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Sorry if you can't contact me on AIM anymore...if it weren't for people warning me up to 70% at times AFTER HELPING THEM, then I wouldn't have to close off AIM to those who need help with a certain game. Thank you. ***************************************************************************** June 26th, 1999 - Initial release. July 7th, 2001 - Completely re-designed the guide to fit the Final Fantasy IV translation for the PSX, I still left the FF2 stuff in. July 13th, 2001 - I watched Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within today, a 6/10 though, see my review on my site. Oh yeah, everything in the guide should be fully translated...I know there might be a few FF2 quirks here and there, but please don't be picky...if you are, do your own guide. (^_^) ============================================================================= Introduction Characters -Cecil -Cid -Edge -Edward -FuSoya -Kain -Palom -Porom -Rosa -Rydia -Tellah -Yang Basic Tips Walkthrough Bestiary(FF4 only) Miscellaneous -Items - Regular items - Scenario Items -Magic listing and description - Black Magic Listing - White Magic Listing - Summon Magic Listing - Ninja Magic Listing - Twin Magic Listing -Weapons - Swords - Spears and Lances - Blades - Claws - Rods - Staffs - Hammers - Harps - Knives - Bows - Arrows - Axes - Whips - Darts -Armors - Shields - Armors(gowns, robes, armors) - Helmets - Acessories(Rings, Bracelets, Guantlets) Game Highs Credits ============================================================================= ----------------------------- [ Introudction ] ------------------------------ ============================================================================= Hey guys, welcome to my Final Fantasy IV guide. I've spent a lot of time re-writing and re-formatting the guide to make it more accurate and neat to the recent release of the PSX version of Final Fantasy IV. There might still be some Final Fantasy II(SNES) tidbits here and there...which are intentional while some are not...but other than that, this guide should be fully faithful to the PSX version of Final Fantasy IV. Also I wanted to comment on the difficulty, to be honest, I don't see much if any of a boost in difficulty in this game...even though my level recommendations might be a little outrageous, trust me...you can get 10 levels below of my reccomendations and still beat the game, but you never know. Also please, if you don't want this guide spoiled for you, don't read it at all. Feel free to use this guide on your site if you wish, just don't alter it in any way, don't profit from it, and credit the guide when due. Thanks and take care. - Dingo Jellybean ============================================================================= ------------------------------- [ Cecil ] ----------------------------------- ============================================================================= Birthplace: N/A Age: 20 Class: Dark Knight, Paladin Height: 6' Weight: 177 lbs. The Dark Knight of Baron and commander of the powerful air force the Red Wings. Baron, the most powerful nation in the world has suddenly gone evil. Cecil commiting these acts of unjust crimes he wears the evil and fearsome Dark armor. He attacks the town of Mysidia forcing the people to give up the Crystal of Water, and they willingly agree but not before Cecil's men kills a few mages. Although he wields the Dark Sword and wears the Dark Armor he is in constant remorse with his past sins. Taken away from his rank as Commander of the Red Wings he sets his journey forth towards the unknown lands full of deadly monsters and mystical magic of both good and evil. NOTE: The Dark command is somewhat of a unique attack. Although the hits are considerably weak they do however hit all on opponents. But there is a downside to this, and that's the fact that each time he uses it his HP drops down by about 8-9%. His Cover command is used to cover allies, although he still covers his allies automatically this just allows Cecil to cover the ally even though his ally's HP is nowhere near the danger zone. When Cecil's allies HP are low Cecil will automatically cover his ally from constant attack, so it is important that you equip Cecil with the best piece of armor with the highest Physical Attack defense. However you cannot prevent Cecil from Covering his allies and if his allies are in the back row Cecil will take damage like he was in the back row. Also when Cecil's HP are low he cannot cover because he is too weak to take the hits, but don't rely on Cecil to constantly protect your ally because sometimes an opponent might deal a serious blow that can immediately wound Cecil out of battle so make sure you always keep all your characters' HP out of the Danger Zone. Also Cecil cannot Cover the ally if the ally is attacked by Magic. After Cecil becomes a Paladin he loses the ability to use his Dark command. When Cecil does become a Paladin his stats are extremely high from those of a Dark Knight, for example a Level 1 Paladin stat's are about 50% higher than those of a level 20 Dark Knight, just to let you know. ============================================================================= --------------------------------- [ Cid ] ----------------------------------- ============================================================================= Birthplace: Baron Age: 54 Class: Engineer Height: 5'10" Weight: 203 lbs. The chief engineer of Baron is the master technician behind the designs and contructions of the Red Wings' air force. However Cid is always optimistic and did not know that his ships were being used for war. He decides he help out the party after he had found out about his ships being used as weapons he had especially designed a high class airship hidden from the King of Baron. Later after sacrificing himself in the underworld he is treated by the Dwarves and helps out the party with enhancements towards the Falchon. NOTE: Cid's Study command allows him to see the enemies' HP or MP and also displays the enemies' weakness if there is one. Also he cannot see bosses' HP and this will not cost Cid any Magic points. Also if you have the spell Peep its pretty much useless unless you are down on MP. ============================================================================= --------------------------------- [ Edge ] ---------------------------------- ============================================================================= Birthplace: Eblan Age: 26 Class: Ninja Height: 5'9" Weight: 147 lbs. The prince of Eblan, with an annoying ego he agrees to help the party after the party meets him in the underworld after his defeat at the hands of Rubicant, the fiend of fire. Also his defense rating is not as high as you would like it as a fighter, but he has the ability to equip two swords and can use your weapons as throwing objects. NOTE: His NINJA command allows him to use 6 types of Magic. He has three elemental spells of Water, Fire, and Lightning, but basically its Water2.5, Fire2.5, and Lit2.5 because the damage done is between a level 2 magic attack and a level 3 magic attack. Also his Smoke command is used to run from battles except of course boss battles. At first it might not seem useful because you can easily run away from enemies, but enemies like EVIL MASK, Behemoth, or Red Dragons you cannot run away from except with the use of Smoke. His Image magic is more of an effect magic, he is the only one in the game who can cast it and it will allow him to avoid attacks throughout the battle, making this essential for boss fights. However it will not protect him against magic attacks as you can expect. His STEAL command allows him to steal items from opponents, but he will rarely be successful at stealing and sometimes if he misses he will lose very little HP like about 1-5 HP which should not bother you. His THROW command allows him to throw your weapons at him except for Rods, Staffs, Bows, Arrows, and Whips. So it might be a good idea not to sell some of your more powerful weapons and they should be saved when your fight against hard bosses, and also most of the weapons he throw causes critical hits! NOTE: There is a MgcArr(Magic Arrow) command in the Ninja ability that I found using the Gameshark, I've tried it on opponents but it comes up as one HP of damage, if anyone can tell me a use for this, it would be greatly appreciated. ============================================================================= ------------------------------- [ Edward ] ---------------------------------- ============================================================================= Birthplace: Damcyan Age: 24 Class: Bard Height: 5'8" Weight: 134 lbs. The Bard of Damcyan is a complete coward. He cares deeply for Anna as he runs off with Anna towards the castle of Damcyan but however their luck runs out as the Red Wings of Baron attack and demolish the castle of Damcyan and Anna as well is fatally injured. After Anna's death Edward joins and helps Cecil find the Sandruby to help cure Rosa's high fever. NOTE: When you use the Sing command the special added effect of the Harp Edward is equipped with will try and negatively effect his opponent. Like using negative status effects like Confuse or Sleep. When Edward's HP is low he will automatically Hide because like the coward that he is, but you can still command him but the only command he can use is Show, he will appear in battle however but then quickly run away. Also he will still recieve expierience points even though he did not participate in battle, pretty cheap huh! Edward's HEAL command will allow him to spread the potion to every party member, which will pretty much act like a Cure1. But note that it does consume one potion. The command SING can only be used by Edward, Edward will sing out a random tune that will have a status effect on the opponent, either being CHARM, SLEEP, MUTE, or CURSE. However it will take a few tries for Edward to be successful, and this also is not an attack and will not damage opponents. The type of Harp you have will determine what comes out as the status effect. Edward can automatically hide using the HIDE command, it removes him from battle temporarily and he can SHOW himself if you choose to do so. ============================================================================= -------------------------------- [ FySoYa ] --------------------------------- ============================================================================= Birthplace: N/A Age: N/A Class: Lunarian Height: 5'6" Weight: N/A The Lunarian of the moon possesses powerful magic that can send chills down anyone's spine. He will agree to help Cecil when they meet him on the moon and he later frees Golbez from Zemus' mind control(which leads to Kain being free) and sets off helping the party with his powerful magic. He is kind hearted and is a dependable character that you can rely on. NOTE: FuSoya knows every WHITE and BLACK magic in the book when you aquire him. The REGEN command allows FuSoYa to constantly heal the party's loss HP, but note that you cannot control him during the duration of this time. You should avoid using this though, it heals only 10 HP rather slowly and it's really a waste of time...it just doesn't heal enough to work effectively...even when you acquire him at level 50. ============================================================================= -------------------------------- [ Kain ] ----------------------------------- ============================================================================= Birthplace: Baron Age: 21 Class: Dragoon Height: 6'1" Weight: 184 lbs. The Commander of the Dragoon Knights of Baron is a loyal friend of Cecil. While he trains daily to perfect his skills as a Dragoon he still seeks to be one day a true Dragoon Knight. With his kind heart he aids Cecil in his journey to the Town of Mist while losing his Command of the Dragoon Knights. He is constantly under the power of Golbez as he cannot break free of Golbez's constant curse and sometimes has a unknown love for Rosa. NOTE: Kain's Jump attack is probably the single most strongest physical attack in the game. Although he cannot equip a Sword he can do serious damage with a Spear. If he is equipped with a Spear he does double the damage of his Fight command. When Kain jumps it takes awhile for him to attack his target and will consume about 1.5 turns as it would normally take to attack regularly. So if your party's HP is low and your fighting against a powerful boss and you need to kill him quick before he kills your party then Jumping is not always the best option. ============================================================================= -------------------------------- [ Palom ] ---------------------------------- ============================================================================= Birthplace: Mysidia Age: 5 Class: Black Mage Height: 4'2" Weight: 87 lbs. Being an apprentice he only knows a few spells of Black Magic. He has a boastful mouth and is extremely rude. Instructions from the Elder in Mysidia his job is to spy on Cecil to see if he can live up to his words and if he was to become evil then it was to be his job to destroy Cecil. Although the magic he has are quite elementary they should help Cecil early on. NOTE: The Twin attack can only be done by both Palom and Porom. If one of them is critically wounded(dead) then the Magic attack will not work. The Magic attack is unpredictable but there are only two spells they can cast. Comet: 20 MP Each Hundreds of Stars come pouring in on opponents doing critical damage. This attack hits all opponents and it cannot be reflected. Each single hit is stronger than that of Flare and also there is a 1-in-4 chance of this being cast. Flare: 10 MP Each A burst of Nuclear Energy is exploded towards an opponent doing excellent damage. This attack can be reflected however and the single hit is less than a single hit of Comet. The BLUFF command is used to raise his magic Power, but this only works during battle. However it raises his magic power by very little and will need to be used serveral times before you see any significant results. ============================================================================= -------------------------------- [ Porom ] ---------------------------------- ============================================================================= Birthplace: Mysidia Age: 5 Class: White Mage Height: 4'2" Weight: 87 lbs. Also being an apprentice she only knows a few spells of White Magic. Just like Palom she was intructed by the Elder to spy on Cecil and if Cecil was to become evil she was ordered to destroy Cecil because of his past sins. She is very polite and often has to remind her brother to behave and although she only knows elemental White Magic she can aid her party by using healing and curing spells that should help Cecil early on. NOTE: The Twin attack can only be done by both Palom and Porom. If one of them is critically wounded(dead) then the Magic attack will not work. The Magic attack is unpredictable but there are only two spells they can cast. Comet: 20 MP Each Hundreds of Stars come pouring in on opponents doing critical damage. This attack hits all opponents and it cannot be reflected. Each single hit is stronger than that of Flare and also there is a 1-in-4 chance of this being cast. Flare: 10 MP Each A burst of Nuclear Energy is exploded towards an opponent doing excellent damage. This attack can be reflected however and the single hit is less than a single hit of Comet. Porom's CRY command allows the party to escape from battle easier, supposedly making opponents feel sorry for them since she's crying. :'( ============================================================================= -------------------------------- [ Rosa ] ----------------------------------- ============================================================================= Birthplace: Baron Age: 19 Class: White Mage Height: 5'6" Weight: 109 lbs. The White Mage of Baron and girlfriend of Cecil. She constantly is at the side of Cecil at tough times and often tries to help cheer up her friends as well. As being Cecil's girlfriend she is captured by Golbez and hopes that Cecil will come for her. She is also an expert at using Bow and Arrows along with using White Magic to heal her allies incase of critical or servere unjury. NOTE: Whenever you are equipped with a Bow and Arrow make sure you put the Bow on the opposite hand, for example if Rosa is Right handed put the Bow on her Left Hand and the arrows on her left hand so that your attack power can significantly increase. This goes the same for all characters liable to use a Bow and Arrow(Cecil, Rosa, Palom, Porom, and Rydia). Whenever you are equipped with both a Bow and Arrow you should always use the aim command. This allows Rosa to have a higher accuracy rate as well as a stronger punch towards her opponent. As you might have guessed it, buying Arrows can get pretty steap because evetually you will have to refill her Arrows as she runs out. When all of her Arrow supply is depleted she will have to use her fists to attack or use a staff. Rosa's PRAY command allows Rosa to heal the party with Cure1 without using MP or potions, it's not guaranteed...but hey, it's free, you're cheap, so why not? :P ============================================================================= -------------------------------- [ Rydia ] ---------------------------------- ============================================================================= Birthplace: Mist Age: 7 Class: Summoner Height: 4'1" Weight: 84 lbs. When she was just a young child Kain and Cecil accidentally brings forth a package(Bomb Ring in Japan) that destroys her hometown. She also loses her mother because Kain and Cecil kills the Mist. Meaning that if the Monster summoned is slayed that means that the Summoner also loses his or her life. She hates Cecil and Kain for what they have done and summons a monster that creates a massive earthquake that swallows up Kain. She is also injured by the occurance and Cecil brings her to Kaipo to help her heal her wounds. He feels that is the least he can do for all the pain and suffering he has caused her. During his overnight rest Guards from Baron were sent to kill all Summoners by order of the King of Baron(Odin). Cecil reluctantly refuses and attacks and slays the Guards and Rydia realizes that he did not mean to kill his mother or burn her town but she still doesn't forgive him. Later she will become more powerful in her Magic but her HP and Defense remains extremely low throughout the game. NOTE: Rydia will lose her ability to use White Magic after you meet her again in the Underground World. Rydia can learn the strongest attack in the game which is METEO when she is at level 60. Note though, it takes a long while for METEO to come out and under some circumstances, it shouldn't be used at all. ============================================================================= -------------------------------- [ Tellah ] --------------------------------- ============================================================================= Birthplace: Mysidia Age: 60 Class: Sage Height: 5'5" Weight: 105 lbs. The legendary Sage of Mysidia swears revenge on the death of his beloved Daughter Anna. At first he blames and attacks Edward and runs off on his own after Anna's last words. Later after his visit on Mt.Ordeals he realizes who the real threat is and who killed his daughter, Golbez. While at first he only knows basic Black and White magic, but after his encounter with Mt. Ordeals he remembers all the lost magic, but his MP still remains low limiting his uses of high power magic. He also remembers Meteo, and when Meteo is unsealed that means the age of Apocaplypse is near. Also he cannot use Meteo because his MP is too low to cast it. NOTE: After Tellah's encounter with Mt. Ordeals his White and Black magic level will be significantly higher so now he can cast hard hitting spells like Bio or Fire3. Tellah's RECALL ability allows him to use a random spell of any strength other than Meteo. It'll cost him a certain amount of MP depending on the spell, sometimes you may get a stronger spell like Fire3 or Wind, or maybe a weaker spell like Fire1. ============================================================================= --------------------------------- [ Yang ] ---------------------------------- ============================================================================= Birthplace: Fabul Age: 35 Class: Monk Height: 5'7" Weight: 148 lbs. The expert Karate Master(a Monk in the Japaneese version) martial artist is the prince of Fabul with powerful attacks that can easily sway battles in the party's direction. The party first encounters Yang during their trip to Mt. Hobs as Yang was suddenly attacked by Golbez's minions. Yang easily took care of the minions but the Commander that was leading the minions did not look like he would be taken down easily, but that's when the party decided to help. With Yang's numerous abilities and his lethal attacks its always a good option to keep him upfront. NOTE: Dont' bother using the Power Command with Yang. It takes up three turns for him to do an attack that does equal damage as if he wasn't using the Build command. However it does raise your chance of doubling your attack power, but only if you lucky and its pretty rare if that ever happens. Also don't bother using the Bear command either. Although it says his defense is raised it is only raised by one point each time and it takes two turns for him to use it and will leave him open to attack. Also his Kick command will hit all enemies but his overall attack power will be averaged depending on how many enemies there are, so each hit will not result in his normal attack power, so unless there are three or more opponents just use Yang's fight command instead. Yang's KICK command will attack everyone for relatively weak damage, it's better you stick to his Fight command, even if it is against a group of enemies. ============================================================================= ------------------------ [ General and Basic Tips ] ------------------------- ============================================================================= -- You should try to safe often. You'll never know what lies around the corner. -- Always try to keep a constant supply of items. Stuff like Cure Potions or Tents and Cabins, because most likely your magic will run dry. -- You might not always have the best equipment on and sometimes the prices can get fairly steep. You should always stay near a save point or a town and wander around and fight enemies for gold, that way you won't be too far off from your resting point incase enemies give you some trouble. -- Having trouble against a boss? Having the newest equipment is not always the best choice. If you are fighting against Rubicant and you so happen to have the Fire Brand sword then what good will it do you if you just keep healing him? Also some bosses might not have weaknesses and you will have to start gaining some levels before you fight the boss. Also are your rows properly straightened out? Always place fighters up front and magic users or people with low defense in the back, that way you can have more of a balanced approach when fighting against bosses or enemies. -- If you can heal outside of battle, you should use your magic instead of your items. Items don't come back after use and you will need gold to buy more items. However magic can be replenished at save points, inns, or using your Ethers. -- Try not to run from battle too often, incases you'll end up losing alot of gold. Also enemies that are stronger than you, you'll lose more gold from them if you run away. You might not always lose gold, but do it too often you probably won't have enough to buy yourself the latest armor or even give yourself a good night's rest. -- Bows and Arrows are weapons that don't lose strength when your in the back row but they have a very low hit percentage. Only Rosa can use aim and successfully attack the target at a higher percentage ratio. Also if the person is left handed then put the bow on the right hand and arrows on the left hand, this way your attack power can be higher than if the bow was on the left hand. -- Believe it or not but Bows and Arrows can be the most expensive weapons in the game. Simply because you have to buy arrows over and over again because as you can expect arrows don't have unlimited uses, so always try to keep an extra Rod or Staff in your inventory incase you run out of arrows. -- When ever you see treasure chests, try to save before you look in them or keep your party's HP up. Sometimes there are monsters inside those treasure chests that will take quite a bit of work to defeat. -- Keep consideration of your magic points. Using your most powerful magic to defeat opponents is not always the best way to end the battle often you won't have enough to replenish your party's HP. -- Constantly keep your party's HP up. Unless you are a 100% sure you will be able to mop the floor with your enemies then you should always keep a close eye on your HP. -- Whenever you bring your party member back from a swoon status always have the next available person heal that party member because your party member's HP will not regenerate themselves and the party member only starts out with 15% of their max HP, so unless you have LIFE2 then I suggest you should always have the next available person heal the party member just back from the swoon status so you wouldn't have to risk that party member suffering a blow that would put that person back on swoon status. -- You can switch weapons during battle. Just go to your Item command and scroll up and you will see the weapon or shield in your left and right hands. Hit A on the weapon you want to replace and go over the weapon in your inventory and press A. Be sure to make your decision quick otherwise an opponent can seriously damage your party members while you were looking for the best weapon, so make sure you have the most suited weapon before you enter battle. -- When your selecting your magic, the Active Time Battle stops so take your time to decide which magic is best. -- Also continously attack your opponent because unlike previous Final Fantasy games you will be attacked even if you are not ready, so make sure you attack quickly. Incase you still need some time to think you can always hit the Start button during battle to pause the game. -- Keep magic users in the magic and fighters in the front, that way your healers won't die so quickly. You can also do this during battle by hitting the control pad left on the command box, but its only for the battle. To make this permanent(or until you decide to change it again) go to your menu screen and hit change. Also you can switch the position of your characters by using the Form command on the Menu Screen. -- When you get turned into a Toad, Pig, or Mini your stats drop and you cannot use magic. To reverse this status effect you can either sleep at an inn, use a Tent or Cabin, use your Heal spell, or you can cast that same status effect spell back on the character that was transformed. For example if a party member was turned into a Mini status you can cast Mini again to change that person back. -- Always check pots or other things that can carry items besides treasure chests, although most of the things you find are just Potions, you should pick them up anyways because hey, they're free! -- If this is your first time playing an RPG game or Final Fantasy game for that matter then I suggest you go to the Training Room in the Town of Baron to gather up information about the basics of the game. Learning the basics of the game will help you learn some of the more advance and complex features of the games and also most other RPGs. -- Try to keep all weapons you find that normally are not sold at weapons shops, also armors, they can help you out in future battles or when your Bow and Arrow users run out of Bows and they need a new weapon to use in the middle of battles. -- Riding Chocobos is a fun way to move across town to town, but if your riding Chocobos enemies can't attack you, so your better off that way right? Wrong. Riding Chocobos mean that you do not gain any expierience points or GOLD from the enemies you would have fought. So when your losing battles or when you do not have enough money for equipment then you will realize that riding chocobos is not a good idea, but however if you are low on life and your magic is out and your cure supplies are gone not to mention TENTs and CABINs then it would be a good idea to make it to the next town without fighting any random encounters. -- If you haven't noticed it, your levels are divided among your party members. Sometimes it might take a long while to gain levels, but there is an easy way to gain expierience quickly. Say you have five party members in your group and Cecil needs to reach level 99. First off you kill the other four party members besides Cecil. Hopefully Cecil is strong enough to fight on his own, then have Cecil fight any random encounters, its best if he fights opponents like the EVIL MASK or BLUE DRAGON. Here just have Cecil win, at first it might seem like a struggle, but Cecil will gain levels 5 times faster than before because his party members' expierience points are given to Cecil because his other party members did not participate in battle. -- Finally, last but not least talk to everybody in town, you never know what you might expect. -- You can dash in towns and caves now, press down the "Circle" button to do so. NOTE: This does not work on the SNES FF2 version. ============================================================================= ---------------------- [ Final Fantasy IV Walkthrough ] --------------------- ============================================================================= An FMV shows Cecil departing for Mysidia as Rosa looks on worried about him. ============================================================================= Robbing of Mysidia Party: N/A Party's level: N/A Items: None Key Items: Ring Monsters: None ============================================================================= The infamous air fleet of Baron is on their way back to Baron after taking Crystal of Mysidia. As the fleet heads back Cecil thinks about his actions against the innocent people of Mysidia. He takes the lives of innocent people so that the King of Baron can have the Crystal, but for what purpose? Before the Elder of Mysidia gives the Crystal to Cecil, Cecil's men had killed innocent lives to get his demand. His men also share Cecil's regret, but Cecil knows that the King took Cecil in when he was a young orphan and he cannot disobey the King's orders. Suddenly the fleet is attacked by a horde of monsters that appear out of nowhere. Cecil easily dismantles the monsters and his crew suffered only minor injuries. Why are so many monsters appearing now these days? Where did they come from? After the battles with the monsters the fleet heads back to Baron. Here he hands the King the Crystal, Baigan talks to the King Cecil questions the King's orders. The King is furious and relieves Cecil as commander of the Red Wings, Kain overhears and tries to defend Cecil, but he too is asked to go with Cecil. Before he leaves Cecil and Kain is given a ring to deliver to the Village of Mist. Once you leave the King's throne Kain thinks that after Cecil completes this mission the King will restore Cecil as Commander of the Red Wings again, but for now Kain tells Cecil to get some rest for tommorow. ============================================================================= The Night Before The Journey Party: Cecil, Kain Party's level: 10 Items: Potion, 300 Gil Key Items: None Monsters: None ============================================================================= After the scenario you can talk to Kain if you want. You'll know why Cecil has decided to wield the Dark Sword, because the King of Baron had asked him to do so. Now head down into the next room, on the right side of the screen is a door with a switch that will open a room with three treasure chest, one is 300 Gil, another one is a Potion, and the other is a TENT. Now head to the left side, after that just head towards the stairs, in this room you'll see Rosa who comes and tries to talk to Cecil, Cecil is somewhat disturbed by the recent event and Rosa wishes to see Cecil later. For now just continue on. Once your outside head for the tower on the left side above you, but before you can reach the tower Cid, the Chief Engineer of Baron sees you and wishes to talk to you. Here you'll get a brief history about Cid. He builds airships for Baron but he doesn't like them to be used as weapons, he then leaves as his daughter might worry about him. Also you can choose to explore the rest of the Castle if you want but you won't get very far due to the fact that the guards around the Castle of Baron will not let you through unless they have the King's orders. Once you reach the tower a maid will be standing in front of your room to tell you that your sheets were made. When your in your room just go up to the bed and the room will darken and Cecil will take a rest. During the middle of the night Rosa will come to Cecil. She seems questioned about Cecil's recent behavior. Cecil tells Rosa that he feels alot of guilt about stealing from innocent people. Rosa is shocked to hear this and Cecil vows that he will never again do indecent acts among innocent people even if ordered the the King of Baron himself. Now Cecil will tell Rosa to take a rest. Until the next morning the two head off into the unknown land. For years Cecil and Kain have relied on the transportation of the Red Wings, but now they must set foot into the unknown. Here before Cecil and Kain leaves you'll see a prologue about the things to come, Why has the King been behaving so differently? Why are there so many monsters appearing lately? You don't have the answers right now and you'll have to find them yourself. ============================================================================= Town Of Baron Party: Cecil, Kain Party's level: 10 Items: N/A Key Items: None Monsters: None ============================================================================= Once your outside to the sides of the Castle of Baron is the Twon of Baron. Inside hear there really isn't much to do except talk to the people and gather information if you want, but right now its not neccessary. The door on the left side of town is locked also the doors leading to the Weapons and Armors shops are locked. You can't unlock them now, but what you can do is go buy some items for your long journey ahead. What I would recommend is buying two Tents and buying three Potions. You really don't need to buy exactly what I say because the battles ahead really aren't that hard, and if you want to stock up on more items you can fight battles outside. The battles outside really won't give you much expierience points but they can give you some good amounts of gold. Also there is a training room in this town, if this is your first time playing an RPG I suggest you get to know the basics first like I said before, so that it can help you advance further into the game without much hassle. Also notice one of the students telling you that Lightning damage is weak towards water opponents. Once your done head north pass the bridges until you see a cave. ============================================================================= Cave of Mist Party: Cecil, Kain Party's level: 10 Items: Potion, Eyedrops, Tent, Potion Key Items: None Monsters: Mist D., Imp, Evil Shell, Pike ============================================================================= You'll notice that when you check your status that both Cecil and Kain are at level 10. Kain has to gain nearly double the expierience points to gain a level than Cecil has to, but for some reasons I'm not sure. You can gain levels by fighting monsters inside the Cave of Mist if you want, and if you do stay near the entrance and once your outside use a TENT to heal your wounds. If your too weak to fight anymore battles hold the L & R buttons down at the same time during battle to escape from battle. Once you have reached the entrance of the cave you can save the game if you want. You don't have to really since the battles inside are pretty easy. When your all set to go enter the cave and take the right side to find a ladder. In this cave you will also notice a fog or mist of some sort surrounding the cave that's gives the cave a white transparent look. Be sure to collect the treasure chests in here as there are two POTIONS and Eyedrops. Occasionally when you advance deeper into the cave of Mist you Cecil and Kain will hear a voice telling them to go back. Don't worry about it, just keep advancing through until your near the exit. Once you've reached near the exit the mysterious voice that is talking gives you a second warning to leave, don't bother to listen just keep advancing. Once you've reached the exit the mysterious voice will ask you one more time if you want to leave, if you choose "No" you will not be able to advance but if you choose "Yes" you will initiate a fight with the Summoned Monster. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- BOSS FIGHT: Mist D. HP: 465 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This boss fight shouldn't be too hard but I'm here to help incase your stuck! First off just continue to attack the mist having Cecil pound the Mist D. with his regular attacks and having Kain Jump the Dragon. Continue to attack the Dragon until it starts forming into a Mist or when the message box on the top of the battle screen tells you to stop. If you attack the Mist Dragon while it's in Mist form it will counter attack with COLDMIST which is double the damage of its normal attack and it hits both Cecil and Kain. For now when the Mist Dragon is in Mist form just wait until the message box gives you the signal or when the Mist starts to form back into a Dragon. When your HP falls below 60 use your Potions you found earlier to heal the wounded party member and continue to attack. Repeat this process until you have defeated the Mist Dragon. By now Cecil should have easily gained a level and don't be surprised if Kain doesn't. Once your done head out of the Cave of Mist and you can choose to save the game before entering the town of Mist. Before you enter the Town of Mist make sure you deequip Kain. After you have saved the game enter the Town of Mist. ============================================================================= Town Of Mist Party: Cecil, Kain Party's level: 11 Items: Potion, None Key Items: None Monsters: None ============================================================================= When you reach inside the BombRing that the King told you to deliver suddenly pops out to reveal fire monsters that sets the town of Mist on fire. Cecil and Kain are shocked to see that the King of Baron would do this. The little girl that is above Cecil and Kain is crying over the death of her mother. Here Kain tells Cecil that killing the Summoned Monster also kills the Summoner. Kain saids that both he and Cecil should be rid of the little girl and Cecil is dumbfounded to hear what Kain has to say. Cecil vows that he will not hurt innocent lives and Kain realizes what Cecil is trying to do and says that whatever Cecil wishes to do Kain will always be at his side. The little girl over hears the conversation between Cecil and Kain and hates them for what they have done. Cecil and Kain tries to rescue the girl out of the town before she is taken along with the town. The girl refuses and Cecil and Kain have no choice but to take the little girl out of the town by force. Here the girl initiates the battle, but there is little that Cecil and Kain can do as the girl summons a Titan that rips the ground apart sending Kain into the underground and most of town with it as well. Afterwards Cecil finds the little girl unconsious and he decides to help her to a near by town to help heal her wounds. Also you'll notice that the mountains are caved in blocking your way back to Baron. ============================================================================= Town Of Kaipo Party: Cecil Party's level: 11 Items: None Key Items: None Monsters: General, Soldier ============================================================================= After the scenario head towards the town of Kaipo which is found on the south side of an oasis in the middle of the desert. Once inside Cecil helps the little girl by sending her to an inn. The innkeeper realizes that the girl is hurt and does not wish to charge Cecil any money. As the little girl wakes up Cecil tries to talk to her but to no avail. Then the two take a rest, during the middle of the night soldiers from Baron ask that Cecil give the little girl to the King of Baron. Cecil refuses to give the girl to the soldiers and he decides to defend the girl. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- BOSS FIGHT: General/Soldier HP: 27(Soldiers) 221(General) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Well this battle shouldn't be too hard, I'm not even sure if I'm suppose to use the word hard at all! You can choose to take down the Officer if you want, but mainly focus your attention on the Soldiers. If you take out the Soldiers first that means the Officer will just retreat. However if you do manage to take down the Officer along with the Soldiers you will recieve a significant amount of expierience points. After the battle, the little girl will realize that you were trying to protect her. Cecil can't ask for her forgiveness, but the least he can do is try to protect her. She tells Cecil her name which is Rydia. She's at level 1 with very little HP and MP. At first she doesn't know any WHITE or BLACK magic but later after gaining a level or two she will learn some basic BLACK and WHITE magic. Afterwards heads towards the northeast side of the town of Kaipo and in the room you'll find Rosa, who is serverely sick and can barely speak. She has an extremely high fever and the only thing that can cure her condition is the Sandruby located in the cave of the Antlion. For now head outside and look for a weapons shop. By a Bow for Rydia amd about 25 Iron Arrows. In the armor shop you do not need to buy anything because Rydia is equipped with all the armor the store has to offer, but if you want buy the extra CAP HELMET for now. When your done leave the town and head northeast towards a cave. Now is the ideal time to save your game. ============================================================================= Water Cavern-South/Water Cavern-North Party: Cecil, Rydia Party's level: 11 Items: Potion, MaidKiss, Tent, Ironring, Bomb, Potion, Ether1, Icerod, 580 Gil, Bomb, Potion, HrGlass1, Dark(sword), Ether1, Notus Key Items: None Monsters: CaveToad, Waterbug, EvilShell, Pike, Zombie, Mad Toad, WaterHag, Tiny Mage ============================================================================= Once you have reached inside go up and take both treasures in the treasure chest which is a MaidKiss and Potion. Now head to the left side and you'll see an old man near the end of a bridge, first take the treasure chest below you which is a TENT and talk to the old man. He will tell you that a Bard has tricked his daughter into running away with him at Damcyan, coincidentally where Cecil and Rydia is headed to find the Sandruby to heal Rosa's high fever. Afterwards Tellah the Sage will join your party and he will need the help of the Black Sword to defeat the monster that dwells in the waterfalls. Surprisingly Tellah's stats are higher than Cecil's. Tellah's knowledge of both BLACK AND WHITE magic should help back up Rydia as she is just learning her magic potiential. However this is just the icing on the cake because Tellah has lost most of his knowledge of the stronger spells. Also Tellah's MPs are pretty high as of now, but even if you gain him levels his MP will not rise also he is at level 20 with about 340 HP, but he cannot attack very well with weapons. Here continue on but don't forget the treasure chest to the right, you'll need to enter the waters to retrieve the treasure chest. Inside the treasure chest is an Ironring. Equip it on Tellah and also the Cap you bought earlier at Kaipo. Now continue on back and make your way to the next room. In this next room head up and you'll have to walk in the water again and then make your way to the left side and pick up yet another Potion. Now continue along down and take the next ladder, to the left of this room is an ETHER1. Afterwards just make your way to the room to the left side. Here in this room, luckily Tellah already has a TENT, so you won't need to worry about using one of your own. Here you will see Rydia sleeping and Cecil and Tellah have a quiet conversation. Tellah notes that he sees alot of potiential in Rydia and he will also give you a brief rundown about why his daughter Anna has run away. Anna is his only child and she ran away with the Bard because Tellah would not agree to his daughter Anna's marriage. After the little scenario you will be given the chance to save, your wounds are fully healed and your magic points are completely restored. Now would probably be a good time to save. When you head out of this save room continue on and don't forget to take a look inside the treasure chest to the right to pick up an Icerod. Afterwards make your way through to the middle of the room and enter through. In this next room there really isn't much here except for a POTION, also you will see some regions of the room that are oddly shaded with a black color. Go through that region and go towards the right, on the right side is a Leather Helmet, its hidden at the right side of the room. Here in this room you'll see the vast region below you, don't worry you can't fall off because it would be stupid if you could anyways. To the left are two ETHER1's and to the right at the bottom is a yet again, another CURE1 POTION, also pickup the DARKNESS sword for Cecil. When you reach outside, save your game and continue on. ============================================================================= Waterfall Party: Cecil, Rydia, Tellah Party's level: 10 Items: Hades(Helmet), Hades(gloves), Hades(armor), Hermes Key Items: None Monsters: Octomamm, Mad Toad, Cave Toad, Tiny Mage, Water Bug, Pike, WaterHag, Zombie ============================================================================= Once you enter this cave just keep going right, there is only two treasure chest in this room one is an Ether1 and the other one is another Hades equipment for Cecil. Equip the new piece of armor and continue on. Also in this room are only two treasure chests. Both of them contain Hades equipment for Cecil, equip those on and head towards the middle of the waterfall to engage in a battle that was foretold by Tellah the Sage. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- BOSS FIGHT: OCTOMAMM HP: 2350 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Although there are eight parts to OCTOMAMM he is still only going to be one target. At first OCTOMAMM can attack rather fast, but as you start to attack he will begin to slow down. Here have Rydia attack with her CHOCO summon or you can lose LIT1, but Rydia learns LIT1 at level 5 so incase your levels with Rydia are not up there yet, then just stick with the CHOCO summon, which will do more damage than her LIT1 attack, and have Tellah attack with LIT1. Cecil's attacks should do quite a bit of damage against OCTOMAMM, probably about 130 HP of damage with each hit. As you continue to attack you will notice that each leg of OCTOMAMM dies, so I think that every 150 HP you lose OCTOMAMM, an arm dies off, except for his last leg which is about 350 HP. This boss fight shouldn't be too hard and when you hear Tellah saying that you have slowed down the monster your about near victory. NOTE: If your attacks were strong enough earlier, one hit can kill Octomamm even if it has three legs left, and if Tellah is not alive during the battle, no text message will appear. After the boss fight head through the waterfall and onto your next destination, the Castle of Damcyan. Also its not a bad idea to save here after your battle with OCTOMAMM, but don't bother using a TENT. ============================================================================= Damcyan Castle Party: Cecil, Rydia, Tellah Party's level: 15 Items: Tent Key Items: None Monsters: Bard ============================================================================= Before you reach the Castle of Damcyan the Red Wings come out of nowhere and bombard the castle reducing it to a pile of rubble. Here just enter the castle. Midway through you will see a room full of treasure chest, all of them are already opened except one on the top of the room, open that treasure chest to obtain a TENT and continue on towards the center of the castle of Damcyan. Upon entering the castle you will see the remains of the once beautiful castle of Damcyan and also the downed guards. Once you have reached the center of the castle you will see Tellah's only daughter Anna lying on the floor almost dying. Tellah becomes enraged as he attacks the "Spoony Bard." You can't control this battle and everything the Bard is trying to say Tellah ignores, when Anna speaks Tellah comes to his senses and stops his attack against the Bard. Here Anna explains what had happened, it appears that when Edward and Anna was about to leave they were attacked by the Red Wings of Baron, also they had taken the Crystal of Fire. Anna explains that Edward is the prince of Damcyan and he was disguised as a Bard so that he can go to Kaipo and find Anna. Anna saved Edward's life by shielding him from the arrows that were brought upon by the Red Wings fleet. Afterwards Anna dies and Tellah is once again enraged, he wishes to take vengence upon the one called Golbez, who led the Red Wings' attack against Damcyan. Cecil says he can't go alone but Tellah is too fustrated and angry to listen and he goes off on his own. As Anna dies, Edward lets out his tears of emotion...yet he is not the only one who has lost a loved one. Edward does not care and he wishes to stay with Anna, Cecil comes over and literally knocks some sense into him. He tells Edward that Anna would not like it if he was just to stay here and Cecil desprately needs Edward's help. Edward wonders how he can help and Cecil tells him that he needs to find the Sandruby to cure Rosa's fever. Edward tells him that he has a Hovercraft and with it you can reach the cave of the Antlion. Before the party leaves out of the castle, Edward comes and says the final goodbye before leaving to help his new friends. Once your outside you can get off your Hovercraft by pressing the A button and re- entering the castle, if you have bothered to talk to the guards you'll notice that one of them said that a recovery pot is above, the guard that told you that was in the same room you got the tent. Once you've reached inside the middle of the caslte you'll notice that all the down guards are gone, the pot on the left will completely heal your party members and also reverse any negative status effects, also you don't have to talk to the two mages that are around the pot since they won't give you any info that you already don't know. The pot to the left will completely restore your loss MP. Once your done head out to your Hovercraft. ============================================================================= Antlion Cave Party: Cecil, Edward, Rydia Party's level: 15 Items: Potion, Silk Web, Potion, Soft, Tent, Potion, Notus, Lamia(harp), HrGlass1, Silk Web, 210 Gil, 190 Gil, 250 Gil. Life, Ether1, Exit NOTE: If you are playing the SNES version, the Exit item is replaced with a Tent. Key Items: Sandruby Monsters: Basilisk, Imp, Imp Cap., Turtle, Weeper, Sand Worm ============================================================================= From Damcyan go northeast through the shallow rocks and you should find another part of the continent. When you reach this place you will see Mt. Hobs, when you enter Mt. Hobs a thick block of Ice blocks the way, for now there is nothing you can do here. Now head down into the cave below. You should save it right now because the enemies inside are pretty strong. Inside here there are several treasure chests. To the left side of the cave is a Potion and 190 Gil, to the right of the cave is 210 Gil and Potion. Towards the bottom left of the cave is a Tent and a Potion yet again. After you have collected the six treasure chests head down to the bottom right. In this next room you will find a your first Life Potion of the game in the treasure chest below, the door next to it contains Edward's strongest harp, the Lamia Harp. The treasure chest above the door contains a Notus. Go into the door and when your in the next room go into the door and you will see a save point and also three treasure chests, collect the Life Potion, Ether1, and the Tent/Exit from the three treasure chests and save and heal your wounds if any. Now continue back to the room before and head to the left side to pick up 250 Gil and head towards the center of the room and into the Antlion's nest. The Sandruby is just ahead, but as Edward tries to grab the Sandruby, the Antlion attacks it. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- BOSS FIGHT: ANTLION HP: 1100 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This boss fight is fairly easy, but a few mistakes can cost you. Here the Antlion attacks are nothing to worry about because they only do 1 HP of damage, but watch for the COUNTER attack. There isn't much you can do about this because each time you attack him with a Physical attack he will counter. Each one of those counter hits are about 21 HP of damage which can be very serious towards Rydia and Edward because Edward starts out at level 5 with 60 HP and three shots can easily swoon him. But Cecil's attacks are too strong to pass up so just have Cecil constantly attack the ANTLION, have Rydia use her CHOCO summon and Edward be the healer and part time attacker. Once your HP starts to drop below 40, you should consider using Potions to help keep your HPs up. After a while you should be rid of the ANTLION and obtain the SANDRUBY. Afterwards Edward will question why the ANTLION has attacked him. Cecil reveals that there are too many monsters appearing these days and the ANTLION must defend itself. Afterwards you should head out of the cave and back to the desert town Kaipo. With your newly aquired Hovercraft you can reach the desert town of Kaipo rather easily by going all the way to the west side and you will see shallow rocks that the Hovercraft can travel by. ============================================================================= Return To Kaipo Party: Cecil, Rydia, Edward Party's level: 17 Items: None Key Items: None Monsters: Waterhag ============================================================================= Here return to the house you saw Rosa in earlier. When you enter here talk to Rosa and your item box will appear, hit the "A" button over the SANDRUBY to use the SANDRUBY over Rosa. Here she will awaken and she will tell you about Golbez controlling all of the nation of Baron. She also tells you about the Crystal of Air and Crystal of Earth. The Crystal of Fire is already in the hands of Golbez, and Rosa wishes to join Cecil, but Cecil refuses. Rosa followed Cecil because she heard that Cecil was swallowed by the earthquake in the Village of Mist. Also she points out that the Crystal of Air is towards Fabul, but right now they need to get over Mt.Hobs which is covered by a thick block of Ice, she asked Rydia to cast fire but Rydia hesitates and saids she can not cast fire. Afterwards Edward realizes that Rosa wants to be with Cecil and he convinces Cecil to bring her along. Here Cecil tells Rosa to get a good night's sleep before they go. Here in the middle of the night Edward goes out and plays a tune in memory of Anna. During the middle of his play he is attacked by a WaterHag. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- BOSS FIGHT: WATERHAG HP: 60 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here Edward must fight this battle alone, Anna will help guide Edward towards victory as Edward should be able to easily conquer this battle. Just have Edward constantly attack and the WATERHAG should be gone. Afterwards Anna tells Edward that she must leave, but Edward doesn't want to be alone, but she tells him to give the love he gave to Anna to all his people. Here Anna leaves and Edward questions himself as what he is suppose to do. Before you leave make sure you stock up on a good amount of Arrows for Rosa and Rydia(if you have bought Bow and Arrows for Rydia earlier), Rosa starts off at level 10 with 150 HP, but her defense is still weak so keep her in the backrow. Now head back to Mt.Hobs via the Hovercraft, which is northeast of the Antlion's nest. ============================================================================= Mt. Hobs Party: Cecil, Rosa, Edward, Rydia Party's level: 18 Items: Potion, Tent, Soft, 960 Gil, Holy(arrows) NOTE: The SNES version only reveals 350 Gil, not 960 Key Items: None Monsters: Gargoyle, Skeleton, Red Bone, Spirit, Mom Bomb, Cocatris, Grey Bomb, Bomb ============================================================================= Here there is the thick block of Ice that I told you about earlier. Rosa asks Rydia to cast Fire but she can't. Rydia will not cast fire because she is afraid of fire because it burned her home down, but Rosa tells Rydia that she believes in her and she is the only one who can melt the Ice blocking the entrance of Mt.Hobs. She persuades Rydia to use fire because she tells her that if they don't get through many more people will be in danger, here Rydia sums up all her inner strength and casts fire, the Ice block of Mt. Hobs melts and Rydia has now learned FIRE1. Afterwards the party thanks Rydia. For now continue on towards the mountain. When you first see a door, take the door and you will be on the side of a mountain with a save point and four treasure chests, they contain a TENT, POTION, Soft, and 350/960 Gil. Save your game and heal your wounds if any and continue on back to the right side of the mountain. Also take a chance to look down at the valley below, despite it being 16-bits it looks quite breathtaking doesn't it? Now head to the Summit and you will see a Karate Master being attacked by a group of IMP CAPTAINs, Yang easily dismantles them, but the MOMBOMB comes after him, the party realizes that it will be a difficult battle alone and they decide to help. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- BOSS FIGHT: MOMBOMB HP: 11000(total) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Now this is what I'm talking about! 5 against 1! Despite your overpowering numbers this is still going to be a very difficult fight. Have Rydia use her CHOCB summon, have Cecil attack normally, have Rosa use her AIM command, have Yang attack not Kick, and have Edward be your part time Attacker and Healer. After you do about 1500 HP of damage the MOMBOMB will change form, just continue to attack and if your party's HP drops below 75, then keep them up there. The MOMBOMB will give you a warning when its about to explode, that is the sign to heal yourself if your HP is below 75. When it does Explode the party suffers extensive damage about 50-60 HP of damage to every character, quickly heal your party because your party's HP(besides Cecil) is still pretty low. Now it turns itself into 3 BOMBs and 3 GREYBOMBs. That's 6 targets for you to attack now, each one of the targets only have about 50-100 HP and this time have Yang use his KICK command to attack all the BOMBs at once and continue your usual attack pattern. Afterwards Yang thanks the party for helping him out in battle and they tell Yang that the Crystal of Air is in danger and they must protect it before it gets into the hands of Golbez. Here they give each other a briefing on their backgrounds and why they are willing to help Yang. It appears that Yang is the only survivor of his forces and the people at Fabul are still in training. After the little scenario go towards the east side of the mountain and continue on. Once you have reached outside keep going east and past the mountains to find the Castle of Fabul. Here save and use a TENT just in front of the Castle before entering the castle. ============================================================================= Castle Of Fabul Party: Cecil, Rosa, Edward, Rydia, Yang Party's level: 10-20 Items: Hermes, Silk Web, Demon(shield), Ether1, Bomb, Notus, Potion, ThorRage, Bacchus, Tent, Death(sword) Key Items: None Monsters: Captain, Fighter, Imp Cap., Weeper, WaterHag, Gargoyle, Dragoon ============================================================================= Here once you get inside keep going and you will see a Weapons/Armor shop to the right and the INN is on the left side. Go buy Yang an extra claw of your choice, buy Cecil all the available Demon armor, helmet, and gloves. Sell any Shadow and Hades equipment you may have and continue on towards the center of the castle. Here you will approach the King of Fabul. Yang informs him about Golbez's forces and they must set up a defense immediately. The King of Fabul has trouble trusting in Cecil because he is the Dark Knight of Baron, but Yang persuades the King that Cecil and his friends came to his aid when he was attacked. Here Prince Edward tells the King that he is glad to see him again but he tells the King what he had lost and the King is sorry for his misunderstanding. Here the King will ask you if you want to help defend the castle. If you choose "no" then you will be given time before the battle, if you choose "yes" the battle will begin. Here you will only be a party of three, so Cecil, Yang, and Edward is the castle's main defence(that's how they spell it in the game) and Rosa and Rydia will be the healers of the wounded people of Fabul. Here the three take stand at the entrance of Fabul as they prepare for battle. Also make sure you can keep your HP during the middle of the battle because the battles keep going on and you will not be given time in between to heal yourself or your party members. Here after first battle defeat the FIGHTERS and ignore the General. After this first battle the RED WINGS of Baron attack the castle and the party does not have any defense against the airships so they must retreat back into the castle(lousy cheaters!). From here on out, you will fight a long series of battles without time to heal in between, so be prepared and keep your HP up. As you defeat them, the party tries to pull back Edward slips and falls as the soldiers of Baron come in. Afterwards the party makes their last retreat back to the Crystal Room. Here Kain comes in and Cecil is shocked to see Kain alive. Here Kain wants to fight Cecil and Cecil has no choice. Here you shouldn't bother trying to fight Kain because he keeps using that JUMP attack and it will knock you out in a few blows. Here afterwards Kain will try to put Cecil out of his misery and Rosa comes in and tries to stop Kain, but Kain is somehwat startled and then Golbez finally meets the party. Here Golbez knocks out both Edward and Yang, and commands Kain to take the Crystal of Air which Kain happily confirms. Here Golbez realizes that Rosa is important to Cecil and he kidnappes her and Kain tells Cecil he had a narrow escape. Afterwards Rydia is helpless against Kain and she performs the CURE magic towards the party and they are revived out of their wounds. Here Yang will help Cecil this time, but Cecil's spirit has taken a hard punch. Before you head out, search around the castle(like the switch on the right side of the throne room) and inside pots to pick up various items. Just take your time to explore the castle and go to the inn when you are ready. As the party enters the INN they need to find a way to take the Crystal of Air back, but they need an Airship. Here the party finds out that Baron's main force is the RED WINGs, the sea is relatively weak. Yang asks about Kain and Cecil replies that he used to be his best friend, but now he is under the control of Golbez. Here Yang tells Cecil that the King will ahppily offer his ship to the party. In the morning the King of Fabul offers the Death sword left by the Dark Knight years ago, but it cannot stop True Evil. The ship the party asked for is to the east of Fabul. So exit the castle and outside you will find the ship that leads to Baron. Inside beofre Yang leaves, his wife says goodbye. Here the ship departs for Baron and during the middle of the voyage Yang asks what Cecil will do when he reaches Baron, he decides that they must find the Chief Engineer of Baron, who is Cid. Before the party can reach Baron the mythical sea God Leviathan stops the party. Here the waves come crashing on the party and Rydia is thrown out of the boat, Yang then goes after her to help save her, but both of them cannot save themselves. Here the ship gets sucked into the Whirlpool created by the Leviathan as the entire party is separated. Afterwards you will find Cecil alone on the beach, he wonders where the rest of his party is but to no avail. ============================================================================= Mysidia Party: Cecil Party's level: 22 Items: None Key Items: None Monsters: None ============================================================================= When you reach ashore, to the right is Mysidia. Here ignore the people because they will turn you into a Pig or Toad to avenge the death of their friends. Just in case you did not listen to me talk to the person who casted the spell on you again and you will be changed back into your normal form. Now head towards the center of the town and talk to the Elder of Mysidia. Here the Elder sees that Cecil has gotten a taste of his own medecin, but he also tells Cecil that he cannot depend on the Sword of Darkness if he wishes to achieve his goal. He tells him to go to Mt.Ordeals, but warns Cecil that many have gone to Mt.Ordeals to become a Paladin but none have come back yet. Before Cecil leaves the Elder of Mysidia tells him that he will need two Wizards. Here Porom comes in but Palom is nowhere to be found, then Palom pops out of thin air and appears. here you already meet the giant ego of Palom and the politeness of Porom. After the scenario go to the Weapons shop and buy Porom about 60 Holy arrows and buy Palom a FlameRod. Also buy Palom and Porom every Gaea equipment you can buy and head out. When your out here head towards the east, its a long walk to Mt. Ordeals so make sure you have enough healing supplies as well. Also Porom the White Wizard starts out at level 10 with 110 HP while Palom starts at level 10 with 100 HP, so you might want to consider some level gaining before you head on. ============================================================================= Mt. Ordeals Party: Cecil, Palom, Porom Party's level: 12-25 Items: Potion, Potion, Ether1, Ether1 Key Items: None Monsters: Soul, Revenant, Ghoul, Skeleton, Red Bone, Milon, Milon Z., Dark Knight ============================================================================= Here you will see fire blocking the way of the entrance of Mt. Ordeals. Afterwards Porom and Palom will knock out the fire, but a scenario comes. At this exact time at another destination Golbez summons Milon, the fiend of Earth to stop Cecil. Here Kain wishes that he were to stop Cecil, but Golbez refuses and asks him to watch over Rosa. After the scenario continue on but don't for get to pick up two Potions. Also monsters here are in the undead category, so make sure you have plenty of Holy Arrows and have plenty of MP to use FIRE magic. In the 3rd station you will once again meet up Tellah. Here he explains why he came to Mt. Ordeals. He wishes to learn METEO so that he can avenge his daughter, the twins realize who he is, he is the Sage Mysidia has been raving about. Here Cecil tells him that he came to Mt. Ordeals to become a Paladin. Afterwards Tellah joins your party. Now continue on and in the next area be sure to pick up an ETHER1 and another ETHER1. Continue onto the Summit and you will a save point. Save your game and heal your wounds. When you continue on the twins will hear something, but Palom says its not him, when you encounter the bridge you will face off against Milon, the Fiend of Earth. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- BOSS FIGHT: MILON and FOUR REVENANTS HP: 3500(MILON) 200(REVENANT) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This fight will drain you down quite a bit. Here have Palom use his FIRE2 spell against everybody and have Tellah use his FIRE1 spell as well. Always have Cecil attack Milon. Use Porom as your healer. Also keep your HP up above 50 for the twins, above 100 for both Cecil and Tellah because MILON can and will use his LIT1 spell serveral times in a row, this is enough to weaken your party. Afterwards you should be rid of Milon. NOTE: PALOM MUST BE AT LEVEL 14 TO LEARN FIRE2. There really isn't much you can do about Milon's Lit1 attack since he counters with it practically everytime he is attacked with it anyways. For now do not continue to go forward, but yet go back to the save point and save your game. Also don't forget to heal your wounds. Here switch the rows of your party members, putting Cecil in the back and Palom, Porom, and Tellah in the front. Now continue onto the bridge, but just as you try to reach the end of the mountain MILON once again attacks you. This time he back attacks you but luckily you switched rows, but for some odd reason you did not listen to me you can switch rows during the middle of your battle by hitting the direction pad left on your command box. NOTE: Switching rows is not neccessary, but you will be back attacked soon and your weaker party members will get swooned in one blow most likely. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- BOSS FIGHT: MILON Z. HP: 3523 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you have Fire2, use it. It does anywhere from 400-700 HP of damage to Milon, have Porom and Tellah be the healers and have Cecil attack as normal. If you put Cecil in the back row, he'll virtually be unstoppable provided you have all your Demon equipment equipped since every hit Milon does against Cecil in the back row will result in 1 HP of damage. It's a long way to defeat Milon, but this is the option you might want to consider since I think this is the easier way. Don't bother healing yourself after this next battle because after this next event your party will be fully helaed. After the battle Cecil will see a reflection of himself in the mirror. The mysterious voice talks to Cecil, and suddenly Cecil becomes the legendary Paladin. Here the Dark Knight of Cecil's past comes out of the reflection, the other party members try to help but Cecil tells them that it is his fight alone. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- BOSS FIGHT: DARK KNIGHT HP: ??? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- All you have to do is survive this fight. As long as the text messages are completed, the battle is over as long as you remain alive. Basically defend for about three rounds and it should be over. After the boss fight Cecil is officially a Paladin now, his stats are significantly higher than those of a Dark Knight and his HP is way up. Here Cecil wonders who was that light that kept calling him son. At the same time Tellah learns all his past magic and the fabled legendary spell METEO. Even though Tellah has learned METEO his MP's are still too low to cast METEO successfully. Here the party leaves Mt. Ordeals, when your heading out take a few battles to earn Cecil some levels. After one battle you can find Cecil gaining 5 levels! Once you leave, outside you can save and use a TENT if your HPs are low. You do not have to take that long walk back to Mysidia because there is a small square shaped forest surrounded by another forest just south of Mt. Ordeals. Inside is a Chocobo Forest. Look for the fast moving White Chocobo, each time you talk to it, it will refill your entire MP. Also look for the large gap at the north part of the village and press the "A" button and it will smell like a Fat Chocobo. Use a Gashyl if you have bought one and a Fat Chocobo will appear. There really isn't much to do here because all the Fat Chocobo will do is just store your items. So incase all your 46 slots are filled in your Item Box, you can store your items here. Now talk to one of the yellow Chocobos and you will be able to ride one of the Chocobos. Here return to Mysidia, you really don't have to ride on a Chocobo you can just return back by walking if you want. ============================================================================= Return To Mysidia And The Mysidian Legend Party: Cecil, Tellah, Parom, Palom Party's level: 15-20 Items: None Key Items: None Monsters: ============================================================================= Here just go to the middle of the town and talk to the Elder. Here the Elder is shocked and amazed to find that Cecil is a Paladin, also when you talk to the people of Mysidia they will no longer turn you into a Toad or Pig. Also the Elder admits his wrong doing by sending Palom and Porom to spy on Cecil, but he sees now that there was no need for that. The Elder is once again shocked and amazed to find the Legend of Mysidia written on the sword, it reads: Afterwards Tellah and Cecil are about to part for Baron as the Elder of Mysidia has opened up the Serpant Road(Devil's Road in Japan) to travel to Baron. Before the two leaves Palom and Porom wishes to join Cecil, but the Elder tells them that their job is done, but they still wish to help Cecil. Then the twins finally convince the Elder. The Serpant's road is to the right of the town, before you leave make sure you buy all the Paladin equipment for Cecil. They are quite costly but if you had fought every battle you encountered along the trip you should have had more than enough. Also buy some equipment for Tellah because he is poorly equipped. Afterwards head for the Serpant Road and continue your way to Baron. ============================================================================= Return To Baron Party: Cecil, Tellah, Parom, Palom Party's level: 10 Items: Potion, Life Key Items: BaronKey Monsters: Karate, Guard ============================================================================= When you arrive here you will be at the town of Baron, make sure you go to the Inn first, but before you go in, check the pot to the right outside of the Inn to collect a Potion and collect the items in the stored room inside the Inn, the switch is the two crossed swords, you should get a few items. Afterwards talk to Yang and the guards around him will attack you. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- BOSS FIGHT: GUARD HP: 280(each) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This fight won't take long, but the attacks of the GUARDs can be pretty damaging. Also watch out when they try to cast Mini on one of your party members, quickly Heal that person that is changed by using the Mallet or Esuna spell. They can attack very hard, even if Cecil has all of his Paladin equipment they can still do about 100+ HP of damage. Try to finish them off as quick as possible. After the battle you will still hear the boss music, this time Yang will attack your party. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- BOSS FIGHT: Monk HP: 5600(rough estimate) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This fight can be pretty hard, but with Tellah's newly aquired magic you should even things up. Here Yang will always use his KICK command, it will do quite a bit of damage to all your party members, have Tellah attack with LIT3 and Palom attack with FIRE2, and have Cecil attack with his normal attacks and have Porom be your healer. Quickly dispose of Yang so that you do not suffer extensive damage. Try to avoid bringing back characters to life unless you use Life2, Yang is too offensively quick with his Kick that it'll most likely instantly kill off weak party members. After the battle Yand will come to his senses, it appears that he was under the influnce of Golbez's powerful mind control and he will tell Cecil what had happened to Rydia and Edward. He does not know what happened to Edward but Rydia was swallowed up by the Leviathan. After the scenario the two decide to talk at the inn so that the guards won't hear them. The innkeeper will let you stay for free because you have gotten rid of the guards, in the Since you defeated the guards and Yang, the innkeeper will let you stay for free. In the Inn they discuss plans of how to free Cid, they realize that they have to break into the castle of Baron but the guards won't let them through. Also Yang has the Key of Baron that was given to him while he was commander of the guards. Here with the KEY OF BARON use it to unlock the weapons and armor shops. Yang is poorly equipped so buy him all the neccessary equipment, and you might need to fight a few battles before you go on. After you are done go to the left side of town and you will see a locked door, unlock it and enter through. ============================================================================= Waterway Party: Cecil, Tellah, Parom, Palom, Yang Party's level: 10-30 Items: Potion, Ether, Ether, Hermes, Ancient sword, Silk Web, HrGlass1, HiPotion Key Items: NA Monsters: Guard, FangShel, Hydra, Piranha, AquaWorm, ElecFish, Crocdile, Pike ============================================================================= Once you enter through here the enemies are quite strong, but luckily you listened to me and bought all those equipment for Yang right? Now continue on and make your way to the top of the room and enter through the stairway. Continue on to the next not so hidden area and make your way to the center of the room to recieve a LIFE POTION. Continue onto the next room to the right. In this next room you will find an ETHER1 POTION, after you have taken that proceed to the next room. In this next room immediately head for the door and in there you will find a save room. To the right side is the ANCIENT SWORD. Do not bother equipping it on Cecil because its a bit weaker than Cecil's current sword. Now proceed outside and onto the moat of the castle of Baron. ============================================================================= Return To Baron Castle Party: Cecil, Tellah, Parom, Palom, Yang Party's level: 10-32 Items: Unihorn, Ether1, Life, Bacchus, Hermes, HiPotion, Tent, Elixir Key Items: None Monsters: Baigan, Left Arm, Right Arm, Cagnazzo ============================================================================= Here when you are outside keep walking to the left and at the bottom left hand side of the castle is the entrance to the castle. Incase you were left hurt during those battles in the old Water Way you can rest in Cecil's room in the left tower. If your not hurt from those battles in the Old Water Way then proceed right and head towards the King's Throne Room. Before you reach the King's throne room Baigan comes to greet you. Then Baigan joins your party, that makes a total of six party members! Its too good to be true, but now you will stand an excellent chance against the King of Baron. Just as you go off to find the King of Baron the twins smell a monster, Baigan looks or acts like he is surprised. The twins already know he's a monster and they accuse him of having poor acting skills. You know what to expect now. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- BOSS FIGHT: BAIGAN, RIGHT ARM, LEFT ARM HP: 4444(BAIGAN) 444(ARMS) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This fight will leave you wounded, so you must make quick moves. At any given time BAIGAN will set up a WALL on himself but not his arms. So if Palom is at Level 19 have him cast Bio on BAIGAN which will do about 1200 HP of damage. Also when BAIGAN does set up a WALL have Tellah cast WALL on any other party member and have your magic user focus their magic attack on your party member with the WALL. Don't do it too often because the WALL can only bounce back attacks about two or three times. Quickly eliminate the ARMs because that is what's causing most of the damage against your party. Continue to attack and after a while BAIGAN will lose his WALL, have Palom use Bio to finish him off, but only when you know he has lost his WALL, otherwise it will be a gamble. Or you can have Tellah use ICE3, FIRE3, or LIT-3. After the battle you might want to return to Cecil's room and heal yourself and continue on towards the King's throne room. You can use a WALL on Tellah and have him reflect his own magic as well. Now head towards the King's Throne room which is on your way. Also before you head anywhere go to the right and take the staircase. Then you will be outside the castle, continue on to the next staircase, in this next room you will notice a hidden door. Use the "A" button to switch open the door, the switch is on the left torch and enter through the hidden area and collect six treasure chests. After that go outside the castle and go past under the gate and into the tower. In this room right here are two staircases to the right and left and four treasure chests. The treasure chest on the top of the starcase can be reached if you enter the staircase and then re-enter the staircase you should stop right infront of the treasure chest. Now take the left staircase going down and check the second pot from the left to recieve an ELIXIR. Don't advance any further because a "mysterious" force will push you back and you will lose some HP if you do go near the "mysterious" force. In the next room is a room full of treasure chests and pots, however there are only three treasure chests that can be accessiable to you because the others are already opened and out of your reach. Also check the pots for another ETHER1 POTION. Afterwards head towards the King's Throne Room...as you can expect, Cecil becomes enraged at the King...as word that the King of Baron was overthrown, the battle starts. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- BOSS FIGHT: Cagnazzo HP: 5312 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This boss fight is extremely easy, if you know what to do. Have Palom use his Bio magic attack to easily wipe away 1000 of his HP, then have Tellah use LIT-3 to cleanly dust off about 3000 of his HP, if he is not done by that then just keep attacking him until he's nothing but plankton. Here after the battle Cid comes in, and the party introduces themselves to Cid. Now the party must hurry to retrieve the airship. But before they can do so Cagnazzo has already set a trap, the doors are locked and the walls are caving in. Here the twins turn themselves into Stone and stop the wall from caving in. Tellah tries to break the spell but to no avail, the twins willingly let their lives go to save the rest of the party. Tellah was the one who wanted to go first, but Cid re-groups the party. Meanwhile...In the Tower of Zot, Kain plans up a plot to capture the last crystal, they will exchange Rosa for the crystal, and Kain will be the messenger, Rosa tries to stop Kain, but Kain is too much under the influnce of Golbez's powerful mind control. Meanwhile back at the castle of Baron... Cid unlocks the hidden entrance to his airship and the Enterprise flies off, then suddenly the Red Wings come but they do not wish to fight this time. Kain delivers a message to Cecil, about trading in Rosa for the Crystal of Earth in Toroia. Now land your airship infront of Baron and return to the King's chambers in the basement below, remember the place with the mysterious force? Its gone now so enter it and the real King of Baron wishes to tell you something. He tells you to go to the Land of Summoned Monsters and return back after your trip, then he leaves. That's for later in the game. Now head back to your airship and fly towards Toroia, which is northwest of Baron. Also Cid starts out at level 20 with 788 HP, he can be put in the front, also he can do quite a bit of damage even though he carries a WOODEN HAMMER. ============================================================================= Troia Castle and Chocobo Village Party: Cecil, Tellah, Cid, Yang Party's level: 20-35 Items: HiPotion, Ruby Ring, HiPotion, Ether1, Ether1, Tent, RubyRing, Tent, TwinHarp, Bacchus, Ether1, Ether2, Illusion, 1000 Gil Key Items: None Monsters: None ============================================================================= Here enter the castle of Troia. Inside is some music that's pleasant to the ear and the beautiful design of the castle. For now keep going towards the center of the castle and meet the eight Clerics who govern the country of Troia. Talk to the eight Clerics of Troia and they will give you some info. It appears that the Dark Elf has taken the Crystal of Earth and sealed the cave with a metallic seal so that weapons of metal will become weak and heavy. Now head out and take the right staircase and take the path down towards the door. Inside this room you will find three staircases, the middle one contains an ETHER1 POTION, the staircase to the left contains a lady guarding the door to the secret treasure of Toroia, you don't have permission to obtain those treasures yet, so take the right staircase and you will be in a room with eight treasure chests. First flip the switch in the middle of the room by standing on it, and take the treasure chests and equip the RubyRings for whatever metallic weapons you have. Now head back to the 1F of the castle of Toroia and take the left staircase, and head towards the door on the bottom and in this room you will find Edward, this is the first time you have met up with Edward since your encounter with the Leviathan. Here Cecil tells what has happened with Rosa and Yang tells Edward that Rydia did not make it. Here Edward gives you the TWINHARP, which no one but Edward can equip. Now leave the castle and head towards north of the castle of Toroia, which is the Chocobo's village. Here is home to many Black Chocobos that have the ability to fly and land on the forest. Talk to the Black Chocobo and head towards the cave which is northeast of the Castle of Toroia and souteast of the chocobo's Village. ============================================================================= Cave of Dark Elf Party: Cecil, Tellah, Cid, Yang Party's level: 21-35 Items: Silk Web, HrGlass1, 2000 Gil, Unihorn, HiPotion, Exit, Fairy Claw, Ether1, HiPotion, Ether1 NOTE: You will receive 500 Gil in the SNES version. Key Items: Earth Crystal Monsters: Cave Bat, CaveNaga, Mage, Ogre, VampGirl, Dark Elf, Dark Dragon ============================================================================= Here in this cave the metallic seal goes into effect, Yang can use his Claws and Tellah can go with his Magic, Cecil should have a Bow and Arrow equipped. If you want you can just run away from battles in this area until you face off against the Dark Elf. Now continue on to the wooden bridge, here take the right path to collect the HiPotion and continue on keep going until you find the next ladder, also pick up the treasure chest to the left to collect a HEAL POTION and enter through the ladder. In this next room take the right path and collect the ETHER1, now continue onto the the northeast corner of the room to find a white door, enter it and in the room are two treasure chests, they are the ETHER1 and 2000 Gil. Now head to the left and enter the ladder, in this next area you will see a door to the left which is a save room, go ahead and save your game and heal your wounds if neccessary. Now keep going and in the room below is a LIFE POTION, and two HiPotions. Now head out and continue onto the left past the bridge, take the path in the middle and enter through the door. Here a treasure chest is straight above you which is a Fairy claw for Yang, equip it and move onto the left. In this next room which is B4F, take the bridge to the left, when you reach an area with a bunch of candles take the right path across the bridge and you will be gievn yet another chance to save. Save your game and head out now head to the door, but make sure you go around and pick up an HrGlass1. In this next room the music changes, its the Crystal room and inside it is the DARK ELF. Here he will not let you take the crystal of Earth and a fight will start. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- BOSS FIGHT: DARK ELF HP: 23890 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Just lose this fight and save your energy. Afterwards the party is weak and if Cecil cannot use his weapons then he cannot defeat the DARK ELF. Meanwhile Edward wishes to help out the party, so he plays his harp which is painful to the ear of the DARK ELF and it lowers the DARK ELF's metallic seal. Here take this chance to equip yourself with all your metallic gear. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- BOSS FIGHT: DARK ELF HP: 3927 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Just keep pounding on this guy, until he is gone. After you lose him about 1500 HP of damage he will change form. Tellah's magic is basically useless, but Cecil using his LEGEND sword will do about 700+ damage against him. Try too keep your party's HP above 250 and have Tellah be your healer. Afterwards the DARK ELF dies, so take the Crystal of Earth and return to Toroia. To make a short cut have Tellah use his WARP magic(or use the Exit item you found earlier) once he is outside the Crystal Room. Now head back to the center of the Castle of Toroia where the Clerics are. Inside the Clerics greet you, then suddenly Kain tells you to take the Crystal to his airship and he will show him where Rosa is. Beofre you leave go to the room where the lady was guarding the treasure earlier, now the treasure of Toroia is now yours! Now head back to Edward's room, and a short scenario will take place, Tellah now respects Edward and will avenge Anna's death and also avenge Edward's injury. Now leave Toroia and head for your airship and make sure you save your game before you enter you airship. ============================================================================= Tower of Zot Party: Cecil, Tellah, Cid, Yang Party's level: 25-40 Items: Flame Armor, Flame Sword, Wizard Robe, Gaia Hammer, Flame Shield, HellClaw Key Items: MagmaKey Monsters: Valvalis, Cindy, Mindy, Sandy, Carapace, Centaur, EpeeGirl, Gremlin, IceBeast, Ice Liz, Marion, Puppet, Slime, SwordMan, Witch, FlameDog ============================================================================= Now immediately when you board your airship Kain tells you to follow his airship after Cecil has shown him the Crystal of Earth. From here you will never bea ble to enter this tower again so make sure you collect everything you find and watch for the monsters here, they can get pretty tough. Now make your way towards the top left corner of the room and collect the FIRE armor and continue on to floor 2. In this next room is only one treasure chest which contains a Flame sword. It is guarded by a FlameDog, so make absolutely sure Cecil did not equip the Flame Armor or he will get seriously burned. Try not to fight many battles here because enemies can get quite tough. After you have collected the Flame sword continue onto the next floor. In this room the door to the next room is directly above you so make your way around, and there are no treasure chests in here. Now in this next room there are three doors in the middle and another door to the right. Here take the first door to the right in the middle and pick up the WIZARD robe, equip it on Tellah, but remember to de-equip it off of him later. In the middle of the middle rooms is a EARTH hammer for Cid, equip it on Cid and don't worry about the treasure chest above it. Now enter the next room to the left and to the right is the treasure chest above the one with the Gaia Hammer. Inside you will find a HellClaw for Yang, equip it and continue on to the left. At the bottom here you will see a treasure chest, open it to pick up a Flame shield for Cecil and return back to the room you were in before. In this room take the room all the way to the right. Enter the door and you will be back at the fifth floor again, before you enter the room in the middle make sure you save it in the room before it, heal your wounds and continue on. Here before you make it to the next room the Magus sisters will stop you. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- BOSS FIGHT: Sandy, Mindy, Cindy HP: 2590(Mindy), 4599(Cindy), 2591(Sandy) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This fight is fairly easy. First attack the Fat one(Mindy). They will use their DELTA attack which is a pretty lame attack that can cause gradual petrify, which is about it. Sandy will use a WALL on Mindy, while Cindy will use either FIRE2, ICE2, or LIT-2 to reflect off of Mindy. Have Tellah attack either one with Bio besides Mindy one because she has a WALL on. Have Cid use his Gaia Hammer as an item repeatedly to do about 240 damage to all three sisters(don't worry you can use this over and over again), have Yang and Cecil attack as normal. Afterwards the Magus sisters shall be defeated. Here the sisters will fade away, continue onto the next room. In this next room you will see Kain and Golbez. Cecil hands over the crystal to Golbez but he will not let them through to Rosa. Tellah dislikes the fact and blurs out at him, Golbez has no business with Tellah, but Tellah does. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- BOSS FIGHT: GOLBEZ HP: 10000 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This boss fight, Tellah fights alone. If you notice Golbez in this battle scene looks a lot like EXDEATH from FF5(then again, Ex-Death came after Golbez), but I'm not going to get into it. Here Tellah fights automatically with Bio, FIRE3, LIT-3, and ICE3. All those spells have very little effect on Golbez, then Tellah decides to use METEO, but how, he doesn't even have enough MP! Tellah turns his HP into MP and casts METEO, it knocks Golbez out of submission. Here Tellah is lying on the floor. Golbez escapes and calls Kain, but Kain is unconsious, the METEO spell had broken Golbez's link over Kain and Golbez escapes alone. Before Golbez leaves Cecil wants to end his evil life right now, but Golbez shocks him away with lightning. Cecil questions why doesn't he finish him off, but Golbez seems to question who Cecil is. Here they go over to Tellah who is critically wounded. Tellah blames this on himself because of his own hatred, he slowly dies and the party gives their final respect and Cecil will promise to avenge Anna and Tellah. NOTE: This is just a small tidbit, but in the easy version(FF2, SNES), an iron ball was in place of a guillotine in the hard version(FF4, PSX). So basically it was just a completely different animation from the two games. Now go over to Kain, the door behind them is locked. When Kain wakes up he realizes that Rosa is in danger and they quicly dash into the next room and save Rosa in time just before the iron ball drops on Rosa. Here Kain puts his head down in disgust because he nearly let Rosa get killed, and its pretty funny when you here Cid's remarks! Here Kain admits that he just wanted to be with Rosa and asks both Cecil and Rosa for their forgiveness, then Cid quickly tells them to leave now, then Cecil pulls together Kain and they leave. But just about as they were to leave the fiend of air comes through with an evil laughter that scrimishes across the hears of the party. Valvalis said she should have gotten rid of Kain, but she will have to defeat the entire party to do that. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- BOSS FIGHT: VALVALIS HP: 8636 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This boss fight is pretty hard and will drain alot out of your party. When she turns into a whirlwind, have Kain jump to stop her spin. Also she will use WEAK quite often and will use RAY directly after WEAK as well, so make sure you heal your party quickly and cure them if need. Also Rosa is not equipped with any weapons so equip her with a BOW and ARROW if you have some and have her attack when the party is still healthy. Have Cecil constantly attack, and also Yang and Cid attack as well. Keep this up and you should be able to defeat her. Here Valvalis will tell you that the strongest of the four elements still exist. Before she leaves to the afterworld she will destroy the tower, but Rosa will tell the party to hold on, as she casts the spell of EXIT. Then the party arrives at Cecil's bedroom in Baron. Here Kain tells the party about the Crystals, Golbez has all four crystals and the world is doomed right? Wrong. Here Kain tells the party of the other four crystals known as the Dark Crystals. So Golbez has only gathered half the crystals and the hidden side of the Earth is the underground. Kain also tells them that when all the crystals of both the Earth and Underground are gathered, the way to the moon opens. Here Kain gives them the Magma key, but they don't know where to throw the key in. Then Cid's music comes on and tells them that they will find the place to throw the Magma key in not time with the help of the Enterprise. But I thought it was lost in the Tower of Zot, but never question Cid's genius, the Enterprise flew back to Baron by remote control. Here Cecil wonders why Golbez didn't finish off Cecil, but he tells the party its nothing and they go to sleep. Here you can visit back to where Palom and Porom was stoned, if you click the "A" button you will see your menu screen pop up. But you are not suppose to de-stone them nor can you ever. Now head outside and make it to your airship. Before you go start looking for the place, you can visit the Town of Mist again, if not then head for the town of Agart, which south of Baron...it's a semi-large island with a town below a giant mountain. ============================================================================= Town Of Agart Party: Cecil, Rosa, Yang, Cid, Kain Party's level: 28-42 Items: Boreas(FF4)/Cure2(FF2) Key Items: None Monsters: None ============================================================================= Here this place is Agart, a peaceful nation that will talk alot about Dwarves. Here in this town a treasure chest is hidden in the green grassy area with a Cure2/Boreas. You really do not need to buy weapons because most of the equipment you have is better than the stuff they sell, now head towards the bottomless well, the guy infront was talking to you about and throw in the MAGMA key, which will cause an earthquake that will split the mountain. Enter the mountain with your airship. ============================================================================= Underground World Party: Cecil, Rosa, Kain, Yang, Cid Party's level: 28-42 Items: 5000 Gil, Dwarf Axe, Bacchus, Elixir, Ether1, Elixir, Bacchus, Ether1, Strength Glove, Cabin, Gyashl, HiPotion, Cabin, Gyashl, Cabin, HrGlass2, Gyashl Key Items: None Monsters: None ============================================================================= Here when you enter the mountain the ship is suddenly taken down by shots from the Red Wings. This time the Red Wings are not after Cecil. It seems like a War is going on between some tanks and the Red Wings. The Enterprise trys to dodge the firepower but a couple shots hit the Enterprise and they fall down. Here Cecil has suffered only minor injuries but the Enterprise is serverely damaged. The enterprise lands in front of giant castle. Here save your game and enter through. Also I would like to mention that congratulations! You have achieved half-way through the game, and the other half is tougher than most battles you have encountered. ============================================================================= Dwarven Castle Party: Cecil, Rosa, Yang, Cid, Kain Party's level: 28-42 Items: 5000 Gil, Dwarf Axe, Bacchus, Elixir, Ether1, Elixir, Bacchus, Ether1, Strength Glove, Cabin, Gyashl, HiPotion, Cabin, Gyashl, Cabin, HrGlass2, Gyashl Key Items: None Monsters: Cal, Brina, Calbrina, Golbez, Shadow ============================================================================= Here enter the castle and go directly in the middle. The conversation will automatically start. Here they introduce themselves and Cecil asks for the cyrstal but apparently two out of four were taken from Golbez. However the crystal in his castle is still safe. Here the King asks the party to help support them with their airship but the Enterprise is badly damage and can't even fly over magma. Cid will leave the party. The party say there goodbyes, but suddenly Yang's incredible instincts point out that he feels that someone is evesdropping on the party. The party and the King's men look but nobody is there. Then the King opens the door to the Crystal room and when the party enters they see wierd dolls jumping around and also the door behind them is locked. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- BOSS FIGHT: CAL & BRINA, CALBRINA HP: CAL(1369) BRINA(369) CALBRINA(5315) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This boss fight is pretty tough(since your one party member short) so don't be surprised that you find yourselves losing early on. First have Cecil attack the CALs, have Kain JUMP the CALs, have Yang perform his KICK, and have Rosa AIM at the BRINAs. Continue to do this until they are all gone. However if by any chance you leave one of them standing they can still form into CALBRINA, who's attacks are very powerful and has alot of HP. If this happens hit CALBRINA with your best attacks, also if you do not destroy CALBRINA in time before she forms back into the 6 dolls, that means you will have to face the 6 dolls all over again despite the fact that you may of destroy 5 out of the 6 dolls earlier. I really can't offer much strategy because I've barely won this battle. After the battle Golbez appears. He tells you why is he is after the crystals. Apparently with all eight crystals in his hand he will re-activate the Tower of Bab-il and open a path to the moon. Legends says that the Moon possesses limitless power. Here Golbez has only one more crystal to collect after he takes this one. Here a battle will start with Golbez. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- BOSS FIGHT: GOLBEZ and SHADOW HP: 800(SHADOW) 2800(GOLBEZ) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here the party's attacks continously but all their attacks miss, then suddenly he puts a HOLD GAS on the entire party which paralyzes them. Here the battle seems hopeless. Here the party goes down by SHADOW's attacks one by one, until Cecil goes, but suddenly the Mist Dragon Cecil and Kain had destroyed earlier comes and blows them with a Mist that destroys the Shadow Dragon. Here an unknown mysterious voice heals the party and they can move now. Suddenly its Rydia! She's back and this time with more powers than she left with! She has 5 new summons and much more new Black magic attacks, use anyone of her summons and have Cecil attack. After that Golbez will fall like a rotten cookie. Here Rydia tells the party that Leviatan had swallowed her up and took her to the Land of Summoned Monsters, where all Summoned Monsters live. There time flows much quicker and Rydia's appearance is much more adult like. Here Golbez's hand takes the Crystal and the party reappears at the King's room. Here the party knows that the last Crystal is at the Sealed Cave to the south. The King has devised of a plan to lure the Tower of Bab-il's fire power to the tanks so the party can sneak in and take the crystals. Here the King tells you that the exit to the Tower of Bab-il is at the bottom of this castle. Before you go anywhere make sure you explore this castle, its pretty big and has some nifty items. Also right after the King finishes talking to you have Rydia Warp and you will be in the Crystal room, even though you saw Golbez take the crystal the crystal is still there for some strange reason. ============================================================================= Tower of Babil Party: Cecil, Rosa, Yang, Rydia, Kain Party's level: 28-42 Items: Ice Arrows, Ether1, Bandanna, IceSpear, Ice Arrows, HiPotion, Notus, IceArmor, IceShld, Boreas, Archer Bow, HiPotion, Ether2, Life, CatClaw Key Items: Tower Key Monsters: Alert, Egg, EvilDoll, FlameDog, FlameMan, Chimera, Medusa, Naga, Stoneman, Tofu, Dr.Lugae, Balnab, Balnab-Z, Lugaborg ============================================================================= You'll see tank fire when you arrive at the Tower of Bab-il, so while they distract the Tower enter through. Now take the right path of the room and pick up an Ether1 and enter the middle of the room. Now in this next room pick up the BANDANA to the left and continue down. Take the very next door you see, inside is a treasure chest inside is an ALERT, each time you attack it when a monster is not present it will call another monster. After you defeat him equip the IceSpear and continue on. Now take the right door and inside is another treasure chest, and also another battle with an ALERT. After you win the battle you will recieve a ICE BRAND sword, equip it and move on. In this next room take the treasure chest to the left and pick up a CATCLAW for Yang. From here to the right is a HiPotion, after you have picked that up go to the right door in the room and also pick up the LIFE POTION. Here in this room is another LIFE POTION and an ARCHER BOW, equip the Bow and head back into the room. Now head to the left door. In this room go to the left and enter a save point, save your game and continue onto the right side of this room. Now enter the room to the bottom, you will have to fight an ALERT here, but win the battle to pick up an ICE SHIELD. The room to the right has nothing inside so go to the room at the top to fight another ALERT, this time if you win you recieve an ICE SHIELD. Equip both ICE equipment on and continue through to the top left. Now in this next room go get the treasure chest to the right contains 2,000 GOLD. Now continue to the right, but ignore the room in the middle because its locked. Also pick up a HiPotion on the way and continue upwards into the next room. Here just go to the door on the left. In this next room take the right side and into a door to find a SAVE POINT, save your game and continue on. Also pick up an Ether2 right before the next room. Here just continue on and make it to the left side of the room. Here you will see Dr. Lugae and Rubicant having a conversation. Here after Dr. Lugae has transported Rubicant out he is excited that he is the only one here. Rydia calls him a "Wierd Guy...!" and then finally Dr.Lugae notices them. Here Kain makes a few smart remarks and Dr. Lugae calls his robot BALNAB. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- BOSS FIGHT: DR.LUGAE, BALNAB/BALNAB-Z HP: 4936(DR.LUGAE) 4832(BALNAB) 4518(Z) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here in this battle start things off with Cecil attacking Dr. Lugae and have Kain Jump Dr. Lugae, also have Rosa aim at Dr. Lugae as well as Yang attack Dr. Lugae. For Rydia have her summon INDRA. Keep pounding on Dr.Lugae until he is gone so that he doesn't constantly heal BALNAB. At first BALNAB will attack Dr. Lugae, but then he will attack you so his hit is actually a freebie. This fight isn't too tough, but if you do not kill BALNAB in time before he explodes, then most likely one of your characters will die because the EXPLODE takes off loads of damage, or depending on how much HP he has left will tell how much damage he will inflict. Note that if you defeat Balnab first before you finish off Dr.Lugae, he will control Balnab, which is basically Balnab-Z. After this battle Dr. Lugae still stands, but this time he has a trick up his sleeve. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- BOSS FIGHT: Lugaborg HP: 10101 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This fight is a little tougher than the last so take some extra precautions. First take a few swings at him before he turns into a skeleton. Have Rosa AIM and heal if neccessary. Have Rydia cast INDRA or JINN, have Kain JUMP and have both Yang and Cecil attack. Watch out for the LASER attack, it'll most likely kill off one of your party members, so revive them also watch out for the GAS, it will paralyze your party member, but you can wait and have DR. LUGAE heal you or heal the party member yourself. Afterwards you should be able to win and collect the TOWER key. After the battle the Super Cannon is almosted charged up so head back to the middle room that was locked earlier. Here when you enter this room the Super Cannon is about to fire, but Cecil interrupts their play and the three DARK IMPs attack them. Finish them off like yesterday's lunch. Here the DARK IMPs make their final move by detonating the Super Cannon. Here Yang decides to stop the Super Cannon from exploding, but Yang knocks them out of the room. Here Yang sacrifices himself and the Super Cannon explodes. Now exit out of the Tower. Before the party leaves Golbez interrupts them and knocks out the bridge and the party falls below. Luckily Cid is back from his trip, and they tell Cid about Yang. Suddenly the Red Wings approach them, they try to out manuver the Red Wings, but somehow the Red Wings were re-modified, and without Cid! Here the party can't shake off the Red Wings and Cid says his last goodbyes before he denonates the bomb. Its a shame too see a good friend go off like that, so that's 6 six people lost at the hands of Golbez. Its time we show Golbez how the party feels. Before Cid left he told the party to head towards Baron to ask his workers for help. ============================================================================= Modified Airship Party: Cecil, Rosa, Yang, Rydia Kain Party's level: 28-42 Items: None Key Items: None Monsters: None ============================================================================= First when you enter here make your way to the right side of the castle and you will see two people standing outside below the right tower. Talk to them and Cid's crew has already been informed to attach a hook to the Enterprise. After the crew is done now that party can hook and attach the Hovercraft. To attach the Hovercraft, simply go over it and press the "A" button. Here the crew tells you that you can reach the Cave of Eblan near the Tower of Bab-il. So remember where you last left your Hovercraft? Yes you got it, near Mt. Hobs directly northeast of Baron. Now go southwest of Baron and land your Hovercraft and go to the Cave of Eblan just under the Tower of Bab-il. ============================================================================= Eblan Caves And The Tower of Babil Party: Cecil, Rosa, Yang, Rydia, Kain Party's level: 40-43 Items: Vampire, Shuriken, Remedy, HiPotion, Ether2, BloodSwd, Soft, Kamikaze, Cabin, Tent, Potion, HrGlass2, Silk Web, Elixir, Life, Elixir, Ether1 NOTE: In Final Fantasy II(SNES), 800 Gold, 850 Gold, 2000 Gold and Heal potions replace items such as Silk Web, HrGlass2, and Kamikaze items. Key Items: None Monsters: Giant Bat, Skull, IronBack, Ballon, BlackCat, Mad Ogre, Sorcerer, BladeMan, Grudger, Lamia, King Eblan, Queen Eblan, Rubicant, Red Bone, BlackLiz, Q.Lamia, Egg ============================================================================= From here go to the right and pick up a SHURIKEN dart. To the bottom right of the cave is 1200 GOLD, after that go to the next room. In this area monsters will not attack you, and the people of Eblan are now living in the caves, take a look around and buy some new equipment. You can buy an extra ICE armor and also an extra ICE shield for Kain if you like, but since he is jumping most of the time I don't think that would be neccessary. Also I would consider buying a BLACK gown for Rydia because it suits her better than her current equipment. The weapons shop is a complete waste of time because you already have the equipment they are selling. So continue on to the bottom left room. Here you will get information that the Ninjas of Eblan are defeated rather easily and also check the pots at the end of the nursing room to pick up a Potion and also the pot near the entrance of the nursing room to pick up another Potion. After that's all done and done head out and onto the next area. In this next area is the Pass to Bab-il. Continue onto the next room and you will find nother downed guard. To the right of this room is another SHURIKEN dart. Continue and in this room through the hidden passage is two treasure chests containing two ELIXIRs. Continue onwards to the top and onto the next room. Here in this next room is a save point, you might want to save before collecting the treasure chest to the right. If you do decide to pick up the treasure chest, it contains a BloodSwd sword for Cecil, but you must defeat two STALEMANs to obtained it. After you have saved your game exit out of the save room and go to the top, but before you do pick up the LIFE POTION to the left side. When you reach the top you will see a mysterious Ninja battling the almighty Rubicant. Here you will know that the man's name is Edge. Here at first all looks well, but then Edge casts FLAME which is Rubicant's strength and suddenly Rubicant uses Scorch(Glare in FF2), a powerful attack that knocks out Edge. After the battle Rubicant tells him he is strong but not strong enough and tells him to fight him once he has become strong enough. Here the party talks to Edge and tells them that they are on the same side. Obviously it will take some convincing to have Edge in the party. Before you proceed to the next room pick up an ETHER2 before you go. Here in this next room is the other side of the Tower of Bab-il. The party wonders how they will get in, but Edge is a ninja remember? He easily slips by the wall. After that go around and find your way to the next door, but before you enter the door pick up another Elixir to the right. In this next room is a treasure chest in the middle. Pick it up to recieve an OGRE axe, but you must fight for it, against four MAD OGREs that is! After that continue on to the next room. Here proceed to the right, and along the way pick up the treasure chest to obtain a Ashura blade for Edge and proceed to the left and onto the next room. In this room ignore the orb in the middle and proceed to the right of the room and enter the first door. Inside this room is a save spot, heal your wounds and save and continue on to the right room. Here just go to the room on the left. When you enter here you will see a center room, which looks alot like the Super Cannon room, but its not the Super Cannon room this time. Before you enter the room Edge sees his parents, but they are not themselves. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- BOSS FIGHT: K.EBLAN, Q.EBLAN HP: 65,535(K.EBLAN) 65,535(Q.EBLAN) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- In this battle you don't have to do anything. Keep your party healed and the King and Queen of Eblan will come to their senses. Here in this battle both Queen Eblan and King Eblan tell them that they are no longer human. They say their final farewells and they die themselves. Here Rubicant will appear and Edge is fustrated with him, Rubicant tells him that it was Dr. Lugae that turned his parents into monsters and he apologizes for it. He tells them that he fights fair and is unlike the other Fiend of Elements. Here Edge releases his Rage and learns FLOOD and BLITZ. Before you fight Rubicant you can pick up the 82,000 Gil treasure chest to the left if you want or after the battle and make sure you do not heal yourselves if you are about to fight Rubicant, Rubicant will autmoactically heal your wounds for you. When you are prepared talk to Rubicant to start the fight. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- BOSS FIGHT: RUBICANT HP: 34,000 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This boss fight isn't too tough. Have Kain JUMP which causes almost 4,000 HP of damage with each hit and have Cecil attack which causes about 2,300 HP of damage each hit. Don't bother trying to hit him with ICE spells because if you get your timing wrong and he closes his cape that means you will heal him instead. Have Rosa AIM with her ICE arrows and have Edge dart with his SHURIKENs, and also have Rydia use Bio. Now continue and keep pounding on him with the same pattern and he should be gone. Here Rubicant admores them because weak people can join forces. Here Gramps and his troops come to help Edge out, but Rubicant is already defeated. The party tell Edge about Golbez, and they hurry off into the Crystal room. Before they can obtain the crystals they fall into a pitfall dropping them to the floor below. When you reach 6F continue down and to the right is a HiPotion. Here in this next room is an Airship. Edge decides to take it, but not without Rydia's concerns and Rosa's concerns. Edge tells them not to worry and he calls the new airship, the Falcon(that's how they spell it in the game). The party leaves the Tower, but the airship cannot travel through Magma. For now head back to the Castle of Dwarves. ============================================================================= Return To Dwarven Castle Party: Cecil, Rosa, Rydia, Kain Party's level: 45-50 Items: None Key Items: Necklace Monsters: None ============================================================================= Here just proceed to the center of the castle. Here the party talks to the King and they believe that Golbez is trying to force open the Sealed Cave. Here the King tells Luca to give the party they Key to the last crystal before he can take it away. But the ship can't travel through Magma so how can they get to the Sealed Cave? Well for now head to the nursing room to the left of the entrance to the Dwarves' Base. Inside here you will find Cid. Here Edge's lousy mouth goes off on Cid. Here the party tells Cid that they have defeated the all the Four Fiends, but the Airhsip cannot travel through Magma. Even though Cid is injured he jumps at the chance to help his party. After the long remodeling of the airship Cid is back in his bed, but then suddenly he does not speak, but then the party realizes that he is just sleeping. Now afterwards head towards the Sealed Cave southwest of the Dwarf Castle, it looks like a square shape in the middle of rocks. ============================================================================= Sealed Cave Party: Cecil, Rosa, Edge, Rydia Kain Party's level: 50-55 Items: Bestiary, Ether1, Kotetsu, XPotion, Ether2, Fuma, Light Sword, Life, Kotetsu, HiPotion, MuteBell, HiPotion, Ether1, Ninja Helmet, Ether1, Star Veil, Star Veil Key Items: Dark Crystal Monsters: HugeNaga, Manticore, Were Bat, Yellow D, Screamer, TrapDoor, VampLady ============================================================================= From here just unlock the door and proceed to the first floor. Proceed down and pick up a LIFE POTION and enter the door above, but watch out, every door in here is a TRAP DOOR. He will often take out a party member, so make sure you heal at the end of battle. Now head out of this room and proceed to the left, Here you will see another Door which is yet another TRAP DOOR. Defeat and move on through. In this room pick up a HiPotion and proceed to the 2nd door from the left, because the first door doesn't have anything also make sure to pick up an ETHER2 to the treasure chest to the left. Well here just continue to the ladder below. Here in this next area proceed down through the rope walkway and pick up a LIFE POTION and continue on to pick up another LIFE POTION. Now proceed to the second door from the right because the 1st door has absolutely nothing. In the second door defeat the TRAP DOOR and inside is a LIGHT sword, equip it on Cecil and continue on to the 3rd door. In this room is a NINJA dart, an X-Potion, and 5,000 GOLD. Here ignore the 3rd door, unless you want to gain some levels, and go to the fourth door. Defeat the TRAP DOOR and proceed inside and in here is a save point, save your game and heal your wounds and proceed to the fifth door. Defeat the TRAP DOOR and inside you will find gear for Edge which are a NINJA helmet and a Kotetsu blade. Afterwards proceed down and fight yet another TRAP DOOR. Defeat and enter through the room. In this next room is a HiPotion and a LIFE POTION, ignore the door to the left because inside has nothing, unless you want to fight a TRAP DOOR for some high expierience points. Here in this room go to the right and pick a Life and enter through the door if you want to earn some expierience because there is nothing inside the room. Now continue to the middle of the room and take the rope ladder going down. From here go to the right and defeat the TRAP DOOR and enter through. In this room contains an ETHER2 and a X-Potion. Now head out and go towards the left and take the ladder into the next room. Here in this room is a save point, save your game again and heal your wounds and proceed down. From here just ignore the rope ladders to the sides and make your way around to the middle and proceed to the center room. In here you should be on B5F, now make your way to the center of the room and pick up the crystal. Now leave the crystal room and make your way outside. Here before the party leaves a trap has been set. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- BOSS FIGHT: EVILWALL HP: 28,000 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This boss fight will not be easy. First have Cecil attack regularly, have Kain JUMP the EVILWALL, have Rosa AIM and heal if neccessary, have Edge dart his NINJA darts he picked up earlier and then have him attack regularly and have Rydia cast Bio. If the EVILWALL crushes you just bring back that party member with LIFE1 don't bother healing him again since the Evilwall basically has a one hit death attack. Keep up this pattern until he's gone. After the battle have the party leave this floor and in the next floor have Rydia use WARP and continue to WARP until she reaches the entrance to the Sealed Cave. Here before you leave Golbez's presence is here and he takes control of Kain again, the party tries to stop him but to no avail. Kain leaves with the crystal and the party is helpless to try and stop him. For now there are three things you can do: a) Return to the Dwarf Castle b)