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Zanarkland
Party:
Tidus
Enemies: Sinscale, Sinspawn Ammes
Items: Longsword
Key Items: None
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As
you start the game talk with the people around you, and as soon as your
through signing autographs just walk around till
the preparation for the
Blitzball match occurs. Walk your way through the people and to the stadium,
and after a long
and dynamic FMV you'll find yourself in the heat of battle.
Apparently this "Sin" is the source of havoc, and you find
Tidus and Auron
defending themselves. Just hack and slash away at the Sinscales; they only
have 100 HP and Tidus and
Auron can both take them down with one hit. So
save your Overdrives for the upcoming boss later, if by a chance you did
earn
them.
Several of these Sinscales will get in your way, and you'll have no choice,
but to fight them. Try to avoid
attacking the ones that come from behind
since your main goal is to run towards the larger target.
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Boss:
Sinspawn Ammes/Sincales HP: 1000(1000)/100
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This
battle cannot kill Tidus and Auron if you destroy the Sinscales first.
The boss will always cast Demi, cutting down your
HP in half each time. So
anybody familiar with this spell would know that it cannot kill. Avoid
healing since it will
do you no good until after the battle and just attack
as normal. Also, regardless of whether or not you earned an Overdrive
in the
previous battles or not, you will have your guages nearly full. You probably
won't be able to perform the Overdrive
motions in the amount of time they
give you, but that's okay! You'll learn to master them later as you see it
more often,
and as it builds your way into your long term memory.
There's a save point just behind the defeated Sinspawn Ammes.
Feel free to
save your game.
After the battle keep running, you'll encounter a swarm of these Sinscales.
You'll
have to wait a while and have Auron tell you about destroying the
generator to the right. Unfortunately the last battle
left you pretty weak,
and you can't attack the generator before Auron signifies to do so.
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Submerged
Ruins
Party: Tidus
Enemies: Sahagin, Piranha, Tros, Klikk, Geosgaeno
Items: Potion x2, HiPotion x2, 200 Gil, Ether
Key
Items: Flint, Withered Boquet
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Afterwards,
an FMV breaks through. You'll soon find yourself adrift in water.
Swim down to where the little boy is on the platform.
As you reach him,
Tidus' mind starts to wander and you find yourself in pretty much the middle
of nowhere. Swim up to
the top left part of the map, and you'll find an
Al Bhed translator. Unfortunately it doesn't do you much good, but try
to
find some place in your memory to store the location of it. Also on the same
platform is a treasure chest containing
2 Potions.
Now head to the top center of the map and save your game. As you make your
way through Tidus will fall
to the waters below. If it wasn't anymore
obvious make your way to the center glowing orb. You'll encounter some
Piranhas,
but after killing two a giant Geosgaeno comes after you. Attack
it a few times, but you'll soon notice that your chances
are slim in beating
this thing. Just attack and Tidus will take care of the rest.
Make your way up the stairs, but
as you do it gets colder. Go the leftover
campfire in the middle, but you'll need some materials to start a fire.
Head
up the to top left through the door and up the stairs and pick up the
Withered Bouquet and pick up a HiPotion in the other
room. Return to the
center room and at the bottom left door, pick up the Flint inside and start
the fire.
Tidus
will go into one of his dreams, and for the first time since the
incident you'll see Auron. However, as the fire goes out
so does some of
Tidus' chances of surviving.
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Boss:
Klikk HP: 1500(400)
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This
battle shouldn't be hard. You'll exchange hits before a mysterious girl
comes to your aid. You can steal Grenades if you
run out from Klikk and chuck
them back at it. Just use a series of grenades and Tidus' attacks and you
should be through.
Heal if your HP drops below 100.
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Salvage
Ship
Party: Tidus, ???
Enemies: Piranha, Tros
Items: Potion x3, HiPotion x2, 200 Gil, Ether, Al Bhed Primer Vol.
1
Key Items: None
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After the battle
you'll encounter your first experience with the language of
Al Bhed. Unfortunately you have no idea what they're talking
about and before
you begin to take off you are knock unconscious by the girl who helped you
in battle. On the boat talk
with the girl, she'll tell you about the Sphere
Grid along with a visual presentation.
You are welcomed to save
your game now. Talk to one of the guards and
receive 3 Potions and talk to the girl...this will immediately begin your
mission.
Don't forget to pick up the Al Bhed book to the right of the Save
Point.
As you dive down, towards the bottom right
part of the screen. Keep swimming
down towards the center and check the control grid to let you through.
Follow the
map through to the other room and check the generator, but as
soon as you leave out of the room you'll be confronted.
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Boss:
Tros HP: 2200(600)
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When
the battle first starts have ???? steal 3 grenades from Tros. Unlike
the last enemy you fought with her, you can't steal
an infinite amount of
grenades. Keep attack as normal, using your grenades and Tidus' regular
attacks. Keep your HP
above 200 and when Tros goes out of range, either heal
or use potions to keep your HP up. It's Nautilus Charge will do
about 150 to
190 points of damage...so use a potion every now and then and keep alert.
Afterwards swim to where
???? is and head out, from here on out just dive
and keep following ????. Later Tidus will fill his stomach up and Rikku
and
Tidus will talk for a while after revealing her name. You'll soon learn
later that Zanarkland was perished 1000 years ago,
yet it was Tidus who
just witnessed Sin not too long ago.
Talk to Rikku and you'll learn a little more about your
current situation,
but as Tidus starts to wonder a collision of sorts occur and Tidus finds
himself into the water again.
It seems like you've reached lands Tidus can
get use to...Blitzball seems to be the hype around Besaid Beach.
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Besaid
Beach
Party: Tidus
Enemies: Piranha, Garuda, Water Flan, Condor, Dingo
Items: Antidote x4, Phoenix Down x5, HiPotion,
Seeker's Ring, 400 Gil, Ether,
Remedy, Brotherhood, Rod of Wisdom, Potion x2, Hunter's
Sword
Key Items: Mooncrest, Al Bhed Vol. II, Glyph Sphere, Destruction Sphere,
Besaid Sphere
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Swim up to the shore
line and later talk with Wakka. He'll cheer up Tidus
a bit and pretty much rephrase what Rikku had told you earlier. Now
follow
Wakka and swim to the red target, and Tidus will later agree to joining
Wakka's Blitzball team. Keep following
the red arrow, and as you reach the
arrow Wakka will show you the prayer...look familiar?
In the town take a chance
to visit all the lodges and familiarize yourself
with this area. You'll encounter the Crusaders, and here you'll learn
about
the history of the Crusaders and the lack of success they've had against
Sin.
Now head into the center
of town and check the statues and you'll soon learn
a something called "High Summoners." Apparently only a few select chosen
can
be a High Summoner and if you talk to some of the people they won't
answer you since it is against the teachings. Now head
out of the temple
and head to Wakka's lodge, which is to the top right of the lower part of
town. Take a nap and Tidus
will go into one of his dream states, and
apparently this is an event of Tidus' younger self. Now as you wake up
return
back to the Besaid Temple and you'll learn a little more about the
ritual of a summoner...or potential summoner.
However,
Tidus decides to go in and look for the summoner but the rest of
the town folks cannot disobey the precepts. Now when you
start in the
Cloister of Trials you'll have to pick the correct path...but the game
pretty much gives it away anyways.
Touch the center glyph then the right
glyph, and now take the Glyph Sphere to the bottom door of the stairs.
Now as
the door opens check the door panel and take back the Glyph Sphere
and proceed through. Put the sphere to the next available
slot and instead
of going through that path, head down the same corridor and touch the
symbols across from the pedestal
and take the Besaid Sphere. Now put the
Besaid Sphere on the pedestal. Now leave the pedestal alone and go back
to where
you put the Glyph Sphere.
Pick up the Destruction Sphere and put it where you found the Besaid Sphere
earlier. Now
pick up the Rod of Wisdom and now push the pedestal to the
center. Now as you do Wakka will come in and tell you a little
more about
Guardians and Summoners and as you approach frather down a bit you'll
get your first look at a few of the
main characters you will later approach
in the game. Now head out of the Temple and to the center of town and you'll
witness
Yuna's first summon.
Later in the night Tidus will have his first encounter with the Blitzball
team he'll team up
with. Now walk over to the left and talk with Yuna. The
upcoming decision on whether Yuna is cute or not won't really affect
the
outcome of any scenario...it's just there for fun. Now talk with Wakka and
take a good night's rest. Tidus will
go into one of this dream states, but
the exception this time is that you will get the opportunity to control
Tidus.
Head and talk with Yuna and a sort of nightmare will ensue, and as
you wake up you'll discover a little more about Wakka
and his brother Chappu,
who apparently looks like Tidus. Don't forget the Al Bhed Primer Vol. II at
the front desk of
the inn. It's on the floor just near the entrance of the
tent.
In the morning save your game and head out. Wakka
will give you a Brotherhood
sword and later you will encounter a couple of unavoidable, but easy battles.
Take this
opportunity to try a few things with Wakka. You'll get a chance to
get some magic experience as well, so feel free to dish
out whatver you like
from Lulu's arsenal. Now continue up and pray if you wish(it won't affect
anything potential) and
continue on.
You'll encounter Kimhari, attack him constantly. He only has 750 HP, so a few
hits from Tidus will
knock him down. If by a chance you lose down to 140 HP
or below, heal up...otherwise his Jump attack will get you. You'll
acquire
a Hunter's Sword after the battle and your health will be fully restored.
Continue on, but you'll encounter
another battle to learn the skills of, yep,
you guessed it, Yuna. Summons are a lot different from what you are
accustomed
to from the last Final Fantasy games. Keep going on and when you
reach a save point, do what any any RPG veteran would
do, save your game.
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S.S. Liki
Party:
Tidus, Yuna, Wakka, Lulu
Enemies: Sinscale, Sin, Sinspawn Echuilles
Items: Potion x6, Remedy
Key Items: Al Bhed Primer
Vol. III
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Head towards the ship, which
is to the top right of the shore and when you
control Tidus talk with Wakka and the others. Talk with Wakka again and talk
with
Yuna for a while. You'll soon find out that Braska's guardian, Yuna's
father, was Jecht, Tidus' father...but before you
can talk any further the
ship is attacked. Defeat the Sinscales first, but as another wave comes at
you a dialogue appears
prompting you to attack the fin.
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Boss:
Sin/Sinspawn Echuilles HP: 2000/2000
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This
battle shouldn't be too hard. You can use Kimhari's Lancet attack to
attack from a distance as well as Yuna's summon. Her
summon could die in
this battle, but if you can have the summon use it's Overdrive attack, you
can deal up to
1100 HP of damage to Sin. Just use Lulu and Yuna's summon to
deal magic attacks to Sin. Take out two of the three Sinspawns
since if you
take out all three...more will attack you. This battle isn't too hard. In
the next battle after Tidus falls
underwater and Wakka saves him...avoid the
Sinspawns. They will come in an infinite number, concentrate your attacks on
Sinspawn
Echuilles but keep your HP above 200...otherwise the Blender and
a few charging attacks from the Sinspawns will get you.
As
the battle ends so does the shores of Kilika as there is little you can
do about Sin's attack but watch.
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Kilika
Party:
Tidus, Yuna, Kimhari, Wakka, Lulu
Enemies: Ragora, Lord Ochu, Sinspawn Geneaux, Yellow Element, Killer Eye,
Dinonix
Items: Potion x3, Luck Sphere, Ether, Scout, HiPotion, NulBlaze Shield,
Mana Sphere, Remedy, Elixir
Key Items: Al Bhed Primer Vol. IV
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Feel
free to save your game when you get off the ship. Now head to the top
left part of the docks and witness the "Sending."
Now head out of the inn and
make sure to check the surrounding huts for Vol. IV of the Al Bhed Primer.
Now talk with
Wakka, and despite how cold hearted he may sound, head to the
temple afterwards...which is continously to the left.
Yuna
will want Tidus to come with him...but although we can assume why, we
aren't entirely sure what's on Yuna's mind about
Tidus coming with her.
You will get a bit of an explanation about Kimhari's Lancet ability during
battle. Continue on
and go ahead and fight Lord Ochu, it's really not as hard
as you might expect.
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Boss:
Lord Ochu HP: 4649
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You
can start out with Tidus, Lulu, and Kimhari. Have Tidus and Kimhari
attack as normal and have Lulu cast fire spells. When
you are poisoned bring
in Yuna afterwards and have her use Esuna and heal the party if neccessary.
After you've scored
a good 600-800 HP of damage summon Valefor, and have it
attack with fire spells. If you're fortunate enough, Valefor's
overdrive
should initiate in this battle and it's Energy Ray can do a good 1000-1100
HP worth of damage. If it falls
asleep just attack it, don't try to heal
since the Ochu will heal itself when it falls asleep. The Earthquake attack
can
be avoided during the summon...otherwise try to keep your HP to the max
if possible and heal the poison status ASAP.
After
the battle save your game and continue on. Make sure to talk with the
lady on your way to receive a HiPotion and continue
to her right and you'll
eventually reach Sinspawn.
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Boss:
Sinspawn/Tentacles HP: 3000/450
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First
attack the Tentacles...otherwise your magic will become useless. Once
the Tentacles are out of the way attack with magic
at the Sinspawn...you
won't be able to damage it much when it's closed...but once it opens up
after it drops under 2000
HP you'll deal significantly more damage to it.
Make sure you heal the Poison status caused by the Venom attack ASAP and
attack
as normal while keeping your HP above 200.
Make your way to the Temple and a few events will transpire about Chappu
and
the upcoming Blitzball tournament. Pray at the temple and an event
should occur with Lady Dona, and later head up inside
the center of the
temple. You'll have to go through another Cloister of Trials. Now take the
Kilika Sphere and continue
through, but remove the sphere to negate the
flames. Place the Kilika Sphere all the way at the end, then remove it once
the
glyph appears and set it on either side of the walls. Then touch the
glyph, and then take the other sphere(Glyph sphere)
and place it on the
opposite wall of the Kilika Sphere.
Walk into the flaming room and to the right is a switch
which will move the
pedestal to the room you are in. Now take the Kilika Sphere from the right
wall (NOT the one in
the previous room) and place it on the pedestal. Go
back to the previous room and take the Glyph Sphere and put it in the
slot
where you had just taken the Kilika Sphere from. Push the pedestal onto the
switch and then go down from the left
and pick up the Kilika Sphere and place
it on the door at the end. Now go to the room you had just opened up and pick
up
the Destruction Sphere and place it on the wall where you had just picked
up the Kilika Sphere and placed it on the door
up front. Pick up the Red
Armlet and take the Kilika Sphere from the door and continue on through.
Talk to Lulu
and Wakka a couple times and try to leave the room, and Yuna
will come out. You will now be able to summon Ifrit. Return
back to the
village and back to the ship. You can test out Ifrit if you want. Now embark
to Luca.
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Luca
Party:
Tidus, Yuna, Kimhari, Wakka, Lulu
Enemies: Worker, Sinscale, Vouivre, Sahagin Chief, Oblitzerator
Items: HiPotion x2,
1000 Gil, HP Sphere, Magic Sphere, Phoenix Down, Tidal
Spear, 600 Gil
Key Items:
Al Bhed Primer Vol. V/VI/VII
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NOTE:
I suggest you save before picking up the Blitzball, you only get one
try to perfect it.
Also, you must listen in on Lulu and Wakka before
picking up the Blitzball. BTW, you can
still get the Jecht Shot, but
if you want to win the upcoming tournament, the Jecht Shot
is needed.
Head up to the deck and talk with Yuna and head up to the port and evesdrop
on Lulu and Wakka. Keep walking
up and listen to Wakka and Lulu and check
the cabin just below to pick up Al Bhed Primer Vol. V. Check the blitzball
up
on the port of the boat and Tidus will go into a dream state again. You'll
be prompted to attempt a Jecht Shot, but the
problem with this is that there
is no prompt telling you what to do. You have to take consideration of where
the ball
is and press the button motions(like Down-right if it appears in the
down-right position). If you are successful you will
be able to use the Jecht
Shot for use in Blitzball.
You'll get greeted to the preparations of the Blitzball tournament,
and
obviously the Besaid Aurochs are huge underdogs this year...again. When you
reach the locker room you'll go over
some of the provisionals of blitzball.
It seems like a much more tedious game than it should be and the tutorials
are
a task within itself. After the tutorial you'll be off to find Auron, but
first head downstairs and take the left stairs
and pick up the Al Bhed Primer
Vol. VI on the floor behind the opposing team. Now go ahead and search for
Auron, but
you won't find Auron. Instead you find Kimhari's old friends.
You'll soon learn that Yuna has been kidnapped by the
Al Bhed Psyches and for
her safe return you must lose the game. However, Tidus and the party decides
to go look for
her while Wakka takes care of the game. You'll encounter
a lot of Workers along the way as well as a boss.
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Boss:
Oblitzerator/Crane HP: 6000/65535
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This
boss isn't too hard. Have Lulu use Lightning on the crane a couple of
times until it responds. Have Tidus use the Crane
on Oblitzerator and it'll
deal a couple thousand HP of damage to it...that gives the party enough room
to finish it
off.
Later Wakka will win the match for the team(how does their hair stay still in
the water like that?), but Tidus
will take over for the injured Wakka. You'll
have to bear with this game, it's easily not the best of games and it places
many
restrictions. You don't have to win the game...it's near impossible to
win the game since it's based on stats rather than
skill. If you are down
late in the game Wakka will come in. It still won't matter however, the
Goers will win anyways.
However,
before the party can celebrate "their best" a few Sahagin Chiefs
will attack you. Afterwards you will find Auron and join
in a tough battle
with a Garuda. But before you fight another battle the Maester's Aeon takes
care of them.
You'll
later learn the truth behind Sin and Auron will offer to become a
guardian for Yuna. Also you can pick up the Al Bhed Primer
Vol. VII, it's
located on the floor in the lobby...you'll have to take the left path on
your way to seeing Auron offer
his services to Yuna. Also note that it's
not the lobby before the Blitzball locker rooms, it's a room with red
carpeting...once
you find the room you shouldn't miss it. After Yuna
accepts, talk with her and after a little scene...head off.
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Highroad
Party:
Tidus, Yuna, Kimhari, Wakka, Lulu, Auron
Enemies: Dual Horn, Bomb, Raldo, Funguar, Red Element, Raptor, Vouivre,
Gandarewa, White Element, Chocobo Eater, Lamashtu, Sinspawn Gui,
Chocobo
Eater, Garuda, Thunder Flan, Ipiria, Floating Eye
Items: HiPotion x9, Red Ring, Soft x3, Lvl.1 Key Sphere, Antidote x6,
Hunter's Spear, Fortune Spear, Tough Bangle, X-Potion, 1000 Gil,
Potion x10, Serene
Amulet, Serene Bracer, 400 Gil, Mega Potion x4,
2000 Gil, Ether x2, Eye Drops x3,
Ice Brand, Remedy x3, 600 Gil,
Scout, Thunder Blade, Phoenix Down x2, Potion x10,
400 Gil
Key Items: Al Bhed Primer Vol. VIII/IX/X, Mars Crest
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Talk
to the people around here, they'll give you various items just for
being Yuna's guardian. Also note when you encounter
Dual Horns here, I
suggest summoning Valefor, they can't reach Valefor since it's a flying
aeon...thus you'll just get
to attack at Dual Horn without any retaliation.
You'll eventually run into Belgemine...she's on the right overpass
off the
road...you'll be engaged in a Pokemon battle of sorts by fighting with your
Aeons to see which is stronger.
Belgemine will pick Ifrit, but his HP is
so high that it's difficult to win. You should be in Overdrive mode, if you
can
use the Energy Ray twice in the battle then you should win...otherwise
cast Blizzard and use Shield when Ifrit is about
to attack with Meteor
Strike. If you win you can acquire the Echo Ring, but you will receive a
Seeker Ring for trying
anyways.
You'll eventually see a Blitzball on the road, instead of kicking it talk
with the kid first and he'll
give you three Softs...otherwise if you kick it
he'll just complain. Eventually you'll reach an Al Bhed shop, and when
you
save you'll notice that a Blitzball option opens up. After you're in the
shop head out and talk with Yuna and in
the morning you will be greeted by
Mr.Rin and he'll give you an Al Bhed Primer and Mega Potions. Then head
out and fight.
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Boss:
Chocobo Eater HP: 10000
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This
battle will probably be the toughest one you've faced so far. It's main
weakness is fire, so hit it with fire spells continously.
Have Tidus attack
as normal and caste Haste if he has it on Lulu. Summoning is a bit of a risk
since he can easily take
out both Ifrit and Valefor in one hit with his
special attack. Ifrit's Hellfire can do up to 3500 HP of damage per round,
this
enabling you to kill him...if you use it twice and continue to attack
with fire spells. Every round of 500 HP you do causes
him to be pushed back
into the edge behind him. However, if you fail to do at least 500 HP of
damage you will be pushed
back. You won't lose if you fall off the cliff,
but you won't get anything from Rin. When it falls on it's back, Tidus
and
Wakka can do normal damage on it.
If you won, then after the battle Rin will offer you a Chocobo for free.
Whether
or not you decide to take up the offer on the free chocobo, head
up to your next destination. Be sure to keep a close eye
on the ground for
the Al Bhed Primer Vol. IX. As you approach the gates you'll be told to stay
back...but luckily Maester
Seymour comes to your aid and tells the guards
to let Yuna and her guardians in. I wish Square wouldn't make it so obvious
that
this guy will be the guy you will fight later...the music gives it all
away.
Also note, on your way to the Command
Center, there is an Al Bhed Primer
Vol. X on the left, it's just left of the save point on top of the platform.
You'll
have to go around to get it. When you reach the lift to the Command
Center go up and continue on. After talking with Kinoc,
pick up the items
and head to the red arrow and talk with the man to initiate the fight.
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Boss:
Sinspawn Gui HP: 4000(Head), 12000(Body), 800(Arm)
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This
battle will be tough, as you can tell by the amount of HP it has. Your
summons will come in handy in this battle. The arms
will regenerate very
quickly, so taking them out is somewhat of a waste, but it doesn't hurt
provided you have the MP
and the items to replenish. You should attack the
head first. Use magic(if you have any of the second level elemental spells
like
Firaga or Wateraga) against it, and once the head dies attack the
arms...so you prevent them from blocking the attacks
to the body. If you
managed to use the Overdrives of your summons(probably about 4x), then
this battle shouldn't take
too long. It'll use Demi every other round, so
be prepared to heal. Have Tidus cast Haste on either Kimahri or Auron so
they
can attack more often and quickly dispatch of the arms. After the
battle you'll see an FMV of what occurs afterward and
you'll have to fight
this guy again. But this time Seymour will help you, and his magic and
magic defense is off the
roof. Have him constantly use Firaga or Blizzaga
on the body(which has only 6000 HP now) and have the other characters
just
heal or attack. You can use Seymour's Overdrive in this battle, but
it's the only time you will be able to see it in the
game. The second
battle isn't too hard, but after the battle you get an enormous amount of
AP.
You'll soon find
out that Kinoc was right, along with Auron, as the
machina failed to do much against Sin. Pick up the HiPotion and then
talk
to Auron and continue up the path.
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Djose
Highroad
Party: Tidus, Yuna, Kimhari, Wakka, Lulu, Auron
Enemies: Basilisk, Ganderewa, Bunyip, Garm, Funguar, Bite Big
Items:
Soft Ring, Ability Sphere x4, 4000 Gil, Bright Bangle, Variable Steel,
Phoenix Down
x2, Ether x2, Mega Potion, Potion x10, Remedy, Halbred,
Magic Sphere, Switch Hitter,
Mega Phoenix
Key Items: Al Bhed Primer Vol. XI
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Note,
this is the first time in the game you will hear Kimahri speak.
Make your way up the road and after you pick up the first
treasure chest,
search behind a jagged rock just ahead to the right side of the road and
pick up the Al Bhed Primer
Vol.XI. Also talk with the people around these
roads, they'll occassionally give you something.
As you arrive at
the Temple speak with Yuna, or at least try to. You can
expect another trial too. When you enter the Temple, pick up both
the
Spheres and place them on the door in front to open them. Now pick up a
Sphere from the door(either one) up front
and place that sphere on
any one of the slots on the right side of the room. Do the same for the
other sphere. Now push
the pedestal onto the platform below the energy
machina you just started.
Now take the charged Djose Sphere and
put it on the slot to the right of
the center door. Now go back to the right wall and take the two Djose
Spheres and
place them on the pedestal. Now go to the left part of the room
and step on the switch to move the pedestal back to the
center and push the
pedestal into the lightning pit. Now that you can jump across, push the
pedestal up front and go
back to the previous room and step on the switch on
the left side of the room.
NOTE: If you head upstairs before
picking up the Magic Sphere, you can NEVER
pick up the Magic Sphere from the Djose Temple
again...unless you do
the whole trials thing...which is essential for one of the more
powerful summons in the game. XD
Now pick up the two Djose Spheres on the pedestal and go back to the first
room
and place them on either side of the walls. Go back to the charged
Djose Sphere on the right from the door leading to the
lightning pit and
place it on the left side of the door. Now take the lift to the upper level.
Now in here are five
pedestals, push them all into the wall. A stairway is
revealed, but go back down on the lift. Now look at the left wall
and touch
the glyph to reveal a Destruction Sphere. Return to the upper level and
place it on the center pedestal to
receive a Magic Sphere.
Now head upstairs and wait for Yuna(talk to Auron) to come out. You'll
receive a new Aeon(Ixion).
In the morning, go to the back of the inn and
check the treasure chest for the switch hitter. Go back inside and talk
with
the person near Yuna(she's on the left chamber) to wake her up.
As you head out, talk with the people on the bridge
to receive various
items.
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Moonflow
Party:
Tidus, Yuna, Kimhari, Wakka, Lulu, Auron
Enemies: Snow Flan, Funguar, Gandarewa, Bite Bug, Garm, Ochu, Bunyip,
Extractor
Items: Lvl.1 Key Sphere x6, Mega-Potion, Ether, 5000 Gil, Antidote x4,
Magic Defense Sphere, X-Potion, Phoenix Down x2, Dragon Scales x2
(optional)
Key
Items: Al Bhed Primer Vol. XII
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Continue
up the road and you'll eventually see two of Kimahri's "buddies",
after the scene continue ahead. Take the time now to
equip your party
members with the Lightningstrike Ability for the battle ahead. You'll
meet Belgemine again...she'll
summon Ixion so you can only summon Ifrit
or Valefor. I suggest you summon Valefor first, his evade rate is very high
and
that means a lot of missed attacks, and missed attacks build Overdrives
very quickly. Two shots of the Energy Ray from
Valefor should finish Ixion
off. You'll receive two Dragon Scales if you defeat her, otherwise you get
the Summoner's
Soul...which is a consolation prize(as well as the winning
prize if you defeat her).
You'll go through a tutorial
on the Summoner's Soul now, which allows Aeons
to learn new abilities. Now continue on and save your game when you reach
a
save point. After you've saved, reach the Shoopuf Handler and ride the
Shoopuf. Later you'll fight a boss.
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Boss:
Extractor HP: 4000
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This
battle shouldn't be too hard. The Depth Charges attack will drain away
about 350 HP, so be sure to heal after that. Keep
your HP above 600 and you
should be fine. When it gets ready for it's Depth Charges, deal damage to it
for about 500
HP to bring it back down to avoid the Depth Charges. Otherwise
heal if your HP is too low. Note that only Tidus and Wakka
can fight this
battle.
After the battle you will be back on the Moonflow. Go to the left and you'll
see a small
object on the platform above the Shoopuf Handler, pick it up
for the Al Bhed Primer Vol. XII. Continue heading left to
the next area.
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Guadosalam
Party:
Tidus, Yuna, Kimhari, Wakka, Lulu, Auron
Enemies: Treasure Chest, Bunyip, Bite Bug, Ochu, Garm, Funguar, Gandarewa
Items:
Lightning Marble x8, Elixir, 3000 Gil, HiPotion x2, Mega Potion
Key Items: Al Bhed Primer Vol. XIII
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You'll
find Rikku on the shore ahead...talk to her to awaken her from her
sleep. Afterwards continue on the path to Guadosalam,
but in battle you'll
get a chance to practice with Rikku's abilities. You'll eventually reach
Guadosalam, and by then
you'll learn how to customize your weapons with the
help of a quick tutorial.
When you're in Seymour Maester's dining
room, talk with your party members
and after a long scenario you'll get the shocking news. Afterwards head
to the room
at the top left part of Guadosalam, and on the floor is the
Al Bhed Primer Vol.XIII. Now continue on to the top right(you'll
have to
go through another ramp) to the Farplane. Pick up the Lightning Marbles
just behind the bottom left braching
area of the room, it's a bit obscure.
You'll have to leave to the Farplane without Auron and Rikku. Head over to
Wakka
to initiate the events, then talk with Yuna. Now afterwards head to
the party in front of Seymour's place. Talk with Lulu
for a while and then
talk with Rikku, who's on the other side of Guadosalam. When Kimahri comes
out of the shop he'll
tell you to buy some potions, do so and then go back
and talk with Lulu. Then go to the entrance to the Thunder Plains,
Shelinda
will tell you that Maester Seymour has left...so what about Yuna? Talk
with the other party members and head
out to the Thunder Plains.
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Thunder
Plains
Party: Tidus, Yuna, Kimhari, Wakka, Lulu, Auron, Rikku
Enemies: Larva, Quactuar, Aerogue, Kasaiqqu, Gold Element,
Buer, Melusine,
Iron Giant
Items: Phoenix Down x2, Remedy, 2000 Gil,
5000 Gil, Water Ball, Yellow
Shield, X-Potion, Ether, Hi-Potion x2
Key Items: Al
Bhed Primer Vol. XIV
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When you reach
the Thunder Plains you'll be given a quick tutortial of what
to do. Press X just before the flash of light and you'll dodge
the lightning
bolts, and make sure to dodge them carefully...you'll receive a prize for
your efforts. Also watch out
for Larvas, they are mightily annoying and hard
to defeat with one character. Summoning Ixion is best in this area since
it
can never die due to the frequency of lightning attacks the enemies cast.
Note that you can get Kimahri's best weapon
here. You must check all three of
the Qactuar Stones and then follow the Qactuar spirit to a treasure chest.
Midway
through your journey Rikku will become horrified of the lightning
storm as she wishes to rest. When you reach the traveller's
inn talk with
Yuna. Talk with Rikku and later Rin will ask you how your Al Bhed is coming,
select the first option
to receive the Al Bhed Primer Vol.XIV. Then head off
to the save point and save your game, but as you continue on, Yuna
will have
finally made her decision.
Continue on and after a short conversation between Tidus and Auron, save
your
game. Make your way around.
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Macalania
Party:
Tidus, Yuna, Kimhari, Wakka, Lulu, Auron, Rikku
Enemies: Iguion, Murussu, Xiphos, Evil Eye, Ice Flan, Snow Wolf, Mafdet,
Wasp, Blue Element, Crawler, Spherimorph, Wendigo, Anima, Negator,
Seymour,
Guado Guardian, Chimera
Items: 400 Gil, HiPotion x2, Elixir, Luck Sphere, Lvl.1 Key Sphere,
Lvl.2 Key Sphere, MP Sphere, 2000 Gil, Sleepy Cait Sith, Mega-Potion,
Shell Targe,
Remedy x3, 5000 Gil, X-Potion x2, HiPotion x2,
Phoenix Down x3
Key Items: Al Bhed
Primer Vol. XV, Al Bhed Primer Vol.XVI, Jecht's Sphere
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Just
keep going around the trees. Eventually you'll learn about following
a butterfly. Touching the blue butterflies will cause
treasure chests to
drop, touching a red butterfly causes battles to incur. While these battles
are great for AP, they
are somewhat tough to win without the right abilities
and proper stat boosting. You don't have to touch the butterflies
though.
I personally think it's damn annoying having to travel all the way back for
treasure chests, especially when
the random encounter rate in this game is
so high. Just put the damn treasure chests around the trees along the way,
sheesh.
When
you reach O'aka, check his items and say they are steep...he'll lower
the prices of the items. Also check across the branch
from O'aka for the
Al Bhed Primer Vol.XV. Continue on and you'll eventually reach a boss.
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Boss:
Spheromorph HP: 12000
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This
boss isn't too tough. If you have Rikku, try mixing an Arctic Wind with
a Lightning Marble if you have the Overdrive set.
Have everyone attack as
you normally would, with Lulu casting magic spells, and Yuna summoning. Magic
will be the key
to winning this game, but I'm assuming most of your
characters cannot perform magic. Have them stick with healing and attacking.
Watch
for Spherimorph to attack with elemental attacks...if it attacks with
Water, attack with Lightning...fire, attack with
water. Try to avoid using
your Summons' Overdrives, even though the boss attacks with Fire and is
obviously weak to
water, an attack like Thor's Hammer will heal it. Use
Auron's Magic Break and Power Break to cut down the magic and physical
attacks.
Try not to Scan it, otherwise it will counter with a magic attack
to all party members.
After the battle you receive
a boatload of AP as well as the Jecht Sphere.
Now leave the place and continue north just ahead. You'll find another
Agency,
and to the left end of the Agency is an Al Bhed Primer. Now save
your game and continue on. Yuna will temporarily leave
your party, but
take the time to equip with lightning based attacks like Lightningstrike.
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Boss:
Crawler, Negator HP: 16000(Crawler)/1000(Negator)
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This
battle could be your longest and toughest one yet judging from the HP.
Your first bet is to take out the Negator to make
the battle much easier.
Bring in Wakka since he's the only one who can attack Negator. The Gatling
Gun attack is an
attack to watch out for, it attacks multiple times and does
about 160 HP of damage each time, so some of your less developed
characters
can fall...especially if they are alone. Tidus' Cheer ability is incredibly
useful in this battle. Have him
cast it several times to reduce the damage
of the Crawler. Summon Ixion for this battle since it's weak against
lightning
attacks. Use Thundara attacks constantly...but becareful as it
will counter with Assault. Also watch for the Mana Beam,
I doubt you'll
deal enough damage before taking full impact, but as cruel as this may
sound, bring in a summon you know
you won't need much, like Ifrit and use
Shield to take the damage for the party. HOWEVER, if the Negator comes back
and
Rikku steals, then the Mana Beam is interupted. Have Rikku use Lightning
Marbles or any Lightning items if you have any.
Continue
on into the Temple(expect another Trial) and talk with the Al Bhed
that is tied up for 400 Gil. Speak with Tromell inside
and receive the Shell
Targe. Later check Yuna's orb of Jyscal to learn a shocking truth about
Seymour. Check around
and talk with various people to obtain items, and save
your game and continue on inside the temple.
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Boss:
Seymour, Guado Guardians, Anima HP: 6000(Seymour), 2000(GG), 18000
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First
talk with Seymour(move left from the menu) and Yuna's magic defense
will increase. Have your party members talk and increase
their stats. In
this battle Yuna will be able to use her fourth summon Shiva...but you
already knew her name despite
the ???? from previous FF's...right? Take
out the Guado Guardians first, then attack head on against Seymour.
Petrifying
them is quick and easy way to knock them out, use the Petrify
Grenade to take out the two Guado Guardians quickly and painlessly.
After
you deal some damage to Seymour, Amina will come. It will continously
gather power and use Pain...in which there
is little you can do, assuming
you are summoning. Your Summons will play a huge role in this battle and
you'll probably
have to expend all of them. If you can, try to summon just
before Anima gathers power and have your summons use the Shield
ability to
deflect the attack. Since the Aeon is in Boost mode your attacks will do
about twice as much damage, so the
18000 HP isn't really as intimidating
as it might seem...it's really more like 9000. Also note that Anima uses
Pain
virtually every round against your summons while he sometimes uses it
against the party. You'll have to finish off Seymour
soon after Anima goes
down. Just attack him like normal, having Rikku use her items. But don't
expend too many items,
you may need them for abilities later on.
Now make your way into the temple through another trial. Now when the new
path
breaks free, pick up the Glyph Sphere from the center of the room.
Put that sphere on the pedestal and push the pedestal
to the right to cause
the icicle to break. Then push the pedestal up, going from behind the
pedestal to break a set
of icicles. Now follow the pedestal and take the
Glyph Sphere from the pedestal and put it on the far left. Go back up
and
pick up the Macalania Sphere that just rose and place it on the pedestal and
push the pedestal to the right. Now
go up and take the Macalania Sphere from
the right side of the room and take it down the ramp and put it on the next
slot
on the left column(NOT the slot on the wall). Now pick up the last
Macalania Sphere(which is near the ice ramp) and place
it on the center
column of the room(where you had picked up a Glyph Sphere initially).
Now go up to the newly formed
bridge and step on the switch, this will
have the Macalania Sphere on the pedestal appear to the left of you. Pick
up
the Macalania sphere and push the pedestal down the ramp. Now go back
down and step on the switch below then put the Macalania
Sphere onto the
slot to the right part of the room, this will make the first set of icicles
reappear. Take the center
Macalania Sphere from the center of the room
and place it near the icicle ramp descending down. Now pick up the
Destruction
Sphere from the pedestal and go down and place it on the next
slot on the left wall and pick up the Luck Sphere. Now go
back up and push
the pedestal to the right to break the icicles, then pick up the
Macalania Sphere on the right part
of the room and put it on the pedestal.
Push the pedestal back down the ramp, then go down below and push the
pedestal
to the right to reform the ice bridge. Now pick up the Macalania
Sphere near the ramp and place it on the center column
and then go up
and head out. Becareful not the step on the switch! Otherwise you'll have
to start over again.
Now
for a personal note. These cloister of trials are annoying, probably
nothing more than the prolong a relatively short Final
Fantasy. I hate
writing a walkthrough on them too. And that Tromwell guy is pretty damn
annoying too...I wish we could
fight him. <accent>Him and that funny accent.
</grand theft auto III listener on Chatterbox>
Now run
and try to avoid the battles if you wish...but you have no choice
anyways(typical of Square). Tidus' Flee ability helps
here if you don't want
to fight these battles that makes the game longer. You'll eventually reach
a save point, save
your game and continue on.
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Boss: Wendigo/Guado
Guardian HP: 18000/1200(respectively)
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Ugh...Wendigo's
attacks will knock you out in one hit. Watch for it...try
using Wakka's Dark attack. Also go for Auron's Power Break, but
first off,
Petrify the other Guado Guardians(boy they're annoying) and Tidus' Cheer
ability. The Guado Guardians are
annoying as well, healing the status
effect of Dark. >.< Steal HiPotions, if you can't petrify the Guado
Guardians,
from the Guado Guardians and take them out quickly. Remove the
Berserk status on Wendigo after the Guado Guardians are
down by using the
ability Threaten or a Remedy. Sleep also works on Wendigo, use Wakka's
Sleeper ball to put him to
sleep. If you have any Darktouch abilities on
your weapons, equip them. This will blind Wendigo, plus with the sleep
ability
you can just keep slashing away at him. Use the Power Break
ability consistently if you can, this will significantly reduce
Wendigo's
attack power to a laughable status. I found that when I summoned Ifrit
and used it's Meteor Attack, Wendigo
taunted Ifrit every time for three
times in a row and did not attack.
After the battle Wendigo will send you guys
down below after he crushes
the ground. When you fall, talk with the other party members which initiates
an event leading
you up to shore.
