Alternate Ending
You have to finish the Stellazzio (Zodiac) Quest and keep "Shina's Hammer", which you find in the room after fighting Lich on disk #4. Don't lose, use, or sell/combine the hammer. It has to be present in your inventory for you to get the alternate ending.

Black Jack Mini-Game
To play the Black Jack mini-game, do the following code at the end screen after the credit roll:

R2, L1, R2, R2, Up, X, Right, Circle, Down, Triangle, L2, R1, R2, L1, Square, and Square

Coffee Quest
Give the guy at the Watchtower in Dali the three coffee beans he wants and he will give you the Prima Vista figurine.

Here is where you find the beans:

• Pass near the Chocobo Forest, around the right side of the screen.
• In the Madain Sari kitchen
• Disc 3, before finishing the Card Game (While you're waiting for King Cid) head to Dali and check the Chief's hut for a key to the previously locked door inside the windmill.

Complete Card List for Tetra Master
Below, you will find the complete Card List for the Tetra Master (Quadmist) Card Game in FFIX.

Frog Catching Rewards
The frog catching minigame may seem like a stupid waste of time -- but it can actually be a source of some good items and new weapons for Quina, plus the number of frogs Quina eats will power up the "Frog Drop" spell. Here are the rewards:

• 2 frogs: Ore Stone
• 5 frogs: Ether
• 9 frogs: Silk Robe
• 15 frogs: Elixir
• 23 frogs: Silver Fork
• 33 frogs: Bistro Fork
• 99 frogs: Quina's Master appears and fights you; just use standard attack/heal techniques and be around level 40. You'll get the Gourmet Fork for winning.

Get Excalibur I and II
To get Excalibur:
Buy the "Magic Finger" item at the Treno Auction early on. Once you reach Dargelo, give this item to an eldery man you meet there -- and he will give you Excalibur in return.

To get Excalibur II:
This one is way more difficult. You have to get all the way to Hades in under 12 hours. After beating Hades, check the farthest right pillar for the sword.

Land Spirits Locations
In certain spots of the world map you'll stumble across a couple of friendly monsters. They are land spirits and each of them will make a request from you. Fufilling their request enables you to be able to use the "Attack" command when you are fighting Ozma, who's unlocked in the Chocobo Garden by inspecting a large rock on the upper right hand corner.

You'll get Garnet's strongest Summon, Ark, from defeating Ozma but it is a very hard battle, so be sure you find all the land spirits:

• Squirrel: Around Dali. Ore stone.
• Ghost: In front of Treno (but not too far) or around the South Gate. Ore stone.
• Ladybug: Around the Black Mage Village. Two Ore stones.
• Yeti: Forest outside Madain Sari. Two Ore Stones.
• Nymph: Forest near Iifa. Three Ore Stones.
• Jabberwock: Forest East of Oeivell. Emerald. Feather Suckle: Ice Continent, on the Chocobo tracks. Moonstone.
• Galda: Forest outside Gizamaluke Cave after climbing rope. Lapis Lazly.
• Yan: Bile Island (small island near center of map). It will keep running away until you have found all eight other Land Spirits. Diamond.

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New Carbunkle/Fenrir Skills
Did you know about these Carbunkle/Fenrir skills? Give them a try:

• Diamond + Carbunkle = DiaLight
• Virgin's Hope + Fenrir = 1000 Year Dust
• Moonstone + Carbunkle = Pearl Light
• Emerald + Carbunkle = Emerald Light

Quiz Master
Look for a weirdly-dressed character aroung the Black Mage village. You can recognize him by the circle and an X floating around him. This is the Quiz Master. Confront him and h will ask you a series of 13 questions. For each correct answer you will receive a ton of AP. Try to answer ALL 13 -- and you'll get a Memory Ring.

Rope Jumping Rewards
At the very beginning of the game, Vivi can participate in a Rope Jumping game in the Alexandria town square. Depending on how many jumps you manage to complete, you'll get a progressively better item. Here are the rewards:

• 20 jumps: 10 gil
• 50 jumps: Cactrot Card
• 100 jumps: Genji Card
• 200 jumps: Alexander Card
• 300 jumps: Cat Paw Racket
• 1000 jumps: King of Skipping Title

Stellazzio Quest
Talk to the lady in the house north of the Treno Combination Shop. She will tell you about a set of thirteen Stellazzio that are spread across the world. Find them all and she will reward you everytime you return. This quest is required if you want to see the game's alternate ending.

Here are the zodiac locations:

• Aries: Dali; In the windmill all the way to be back (not downstairs)
• Cancer: Burmecia; behind the overturned cart
• Scorpio: Quan Cave spring
• Gemini: Fountain at the first screen after you enter Treno; throw coins thirteen times into the fountain.
• Taurus: Treno; behind the item shop.
• Virgo: Black Mage Village Inn; around the beds
• Libra: Madain Sari fountain
• Leo: Alexandria (after raid); Left Tower near Neptune Statue
• Sagittarius: Linblum; in the left side of the 3d screen up of the
• Commercial Square.
• Capricorn: Dargelo Library; right hand side
• Aquarius: Ipsen Heritage; right hand pillar at entrance
• Pisces: Treasure chest inside Invincible.
• 13th Stellazzio: Return to the Quan Cave that's east of Treno after collecting and returning all 12 coins.

 Ultima Weapon
To get the Ultima Weapon, go back to the glacier around were Terra was (before Kujah went gangstah on it) and search around with a Chocobo and a dead pepper.

Gameshark Codes and other Cheat Device codes can be found here.