Secrets and Hints

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Omega Weapon
You find this monster in Ultemecia's Castle. Although it is not necessary to beat it, you will be very proud if you beat it and gain your 250 AP and a Three Stars. Before you try to find it make sure that at least one person has the item command, and make sure someone has death junctioned to their status defense, a few heroes, holy wars and phoenix pinions are also useful. First here is how to find it:

Have your fully junctioned and prepared party wait at the switch point in the courtyard outside the chapel.
Take the other party to the place before you enter the Art Gallery (the stairway hall to the right of the main staircase), and make them pull the cord in the bottom left of the screen to ring a bell (must be on the bottom floor to ring the bell) and get a message saying that monsters can be heard far away and get a timer starting. Now go to the switch point and switch to the other party.
Have the other party walk into the chapel and you will see Omega Weapon. Walk up to him to fight him.

Right, the mega bad news is that, if Omega Weapon is on level 100, he has over 1,000,000HP!!!! So this will be a very tough battle. If you win, Ultemecia will be no trouble. Make sure Irvine and Squall are in the party and that you have a lot of Aura magic and 100 of Irvine's most powerful bullets. Now cast Aura on both Squall and Irvine and hopefully Squall will use his Lion Heart finishing blow often and Irvine will be able to get a lot of shots in. Needless to say though that this monster has almost every offensive move at his disposal, one move reduces everybodys HP to 1, so just use a megalixir or cast Curaga 3 times to counter that. He also has a move like meteor, but each hit does about 2000 each time, so you will be very lucky if you survive that attack. If you do die if you have a Phoenix Pinion, Phoenix should pay a visit and revive everybody. Just keep using Holy Wars and heroes to avoid damage if you have them. If you manage to summon a GF, Doomtrain is good as it puts the status VIT 0 on Omega weapon which means all physical damage is doubled!! If your Aura wears off then immediately cast it again to make full use of the limit breaks. Just keep plugging away with powerful spells (like meteor and Ultima) and your limit breaks to eventually kill Omega Weapon. All I can say now is GOOD LUCK!! You will need it.

Pain
By Junctioning 100 Pain Spells to a character's Stat-Atk you will potentially cause Poison, Blind, and Silence, all at once rendering the meanest baddie into a groveling wimp because Blind causes them to miss all physical attacks, Silence stops the enemy from casting any magic, and Poison punishes the enemy for moving. Even better, is to have Pain junctioned to one character, Sleep to another, and Stop to the other. This pretty much narrows down the effectiveness of many of the monsters and a good portion of bosses.

UFO's
UFO Sightings - The World of Final Fantasy is being visited by extraterrestrials. (Not a surprise to me the creators of Final Fantasy VIII would use this metaphor and play it out in the right way) As you journey around the Overworld, with luck you may encounter a UFO that is pulling some strange objects with in into the sky. In order to look directly for the UFO and avoid any enemy battles use Diablos' Enc-None ability. The first encounter is near Winhill at "Winhill Bluffs." At this location the UFO is abducting a cow. If you don't know where exactly Winhill Bluffs is simply press the circle to view the Menu Screen and at the bottom it will tell you the name of the place you are standing in. South of Timber, on the beach called "Mandy Beach" you will encounter the UFO again levitating an Easter Island Giant Head Statue. You will also find the UFO at the "Kashkabald Desert" located on the big island east of the Centra Ruins with a Pyramid. You will again encounter the UFO at Trabia Heath Peninsula to the east of Trabia Garden. There it will be associated with a Crop Circle like symbol. After you discover the UFO in all locations, go to the Grandidi Forest and land upon one of the high mesas closest to the north with the Ragnarok. You will encounter the UFO and have to fight it. After you defeat the UFO, you will receive an Aegis Amulet. The UFO's extraterrestrial occupant can be found close to where Balamb Garden was in an area called "Alcauld Plains." At this location you will find an alien called PuPu. Make sure to have the Item Command Equipped and give the alien 5 elixers. After this the mysterious alien will give you his card called PuPu.

Limit Breaks
Sometimes when the ATB reaches full and the character's turn is available the limit break may not appear. The Circle button is used to switch between characters who have an active turn. Press the Circle button to switch, but as you do so, a character that wasn't able to use a limit break may now be able to. Since the game calculates the odds of using a limit break each time a new turn is selected, you are essentially re-doing the calculation each time you switch to a character able to cast a limit break. This works very well, and is very useful.

High Levels
This only works after you get the Ragnorok
The first thing that is needed, is Quistis' Degenerater limit break. If you dont have it, use a black hole (see my Blue Magic section)
No get into an easy fight and kill Quistis. Once you've completed the battle, give her a phonix down DO NOT HEAL HER TOTALLY! now, give her Initiative (GF Ability) then go to the island closest to hell, or the island closest to heaven. These monsters are bloody hard, so... as soon as Quistiss turn comes around (will be first if you have Initiative) press Triangle repeatedly untill her limit break comes up. Then choose Degenerator. Poof! enemies gone and you get about 2000 exp ^_^...very good way of getting levels quickly.

High Level Magic
First and foremost equip Diablos' Enc-None Ability and go to the Island Closest to Hell (See Above). While on the island constantly press the X button. You will find yourself running into a smorgasbord of Draw Points mostly concentrated at the edges of the island. When your done drawing all these and they all become tapped get back on the Ragnarok and fly to the Island Closest to Heaven and do the same thing. By the time you find and tap all those Draw Points the ones back at Hell will be full again. Keep doing this process and you could rack up an 100 Ultimas and 100 Meteors, both very great Spells to Junction.

High AP
On the same island where you must obtain the Jumbo Cactaur GF, located South of Esthar and East of the Centra Ruins, you will encounter Mini-Cactuars that have a very high Evasion rate, more often than not running away within the first few seconds of battle. Each Cactaur is worth almost no Exp., but is worth a whopping 20 AP each. I found that Squall's high Hit% allows for him to kill at least one of these with each turn he takes. I would suggest at least having his Twin Lance. Make sure to have Haste Junctioned to Squall's Spd, or even enable the Auto-Haste Character Ability and Initiative as well. This should guarantee that he kills at least one Cactaur. I found myself killing between two and three at a time, and raking in loads of AP that allowed my GF's to learn all the Abilities even the really tough ones rather quickly.

Seed Tests

In Final Fantasy VIII, money is delt with in an entirely different perspective than previous Final Fantasy's. In order to obtain cash, you must be paid it rather than obtain it from enemies. In Final Fantasy VIII you are alloted a Salary based on your SeeD rank. Your initial starting SeeD rank is determined at the beginning of the game when you take the Field Exam at Dollet. The better you do the higher the rank. Actions you take in the game can either improve or deteriorate your SeeD rank, and likewise, your money supply. You can improve your rank by taking tests based on Final Fantasy VIII. To take a test go to the Menu Screen, select Tutorial, then go under test to begin taking tests. You will only be able to take tests up to Squall Rank. I guess a real Final Fantasy master wouldn't cheat on the tests, but then again you can be a punk and cheat, because on this page I will provide the answers to all the tests.

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