; you can't control Rinoa, but
she'll cast spells when her turn
comes up, and they'll do more damage.
It's not that great, but try it if you want.
----BOSS BATTLE----
Propagator
Fighting
the Propagators is the easy part. They have quite low HP, and
can even be killed by Odin on occasion. Their attacks are
a bit strong,
and they use status spells, but if you have Recover and Treatment,
they're not a big threat. They also
drop various Stones (Death, Flare,
Ultima, etc.) when defeated. Alternatively, you can Mug them for Wizard
Stones.
Each Propagator is worth 5 AP, making this a decent place to
learn GF abilities. (Though there are better.)
-------------------
Once
you defeat all the aliens, head to the bridge and watch the ensuing
scene. You'll return to earth!
| DOWN TO EARTH
|
(Ha. I funny.)
-Spaceship Landing Zone
When you return, some Esthar officials will be on the scene and
take
Rinoa away, since she's a sorceress and they have to seal her powers.
Squall will protest, but Rinoa will go
anyways...
Go back to the Ragnarok and head to the Passenger Seat. Your other team
members will come in, starting
with whoever went to Lunar Base with you.
However, Edea's no longer a member. After a while, Quistis and Zell will
make
you go and find Rinoa. As you head out of the room, the ship takes
off... You're flying!
Go to the bridge to find
Selphie and Irvine. You can now fly around the
world in the Ragnarok. One useful feature is the auto-pilot; bring up
the
big world map while you're flying the Ragnarok, and select any town
on it. You'll fly straight there. You may want to
explore the world
right now, but first, get Rinoa back. Head to the Esthar Sorceress
Memorial...
Note: If you
missed the Alexander card in the Lunar Base, you still have
a chance to get it now. On the Abadan Plains south of Esthar,
there's a
peninsula; if you wander around on the peninsula, you'll find a crashed
space pod. (It's invisible on the
map.) Piet is here, and you can win
Alexander's card from him if you didn't already; also, be sure to
remember where
this place is...
***
-Sorceress Memorial
Draw Points: Stop(r)
Use the Stop Draw Point at the entrance,
then approach the guards.
They'll let you in to see Rinoa. Inside, you'll chase away the
researchers; head left, and
you'll find Rinoa. You'll automatically head
out; some soldiers will stop you, but a large man will appear and
silently
motion them to let you through. Leave, and Squall will seem to
recognize him. I think you can guess who he is.
Back
on the Ragnarok, you'll decide to head to Edea's orphanage...
***
-Edea's House
The events here will
be a bit different depending on whether Rinoa is in
your current party or not.
If she's not in the party, you'll
see Angelo when you come in. He'll run
off; follow him to find a flower field. Your party members will run off;
now
talk to Angelo, and Rinoa will walk in.
If she _is_ in the party, talk to Edea. Then you'll see Angelo run off
as
you exit the orphanage. Your third character will run out.
Either way, Squall and Rinoa will talk for a while, then
Zell will run
in and tell you that someone sent a transmission to you from the Esthar
Presidential Palace... namely,
Kiros. Sounds like you'd better go
there... Edea will talk to you briefly as you leave.
***
-Esthar
Rare
cards: Squall, Phoenix (see Queen of Cards side quest)
Here's something convenient; you can land the Ragnarok at the
Esthar
Airstation. There are random encounters here, so be ready. You can Mug
and win some good items from the enemies
here, though. One particular
place to keep in mind: From the Save Point, go southeast, then head
north using the path
next to the lifter chute. Go to the east section of
the screen. Here, talk to the shadowy figure on the railing and you'll
fight an Elnoyle. Leave the screen and come back, and the shadowy figure
will be back, allowing you to fight Elnoyles
any time. Quite handy for
getting Energy Crystals. Anyways, head to the Presidential Palace.
You're now allowed into
the President's office.
When you enter the office, Squall will recognize the two aides as Kiros
and Ward... So,
guess who the President is. =P Walk over to them and
Laguna will start talking to you. Now talk to him; you can also play
cards with him to get Squall's card. There are several topics you can
ask about; if you ask about what he's doing
here, you can find out more
about what happened after the last Laguna scenario. What you need to do,
though is ask
for the mission briefing. Then, talk to Laguna again and
agree to do the mission. You'll automatically go to the Ragnarok.
Laguna
will stay in the Passenger Seat, so you can win Squall's card from him
any time.
Now that you have the
Ragnarok, this is a good time to do some of the
side quests. Do whatever ones you want, then pilot the Ragnarok to
Tears'
Point to find...
***
-Lunatic Pandora
You'll ram through the Lunatic Pandora's shields with the Ragnarok.
Talk
to the pilot (who varies depending on who's in your current team) if you
want to leave; otherwise, head to the
Entrance and walk out. Fujin and
Raijin will show up and attack.
----BOSS BATTLE----
Fujin
Absorbs
Wind
Weak against Poison
Raijin
Absorbs Thunder
Weak against Poison
They've learned a few new spells,
but if you use strong Poison-elemental
attacks, the battle will be over so soon that you won't have to worry.
If you
Mug Raijin, you'll get a Hyper Wrist; otherwise, you'll get two
Str Ups after the battle. You'll get a Megalixir from
Fujin whether you
Mug or not. The only thing of note is that you may be able to draw Full-
Life from Fujin if she's
at a high enough level. They're worth 20 AP.
-------------------
After beating those two, hed to the next screen.
Wedge and Biggs are in
the lower-right corner; talk to them for a laugh. Go through the nearby
door. Don't worry about
the enemies here; they're all Level 1. The
Behemoths are still pretty strong, though. If you didn't get in here
with
Zell, refer to that section for where to get the items. The only
difference is that the Save Point is clearly visible
now. Aside from
that, just make your way to where the robot kicked you out before...
this time, instead of throwing
you out, it attacks.
----BOSS BATTLE----
Mobile Type 8
Weak against Thunder
Left Probe
Right
Probe
This robot has two modes. In the first mode, if you hit the main body,
the two side cannons will counterattack
for a fair bit of damage. In the
second mode, the side cannons will fly off the main body, and will
counterattack
if you hit them. The robot isn't much of a threat in the
first mode; it'll just use a weak attack on you occasionally.
In this
mode, try to Mug the two side cannons. The left one gives you 4 Vit Ups,
while the right one gives you 2 Str
Ups. The second mode is much more
dangerous; shortly after shifting into this mode, it uses a Corona
attack that drops
your entire team's HP to 1. Heal up quickly after
this; just before it shifts modes again, it'll use a powerful Megido
Flare attack on your whole team. Do NOT use GFs in this battle; they'll
just trigger its counterattacks, and probably
won't survive Corona. Use
single-target attacks on the main body; also, Counterattack is good, as
it'll let you do
some damage against the first mode. Like the Orbs in
the battle with NORG, the side cannons can't be destroyed. The main
body
can be Mugged for a Laser Cannon, but don't bother Mugging it, as you'll
get two after the battle if you don't.
You'll get 40 AP after the fight.
-------------------
After beating Mobile Type 8, you may want to go back and
save. After
that, go to the room past Mobile Type 8 and watch the scene play out,
then Seifer will attack you.
----BOSS
BATTLE----
Seifer
Weak against Poison
This shouldn't be too tricky. Mug Seifer for another Hero (of course,
you'll probably win one afterwards anyways) and Draw Aura spells from
him if you don't already have a good supply.
You'll get 40 AP.
Also, if you got Odin before this battle, he'll try to Zantetsuken
Seifer, but it will backfire.
After you defeat Seifer, or enough time
passes, Gilgamesh will appear and blow Seifer away. Now Gilgamesh will
appear
randomly during battles, and Odin won't; actually, Gilgamesh is
even _more_ annoying than Odin when you don't want him.
-------------------
Seifer
will run off, and if Rinoa's not in your party someone will run
in and tell you that Seifer grabbed her. You'll be asked
to make a
party, then you'll see Seifer taking Rinoa to Adel... Now you'll be
asked to save. It is now ESSENTIAL that
you save in a separate slot,
especially if you have side quests left to do, since you won't be able
to go to any towns
after this. Now, Disc 4 will begin...
-Disc Four
| THE TIME IS NIGH |
(Don't worry. You won't have to suffer
through my titles much longer.)
-Lunatic Pandora: Save Rinoa!
Draw Points: Break
You can't leave the Lunatic
Pandora now. All there is to do is go and
find where Seifer took Rinoa. Go back to the room where you fought
Mobile
Type 8; there's now a "bridge" over to the structure on the
right. Climb the first ladder; then, climb the second one
to find a Draw
Point with Break. (It's hard to see.) Climb back down, then walk over to
the slanted beam; walk up
it. You'll soon come to Seifer and Rinoa. Just
as you get there, Adel wakes up and grabs Rinoa...
----BOSS BATTLE----
Adel
Rinoa
(Keep her alive!)
Those of you who rely on GFs are toast now. You _need_ to have good
Junctions in order to win
this battle. If Rinoa dies, you lose, and Adel
will keep draining her. (Note: I don't think Junctioning will affect
Rinoa's
stats in this battle.) The Recover command will be useful here;
always have one person ready to use it on Rinoa, since
Adel will keep
draining her. Basically, keep Rinoa healed while hitting Adel with your
strongest single-target attacks.
If you plan to use Limits, Squall's is
a bit risky, as Fated Circle and Blasting Zone hit all the enemies, and
Selphie's
picks targets randomly, but everyone else's Limits are fine.
If you haven't gotten the hang of Junctioning yet, this will
be a tough
battle; if you have, however, it's quite easy. Mug Adel for a Samantha
Soul; you can also Mug Rinoa for
8 Megalixirs, but make sure the
character trying that has a _low_ Strength. You won't get anything after
the battle.
-------------------
Once
you defeat Adel, Ellone will send Rinoa into the past, allowing
Ultimecia to acheive time compression. Now you have to
make it through
the time compression to defeat her.
-???
Draw Points: Triple
Hidden Draw Points: Flare(r?)
Watch
the FMV of time getting compressed. When it's over, you'll be in a
room with a save point. Suddenly, a whole bunch of
Save Points appear.
Save, then continue to the next room. Someone who looks like Edea will
be there, then a battle
will begin...
----BOSS BATTLE----
"Sorceress"
A simple, although strange, battle. There are a number
of "Sorceresses"
who will attack; the first few will be weak, the next few will be a bit
stronger, and the last Sorceress
will be quite strong. Also, every time
another Sorceress appears,, the battlefield shifts to a different scene.
You
can Mug them for various stones, and you'll probably get some when
you win. The only one you really need to worry about
is the last one,
and even she's not that hard. When you hit her, she'll counterattack,
but it only does about 1000
damage. Also, if you have Counter on, you'll
counter her counterattacks! =P After a while, she starts counting down
from
5; when she finishes, she'll use Ultima. You'll probably kill her
before then, though. You'll get a whopping 55 AP for
winning.
-------------------
After defeating the "Sorceress", you'll appear in Edea's house... Head
to the
beach. As you walk further on, dead SeeDs will materialize, and
you'll see an FMV of a creepy-looking castle... This place
is weird.
Keep going until you reach a chain. (You'll find a Draw Point with
Triple just before.)
There are
three doorways beside the chain; stand near them and press the
Confirm button to jump over to them. They'll lead to various
places in
the overworld. However, you can't enter towns on the overworld. You
_can_ play cards, though; go through
the topmost doorway to reach the
Chocobo Shrine, then ride a Chocobo to the Centra continent and wander
around until
you find the Ragnarok. On the Ragnarok, you'll find all the
CC members if you beat them before; you'll also find Joker
regardless of
whether you beat him or not. If you use Card Mod on rare cards, you can
win them back from the CC members,
which is pretty handy. You can also
find the Queen of Cards at the crashed escape pod, where Piet was
before. The
CC members use rules from various regions, a different
region for each member, while the Queen uses all the rules except
Open,
and you can't alter them. I recommend challenging the CC members. =P
Anyways, getting on with the walkthrough...
Climb up the chain to reach
a Save Point and a hidden Draw Point with Flare, then head towards
Ultimecia's castle.
|
KURSE ALL SEEDS! |
(There. No more of my titles. Happy now?)
-Ultimecia Castle
Draw Points: I'll list these in
the next version.
Hidden Draw Points: See above note.
GFs: Siren, Carbuncle, Leviathan, Pandemona, Cerberus, Alexander,
Eden
(if you missed them before)
Items: Rosetta Stone
When you enter the castle, you'll be told that your abilities
have been
sealed by Ultimecia's servants. The following abilities will be
unavailable while you're in the castle:
Item
- Cannot use items in or out of battle
Magic - Cannot cast spells in or out of battle
GF - Cannot summon GFs or use
their Menu Abilities
Draw - Cannot use the Draw command
Command Ability - Cannot use special commands besides Draw,
Magic, GF,
and Item
Limit Breaks - Cannot use Limit Breaks
Ressurection - Cannot revive characters, even if the
appropriate ability
is unsealed
Save - Cannot save inside the castle
You can remove the seals on these abilities
by defeating the various
sub-bosses inside the castle. When you defeat a sub-boss, you'll be
asked which seal you
want to remove. Save is probably the least
important ability to unseal; you can always go outside the castle to
save.
So unseal the other abilities first. Also, if you've missed Siren,
Carbuncle, Leviathan, Pandemona, Cerberus, Alexander,
or Eden, you'll be
able to Draw them from the sub-bosses. If you've missed any of those
GFs, I highly recommend unsealing
Draw first. Aside from that, which
abilities you unseal depends on your style of play. You _can_ make it to
Ultimecia
without unsealing any abilities, but you probably won't be
able to defeat her.
One last note: You have two parties
in this castle, and can switch
between them at the green glowing spots. Also, if you have both teams on
the same spot,
you can switch members between them.
Now, for the castle itself. You'll probably notice a creature on the
stairs
in front of you; that's one of the sub-bosses. I think you have
to fight it before you can fight any of the others, but
I'm not
positive. Note that this is just one way to get through the castle; if
you want, you can fight the bosses
in a different order. Also, if you're
having trouble with a sub-boss, you can run from most of them.
----BOSS BATTLE----
Sphinxaur
Just
attack it. Like you have a choice. A high Strength is a good idea
here. After you do enough damage, it takes off its mask
and becomes...
Sphinaxara
Again, just attack. The Sphinxara will summon a Jelleye to help it;
ignore the
Jelleye or you'll have to deal with more dangerous monsters
after you kill it. Just focus on the Sphinxara. It should
die quickly,
and you'll get 2 Megalixirs and 30 AP as your prize.
-------------------
After defeating Sphinxaur,
you'll be given a choice of which ability you
want to unseal; I recommend Draw. You can also explore the area it was
guarding.
First, go into the door right behind the Sphinxaur. Inside,
there's a chandelier; when you walk on it, it drops to the
floor. On the
floor, there's a hatch leading to the wine cellar; open it. (You can get
to this area before fighting
Sphinxaur, but there's a latch on the
door.) In the wine cellar, there's another sub-boss...
----BOSS BATTLE----
Tri-Point
He'll
counterattack with Mega Spark, a Thunder attack. Just Junction 100
Thundagas to Elemental Defense, and you'll get healed
every time you hit
him, making this an easy battle. If you missed the Siren GF, you can
Draw it from him. You'll win
a Rocket Engine and 30 AP from him.
-------------------
I recommend unsealing the GF ability after this fight.
Now, go back
upstairs. There's a party switch point; step on it, and the chandelier
will stay in place. Switch to
the other party, Junction them if need be,
and walk across the chandelier. Go through the next door and you'll find
another
sub-boss...
----BOSS BATTLE----
Krysta
You can draw Carbuncle from him if you missed it before. He'll
use a
strong counterattack on you, but you can avoid it by hitting him with
GFs. Make sure your HP are high, though;
Krysta will cast Ultima on you
when he dies. He probably won't get in more than one other attack,
though. You'll win
an Elem Guard and 30 AP.
-------------------
Unseal the Magic or Item ability next. Also, this might be a good
time
to go outside the castle and save.
To find the next boss, go East from Sphinxaur. You may notice a bell
with
a pull-rope and a party swithc point on the next screen; ignore it
for now. The bell is used to make the Omega Weapon
appear, and you're
not ready for that fight now. See Side Quests for more details. Anyways,
go through the door to
the Gallery.
In the Gallery, there's a clock on the floor and a bunch of portraits.
Look at all the portraits;
the title on one of them will be faded and
then a list of the titles of all the other portraits you've looked at
will
be shown. This is a very devious puzzle. If you're stumped, the
solution is below.
If you're wondering, the names
of the portraits are Ignus, Inandantia,
Iudicium, Intervigilium, Venus, Viator, Vigil, Vividarium, Inaudax,
Xystus,
Xerampelinae, and Xiphias. If you can figure out why I listed
them in that order, you're on a good start to solving it.
SOLUTION:
Notice
how all the portraits have names starting with I, V, or X? The
titles are actually code words for the Roman Numerals from
1 to 12. From
the South side of the balcony above the room, you can see the clock face
clearly; the hour hand is pointing
at VIII, the minute hand at IIII, and
the second hand at VI. So, the answer is Vividarium, Intervigilium,
Viator.
END
SOLUTION
Once you've solved the puzzle, black-green smoke will appear. Back in
the actual room, there's a new boss
to fight...
----BOSS BATTLE----
Trauma
Droma
You can Draw Leviathan if you missed it. You can
also draw Meltdown; I
like to cast it on him and then hit him with physical attacks. This boss
will summon weaker
Dromas; ignore them or kill them as you see fit. Note
that Drain works on Trauma. After it loses a certain amount of HP,
Trauma will drain from the Dromas every time you hit it. This isn't a
big deal, though. All in all, this is an easy
battle. Your prize is an
Elem Atk and 30 AP.
-------------------
Unseal whichever of the Item and Magic
commands you didn't already, then
move on. There's a party switch point, and a set of stairs just past it.
Go down
the stairs to find two doors. The one on the right is locked, so
go through the one on the left. The door closes behind
you; examine the
statue in the corner for a key. As you grab it, though, a huge monster
attacks you...
----BOSS
BATTLE----
Red Giant
The Red Giant takes little damage from most attacks, but he does have a
weakness...
Demi. You can Draw this from him, so he shouldn't be too
hard. If you missed Pandemona, you can get it here. He also doesn't
like
Diablos much, and Cactuar will do normal damage to him... even so, he
says "THat GF is a waste of tiME!" after
being hit by Cactaur. =P Pretty
easy, if you know how, although he's got some strong physical attacks.
When you beat
him, he'll disintegrate rather spectacularly and you'll
get a Diamond Armor and 30 AP.
-------------------
I
recommend unsealing Ressurection at this point. Now, unlock the door
with the prison key. You can't open the other door
here just yet.
To reach the next boss, go up the stairs and use the party switch point.
Go through the door north
of where you fell off the chandelier to find a
fountain; examine it for the Treasury Key. This isn't the key you need,
but you may as well get it while you're here. Go into the next room,
then climb the stairs. You'll come to a bridge
with an object in the
middle of it; that's the key you need. You can either walk towards it
and pick it up, or run;
if you run, the key falls in the water. Don't
worry, it winds up right by the door you need to use it on.
Switch
to the other party and use the key to open the door. Inside,
you'll see a face on the ground...
----BOSS BATTLE----
Vysage
Lefty
Righty
These
are just ordinary enemies; you shouldn't have any problems.
However, once you defeat them, a stronger monster appears...
Gargantua
He'll
use Counter Twist if you hit him with physical attacks, so use GFs
or spells. If nothing else, you can Draw Quake spells
and cast them back
at him. Be careful; he can cast Berserk. You can Draw Cerberus from him
if you missed it before.
Once he's beaten, you'll get a Magic Armlet and
42 AP.
-------------------
Unseal either Command Ability
or Limit Break, then go back to the party
switch point. Go back to where Sphinxaur was and go left. You'll come to
a
door; the Treasury Key will open it. Inside are four coffins. You'll
have to solve a simple puzzle to get them all open;
when you do, a large
Behemoth-like creature will appear.
----BOSS BATTLE----
Catoblepas
Absorbs Thunder
Weak
against Earth/Water
Draw Alexander from him if you missed it before. The only trick about
him is that he casts
Meteor when he dies. You'll get a Status Atk and 30
AP.
-------------------
Unseal whatever's left besides
Save.
At this point, you can get a Rosetta Stone if you want. If you don't
want it, skip this whole paragraph.
Otherwise, go back to the hallway,
head north, and stand on the switch point. Switch to the other party and
go up
the nearby stairs, then head west. You'll be in the same room as
the other party, but on the higher level. Now, step on
the switch point
nearby. If the characters on the higher level have more total weight
than the ones on the lower level,
(the male characters are heavier, so
just having more males in that team will do it) the elevator will shoot
up. Switch
parties now and go left; the door here leads to a room with
the Floodgate Key. Switch to the other party; they'll get
off, and the
other side will fall down. Now, stand on the switch point and put your
best party together. Go back to
the room where the prison is; just
outside it is a lever with a lock on it. With the Floodgate Key, you can
unlock
it and use it. Now, head back to the fountain. In the room to the
north, you'll find an organ; hit _all_ the keys at once.
(A bit tricky,
considering the controller layout.) Back in the fountain room, take the
path on the upper-right to
find a barred gate. If you hit all the keys
at once on the organ, it'll be open and you can go through. After a
short
walk, you'll find a Rosetta Stone; also, the nearby door opens
into the prison.
Whether you get the Rosetta Stone
or not, go past the bridge where the
Armory Key was to find a tower. There's a hidden Save Point on the first
screen;
if you haven't unsealed Save, it won't do you much good, but
remember where it is if you want to fight Omega Weapon. As
you climb,
you'll see a swinging pendulum. Get close to it, then hit Confirm to
jump onto it and you'll swing to the
other side. Go through the door,
and you'll see a huge flying dragon...
----BOSS BATTLE----
Tiamat
Flying
Moster
Immune to Wind
Strong against Fire/Thunder
You can draw Eden if you don't have it. Tiamat will prepare
a powerful
Dark Flare attack by spelling Dark Flare one letter at a time; (in other
words, first the message "D" appears,
then "Da", all the way up to "Dark
Flare") cast Shell to reduce the damage. Tiamat has considerably higher
HP than
the other bosses, which is why I recommend fighting him last.
Still, he shouldn't be too tough; just use whatever your
normal boss
strategy is. The key is to either survive Dark Flare, or kill him before
he uses it. You'll get a Status
Guard and 30 AP after the battle.
-------------------
Unseal Save; you're almost done. Go back to the tower
and keep climbing.
The path is fairly straightforward at this point; just keep going and
you'll find a Save Point.
Use it, set your characters up, (I've got a
section on that after the battle strategy) and then go through the
nearby
door to find Ultimecia...
----BOSS BATTLE----
Ultimecia
Your party is picked randomly for this battle;
however, if a character
dies, they will disappear if you don't revive them quickly, and be
replaced by another character
if any are left. You can deal with this in
two ways: either give everyone good Junctions so that no matter who
you've
got, they should be able to handle themselves; or, have three
strong characters and kill the others off until you have
your preferred
team. I've tried both methods, and they're both very effective; do
whichever one suits you. Anyways,
this part of the battle isn't too
hard; Ultimecia can use Maelstrom on you, but her other attacks aren't
that dangerous.
I recommend having 100 Pains on ST-Def to avoid its
Curse effect. If you're going to kill off characters, do it now. The
basic strategy for the entire battle is pretty basic: hit hard, and heal
when needed. After you defeat her, she'll
summon "the strongest GF"...
Griever
This is where it starts to get tricky. From here on, the enemy can
sometimes
remove your entire stock of a spell, which can be a big
problem if it's Junctioned to something. Also, in this particular
part
of the battle, Griever will Draw spells from you and cast them. He also
uses Gravija. Stay healthy, as Griever
will cast Shockwave Pulsar when
defeated, and there's still a ways to go...
Ultimecia
Helix
Now Ultimecia
fuses with Griever to become a very strange-looking
creature. Not much to comment on here. Ultimecia will sometimes create
a
Helix monster, but I don't know what they do. After enough damage,
you'll knock off her lower half. This part of
the fight isn't too rough,
but ýou'll still get your spells blown away at times, so watch out.
Defeat her this time,
and she'll change again...
Ultimecia
Ultimecia
At this point, Ultimecia will start using "Hell's Judgement",
which
drops everyone's HP to 1. Chances are that your GFs won't survive this,
so don't bother with them. Just heal
after being hit by it. After enough
damage, Ultimecia's lower half will be available as a target; she'll
Draw Apocalypse
from it and cast it, doing about 3000 damage to the
whole party. However, you can Draw it as well. Eventually, Ultimecia
will start saying things after every hit; at this point, just keep
hitting her, and you'll soon win. Now sit back
and watch the ending
sequence.
-------------------
-Setting up for the last battle
Those of you who
want to kill off all but your best three characters
should have no trouble getting set up. However, if you want to set
everyone up to be ready, it'll take some effort. Here's some tips:
(which also apply if you're going to use the "best
team" strategy)
-Make sure everyone has a GF with Ability*3 or Ability*4.
-Also make sure everyone can Junction
to all five basic stats, and as
many characters as possible can Junction to Speed. Tonberry's Call Shop
will help
with this.
-Revive and Recover are useful, though optional.
-Be sure to have plenty of Aura and Meltdown spells in stock.
-Auto-Haste
and Spd+40% will help a lot; being able to get more turns in
will make the battle a lot easier.
-Make sure several
people have the Item command, since you may need that
as a backup in case your healing spells get blown away.
-If you've
got Call Shop, and you've visited Johnny's Shop in Esthar,
buy a lot of X-Potions. A few Megalixirs would be good, too.
These
tips are just a starting point, but they should help you be
prepared no matter who's on your team. Of course, the real
fun is in
finding your own setup. Good luck, and enjoy!
***SIDE QUESTS***
-Rare Card Locations
Here's a list of where to find all the rare cards in the game and what
you can get from them with Card Mod.
CARD NOTES
PuPu
Complete the UFO Chase, and give PuPu Elixirs when you
meet him. Refines into a Hungry Cookpot.
ChubbyChocobo Lose the Chicobo card to the Queen of Cards. Later, win
this card from the student on the bench near the library
in Balamb Garden. Refines into 100 LuvLuvGs.
Angelo Win it from Watts on
the Timber Owls' train or the White
SeeD Ship. Refines into 100 Elixirs.
Gilgamesh Win it from the CC Member King. Refines into
10 Holy
Wars.
MiniMog
Win it from the kid jogging around near the directory in
Balamb Garden. Refines into 100 Pet Houses.
Chicobo Get the Stones in all 6 Chocobo
Forests, then go to the
Sacred Chocobo
Forest. Refines into 100 Gysahl Greens.
Quezacotl Win it from Mayor Dobe in FH. Refines into
100 Dynamo
Stones.
Shiva
Give Zone the "Girl Next Door" magazine. Refines into 100
North Winds.
Ifrit Defeat Ifrit in the Fire Cavern. You can't miss
this
card. Refines into 3 Elem Atks.
Siren
Win it from the pub owner in Dollet. Refines into 3
Status Atks.
Sacred Defeat Sacred and Minotaur in the Tomb of the Unknown
King. Refines into 100 Dino Bones.
Minotaur Defeat Sacred and Minotaur in the Tomb
of the Unknown
King. Refines into
10 Adamantines.
Carbuncle Win it from the CC member Heart. Refines into 3 Glow
Curtains.
Diablos Defeat Diablos by calling him with the Magic Lamp.
Refines into 100 Black Holes
Leviathan Win it from the CC member Joker. Refines into 3 Doc's
Codes.
Odin Defeat Odin in the Centra Ruins. Refines into 100
Dead
Spirits.
Pandemona
Win it from the Hotel Owner in Balamb after finishing the
scenario there, or from his daughter during the scenario.
Refines into 100 Windmills.
Cerberus Defeat Cerberus in Galbadia Garden. Refines into
100
Lightweights.
Alexander
Win it from Piet at the Lunar Base or the crashed landing
pod. Refines into 3 Moon Curtains.
Phoenix Lose the Doomtrain card to the Queen
of Cards. Later, win
this card from
a Presidential Aide in Esthar. Refines
into 3 Phoenix Spirits.
Bahamut Defeat Bahamut in the Deep Sea Research Center.
Refines
into 100 Megalixirs.
Doomtrain
Lose the Alexander card to the Queen of Cards. Later, win
this card from the pub owner in Timber. Refines into 3
Status Guards.
Eden Defeat Ultima Weapon in the Deep Sea Research
Center.
Refines into 3 Monk's Codes.
Ward
Win it from Dr. Odine in Esthar. Refines into 3 Gaea's
Rings.
Kiros Lose the MiniMog card to the Queen of Cards. Later,
win
this card from someone in Deling
City's Shopping Center.
Refines into
3 Accelerators.
Laguna Win it from Ellone at the Lunar Base; _very_ hard
to get.
Refines into 100 Heros.
Selphie
Win it from her friend at Trabia Garden. Refines into 3
Elem Guards.
Quistis Win it from one of the Trepies in Balamb Garden. Refines
into 3 Samantha Souls.
Irvine Lose the Sacred card to the Queen of Cards.
Later, win
this card from Flo in FH.
Refines into 3 Rocket Engines.
Zell Win it from Ma Dincht in
Balamb. Refines into 3 Hyper
Wrists.
Rinoa
Lose the Ifrit card to General Caraway in Deling City,
then play him again to win the Rinoa card. Win the Ifrit
card back from Martine in FH. Refines into 3 Magic
Armlets.
Edea Win it from Edea at her house. Refines into 3
Royal
Crowns.
Seifer
Win it from Headmaster Cid; the earliest point you can do
this is just before leaving for Timber. Refines into 3
Diamond Armors.
Squall Win it from Laguna on the lower deck of the Ragnarok.
Refines into 3 Three Stars.
-Timber Maniacs Locations
*Will be added later*
-Diablos
To obtain
the Diablos GF, use the Magical Lamp and you'll fight him. The
earliest point you can do this is before heading to Timber.
If you want,
you can try and fight him at that point. If you have trouble there,
though, try fighting him during the
Laguna sequence. Laguna, Ward, and
Kiros all have strong Limit Breaks, so you might find it easier this
way.
use the startegy i mentioned earlier in my walkthrough.
*****
-Dollet revisited
Rare Cards: Siren
Items:
Potion/X-Potion, Phoenix Down/Mega-Potion, Soft/Elixir,
Occult Fan II
After escaping from Timber, you can head
North from the train station to
reach Dollet again. There's two things of note here. First of all, you
can win the
Siren Card from the pub owner. After you defeat him once,
he'll move to another room and start using Siren's card. Be
sure to get
it. Also, talk to him normally to get a whole bunch of weak cards. You
can also search the pile of magazines
near the door to get various
items; after getting three items, you won't find anything unless you
leave the room and
come back. (Note that you can still get some items
after getting the "There's nothing of interest here" message; but after
the third item, you won't find anything.) If you keep searching the
pile, you'll get Occult Fan II.
The other
thing you can do is the "Find-The-Dog" subquest. Go through
the town until you find a dog, and a boy standing next to
a door. Talk
to the boy, and he'll go inside. Follow him.
Inside the house, there's a short scene. After the scene,
look at the
painting and Squall will say he's seen that place before. Go outside,
and you'll notice that the dog has
disappeared. Go to the fountain (it's
what the painting was of) and look on the right side to find the dog.
Talk to
him, and you'll have a choice of whether to look under his bone
or not. Do it. You'll find a Potion if you do this early
on, an X-Potion
if you do it on Disc 3.
Now, go back to the boy's house; there's another scene. Look at the
painting
again, then go outside and head up one screen to the pub. Just
North of the pub's door is the dog. Look under his bone
again for a
Phoenix Down. (Mega-Potion if you do this later)
Go to the house for a third time; there will be another
scene. Look at
the painting again, then go outside to find the dog. Look under his bone
for a Soft. (or an Elixir)
The old man will go back into the house and
you'll overhear a conversation. That's it.
Note: The boy is the Queen
of Cards' son. He'll prove important in
another sidequest... See the Queen of Cards side quest for more
information.
Also,
if you want, you can get into the mountain area by talking to the
Dollet Soldier guarding it twice, but there's nothing
much there.
****
-Brothers
Draw Points: Float
Hidden Draw Points: Cura
Rare Cards: Sacred, Minotaur
GFs:
Brothers
The Brothers, Sacred and Minotaur, are found in the Tomb of the Unknown
King. You have to go to the Tomb
to get into Caraway's Mansion, but you
don't have to go in very far. The toughest enemies in the tomb are
probably
the Blobras and Armadodos; the Blobras are very resistant to
physical attacks, and each one has a different elemental
weakness.
Either Scan them and then cast the appropriate elemental spell, or just
summon GFs. The Armadodos aren't
particularly strong on the offensive,
but they'll take a few rounds to kill. Anyways, to get the new GF, first
make
your way into the room furthest East. Approach the pedestal, and
Sacred will attack.
----BOSS BATTLE----
Sacred
Weak
against Wind, Water
Immune to Earth
He'll regenerate HP regularly as long as he's on the ground. So, cast
Float
on him. His attacks are fairly strong, so make sure you have
strong HP and Vit junctions. Other than that, there's nothing
special
about this battle; just hit him with your best attacks, and Draw a few
Life spells if you can get away with
it.
-------------------
After defeating Sacred, go outside and save. You can reach the
Northernmost and
Westernmost rooms now. (There were stone tablets in the
way before.) Each of those rooms has a switch. (The Northernmost
room
has a Draw Point with Float, and the Westernmost has a hidden DP with
Cura.) After pushing both switches, head
to the center of the tomb from
the South side. There will be a bridge leading across; cross it and
you'll find Sacred
again. This time, his older (but smaller) brother
Minotaur joins in the fight.
----BOSS BATTLE----
Sacred
Weak
against Wind, Water
Immune to Earth
Minotaur
Absorbs Earth
Weak against Wind, Water
Both brothers will
regenerate HP unless you cast Float on them. Cast it
right away, and recast it if you need to. Individually, they're not
too
tough; Sacred's the same as before, and Minotaur's attacks do about the
same damage as Sacred, though he sometimes
gets a critical. He can also
pound the ground, damaging you whole team with earth damage. Also, the
two of them have
a combo attack, Mad Cow Special, which does a LOT of
damage. Avoid it with Float. Use your best attacks on Minotaur, as
he
poses a bigger threat than Sacred. Once Sacred's alone, it should be
easy. Your rewards are some G-Hi Potions and
G-Returners, the Sacred
Card, a whopping 40 AP, and the Brothers GF.
-------------------
After the fight,
the Brothers join you as a GF. Also, the tomb flies
open and the king gives you the Minotaur Card. The Sacred and Minotaur
cards are very good; use them whenever possible.
GF Brothers' Stats:
Starting level: 7
Starts with HP-J,
Magic, GF, Draw, Item, HP+20%
Learn Boost first. After that, go with Str-J and then Spr-J, so that you
can have
more party members with those abilities.
****
-Winhill
There's one mildly rewarding side quest you can
do here. To start the
subquest, go to the large manor in the town square. Talk to the guy on
the stairs, and he'll
tell you about the vase. What you have to do now
is find the 4 pieces of the broken vase. Here's where to find them:
1)
Examine the suit of armor on the left side of the manor. Then try to
move away from it. It starts moving, then collapses
and a Chicobo comes
out and drops a Vase Piece. Pick it up.
2) Go south from the town square. You'll see an old
woman go into her
house. Go inside and examine the flowers. The first time, the old woman
asks you if you like flowers;
the second time, you'll find a Vase Piece.
3) Go south from the old woman's house. You'll see a Chicobo crossing
the
road. Stand in the right place and talk to the Chicobo as it crosses
the road; it'll jump in the air and come down, and
a Vase Piece will
float down afterwards. You can do this a second time for Gysahl Greens,
and a third for a Phoenix
Pinion. (It says Phoenix Down when you get it,
but it's actually a Pinion. See the Shumi Village section for info on
what
it does.)
4) This vase piece is harder to find than it should be. Go to Raine's
old house and go upstairs. Talk
to the woman there until she mentions
flowers, then go downstairs and examine the flowers on the table in the
lower-right
corner. Raine's ghost will appear; talk to it and a cat will
appear in its place. Talk to the cat for the last Vase Piece.
After
you give all the vase pieces to the man, he'll reward you with a
Holy Stone. Nothing much, but then, you didn't do much.
****
-Shumi
Village
Draw Points: Ultima(r), Firaga, Blizzaga
Items: Phoenix Pinion, Status Guard
Like the broken vase side
quest in Winhill, this one can be frustrating
and annoying. Go to Shumi Village, near the top center of the map. You
can
get there once you have the mobile Garden. Once you're inside,
you'll find a Shumi who offers to let you use the Draw
Point for 5000
gil. It's worth it; the Draw Point contains Ultima, a great spell for
Junctioning. It regenerates after
a while, so make it a point to come
back here every so often.
Anyways, to start the side quest, take the elevator
to the lower part of
Shumi Village. A hologram will greet you. Once you reach the bottom, go
into the building on
the far left side of the village and examine the
statue. Squall will recognize it as Laguna, and the nearby Shumi,
Sculptor,
will overhear him. Pleased that you know Laguna, he tells you
to see the Elder. Agree, then search behind the statue to
find a Draw
Point with Firaga. Leave Sculptor's building and head east to the next
screen. The Moomba that was blocking
the entrance to the building there
will have moved. You can now enter the building, as well as reach the
nearby Blizzaga
Draw Point. Go inside. After talking with the Elder for
a while, try to leave and he'll ask Squall to see Sculptor and
help with
the statue.
When you talk to Sculptor, he'll ask you to find several stones. Agree.
If you talk to
Specialist, the Shumi near the entrance, he'll give you
hints about where to find the stones. First, sculptor will ask
for the
blue stone. You can go crazy looking for this; it's just to the left of
the statue. Sculptor already had it.
=P
Next, Sculptor asks for wind stones. This is also pretty easy; head back
towards the elevator. You'll notice
a rock beside a building you can't
enter; examine it for the wind stone.
Take the wind stone back to Sculptor,
and he'll ask for life stone. You
really can't miss this; head back towards the elevator, and Squall will
notice something
when you head right from Elder's house. Examine the
area to get the life stone.
After you give the life stone to
Sculptor, he'll ask for shadow stone.
This is on the surface. Take the elevator up, then examine the shadowy
splotch
for the stone. Go back to Sculptor.
Finally, Sculptor wants water stone. Squall will notice something when
you
pass by the pond, but that's a red herring. Instead, go into the
house nearby. This is home to a Shumi named Artisan.
On the bed, there's
an issue of Timber Maniacs, but _don't_ read it yet. Look near Artisan's
sink for the water stone.
Squall will ask to borrow it, and Artisan will
agree. Take the stone to Sculptor, and talk to him again to find out
_why_
you went gathering stones. Then visit Elder again. It looks like
you get nothing, but when you try to leave, his Attendant
will give you
a Phoenix Pinion. If you use this in battle, the Phoenix GF will
randomly come to your aid in future
battles. Nice. =) After a brief
scene, where Elder tells Attendant to help with the statue, you'll
regain control,
and can leave the village.
However, there's more to this side quest. Leave the village and come
back in. Talk to
Sculptor and he'll tell you that the statue isn't
getting any easier to make. Then talk to Attendant, who's standing off
in the corner. After that, go to Elder's house and talk to him. He'll
ask you to talk to the Moomba outside. Do so,
and the Moomba will get up
and head to Sculptor's workshop. Go there, and you'll see a brief scene
where the Moomba
convinces Attendant to take the statue more seriously.
Report back to Elder on the progress of the statue; a short
dialogue
sequence will occur. After it's done, go back to the workshop and talk
to Attendant. He'll say that it would
be much easier if Artisan helped
out. Go to Artisan's house and talk to him; he'll refuse to work on the
statue. You
can talk to Elder, but he won't have any information.
The game is rather vague on what to do next. What you have to
do is go
to Fisherman's Horizon and visit the Grease Monkey. (see the Fisherman's
Horizon section of the walkthrough
for details on where to find him)
When you walk into his house, a Moomba doll will great you, and the
Grease Monkey
will explain that it reacts to people who've been to Shumi
Village. Talk to Grease Monkey and you'll tell him about the
problem; he
gives you the Moomba Doll and asks you to take it to Artisan. Do so.
After a short scene, the Moomba
Doll will relay a message to Artisan;
leave his house and you'll find the Master Fisherman if you met him
earlier.
Whether or not the Master Fisherman is there, Artisan will walk
out of his house and agree to help out. Now that Artisan's
working on
the statue, talk to Elder and he'll reward your efforts with a Status
Guard. (teaches a GF ST Def-J*4)
You
can return after you have the Ragnarok to see the completed statue.
If you met the Master Fisherman before, he'll play
the song you
performed in FH after you've seen the statue. Also, as you leave, you'll
see a scene with the Elder and
Attendant.
****
-Chocobo Forests
Rare Cards: Chicobo
Items: Aura Stone, Protect Stone, Shell Stone,
Holy Stone*2, Flare
Stone*2, Meteor Stone*3, Ultima Stone*2
This is a rather time-consuming sidequest, and if you're
not interested
in a complete card collection and don't have a Pocketstation, it doesn't
have much to reward you with.
Anyways, there are 6 Chocobo Forests that
you can get to with Garden or Ragnarok. You'll recognize them easily by
their
round shape. Their locations are:
1. (Beginner) "The Beginner's Forest". Right next to Shumi Village.
2. (Beginner)
"The Basics Forest". A little south of the first forest.
3. (Intermediate) "The Roaming Forest". Northwest of Trabia Garden,
on
the other side of the mountains.
4. (Intermediate) "Forest of Solitude". A bit Northwest of the Centra
Ruins.
If you're in Garden, you'll have to get out and walk to get
around the mountains.
5. (Expert) "Forest of Fun." In
southwest Centra, near the lighthouse.
6. (Expert) "Enclosed Forest". This is the hardest forest to reach
without the
Ragnarok. In southeast Centra, there's a beach that laeds to
a narrow mountain path. Get out of Garden and go through
the mountains,
then head west to reach the forest.
(Note: The Chocoboy will tell you the forest's name if you buy
a hint
from him.)
The first time you enter one of the forests, the Chocoboy will explain
how to catch a Chocobo
for 1000 gil. You can't catch Chocobos until you
hear the explanation, so pay. I'll skip the full details, since you can
get them from the in-game explanation; basically, what you have to do is
get only one Chicobo on the screen, then
talk to it to get the mother
Chocobo to appear. Also, once the mother appears you can find items if
you use the Ziner
in the right spot. When you do this, you've officially
"solved" that forest. Also, the first time you catch a Chocobo,
the
Chocoboy will give you a Chicobo (which you can name; its default name
is Boko) and you'll be able to play the
"Chocobo World" minigame if you
have a Pocketstation. I don't have a Pocketstation, so I can't provide
any details
on this, but you can get some good items.
Anyways, here are the solutions to the Chocobo Forest puzzles:
1.
Chocobo: Just head to the top-center area of the screen. Use the
Sonar to find the right spot, then use the
Ziner to get one Chicobo
to fall. There's a spot further south where three will fall; ignore
it.
Stone: Search the far-right area of the screen and use the Ziner.
You'll get an Aura
Stone.
2. Chocobo: Use the Sonar in the upper area to find a good spot. Use the
Ziner here and three
Chicobos will fall. Use the Sonar near the lower
two and use the Ziner in a good spot; this will cause them
to go back
up, leaving only one Chicobo on the screen.
Stone: Search near the left side of
the screen for a Flare Stone.
3. Chocobo: Two Chicobos are on the ground at the start. Use the Ziner
once in the right place and a third will drop down; then they'll all
go back up. Now head towards the entrance
and use the Sonar; when you
hear the beep, use the Ziner and a lone Chicobo will drop down. Talk
to it to get the Chocobo to appear.
Stone: Go up as far as you can and search to find a Shell Stone and a
Holy Stone.
4. Chocobo: This is tough, since the Sonar beeps everywhere. Select the
Sonar, and hold
down the button. Walk straight up and a little to the
left from Chocoboy; keep walking until your Sonar beeps
louder than
usual. (Trust me, you'll notice.) Make sure you're in the right spot,
then use
the Ziner to get the lone Chicobo.
Stone: The trickiest-to find Stone. After getting the Chocobo,
challenge Chocoboy to a card game. Don't accept, just tell him to
move. Then, use the Ziner on the spot where
he was standing to get
a Protect Stone and a Meteor Stone.
5. Chocobo: First, use the Ziner in the
lower-right area (checking it
with the Sonar first, of course) to get 3 Chicobos to drop down. Now,
stand up and to the left of the Chicobo that landed closest to you
and use the Ziner in the right spot. A
fourth will drop. Stand near
the Chocoboy and use the Ziner to get a fifth chocobo. Use the Ziner
again and the fifth Chocobo will run through the other four, sending
them back up. Now he's alone, so talk
to him to find the mother.
Stone: In the upper-right area of the forest. You'll get a Meteor
Stone, Flare Stone, and Ultima Stone.
6. Chocobo: First, get two Chicobos to fall down. There are a lot of
places where you can do this. Now, head to the entrance and use the
Ziner in the right spot; one Chicobo will
go up and another will fall
down. Use the Ziner near the big rock up and to the right of Chocoboy
and the one that went up should fall back down. Use the Ziner in the
upper-right area and a fourth Chicobo
will appear. Now, use the Ziner
in the middle area. The four Chicobos will go up, and a fifth will
fall down by itself.
Stone: Use the Ziner in the upper-right area for a Meteor Stone,
Holy Stone, and Ultima Stone.
Note: When you're looking for the stones, your Ziner won't be stolen if
you use it
in the wrong place. So you can just hold down the button and
walk around, and you'll get the item eventually. Of course,
this won't
work with Forest 4. However, it's quite useful in Forests 5 and 6.
Once you've got a Chocobo, you can
ride it to the completely forested
area south of Trabia. There's a 7th Chocobo Forest here; it's the
Chocobo Shrine.
If you've solved all six forests, you'll see some
Chocobos doing a dance, and a Chicobo will fall down; talk to it for
the
Chicobo card. This is one of the cards you need for the Queen of Cards
side quest. Talk to the Chicobo again to
get Gysahl Greens for 600 gil;
same price as the Chocoboy charged you. Talk to Chocoboy and he'll get a
Chocobo for
you to ride out on, then leave.
****
-Centra Ruins
Draw Points: Aero
Hidden Draw Points: Drain, Pain(r)
There
are two quests here. The first is obtaining Odin. To do this, you
must reach and defeat him in 20 minutes. Enc-None will
help here. The
path is pretty straightforward at first; the only thing of note is a
hidden Draw Point with Drain on
the third screen in. When you come to a
room with a platform, stand on the platform; it's an elevator that takes
you
to the next section of the ruins. When it stops, you'll be on a
screen with two ladders; take the left one, as the one
on the right only
leads to a Draw Point with Aero. At the top, you'll come to a second
ladder; climb it to reach a
door. Go inside and examine the panel. Now
climb all the way back down and examine the blue panel between the
ladders
to make a stairway. Go up the stairs until you come to a
platform. Climb the nearby ladder and examine the gargoyle. You'll
be
asked if you want to take out its left eye; agree. Now climb back down
the ladder and go up the nearby stairs.
There's a hidden Draw Point with
Pain here, as well as another ladder; examine the ladder and you'll
automatically
climb to the top of the ruins. There's another gargoyle;
put the left eye in and don't take the right eye. You'll be given
a 5-
digit code number; it varies, so be _sure_ to remember it. Now take both
eyes out and go back to the first gargoyle.
Put both eyes in, and input
the code you got before. The door below you will open... go inside...
----BOSS BATTLE----
Odin
Odin
won't actually _do_ anything, so you can just sit there and Draw
from him for a while. Just be sure to beat him before
time runs out. You
should have about 15 minutes to fight if you used Enc-None to get
through the ruins; that's plenty
of time. The most notable spell to Draw
is Triple; the others are fairly easy to refine. Also, Mug him to get a
Luck-J
Scroll. When it comes to actually attacking him, he's got a high
defense, but not that much HP. After winning, you'll
get the Odin Card
and 20 AP.
-------------------
Now that you've beaten Odin, he'll randomly appear at the
start of a
battle and kill all the enemies. Pretty handy, though it can get a bit
annoying, and even dangerous in
timed sequences.
The second side quest you can do here is obtaining the Tonberry GF. To
get this, keep fighting
the Tonberrys that appear in the lower part of
the ruins. After defeating about 20 Tonberrys, the Tonberry King will
appear
immediately after you beat one of them.
----BOSS BATTLE----
Tonberry King
He's _really_ strong, with
high HP and attack called It's Sharp! that
does major damage. However, his regular attack is laughably weak, and
his
Junk attack isn't that strong either. Cast Protect on everyone ASAP,
(Haste helps, too) and stay healed while hitting
him with everything
you've got. Don't bother Mugging, since he's got nothing, or Drawing,
since he doesn't have anything
that can't be refined easily enough. The
battle may take a while, but it shouldn't be too hard. You'll get a
Royal
Crown and 20 AP.
-------------------
Once you defeat Tonberry King, he'll shrink and become the Tonberry GF.
GF
Tonberry's Stats:
Starting Level: 30
Starts with Magic, GF, Draw, Item, LV Down, LV Up, Eva+30%, Luck+50%
He's
got a _lot_ of expensive abilities to learn, but they're worth it.
Don't bother learning his GF abilities at first, as
you're probably not
going to summon him much. His Menu Abilities are probably his best, so
learn those first.
****
-Doomtrain
To
get the Doomtrain GF, first go to Tears' Point near Esthar.
-Tears' Point
Draw Points: Life(r?), Reflect(r?)
Items:
Solomon Ring
Near the entrance, you'll find a Draw Point with Life. Go all the way in
to find another Draw Point
with Reflect, and the Solomon Ring. This is
the key item.
6 Steel Pipes - Mug Wendigos for them, or make them
from Elastoid cards.
6 Remedies+ - Make each one from 10 Remedies with Alexander's Med-LV Up.
6 Malboro Tentacles -
Mug/win from Malboros, (the hard way) or make one
Tentacle from 4 Malboro cards. (time-consuming, but easier than
fighting)
Once
you have the above items, use Solomon's Ring. That's it! No fight,
just name Doomtrain.
GF Doomtrain's Stats:
Starting
level: 28
Starts with Elem-Atk-J, ST-Atk-J, Magic, GF, Draw, Item, Junk Shop
Good abilities to start with include
Elem-Def*4, ST-Def-J*4, Darkside,
and Forbid Med-RF.
-Jumbo Cactaur
Once you have the Ragnarok, you'll be able to land on a small island
near Centra with a
desert and a strange dark object popping up from time
to time. That island is Cactaur Island, and the dark object is Jumbo
Cactaur. Run into it when it pops up for a fight.
----BOSS BATTLE----
Jumbo Cactaur
Weak against Water
Its
physical attack is fairly strong, and its Ker Plunk hits all
targets, but the real danger here is its 10000 Needles attack,
which
does 10000 damage regardless of your defense; in other words, a
guaranteed kill. Put Water on Elem-Atk to do
more damage. You can Mug
him for Cactus Thorns, but you're probably better off with the Gaea's
Ring you get for winning.
After you do enough damage, Jumbo Cactur will
prepare to run off... Kill him _quickly_, or you'll have to fight him
all
over again. As a sidenote, use Squall's Limit Break on him for a
laugh. =P You'll get 20 AP when you win.
-------------------
Once
you win, you'll get the Cactaur GF.
GF Cactaur's Stats:
Starting level: 20
Starts with Magic, GF, Draw, Item,
HP Bonus, Str Bonus, Vit Bonus, Mag
Bonus, Spr Bonus
A pretty good GF. Be sure to have him and Tonberry on different
characters, as they share a number of abilities.
Also, a note about Cactaur Island: _Every_ enemy here is a Cactaur!
They're worth 20 AP each, so this is a _great_ place to learn GF
abilities. The tricky part is that they have a high
evade and run away.
To overcome this problem, put Selphie in the party with her best weapon;
it has a perfect hit
rate. Set the Initiative ability on both her and
Squall, and you're pretty much guaranteed to get two per battle.
****
-UFO
Chase
Rare Cards: PuPu
You'll sometimes see a strange object in random battles on the overworld
which just flies
on and off the battlefield; that's the UFO, and you can
encounter it in four places.
-Winhill area
-Mandy Beach
near Timber
-Kashkabald Desert in Centra
-Heath Peninsula near Trabia
You have to encounter it in all four places
for this side quest. (Note:
You can still "fight" it with Enc-None on.) After you've done that, land
the Ragnarok
on the cliffs in the Grandidi Forest northeast of Esthar.
Here you'll find the UFO again, and this time, it attacks...
----BOSS
BATTLE----
UFO?
This fight is really easy. The UFO doesn't have that much HP, and I
don't think I've seen
it actually attack. When you defeat the UFO, it
explodes and you'll see something go flying off into the distance. Your
prize is an Aegis Amulet; you don't get any AP.
-------------------
After fighting the UFO, head to the
crater where Balamb Garden used to
be. Walk around it until you get another random battle; this time,
you'll meet
the UFO's pilot.
----BOSS BATTLE----
PuPu
He'll ask for Elixirs. If you give enough of them to him, you'll
win the
PuPu card. If you kill him, (which is easy; he only has 10 HP, even at
Level 100) you'll win an Accelerator.
It's your choice which one you
want, but the card can be Card Modded to make a Hungry Cookpot, which
can be made into
a valuable Shaman Stone. Of course, if you want a
complete card collection, you'll definitely want to go for the card.
-------------------
****
-Lake
Obel
Items: Three Stars, Luck-J Scroll
Near Timber, there's a small mass of land that juts out into a lake.
(Obel
Lake) Go to the edge of the land and examine the water; you'll get
two options. You can throw a rock, or try humming.
Try humming; you'll
be given the same options again. A creature will talk to you and ask for
a favor. Accept; the
creature asks you to find Mr. Monkey. To find him,
go to the forest near Dollet. Wander around for a while, and eventually
you'll get a message saying you ran into him. After that, go back to
Obel Lake and you'll tell the shadow where Mr.
Monkey is.
Now that you've done that, talk to the shadow a few times. It will give
you several clues which lead
you to items. One set of clues tells you
where to find four rocks with letters on them. Here are their locations:
(which
you can't find until you get the clue from the shadow)
1. The shadow will probably mention the beach near Balamb first.
Walk
along the shoreline there and keep examining the ground until you find a
rock with letters. There's a lot of
dummy rocks, though.
2. After getting a rock, talk to the shadow and it will tell you that
Mr. Monkey had a rock.
Throw rocks into the lake until one skips "many
many times", then go back to the forest near Dollet and try to run into
Mr. Monkey again. He'll throw the second rock at you.
3. The shadow will mention an island east of Timber. Land
on the narrow
island without a beach and start looking. It's on the eastern end of the
island.
4. The shadow
will mention a mountain with a lake and a cavern. Head
west from Obel Lake to find a waterfall. Land the Ragnarok on the
mountain where the waterfall comes out of and start looking. Search near
the top of the waterfall, and you'll get
a message that a bird is
warming an egg. Choose "Check it out", and you'll get in a fight with
two Thrustaevises.
Defeat them and you'll find the rock.
Go back to the shadow once you've found all the rocks. Put together, the
letters
will spell out:
STSLRM
URHAEO
REAIDR
EASNPD
Read the letters down each column, starting from the right,
to get the
message "Mordred Plains has treasure". Mordred Plains is just north of
Esthar; land the Ragnarok there
and examine the ground. You'll come
across a bunch of talking rocks; they'll give you a bunch of directions.
Don't
go in whatever direction they tell you to. If you keep looking,
eventually you'll find a rock that says "The treasure's
not here!".
Examine that spot again to find a Three Stars.
In addition to the stones, the shadow will tell you
to "take some time
off at Eldbeak Peninsula". Eldbeak Peninsula is northeast of Dollet.
Look there and you'll find
a pillar with writing on it:
TRETIMEASUREATMINOFFDEISLE
Take the words "TIME" and "OFF" out of there to get
the message
"Treasure at Minde Isle". This is an island south of Esthar. Land there
and look around to find a Luck-J
Scroll. That's it for this side quest.
****
-Deep Sea Research Center
Draw Points: Dispel(r?), Esuna(r?),
Triple(r?)
Hidden Draw Points: Ultima(r?)
Rare Cards: Bahamut, Eden
GFs: Bahamut, Eden
Near the southeast
corner of the map, there's a small metal object. Land
the Ragnarok there, then go in. There's a glowing blue reactor here.
A
voice tells you to turn back. This place is tricky. If you move when the
light is glowing, you'll get into a battle,
even if you have Enc-None
on. Move when the light turns off; eventually, you'll reach the reactor.
When you do, you'll
have one choice to select. After you do, you'll
fight a Ruby Dragon. Defeat it, and you'll get another two choices. Pick
the second one, and you'll fight another Ruby Dragon in a Back Attack.
Defeat it, and you'll have two more choices.
Move the cursor down from
the second choice to find a hidden third choice. Select it, and you'll
fight Bahamut.
----BOSS
BATTLE----
Bahamut
Flying Monster
Strong against Poison
Immune to Thunder, Wind
His physical attacks
do a _lot_ of damage, so be sure to have Recover.
Also be sure to watch out for his Mega Flare attack. Aside from those,
he'll just cast Thundaga, and it won't do much damage. Just stay
healthy, and it should be easy. Mug him for a Hyper
Wrist. You'll get
the Bahamut card and 40 AP.
-------------------
Once you defeat Bahamut, you'll get him
as a GF.
GF Bahamut's stats:
Starting Level: 35
Starts with: Ability*4. Magic, GF, Draw, Item, Str+60%, Mag+60%,
Forbid
Mag-RF
He's got a _lot_ of expensive abilities to learn. Try learning Rare Item
to start with. Also,
take advantage of the abilities he starts with;
Forbid Mag-RF lets you make Meteor and Ultima spells, which are great
for Junctioning.
A voice will tell you that "another path to your destiny awaits". The
energy core is now gone.
There's a path, but you can't cross it right
away; go to the bridge of the Ragnarok, then return. You'll see a Save
Point
and can now go to the second level.
On this level, you'll find a Draw Point with Dispel. Examine the
terminal to
open up the path to the next level. (Note: If you mess up in
the upcoming section, come back here to reset everything.)
Go down the
stairs, and examine the terminal by the bottom; you'll be asked whether
you want to use 1, 2, or 4 units
to open the next path. There are two
ways to get through here.
Method #1: (the easy way) On Level 2, choose to
use 2 units of steam. On
the next level, examine the machine to the left of the stairs. You'll be
given the choice
to open the door on the left; do so. Inside, get the
Esuna Draw Point, then examine the machine. You'll get 7 extra units
of
steam! Go back to the console on this floor and use 1 unit of steam,
then 1 unit on each of the next two floors.
When you come to the machine
on Floor 6, you'll automatically use 4 units of steam to open the door.
That leaves you
with 10, which you'll need at the bottom. If you use
this method, you can use Enc-None and avoid all the enemies on the
way
to the bottom.
Method #2: (the hard way, but also more rewarding) Put Zell in the
party. Use only 1 unit
of steam in each room you come to; you'll use 4
total to reach Level 6. Here, examine the machine and ask Zell to help
with it. This will open the door without using extra steam. However,
you'll get into unavoidable encounters with rather
strong enemies this
way. This can be advantageous, though, as the enemies you'll face have
good items, and you can
fight them again if you leave the screen...
The best way to get through here is as follows. First, use the second
method
and fight enemies until you have all the items you want. Then, go
back to the terminal on Level 1 and reset the steam
levels. Now follow
the steps under Method #1, and you won't have to fight the fixed
encounters on the way down.
If
you're using the second method, you'll have 3 fixed encounters on
each floor of the deposit, against the following enemies:
First
floor: 1 Tri-Face (This is a GREAT place to get Curse Spikes.)
Second floor: 1 Grendel and 1 Imp (Nothing great here)
Third
floor: 1 Behemoth (Mug them for Barriers to learn Quistis' Mighty
Guard ability)
Fourth floor: 1 Ruby Dragon (Mug them
for Inferno Fangs to make Flare
spells)
Fifth floor: 2 Iron Giants (Mug them for Star Fragments, then refine
those
into Meteor spells)
Make sure one character has LV Down or Card to make the battles go
faster. There are also random
encounters in addition to the fixed ones.
Also, there's a Save Point on the first floor, a Draw Point with Triple
on
the third, a hidden Draw Point with Ultima on the fifth, and a hidden
Save Point at the bottom. Use the hidden Save Point,
then examine the
machine nearby. You'll only be able to activate it if you have 10 or
more units of steam left. When
you do, an alarm will go off and you'll
be attacked...
----BOSS BATTLE----
Ultima Weapon
This thing
is STRONG. First of all, be sure to draw the Eden GF from it;
no sense fighting this hard battle for nothing! Second,
cast Meltdown on
it so you can do more damage; then cast Aura and hit it with strong
Limits. That's the best you can
do on offense. Ultima Weapon's physical
attacks are fairly strong, doing about 1500-2000 damage; it also uses
Meteor,
Diablos' Gravija attack, a special attack called Light Pillar
that does 9999 damage, and Quake. Be sure to Junction 100
Quakes to
Elemental Defense, so that it's got _one_ attack you don't need to worry
about. Meteor is also fairly weak,
but it can wipe you out if you're low
on HP. Also, be sure to have plenty of Full-life spells; if you get
killed,
you can't afford to be at low HP or you're liable to get killed
again. However, at some point in the battle, Ultima Weapon
will start
using Light Pillar like crazy. When this happens, just use Life or
Phoenix Down on the character who gets
hit by it and use your Limits to
attack. This is a _very_ tough battle; if you can manage to win,
however, you'll
get 100 Ultima Stones, (or you can use Mug to get a
Three Stars instead; it seems that you only get the Ultima Stones
if you
have all three characters alive at the end of the battle, though) the
Eden card, and a whopping 100 AP. And,
of course, the Eden GF if you
remembered to Draw it.
-------------------
GF Eden's stats:
Starting level:
30
Starts with Spd-J, Eva-J, Hit-J, Magic, GF, Draw, Item, Devour
Start by learning GFAbl Med-RF; it only costs
30 AP to learn, and lets
you make some _very_ useful items. After that, learn whatever you want.
A note: After
you defeat Ultima Weapon, there don't seem to be any
encounters on most floors. However, there are still random encounters
on
Level 2 of the complex, and you can fight Tri-Faces there sometimes, so
this is still a pretty good place to go
for Curse Spikes.
****
-CC Group
In Balamb Garden, you can challenge various members of the CC group
to
cards. Defeat them and you'll be able to challenge other members. The
first CC member is Jack. He's walking around
near the Directory. Talk to
him, and he'll introduce himself and tell you to challenge him to cards.
Defeat him, and
he'll tell you about the other members. You can
challenge Joker at any time after beating Jack, but the Suits have to
be
beaten in order before you can face King. Here's where the Suits are, in
order:
Club: Walking around in
the back hallway, usually near the cafeteria.
Beat him and you can challenge Diamond.
Diamond: The two girls who
walk up to the directory. Win against her to
challenge Spade.
Spade: Near the 2nd floor elevator. After winning
against him, you can
face Heart.
Heart: Heart is actually Xu. Go to the bridge and challenge her. She has
the
Carbuncle card.
Once you've beaten Xu, talk to Dr. Kadowaki to hear about King. Then go
to Squall's dorm room and
rest in the bed. When you wake up, King (who's
someone you know) will appear and challenge you. King has the Gilgamesh
card.
As for Joker, who has the Leviathan card, you'll find him in the
Training Center. Take the right path
at the start; you may see Joker. If
you don't, leave and reenter the screen. You can challenge Joker, and
you can
also buy items from him; this is quite useful if you need to
restock on items before the fight with NORG. (Though I'm
not sure if
Joker appears at that point.) If you got the Battle Meter, Joker will
upgrade it after the first time
you win a game with him.
****
-Queen of Cards
The Queen of Cards appears in various places around the
world. She
starts out in Balamb, in front of the train station; however, if you
lose a rare card to her or win one
back, she'll move to another
location. Here's a partial list of her locations:
Balamb: In front of the train station.
Galbadia:
In the Hotel in Deling City.
Dollet: Upstairs in the Pub.
FH: Next to the Save Point.
(I'll try to add more places
in the next version.)
Anyways, to proceed with this side quest, you'll need to lose certain
rare cards to her,
and make sure she has them when she goes to Dollet.
In Dollet, if she has the right rare cards she'll give them to her
son
and you can win them back from him. (See the Dollet Revisited section
for more details.) Also, her father will
make a new rare card that will
pop up somewhere. Here's the cards you lose and what cards you get from
them:
OLD
CARD NEW CARD
MiniMog Kiros
Sacred Irvine
Chicobo
Chubby Chocobo
Alexander Doomtrain
Doomtrain Phoenix
For quick references, the cards are located
in the following places:
MiniMog: Win from the kid running around in the main hall of Balamb
Garden
Kiros:
Win from somebody in the Deling City shopping center.
Sacred: Get it after the fight with Sacred and Minotaur in the
Tomb of
the Unknown King.
Irvine: Win from Flo in the Mayor's house in FH.
Chicobo: Get it after completing
the Chocobo Forest sidequest.
Chubby Chocobo: Win it from the student on the bench outside Balamb
Garden's library.
Alexander:
Win from Piet on the Lunar Base. If you didn't get the card
before completing the Lunar Base scenario, you can find Piet
at the site
of the crashed space pod and win it there.
Doomtrain: Win from the pub owner in Timber.
Phoenix:
Win from the Presidential Aide in Esthar.
****
-Omega Weapon
The Omega Weapon is an optional boss in
the last dungeon. It's a
pallette-swapped version of the Ultima Weapon. I suggest saving at the
hidden Save Point
at the base of the Clock Tower, since it's the closest
one to Omega Weapon. To fight it, first go to the room just south
of the
Gallery. There's a pull-rope here; examine it, and a bell will start
ringing, and a timer with 1 minute on
it will start counting down. You
have that long to reach Omega Weapon, who's in the room with the organ.
Fortunately,
there's a party switch point in the room with the pull-
rope, so just move the other party to the fountain before trying
this,
and you'll reach Omega without any trouble. Defeating him won't be so
easy, though...
----BOSS BATTLE----
Omega
Weapon
This thing is TOUGH. Among its nastier attacks are L5 Death (easy to
avoid; just Junction 100 Deaths to
ST-Def), Megido Flame (does 9998
damage; ouch!), and Terra Break (hits a LOT of times, 4000+ damage each
time; forget
Megido Flame!). It also uses Meteor and Gravija. Needless
to say, this is _not_ an easy battle. The easy way to win here
is to
Card Mod the Gilgamesh card for 10 Holy Wars. These will make you
invincible; just cast Aura or be in cirtical
status before using them,
as only multi-hit Limits are particularly effective. This should make it
easy to win. If
that sounds too cheap, well, your only other option is
to kill him before he can use Terra Break... and that's assuming
you can
manage to survive Megido Flame. I'll try to come up with a better
strategy for the next version. When you
win, you'll get a Three Stars,
(kinda lousy) 250 AP, (kind of a waste, considering it only gets you one
ability per
GF...) and a Proof of Omega screen in the Information
section of the tutorial. Nothing great, considering how tough he
is.
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****
-Miscellaneous Tips and Tricks
These aren't really "side quests",
but I figured they fit in this
section better than any other.
-Hard-to-find items
It's not easy to get the
items needed to make the characters' best
weapons, or powerful spells to Junction, or to teach Quistis Blue Magic,
or
just to make nifty items. Here's where to look. Note: If you don't
see an item listed here, that's probably because you
can easily get it
from common enemies or by refining easily obtained items.
Adamantine: You'll need these to make
some of the best weapons. Go to
Long Horn Island near Dollet; you can occasionally fight Adamantoises on
the beaches
there, and they'll drop Adamantines fairly often.
Aura Stone: Learn Tonberry's Familiar ability. Then buy Power Wrists
or
Hypno Crowns from the Esthar Pet Shop and use Tool-RF to make them into
Aura Stones.
Barrier: Mug Behemoths.
Cactus
Thorns: Frequently won from Cactaurs.
Curse Spike: You'll need 100 of these to make a Dark Matter. They can be
stolen
from Tri-Faces, and occasionally won from Forbiddens, Malboros,
Tri-Faces, Imps, Creeps, and Grand Mantises.
Dark
Matter: This can be refined into some useful items. Get Siren up to
Level 100, then get 100 Curse Spikes and use Tool-RF
on them.
Dino Bone: Mug T-Rexaurs to get these.
Dragon Fang: Needed for the Lionheart. Blue Dragons drop them
more often
than other enemies; you can find them on the Island Closest to Hell and
the forests of Trabia.
Dragon
Fin: Mug Grendels.
Dragon Skin: Anacondaurs drop them fairly often.
Energy Crystal: You'll be using quite a
number of these if you're trying
to make everyone's best weapons. Fight the regenerating Elnoyle in
Esthar to get
all you need.
Fury Fragment: Mug Blue Dragons to get it.
Inferno Fang: Mug Ruby Dragons.
Laser Cannon:
Mug high-level Elastoids or the Mobile Type 8 boss.
Lightweights: You can win them from Vysages.
Malboro Tentacle:
Defeat or Mug Malboros.
Moon Stone: Mug the regenerating Elnoyle for these.
Power Generator: Occasionally obtained
by Mugging high-level Blitzes.
Red Fang: Mug Hexadragons.
Star Fragment: Mug Iron Giants. A number of enemies
on the Island
Closest to Hell drop them, too.
Whisper: Mug Adamantoises.
Wizard Stones: Buy Magic, GF, Draw,
or Item Scrolls from the Timber Pet
Shop and use Tool-RF to make them into 10 Wizard Stones each.
Other items will
be added to this list if requested.
***
-Islands Closest to Hell/Heaven
These two islands are home to
incredibly powerful monsters and lots of
hidden Draw Points. Good places to build levels. The Hell island is near
Winhill,
towards the west end of the map, and the Heaven island is found
near the Chocobo Shrine. Land on each island and check
your location on
the status screen. If it says "Island Closest to Hell" (or Heaven,
depending on which one you want),
you've found the place.
***
-Quick Money
This trick works best with the Tonberry GF, because you can
use his
Haggle, Sell-High, and Call Shop commands to make this go really fast.
Anyways, here's how it works. You'll
need Carbuncle's Recov Med-RF for
this trick. Buy Tents and refine 4 of them into 1 Mega-Potion. Sell the
Mega-Potion.
If you have Haggle and Sell-High, you'll make 4500 gil for
every Mega-Potion! Buy and sell as many as you can at a time
and you'll
make a ton of money before you know it.
***
-Raising Stats
You may know that Doomtrain's
Forbid Med-RF can be used to make stat-
boosting items. The trouble is, where do you get the items needed to
make them?
With Tonberry's Familiar command and Eden's GFAbl Med-RF, you
can buy items to make HP, Str, Vit, Mag, and Spr Ups from
the Esthar Pet
Shop; see the following chart for more details.
10 Giant's Rings -> 1 Gaea's Ring -> 1 HP
Up
100 Power Wrists -> 10 Hyper Wrists -> 1 Str Up
500 Vit-J Scrolls -> 50 Orihalcons -> 5 Adamantines ->
1 Vit Up
100 Hypno Crowns -> 10 Royal Crowns -> 1 Mag Up
100 Force Armlets -> 10 Magic Armlets -> 1 Spr
Up
Getting enough money for the items is time-consuming, but not hard; just
use the Quick Money trick above. If
you have a lot of patience, you can
max out all the main stats without Junctions.
But what about Speed/Luck Ups?
You can make those as follows.
100 Cactus Thorns -> 1 Hundred Needles -> 1 Spd Up
100 Curse Spikes ->
1 Dark Matter -> 1 Luck-J Scroll -> 1 Luck Up
Cactus Thorns can be won from Cactaurs. Use GFAbl Med-RF to turn
100
Cactus Thorns into a Hundred Needles, then use Forbid Med-RF to make
that into a Speed up.
Curse Spikes
are tough to stock up on. Tri-Faces are the easiest enemies
to get them from, but they're rare. Anyways, use Tool-RF to
make 100 of
them into a Dark Matter; Siren must be Level 100 to do this. Then use
GFAbl Med-RF to make the Dark Matter
into a Luck-J scroll, and finally a
Luck Up with Forbid Med-RF.
You can also raise stats by Devouring certain enemies.
I'll try to get a
list by the next version.
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