Walkthrough part 4
30. Return to Baron and the Hovercraft Well, Cid rescued you, and now you learn that you need to infiltrate the Tower of Bab-il yet again, but you can't go from where you came, and now you need to get back to the outside world to try again. Cid tells you to head to Baron and get his men to help you, and he'll seal the hole with his bomb. So, head back to the crater in the northeast from whence you came, and head back out. Cid will jump off the ship, tell Golbez that he'll give his life to see the end, the mountain will erupt, and out you come shooting out and you're back in the mainland! Now, head to Baron. When you go in, you'll see two of Cid's assistants on the right. Head in, to the right, and out the door and you'll be in their area. Talk to them and they will attach a hook to the Enterprise. Once they're done, head out from Baron, and find your hovercraft. Remember? Yep, still outside of Mt. Hobs where you left it. Head there, and press your cancel button to pick it up. Now, take it to Baron...from Baron, head southwest until you see the Tower of Bab-il and the ruins of Castle Eblana. Yep, this is where you need to land, so release the hovercraft and then land. Ride the hovercraft to outside the cave, and rest and save. Go in. 31. Cave Eblana These are one sided caves, so just make your way through the first section and head towards the bottom, grabbing the two chests. The next room houses no monsters, but the survivors of the attack on Eblan's Castle. Nothing here is worth buying, so just rest if you'd like, then head out south. Now you're in the Pass to Bab-il. Head to the north part, you'll see a wounded guard and he'll tell you that the Prince has went to the Tower alone. Go into the next room, and another wounded guard is there, along with a Shuriken in the chest. Grab it and head down into the next room. In here, go right to a hidden pass with two Elixirs. Come back and grab the three chests below the hidden passage. Now, head north and to the next room. You'll find a save point along with a BloodSword hidden in the secret passage between the two rocks on the wall, but you'll have to defeat the SteelGolems to get it, not a difficult task. Note to self - don't use the BloodSword on undead enemies, as you'll give them HP and lose your own! So, rest and save your game, then exit out and head up to where the Prince of Eblana, Edge, is attacking someone called Rubicant. It's all for nothing, as Rubicant makes short work of Edge and tells him to try again later. The party goes to Edge, of course to find out he's a silver spooned brat, but could be useful as his Ninja skills are above par. He'll join you and you will all go through the opening to wind up in...yep, back in the Tower of Bab-il! 32. The Tower of Bab-il revisited Check some things here. Party should hopefully be in the high 40's for levels, and have Rydia and Rosa in the 2nd and 4th slots, with Cecil, Kain, and Edge in the 1st, 3rd, and 5th slots, with Rydia and Rosa in the back rows. Now, let's continue. Go near the wall and press Cancel. Edge will sneak the party in and BOOM you're in! Head over and around to reach a door. Follow the path south and go across the bridge to get an OgreAxe, but you gotta kill a few Ogres to get it, not a difficult task. Grab the Axe and head left to the door and go in. Head into the next door you see in this room. Now, go right and enter the door at the end of this path. In this room, the first door you see holds a save point, I recommend you use it. Now, go out and enter the next door to continue. In here, just head to the only door you see. Now head south and you'll see a few bridges. Ignore the longest bridge, and head to the three short bridges. The middle bridge here will give you 82000 gil. Head to the longest bridge, and now you'll see the King and Queen of Eblana...but they're not themselves...and attack! BOSS FIGHT!!! King Eblana Queen Eblana HP: 60000 for both of them Well, guess what? Just attack and keep the HP's up. After so much damage, they'll come to their senses, but sadly won't last long before expiring. They'll say their goodbyes to Edge, who will become enraged. Now, Rubicant, the Fiend of Fire and the last remaining Fiend, will appear and try to console Edge, blaming his parents' fate on Dr. Lugae. Edge isn't buying it, and with his enraged state, draws out the hidden power of Flood and Blitz. Now, make sure that Cecil has his Ice equipment on, and go talk to Rubicant and he'll heal the party automatically, then start yet another...BOSS FIGHT!!! Rubicant HP:34000 This is actually an easy fight. Just attack with Cecil, Edge, and have Kain jump, with Rydia calling Shiva...but only when he's not hidden in his cape! When he's concealed, any damage that Shivan or any Ice element inflicts will heal him, so when his left leg is sticking out, he's vulnerable! When he's open, innovate that BLACK MAGE VIOLENCE with Ice2 or Ice3 or have Shiva come out for some SUMMONER MAYHEM. Rosa should Aim with the Ice Arrows or show off the WHITE MAGE GOODNESS with Cure spells to keep the HP up and soon enough Rubicant will be gone. When you enter the room above, you will fall into a pitfall dropping you to the floor below. In this next area, pick up a HIPOTION at the top and move on. In this next room just proceed to the top. Here you will be on the 6th floor. Continue down and to the right to the next room. In this next room at the end of a long bridge, Edge will come across...an airship?! Edge will take the controls and lovingly call it Falcon. When you gain control of the Falcon, head back to the Castle of Dwarves. 33. Jiott's Castle revisited Now, talking to Jiott, he'll ask you to retrieve the last of the crystals, in the Sealed Cave to the Northwest. He'll ask Luca to hand over her necklace, which is also the key to the sealed cave. With this, you can go in and retrieve the last Crystal before Golbez does! Now, head to the center room and to the left to where the resting room is, to find Cid. He'll furnish the Falcon with heat-resistant siding for the lava. After talking to him, head out and to your Falcon, then head northwest of the Castle to the cave that is sealed off with a small patch of land in front of it, this is the Sealed Cave. I suggest you be around 50 if you are not there yet. Use a tent, save the game, and go in and use the Luca Key to open the way. 34. Sealed Cave Every door in this cave is a TrapDoor - they will attack you and almost always kill off one of your members. Just keep attacking them and they'll die quickly. It's wise to keep a load of Life and HiPotions for this particular cave. Now, I'll ignore every battle with the TrapDoors, and hopefully you're at level 50. Now, head in and go south and then west and then north to the lone door. Defeat the TrapDoor and go into the new room. In here, go left and cross the rope to see another TrapDoor. Yea, you'll get annoyed of these things real quick, trust me. Kill him and in the next room, head south to the ladder, and go down. Now, go down through the rope walkway, and go up to the 2nd door from the right. Kill this TrapDoor and go in and grab the LightSword for Cecil. Now, go back out and to the fourth door, where after killing it, is a save point. And lord knows you need this, so rest and save. Now back out into the main room, head left and down to another TrapDoor, kill it and go in. Once in this new room, head to the left stairs and go into the middle of the room and ride the rope ladder down. Head right, kill the TrapDoor, and go into this room to grab an Ether2 and an X-Potion. Now, go back out and head towards the left and into the next room. Now, in here is a save point, so rest and save again. Keep heading down and ignore the rope ladders. Head around and over to the middle, and go into the center room. By now, you should be on the 5th floor. Go into the center room, defeat the last TrapDoor, and enter the crystal room and grab it. Voila, the Crystal is yours! Right at this point, it's my advice that you go to your menu screen, go to Config, and set the ATB mode to Wait, and your battle speed to 3 or 4. Now, head back out...but before you get too far, the ground will shake and you'll notice the walls closing in...yep, BOSS FIGHT!!! DemonWall HP: 28000 This is your hardest fight yet. The DemonWall will attack hard as he closes in, and when he's about mid-to-near-right on the screen, he'll use CrashDown to wipe out your characters one by one. Of course, you have to take him out before he gets close enough. Rydia should call Titan or utilize that BLACK MAGE VIOLENCE with Bio. Rosa should cast Haste on Cecil and Edge and Kain and Rydia. Edge will throw all he can, and attack afterwards. Kain will Jump and Cecil will straight out attack. Have Rosa show that WHITE MAGE GOODNESS and keep the HP's up and hopefully, the Wall will go down before too long. Now, heal up and when you get back to the next room after exiting the Crystal Room, have Rydia cast Warp over and over until you're at the entrance. Now, make your way out....and that wretch Golbez will call out to Kain to return the crystal to him, but Kain won't listen to it.....yet attacks Cecil and talks about how with all the Crystals in hand, the path to the moon will now open. Kain turns on the party again and leaves with the Crystals. Nothing else you can do but to head back to the Castle. At this point, before heading back, you can get some help for Rydia. Save outside the sealed cave, and head a bit northwest to a small cave on an island. This is the Land of Summoned Monsters. 35. Land of Summoned Monsters Immediately upon entering, use Float on the entire party. Now, head a bit south, then left, and up, then left again to the next room. In here, use Float on everyone again, then go right, and go up to the next floor. In this room, use Float on everyone yet again, and proceed to the grey portal. You will now be in the Town of Summoners. 36. Town of Summoners Head south to pick up 6000 gil from a chest, and another 5000 gil. In the bottom section, there is a small bit of floor that is different from the rest, step on it to be warped to a single room with 4 chests. Loot them and go back to where you came from. Now, head back right and all the way up and left to another teleporter with a chest on the other side. Step on the teleporter and go the next floor, then step back and you'll see you're on the teleporter itself. Go down and grab the Rat's Tail from the chest, now step on the teleporter to the next floor. Head to the house in the upper left, where a save point is. Rest and use it. Now, head out, and south to the center of town, where a Chocobo is standing outside a building. This is the Library. Go in, and head up the staircase and through another portal. You'll be in the King and Queen's room. Talking to the man in the room will result in blind ignorance, so talk to the woman, who is Queen Asura. She'll agree to help Rydia...but first, they must test her will and strength, so say Yes when she asks, and this means...BOSS FIGHT!!! Asura HP: 32000 If you don't have the Wall spell, you're screwed. If you've been leveling up like I've suggested, then you're good to go. Cast Wall on Asura...and just attack. Everyone attack. Even Rosa. Straight out attacks. That's all. With Wall in place, Asura will resurrect, cure, protect your party, and all you have to do...is attack. Soon enough, you'll win...and receive the Asura call spell. Now, head back to that save room in the upper left part of the floor, rest and save, and go talk to the ignorant old man, who will reveal himself as the Master of the Seas....Leviathan! Agree to be tested, and the waves will gather...yep...BOSS FIGHT!!! Leviathan HP: 51000 This one's gonna be tough. When Leviathan is stretched out, he'll use the Big Wave attack, resulting in anywhere from 600 to 1300 HP of damage. Cecil should fight, Edge should throw and fight, Rydia should call Titan and use Lit3, and Rosa should show the WHITE MAGE GOODNESS and heal/revive when necessary. This guy will take a while, but soon enough, he'll cough up the goods and once you win, you'll earn the Levia call spell. Now, head back out and have Cecil or Rosa cast Exit, to warp back outside. Now, head to the Dwarf Castle and go see Jiott. The party will be saddened at the loss of the Crystals...but Jiott will explain about the legend of the Big Whale, which sounds like...Mysidian Legend! Now, with this knowledge, and the fact that the upper and lower worlds are linked, head out, but Cid will appear again, and furnish a drill for the party to head outside to the Upper World. Now, head to the crater and head back up. 37. Odds and Ends 1 - Getting Excalibur Now once outside, there are a couple of things we can do before heading to Mysidia. Let's go to where the Enterprise is, near the ruins of Eblana, and land the Falcon, and board the Enterprise. Use the hook to grab the hovercraft, and head to the town of Mithril, south of Fabul. Land the hovercraft and Enterprise, and take the hovercraft to the small cave nearby. In here, the man will not talk to you unless you have a Rat Tail. Give him the one you have and in exchange, he'll give you the Adamant Ore. Now, head back to Enterprise, and fly back to wher you left the Falcon, by Eblana. Board the Falcon and head to the hole by Agart, and head down to the Dark World. Once back in here, go immediately south and you'll come across a little place. This is the home of Kokkol, the legendary blacksmith, who when you enter, seems to have lost his touch. Talk to him, and give him the Adamant ore. This will revitalize him, and he'll take the Legend Sword from you and now, you'll just have to leave while he goes to work. Leave, and head back out to the Upper World. 38. Odds and Ends 2 - Getting Odin There is one more summon spell Rydia can acquire before heading to Mysidia, but it's a doozy. Head to Baron and land, and go into the castle, and make your way to the Right Tower. In here, keep heading downstairs and you'll see a long path, go right and head down the stairs at the end. In this room, you'll see a vacant throne...and who should appear but King Baron! He tells you that he can help you, but he'll need to test you first, and he'll attack as the legendary Odin! BOSS FIGHT!! Odin HP:21000 You have 60 seconds to defeat him. Yep. 1 minute. If you do not defeat him in one minute, he'll use the Z-sword attack to inflict around 6000 HP, killing your entire party. He's got one weakness...lightning. So have Rydia use Lit3, Cecil attack, Edge throw what he can, and Rosa Aim. By this point, you should be at 50 or above, so he may not even be much of a problem. Once you've won, King Baron will give Rydia the Odin call spell. Now, go back out, rest and save if you'd like, then head back into the Falcon and go back to the Dark World. Head south to Kokkol's Smith Shop and go see him, and he'll reward you with the Excalibur sword, which is way stronger than your current sword! Equip this, and head back outside, and to the Upper World to Mysidia. 39. Securing the Legend In Mysidia, the Elder will greet you at the gate upon walking in, and take you to the Praying Tower. With the wishes of the Mysidians, they resurrect the chosen ride to the Moon....the Big Whale! After the Whale reveals itself, the Elder will tell you of a voice he heard...so hop in the Big Whale, and look around a bit! Going to the center panel at the very top and pressing your confirm key will enable you to pilot the Big Whale like a regular ship! At the very bottom is a Fat Chocobo who will store your goods, and in the middle are sleep compartments for a quick rest whenever you need it! Now, let's talk to the Crystal of Flight in the middle...and head for the Moon!40. The Lunar World, a.k.a. Moon Interesting, um....digs here on the moon. Flying over for a bit, you'll notice several caves, a cave surrounded by a huge circle of rock, and a giant Crystal Palace. Well, first things first, let's see what that voice calling you from the moon was. Land a bit east of the Crystal Palace, near a cave. Now, rest if you need, save if you'd like, and head into the cave. This cave doesn't have much in here, except for a couple of chests, one of them to the right of the entrance giving you a Golden Apple after a battle with Procyotes and Juclyotes, whom given your current levels, shouldn't be a problem. Head north and to the exit. Now, you're back on the mainland. Head a bit southeast to the next cave, and just head south to the exit. Now, you're in view of the Crystal Palace. Head west to the Palace and enter. 41. Mysteries revealed Here, to the left and up, is a spot that will recover your status and HP. To the right and up is an MP recovery spot. Use these if you'd like, and head into the center of the building. A light will flash, a voice will welcome you, and before you is the Lunarian Sage, FuSoYa. He will explain how Zemus came to be, and how him and his brother KluYa went to the earth, but the people were still evolving, so they created another Moon and kept sleeping. KluYa gave the people of the earth the idea of airships, and fell in love with an earth woman, giving birth to two kids, one of them being...Cecil. So that's who the voice on Mt. Ordeals was. Wow. Now, the old sage explains about the Giant of Bab-il, and how he can seal the Giant before it's too late, and he joins you as a 5th member! Now that he's joined, step on the recovery spots if you haven't done so, and save the game outside. Now, make your way back through the Lunar Passages to the Big Whale...but don't head back to the earth just yet. 42.The King of Summons Take flight of the Big Whale (center switch on top) and head to the cave that is surrounded by a circle of rock, and land on the circle of rock above the cave entrance. You'll see that you can walk down and to the cave entrance. This is the Cave of Bahamut. Once inside, head down and to the right to snag a Genji glove for Cecil, and head back up to the little blurry passage in the upper right, go here to find a Genji Shield for Cecil as well. Now, enter the opening to the next room. In here, head up and to the left to grab a Genji Helmet and Genji Armor. At this point, make sure everyone is healed up, because when you walk in the middle path, you'll think it's a random battle, but it's got different music and it's a big nasty Behemoth, so put 2 and 2 together...BOSS FIGHT! Behemoth HP: 23000 Now, this is so easy. This boss never attacks on his own...he just counterattacks. One thing - don't use magic. If you use Magic on the Behemoth, he'll put the party under a Wind spell and cripple everyone to low HP. So, just attack with Cecil, Edge will throw and fight, Rydia attacks, Rosa Aims, and FuSoYa keeps the HP up. After long, he'll go down. Now, heal up and proceednorth to the next floor. In here, head down into the long winding path, and you'll end up fighting a total of two more Behemoths, just use the same strategy, healing up after each Behemoth battle, and you'll reach the throne of the King of Summons, Bahamut. He'll talk about how you must be strong to face him, and that he'll put you to the test. Gee. BOSS FIGHT!!! Bahamut HP: 46000 Well, here's what happens. Bahamut never attacks you on his own. Yay! He counts down to 5 and uses the MegaFlare that will scorch you for over 6400 HP. Yay. So how to avoid this? With FuSoYa and Rosa in your party, spread that WHITE MAGE GOODNESS by casting Wall on as many members as you can before he finishes his countdown, with Rosa and FuSoYa taking priority. Whomever has Wall up, will reflect the MegaFlare back on him. Whomever is uncovered, will most likely be toast. Just keep Wall up on your living characters, attack when feasible, and let him burn himself into limbo. Once you've won, you'll gain the Baham call spell, which is the most devastating call spell in the game, inflicting a good 7000-8000 HP of non-elemental damage. Whoo! Use Exit and head out of the cave and back to the Big Whale. Go inside to the resting compartments, take a nap to restore your health, MP, and status, then go back outside and save your game. Here's hoping you're ready, because once you get back, you're on an automated road through hell! Talk to the Crystal of Flight to begin your descent back to the earth. 43. The Giant of Bab-il is alive! Once you've gotten back to earth, you'll appear outside the now defunct Tower of Bab-il, which is beginning to generate public enemy no. 1, the Giant of Bab-il, who begins by letting out circles of flame all over the mountains...or around him, take your pick. Anyhow, this goes on about another minute, and the party wonders what they can do....when the Dwarves interfere on the party's behalf...along with Yang, Palom, Edward, Porom, Cid, and the Mysidian Elder! They're all using warships and tanks to stun the Giant, whom is reeling and shocked. Cid lands his ship by the Big Whale, and takes the party into the mouth of the Giant! 44. Inside the Giant From where you start, head up to reach the Neck. Now, go through this path to the Chest area. To the left, you'll find a Shuriken. Take it and head down and grab the Ether and proceed to the top exit. Now ou're in the Stomach. Head up for a Silver Apple, then down and to he right, and back up for a Soma Drop. Head left to the Passage and up to the save points, but don't use a Tent, just use Magic to heal your characters and then save. Proceed upward to the Lung area. Now, head up the long pass...but in the middle, you'll be stopped by none other than the Four Fiends! They will all taunt you, tell you how Zemus gave them life, and how you're gonna die. Phun. Before engaging them in battle, Rubicant being the gentleman, will heal your party beforehand, and encourage you to fight with all your might. I like him. Shame that you gotta kill him. BOSS FIGHT!!! The Four Fiends Total HP: 110000 HP Milon HP: 27500 Rubicant HP: 27500 Cagnazzo HP: 27500 Valvalis HP: 27500 Well, they're all stronger, but hell...so are you! Key thing is to keep Rosa using Cure3 nearly EVERY ROUND. FuSoYa should alternate between Flare and Cure3. With Milon: Watch out for his Fire spells that can wreak havoc and Poison attacks. Have Rydia and FuSoYa innovate that pure and wholesome BLACK MAGE VIOLENCE with Fire3 and Flare. Edge should use his Flame magic, while Cecil attacks and Rosa keeps the HP up with her LEET WHITE MAGE SKILLZ. With Rubicant: He likes Fire more than Milon. Remember, open cape good, closed cape bad. Edge now should use Flood, Cecil keeps attacking, and use Haste on him as well. Rydia should switch gears to Ice3 and summoning Shiva, and FuSoYa alternates his Cure3 with Ice3. With Cagnazzo: Rydia uses Lit3 and Ramuh, even Bahamut. FuSoYa changes to Cure3 and Lit3. Watch for the Big Wave, he'll use two of them in succession and cause you big headaches. Edge goes Blitz on him, and Cecil fights, while Rosa heals. With Valvalis: Cecil fights with Haste, as does Edge. FuSoYa uses Flare and Holy, along with Cure3. Rosa should use Cure3 and Holy if she has it, and Rydia calls Bahamut. Beware of Maelstrom, which is a wide Wind attack that will bring everyone's HP down to 1. Use Cure4 IMMEDIATELY. Eventually, she'll finally submit and the Fiends will dissipate. Phew! Now, head back to the save point, and now you can use a Cabin to restore your health and magic, then save your game again. Now, head up again to the Lung area and into the Core. In here, the alarm goes off, and FuSoYa tells you to take out the Defense System first. Go to it then, grasshopper! BOSS FIGHT!!! CPU, Attacker, Defender CPU HP: 31000 Attacker HP: 3000 Defender HP: 3000 Okay, first of all, magic isn't necessary at all. Yup. Now, secondly...do not kill off the Attacker or Defender first. If the CPU is left alone, it will use Globe199 to resurrect the Attacker and Defender...at two of your allies' expense. Therefore, focus your personal attacks on the Defender first. After a short bit of attacking from EVERYONE (yes, everyone), it will die. Now, focus your attacks on the CPU only. This will take a bit longer, so use Haste on as many people as you'd like, then proceed with the attacks. Once he's done for, focus on the lone Attacker, and soon enough this battle will be over. Whee! After the CPU has imploded itself, Golbez will make himself known....but what in the....FuSoYa recognizes him, and brings Golbez to his senses....and asks him what his father's name is, to which Golbez replies...KluYa. Ouch. Crap. Damn. So all along, Cecil has been fighting his brother...not knowing whom was truly stained with evil blood for Zemus to use...and now, FuSoYa leaves the party, to head back to the moon. Golbez follows suit, to repay his debt to Zemus...but Cecil is stunned, too stunned to even talk...but now the Giant is collapsing! No way out, it seems...until Kain appears again and shows everyone the way! Edge is hesistant to follow, given Kain's knack for falling under control...but he tells everyone to yell at him later...and leads the party out of the collapsing Giant.45. Back inside the Whale Now, you'll appear back inside of the Big Whale. Kain will appear ready to accept the consequences for his transgressions...but they explain to Kain that it was not his fault, since Golbez was stained and being used as well, not to mention Cecil's brother all along. Kain joins you at this point, and Edge isn't too willing to trust Kain...but Kain tells him that if Kain slips, to take him out. Now, at this point, Cecil relieves Rosa and Rydia of their duties, and sends them off the Big Whale because of no guarantee of safe return. They reluctantly leave, and all that's left is Cecil, Kain, Edge...who take their places around the Crystal and head to the moon...and once they land, they head out, but out pops Rydia and Rosa! Cecil doesn't look too pleased to see them, but Rosa just cares about being with him, no matter what happens. Awwww. Well hell, 5 people is always better than 3, so take them and make your way to the Crystal Palace! 46. Crystal Palace to the Lunar Subterranae Making your way into the caves and through the passages, get to the Palace, and use the healing spots to heal. I strongly advise you to be near level 60 now, as the enemies in the Lunar Subterranae are VERY strong. I would go so far to recommend your levels be near 65 or 70, even. Head past FuSoYa's throne and into the Crystal Room, where all of the Moon Crystals have opened the way to Zemus. Talk to all them to learn about the protective field and how it's been removed due to the destruction of the Tower and Giant of Bab-il. Now, stand in the center, and the Crystals will light your way to the center of the moon....the lights flash different colors, and a force will sweep Cecil and party from the Crystal Palace to the opening floor of the Lunar Subterranae. This is it, there's no looking back now! 47. Lunar Subterranae From where you appear, go to the left through a hidden passage and to the portal, and go through the door in front where you appear. Head left and enter the next portal, then go down and go in the door. You should now be on the 3rd floor, and in sight of a sword. Go and talk to it and you'll stir up a BOSS FIGHT!!! White Dragon HP: 32768 Have Rosa cast Float on everyone, then that will keep them out of range of the Quake spell and just keep healing away. Rydia should summon Bahamut, Edge and Cecil attack, and Kain jump. Every attack on him will provoke a Slow casted on your members. Watch out for the Malestrom attack and just keep the HP up. For winning this fight you'll receive the Murasame for Edge. Now, head back to where you first entered the Lunar Subterranae and from here, head up and to the right and into the secret passage and from here go all the way up, left, and down to find another treasure chest. Kill the enemies and get a DarkGear for Edge. Now head back around and go down into the next room. The chest on the left past the hidden passage has a FireWhip for Rydia, give it to her and head up and to the left, to get a Dragon Shield for Kain. You'll see a middle door, but don't enter yet. Move down and to the right through a hidden passage to grab a Dragon Helmet, further down is a Dragon Armor and to the left of that is a Dragon Glove. Give all these to Kain and head into the middle door. In this room pick up a set of Artemis Arrows from the right chest and head into the lower left room, which will have an Elixir. Back out, head right and down to the next room. In here, go up and to the left and around to the next door. Go for the chest with the Stardust Rod, but a Behemoth blocks the way. Kill him and give the rod to Rosa. Keep going to the right and to the pathway. To the right, you'll see a sword, but it's unreachable. Don't worry, we'll come back to it in a bit. Further down and to the left is another treasure chest. Give Rosa a bow and the Artemis Arrows. Open the chest and a Red Dragon along with a Blue Dragon will attack, but with the Artemis Arrows, Bahamut, Cecil and Edge's attacks, Kain's Jumping, and Rosa's Aim enhancement, the dragons will go down soon enough. Now, you've won the Crystal Shield. Cecil should equip this and move on. Head for the door at the bottom of the cave. In here, head to the right and take out the Behemoth guarding the chest, which has Crystal Armor. Again, give to Cecil. Now, go back in the room and head up and to the chest on the right. 2 Red Dragons are here, and they're guarding the Crystal Gauntlet. Cecil will equip this and head left into the next room. In here, you'll find a White Gown for Rosa, as well as a Crystal Helmet guarded by a D. Bone and a Wizard. Head to the room on the right. In here you'll find a Red Fang, take it and keep moving. In the next room to the left are a set of more Artemis Arrows. Head down in here to grab a Cabin, then head further down and to the right. There is a Minerva Robe guarded by 3 Karys and a Wizard, dispatch of them and continue. Move down and to the right, and go in the first door. Yay! It's a save point, and lord knows you've needed this, so use that Cabin and save your game. Now, head to the right and into the next room. You'll see a long weapon, touch it to set off this BOSS FIGHT!!! Plague HP:34000 He'll start the battle off with CountDown, which will give your party until the count of 10 to either die or kill him. Whee. Kain jumps, Cecil fights, Edge fights,Rydia calls Bahamut or uses Flare, and Rosa uses Holy. Hopefully, you'll kill him before the counter runs out. If not, and assuming you saved in the room prior, just try again. Defeating him gives you the HolyLance for Kain. I advise you to return to the save spot and save your game again. Now, head out the room and to the right to the door past the Plague's Room. In here, once you walk in, you're beset by two Lunar Dragons, who are none too pleased to give you what you seek, so beat it out of them...yep, BOSS FIGHT!!! Lunar Dragons HP: 24000 Attack with all you can, and have Rydia use Fire3. These critters like to use Wall on themselves, then bounce Bio off it and onto you! Don't use summon magic, as any summons seem to heal them, even Bahamut. Bummer. Just keep fighting, keep the BLACK MAGE VIOLENCE coming, and those all important HP's up. For winning, you'll have access to the two Ribbons. Give these to Rydia and Rosa and head back to save your game. 48. The Ultimate Weapon Now that you're rested and refreshed...remember that sword that was unreachable back a ways? Whatsay we go get it now? Yea! Backtrack your steps to the room where you got the Cabin in the lower left. In here, to the left of the chest is an invisible bridge. Go to the left and near the top in the middle of the wall is a staircase. This room is B6 and at the bottom you'll find a Golden Apple. Take it and continue to the right towards the portal. Head up the walkway into the next portal. Now, you're in B5. Head up into the next portal, which throws you into a save room. Rest and save your game, trust me. In the next area, you'll be near the sword that you saw earlier. Trying to grab it, provokes someone who's really pissed that you're trying to take this sword, and draws you into a BOSS FIGHT!! Wyvern HP: 61000 This evil incarnation of Bahamut starts off the battle with the MegaFlare, without asking, without countdown. Crap. Most likely, unless you're near level 65 or 70, he'll take out one or more of your members. Then, he casts Wall on himself and bounces Flare attacks off him and onto you. Whee. Have Edge throw whatever he can, Cecil fight, Kain jump, Rydia attack with the Dragon Whip and Rosa show that WHITE MAGE GOODNESS by keeping the HP up for everyone. This is NOT an easy battle, but can be won. For winning this fight, you'll receive the Ragnarok Sword, the strongest weapon in the game. Now, head back to the save point, save, then make your way back to the save room near where you won the HolyLance. From the save point, feel free to rest and save again if need be, but then head left, up, and to the right, and a bit down to the opening in the wall. Going in here will take you to the Moon's Core! 49. The Core of the Moon This room is made of nothing but Crystal. Ooh. All of the battles you run into here are all with Behemoths, Red and Blue Dragons, Evil Masks, Minds, and Breaths. Yay. There is hope....when in battle, just have Edge cast Smoke and you'll run from the battle. It's the only way, really. If you fight, just fight as you have and you'll gain good levels here. Now, grab any and all chests you see, they will consist of Shuriken and Fuuma darts and the odd Elixir or two. Now, make your way down and to the center towards the ladder to the next floor...but OOH there's a floating sword! ****pause walkthrough**** Now, how old are we? Haven't we learned by now that whenever you see floating swords, most likely they belong to someone (always a dragon or lizard of some sort, no less) and don't want them to be taken, and when YOU, the player, decide to be EVIL and take their sword, what happens? Yea, that's right, you get into a BOSS FIGHT and end up FIGHTING! Come on now, FIGHTING never solves ANYTHING! Of course, when you get the sword in your hands, you can inflict more damage, and that in turn allows you to kill quickly and efficiently, and that's........EVIL. INDEEEEEEEED. ****resume walkthrough**** So, head over to that floating sword, and someone tells you that you can't touch the Blade of Black...and all of a sudden the water gathers, revealing the evil twin of Leviathan...and my personal hero...Ogopogo! BOSS FIGHT!!! Ogopogo HP:50001 He doesn't play around - starts right off with a double Big Wave taking off a good 1200-1500 of HP. And he'll also use the Big Wave in single fashions to shave off a good 500-700 HP as well. Edge should alternate between Blitz and attacking and throwing, Rydia should summon Bahamut and cast Flare, Cecil fights, Kain jumps, and Rosa calls on Holy as well as keeping the HP up. Soon enough, Ogopogo will submit (GO OGOPOGO!) and you'll receive the Masamune as a prize. Head around and to the ladder, then head down. Keep heading down to the next portal while grabbing the chests in the area. In this new room, the portal is on the lower right, so head there. Now, there are no chests in this last area...just head towards the portal, on the lower left.
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