Final Fantasy 4 Advance - Strategy Guide (Page 03)

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Return to the safe area and recover.  From here you'll need to return all the 
way to the invisible bridge area.  This time take the east stairs and enter 
the door to the south.  Get the west chest and take the east door.  Go south 
and enter the first door to reach a safe area.  Use the safe area and then 
exit and enter the second door.  As you attempt to pick up the spear you'll 
be attacked by a boss.

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Plague
 HIT POINTS: 33333
 EXPERIENCE: 31108
 GIL: 550
 WEAKNESS: --
 STRATEGY: As soon as the battle starts the Plague will cast doom on the 
entire party, you'll have a count down from 5, after that you're dead.  It 
would be a very good idea to have Kain jump and Rosa shoot arrows at this 
boss, they are very effective against it.  Edge should throw darts, Rydia 
should summon Bahamut and Cecil should attack physically.  If there was 
ever a battle to act fast in, it's this one!  If you're lucky, the Plague 
will re-cast Doom, starting the count down over.
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Return to the safe area and heal if needed.  Now, enter the third door.  As 
soon as you try to walk north you'll be attacked by two bosses.

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Lunasaurs
 HIT POINTS: 29000
 EXPERIENCE: 59000
 GIL: --
 WEAKNESS: Holy
 STRATEGY: As long as Cecil is equipped with the Ragnarok, this battle should
be a breeze, it'll deal 9999 damage with every hit.  Even though these 
bosses are weak against Holy, don't use it, or any other black or summon 
magic for that matter, or else they'll counter with horrific status ailment 
spells.  Edge and Kain should attack physically and Rosa and Rydia should 
concentrate on healing the party.
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You're now free to collect the treasures.  Return to the safe area and heal 
and save.  At this point, you might want to level up a little, having the 
entire party at level 60 will make the final battle a little less stressful.  
You might also consider warping out of Lunar Subterrane and stocking up on 
darts and various potions.

When you're ready to destroy the demonic Zemus, circle around the three door 
room north, west, down the stairs, and into the door.  Beware of this area, the
Lunar Core.  It is full of the evilest of enemies.  Each fight can be the 
equivalent of a boss battle run away from them if necessary.  Walk through the
winding paths, and collect treasure on the way.  Go all the way south and try
to touch the sword to enter a boss fight.

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Ogopogo
 HIT POINTS: 50000
 EXPERIENCE: 61000
 GIL: --
 WEAKNESS: Bahamut
 STRATEGY: This battle isn't too hard, but Ogopogo can hit pretty hard, so 
cast support spells and keep your HP up.  Have Edge throw Fumas, while Cecil 
attacks physically and Kain jumps.  Rydia should summon Bahamut every round 
and Rosa should cast Curaja on the party as often as possible.
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After the battle, go north and down the stairs.  The next three areas are all 
spiraling paths with some treasures on the way.  When you reach the warp in 
the fourth area, you've reached the final boss.  There's no need to heal, 
you'll be healed automatically in the upcoming area.

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Zeromus
 HIT POINTS: 100000
 EXPERIENCE: --
 GIL: --
 WEAKNESS: Meteor
 STRATEGY: Before using the crystal given to you by Golbez, try having Edge 
steal the Dark Matter.  It's hard to do so, but having this item will help  
protect your party from one of Zeromus' fierce attacks.  Use the Crystal 
when you're ready and Zeromus will transform.  First and foremost, Rosa must 
cast Curaja every round, no matter what.  If she loses a large amount of HP, 
you must have someone use an Elixir on her!  If you don't follow these Rosa 
rules, you're sure to lose.  Edge should throw your very best weapons, and, 
if you have it, the Knife.  Kain will not be effective as a fighter in this 
battle, he should stay on level ground and use Phoenix Downs and Elixirs on 
weakened characters.  Cecil should try to attack every round, while curing
when necessary.  Rydia's best course is to cast Meteor, unless she needs 
to heal herself or restore MP.  Don't waste time using status increasing 
items or spells, they'll be rendered useless when Zeromus uses Black Hole.  
With these steps, you should be able to confidently defeat Zeromus, if 
your levels are at least 60.
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Zeromus strategies with different party combinations coming soon!

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27. Lunar Ruins
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The ultimate FFIV challenge is unlockable once you beat Zeromus.  Incredible 
treasure await those brave enough to tackle this 50 floor dungeon full of 
challenging puzzles and horrific encounters!

The Lunar Ruins is opened little by little as you defeat Zeromus with each 
character.  It's located on the moon in the face-shaped rock.  Each character
has its own "Trial" floor, in which you'll encounter puzzles, story elements,
and encounters based on the character's strengths and weaknesses.  The ruins 
are extremely challenging, but they contain the absolute best weapons and 
armor in the game.

The majority of the dungeon is randomly generated, with different possible 
treasure combinations.  Eventually, this guide will contain a general guide to
this dungeon with tips on gathering the weapons and armor for each character,
as well as strategies for the new bosses.

For now, it's your best bet to tackle the dungeon at your own pace, completing
one character trial at a time, and then using that character's new-found power
to help with the next trial.  Just save all your Grimoires for the new final 
battle.

The dungeon was designed to give FFIV fans a brand new method of 
accomplishment, and it works perfectly as a portable dungeon that you can 
constantly work on over a long period of time, or a hardcore feature that will
keep you entertained for days.  Have fun, and look forward to this section 
expanding over the next few weeks!

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VI. CHARACTERS
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Cecil - Dark Knight
 Dark: Cecil uses a small portion of his HP to attack every enemy on the 
 battle field.

Cecil - Paladin
 W. Magic: Allows usage of curative White Magic.
 Cover: Takes damage for another character.

Cid - Engineer
 Study: Views an enemy's HP and weakness.

Edge - Ninja
 Throw: Throws darts and various weapons.
 Steal: Steals items from enemies.
 Ninjutsu: Allows usage of Ninjutsu spells.

Edward - Prince
 Sing: Causes status effects.
 Heal: Uses one Potion to heal entire party.
 Hide/Show: Temporarily leave battle.  Automatically occurs when HP is low.

FuSoYa - Lunarian
 W. Magic: Allows usage of curative White Magic.
 B. Magic: Allows usage of offensive Black Magic.
 Regen: Gradually restores party's HP; this command lasts for the entire 
 duration of a battle.

Kain - Dragoon
 Jump: Kain jumps into the air for two turns, protecting him from 
 enemy attacks and allowing a powerful blow after the duration of two turns.

Palom - Black Mage
 B. Magic: Allows usage of offensive Black Magic.
 Twin: Allows usage of a random Twin Magic spell; requires Porom's support.
 Bluff: Raises Magic Power.

Porom - White Mage
 W. Magic: Allows usage of curative White Magic.
 Twin: Allows usage of a random Twin Magic spell; requires Palom's support.
 Cry: Increases ability to run from battle.

Rosa - White Mage
 W. Magic: Allows usage of curative White Magic.
 Pray: Restores a small amount of HP to entire party.
 Aim: Increases attack power of bows and arrows.

Ryida - Summoner
 W. Magic: Allows usage of curative White Magic (Disappears later).
 B. Magic: Allows usage of offensive Black Magic.
 Call: Allows usage of Phantom Beast Call Magic.

Tellah - Sage
 W. Magic: Allows usage of curative White Magic.
 B. Magic: Allows usage of offensive Black Magic.
 Recall: Tellah remembers random spells (Disappears later).

Yang - Monk
 Power: Stores up energy for two turns to deal a powerful blow.
 Kick: Causes damage to all enemies.
 Gird: Increases Defense Power.

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VII. SPELLS
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WHITE MAGIC
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Berserk
 DESCRIPTION: Increases Attack Power.
 MP: 18

Blink
 DESCRIPTION: Increases Evade.
 MP: 8

Confuse
 DESCRIPTION: Confuses target, causing it to attack enemies.
 MP: 10

Cure
 DESCRIPTION: Restores a small amount of HP.
 MP: 3

Cura
 DESCRIPTION: Restores a medium amount of HP.
 MP: 9

Curaga
 DESCRIPTION: Restores a large amount of HP.
 MP: 18

Curaja
 DESCRIPTION: Restores a very large amount of HP.
 MP: 40

Dispel
 DESCRIPTION: Removes status increasing spells.
 MP: 12

Esuna
 DESCRIPTION: Cures all status ailments.
 MP: 20

Float
 DESCRIPTION: Causes target to float, protecting against earth attacks.
 MP: 8

Full-Life
 DESCRIPTION: Restores life with full HP.
 MP: 52

Haste
 DESCRIPTION: Increases speed.
 MP: 25

Hold
 DESCRIPTION: Stuns enemy, disabling commands.
 MP: 5

Holy
 DESCRIPTION: Causes a large amount of divine damage.
 MP: 46

Life
 DESCRIPTION: Restores life.
 MP: 8

Mini
 DESCRIPTION: Causes Mini status.
 MP: 6

Protect
 DESCRIPTION: Increases Defense Power.
 MP: 9

Reflect
 DESCRIPTION: Reflects magic attacks.
 MP: 30

Silence
 DESCRIPTION: Silences target, disabling the use of spells.
 MP: 6

Scan
 DESCRIPTION: Views target's HP and weakness.
 MP: 1

Shell
 DESCRIPTION: Increases Magic Defense.
 MP: 10

Sight
 DESCRIPTION: Gives a wider perspective of overworld map.
 MP: 2

Slow
 DESCRIPTION: Decreases speed.
 MP: 14

Teleport
 DESCRIPTION: Warps party out of dungeon.
 MP: 10

BLACK MAGIC
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Bio
 DESCRIPTION: Causes a large amount of poison elemental damage.
 MP: 20

Blizzard
 DESCRIPTION: Causes a small amount of ice elemental damage.
 MP: 5

Blizzara
 DESCRIPTION: Causes a medium amount of ice elemental damage.
 MP: 15

Blizzaga
 DESCRIPTION: Causes a large amount of ice elemental damage.
 MP: 30

Break
 DESCRIPTION: Causes Petrify status.
 MP: 15

Death
 DESCRIPTION: Causes immediate death.
 MP: 35

Drain
 DESCRIPTION: Absorbs target's HP.
 MP: 18

Fire
 DESCRIPTION: Causes a small amount of fire elemental damage.
 MP: 5

Fira
 DESCRIPTION: Causes a medium amount of fire elemental damage.
 MP: 15

Firaga
 DESCRIPTION: Causes a large amount of fire elemental damage.
 MP: 30

Flare
 DESCRIPTION: Causes a very large amount of fire damage.
 MP: 50

Meteor
 DESCRIPTION: Causes a very large amount of damage to all enemies.
 MP: 99

Osmose
 DESCRIPTION: Absorbs MP.
 MP: --

Pig
 DESCRIPTION: Causes target to turn into a pig, decreasing speed.
 MP: 1

Poison
 DESCRIPTION: Causes a small amount of poison elemental damage.
 MP: 2

Quake
 DESCRIPTION: Causes earth elemental damage to ground targets.
 MP: 30

Sleep
 DESCRIPTION: Causes target to fall asleep.
 MP: 12

Stop
 DESCRIPTION: Stuns enemy, disabling commands.
 MP: 15

Thunder
 DESCRIPTION: Causes a small amount of electric elemental damage.
 MP: 5

Thundara
 DESCRIPTION: Causes a medium amount of electric elemental damage.
 MP: 15

Thundaga
 DESCRIPTION: Causes a large amount of electric elemental damage.
 MP: 30

Toad
 DESCRIPTION: Causes Toad status.
 MP: 7

Tornado
 DESCRIPTION: Greatly reduces target's HP.
 MP: 25

Warp
 DESCRIPTION: Warps back one floor in dungeons.
 MP: 4

CALL MAGIC
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Asura
 DESCRIPTION: Casts a random curative spell.
 MP: 50

Bahamut
 DESCRIPTION: Causes a very large amount of damage to all enemies.
 MP: 60

Bomb
 DESCRIPTION: Causes a large amount of damage.
 MP: 10

Chocobo
 DESCRIPTION: Causes a small amount of damage to one enemy.
 MP: 7

Cockatrice
 DESCRIPTION: Causes Petrify status.
 MP: 15

Dragon
 DESCRIPTION: Causes a medium amount of damage to all enemies.
 MP: 20

Goblin
 DESCRIPTION: Causes a very small amount of damage to one enemy.
 MP: 1

Ifrit
 DESCRIPTION: Causes a medium amount of fire elemental damage to all enemies.
 MP: 30

Leviathan
 DESCRIPTION: Causes a large amount of water elemental damage to all enemies.
 MP: 50

Mind Flayer
 DESCRIPTION: Causes a medium amount of damage.
 MP: 18

Odin
 DESCRIPTION: Automatically kills entire enemy group.
 MP: 45

Ramuh
 DESCRIPTION: Causes a medium amount of electric elemental damage.
 MP: 30

Shiva
 DESCRIPTION: Causes a medium amount of ice elemental damage to all enemies.
 MP: 30

Sylph
 DESCRIPTION: Absorbs HP.
 MP: 25

Titan
 DESCRIPTION: Causes a large amount of earth elemental damage to all enemies.
 MP: 40

NINJUTSU
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Blitz
 DESCRIPTION: Causes electric elemental damage to all enemies.
 MP: 25

Flame
 DESCRIPTION: Causes fire elemental damage to all enemies.
 MP: 15

Flood
 DESCRIPTION: Causes water elemental damage to all enemies.
 MP: 20

Image
 DESCRIPTION: Increases Evade.
 MP: 6

Pin
 DESCRIPTION: Stuns enemy.
 MP: 5

Smoke
 DESCRIPTION: Allows party to run away.
 MP: 10

TWIN MAGIC
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Comet
 DESCRIPTION: Causes a medium amount of non-elemental damage.
 MP: 20

Pyro
 DESCRIPTION: Causes a medium amount of fire damage.
 MP: 10

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VIII. ITEMS
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SUPPORT ITEMS
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Antidote
 DESCRIPTION: Cures Poison status.
 COST: 40

Bomb
 DESCRIPTION: Teaches Rydia bomb.
 COST: Won in battle

Cottage
 DESCRIPTION: Restores all HP and MP to party on overworld or save point.
 COST: 500

Cockatrice
 DESCRIPTION: Teaches Rydia Cockatrice.
 COST: Won in battle

Cross
 DESCRIPTION: Cures Curse status.
 COST: 100

Diet Food
 DESCRIPTION: Cures Pig status.
 COST: 100

Dry Ether
 DESCRIPTION: Restores a medium amount of MP to one character.
 COST: 50000

Dwarven Bread
 DESCRIPTION: Zooms out when used on overworld.
 COST: --

Echo Herbs
 DESCRIPTION: Cures Silence status.
 COST: 50

Elixir
 DESCRIPTION: Completely restores HP and MP to one character.
 COST: 100000

Emergency Exit
 DESCRIPTION: Warps party out of dungeons.
 COST: --

Ether
 DESCRIPTION: Restores a small amount of MP to one character.
 COST: 10000

Eye Drops
 DESCRIPTION: Cures Darkness status.
 COST: 30

Goblin
 DESCRIPTION: Teaches Rydia Goblin.
 COST: Won in battle

Golden Apple
 DESCRIPTION: Increases max HP by 100.
 COST: --

Gold Needle
 DESCRIPTION: Cures Petrify status.
 COST: 400

Gysahl Greens
 DESCRIPTION: Summons a Fat Chocobo in a Chocobo Forest.
 COST: 50

Gysahl Whistle
 DESCRIPTION: Calls Fat Chocobo.
 COST: 20000

Hi-Potion
 DESCRIPTION: Restores a medium amount of HP to one character.
 COST: 150

Maiden's Kiss
 DESCRIPTION: Cures Toad status.
 COST: 60

Mallet
 DESCRIPTION: Cures Mini status.
 COST: 80

Megalixir
 DESCRIPTION: Completely restores HP and MP to entire party.
 COST: --

Mind Flayer
 DESCRIPTION: Teaches Rydia Mind Flayer.
 COST: Won in battle

Phoenix Down
 DESCRIPTION: Restores life to one dead character.
 COST: 100

Potion
 DESCRIPTION: Restores a small amount of HP to one character.
 COST: 30

Remedy
 DESCRIPTION: Cures all status ailments.
 COST: 5000

Silver Apple
 DESCRIPTION: Increases max HP by 50.
 COST: --

Siren
 DESCRIPTION: Calls a monster to attack you.
 COST: --

Soma Drop
 DESCRIPTION: Increases maximum MP by 10.
 COST: --

Tent
 DESCRIPTION: Restores most HP and MP to party on overworld or save point.
 COST: 100

X-Potion
 DESCRIPTION: Restores a large amount of HP to one character.
 COST: --

BATTLE ITEMS
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Alarm Clock
 DESCRIPTION: Wakes entire party.
 LOCATION: Eblan Castle

Antarctic Wind
 DESCRIPTION: Causes a small amount of ice elemental damage.
 LOCATION: Underground Waterway, Antlion, Fabul, Tomra

Arctic Wind
 DESCRIPTION: Causes a medium amount of ice damage.
 LOCATION: Agart

Bacchus's Cider
 DESCRIPTION: Increases attack power.
 LOCATION: Fabul, Baron Castle, Troia Castle, Dwarven Castle, Tower of Babel, 
 Eblan Castle, Cave of Summons, Land of Summons

Bell of Silence
 DESCRIPTION: Casts Silence.
 LOCATION: Sealed Cavern

Bestiary
 DESCRIPTION: Scans enemy for HP and weakness.
 LOCATION: Dwarven Castle, Sealed Cavern, Hummingway Village

Bomb Arm
 DESCRIPTION: Causes a large amount of fire elemental damage.
 LOCATION: Won in battle

Bomb Fragment
 DESCRIPTION: Causes a small amount of fire damage.
 LOCATION: Underground Waterway, Fabul, Mist, Tomra

Bomb Core
 DESCRIPTION: Destroys character and inflicts equal HP damage.
 LOCATION: Eblan Castle, Cave of Eblan, Sylvan Cave

Blue Fang
 DESCRIPTION: Causes a large amount of electric damage.
 LOCATION: Sylvan Cave

Coeurl's Whisker
 DESCRIPTION: Automatically kills target.
 LOCATION: Eblan Castle

Dark Matter
 DESCRIPTION: Protects against Zeromus' attacks.
 LOCATION: Stolen from Zeromus

Decoy
 DESCRIPTION: Increases evade.
 LOCATION: Troia

Gaia Drum
 DESCRIPTION: Causes earth elemental damage.
 LOCATION: Won in battle

Gold Hourglass
 DESCRIPTION: Halts enemies, disabling commands.
 LOCATION: Won in battle

Grimoire
 DESCRIPTION: Summons Phantom Beasts.
 LOCATION: Won in battle

Hermes' Shoes
 DESCRIPTION: Increases speed.
 LOCATION: Underground Waterway, Fabul, Old Waterway, Baron Castle, Eblan Castle

Hourglass
 DESCRIPTION: Stuns enemies, disabling all commands.
 LOCATION: Baron, Underground Waterway, Antlion, Old Waterway, Magnetic Cavern

Kiss of Lilith
 DESCRIPTION: Absorbs MP.
 LOCATION: Tower of Babel

Light Curtain
 DESCRIPTION: Casts Reflect on user.
 LOCATION: Sealed Cavern

Lunar Curtain
 DESCRIPTION: Casts Reflect on user.
 LOCATION: Lunar Path

Silver Hourglass
 DESCRIPTION: Stops enemies, disabling commands.
 LOCATION: Dwarven Castle, Eblan Castle, Cave of Eblan, Tower of Babel

Spider's Silk
 DESCRIPTION: Slows enemies.
 LOCATION: Antlion, Fabul, Magnetic Cavern, Cave of Eblan

Stardust
 DESCRIPTION: Causes a large amount of non-elemental damage.
 LOCATION: Lunar Path

Rage of Zeus
 DESCRIPTION: Causes a small amount of electric elemental damage.
 LOCATION: Fabul, Baron, Old Waterway, Tomra

Red Fang
 DESCRIPTION: Causes a large amount of fire damage.
 LOCATION: Sylvan Cave, Lunar Subterrane

Unicorn Horn
 DESCRIPTION: Cures battle effects.
 LOCATION: Baron Castle, Magnetic Cavern, Eblan Castle, Tower of Babel

Vampire Fang
 DESCRIPTION: Sucks enemy HP.
 LOCATION: Cave of Eblan

White Fang
 DESCRIPTION: Causes a large amount of ice damage.
 LOCATION: Sylvan Cave, Lunar Subterrane

KEY ITEMS
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Adamantite
 DESCRIPTION: Given to Kokkol with Sword of Legend to forge the Excalibur.
 LOCATION: Grotto

Baron Key
 DESCRIPTION: Opens locked doors in Baron.
 LOCATION: Baron

Bomb Ring
 DESCRIPTION: Causes destruction to Mist.
 LOCATION: Baron Castle