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Lake Macalania Note: Go into this section with a set of fully charged aeons. Even with all your guys in fulloverdrive mode, the aeons are the only way (short of lots of leveling up) to beat the final guy in

this section. Go back to the forest if you don t have overdrives for all your aeons! "ou should find#l $hed %rimer vol. &' ust to the left of * aka. "ou re now an #l $hed +baygan. %op in toin s -ravel #gency and ave your game. /eave -# and go talk to +lasko (on your right, by the+hocobo). "ou can t get the chest ust yet 0 you ll have to come back for it.

E1uip 2akka with something that doesn t have magic (unless you have a lightning ball3 use that!)+ontinue on (follow the red arrows). 2hen "una gets captured, head down the trail. -o be able touse magic and aeons, take out the little floating Negator. "ou better have 2akka in the battle!*nce it s gone, haste /ulu and have her cast -hundara for ma or damage. 2atch out for the 4ana$eam3 it hurts. "ou can steal one or more /unar +urtain from him. $e sure to swap everyone in soyou can get the massive #% for them, too.

2hen your opponent is down under 5555 6% (well, let s say 7k ust in case), call 8ion for afinishing overdrive! -hor s 6ammer is good for 5555 damage (and an overkill nets you 9 eli8irs)!#n interesting note here: don t kill off the Negator if the 4ana $eam is immonent3 negator sealsthat magic as well! f negator is down when the mana beam is about to hit you, be sure to have"una swap in an aeon (or you may lose the whole party.) #gain, it s good to swap everyone in sothat they all get #% in this battle. #fter the whole series of cut scenes, you ll be in front of thetemple.

-o the right of the entrance is a chest with a 4ega %otion. f you want, you can actually headsouth and get some e8tra stuff here. f you opt to do so, please note that you * N*- 6#'E #6E#/E . really hope you ve been having ikku steal hi0potions (or you ve been stocking up atstores). outh (along the tiny, winding path, is a /v. ;


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insights into eymour s life. Now go through the door on the right. #fter a cut sceen, grab thechest in the back for 98 emedy, talk to the people here for 98 6i0%otion. id you see the catBid you step on itB 6ead out, save the game and go to the cloister of trials.

ighting eymour ome prep here. -he first two members of your party will be pulled into the battle. chose -idusand


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should head down a ramp.D. Grab the 4acalania phere from the front of the room (far right) and follow the pedistal

down the ramp.>. %lace the 4acalania phere in the recess on the pillar (not on the wall) at the bottom of the

ramp. Notice the two recesses on the far wall.C. emove the glyph sphere from the pedistal and place it in the left0most recess. # pillar

should rise up from that level to the ne8t one.. Go back up the ramp, grab the 4acalania phere that is on that pillar, and take it back

down the ramp.A. %ut it on the pedistal where you had the glyph sphere.7. hove the pedistal to the right, locking into the main collumn.5. 6ead back up the ramp and grab the 4acalania phere at the top of the ramp (the ramp

will go away).;?.%lace it in the recess of the final collumn. "ou should hear a sound and see a floor emblem

show up at the top of the main ramp.;;.6ead up there and step on it. -he movable pillar should now be right ne8t to you.;9.%ush it down the ramp 0 it s 4acalania sphere will become a destruction sphere, and the

pathway leading to the e8it will lose one panel 0 this is fine.;D. ollow it down, and step on the reset glyph on the floor close to where the pillar first

started out. -he pillar should reappear and have a glowing pink destruction sphere.;>.Grab the 4acalania phere from the center collumn and place it in the ramp recess (so that

you can go down the ramp).;C.Grab the destruction sphere and head down the ramp.; .%lace it in the final recess to reveal the chest3 grab the /uck phere.;A.-ake your pri@e. Get the estruction phere and head back up the ramp.;7.Hnfortunately, if you ust grab the 4acalania sphere from the ramp top and place it back

in the center collumn, and you can t 1uite get out. nstead, replace the destruct sphere onthe pedastal, and place the 4acalania sphere from the ramp into the recess on the far rightwall 0 this will respawn the ice that stops the column in the first step above.

;5.$efore we shove the pedastal down the ramp, though, we need to convert that destructionsphere into a 4acalania sphere. Go up the ramp and step on the emblam at the top of theramp. -he pedistal and pink destruction sphere should appear ne8t to you. %ush it downthe ramp.

9?.6ead down and step on the emblem near where you first found the pedistal. "ou can now push the pedistal to the right and it will be stopped by the ice.

9;.-ake the 4acalania sphere from the far right wall and place it in the ramp recess. hovethe pillar down the ramp, then to the right so it completes the column.

99. inally, head back up the ramp and take the ramp recess 4acalania sphere and place it

back in the center column.

2hen you leave the temple, you will be given a chance to save. suggest you take it, but that s upto you. f you ever can t get out, ust retrace your steps the the save point on the prior screen andgo through the steps again 0 e8cept don t step on the glowing emblem at the top of the ramp.

Neverending $attles 6ead up around the ramp, and hope your guys can beat these okers. n theory, you can get into aninfinite number of battles here. t s marginally good for leveling0up, but not much else. 2ell, guess you can have ikku try to steal some 4usk from the Evil Eye enemies. t s pretty useful forcustomi@ing your shields to add confuseproof block to them. f you have a controler with IturboIon it, you can ust put something heavy on the I8I and let -idus, ikku, and 2akka kill off badguys. t seemed like a fairly easy way to make a few levels. wouldn t let it go -** long, though,

ust because you re probably mostly filled up on spheres anyway.


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wouldn t suggest standing and fighting unless your guys can do over ;??? points of damage,though. #nd watch your aeons. "ou can lose em pretty 1uickly when the guys team up on you. #ssoon as you leave the temple look to your right. *pen the chest and take the mega0potion (if youdidn t get it before). f you re used all your overdrives on your #eons, take this opportunity torecharge them. 6ead away from the temple and take the right hand road. *pen the chest right after

the little bridge (if you missed it earlier), then head over the bridge and go down a little to the ne8tsave sphere. ave your game3 you may want to reset if things get out of hand here.

f you want to make this go really fast, get overdrives for at least two #eons. chose 8ion andfrit. -rust me 0 it s easier this way. 6ead down and watch out.

$oss $attle 6ave two *verdriven #eonsB 6ave -idus cast haste on "una, and have her summon 8ion.*verdrive to kill the two dudes. ismiss him. wap all characters in so everyone levels up. tealif you can. or "una s ne8t move, dispel the hellJ%rotect, then summon frit on her ne8t attackand kill him off. -hat s the easy way. on t have fully charged #eonsB -here s always the hardway...

-his battle can be pretty tough, but with proper planning it s simplicity itself. recommendstarting out with 2akka, -idus, and ikku. 6ave -idus start out with a 6astega (they re immuneto slow, so avoid that). Ne8t, have wakka use sleep buster on the two side guys. f it kills them,great! f not, they ll at least go to sleeep so they don t auto0potion. 6ave ikku steal one or more&0%otions from the 2endigo, then swap in "una to cast both Esuana (only if he s berserk) andispel (take out the hell and %rotect).

6ave -idus use delay attacks and have 2akka use dark attacks. -his should keep him from really

being able to attack you much. wap in your guys so every participates. f you have trouble withhim, put him to sleep and then cast fira a few times. 2hen he s down below >k 6%, call in an aeon(this is ice country, so call frit). f you build up an overdrive, use it 0 have the aeon cast special0Freflect, then special0Fcheer, then boost until you get an overdrive, then use it.

2hen you wake up, talk to everyone (save "una for last) and then after the cut scene, open thechest behind


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below, try the strategy provided. emember, any character who participates in battle gets &% 0 evenif all sJhe does is sit there 1uietly.

and 2orm: Hse haste on your guys. t s immue to slow, however. 6it him with %oison (bio) and amental break. Hse emi for a 1uick 5555 pts of damage. elay works on him, as does sleep, too (use sleep buster right before his turn to keep him from ever using a regular attack). =ust " : 6e ll

use an attack called wallow to eat one of your guys 0 sometimes when it s not even his turn. f thishappens, try to not kill him off until you get your guy back out (otherwise they won t get e8periencefrom the battle). "ou can also use dark on him to keep from getting hit by his normal attack. 8 6i%otions. *nce you pick it up, head back the other way and north to the ne8t screen. f you runacross enemies with chests, be sure to steal from the chests before killing off all the enemies! found Ethers and &0%otions this way.

2hen you get to anubia esert 0 +entral3 be sure to look around here. ind the chests: rom the entrance, follow the left wall to a chest in at the far left corner: 98 4ega0%otion. rom there, head right and slightly down to where long piece of rubble hiding a chest with

98 &0%otion. +ontinue right, and go slightly up (to the very middle of the plain) is a chest with >8 6i0

%otion. Hp and left from there is a save point 0 use it if you need to. -here s an #l $hed first aid kit behind the save point: 78 #l $hed %otion.

-here are two paths from the save point, the left one goes toward strong fiends (harder to kill, butmore #%). -he right path goes to an area of weaker fiends. -o the left, you can find the following:

ollow the left wall of this area to get a chest with an eli8ir. /eft of that is the 9nd half of thewords you saw written on the ruins of


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$hed %rimer vol &' near it. "ou re now #l $hed Hnydun. f you take the right e8it, ust go up alittle ways3 the first path heading left is where you would appear had you taken the Istrong fiendsI

path. *ff to the right is a stone with a picture of a cactaur on it3 you can safely ignore that for now.

t will become useful at a later date. ollow the left wall again and you should see a little umble of debris that forms an alcove.

f you have 558 6i0%otion alread, consider using them to give one of your aeons the +ureability, or ust healing your guys up all the way before opening the chest in this place3 itcontains 78 6i0%otion.

+ontinue to follow the left wall and you ll find another chest that s mostly hidden behindsome debris. -his one has D8 4ega0%otion.

+ontinue following the left wall and you ll eventually come to another chest. -his one has 98&0%otion.

ight and slightly down you ll find a couple of andragora enemies. *ne guards a 4egali8irin a chest. -he other, 98 -eleport phere.

ollow the red arrows. "ou should eventually come to a narrow opening that s blocked by aandragora. "ou will be unable to go around him, and this is a point of no return. f you want tocontinue to level0up or look for stuff, don t worry. "ou ll be able to get back to this area in a fewminutes. f /ulu has not at least reached the -hudaga sphere on the phere Grid, reallyrecommend you level her up until she does. f -idus and ikku hit their /v. D /ock, don t back trackalong the sphere grid yet 0 ust horde the sphere levels for now. ight the andragora and watch thecut scenes. " : -here s a mercury crest here off to the left. -his is part of ikku s ultimate weapon.-here s a rumor going around that you can t get until you ac1uire the airship, but ve been able toget it when first get here. eturn and come all the way here to get it.

efending #l $hed 2elcome to 6ome. /earn something interesting about ikku thereB he s +id s daughter. 2ait asec... 2asn t some guy named +id "una s uncleB 6mm... oes that make "una and ikku+ousinsB!B $efore you head into the dome, remember to pick up the #l $hed %rimer vol. & & here,on the left, save, and uh, go back outside and level up, if you want. /*/. -he bombs that show upas soon as you enter the dome are e8tremely sensitive to bli@ard magic. :) "ou ll also run intorandom encouters with two ual 6orn enemies. usually kill off the Guado first, then the ual6orns. f you have trouble with them, consider using ark #ttack. "ou can steal a mega potion,$-2. -he flying enemies here cause +onfuse sometimes. 4ake sure not to leave /ulu confused fora full round, or she may attack you with magic. "ou can lancet elf estruct from them, too, if youhaven t already done so. I-alkI to the recently deceased for a few 6i0%otions, then save. ollowikku and the others through the first door. *n the ne8t screen, head through the door ahead.

ollow everyone else down the stairs, then turn around and go back up the stairs (get the chest with>8 #l $hed %otion at the bottom of the stairs) and through the door on the left. ight the guys insideand open the chests ( ee the M below if you don t know enough #l $hed.) "ou can also obtain the #l$hed %rimer vol. && here. 6ead back down the stairs and to the left to find a save sphere you canuse, but *N - go through the doorway there (you won t be able to come back). -he center path(right from the save sphere) has a chest in it with 8 #l $hed %otion. -ake the path to the right. #tthe end of the hallway is #l $hed %rimer vol. && . -hrough the doorway here, you ll get a kill andpecial sphere, (if you don t know #l $hed, see the MM note below) as well as an #l $hedcompilation sphere.

2hen you re ready to advance the plot, head through the doorway to the left of the save sphere.$eat the +hemera and head to the lowest level. -here are two chests here (/v.9


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stairs you ust came down.) 2hen you ve got them, go down one through the door on the right. nthe far left corner of this room, there is one chest with ;?,??? Gil. #fter a lot of cut scenes (youshould probably watch them3 these are kind of important.) 6ead through the last door (lower rightcorner), down the walkway and up the stairs, onto the airship.

#irship! 4ore cut scenes, and you can wander around the ship. f you leave the bridge and take the first leftyou come to (from -idus point of view, that is) you can find another one of those #l $hedcompilation spheres. f you ve collected all the #l $hed primers in a previous game, pop in thememory card and scan it. -he ne8t time you talk to in, -idus will converse in fluent #l $hed."ou ll also get 558 Hnderdog s ecret. Hsing D? of these on a weapon will give it the I ouble*verdriveI skill. ell off anyJall e8tra weapons you ve managed to pick up. ( f you want, you cansign up rin to play for your blit@ball team. don t know if he s any good.) #nother screen up fromthat is a mother and child al bhed. f you look at the mini0map, you ll see the ability to head lefthere. Go there and try to talk to onna a few times. 2hen she asks if she should 1uit, say, I ure,sounds good to me!I "ou ll be treated to a few e8tra sceens later on.

#fter wandering around for a while, you can return to the bridge. Now talk to +id, then brother (he sat the far end of the bridge). -alk to +id, then ikku until she repeats herself, then /ulu. "ou maywant to choose to heed her advice to have either -idus or ikku learn some magic. t s not the endof the world if you don t, though. n any event, both -idus and ikku are going to 1uickly run upagainst a /v. D /ock. #t this poing in the game, you won t have any /v. D pheres, "ou can,however, use a -eleport phere to teleport to the -hundaga (not -hundara!) sphere that /ulu ustfilled in. -hat lets em learn -hundaga, iraga, $li@@aga, 2aterga, and 6% L 9??. Not bad ump, if do say so myself. 6ere s the thing, though. -idus uses his 4% for 1uick hit, and ikku uses her 4%for mug. o it s up to you, but if you do MdoM opt to send one of the them, be sure to have learneduick 6it (-idus) and $ribe ( ikku). -o be perfectly honest, ust let them stop at the /v. D /ockand accrue phere /evels. 2hen you get to 4t Gaga@et, you should be able to get lots of /v D. plus;. 9nd is A minus ;. 9rd is D ties ;. >th is 9 plus ;. "ou should get a special sphere here.

$ickanel: eturning /ater "ou ll want to come back to $ickanel sland later on in the game. ee the Gatekeepers ide uestection for more information about the fun kinds of things you can do here!

Bevelle+on1uering the 2yrm 2hen fiends attack the ship, head toward the hull of the ship (head to the bottom of the screen asmany times as you can, then head up the stairs and toward the top of the screen). 2hen you are told


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to fight the wyrm, save at the save point there and head to the top of the screen. -alk to the guys onthe deck there for some potions. in s wares are totally worthless here, so don t bother purchasinganything ust yet. 2ell, maybe not -*-#//" useless. f you have >C?? Gil to blow, you mightconsider buying up to 55 antidotes and customi@ing your shields to add poison wards.Hnfortunately, you cannot poison proof. "ou may also want to make sure you have ;C09? #ntidotesand ;C09? ofts on hand. #ctually, the softs are probably a bad idea. 6ave ikku IuseI the #l $hed

potions to cure poison. t will cure everyone s poison and also give ;??? 6% back to everyone. "ouMcanM hit him with a ark #ttack, so you may want to consider that.

like to start this battle with -idus, ikku, and #uron. -idus has a I irst trikeI weapon, whichallows me to cast 6astega right out of the gate. 3) also like to use /uck and +heer. uickhit by ahasted -idus can do E *H damage to this guy. ikku can steal a water gem (or two, or ten, orwhatever).


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off, and press the direction you want to go, and tap I&I when you are on the green glyph. or onesthat are moving fast, mash a lot and pray (a IturboI controller can really help out here). -he firstthing you ll do is press I&I to confirm the IdirectionI (meaning you want to start.)

;. /evel ;: -here are three arrows here3 all are along a straight path. "ou ll be on a moving platform heading down the path.

-ake the 9nd set of arrows first (you want to go left). Grab the $evelle phere here and put it on the pedistal. hove the pedistal back toward the path to continue. "ou ll turn left automatically. $utton mash at the end of the path, and you should turn around. -ake another left when you get to the first path (it s straight across from where you

ust got the $evelle phere). emove a $evelle phere from the pedistal here and place it in the recess3 you

should see a pathway light up. f not, take the sphere back, and try again. hove the pedistal onto the path again, but this time let yourself fall of the edge by

not mashing &. "ou ll start out back at the top. -ake the first right you come to (button mash).

9. /evel 9: -he platform will pause and you ll see I+onfirm irectionI instructions. 2ait forthe arrow to point straight ahead, and press &. "ou will continue on to /evel D.

D. /evel D: "ou ll decend down another path and around a corner. 2hen the platform stops, go around the pedistal and grab the $evelle phere. %lace it on the pedistal. hove the pedistal back onto the path3 you ll head back up to /evel 9.

>. /evel 9: "ou ll go back around the corner and up to /evel 9, where you made a directionchoice earlier.

-his time, wait for the arrow to point right, then press &. -ake the very last path you come to (there are three). ON*-E: f you are going too

fast and cannot manage to ump off, you ll Ifall offI the edge and end up back at theI+onfirm irectionI platform. -his time you are facing down the path, so choose the

path straight ahead. f you continue to be moving to fast, you can slow yourself down by taking the first path, then immediately pushing the pedistal back on the path.P

2hen you manage to take the path at the end of this path, remove one of the $evellepheres from the %edistal and place it on the phere haped ecess to your left. #

path should open up. gnore it for now3 push the pedital back onto the path whereyou came from. "ou ll Ifall offI the edge, and appear back at the Iconfirm directionI

platform for this level. -his time, choose the straight path, then take the 9nd path you come to (it will be to

the right). #s before, if you are going to fast, you can use the - path to slowyourself down.

#t the end of this path is a Glyph phere. emove it from the 2all and place it onthe pedistal.

hove the pedistal back onto the path you came from. "our platform will return to the main path and head right. "ou want to 1uickly start

mashing & so you can stop at the final path again. emember this path (that told you to ignore earlier)B emove the G/"%6 sphere

(don t accidentally take the $evelle phere!) from the pedistal and place it in therecess at the end of this path.

# path should open up and provide you access to the destruction sphere. Get it, and

place it on the pedistal. hove the pedistal back onto the moving path. *nce again, you ll fall of the edge,

choose the straigh path, and once again take the E+*N path (where you found the


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glyph sphere). on t forget you can use the first path to slow down, if you need. ee the recess where you found the Glyph sphere earlierB emove the estruction

phere (the pinkish one) from the pedistal and place it in that recess. "ou should seea short cut scene that doesn t really make any sense3 don t worry about it.

hove the pedistal back onto the path, and take the last right. Grab the bevelle sphere here and place it on the pedistal. hove the pedistal, fall off the edge, choose to go forward, and this time take that

- right. 2hen the pedistal stops, shove it toward the bottom of the screen (so it continues

along the same direction it was traveling). "ou should now follow a weird >C degree angled path up a steep slope to the bottom

of a stair way. 2alk up the stairs.

-here is a chest here with an 6% sphere. Grab that and watch the chest dissapear. "ou should alsohave -2* bevelle spheres on the pedistal. Go get one, and put it in the recess at the top of thescreen, and you should see a path light up. tep on the glowing thing that was hidden under the

chest you got the 6% sphere out of. 2hen the pedistal shows up, push it left to cross over and getthe


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eventually end up at the glyph in the upper left corner of the map.;C.2hen -6#- one is glowing and pointing west, step on it to get to the hidden area. "ou

should get a kill phere in one chest and a /ucid ing in another chest. # third, hiddenchest contains ;?,??? Gil. E8amine all parts of the gate blocking the path east to find thisone.

; .Hse the teleports to go back to ave %oint -wo (two umps east from the treasure room),

then save. $efore heading north, really recommend you do a little #eon modding. f youspent the time to steal from cactaur0style enemies (on the -hunder %lains and $ickanelsland), you should have enough stolen chocobo feathers to teach haste. -each that andcheer, aim, focus, and refle8. 2hen ready ("ou have a complete set of fully charged #eons,rightB!B), head north one screen.

6ead to the top of the ma@e. "ou will meet up with ssaru. "ou now have to do summon battles. had a fully charged group of #eons with overdrives.

$attle ;: 6e calls an frit type #eon. called $ahamut. ince he was charged, had him use*verdrive 4egaflare. nstant *verkill with about 9C< amage.

$attle 9: 6e calls a 'alifor type #eon. called $ahamut. had $ahamut 6aste, then cheer, thenrefle8. #fter that, ust attacked until he was dead (another overkill). 6e couldn t touch my$ahamut. f you haven t modded your aeon to have haste, etc, try this strategy: $oost until you getan overdrive and use that. #s soon as his valifor gets an overdrive, shield against energy ray. "oureally shouldn t have any trouble with %terya.

$attle D: -his time he calls a $ahamut type #eon. ince could not call $ahamut, called a fullycharged 'alefor and used Energy ay for 5555. ismiss and call a fully charge frit. 6ellfire for

5555. ismiss and call a fully charged 8ion. -hor s 6ammer for 5555 and another overkill. 6is$ahamut never got in a shot. : 6owever, if you re unlucky enough to have "una take the brunt of a4egaflare, then you re pretty much hosed. on t let that happen. f his countdown goes to ;, be sureto leave an #eon to take the blunt of that attack. t will do over 9k in damage, almost certainlyenough to kill her.

2aterworld "ou are now -idus. emember that conversation with /ulu about having ikku or -idus learningsome magicB t was for this area. f you did that, ust use thundaga on these guys. ince don ttypically go that route, ll also tell you how to get past all these enemies without using magic. aveand then head right if you want to buy stuff. -hat treasure chest is a store. Go straight, then head left

at the fork. 6ave ikku use grenades on these okers, and have tidus use delay attacks on*ctopuses. $lind the *cto if you need to. ighting the really big enemy here is actually pretty [email protected] t both with openning the locks on the gate. f you do that twice he can t strike back3 he ll do faraway attacks, and you can use #l $hed potions to keep your guys healthy. $ut really, this guy isK*4$ E . o you have a couple of &0%otions handyB -hink they might be useful at a time likethis...B : =ust hit him with -2* and he s a gonner with an overkill for 98 $lk 4agic phere.-here s a chest at the bottom of the ne8t area up. Grab it for a rematch. #round the corner is anotherchest with an #venger. +ontinue swimming around a few more corners. f you have trouble leaving,you may have to swim toward the bottom. #fter a /*- of cut scenes, we ll have control of thecharacters again.

6ighbridge ave your game and head back down the highbridge to help


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enemies here 0 $oss: eymour Natus (D ,??? 6%) and $ossO;P:4ortibody (>??? 6%).

teal some tetra elemental. rom eymour, that is. 2hen the battle first started for me, had -idus6aste "una. -hen called three aeons ('alifore, then frit, then $ahamut) and had them use theiroverdrives. ince these do 5555 each on the lower ones, and between ;;k and D?k using $ahamut,it finished him off fairly 1uickly. *h, and got >8 /. 9

(Even if you were with me, could never forget). -alk about an inferiority comple8. Gee@. t s nowonder this kid is so screwed up. Now we re done and it s time for the comercial break. 6eh heh.=ust kidding. Now, why is


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can find #l $hed %rimer vol. && .

=ust North from that you can begin training +hocobos, but be sure you have the +elestial 4irror(see misc side 1uests section) before you start this! -alk to the guy, listen to his e8planation of thecontrols, and make sure your chocobo goes between him and the chocobo there. "ou ll get aneli8ir, and you ll be able to both use this one whenever you want, #N keep training. -ie or beat

your time, and you should get an &0%otion. *nce you get the &0%otion, use the odging +hocobogame and beat his ; .7 time to get a /v. ;


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level up much in places like $esaid or


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in the #rena side 1uests, it will be very useful indeed. "ou ll also run across a Nidhogg with twoark Elementals. elay $uster one of the elementals, then #rmor $reak L #ttack the other. "oudon t want two of those guys draining all your 4%.

#nother enemy you ll run into is a 4agic Hrn. t has 555,555 6%. "ou re not going to defeat it."ou attack it in one of it s various eyes 0 C in all, forming an & pattern. 2hen the battle starts, the

game randomly choses an Eye. f you attack the correct one, he rewards you with a treat. f youhit the wrong one, he blows up and does MseriousM damage to low0level parties. f you re lowlevel, recommend ust fleeing. f you can take it, the most likely eye he ll choose is the centerone. f you re lucky, you ll get a %hoeni8 own, tamina -ablet, or even an Eli8ir. Ne8t, attack theupper right eye. Ne8t, attack the upper left. t s pretty unlikely you ll get this far, but if you do,you ll keep getting cool items.

2hen fought the -horn enemies, used bahamut to knock down most of their 6%, then capturedthem. f $ahamut kills them in one shot, then use a different #eon. f you use frit, their iraattacks will heal rather than harm him. 3) "ou can steal an Ether from em, too 0 if you ve got theright armor to fend off the resulting counter attack. =ust use valifor s sonic wings attack on any4alboros you come to. or Ghosts, have -idus use delay attack to stall, and then 1uick hit to

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sure the arrow is pionting north (up). f it s not, step off and step back on. 4ake sure it s notaccidentally pointing *2N. F.F "eah... f you point it north, you ll end up in the +hamber ofthe ayth. "ou ll have to make a strategy decision. "ou imbo works best in MreallyM hard battles(meaning boss battles). #s such, my strategy is to chose the last option I-o defeat the most

powerful of enemies.I

f you opt to bargain with him, you ll get inferior results, so if you actually want to use him, don t really recommend that. 6e askes 9C????. -his can make it difficult if you don t have a lot ofGil, but if you ve been collecting fiends, you sould be in 'E " good shape. 6eck, even though haven t been collecting fiends up until this poing, ve got over ??k Gil. paid him double(C??,??? 0 the smallest amount you can pay to get him to do serious damage on the relativelycheep side of things). #fter that, any ;?9C payment results in a decent attack. Name it and claimit, boys!

#fter agreeing on a price, you ll be back in the antechamber. couldn t get the dial to point backinto the +hamber of the ayth after this, so ust teleport back to the entrance. 6ead outside andsave to ensure you can keep you new friend! $efore moving on, head right and grab the I ustywordI down the little path there (if you haven t already). Now either head to Gaga@ett, or gofight $elgemine ( ee misc side 1uests).


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Mount Gagazet

Ronso vs. RonsoWhen you first reach the mountain, you will e accosted y the Ronso. !ventually you willleave with their lessing. "ou almost certainly need to sell #or uy $ ut these are %retty lame&wea%ons, or get some items, there's a sho% in the lower right corner of this screen. ( was a lea le to sell off all the wea%ons)armor ( didn't need and earn ack a out *+ of what ( s%enton "o-im o. Going into this ne t area re/uires some strategy, so e sure you read the ne tlittle it carefully. (f you do this wrong, you'll get some weak cra% stuff. But if you do this0right0, you'll get enough Lv. 1 2ey 3%heres to kee% your guys awesome.

4 little %re% work here can go a long way. "ou'll e fighting a one$on$one attle here, so noteing ready can e %retty costly. 3et 2imahri's overdrive mode to 3toic. ( like to reorder myitems to make this easier. ( %ut the following near the to% #if you don't have enough, ('ll listalternates, too&5

6$7otion #or 8i$7otion& Choco o 9eather #re/uires :use: s%ecial $ no alternates&

!ther #or ;ur o !ther $ ut try not to waste those


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=nce you have things organized, talk to everyone, then 00034>!000, and then head u% themountain. When 2imahri gets in a fight, lancet every last skill out of these guys< ;hey haveL=;3 of cool a ilities. ?se 6$7otions, your :use: skill #if you have it& and White Wind to stayalive. ( like using Choco o 9eathers and Light Curtains for 8aste and 7rotect too. ;he %ointof this fight is to stay in as long as %ossi le. (f you stay in long enough, 2imahri will learnoverdrive mode :loner.: 8eh, heh. 2imahri can lancet several skills here, ut the most

im%ortant are5 White Wind and Mighty Guard

When the attle first starts, :use: your Choco o 9eather and Light)Lunar Curtain to get8aste and 7rotect)3hell. (f you have the mug skill, attem%t to mug "enke Ronso. Biran will

-um% in front of you and you'll get the Lv. 1 2ey 3%heres from him. 7ay attention to who useswhich 3kills $ lancet for stuff you don't have. When your 87 gets down into the "ellow, esure to use your 6$7otions. ( like to alternate etween steel and lancet. When either Biran or"enke talks, you should e a le to steal again. 4ctually, ( think that's the key here. !ven when( kee% using Lancet on them, unless they've recently talked to 2imahri, ( don't get anythingnew. 4s far as ( can tell, you can win a total of *@ Lv. 1 2ey 3%heres here $ so kee% count. 4fteryou've got them all, there's no sense continueing to steel. (t's %ossi le you can win more, ut inmore than one game that was the ma imum ( could get, so ('m assuming that's an u%%er limit.

Lancet until you get nothing, then steel. "our %rotect and 8aste do not a%%ear to wear off,which is a ma-or cool thing< =nce you've learned Mighty Guard from a Lancet, use your ne toverdrive to try it out. Aow those elemental$ ased attacks don't do anything to you< Well, forone attack, that is. (f you have mug, use that, otherwise attack sometimes and try to weakenthem. "ou want to get them down to around ++ or so. ;hen, when you get an overdrive, usesome non$elemental thing to overkill them. Remem er they cover each other, so e sure towait until they are a%%art efore hitting $ you don't want to accidentally kill off the wrong onewith a weak attack. Lancent is a good way to lower their 87 y small increments $ whenthey're elow * ++ 87 and a critical hit could kill them instantly. Remem er, the key here isto stay alive long enough to get great stuff. !ventually, though, they'll sto% having those Lv. 12ey 3%heres and lancet$a le overdrives. 4t that %oint, -ust wait for your overdrives and useseed cannon to kill 'em off. But don't -ust defend $ use steal to wait. ?nless you've eenleveling u% /uite a it, though, overkills are %retty tough on these guys. Don't other infectingthem with status ailments $ they're immune #no Bad Breath&.

"ou'll get either a 9riend or a Return s%here from these guys #or two if you overkill them&.Without a lot of leveling u%, ( was una le to easily overkill either "enke or Biran. =nce ( got a3orcery ;arge and a Baro/ue 3word from this attle. 4nother time ( got two identical 3orcery4rmlets. (t seems like you should always get, you know, 02imahri0 wea%ons and armor from

this attle... Whatever. 5D "ou know, ( wanna see this statue of "una. With her ig ol' horn...heh heh. 4fter all this is over, you might consider saving. Eust in case.


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Walkin' in a Winter Wonderland"ou'll want to use this area to charge your aeons, ut don't worry a out that until you'veca%tured *+ of whatever enemy you're facing. 9or e am%le, once you have *+ Grenadesca%tured, you can ring in your 4eons to charge and kill these guys off. (t's a good way tosave your magic for when you really need it keysphere. 2ee. #nyway, let s leave this entry way and continue on.

Continuing in Sin 6ead down the path until you see a bridge looking shiny piece of floor. top *N it, an it becomes an elevator. *pen the chest at the top for a >0on0;. 2hen you get back on the elevator, pay attention to the blue shiny section of floor ust

beyond you. 2hen you get to the bottom, go and use it. "ou ll push over the collumn and get access to

#N*-6E chest. "ou get: -he defending bracer! 4oving right along we ll come to a room with two glowing floor pieces and a glyph on a

wall. 6ead to into the little pit. -here s a chest with 9?,??? gil in it, and a glowing floor piece. tep on the floor piece, but don t fall off! =ust kidding. "ou can t fall off. -here s an 6%

sphere in the chest at the top here. # little farther on is a efense phere, too. Now get on the little blue s1uare ne8t to the last chest. -hat s both the s1uares in the room. Go to the upper left corder of the room and there s a glyph on the wall. -ouch it to get access to a little room with a chest in it. Get the 4egali8ir. +ontinue on and you ll find a room where collumns pop up out of the floor. ince you can t continue on, let s head left (toward the top of the screen).

*nce the little draw bridge drops you down, you can t get back up. 2ell, that s not reallytrue. "ou ust have to leave the pit here and then come back to it. # little farther on, then screen will change, and you ll hit a save sphere. "ou can turn left (top of the screen) or continue on. ince left will end the game, let s go on

for now. *n the ne8t screen, keep umping down to obtain the I/aevateinI from the chest at the

bottom. "ou ll have to go back the way you came. 2hen you get to the save sphere, save.

The "oint o# $% R&T'R$ -*%! "ou can t go back from here. *nce you start this section, you are on the way to destruction...

No wait, wrong game. *nce you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destin... Nowait, that s a movie. *nce you go down this path, you +#NN*- go back. ("eah, that s what meantto say...) f you are the kind of person who likes side 1uests, N 6 #// E HE - beforegoing this way. *


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ems alore2hen you touch the big cylendar thing, you ll be telepored inside it. rom here, run around lookingfor ;? gems. n the mean time, try not to hit the ice collumns that pop up. or this game, oneshowed up right in front of me. -hen ust walked left and down until saw the ne8t one. -heyseem to go in a counter clock wise circle around the cylander that was teleported into. f you don tget them 1uick enough, they disappear. 2hen you have ;?, you will be teleported to the final

confrontation with =echt.

2hen the cut scene stops, you ll have the ability to move. 4ake sure you are all healed up andready to fight. E1iup your baddest weapons and armor 0 don t forget to use all your ability points, ifyou have any left. 6aste your guys at the beginning, then go for it. teal a megali8ir, some turboether, etc. used holy on the /eft and ight "u %agoda and made them stop. -his will keep themfrom powering him up.

2hen he gets to @ero hit points, (it was a single 55,555 mug from -idus3 found that gratifying)he ll pull a sword out of his chest and then suprise!!! 6e s got all his hit points again. $eat him again(D8 55,555 hits for the overkill)... #nd after a few cut scenes you have to summon your aeons.efeat your difficult ones first, using other aeons, if you must. on t worry about dying, as youhave perm0auto0life. f you have break ma8 damage barier, you ll find this rather easy. f you have aweapon with ensor enabled, by the way, you can read each #eon s personal good bye message.

ince had a bunch of weapons that can have $reak amage /imit, ust kicked butt. "una will cry between each battle, but you know she secretly likes hurting her aeons. :) $ut digress. re1uently.#nyhow, you like that auto life functionB +ool, huhB Given the level my guys were at, overkilledall the #eons before any of them got any hits. -hen again, d finished my #rena section too, so guess it s to be e8pected. *nce you beat all your aeons, you ll get to fight "u. 6e s tough. f youhave break ma8 damage barrier, you ll be fine. *therwise, this can suck. got him wiht a single55,555 overkill. : used #uron, for ma8imum irony. 6ere s a few tips:

;. "ou can cast shell on him to reduce the ammount of health he get s from his curaga.9. f you double cast flare or ultima, you can do 555589 on him, an he ll only cure for ;J> of

that.

&pilogue*nce you defeat him, you ll see the impact this has on everyone around the world. *h never mind,

ust watch the cutscenes. f you don t know what something means, ust think for a while. "ou llfigure it out eventually. *h alright. *ne more thing. 2atch the credits. #ll of them. 3) 2hen you seethe words I-he End,I Stop( That is enough( 3) (Hnless you d like to listen to the music again.)

+ongratulations. Now it s time to play &09. 3)

% : -hat end se1uence took me e8actly ; hour 0 with no ma8 damage break

4rena#rena ntro 2hen you first get to the calm lands, head to the #rena structure, located to the very far eastof the little hut in the middle. -alk to the man there to begin your fiends capturing days. 6e lltell you he needs you to capture at least one of every fiend in the calm lands. $uy someweapons that have the IcaptureI attribute (well, for -idus, 2akka, #uron, and


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#vailable Enemies: 4ushussu, and 2olf, #lcyone, Ku, and 2orm, +actuar.

4i ihin 6ighroad on t forget a few things about this area. -he are many areas here: outh End, outh oad,+entral oad, New oad, and *ldroad. ome enemies are only found on a few screens.2hen you capture them all,


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#vailable Enemies: kill, Nebiros, lame lan, hred, #nacondaur, *gre, +oeurl, +himera$rain, 4alboro.

-emple of the tolen ayth didn t notice anything obvious about where these guys were located. Note, however, thatGhosts are vulnerable to elay attacks and ire. =ust make your way in between the save

points until you have everything you need. "ou may have trouble finding one or more ofthem, though. took a while before stumbled across a -onberry (triple foul works well onhim), for e8ample. f you run across a 4agic %ot, ust run3 that s my advice.

#nyway, once you do manage to get at least one of all of them, he should make an on-onberry, and you ll get ilver 6ourglass 8>?.

#vailable Enemies: effender (cannot be captured), +oeurl, 4alboro, Nidhogg, arkElement, Epaa , -horn, Ghost, "owie, 'alaha, mp, -onberry (Green oom, 9nd chamber).

4ount Gaga@ette "ou can fight all the same creatures inside the mountian as you can fight outside 0 and thensome. 2ell, e8cept for Grenades. *nce you have captured a bunch of grenades, you can waituntil you ve finished this area. 2hich is to say, don t bother trying to capture everything*H- E before going inside. 2hen you get some of each, he ll make you a +atoblepas andgive you the $lossom +rown.

#vailable Enemies: Nidhogg, mp, Grat, Grenade, $andersnatch, $ashura, $ehemoth,4andoragora, ark lan, Grendel, #hriman, 4aelspike (underwater), #chelous

(underwater), plasher (underwater).

*mega uins $ring one of each of these, and you ll get esigner 2allet 8 ? and a 'orban.#vailable Enemies:efender K: (Hse #rmor $reak! 2eaken them, then use $ahamut s mpulse for *verkill.)-reasure: (Hse 4ug to get something but not let out a monster).Kaurus: (easy)4achea: (2ill poison you with each attack.)loating eath: ($e sure to steal 4usk from this guy3 you can make confuse proof)6alma: (Hse #rmor $reak!)emonolith: (Hse #rmor $reak3 +ounters with I%haro s +urseI for +urese, %oison,arkness, ilence)pirit: ( ometimes counters with confuseJpoison mist)%uroboros: ($etter do a /*- of damage so they don t e8plode3 armor break and 98 tripplefoul)$lack Element: (#rmor break. 2hen you ve got a complete set, be sure to use armor break

before calling $ahamut for mpulse *verkill.)4aster +oeurl: (Easy)Great 4alboro: ( eriously, Ibad breathI sucks. $ring in 'alefor and use onic 2ings.)'aruna: ($eware eath)

#damantoise: (Hse #rmor $reak!)4aster -onberry:($ahamut is your friend if doing an overkill. *therwise, he ll use I'oodooI


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to kill off your #eons.)2raith: ("our aeons are immune to doom and death3 have them weaken this guy.)

in

inish off the enemies here to get access to all but one monster in the arena (you have to beateverything in the arena to get access to the last one).

#vailable Enemies:#hriman: ;?v ( ea of orrow, +ity of ying reams)#damantoise: ;?v ( ea of orrow, +ity of ying reams)Gemini: ;?v ( ea of orrow, +ity of ying reams)E8oray: ;?v ( ea of orrow, +ity of ying reams)emonolith: ;?v (+ity of ying reams)Great 4alboro: ;?v (+ity of ying reams)2raith: ;?v (+ity of ying reams)$ahemoth


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pecies +on1uest 2hen you collect one of each -"%E of enemy, you ll enable him to start creating pecies+on1uest enemies. "ou ll get neat pri@es for these, too. :Enemy Hnlock for teal 2inenrir +hocobo eather 855 +hocobo eather #gility phere*rnitholestes tamina pring 855 ename +ard Gambler s pirit%tery8 4ega %hoeni8 855 moke $omb Evasion phere6ornet BBB %oison ang #ccuracy phere'idatu 4ana pring 855 /ightning Gem, 4ana -onic 4% phere*ne0Eye tamina -ablet 8 ? $lessed Gem, /unar +urtain 4agic ef phere=umbo lan -win tars 8 ? 4ana -ablet, /unar +urtain 4agic phere

Nega Elemental tar +urtain 855 tar +urtain -win tars 89-anket Gold 6ourglass 855 /ight +urtain, /unar +urtain efense phere

afnir %urifying alt 855 tamina pring, Gold 6ourglass /ight +urtain 89?leep prout 6ealing pring %oison ang, arplane 2ind -eleport phere$omb . 8 55,555 hits). "ou can steal moke $ombs from him. efeating him netsyou 98 #mulet (>8 with overkill).

4alboro 4enace : et all your characters to be able to withstand +onfuse and $erserk.


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arplane 2ind to add eathstrike to a weapon or eathproof to a shield.

+atoblepas : teal 6ealing prings, if you want, then summon $ahamut. 6asteJ%rotect, thenattack. 8 attack for *verkill. $eware his Hltima inishing 4ove. #fter he s dead, he ll castit. or this reason, like to have an #eon do the finishing blow. 2inning nets you a -hreetars, 98 for *verkill.

#baddon : teal some purifying salt, then take him down. C or 55,555 hits and he s gone.2in a 4ana -ablet (98 wJ overkill).

'orban : teal 6ealing prings, if you want. +all $ahamut, use 6asteJ%rotect. A 55,555 foroverkill. 2inning nets you a riend phere, 98 for *verkill.

3%ecies Con/uest

enrir : teal +hocobo eathers if you need, then call in the #eons. on t bother with 6aste,etc, angs of 6ell will kill them off. Go after him with one aeon after another, and have yourother characters try to land a hit using I1uick hit.I even had to use "o imbo on this guy. ;95Gil each time. 6e seemed to be able to dodge the angs of 6ell attack, and all his otherattacks did 5,555 to the enrir. wish he had the break damage limit by default. t wasn t acheap battle, but it 2# interesting how he could dodge. -he angs of +haos attack seems todo a percentage of damage, because once you are down to ; 6%, it does KE *. 2inning netsyou an #gility phere. assume overkill is 89, but didn t get one. :

*rnitholestes : 2ithout a E#//" powerful #eon, this guy is tough! Even 2 -6 a powerful $ahamut, this guy is hard. was able to beat this guy before a lot of leveling up, but only by the skin of my teeth. -his guy s %oison -ouch attack will nearly kill any #eon(and any character). f you are lucky, he ll use rain -ouch, which isn t nearly as powerful. used $ahamut plus 6aste, %rotect, efle8. 6e dodged all my attacks. $ecause regular hitsdon t seem to work on him, had to resort to 4ega0 lare and impulse, but only when he gotno more than two turns after words. *smose is your friend here. $e sure you keep carefultrack of how many turns you have left, and how many turns 6E has left in any given round.t took a fairly long time. 2ith a powerful $ahamut, the battle was basically curaga, impulse0 repeat. t took 58 55,555 attacks to kill him. 2inning nets you 98 Gambler s pirit, >8 for*verkill.

%tery8: -his enemy can ambush you with $eak of 2oe, which causes curse. f you needyour overdrives to beat him, you d better have some 6oly 2ater items handy. teal smoke

bombs or +andle of /ife, if you want. call in $ahamut and do 98 55,555 for an overkill.2inning nets you 98 Evasion phere 0 98 for *verkill. " : like to go after this guy to earna whole mess of evasion spheres, then have my guys all teleport to the top left corner, andstart placing the evasion spheres in the blank areas, until my guys all have their evasion at9CC.

6ornet : 4ug some %oison angs andJor purifying salt, then call in your #eons. 8 55,555and he s gone.


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'idatu : teal /ightning Gems, then call in $ahamut and 6aste up. -his guy has pretty goodarmor, so recommend using IcheerI on him, too. #fter that, it was only > hits for me to killhim off. "ou should score an 4% sphere when you beat him (98 if you overkill him).+hances are pretty good, by the time you get here, that your guys already have 555 4%.Hnless you have the $reak 4% /imit skill on a piece of armor, you probably won t needmany of these.

*ne0Eye : teal some /unar +urtain, if you need, then call in the #eons. t only took acouple of 55,555 hits to kill him off. "ou should get a 4agic ef phere (98 with overkill).

=umbo lan : -his guy is E#//" tough. 2hen you ve got #nima, teach him haste andcuraga, then bring him in for this fight. 6aste him, and have him use %ain. 6eal with +uragawhen re1uired. t took me ;> hits to kill him off. f he casts reflect on your guy, be H E todispel it! "ou don t want him casting regen back on himself!!! "ou should get a magic sphere(98 with overkill).

Nega Elemental : f you hit this guy, he ll retaliate with Hltima. $e able to withstand it! recommend $ahamut with 6aste. *n my $ahamut, his Hltima retaliation only did about;;C? dmg, and he spent his whole time using *smoseJ rain. Hsing egen, was able to stayalive long enough to take him out. "ou should get 98 -win tars (>8 for overkill). "ou canuse these to add I6alf 4% +ostI to armor.

-anket : -his enemy has a pretty hefty attack. teal /unar +urtains, if you want. $e sure tohasteJprotect wether you use characters or aeons. called in $ahamut and did a lot ofsmacking. 6e eventually used his Irush attackI skill, which continues to smack until such atime as one or more of your character or aeons are dead. -hree enemies with $reak amageadd0ons to the weapons is a $ G plus here, as your best bet is to kill him $E * E he gets anattack. : 6it him with ;? 55,555 attacks to kill him off. "ou l get a efense phere for

beating him (98 with overkill).

afnir : -his guy has a -ripple #ttack that really sucks. 6e can ump in and attack in themiddle of your turns, it appears (or it could have been a glitch3 only seems to happen on the#eons). t could also be that tripple attack is using two of your turns. on t use shell to tryand ward off his tripple attack, it ust makes your curaga less useful. f you can t beat himwith one good aeon, you re not going to like this battle before you have the ultimateweapons. 3) =ust " : 6e s immune to delay. "*u can mugJsteal a Gold 6ourglass from him.

f you ve got the ultimate weapons, 6astaga and uick 6it. ;9 8 55,555 for the kill. "ou llget 9?8 /ight +urtain (>?8 with overkill!) -each all your #eons %rotect, *


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=uggernaut : teal /unar +urtain, then summon, haste, and protect $ahamut. o about ;90;D 55,555 dmg attacks to kill him off. "ou should get a trength phere (98 if overkill).

ronclad : Hser #rmor $reak to stand half a chance. f you have Ievade and counterI add0ons to weapons, use that, too. +all in #nima and have him use pain. f "una s evade is at 9CC,it s likely ronclad s eppageki cannot touch him. "ou should get an 6% phere if you win(98 with overkill).

=riginal

Earth Eater : teal a gambler s spirit, but don t mug. : -his guy counter attacks with aE#//" nasty Imegaton punchI that can seriously ruin your day. 6is standard attack is

pretty nasty, too. +all in $ahamut and hit him to knock him over. -he hasteJprotectJfocus,

and go after him. 6e ll counter with lare now. Hse your healing magics to stay alive. t tookabout 9? or so C?,???L dmg hits to take him out. $e sure to swap everyone in for this battle,though 0 it s worth >?k #%, and that s 2 -6*H- an overkill!!! "ou should get a ortunephere for killing him (98 for overkill).

Greater phere : -his guy counter s with Hltima, so pay attention. 6e s also got aIhydraulic pressI attack that kills your guys off straight up. +all in $ahamut, % *-E+-,efle8, and 6aste. 6is last turn before the Greater phere gets a turn should be to shield. -he6ydraulic %ress should now do significantly less damage. Hpon killing him off, you shouldget C?k #% and a /uck phere (98 for *verkill!)

+atastrophe : f you have enough characters with $reak amage /imit add0ons, this is not atough battle. =ust 6astaga and uick 6it over and over. #fter C 55,555 hits, he ll open up. ;7more to kill him. $y the time you ve got everyone buffed up using the agility spheres you vewon from a previous battle, you should be able to take him out before he gets a shot off."ou ll earn a esigner 2allet (98 for overkill).

-h uban : -his guy has a nasty retaliation ability. +all in an #eon and hasteJprotect. f youstrike him, he ll retaliate with +ondemn, which negates any bonuses you have. "ou ll have tohasteJprotect again. 6is rainbow attack is nasty 0 but his +onvergence is even worse. "our#eon is totally gone at that point. #gain, three guys with $reak amage /imit is happy

making here. 6e retaliates to everything, so be sure to 6# -E then % *-E+-, then attacksomeone other than him. n other words, cast reflect on one of your own guys, thendoublecast flare at -6#- person. +opycat it until such a time as he s about to get an attack,then bring in an #eon where he s going to cast +onvergence. 6is attacks follow a predictable

pattern: #ttack, ainbow, Oone of: egen, hell, %rotect, nothingP, +onvergence. 6e s gotaround D million 6%, though, so if you re only doing ;Ck dmg, bear in mind it will take ;??double casts to kill him off. on t forget your guy is reflected and accidentally cast curaga athim, btw. 3) #lso, don t try ultima 0 it hits #// your guys and can t be reflected. F.T "ouMcanM cast dispel on him without getting counter attacked. #nd don t forget about the ocusspecial ability. 2inning will net you an Hnderdog s ecret (98 for *verkill).

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he won t heal himself back up in a bit. 6it him with 9; 55,555 hits, and he ll collapse insidehis shell and become immune to #ttack. 6e s immune to demi, so have yuna use her ultimateweapon s *ne 4% +ost skill to double cast flare at one of your guys (reflected, of course!)on t forget to use the ocus pecial #bility so you can him. 6ave your other two characterscopycat it. o N*- call in any #eons here. 2hen he s about to have his own turn, use asilence buster on him.


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do a certain times.

%rior to 4acalania -emple eel free to roam around the country side, killing enemies and leveling up. -here really isn t anyreason other than leveling up that you would want to at this point in the game, however.#dditionally, there are some great places to level up coming up soon, and you can probably make

better use of your time then.

#fter ariving in the +alm /ands #s the game gets significantly harder from this point on, you may wish to use this oppertunity to fillout part of the #rena, as it can add to your #% and make your guys stronger. "ou can use my ff8fiend tracker to ensure you ve captured all the fiends. f you head back down the path toward$evelle, only taking the left fork this time, you can find a =echt phere that e8plains how =echt met#uron and $raska (if you haven t already ac1uired it). +omplete the ne8t few areas.

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you guys are at a decent level) you should be able to level up here by simply watching your guysevery so often to make sure they aren t totally dead. -he bottom line on this is, if -idus has firststrike and can kill off the guado guard in one shot, you can probably fight at least C to ;? battles

before having to heal up your guys. Either use your potions, or ust have "una heal them up.

t s also a good way to capture enemies. f you have first0strike, initiative and really powerfull guys

(and don t care about the time listed in the save game menu under hours0wasted0playing0this0game :) you can let the game run all night here and fill up your spheres. -his is usefull if you wantto level up your aeons later! f you are uncertain how man of each enemy you need to capture still,head back to the calm lands and you can check your progress in the arena.

emiem -emple f you missed the interaction with $elgimine on the +alm /ands plains, you can find her again. "oureally want to 0 because you NEE the #eon s oul.

ide the chocobo to the place where you first entered the calm lands, and head right. -here should be a chocobo feather on the ground. Go there and e8amine it to ump down. "ou ll be in a little

gully. 6ead toward the big crevas in the rock. Go over the bridge, #'E "*H G#4E, e8aminethe sphere to learn about the races here, pick up #l $hed %rimer vol. && ', and teach your aeons afew tricks. f they don t already know #im, +heer, ocus, and eflect, -E#+6 -6E4 N*2. aveagain, then head through the doorway.

-alk to $elgemine and accept her challange. "ou ll have to go after 'alefore first. he s got 9?,???6% or so. called frit and had him use black magic ire on himself to heal up when valeforeattacked him. hield against overdrives. Hse overdrives when you get em. 2hen (if) frit is killedoff, use 8ion and follow the same general pattern. "ou should get the #eon s oul (and >8/ightning Gem3 teach an #eon -hundaga!) for this battle. -his handy0dandy little item lets youmodify your #eon s #trributes. Note the mini0tutorial that pops up.

"ou can go and save your game at this time. kinda recommend it. 3) Now go back and go aftereach of her other #eons. frit has 97k or so, and chose 8ion. or this battle, had him use +heerand efle8, hit, then shield when frit was readying an overdrive. 2hen he got wounded, d use-hundara on himself to heal himself back up. 2hen an overdrive came, and was healed enough,d use the overdrive. 2hen 8ion was killed off, called 'alifore and used bli@@ara to finish him

off. got D?8 &0%otion! -his allows any #eon to learn +ura.

ave again, and then go after 8ion. t looks like he s got D?< 6%, so you basically need D 5555overdrives and one other hit. : use frit (heal with ire). 2hen you first get an #eon called in,use efle8 to up your evade and cheer to up your trength and efense 0 this will help! 2hen 8ionevades and defends, use ocus to raise your healing (black magic in this case) power, and use the

black magics to heal your guy back up. #im can help you hit even when he s evading. was albe tokill him off with only frit (nearly dead at the end, to be sure). "ou ll get ;?8 +hocobo eather forthis battle. -his allows any #eon to learn 6aste.

Now you get to fight hiva. he only has 9?k 6%, but you ll likely find it tough to land hits. brought in frit (of course). ame format as the previous battle. efle8 then +heer. 2ait for anoverdrive, and use that. 6eal while waiting. hild when hiva gets an overdrive. 4eteor trikewhen it won t give her two consecutive turns. 2hen got the second overdrive, she was toast.2inning this battle will net you ?8 4ega0%otions!!! -his should allow any aeon to learn +uraga.

$ahamut. *uch. "ou saved, rightB did the same kinda thing. frit 0 efle8, +heer, ocus. $ahamutwill countdown #N counter attack. 2hen his countdown reaches ;, be sure to shield against the4ega flare overdrive. only used frit s overdrive when $ahamut had a countdown at > or C.


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wanted to be able to cast fire (heal) at least once before shielding against an overdrive. n this way, was able to kill off $ahamut with ust one #eon. #nd had only ust arrived in the +alm /ands. haven t even done the #rena side 1uests yet. "ou should receive a lower cepter for this battle.

2hen you ve left the +alm /ands, you ll have the opportunity to pick up "o imbo from the -empleof the tolen ayth. 6e s got less than D?,??? 6%. brought in a full (overdrive enabled) hiva. =ust

use the overdrive to hit him for 5555. -hen use black magic $li@@ara to heal her up while she getsattacked. 2hen the overdive gague is charged, use it again. Drd time is a charm. "ou should get 78hadow Gem for this battle.

2hen you have been to 4t Gaga@et (or, more precisely when you have N 6E 4t Gaga@et), besure to gather one of every fiend, and then talk to the guy in the #rena. "ou should get the $lossom+rown. Hse both the +rown and the lower cepter on the door at the far east edge of this room(behind $elgemine). Note that was unable to do this H NG the 4t Gaga@et 1uest.

Hnless you have the other hidden #eons already, you ll want to leave now. +ome back when youhave "o imbo, #nime, and isters, who you get when you use the flower scepter and the $lossom+rown (add all 4t Gaga@et monsters to the arena) on the doorway behind her.

on t forget to ride the chocobo on the right0hand pathway here! or the first race, go to the end ofthe line, and hit the chest. 2hen you pop down, go right, and take the pathway down (avoid the

pins!) "*u should be able to wind your way down right after that and win. "ou ll get the +loudy4irror. f you hold this up to the light where you found the little boy earlier (see lost boy above),this will become the celestial mirror. epeat this course, and try other pathways and bo8 numbers toget e8tra pri@es. was able to get a potion, a 4egali8ir (two bo8es, no poles), and D?8 2ings toiscovery (three bo8es, no poles).

+hocobos! 2hen you get back to the calm lands, head to the north west corner (upper left) and talk to the loneguy on a chocobo. #sk him to ride a chocobo, then ask him to let you train one. -ell him you areserious, and then the training will begin. %ress left and right to change the direction. "ou have to

pass between him and his chocobo. =ust try and keep the chocobo toward the center of the line of balloons. f you can t do it on the first try, you most likely can do it on the second. "ou ll get a pri@eand the ability to ride chocobos on the plains of the calm lands. *nce you win #// the trials(including beating her in a race), you can get down the ramp in the north west corner of the +alm/ands and get -idus weapon: +aladbolg.

#fter Kanarkand #fter beating Kanarkand, be sure to go back inside the temple there! -here s a new pu@@le to get the

destruct sphere! tep on all the white s1uares ( ee figures). -hen go to the main room and get thedestruct sphere. -ake it to the elevator room and place it in the right recess. *pen the chest thatshows up and take the magistral rod.

2hen you have control of the airship, you can enter in passwords that you find hidden around theworld. n #l $hed. *n the ground around the calm lands. t s G* 6#N . Enter this to gain accessto 4ushroom ock. #t the end of a ma@e looking bunch of rocks, you ll find a chest. "ou won t beable to open it. "et. Near


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earchable +oordinants"ou can also search on the airship for locations. -alk to cid and select search from the menu. 6ereare the coords you can get:Baaj Temple X16,Y57 (See appropriate walkthrough section.Battle Site X!",Y57 (Strait #orwar$Besai$ %alls X&1,Y7& ('n$er water#all ri$ge in Besai$.

)i*ihen +uins X&!,Y5 (Tough to see. -o le#t #rom sa e point./mega +uins X7!,Y&6 (See appropriate walkthrough section.Sanu ia San$s X15,Y!1 (/ ious.

"ou don t have to be very precise on these, by the way. don t know if there are any more, but theseare the ones found. t took about D hours of going over every pi8el could. f anyone knows of and missed, please let me know! 6ere s what each place get s you: $esaid alls S ragoon /ance.4i ihen uins S onar. $attle ite S %hantom $angle. anubia ands S #scalon. ragoon /ancegives


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up.

$lit@ $all : id mention hate blit@ ballB f you don t play it, you can t get this weapon. don treally care. : "ou can get the =upiter +rest in a closet in /uca 0 in the #uroch s locker room.-here s a =echt s phere outside the door, btw.

4asamune : $reak amage /imit -riple *verdrive irst trike +ounterattack

*nce you have the usty word from the entrance to -he +avern of the tolen ayth, take theairship (yeah, you have to wait that long) to the 4i hen 6igh oad. 6ead to mushroom rock.emember how you took the first left to get to the 6 B -his time, go straigh under the arch, andtake the 9nd left. #t the end of that area is an elevator to a statue where you can use the usty

word. "ou should now see a glyph. 2alk over and use the +elestial 4irror on it for the4asamune. $ack down the elevator and continue along the path3 you ll find a chest and a bar youcan climb on to get to the ne8t area. f you have the 4ars +rest and the 4ars igil, be sure to go

power this guy up!

-he 4ars +rest is found at the bottom of the cliff where you fought the +hocobo Eater. "ou ll haveto go all the way to the staging area (where the fiends were in the cages) and then come back downthe other path. t s probably best to do this while you are performing the +hocobo tracks side 1uestin that area. "ou can get the 4ars igil from the #rena owner after you ve captured a bunch offiends from different areas.

Nirvana : $reak amage /imit -riple *verdrive ouble #% *ne 4% +ost

"ou probably already got the 4oon +rest back in $esaid (remember the area you had to swim rightin order to seeB) ee the I$aa -emple, #nima, and he 4agus istersI section below to see how toget the moon igil. -he Nirvana weapon is in the chest by the #rena 0 use the +loudy 4irror toopen it.

$aa -emple, #nima, and the 4agus isters#fter visiting all temples again (post highbridge), have +id take you to $aa -emple. 2hen you getto the $aa -emple, you ll go strait and dive in like last time. ive and head toward the green dot.%oison this guy, if you can. /ightning elemental reels works well too. 6e s not too tough, to behonest. -here is a ultimate weapon here. -owards the bottom of the map, the screen will switch.6ead into that alcove and turn right. *nce you get the onion knight, head toward the green dot andthen forward through the hallway.

#round the left is a stairway. Go up it and through the doors. -he chest to your immediate right hasa megali8ir, and the one on the left has > mega phoeni8. f you have opened the chests that re1uire

you to use the destruct sphere in each temple s cloister of trials then you can get in here. E8amineeach statue and a glyph will show up by each one. 2hey you have all si8 glyphs, the front glyphe8plodes, and you ll be able to go inside and walk to the middle of the room.


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-his guy is running around one of the many treasure chests around the area. rom the save sphere inthe center of the area, head down one screen to anubia esert East, and follow the west wall of thescreen. ( ee map for details).0 6as no patience for certain dim0witted friends.0 Not a progressive thinker.2hen running to catch up to ovivea, you ll actually be holding the down and left arrows. %lay with

it a little. $e sure to open the chest here, too. "ou ll get > 6i0%otions. -ake ovivea s sphere back tothe cactaur little gatekeepers pla in the san$.3ittle 4ha a likes ig num ers.Be ack soon.

+hava-he big numbers is in reference to the 9?R off sign. Go read the signs to your left. Especially theone that says, trong iend in 'acinity. t also says 9?R ?ff.0 ecently learned to count to C?0 # little needy.0 #ttention deficit."ou ll probably need to hold straight down while approaching him. 2hile you re here, open thechest in the area to the upper left, and fight the sandragora and get its chest too. f you fought themearlier, ust open the chest. "ou get D 4egali8ers, 9 teleport spheres, 9 80potions, D mega0potions,the mercury crest (part of ikku s Hltimate 2eapon) and 7 hi0potions.7 little gatekeepers pla in the san$.lek an$ loja pla tag in the ruins o# men.Be ack soon.

#lek and #lo a-hese brothers can be found in the ruins on the ne8t screen to the left. /ook around.0 -wo brothers, rarely separated.0 -hey move as one, their closeness a paragon of brotherhood.$e sure to get the treasure chests in the u shaped ruin, and the one at the far left corner of the map.;?,??? gil, a level 9 key sphere and an eli8ir. "ou ll probably need to hold down and slightly left onthis one, at least at the start.5 little gatekeepers pla in the san$.achella seeks the shining lue.Be ack soon.

'achellaGo save at the save point in the center of the center of $ikinel (D screens down).0 /oves new things.0 6ard on others, easy on self.0 tingy-his one goes really fast. %ay close attention to the s1ueaking timing to be sure you re notapproaching when he turns around. "ou have ;> seconds on this one. fail on this one fre1uently.! little gatekeepers pla in the san$./, +o e a*s stuck insi$e.Be ack soon.

obeya6ead south ; screen, past the save point (pick up the 7 #l $hed potions in the chest there) and go tothe far west corner of that screen. *pen the chest.0 # real needle brain.


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0 /ikes cramped spaces.0 +heck out his great collection!-he first chest has 9 shadow gems. -he second chest has ; shining gem. -he last one has a blessedgem. f you don t want those items, ust head straight to him. ince you can steal or mug those itemsfrom other enemies in this area, don t think it s worth it to grab them here. f you really want them,though, use the fact that you get three tries to your advantage here. d grab the first two chests on

the first pass, and the last chest on the ne8t one. usually have time to catch him still on that pass,or can get him on the last pass.& little gatekeepers pla in the san$. #ier inscription The lor$ o# the hole is gone. 8srra thinks.Be ack soon.

srrat s not very obvious, but you probably know where to go now. emember the sanddragora youfaught earlierB /eave the screen you are currently on, then come back and visit it.0 -he philosopher about town. -oday he digs holes. #gain.0 # cautious sort.-his guy is pretty tough. "ou have to run all the way until the very last second. 6is pauses are

brutal. usually fail on this one, too. *nce you beat him you can fight the sandragoras again. #ndget their chests, too. "ou can steal musk8;? from these guys as well as remedies, you know. "oucannot capture them. 2atch out for the seed burst, though. t s confusing. :) -he chests give you D4egali8ir and 9 teleport spheres." little gatekeepers pla in the san$.)uch curious 9lio has le#t on a journe .Be ack soon.

Elio6ead back to the very beginning of this area. "ou ll see him teleport to your ship. Notice theoverhead shot of the ship that lingers on the deck viewB (hint hint). $eam up, go out on the bridgeand walk left.0 -o see what lies beyond the sands, he travels far to distant lands.0 6yper0reactive and a bad poet.6e turns around almost immediately when the game starts, so pay close attention. *nce you catchhim, he falls to his death. guess. haven t been able to find him ever again. #t any rate, you get hissphere so take it back to the alter.1 little gatekeeper pla s in the san$.%laile is alwa s ehin$.Be ack soon.

laileon t bother looking for him, he really will be back soon! /ook behind you!0 -he guy you never invite, but he always shows up anyway.0 +heeky.6e doesn t s1ueek the first time, so you better be careful! (Edit: don t think this is a bug3 it ustsucks.) ead the poems there. t s the same pieces as before, but it adds gone for good and

$obod)*s here( The sand is gone( 6ead into the valley to claim your pri@e! got the 4ercury igil(not to be confused with the 4ercury +rest, but also a part of ikku s Hltimate 2eapon) in the firstchest. *ne time around failed three times and got a 4egali8ir in the second chest. #nother timethrough got a friend sphere in the second.

N*-E: f you are fast enough, and you ve got weapons that give you 9 or D times the e8periance,you can level up E#//" fast here. -his isn t where do my leveling up, however 0 you don t runinto +actaur s as often as you run into other enemies. /eave your leveling up to the *mega uins.


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overkilled him in with a single megaflare. -hen again, 4y guys at this point have been levelingup 1uite a bit here in the *mega uins. t looks like defeating him nets you D8 /v. D

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