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Walk north west below and between mountain ranges and you'll eventually make it to the huge Tower of Babel. After the dwarves have finished their bombardment on the tower, you'll be ready to enter. Walk west and east to collect treasure. Go through the northern door when finished. Grab the west treasure and enter the two lower rooms to the south. The chests in these rooms are guarded by monsters, so be on your guard. After collecting the treasure, enter the door above the two rooms. Collect the treasures in this area and then enter the east door. Get the treasure from this room and enter the west door. Walk directly west to the next door, inside is a safe area. When you're through healing, exit and head north, east, and enter the door. The chest in here is also guarded my monsters. Exit and head west to the next door. On the west side of this area, walk up the spiraling stairs and get the treasure. Ignore the central area for now, it's locked. In the east area, go down the steps and get the chest. Go north to the door. Head west to the next door. Go north east to the safe area. Make sure you're completely healed before heading on. Get the treasure and exit this area through the south door. Be ready for a boss fight. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dr. Lugae and Barnabas HIT POINTS: -- EXPERIENCE: -- GIL: -- WEAKNESS: -- STRATEGY: Defeat the scientist first, then take out the robot. This is a very easy battle, the real one is yet to come. Just use basic strategies and keep your HP up. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Another battle will immediately begin. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Barnabas HIT POINTS: 9321 EXPERIENCE: 10100 GIL: 4000 WEAKNESS: -- STRATEGY: Rydia should summon Titan every round. Rosa should heal, while Yang, Cecil, and Kain use their best attacks. Don't worry about curing the Poison spell, Barnabas will do that for you. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You'll get the Lugae's Key for winning. Take this key back to the area with the locked door. Unlock the door and fight off the Dark Imps. Once Yang is gone, descend the tower and try to exit. Golbez will try to stop you, but Cid will save you in the nick of time. Cid will bring you back to the Overworld, but he will not return with you. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13. Cave of Eblan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ////TREASURE/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// [Eblan Castle]: Hi-Potion, Gold Needle, Cottage (2), Maiden's Kiss, Unicorn Horn, Alarm Clock, Bacchus's Cider, Silence Arrow, 10000 Gil, Bomb Core, Sleep Blade, Coeurl's Whisker, Ether (2), Emergency Exit, Hermes' Shoes, Blood Lance, Silver Hourglass, Silver Apple, Dry Ether. [Cave of Eblan]: Shuriken (2), Vampire Fang, Remedy, Potion (2), Ether, Tent, Hi-Potion (3), Cottage, Spider's Silk, Phoenix Down (2), Silver Hourglass, Elixir (2), Bomb Core, Blood Sword, Gold Needle, Dry Ether. /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Fly north to Baron Castle. Walk to the west wing and talk Cid's assistants, they're dressed in blue. Fly your airship to wherever you left your Hovercraft. Fly over the hovercraft and press A to attach it to the Airship. From Baron castle, fly a short way south west and land next to the ruined castle on the island with the Tower of Babel poking out. Enter the castle and go north. Simply walk through the wall to get the first chest you see. Keep going north until you reach the throne room. Walk through the east and west walls to get more hidden treasure. Return to the entrance of the castle and enter the west tower. As soon as you enter the tower, do down two steps and follow the hidden wall to the treasure. Now head up the central staircase. Check the pots for treasure. Walk below the pots on the east wall to find a secret passage leading to the chests. Now go to the west corner and enter the passage beneath the torch for more treasure. Return to the entrance of the castle and enter the east tower. Go to the top of the west wall and follow the secret path to treasure. Go up the stairs. Flip the switch and walk into the door by walking beneath the staircase. Get the chests and check the pots. To get the chest next to the hole, go through the north east wall. Fall into the hole, you'll end up next to the chest on the bottom floor. Walk south of the chest and you'll appear in the basement. Exit the castle from the south. Hop on your hovercraft and navigate the shallows to the western cave. As soon as you enter the cave go east through the wall and get the chest. Head west to the next chest. Walk down the waterway and up the steps to the next chest. From here, walk west to the southern passage. You'll appear in a cave full of friendly Eblan residents who were forced from there home. Buy new goods, search the pots, and talk the residents to learn more about their sad story. Stay at the inn, in the morning exit through the north staircase. Get the chests as you walk north. Talk to the injured man and head south through the wall. Get the lower chest and return to the north staircase. Get the northern chest and go through the east wall to get another. Go down the other south staircase just to the east. Go through the wall east of the rock to get the two secluded chests. Go back and get the chest. Walk south, past the injured man, to collect more treasure, then continue on. Enter the immediate door and use the safe area. Before leaving this area, go through the east wall above the rocks to find a secret chest. Exit the safe area and walk west to collect treasure. Now go back east and head north to see Edge, price of Eblan, fighting with Rubicant. Once Edge has joined the party, find the hidden passage on the west wall to get the chest. You can either continue north to the Tower of Babel or stick around in this cave to do some quick leveling up near the safe area, if you aren't feeling confident. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14. Tower of Babel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ////TREASURE/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Unicorn Horn, Silver Hourglass, Ogrekiller, Kiss of Lilith, Ahura, 82000 Gil, Hi-Potion (2). /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// As soon as Edge breaks in, circle around the room and collect treasure as you go. Circle around the next room, but stop in the center to get the southern chest. Before entering the door in the next area, get the east chest. Enter the door and in this area walk circle around the to the north east, and go west to the door. Walk east and enter the first room to reach a safe area. Heal, save, exit, and enter the east door. Enter the west door. In this room go to the west most area and get the chest, then continue to the central door. You'll be attacked by K. Eblan and Q. Eblan. Just attack and heal as is appropriate and the battle will be over soon enough. After the battle, Rubicant will appear, he'll heal the party before beginning the battle. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rubicant HIT POINTS: 34000 EXPERIENCE: 18000 GIL: 7000 WEAKNESS: Ice, Flood, Shiva STRATEGY: It is essential that you use Ice attacks to win this battle, but it is also necessary to time those attacks, otherwise, they will only help him win. If he is in his cloak, don't use any Ice or Flood attacks, they'll heal him. Wait till he opens his cloak and thrash him with Rydia's Shiva and Edge's Flood. Have Cecil and Kain attack physically, while Rosa heals the party. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Enter the room and you'll appear in a Crystal Room. Walk forward and you'll soon realize that it was a trap as you plummet to the bottom floors. Get the chest and walk south to the door. Now, go north to the door. Go east to the chest and west to the door. You'll appear in an Airship called the Falcon in the underworld. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16. Tomra and Kokkol's Smithy ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ////TREASURE/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// [Dwarven Castle]: Luca's Necklace. [Tomra]: Bomb Fragment, Rage of Zeus, Antarctic Wind, Bestiary, Dry Ether, 2000 Gil. [Kokkol's Smithy]: Remedy, Hi-Potion, Soma Drop, 1000 Gil. /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Fly the Falcon until you reach the Dwarven Castle. Go down to the infirmary and talk to Cid, he's in one of the beds. He'll upgrade the Falcon so that it can cross magma. Go to the throne room and talk to King Giott. He'll hand over the Luca's Necklace, the key to the sealed cave. Fly to the town in the center of the southern area of the Underworld. Talk to the dwarves, go shopping, and be sure to check out the north west building, it's full of treasure in chests and pots. Exit Tomra and fly to the south east corner of the Underworld. Enter and searchpots and shelves for treasure. Talk to the dwarves inside. Be sure to walk through the wall next to the stairs to find a hidden chest. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17. Land of Summons ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ////TREASURE/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// [Cave of Summons]: Phoenix Down (2), Ether, Hi-Potion (3), Cottage, Bestiary, Poison Axe, Kikuichimonji, Defender. [Land of Summons]: Ether (2), Bestiary (2), Rat Tail, 5000 Gil, 6000 Gil, Phoenix Down, Yoichi's Bow, Yoichi Arrow, Elixir. /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ***The following area is a side quest; you are not required to complete it. However, I strongly recommend that you take on this quest. You can return to this area any time during the game, but the boss strategies in this section will be based on the party as of now. Fly your airship east to the small island surrounded by magna. Upon entering the cave, Rosa should cast Float on the entire party, otherwise, the party will receive damage as they walk. Repeat this process every time you enter a new floor. Head north east and get the chest. Go directly west through the hidden wall to another chest. Now, go west and follow the cavern to the staircase. Go south east to the chest; next, go north west to another treasure. Walk east to the stairs. In the next area, walk south until you reach a chest. Go all the way to the chest and find the hidden passage leading west to the chests. From here, go north to the warp, but don't step on it yet. Instead, go through the wall directly east of the warp to a chest. Go back west and step on the warp. You'll appear in the Land of Summons. Take a walk around this covert town, collecting treasure and talking to the Phantom Beasts as you go. Be sure to get the chest containing the Rat Tail, behind one of the warps. To get the chests on the bottom floor, go a short way south of the entrance warp and step on the darkly outlined floor panel, this will warp you to the bottom floor. Go shopping for new equipment and re-stock your items. Be sure to visit the safe area before entering the library. Enter the library and go down the steps, walk onto the warp. Talk to the queen to initiate a battle. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Asura HIT POINTS: 31005 EXPERIENCE: 20000 GIL: -- WEAKNESS: Reflect STRATEGY: Have Rosa cast wall on her so that all of her healing spells reflect onto the party. Kain, Cecil, and Edge should use their best physical attacks. Rosa may need to heal occasionally, even with the constant bombardment of healing spells from Asura. Ryida should give Asura a taste of her own medicine by casting Titan every round. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Be sure you've healed and saved before talking to the king, he is a very tough boss. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Leviathan HIT POINTS: 50001 EXPERIENCE: 28000 GIL: -- WEAKNESS: Thunder, Titan STRATEGY: This battle is going to take a long time, so sit back and get used to the different attack combinations that you'll have to use, over and over again. This is where Ethers really come in handy. Rosa should constantly cast Curaga to help nullify the Tsunami attack. Use a Bacchus's Cider on Cecil, if you have one, and let him attack wildly. Edge should throw Shurikens and any excess weapons. Kain's jumping may or may not save him from Leviathan's Tsunami, but it's still the best use of his turns. Titan and Thundaga are more effective than Ramuh, so use Rydia's spells wisely, and use an Ether if her or Rosa's MP gets too low. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You can leave the Land of Summons now, there isn't much left to do. So, use an Emergency Exit item or cast the spell Teleport. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18. Sylvan Cave ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ////TREASURE/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Bestiary (2), Angel Arrow, Maiden's Kiss, Hi-Potion (2), Fairy Rod, Bomb Core, 3000 Gil, Remedy, 2000 Gil, Emergency Exit, Maiden's Kiss (2), Ether (2), Red Fang, White Fang, Full Moon, Avenger, Blue Fang, Elven Bow, 1000 Gil, Cottage, Thunder Arrow, Ice Arrow, Fire Arrow, Mage Masher, Elixir, Yang's Claws. /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ***The following area is a side quest; you are not required to complete it. However, I strongly recommend that you take on this quest. You can return to this area any time during the game, but the boss strategies in this section will be based on the party as of now. Fly your airship to the north west most area of the underworld. Land and enter the cave. Rosa will need to cast Float on the entire party on every floor. Head east from the entrance and pick up the chests you can reach. Go south to the stairs. Walk north and down the stairs. Go north to the treasure, then go just beneath the chests to reach a hidden path leading to a secluded chest. Go north to the inlet in the middle of this area to reach another hidden path that leads to an area full of open chests. Walk into the black hole. Head south to the stairs and collect treasure on the way. Head north and through the west wall at the top. Step on the warp in between the chests. Beware that the chests contain monsters, including four Malboros. Step on the east warp to return to the entrance of the cave. Re-enter the cave and head south. Head east to the safe area. Use it, then walk north to the east wall to enter a secret passage. Walk north through it to reach a chest. Now, walk west and get the chests, then walk down the steps. Head north and head up the steps in the first east junction. Walk north and collect the chests. Go back south. Head north to the next junction, but before going up its steps, go through the east hidden wall and circle around south to get the chest. Now go back west to the steps. Get the immediate chest and walk south. Now head south to the building. Get the chests, they contain whatever claws Yang was wearing when he left the party. Be sure to talk to all the sylphs and the unconscious Yang before leaving. Head up the steps and use the warp to be warped back outside of the cave. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19. Sealed Cavern ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ////TREASURE/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Kotetsu, Ether (3), Bestiary, Hi-Potion (2), Light Curtain (2), Phoenix Down (2), Light Sword, Fuma Shuriken, Elixir, Kotetsu, Black Cowl, Bell of Silence, Dry Ether, X-Potion, Dark Crystal. /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Return to the area near Tomra and enter the cave near there. Use the Necklace you got from Luca in the Dwarven Castle to open the door. Walk south and climb down the rope. Try to enter the door. This door, like the other doors in this dungeon, is actually a monster. You don't have to open every door, but you will have to open at least a few of these horrific doors. Enter the defeated frame and collect the treasure. Exit the room and head south to the chest. Now, go west, up the rope and fight the door. Get the two chests in this area. Neither of the doors lead to anything, but you can fight them if you want. Head down the east stairs and climb down the long rope to reach a chest. Climb back up the rope, cross the east bridge, get the chest, and walk north. You'll see a line of doors leading west. The first door leads nowhere. The second door leads to a chest. The third door leads to three chests. The fourth door leads nowhere. The fifth door leads to a safe area. The sixth door leads to two chests. Once past the six doors, head south and enter the door to continue through the cave. Collect the chest and go south to the stairs. Collect the two chests, the door leads nowhere. Exit through the southern passage. Go down the bridge, then circle around to the east to get a chest. The door leads nowhere. Go down the rope in the center. Enter the east door for two treasure chests. Exit, head west, and use the stairs. Save and use a cabin in the safe area. Continue south through the passage. Circle around on either side and use the middle stairs. Cross the bridge and fight the door. Get the Dark Crystal, as you exit, you'll fight a boss. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Demon Wall HIT POINTS: 28000 EXPERIENCE: 23000 GIL: 8000 WEAKNESS: Leviathan STRATEGY: The wall will slowly close in on the party and will slowly kill off each character if it gets too close. Therefore, you must act fast. Cast Berserk on Cecil and have Edge throw weapons. Kain should jump every round. Rosa should keep the party's HP up and Rydia should summon Leviathan, or Titan, every round until her MP is diminished. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Either walk out of the cave or use Warp on each floor to exit the cave. As you exit Kain will leave the party and he'll take the Dark Crystal with him. Fly to the Dwarven Castle and talk to King Giott. After talking to him, Cid will appear and attach a drill to the falcon so that you can return to the Overworld. Fly north east to the huge creator and press A to drill your way back up to the Overworld. Fly a short way east and stop at Mysidia. Talk to the elder and the Lunar Whale will appear. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20. Side Quests ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ////TREASURE/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// [Grotto]: Adamantite. [Fabul]: Frying Pan, Knife. [Kokkol's Smithy]: Excalibur. /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ***The following area is a side quest; you are not required to complete it. However, I strongly recommend that you take on this quest. You can return to this area any time during the game, but the boss strategies in this section will be based on the party as of now. Before entering the Lunar Whale there are several side quests that you can embark on. First, fly west and pick up your hovercraft near Cave of Eblan. You'll have to use the Enterprise airship to do this, since it has the grappling. Fly east toward Mt. Ordeals and then north to the Mythril village. Put your hovercraft down and land next to it. Travel across the shallows to the small southern cave. Show the miniature man the Rat Tail you got in Land of Summons and he'll exchange it for Adamantite. Return to your airship and fly north to Fabul. Go to the top of the west tower and talk to Yang's wife to receive a Frying Pan. Return to Agart island and descend to the Underworld. Travel to Kokkol's Smithy in the south east corner of the Underworld. Be sureyou have both the Sword of Legend and Adamantite before entering. Show Kokkol, the sleeping man, the Adamantite and he'll immediately start work on a new sword. Walk downstairs and he'll give you your newly forged Excalibur. Now, fly north west and enter the Sylvan Cave. Remember to use Float and make your way back to the Sylvan home. Use the Frying Pan on Yang. Rydia will learn the Sylph summon. Return to the Overworld and go back to Fabul. Give Yang's wife the Frying Pan to receive the Knife, an extremely powerful dart that Edge can throw. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21. Lunar Path ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ////TREASURE/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Golden Apple, Lunar Curtain, Stardust. /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Board the Lunar Whale. At the bottom of the interior is a free inn and Fat Chocobo. The ducts on either side are exits, in the very front is the control panel, and if you touch the crystal in the middle of the ship you'll be transported to the moon. As soon as you're ready, touch the crystal. Fly south of the Crystal Palace and land in the secluded area surrounded by mountains. This is the Hummingway Village. One of the Hummingways will sell items to you. Exit the village and fly north, land on top of the west side of the mountain range north of the Crystal Palace. Walk down the slope and enter the cave. Get the east treasure and head north and get the eastern chests. Head north to the exit. You'll emerge outside, walk south east until you reach another cave. Once you enter, head south to the exit. Walk north and enter the cave beneath the Crystal Palace. Head north and talk to the old man, his name is FuSoYa and he'll join you. You can go to the east and west side of the palace to restore your HP and MP. The northern room contains several crystals that you can talk to about your quest. Exit the palace and return to the Lunar Whale. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 22. Cave of Bahamut ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ////TREASURE/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Genji Gloves, Genji Shield, Genji Armor, Genji Helm. /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ***The following area is a side quest; you are not required to complete it. However, I strongly recommend that you take on this quest. You can return to this area any time during the game, but the boss strategies in this section will be based on the party as of now. Before returning to earth, you may want to consider getting the ultimate summon spell, Bahamut. Fly a short way west from the Crystal Palace and land on the circular mountain range surrounding a small cave. Enter this cave and head south to a chest. Go back north to the intersection and walk east. Go to the very top of the immediate wall, through the secret passage, and to the chest. Go back west and head south to the passage. Go west, north, and to the chest. Walk east to the chest. Now, go east and as you start to head north to the passage you'll be attacked be a Behemoth. Hit it hard and fast, or it'll kill you first. After the battle, continue north to the passage. Go south around the circular path, and beware of two more Behemoths along the way. Walk up the stairs and talk to the man to commence a ferocious battle against Bahamut. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bahamut HIT POINTS: 45001 EXPERIENCE: 35000 GIL: -- WEAKNESS: Reflect STRATEGY: Immediately start using Lunar Curtains and Light Curtains. Have Rosa and FuSoYa cast wall on themselves. This will cause Bahamut's Mega Flare attack to bounce off your characters and hit himself. In the meantime, have Cecil attack with Excalibur, Edge throw, and Rydia summon Leviathan. Rosa and FuSoYa should concentrate all their efforts on casting wall. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rydia will now be able to use the Bahamut summon spell. Exit the cave and return to the Lunar Whale. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23. Giant of Babel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ////TREASURE/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Shuriken, Hi-Potion, Ether, Yoichi Arrow, Siren, Silver Apple, Soma Drop, Elixir. /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Board the Lunar Whale and touch the crystal. After a short sequence, you'll automatically end up in the Giant of Babel. Walk north and down the duct. Simply walk south and down the duct. Circle around the entire room, collecting treasure as you go, until you reach the duct. Circle around north and be sure to get the two chests in this area before going down the duct. Go south, east to the chest, then east again, north to the intersection, and west to the safe area. After you've saved your game, walk north to the duct. From here, walk directly north and you'll be attacked by the four fiends. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Elements HIT POINTS: -- EXPERIENCE: 62500 GIL: 10000 WEAKNESS: Fire, Ice, Thunder, Holy. STRATEGY: This battle will be very easy as long as you know which element is weak against what. Have your characters use spells according to these weaknesses: Rubicant=Ice, Cagnazzo=Thunder, Barbariccia=Holy, and Scarmiglione=Fire. Rydia and FuSoYa should use their highest elemental spells. Edge should also use his elemental spells. Cecil should attack normally and Rosa should concentrate on using her best spells. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Return to the safe area and heal and save again, another boss fight is coming. Go back north to the duct and then continue north to the next duct. Walk down and a boss fight will commence. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CPU HIT POINTS: 30000 EXPERIENCE: 50000 GIL: 10333 WEAKNESS: -- STRATEGY: To prevent CPU from killing party members immediately, refrain from killing the Attacker orb. Go ahead and kill the Defender. Don't use any spell or attack that targets multiple enemies. In fact, you should refrain from using any offensive spells in this battle, since CPU will immediately, and constantly, put up a Reflect spell. Have Rydia summon Asura, and have Rosa and FuSoYa heal the party. Edge and Cecil are going to be doing most of the offensive work, so have them hit hard and fast. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Following the battle, after several events, you'll end up on the moon with Kain in your party as a replacement for FuSoYa. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 24. Final Dungeon Preparation ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Before heading off to the final dungeon, it will be wise to do some quick preparation. First, stop buy the Hummingway store and buy curative items, such as Hi-Potion, Ethers, and, if you have enough money, Elixirs. Don't spend all of your money, though. Return to earth. You have the option of defeating Odin to gain a new summon spell. If you want to take on this battle, travel to Baron Castle and enter the basement of the east tower. Go all the way east to meet the king, he'll challenge you. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Odin HIT POINTS: 20001 EXPERIENCE: 18000 GIL: -- WEAKNESS: -- STRATEGY: You only have a few rounds to defeat this boss. As soon as he pulls back his sword, he's getting ready to kill off the entire party. Act fast! Cast Berserk on Cecil and have Edge throw any excess weapons. Rydia should summon Bahamut and Rosa should cast Haste on the fighters. If you time it right, Kain can actually survive the sword swoop if he's in the air while Odin uses it. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rydia will gain use of the powerful Odin summon from here out, if you chose to fight him. You should now return to either the Enterprise or Falcon and descend to the Underworld. Fly south to Kokkol's Smithy. A new store had opened that contains powerful darts and arrows. If your levels are extremely low, it would also be a good idea to do some quick leveling up. As soon as you're confident, travel back to the moon. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 25. Cave of Trials ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ////TREASURE/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// X-Potion, Red Jacket, Remedy (3), Phoenix Down, Coronet, Cat Hood, Mysterious Mask, Red Cap, Cottage, Siren (2), Corageous Suit, Lord's Robe, Sage's Robe, Grand Helm, Grand Armor, Dry Ether, Megalixir (2). /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ***The following area is a side quest; you are not required to complete it. However, I strongly recommend that you take on this quest if you want to experience all the new game content added in this edition of FFIV. Head to Mysidia where you'll find your old party members. You have the opportunity now to replace any of your characters except Cecil with Edward, Yang, Palom, Porom, and Cid. Replace any of the characters and you'll learn about Cave of Trials. This cave can be found at the entrance of Mt. Ordeals, where you'll find a new door. You'll need to tackle the dungeon at least twice. My party recommendations are Cecil, Cid, Rosa, Rydia, and Yang for the first run, and Cecil, Edward, Palom, Porom, and Edge for the second run. The boss strategies will be based on these parties, but feel free to use whatever party combinations you want. You'll definitely want to gear up your old characters before entering the dungeon. Enter the dungeon and walk through the east wall between the two rocks to find a hidden chest. On the next floor, the hidden wall is located in the south west corner of the room. There are two false walls on the next floor. Travel south to the east most part of the wall to find the secret path leading south to treasure. Head to the west side of the room. Once up the staircase, walk into the path between the rock and the wall to the east. Go back south to reach the next floor. Here you'll find the false walls in the south west and north west corners of the room. On the next floor the hidden paths are both located against the west wall, one near the top of the room and the other on the staircase below it. Travel to the next floor and take the first staircase to the east. Make your way west from there and then discover the false wall in the north west corner of the room, the next wall is directly south of the chest. Make your way back to the first staircase, and then head north to the next floor. Take the first staircases leading north and east to reach the chests in this room. The final room is the boss room, and depending on who's in your party when you enter, you'll be able to pick up different weapons. Below are the strategies. Yang's Weapon: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Storm Dragon HIT POINTS: 40000 EXPERIENCE: 32000 GIL: -- WEAKNESS: Ice, Shiva STRATEGY: If you still have one, equip Yang with an Ice Claw and then beat the boss down with Power attacks. Cecil and Cid should attack physically, while Rosa stands ready to heal the party when the Dragon uses its devastating Tornado spell. Rydia should cast Blizzaga and Shiva for the most effective damage. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cid's Weapon: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Death Mech HIT POINTS: 50000 EXPERIENCE: 32000 GIL: -- WEAKNESS: -- STRATEGY: Rydia will be the main source of damage in this battle, as she casts Bahamut and Flare spells. Cid can help out by attacking, while Cecil attacks and acts as back-up healer. Yang should be able to deal a fair ammount of physical damage, while Rosa supports the party with Curaja. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Edward's Weapon: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Gigas Worm HIT POINTS: 55000 EXPERIENCE: 32000 GIL: -- WEAKNESS: -- STRATEGY: Edward should simply heal during this battle, using the Heal command or using more potent curative items when necessary. Cecil should attack normally, but should be ready with White Magic when the hard-hitting worm strikes. Porom is best used as a constant healer in this battle. Palom can sit back and nuke the worm with high tier Black Magic. Edge should go all out with Nijutsu and regular attacks. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Palom's Weapon: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Master Flan HIT POINTS: 35000 EXPERIENCE: 32000 GIL: -- WEAKNESS: -- STRATEGY: In this battle you'll want to rely more on physical damage, since the boss will reflect most spells. Cecil, Edge, and Edward can attack should constantly attack the main boss, while Palom concentrates on taking out the Flans with spells, while Porom heals and casts support spells such as Berserk and Haste. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Porom's Weapon: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ T-Rex HIT POINTS: 60000 EXPERIENCE: 32000 GIL: -- WEAKNESS: -- STRATEGY: Cast float at the beginning of the battle to counter the Rex's Quake spells. Have Palom cast high tier spells, while Edward and Porom support the party with healing. Edge and Cecil should strike hard and fast. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You can use the warp in the middle of the room to immediately exit the dungeon. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 26. Lunar Core ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ////TREASURE/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// [Lunar Subterrane]: Black Garb, Murasame, Fire Whip, Dragon Shield, Dragon Helm, Dragon Mail, Dragon Gloves, Artemis Arrow, Elixir, White Fang, X-Potion, Stardust Rod, Crystal Shield, Protect Ring, Crystal Mail, Crystal Gloves, White Robe, Crystal Helm, Red Fang, Artemis Arrow, Fuma Shuriken, Cottage, Golden Apple, Protect Ring, Ragnarok, Minerva's Plate, Holy Lance, Ribbon (2). [Lunar Core]: Fuma Shuriken (3), Elixir, Gysahl Whistle, Masamune, Crystal. /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// The bosses in this dungeon are balanced for the original party of Kain, Cecil, Edge, Rosa, and Rydia. Feel free to try them with other party combinations, just note that the boss strategies in this guide are based on the original party, save the final boss, for which new strategies are coming soon! Travel through the Lunar Path to the Crystal Palace. Enter the crystal room in the back of the palace. Talk to the crystals to learn more about Zemus' evil plot. Walk to the warp in the middle of the room to be transported into Lunar Subterrane. Start by going through the secret passage along the middle of the east wall. Circle all the way around the path to the chest. Go back around the path, back to the entrance area. This time, find a secret path along the west wall and follow it to the warp. Go north to the door. Circle around west to the door and get the chest on your way. Go south and enter the door. Prepare for a boss fight and head north. Attempt to pick up the sword and you'll be thrown into a boss battle. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ White Dragon HIT POINTS: 32700 EXPERIENCE: 55000 GIL: -- WEAKNESS: Bahamut STRATEGY: Have Rosa cast Float before allowing Rydia to summon Bahamut. Otherwise, the dragon will be able to effectively use a devastating earth attack. Cecil, Edge and Kain should all concentrate on physical attacks, while Rosa keeps the party healthy. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Now Walk or warp all the way back to the entrance. Head south through the door. Follow the corridor east and go a short distance north. Turn west at the chest and then follow the hidden path south and around to the chest. Now, go back east and follow the rest of the path north. Go west through the wall and get the chest, and then go through the door. Walk all the way south and find the secret passage along the east wall. After getting the chest, continue east through another secret passage and follow it south to the next two chests. Go back to the main area and go through the central door. Walk east until you get the chest, then head back west and go down the stairs. Enter the western door. Open the single chest and exit. Go east and down the next set of stairs and go through the door. Go north east to the first chest and then south west to the next one. Now, go through the south passage. Get the immediate chest, then head east and down the stairs. Get the chest on the west side of the platform. Enter the door. Head north and find the secret passage along the east wall, go through it and get the chest. Continue east through the wall and into the south exit. Get the chest and return to the previous area. This time go through the north door. Get the east chest and walk west to the next door. Open the southern chest and walk through the north door. Go north west and get the chest. Go east to the door. Open the single chest and exit. Go down the stairs. Get the chests on either side of the platform, then follow the west steps to a chest. Walk west across the invisible walk way between the two facing ledges. Enter the secret passage at the top of the east wall to find a hidden warp. Get the chest and walk all the way east to a warp. Walk up the stairs to the next warp. Go north to the chest and north to another warp. You should definitely use the safe area and prepare for a boss fight in the next area. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dark Bahamut HIT POINTS: 60000 EXPERIENCE: 64000 GIL: -- WEAKNESS: -- STRATEGY: Don't use any summons or magic on this Dragon or it'll counter with deadly attacks. Use pure brute, physical force. Rosa should cast Berserk on Cecil, Kain should jump every round, and Edge should throw Fuma Shurikens. Rydia will need to use curative items and Rosa should continually cast Curaja. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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