Just go to whatever section you want to in order to observe the game secrets you need to know about. Oh yeah, they aren't really secrets, just the way to get that really hard to find stuff that will improve the game ending you got. So just click on the section you need to go to to learn the stuff you want.

Zodiac Stones	Fire Crest
Chaos Gates	Mystic Treasures

Okay. You beat the game once but didn't get the best ending? You never beat the game but want to do it right? Either way, here are the zodiac stones that are only a part of the overall best ending to the game. Also either way, I am excluding town names, so you have a little bit of a challenge determing which town you must go to, plus the names are different between the SNES and PSX versions of the game.

First of all, you have to have the Tablet of Yaru to even think of getting the stones. To get this, you need to do the following.

1. Take the Mercury from Pogrom Forest to the Dalmuhd Desert to get the Gem of Doun.
2. Take the Gem to the Pogrom Forest to get the Olden Orb.
3. Take the Orb to the Ryhan Sea to get the Gem of Truth.
4. Take all of this to Shangrila to get the Tablet of Yaru.

Once you have the tablet, you can begin collecting the stones from their various places.

1. Sapphire - Temple Shangrila
2. Garnet - Slums of Zenobia
3. Emerald - Island Avalon
4. Aquamarine - Diaspola
5. Opal - Lake Jannenia
6. Pearl - take the "Cake" to Diaspola
7. Diamond - Ruined City
8. Amethyst - Dalmuhd Desert
9. Topaz - Ryhan Sea
10. Turqouise - Tundra
11. Ruby - City of Malano
12. Peridot - Muspelm

That's it for the Zodiac Stones. Another factor involved in the best ending, though, is the Chaos Gates. We'll do those next.

First of all, you have to have the Brunhild Sword before you can even think of going after the gates. To get this wondrous blade, you have to go to the hidden temple in the NW of the Kastolation Sea. If you have a high enough reputation, you will recieve the sword of the gods, "Brunhild." Once you have that, the Chaos gates are yours.

• Kalbian Peninsula - NE corner, past the mountains
• Valley of Kastro - SE corner, in the break in the mountains
• Balmorian Ruins - NE corner, just south of mountains
• Muspelm - SE floating island
• Organa - far west side of the main island, across from base
• Antalia - just North of the westernmost mountains
• Fort Allamoot - SE of boss castle at south edge of map.

As you can see, there are more choas gates than there are Sky Islands since there are multiple choas gates to the same island. Getting the best ending doesn't really require you to discover every choas gate. Just make sure you find enough so you have access to all the hidden map stages. Your "Chaos Frame" points displayed in the end credits is related to how many of these hidden maps you have visited. That's it for the Chaos Gates. Now let's learn about the three mystic treasures.

The three mystic treasures are another valuable asset for the quest for the best. They are:

• Brunhild sword - found in the Kastolatian Sea at the hidden northwest temple
• Mystic Armband - found in Fort Shulamana after defeating Previa (Tristan must have joined the Rebellion)
• Grail - found in Kulyn Shrine after defeating Luvalon with a high reputation

Okay, now it's time to learn about arguably the biggest enigma of Ogre Battle... the mysterious Firecrest.

First off are the four weapons.

1. Notos - found in a temple in Fort Shulamana or randomly as a buried treasure
2. Zepyulos - Fogel's sword from Ruined City (Shiguld), Fogel gives it to you if he does not join
3. Euros - found as buried treasure
4. Boleas - buy it for 150,000 in Kulyn Shrine or found randomly as a buried treasure

Then, you will want to take these four weapons to Shiguld, the Ruined City to exchange them for the Fire Crest.

So what exactly does this elusive item do? Well other than being able to be sold at a very high price, it is generally agreed that the Fireseal exists only to give you a hint at to how to access the hidden stage "Dragon's Haven." Having the Fireseal does not grant you access to the stage as previous theories suggested, nor do you need to have it to get the "best" ending. In fact, it is impossible (without cheating) to get the Fireseal and World ending, since to even get the Fireseal requires you to not recruit Fogel. That's all there is to know about this mysterious item.

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