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Final Fantasy IV - The After YearsWalkthroughCreated by:
Zxela404, CranberryPSOCreation Date: June 4, 2009Email:
[email protected], [email protected]
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(1) - Legal Stuff (LGS1)
(2) - Version History (VHS1)
(3) - Main Guide (MNG0)
(3.00) - Introduction (MNG1)
(3.01) - Controls (MNG2)
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(3.010) - Ceodore's Tale - The Adventure Begins (CEO1) (3.020) -
Monster Invasion??? (CEO2) (3.030) - The Hooded Man (CEO3) (3.040)
- Kain's Struggle (KAN1)
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(3.110) - Rydias Tale - The Eidolons Shackled (RYD1) (3.120) - The
Summoner's Journey (RYD2) (3.130) - A Summoner and a Shop Hand
(RYD3)
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(3.210) - Yangs Tale - The Master of Fabul (YNG1) (3.220) - A
Master and Disciple (YNG2)
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(3.310) - Palom's Tale - A Mage's Voyage (PLM1) (3.320) - The Art
of Black and White (PLM2)
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(3.410) - Edge's Tale - The Pulse of Babil (EDG1) (3.420) - The
Female Ninja (EDG2) (3.430) - The Child Ninja (EDG3) (3.440) - The
Elderly Ninja (EDG4) (3.450) - The Quiet Ninja (EDG5) (3.460) - The
Tower of Babil (EDG6)
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(3.510) - Porom's Tale - The Vanished Lunar Whale (PRM1)
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(3.610) - Edward's Tale - Star-Crossed Damcyan (EWD1) (3.620) -
Desert Fever (EWD2)
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(3.710) - Lunarian's Tale - The Blue Planet That Was (LNR1)
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(3.810) - The Crystals - The Planet Eaters (FNL1) (3.820) - The
Crystals - One Giant Leap for Mankind (FNL2) (3.830) - The Crystals
- Descend into the Depths (FNL3)
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(4) - Item List (ITM1)
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(4.010) - Healing/Boosting (ITMB) (4.020) - Weapons (ITMW) (4.030)
- Armor (ITMA) (4.040) - Headgear (ITMH) (4.050) - Arms (ITMR)
(4.060) - Key Items (ITMK)
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(5) - Band, Skill and Magic Lists
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(5.010) - Bands (BND1) (5.020) - Skills (SKL1) (5.030) - Black
Magic (MAG1) (5.040) - White Magic (MAG2) (5.050) - Stats (STS1)
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(6) - Bestiary - (BST1)
(7) - Acknowledgment - (ACK1)
(8) - ~~A Heartfelt Goodbye from the Authors ~~ - (CLS1)
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(1) Legal Stuff - (LGS1)
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(2) Version History - (VHS1)
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Version 0.10 (4/6/09) (Pre-Release)
- Created the general guide, layout/format, and started each
main section- Added controls- Added codes and such
Version 0.15 (7/6/09) (Minor Update)
- Added some bands and basic bestiary- Reformatted some thing-
Added a bit to the guide.
Version 0.25 (9/06/09) (Medium Update)
- Ceodore's Chapter is about finished; some review and reading
over is needed.- Started Kain's chapter- Fixed some mistakes here
and there.- Created more bestiary entries (won't be in until next
update, need overlook)- Recorded items and equipment, will be in
next update
Version 0.30 (14/06/09) (Medium Update)
- Added some items and stuffed- Finished the basic guide for
Ceodore and Kain- Fixed up some Bestiary stuff- Fixed up phases-
General reformatting- Took out game script for now - might upload
separately, depending on length- Update to Skill section and Bands-
Item placeholder, will add more- Acknowledgements up finally, sorry
guys :P
Version 0.35 (15/06/09) (Medium Update)
- Finished Rydia's Chapter, for the most part
Version 0.40 (04/07/09) (Major Update)
- Finished the main guide, need only to read over- Added almost
all equipment and items, except a few things- Added a lot of
Bestiary Entries- Prepared for future updates on next parts- Added
stats for Ceodore, rest will come later- Bit of reformatting
Version 0.50 (07/07/09) (Major Update)
- Added almost all of Yang's Chapter- Added Some items in Yang's
Chapter- Recorded some enemies in Yang's Chapter (next version)-
Listed Stats of Yang and Ursula (up to 23)- Added Checklists-
Tweaked some formatting- Added Bands- Drafted Skills (next
version)
Version 0.60 (07/07/09) (Major Update)
- Added pretty much all of Palom's Chapter- Added Yang's and
Ursula's Skill and Stats- Added/Tweaked some Bestiary- Minor
reformatting
Version 0.70 + 0.80 (08/07/09) (Major Update)
- Added almost all of Edge's Chapter- Add more stats for all
Ninjas and Palom and Leonora (unfinished, to be added)- Some item
updates- Minor reformat- Prepared Dungeon Data and Item Update
(next version)- Laid out format for Bestiary Data Collection (will
affect Bestiary in future)
Version 0.90 (14/07/09) (Medium Update)
- Finishd up Yang's and Edge's Chapters (finally XD)- Added a
slew of new item, mostly CD items, and some ED's :P- Fixed a couple
errors, made note of a couple more, working on!- Added all the
Ninja's Stats, few blanks where I screwed up, gonna check out- Need
to tweak one or two things...- Working on Character Skills (next
version)- Working on other character stats (hopefully soon)
Version 0.95 (21/07/09) (Minor Update)
- Reformatted guide to make it look smoother
Version 1.15 (04/08/09) (Major Update)
- Added some treasure to Palom's CD- Fixed format a bit- Added
Edward's Tale- Added Edward's CD- Added Porom's Tale- Added Porom's
CD
Version 1.27 (09/08/09) (Medium Update)
- Added Lunarian's Tale and CD- Fixed up and added some Items.-
???
Version 1.52 (04/09/09) (Major Update)
- Tweaked Porom's and Lunarian's Tale- Went through and
(hopefully) brought checklist's up to date in each tale.- ??? =
Completely revamped the Bestiary section! Bosses and Special
Enemiescoming soon, as well as a bit more tweaking and
weakness/resistance/absorb!!!- Added some stats and character
summaries.
Version 1.79 (15/09/09) (Major Update)
- Added the Final Chapter- Tweaked up some things- Added
"Goodbye"
Version 1.80 (23/09/09) (Medium Update)
- Enhanced Final Chapter boss tactics.- Added "At a Glance"
list.- Formatted Enemy checklists.
Version 1.90 (10/06/10) (Medium Update)
-Extensive spelling and grammar corrections all over the
guide.-Updated boss strategies for Blade Dragon and
Barbariccia.-Added Cranberry's email
Version 2.00 (20/05/11) (Major Update)-Added stats for Cid,
Rosa, Kain, Calca, and Brina.-Corrected a Band error.-Added
Introduction.-Added notations about Playstation Portable
version.-Beginning process of fixing East/West errors.-Added a list
for Yang's Challenge Dungeon Treasure.
Version 2.10 (2/6/2011) (Medium Update)-Corrected directional
mistakes in Rydia, Palom, Porom, & Yang's Tales.-Added some
missed treasures.-Stats for Palom, Leonora & Gekkou up to level
40.-Updated enemy checklists with a few missed monsters in various
places.
Version 2.20 (16/6/2011) (Medium Update)-Updated
Acknowledgements-Fixed East/West mistakes throughout the
guide.-Updated a few boss strategies.-Various fixes throughout the
guide.-Added stats for several characters at various experience
levels.
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(3.00) - Main Guide (MNG0)
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(3.01) - Introduction (MNG1)
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Greetings! Welcome to this guide for Final Fantasy IV The After
Years! Thisguide was written to help guide you through the game and
provide you with awealth of information about it. Whether you are
looking for direction in thevast world you'll explore or details
about the finer aspects of the game, thisguide can help. This game
was originally released on Japanese cell phones, andwas later
ported to WiiWare in 2009. In 2011, the game was re-released on
thePlayStation Portable as part of the Final Fantasy IV The
Complete Collection.
This guide is based off of the WiiWare version of the game, but
has now beenupdated to include the sublte changes that were
introduced into the PlayStationPortable version! This guide is
written by both Zxela404 and CranberryPSO. Itis our sincere hope
that this guide will be a helpful resource to you, whetheryou are
enjoying this game on your Wii or your PlayStation Portable.
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(3.02) - Controls (MNG2)
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Wii Mote Controls:
Direction Pad - Move in respective directions
"1" - Go Back, Sprint
"2" - Confirm
"-" - Pause (while in battle)
"A" - Open Menu - Trigger Bands
"B" - Check Moon Phase (while in menu)
"+" - Switch party member avatar on the Overworld - Switch to
someone else's turn in battle
Classical Controller Controls:
"B" - Go Back, Sprint
"A" - Confirm
"X" - Open Menu - Trigger Bands
"Y" - Switch party member avatar on the Overworld - Switch to
someone else's turn in battle - Check Mon Phase (while in menu)
"Start" - Pause (while in battle)
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(3.010) - Ceodore's Tale - The Adventure Begins (CEO1)
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[Blue screen (of death) appears, text begins to fade in
slowly]
"Long ago, this Blue Planet was savedby the prayers of an entire
people.Two moons became one anew,and time inexorably marched
on...The day of departure has arrivedfor the heir of the holy
paladin."
[Text disappears, new words begin to appear]
"In the skies above the airship,two moons float up
listlessly,one ominously growing ever larger.Why has this dark
harbringer returned?A new destiny has begun to unfold,and yet, as
always,the crystals brim with silent light."
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[Screen fades to white, and then cuts to an airship flying
north. Music slowlybegins to play. The crew of the airship (the Red
Wings) are presented. 5Generic soldier (albeit one with a bronze
and gold helmet) and a blue hairedman appear. They converse, with
the Blue haired man presented as Ceodore, theprince of Baron, son
of Cecil and Rosa, on his way to the knighthood trial.Eventually,
you gain control, and are allowed to walk around the airship.]
[Some more dialogue, with the Ceodore being portrayed as a bit
of a wimp.Eventually, the ship lands, and you regain control.]
There's not much else to do here either, except for listening to
Bigg'sorders, so head over to the village. If you try to head into
the cave rightaway, you'll find your way blocked.
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Once you enter Mythril, you'll automatically talk to Biggs, you
will tell youyour objective - to enter the cave and complete the
trial under a full moon.Ceodore will ask it has to be under the
full moon, and Biggs will laugh. Afterthat, you'll regain
control.
You can talk to Wedge to learn about the phases of the moon,
which is quiteimportant. Different phases affect the effectiveness
of certain attacks inbattle. The factors affected are the strengths
of physical attacks, whitemagic, black magic, and throwing items.
Each phase either strengthens oneof these, weakens one, or doesn't
affect two. These phases affect both youand your enemies, so keep
that in mind!
-Go up to the to right side of the city, and position yourself
as fardown under the well as you can. You should be standing in the
shurbs; face thetrees and press "2" to find a TENT.-From the well
to the left of that one, go up to the trees, then face right
andpress "2" to get a POTION.-This ones a bit tricky - place
yourself right above the weapon shop, and lineup with the door to
it. Face right and press "2" to find a RUBY RING, whichprotects
against Pig. You can give it to the Orange Guy (pig) to get 500
GIL!Talk to him after that to see a neat, Choboco song using dance!
Now check outthe shops!
Item Shop---------
Potion 30Phoenix Down 100Golden Needle 400Maiden's Kiss 60Eye
Drops 30Antidote 40Tent 100
Armorer--------
Bronze Shield 100Bronze Helm 150Bronze Armor 600
Weaponsmith-----------
Broadsword 200Longsword 450
With the 500 Gil you got, you can actually afford to buy
something! PersonallyI'd buy some potions, and maybe a tent or two
or two for Ceodore, but you cango ahead and buy a Longsword too, if
you wish. You will be able to outfityourself better quite soon
after this, so you might want to stick just toitems.
After you've had you're fun, go to the Inn and rest up. Notice
the change inphase to Full Moon; this will make Black Mage more
effective, and physicalattacks and weaker. This should be fun.
=============================-------------------------------Mythril
Town Treasure Checklist-------------------------------Tent x1
[]Potion x1 []Ruby Ring x1 or 500 Gil
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Once you exit the Inn, a soldier will come up to you and tell
you to go to thegrotto.
(You can encounter enemies here, but it's probably best not -
you're prettyweak against anything)
=================---------------------------------Mythril
Outskirts Enemy Checklist---------------------------------Hell
Diver []Goblin []Sword Rat []Floating Eye []=================
Once you enter the Grotto, talk to Biggs, who will continue to
insult you.Check the chests for a POTION, TENT, ETHER, and PHOENIX
DOWN! Not bad.Talk to Biggs, and both Biggs and Wedge will join
your party! Nice!
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- If you check the equipment menu for Biggs, you'll see he has
greatequipment you can "borrow" from him. Feel free to make use of
his Longsword,Bronze Helm and Iron Gloves. You might as well take
them from him, since he'sstronger then Wedge. Not that it'll make
much of a
difference!-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Now, talk to the guy blocking your way to begin the grotto. This
place ispretty linear, so you shouldn't worry about getting lost.
Head up the stairs,and eventually you'll be stopped by Biggs, who,
coincidentally, is followedby a mnster encounter, with 3 Goblins.
Wedge will explain the affects of themoon, making note of the fact
that stronger commands will be in green, andweaker ones in red.
Just attack, or use fire on all enemies (press left all the way
to highlightall enemies) to finish the battle quickly.
Continue forward, and as you near the next staircase, Wedge will
interupt youand start talking about Bands.
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are powerful group techniques, which require at least two people
toinitiate, both of which must share some bond. Bands are triggered
by selectingat least one member of the Band and pressing right on
the control pad, thenselecting the "Band" option. Here, you can
choose to either search for a Band(by selecting a person to Band
with, then selecting the move you want to Bandwith, and finally
confirming it with "A"). Or, if you have already learned theBand,
you can select it from the list and trigger it right away from
there.I'll be sure to post each Band as it comes up! Bands take
certain amounts ofMP from everyone involved in it, so don't overuse
them!-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Be sure to try combinations with all characters that you can!
Keep in mindthat characters can't Band with everyone, and that
sometimes certain commands(such as "Attack" or White Magic") may be
necessary to Band properly!
Anyways, Wedge will demonstrate his bond with Biggs, Vibra Edge,
which willbe recorded under their Band List.
Moving on, head down the stairs and to the left to the chest,
which contains aPOTION. Heading to the right, you'll come to a fork
in the road - head up tofind a chest with a TENT. Head back down
and to the right this time to proceed.Head up the stairs, then
ignore the 2nd pair of stairs and head to the left,to find a chest
with an ETHER. If you haven't switched equiment, now is
thetime.
Now head back up the stairs and up to the next floor. Here,
Biggs and Wedgewill leave the party, with Biggs actually showing
some kindness to you. Aww!By now, you should be a high enough level
to manage by yourself, so don'tworry for now. If worst comes to
worst, remember Ceodore can heal.
Head up through the door to save point (whose message will be
burned intoyour mind - it'll tell you what they are EVERY TIME YOU
STAND IN ONE). Ugh.Save. Heal with a tent if need be - keep in mind
that this will change thephase to Waning Moon , which will raise
the strength of physical attacks,lower special attack strength, and
not affect magic.
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- Of course, if you have more tents, you can sleep more to change
thephase to whatever you
want!-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Now, exit through the door. Head to right here through the wall
to get a chestwith a PHOENIX DOWN. Now head back to the right and
head up the stairs, and goall the way to the right, and back down
the next stairs. Head up the next pairof stairs, and get a BOMB
FRAGMENT. Head back down, and head further down, thento the left to
get a chest with EYE DROPS. Backtrack a bit, and head down tothe
right this time, down the stairs to the next level.
Here, head to the right and down the stairs, then left to get
the chest witha BRONZE HOURGLASS, which casts Stop. Head right and
across the bridge, thenup the stairs to get a TENT. Back down the
stairs and further down, headall the way down to get an ANTARCTIC
WIND. Now head back and go up the otherstairs. Continue to the
left, down the next stairs, and to the left for someECHO HERBS,
which cure silence. Now head down, but instead of continuing upthe
next stairs, head down to the right in the small indent, and go
throughthe hidden passage (head down, then left) to find a chest
with a IRON GLOVES,in cas you didn't have the heart to rob Biggs.
Head back out the passage, andproceed left to the next door. Save,
Tent, etc. If you Tent, and should getNew Moon, which doesn't
affect strength of physical attacks or black magic,lowers white
magic effectiveness, and increases the power of special
attacks.Bleh.
Once you're ready, head back out the door and down the
stairs.
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Once you get down here, Ceodore will notice the Emblem. Make
sure you'reprepared, as this won't be as easy as it seems...
Examine the chest for a boss battle!
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Worm-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
This battle is pretty easy - there's not much you can do except
mash the attackbutton, so do so. Don't worry about healing; if
you're at a decent level, youshouldn't have to. Once you do enough
damage, it'll cast Whirlwind, reducingyour HP to 1.
Phase - Probably the best is Waning Moon, which will raise
physical attackstrengthen, just to make things go faster, since the
battle is mostly scripted.
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Ceodore will collapse, and Biggs and Wedge will run and check on
you. However,Ceodore will tell them to stay away, surprising Biggs.
Ceodore is determinedto win by himself, and the battle begins
again!
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Worm, Part
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Wait, he's still at 1 HP? Quick, he...Oh. You'll see Ceodore's
potential awaken(literally, he'll acquire at new skill called
"Awaken" from now on), which willboost his attack for a short
period of time. It's pretty useless in normalbattles, considering
how long it takes to activate, and really only has anyuse (albeit
pretty little) in boss battles. It's not a
particularlygroundbreaking or necessary skill - use it as you see
fit.
Anyways, proceed to mash attack on the sand worm again - you
should be doingquite a bit much more damage now, maybe even triple
digits. The sand worm willtry to use whirlwind again, but it'll
either miss, do nothing, or damage youslightly. Either way, attack
again, and you should beat it soon, even maybe onthat turn. Nothing
challenging at all.
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You'll acquire the Knight's Emblem ... oh, and you'll learn
Awaken. Yawn.Ceodore will collapse (don't they always?) and Wedge
will heal you. Well, thatsolved the problem quickly. Wedge
congratulates you, and even Biggs doesn'tseem that mad. They'll
join your party!
From here, it's pretty much a walk back from where you came. It
shouldn't betoo hard - like I mentioned before, the path is pretty
linear. And with Biggsand Wedge again, it should go by quickly.
Once you come out of the bottom of the grotto, Ceodore will
thank Biggs andWedge, and Biggs will leave wordlessly. Head
outside.
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------------------------------Adamant Grotto Treasure Checklist
Adamant Grotto Enemy Checklist---------------------------------
------------------------------Potion x 2 [] Goblin []Ether x 2 []
Sword Rat []Phoenix Down x2 [] Larva []Tent x 2 [] Eyewing Moth
[]Bomb Fragment [] =================Eye Drops []Bronze Hourglass
[]Antarctic Wind []Echo Herbs []Iron Gloves
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WARNING - This will be your last chance to visit Mythril, or the
Adamant Cavefor quite a while. Make sure you are prepared, as well.
Once you're all ready,head to the airship, check the pot to full
restore yourself, and talk to thesoldier to return to Baron.
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As you fly, Biggs will questions you about your new rank,
telling you that thetrail was merely a test of your resolve, and
that he still has a long way togo. Wedge will continue to gush over
you, as always. He will comment on yourpotential of becoming a fine
paladin, and Ceodore will show his hesitance inbecoming one. Before
anything else can happen, and soldier will interupt you towarn you
of...incoming monsters? Suddenly, you'll be attacked!
There isn't much to this fight - you might want to use Awaken
with Ceodore,just to have an extra edge. Just focus on attacking
one at a time, healingwith Wedge or Ceodore if you really need to.
If you have protect on Ceodore,try casting it on himself (or your
entire group) to give yourself an easiertime. Finally, Biggs and
Wedge's Band is also an option, but it isn't thatstrong; though it
does attack both enemies.
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Phases - Waning Moon is definately helpful for making the battle
go faster -however, remember that the enemy attacks physically. If
you're having trouble,Waxing Moon strengthens white magic, so
healing is more effective.
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You'll see the Airship being attacked by dozens of Ahrimans, and
you'll noticesmoke coming from Baron. Ceodore will approach the
side of the airship, as iflooking out at Baron in fear...
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(3.020) - Monster Invasion??? (CEO2)
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The screen will fade to white, and now you're in Baron, with
Cecil and Rosa.A soldier will inform you of the attacking monsters,
which Cecil and Rosa areshocked about. Cecil tells Rosa to stay
safely inside the throne room, andleaves with the soldier. Cecil
tells them to stay and guard the room, and thephase will change.
Now, you control Cecil. Head to the right, where you'll beattacked
by two gargoyles. Dispatch them easily with physical hits.
Before going up the stairs, check the switch near the three
treasure chests(on the wall under the left treasure chest) for a
TENT, DEOCY, andPHOENIX DOWN. Now head to the right stairs.
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- Some places will be available from the perspective of many
differentcharacters. And in those case, opened chests will actually
be resealed,allowing you use them again! Always keep this in mind!
Not every chest is likethis,
though.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Continue across the battlements, for another battle! Not too
hard either -just 3 Cockatrices and a Zu. You might want to kill
the cockatrices first,since they only take one hit, as opposed to
the Zu, who has more (941) HP.Continue down the other stairs, and
save. Don't bother with the switch nearthe save point - it's
broken.
Now, head out, then head left, up under the battlements, and
into the tower.Check all the chests for a HI-POTION, RED FANG,
HERMES SANDALS (very useful,save these for later, they cast haste).
In order to get the last chest, headup the stairs, then head back
down, face up and collect the ETHER. On thefirst floor, head up the
right stairs. Check the top right pot for ECHO HERBS,and the bottom
middle one for a BACCHUS'S WINE. Check the chests for aHEAVENLY
WRATH and HI-POTION. Head up. Here, you'll see a girl being
attackedby...an ogre? Just slash it to death. Check the chests for
a REMEDY, BOMBCRANK, and 500 GIL.
Now head all the way back to the ground floor, and head down the
stairs thistime. Check the 4th pot to get a POTION. Down bother
going down anymore -nothing you can do there. Head back up to the
save point, and all the way backto where you started. This time,
head to the left side. As you go up thestairs, you'll see a soldier
collapse, and you'll be attacked by anothermonster. Slash. Head up
the stairs, and back down the other ones. Head towardsthe doors,
where you'll be stopped by Rosa, who'll force you to take her
withyou. Rosa is a white mage, with good healing spells, and some
other usefulspell such as protect, hold, and slow. Blessing is a
wildcard move - it willheal your entire party a bit of HP and MP,
but it doesn't always work. Shealso has the Aim command, but since
she can't use this we'll take about itlater.
Head outside.
You'll look at the moon. And also jump around the the world to
see all ofyour favourite characters (coughYangcough). It'll fade
away to the Logo (incase you didn't know what game you're playing)
and then back to the moon (ugh).Head up and try to enter the tower,
and Cid will come down and greet you.Cid's as jolly as ever - you
try to piece together what's going on, and Cidjoins you. Yay! Just
as a quick overview, Cid has two other unique skills -Analyze, is
exactly like Libra, allowing you to check an enemies HP
andweaknesses. Risk Strike is a powerful attack, but suffers from
lower accuracy.
Also note - now that you have party members, Cecil's ability
actually comesinto play. Aside from having basic white magic, Cecil
also has Cover, whichallows you to jump in and takes hits for
someone. This activates automaticallywhen someone besides Cecil is
in danger, but you can also Cover someone at anytime. This can come
in handy for protecting weaker members, such as Rosa. Makesure to
watch Cecil's HP, though!
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- If you want, you can familarize yourself with your new party a
bit,before we move on. Try experimenting with Bands and check out
what each newmember can do. Remember, learning a Band adds it to
your list, which makesthings easier to execute!
New Bands -
Machine Break (Cecil "Attack" + Cid "Analyze)(Strong against
machines) (7 MP)
Holy Blade (Cecil "Attack" + Rosa "White Magic")(Strong holy
slice) (15
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Now, ignore the tower and enter the room Cid just came from.
Make sure yousave before you go up the stairs, and heal as well.
We'll have a little troubleup there... Also, you'll want to make
sure your comfortable with the phaseyou're in right now -
physically attacks stronger or stronger white magicis optimal.
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----------------------------Baron Castle Treasure Checklist Baron
Castle Enemy Checklist-------------------------------
----------------------------Tent [] Bloodbones []Decoy [] Gargoyle
[]Phoenix Down [] Cockatrice []Hi-Potion x 2 [] Goblin []Red Fang
[] Domovoi []Hermes Sandals [] Lilith []Ether [] Cave Bat []Echo
Herbs [] Bomb []Bacchus's Wine [] Gray Bomb []Heavenly Wrath []
Revenant []Remedy [] Gatlinghog []Bomb Crank [] Ogre []500 Gil []
Ghoul []=================== Zu [] Centaur Knight []
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Once you're ready, head up the stairs. After a few lines, you'll
be attacked!
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For the first fight, you shouldn't be concerned too much - if
you want, youcan set up a Cover on Rosa, and also cast Slow on the
enmies, and then Protecton Cecil. After that, just attack with Cid
and Cecil (Machine Break, their Bandworks well), and heal or buff
people with Rosa. If you run low on MP, you cantry using Blessing
with Rosa, to save some items (and if you're feeling lucky).The
only real threat from these enemies is Whirlwind, which hits all
partymembers for 50-80 damage. After this fight, you'll be plunged
in another, withno breaks, so make sure you have enough HP!
For the second fight, you'll have an Ahriman cast doom on one of
your partymembers right away - there's nothing you can do about
this. Again, set up aCover on Rosa if you wish, Cast Slow and
Protect, etc. Not much is differentabout this fight - if the
counter runs out, be sure to revive your fallenparty member, either
with a Phoenix Down or with Rosa's Raise. Also, the threeSpirit's
are weak to light, so Cecil can easily kill them. To add insult
toinjury, the Ahriman may cast haste on...your doomed party member.
What a jerk.Finish off the spirit's quickly, and get that Ahriman
down. Don't worry abouthealing anybody you revive - they'll be weak
enough that Cecil will cover them.You might get a CURSED RING from
this fight. Is it over now? Not yet!
For the last battle, do the same as before - Cover if you want,
Slow, Protect,etc. The Strato Avis is certainly a pain - it hits
twice, and very hard. Itcan also cast Torando, which reduces your
HP to single digits, to make yourlife even more of a misery. Be
sure to take it out as soon as you can. Again,Machine Break is
useful here. There are also three cockatrices, but theybarely do
any damage to anyone. Overall, it shouldn't be too hard.
Remember,Cecil will cover weaker teammates - don't worry about
healing anyone but him.
After the battle, Cecil will tell Cid to take Rosa somewhere
safe, to whichRosa protests. However, Cecil refuses to listen, and
Rosa and Cid soon leave.The screen will fade, replaced by, you
guessed it, the moon. But what's thatshape...? As it approaches,
you'll see it's Bahamut! What's going on? Rydia,no, someone else
will jump off Bahamut and land in front of you...who is this?She
says your name, and suddenly, Bahamut attacks!
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You can't win, so just slug away at Bahamut. Eventually, it'll
start it'scountdown, and without Reflect, you know you're screwed.
Ah well. What's goingon here?
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We'll cut back to Ceodore, who is rushing to the Castle (How
slow is thatship?). They'll go off course (what a surprise) and the
ship will start to fallapart, with Biggs jumping in front of
you...
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(3.030) - The Hooded Man (CEO3)
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Now we'll cut to Feymarch, where Rydia is talking to the Eidolon
King andQueen. Strangely, they'll teleport Rydia away. The Eidolon
King will call outto someone - it's the Rydia clone! She'll
threaten them, and we'll learn thatBahamut was being controlled.
Then, she'll petrify them.
Another cut to Eblan, where Edge notices the Tower of Babil,
which is pulsingred. I'm guessing that's not good. The dwarves will
notice is too. What doesthis mean?
Back to the Red Wings, who have crashed and lay sprawled all
over the place.Ceodore, who was covered by Biggs, will awaken, and
you regain control of himTalk to everyone to find that everyone
else is dead - only he has survived (ofcourse). Even Wedge
(Wedgeeee) is dead. Suddenly, Biggs will stir! Ceodorewill rush to
him and try to save him, but Biggs apologizes for failing in
hisduty. Biggs tells Ceodore to leave, but Ceodore can't summon the
courage todo so. He says he's only a squire. Suddenly, a flashback
to the beginningof FFIV starts - we see Biggs questioning Cecil,
who is being sent to gatherthe Crystals. Back to the present, Biggs
orders Ceodore to survive, and returnto Baron, before collapsing
dead. Ceodore, the last member of the Red Wings,will swear to
fulfill his final wish.
Before you move on, be sure to save. Once you go far enough,
you'll beattacked! It's a Domovoi and Gatlinghog - easy enough. But
that's not it!Now you'll be attacked by a Flamehound - another
scripted battle. Keepattacking, and it'll eventually lower your HP
to 1 with Blaze. Suddenly,the Hooded Man comes to the rescue!
Ceodore thanks him, and tries to continueto Baron. The Hooded Man
stops him, warnign him off trouble. Ceodore says hehas to, as a
member of the Red Wings, and the Hooded Man seems to have heard
ofthem. He mentions the war, then suggest they head to Mysidia.
Finally, he sayshe's coming with us! Yay! Ceodore asks for his
name, but the Hooded Man refusesto answer. They leave. Save. And
make sure you heal Ceodore - he's still at 1HP.
=================---------------------------------Mysidia
Overworld Enemy Checklist---------------------------------Goblin
[]Domovoi []Sword Rat []Bomb []Gray Bomb []Tiny Mage []Larva
[]Eyewing Moth []Spirit []Cockatrice []=================
Now, head left of the airship wreck, and continue left until you
reach Mysidia.You could head right from the airship, but that'll
take you to Mt. Ordeal,which isn't available to you now.
Which you enter Mysidia, the Hooded Man will tell you where you
need to go -head up to the prayer hall, to unlock the seal on
Devil's Road. Well, hecertainly knows his way around here. Before
you do that, take the time toexplore the village a bit.
Sundries--------Potion 30Phoenix Down 100Gold Needle 400Maiden's
Kiss 60Echo Herbs 50Eye Drops 30Antidote 40Tent 100
Weaponsmith-----------
Longsword 450Rod 100Ice Rod 220Flame Rod 380Staff 160Healing
Staff 480Bow 220Iron Arrows 50
Armorer-------
Feathered Cap 330Leather Clothing 200Gaia Gear 500Iron Amulet
100
Nothing too interesting here - stock up on Potions, Tents, and
Phoenix Down'sas you see fit. Nothing too much in way of weapons
and armor either - thoughif you really feel unconfident, you may
want to grab a healing staff. Otherthen that, head up the the
Prayer Hall once you've had your fill of walkingaround. Now talk to
the girl blocking the door. It's Porom! She won't recognizeyou
right away, but eventually she will, and she'll talk to you about
themess with Baron. After that she'll call two generic mages, who
will accompanyyou through Devil's Road. She'll seem to recognize
the Hooded Man, but heavoids her gaze. Exit.
Before we continue, make sure you save - the area we're about to
enter is abit confusing. The mages will come in handy, since you
otherwise have no magic.If you bought a healing staff, you can
equip it on the white mage - you canuse it in battle (go to items,
then scroll up to the top, until you can selectthe weapon you're
holding) for a free heal on all your party members. Not bad.
Anyways, once you're ready, head over to the unmarked building
right above theinn. The white mage will release the seal. Enter,
and step on the pad.
Now begins the fun. You're in a giant room with about 20
teleporters, each onetaking you to a different place. Luckily, each
time you'll usually have accessto only about one. This place isn't
too hard, but it can be a little tricky.For now, enter the
teleporter above you. Avoid the red floor, and before yougo into
the teleporter, go through the hidden passage in the top left
cornerto get a BOMB FRAGMENT. Go through the teleporter. Head to
the right, andchoose the top right teleporter - the bottom one just
takes you back to theentrance. Here, head through the lava to get
to the next teleporter. Be awarethat you take damage from lava!
Head up to the next portal. Now, head into theright teleporter.
Here, head up through the hidden passage in the top left toget a
PHOENIX DOWN. Head back down to the teleporter. Here, head down to
thechest to get a SAGE'S SURPLICE. Enter the hidden passage to the
left of it toget a SILVER APPLE. Very nice. Now, get back up, and
take the top rightteleporter. From here, head to the right first,
which will take you to a chestwith a HI-POTION, ECHO HERBS, and
ETHER. Head up, and take the top right again.Now head down. Head
down again. Now head all the way right to finally get toa different
room, and a save point. Phew, half way there!
====================
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----------------------------Devil's Road Treasure Checklist Devil's
Road Enemy Checklist-------------------------------
----------------------------Bomb Fragment [] Spirit []Phoenix Down
[] Soul []Sage's Surplice [] Yellow Jelly []Silver Apple []
Revenant []Hi-Potion [] Zombie []Echo Herbs [] Ghoul []Ether []
Bloodbones []==================== Skeleton [] =================
Once you're ready, continue onto the next room. Head up through
the firstteleporter, then around the next one above, then the next
one above that,then directly left of you, then the lower left one,
then the lower left oneagain, then the lower one, then the far left
one, then finally, the top oneto exit.
- Check the top pot near the Armorer to get a POTION.- Check the
pot near the Inn to get a HI-POTION.- Head up the top right part of
the city, near the sunbather. Climb down thestairs, and follow the
stream, under the bridge, until you get to a pool.You should be
blocked as soon as you come out - press "2" to get an ARTICWIND.
Now head to the bottom, right a bit, and face up at another
invisibleblock to get a SPIDER SKILL.- Enter the Inn, and go
straight up. Stand to the left of the strange lookingwall, and
press "2" while facing the wall. Enter the not-so-hidden room toget
a UNICORN HORN, WHITE FANG, and DRY ETHER.- Enter the equipment
store and check the bottom right corner to find an"Authorized
Personal Only" door, which will open up. You can actually head upto
behind both store fronts, but you won't be able to reach the chests
:(
Sundries--------Potion 30Hi-Potion 150Phoenix Down 100Gold
Needle 400Mallet 80Diet Ration 100Echo Herbs 50
Bomb Fragment 200AntarcticWind 200Zeus's Wrath 200Spider Silk
100Bestiary 50Tent 100Cottage 500
Weaponsmith-----------
Longsword 450Iron Sword 1000Flame Rod 380Thunder Rod 700Healing
Staff 480Crossbow 700Holy Arrows 500
Armorer-------
Iron Shield 600Iron Helm 800Iron Armor 1000Iron Gloves
130Wizard's Hat 700Gaia Gear 500Sage's Surplice 1200Silver Armlet
650
Much more choice then the other places - I like. You can pick up
some Spider'sSilk if you want - they can be a very useful slowing
item. As usual, stock upon any healing items you find neccesary.
Weapons and Armor aren't thatnecessary, but if you want, grab a
sword for Ceodore, and some Armor. Don'tbother getting anything for
the two mages. Also, grab some Echo Herbs, assilence might become a
problem...
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-------------------------------Baron Treasure Checklist Baron
Overworld Enemy Checklist------------------------
-------------------------------Potion [] Goblin []Hi-Potion []
Domovoi []Arctic Wind [] Sword Rat []Spider Silk [] Gatlinghog
[]Unicorn Horn [] Bomb []White Fang [] Gray Bomb []Dry Ether []
Cockatrice []================= Zu [] Gargoyle []
===============
Once you're ready, exit Baron, and try to enter the Castle. To
Ceodore'ssurprise, he won't be let in. He tries to argue with the
guards, but theHooded Man pulls him away. In the field, Ceodore
will be puzzled by the actionsof the guards, and the Hooded Man
will say something about "just like before".Then, he'll suggest you
try to sneak into the castle through the waterway. Ofcourse, we
need the key. Head into Baron. Now, head up the top left part
ofTown, and enter the big house, which happens to be Cid's. Talk to
the bluehaired woman on the left to get the key! Go the door under
Cid's house, andopen it with the key. Enter.
Before you head down the stairs, go through the hidden passage
in the middle ofthe right wall, to get to a chest with 2000 GIL!
Nice. Now head down thestairs.
Follow the stairs as they go along, then head down at the fork,
and collect allthree chests for a UNICORN HORN, and a PHOENIX DOWN.
Head up and follow thestraight forward path, all the way to the
next level. Head down the stairshere, and head down the hidden
passage straight down, to get to a chest with aHI-POTION. Continue
down to the next passage, which has a MONSTER IN A BOX!It's a
fairly annoying Black Lizard, which hits rather hard, and spams
gradualpetrify, which means you want to hurry up in this fight.
Using a Spider's Silkis definately helpful, as well as the Blizzara
spells.
You'll get a CORAL BLADE for your troubles, which you should
equip on Ceodore.It's a pretty good weapon, and lightning elemental
to boot. Head all the wayto where you started. Now, turn right
instead of down. Continue to the right,then head down, to the chest
with a REMEDY. See the rock to the right of you,which make a little
path? Head through there to save some time, and pop outright by the
exit. Head through. This room is short - head to the right, thenup
the long stairs. Before you exit, head to the left for a rather
obviousSOMA DROP. Now exit. Here, head through the door, and
save/heal. There'sactually a hidden passage here, near the top
right corner! Head through it toget a chest with a SILVER
HOURGLASS! Now go back, head right, head up, and exitthis place.
Phew.
Before you go on, uneqip your mages.
Here, head all the way right, then down, then left, until you
get to the verybottom left corner. Head up here, and press against
the invisible block to get1000 GIL! Head all the back to where you
came from, and face the invisibleblock next to the left block
representing where you came from to get aBRONZE HOURGLASS. Now,
head down the left side the same way you did with theright, and
enter the stairs. Head up, and a scene will occur, where
Ceodorewill almost run off in search of his parents. The Hooded Man
will ask him whohis parents are, and will be surprised by the
answer - Cecil and Rosa.Eventually, Ceodore will leave the party,
off in search. And so will the twomages. Meh. The Hooded Man will
hear a voice - head through the door to get alittle (interestingly,
it's actually optional) scene where the Hooded Man willsee many
unconcious people in jail. Weird. Head back out.
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------------------------------Baron Waterway Treasure Checklist
Baron Waterway Enemy Checklist---------------------------------
------------------------------2000 Gil [] Fangshell []Unicorn Horn
[] Devil's Castanet []Phoenix Down [] Splasher []Hi-Potion []
Electrofish []Coral Blade [] Alligator []Remedy [] Gigas Gator
[]Soma Drop [] Lilith []Silver Hourglass [] Floodworm []1000 Gil []
Black Lizard []Bronze Hourglass [] Hydra []=====================
Baron Guardsman [] =====================
You should know your way about this place a little already -
there's nothingin the tower up ahead, and a save point in the room
next to it; save if youwant. To proceed further, go through the
door Ceodore went. Head through thestairs until you get to the main
room, and head up towards the throne room.You can talk to the
zombified guards off to the side, but they also spoutthe same
gibberish. Continue to the throne room - wait, no one inside?
Once you try to leave, a voice will stop you. It's Cecil! He's
alright, butwhat's he doing hiding in the throne room? The Hooded
Man will show relieve,and even though the Hooded Man seems to know
him, Cecil will not recognize him.Cecil will act strangely rude,
and kick the Hooded Man out, who seems exitsright away. Once he
enters the main room, you'll see Ceodore, who can't findanyone. The
Hooded Man opts not to tell Ceodore of Cecil, and Ceodore
willrejoin the party.
If you haven't made use of the hidden passage to those three
chests yet, do sonow. None of the chests have regenerated here, so
don't bother checking them.Since you probably don't want to head
out the waterway, head out the maindoor, where the surprised guards
will kick you out.
You'll appear in a field again, where Ceodore will decide to try
to find theEnterprise. The scene will cut to Cecil ordering his
knights to chase afterthe uninvited guest. Back with Ceodore, the
Hooded Man will realize the jigis up, and he will tell Ceodore to
head to Mist Cave. They'll leave, andyou'll unlock a new Band -
Cross Slash!
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------Cross
Slash - (The Hooded Man "Attack" + Ceodore "Attack")(Slice through
a single enemy)
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We'll, we've got nothing better to do, so let's head to the Mist
Cave! Do anyrestocking in Baron you may need, then head northwest,
just like the HoodedMan said - past the bridge, past the forests,
and into the mountains path,where you'll find Mist Cave. Enter.
You'll see the entrance blocked by some guard, but the Hooded
Man is in nomood for games. Suddenly, the guard turns into an enemy
and attacks! This isthe perfect time to test out the band - watch
the show, and the enemy is done.Enter.
People who have played the original will remember this place -
it's stilljust as simple as before. Follow the very linear path,
and as the climb thestairs, the place will rumble. How ominous.
Continue on the path, and when youget to the fork, climb all the
way up for a chest with a STEEL HELM. Good forCeodore. Head down
and towards the bridge, where a short scene will showCeodore
falling off the bridge. Why are the heroes always so clumsy?
The Hooded Man will jump after Ceodore, and you can continue. Go
down thestairs, and when the fork in the path comes up, head down
the left stairs toget a SILENT BELL. Now continue down the other
side.
Continue along the path here, until you get to another fork in
the road. Headleft and up, to get a chest with a PHOENIX DOWN.
Continue following the pathuntil you get to another chest, with a
REMEDY. Now head all the way back tothe fork, and head up. Follow
that seemingly "into the wall" bridge toenter a secret room, which
has a chest with MYTHRIL GLOVES at the top.Equip on Ceodore, and
head back out. Continue up, until you see a door andstairs. Enter
the door.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------PROTIP
- If you save here, you won't be able to return to Baron for a
while.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Save/heal if you wish, and talk to Namingway for any
supplies.
Sundries--------
Hi-Potion 150Phoenix Down 100Mallet 80Echo Herbs 50Tent 100Bomb
Fragment 200AntarcticWind 200Zeus's Wrath 200
Nothing too much here; stock up on some tents and potions if you
wish, andmaybe a couple Echo Herbs in case those Lilith's really
start gettingannoying.
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-------------------------Mist Cave Treasure Checklist Mist Cave
Enemy Checklist----------------------------
-------------------------Steel Helm [] Cave Bat []Silent Bell []
Lilith []Phoenix Down [] Ogre []Remedy [] Cave Naga []Mythril
Gloves [] Needlehog []=================== Cait Sith [] Ettin Snake
[] Mindflayer [] *Thunder Dragon* [] =====================
Once you're ready, head out and down the stairs.
Head down the stairs here, and before continuing down, head up
the path tothe right to get an ANTIDOTE. Continue back down. Get
the chest along the wayto find an X-POTION. Proceed along, and at
the fork, head up, and continueup until you reach the chest with an
ARCTIC WIND. Now head back to the fork, andcontinue to the right.
Don't bother going down - just head all the way rightand up the
stairs.
Here, head left. Head up the first set of stairs to get a
COTTAGE, and continueup the second set of stairsa, up until you
reach a door. Enter, and open thechest to find CHAINMAIL. Go all
the way back down to where we entered from, andhead right. Save at
the save point, and make sure to heal up. Head up thestairs when
you're ready. The shaking will continue, and a hole will open upin
the floor -along with a boss!
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------Tunneler-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Tunneler is mainly a physical attacker, able to deal
anywhere from 200-300to one ally depending on the phase, and about
150-230 to both memembers withEarthquake. The bets idea is to use
Spider's Silk with the Hooded Man at thestart of battle, along with
Awaken, if you wish. After that, this battle is asimple matter of
spamming Cross Slash until the boss is dead. It has around8000 HP,
so it may take a while, but it's not too bad. Make sure to keep
allparty members HP over 300, with either potions, or Cure/Cura.
You'll get1000 GIl and 1500 EXP for your trouble.
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The Hooded Man will ask if you're alright, and Ceodore will say
he wonders ifthat's the only enemy. The Hooded Man will say
probably, but that at one timethere was another. Teehee. Anyways,
continue along.
Check the chest here to get a MALLET. Now, head up a bit, and
you'll triggera scene with the Baron Soldiers, who are looking for
you, but are having a hardtime because of the mist. You'll look
ahead, and see more guards blocking yourpath. Suddenly the mist
will thicken, and you'll hide in the corner. The guardswill see
each other, and since they came in from both sides, assume you
can'tbe in the cave, since they had all paths blocked. Except...the
one you camefrom? Hm. Ah well.
Continue to the left here, and head down the stairs, and towards
the chest,which has a HI-POTION. Now back up, but don't go all the
way back - head upnorth. Check the top chest for a BOMB CRANK. The
bridge to the left is whereyou fell off from before, so don't
bother going on. Head back to where youcame, and head up to the
stairs that were previously blocked, to exit thisplace. The Hooded
Man, who has seemed to establish himself as the boss, sayswe'll be
headind to Mist, to do some rock climbing. Oh boy... But wait
-Ceodore will suddenly wonder why the Hooded Man is helping him,
and findout that the Hooded Man is chasing after an Ex-Baron
Dragoon... The scenewill change back to Mysidia, where a...prayer
is going on? Apparently, adragon is crying. Another original cut to
the moon. And a cut to Mt. Ordeal,where we see...KAIN???
===============----------------------------Mist Cave Treasure
Checklist----------------------------Antidote []X-Potion []Arctic
Wind []Cottage []Chainmail []Mallet []Hi-Potion []Bomb Crank
[]===============
Save.
And also, the logo AGAIN???
On the PlayStation Portable version of the game, this is the end
of Ceodore'sTale. You can now gain access to Ceodore's Challenge
Dungeon by returning tothe Mist Cave and talking to Namingway. This
cannot be accessed in the Wiiversion and thus directions for
Ceodore's Challenge Dungeon are beyond thescope of this guide. Some
of the items you can get from clearing Ceodore'sChallenge Dungeon
include the following:Flan RingLustful Lali-hoAdamantiteMythril
gear
The boss of the dungeon is an Adamantite Golem. There's also a
PlaystationPortable exclusive monster in the dungeon as well. It is
called Noctiluca.
The next section of this guide covers what the PlayStation
Portable versionof the game calls "Kain's Tale". PlayStation
Portable version players willnot be able to access Kain's Tale
until they complete at least one other Tale.PlayStation Portable
players will be returned to the title screen afterclearing
Ceodore's Tale. Later when you're ready to begin Kain's
Tale,continue from this point for the walkthrough directions.
You'll be able toimport data from Ceodore's Tale into Kain's Tale
before you begin it.
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(3.040) - Kain's Struggle (KAN1)
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So anyways, we're heading to Mist and...oh wait, we get to play
as Kain! Oh,joy. He's much stronger then anyone else so far, and
can use the commandJump, where he...jumps off screen, where he
cannot be attacked, and lands backdown on an enemy, striking a
powerful blow. This damage is not affect by row.
Anyways, head across to the left, and pick up the chest with
MYTHRIL ARMOR.Now, head back to the right, ignoring the exit for
now. Right now, we want toclimb down the mountain. Keep going down,
until you get to the bottom, andhead left to get a chest with a
ANTARCTIC WIND. Now head back to the right andexit.
Continue down the one way path to the next exit.
Here, head down yet another linear path, collecting the first
chest, MYTHRILGLOVES, the second chest, COTTAGE, and head down the
winding path down to theentrance. Suddenly, Kain will hear a voice
(how original). Now, we head allthe way back up. Ugh. Head back to
where you started. You'll hear the voiceagain - keep going.
Remember the exit at the top I told you to ignore? Gothrough there
now.
From here, head up and to the save point on the right. Save if
you want.Actually, you probably should.
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---------------------------Mt. Ordeals Treasure Checklist Mt.
Ordeals Enemy Checklist------------------------------
---------------------------Mythril Armor [] Soul []Antarctic Wind
[] Ettin Snake []Mythril Gloves [] Cave Naga []Cottage [] Revenant
[]=================== Lilith [] Bloodbones [] Needlehog []
Skeleripper [] Ghoul [] Ogre [] Evil Flame [] ================
Now head up and across the bridge. Don't worry, no undead fiends
should backattack you. The voice will speak again...oohhh...
Examine the monument in themiddle. You'll appear in a chamber,
designed by someone who seems to lovemirrors. The voice will
continue to creep you out, and your reflection willjump out of the
mirror, and of course attack you!
The Logo will flash. Lol, wut? Come on.
You'll see the moon again.
And you'll see...Kain on the mountain again? Did I reset my
Wii...?
But no, you'll hear a scream...Head to the right, and you'll see
Poromfighting some monsters, and you'll jump in, and totally whup
them. Man,if Jump were always like that... Porom will recognize
you, and Kain, justlike everyone else in this game, will not recall
her.
Cut to a scene of Mysidia, where you will see mages collapse all
overthe place, and Kain speaking to the Rydia clone. Kain will pull
out a Crystalwhich will flash pretty colours. Ooh. It's the real
thing! Kain will only handit over though...if he gets to kill
Cecil! Wut? Porom will try to stop Kain,but he'll do that awesome
Dragoon stuff and jump into Devil's Road. Time toplay tag wih
Rydia! The teleporters work the same as before, and there is
onlyone way to go. You'll also see the Rydia clone ahead of you
from time to time,and she will question why you hate Cecil. Head up
the first teleporter, and gothrough the hidden passage in the top
left to get a MYTHRIL SWORD. When youget to the next teleporter
with the hidden passage, go through it to get aDECOY. After the
next teleporter, get the chest in the hidden passage for aMYTHRIL
SHIELD , and the normal chest for a HI-POTION. Get the three chests
fora BRONZE HOURGLASS, MYTHRIL HELM, and ZEUS'S WRATH. Continue on,
and when youget to the last part near the top, ignore the first
teleporter, and go to theright to follow the Rydia Clone.
=====================
====================-------------------------------
----------------------------Devil's Road Treasure Checklist Devil's
Road Enemy Checklist-------------------------------
----------------------------Mythril Sword [] Gremlin []Decoy []
Black Knight []Hi-Potion [] Centaur Knight []Bronze Hourglass []
Bloodbones []Mythril Helm [] Skeleripper []Zeus's Wrath [] *Cait
Sith* []===================== *Gray Coeurl* [] Evil Flame [] Yellow
Jelly [] Purple Bavarois [] ====================
Go through this next part like you did before - head up through
the firstteleporter, then around the next one above, then the next
one above that,then directly left of you, then the lower left one,
then the lower left oneagain, then the lower one, then the far left
one, then finally, the top oneto exit to Baron.
- You can go to the secret room in the Inn again - the treasure
chests willregenerate and contain an ETHER, GOLD NEEDLE, and
UNICORN HORN.- Check the pot outside the Inn again to get a
HI-POTION.- Check the pot near the Armorer again to get a POTION.-
Head through the secret water passage near the sunbather again to
get toinvisible blocks which contain a PHOENIX DOWN and HI-POTION.-
You can find a Lustful Lali-Ho in Cid's house, one the bookshelf to
thefar right. Check it out in your inventory for an exciting scene.
You canonly find this here in the WiiWare version.
There's no real reason for you to check any of the shops, which
have the sameitems as before. Head out of town and enter the
Castle. The Rydia Clone willgrant you access.
- You can check out the newly regenerated chests in the main
room throughthe secret door again, to get a X-POTION, RED FANG, and
REMEDY.- Go back to the east tower - all the treasure has
regenerated! Run throughthe floors and grab the PHOENIX DOWN,
BRONZE HOURGLASS, HI-POTION, ECHO HERBS,BACCHUS'S WINE, HEAVENLY
WRATH, HI-POTION, WHITE FANG, X-POTION, COTTAGE,REMEDY, and HERMES
SANDALS.
=====================
===================----------------------------------------
---------------------Baron City and Castle Treasure Checklist Baron
Enemy Checklist----------------------------------------
---------------------Ether [] Goblin Captain []Gold Needle [] Black
Lizard []Unicorn Horn [] Hellflapper []Hi-Potion x 4 [] Gremlin
[]Potion [] Ice Lizard []Phoenix Down x 2 [] Fell Turtle []X-Potion
x 2 [] Frostbeast []Red Fang [] Flamehound []Remedy x 2 [] Naga
[]Bronze Hourglass [] ===================Echo Herbs []Bacchus's
Wine []Heavenly Wrath []White Fang []Cottage []Hermes Sandals
[]*Lustful Lali-Ho []=====================*WiiWare version
only.
Now head towards the throne room. Talk to the Rydia Clone, who
will let youthrough. A scene will occur, where you find Cecil isn't
there, and the RydiaClone instead wishes to test your resolve. The
Rydia clone will make you goon a fetch quest, and you agree. Leave
the throne room, and head down. Asoldier will stand in your way,
telling you you can board the ariship now.Head all the way out now,
and board the airship. Talk to the guy bythe steering wheel to
proceed...
Meanwhile...
Now, you rejoin Ceodore in Mist, where the Hooded Man will tell
you thatyou'll be heading up the mountain face now. Oh boy. But
first, check out Mist.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------PROTIP
- Remember all the stuff you collected with Kain? If you didn't
equipit, take a moment to put all that stuff on. You can put the
Mythril Sword oneither Kain or Ceodore - you'll get another nice
weapon for the other person,which will heal the user. Take that
into consideration when
equipping.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Check out the tombstone near the top of the village for a neat
scene.- Check our the invisible block near the trees at the bottom
right corner ofthe pool near the tombstone for a BOMB CRANK.- Enter
the house to the left of the tombstone. Looks empty, huh? Walk
intothe fire place to find a secret passage, to a room with three
chests - aPOTION, HI-POTION, and PHOENIX DOWN. But that not it!
Continue through thewall to the right to find another hidden
passage - follow it to find a roomwith a BLOOD SWORD, a very good
weapon which drains energy from enemies.- Head through the rather
obvious "hidden passage" to the bottom of thevillage, to get to two
invisible blocks with a HEAVENLY WRATH AND ARCTIC WIND.
Sundries (INN)--------------
Potion 30Hi-Potion 150Phoenix Down 100Gold Needle 400Echo Herbs
50Antidote 40Tent 100Cottage 500
Weaponsmith-----------
Iron Sword 1000Coral Blade 2500Great Bow 2000Fire Arrows 500Ice
Arrows 500Lightning Arrows 500
Armorer-------
Steel Helm 2000Chainmail 2200Plate Armor 5000Iron Shield 600Iron
Helm 800Iron Armor 1000Iron Gloves 130
With all the stuff you got in Kain's little part, you shouldn't
really needanything. Grab any healing stuff you may need, then
proceed on through theright side of Mist. Stock up on Hi-Potion and
Echo Herbs - the enemies canhit hard.
=================== ===============-----------------------
--------------------Mist Treasure Checklist Mist Enemy
Checklist----------------------- --------------------Bomb Crank []
Goblin []Potion [] Domovoi []Hi-Potion [] Sword Rat []Phoenix Down
[] Bomb []Blood Sword [] Gray Bomb []Heavenly Wrath [] Skeleton
[]Arctic Wind [] Spirit []=================== Cockatrice []
Gargoyle [] ===============
Here, you'll see that the cave side seems impassable - but the
Hooded Mantakes command and orders you on. Oh well.
Climbing the mountain is fairly linear and simple - you can only
climb straightup, and you must start off where ever a ledge
appears. Head up the first three, and you'll come to a fork - head
to the right ledge, then down the next ledgeto get to two chests -
HI-POTION and BONE WRIST. Equip the BONE WRIST. Headback to the
fork, and head up to the left. Go up until the next screen.
Head up the left path to get a chest with a COTTAGE. Head down
and continueto the right. You'll come to another fork - head left
here first. It mayseem to be a dead end, but head right through the
wall, and climb down tothe chest to get a GAIA DRUM. Head back up
the first two ledge now, butinstead of going back to the fork, save
yourself some time and just head up.
Follow the linear path up till the next screen. Keep following
the path, untilyou get to the fork. Now, head down the ledge to get
a SLEEP BLADE, which canput enemies to sleep. Equip on whoever
doesn't have the Blood Sword. Head up.Go to the next screen.
Save here, and heal if you wish. Then, go past the save point,
we're you'llfind that you can head down the other side.
Proceed.
Keep heading down here, until you see the scene where Ceodore
falls. Ugh.Follow down with the Hooded Man. Next screen.
Keep heading down here, until you get to the three way path.
First, go to thetop left path, next to where you just came. Follow
that all the way up to achest with an ETHER. Head back down, but
take the little ledge down the leftbefore you go all the way back,
which leads to a chest with HERMES SANDALS.Head back to the three
way, and take the bottom right path down, then go to theledge on
the right, to reach a chest with a FLAME SHIELD. Equip. Now go
backdown and talk to Ceodore. Now go all the way down, and out of
this place. TheHooded Man will congratulate you since you did it
despite your crappy climbingskills, and you'll see Kain fly by,
heading to Damcyan.
===================
====================-----------------------------
--------------------------Mist Cliff Treasure Checklist Mist Cliff
Enemy Checklist-----------------------------
--------------------------Hi-Potion [] Goblin Captain []Bone Wrist
[] Gremlin []Cottage [] Naga []Gaia Drum [] Ice Lizard []Sleep
Blade [] Purple Bavarois []Ether [] Frostbeast []Hermes Sandals []
Medusa []Flame Shield [] Mystery Egg []=================== Black
Lizard [] ====================
Here, you'll see Kain thinking of something, then flash back to
the cave,where you fight a scripted battle against what appears to
be Shadow Kain, whowhups you, and appears to take your place.
Hmm...
Also, Kain will flash his bling. Ooh, shiny.
Now, head up with Ceodore, then right. Keep walking through the
desert untilyou see Kaipo above you - head there. The Hooded Man
will tell you to rest inthe Inn. But first, let's check out
Kaipo!
- Head to the top of the town to see the gravestones of Tellah
and hisdaughter, Anna. Play FFIV for moar information about them.
Man, recall wasso fun :(- Check out the top pot near the Weapon
Shop to get a POTION.
Sundries (INN)--------------
Potion 30Hi-Potion 150Phoenix Down 100Gold Needle 400Maiden's
Kiss 60Diet Ration 100Echo Herbs 50Antidote 40
Bomb Fragment 200AntarcticWind 200Zeus's Wrath 200Spider Silk
100Bestiary 50Tent 100Cottage 500
Weaponsmith-----------
Coral Blade 2500Flame Sword 14000Great Bow 2000Blinding Arrows
1000
Armorer-------
Iron Shield 600Steel Helm 2000Cross Helm 4200Chainmail 2200Plate
Armor 5000Bone Wrist 3800
===================---------------------Kaipo Enemy
Checklist---------------------Ettin Snake []Cave Naga []Skeleripper
[]Goblin Captain []Magma Tortoise []Lilith []Bloodbones []Needlehog
[]Evil Flame []Ogre []===================
Make sure you keep your stock of healing items up to date -
besides the usualpotion, echo herbs and tents, grab a couple
maiden's kisses and antidotes -they could come in handy.
As for weapon and Armor, you can get some minor upgrades, but
they aren'treally worth the price tag, such as the Flame Sword.
Much too expensive. Theonly real thing to consider here is the Bone
Wrist, but even that is a bitof a stretch, and isn't essential.
If you've got the Blood Sword equipped, equip something
else.
Now rest in the Inn like the Hooded Man told you to.
ZOMG, zombies! Battle tiem!
This battle can actually be really hard, considering how fast
these zombiesmove. Using Cross Slash should kill each in one hit,
and be sure to do thisas fast as you can. The zombies can hit hard,
and drain, though drain isn'tmuch of a problem because you can
finish them in one hit. If one of your partymembers starts taking a
lot of hit, be sure to heal them. Speed is of theessence in this
battle.
After this, you'll decide to head north, and you'll go bed.
Now, head out of Kaipo when you're ready, and head north, then
right to thecave. Requip Blood Sword if you want.
Once you enter the cave, head straight up to get to two chests -
HI-POTIONand ICE SHIELD. Equip this one whoever doesn't have the
Flame Shield. Head backand take the left route. When you come to a
small fork, head down to get aMaiden's Kiss, then head back up.
When you come to another fork, just keepheading right, all the way
until you see the long staircase headin down. Followit down, and
head up the first waterfall to get a X-POTION.
Now head back down and fall the water to the left. Once you come
to the bigwaterfall, enter it through the middle part to get to a
hidden grotto with aSILENT BELL, SPIDER SILK, and an ETHER.
Now, head back to the giant staircase, and head back all the way
to the left.From here, head up to access the next floor.
Here, follow the linear path, until you enter the water. Here,
you'll wantto avoid going down for now, and instead head up the
nearby stairs, whichwill lead you up to a SPIDER SILK. Now, head
back down to the other stairs.You'll come to one more fork, but
head left to get a HI-POTION. Now, headbacktrack a bit, then head
down, and follow the path until you get to a door.
Enter the door, where you'll find a savepoint, and the Hooded
Man will forceyou to sleep. You'll cut to Kain, who is just outside
Damcyan. Enter Damcyan,and head for the throne room. Kain won't
want to really explore the castle,so you might as well get this
over with. Once you enter the throne room, you'llsee Edward, who
doesn't seem surprised to see Kain despite his words...
====================
===================---------------------------------------
------------------------------------Underground Waterway Treasure
Checklist Underground Waterway Enemy
Checklist---------------------------------------
------------------------------------Hi-Potion x 2 [] Blaze Toad
[]Ice Shield [] Toadgre []X-Potion [] Blood Bat []Silent Bell []
Mizuchi []Spider Silk x 2 [] Sahagin Knight []Ether [] Fell Turtle
[]==================== Flaygator [] ===================
Back with Ceodore, you'll see him having nightmares. Eventually,
you'lregain control.
Now proceed to the next part of this room!
Head up and across the bridge, and head up to get a MONSTER IN A
BOX!
It's a Mythril Golem - and boy, does he hit hard! Make sure you
heal anyonewho gets hit right away, and attack him with Cross Slash
whenever you can. Ifsomeone has the Sleep Blade on, you can
actually put him to sleep while usingCross Slash! You may want to
consider using a Spider Silk to slow him down ifyou're having
trouble. You might get an ICE BRAND and MYTHRIL SHIELD for
yourtrouble. Nice. You might want to consider putting the Ice Brand
on the HoodedMan, and putting either the Sleep Blade or Blood Sword
on Ceodore. Whicheversuits you better. Personally, I opted to put
on the Sleep Blade, since I waspretty lucky with putting things to
sleep.
Now head down, and follow the linear path to the next door.
Enter.
Here, follow the path until you get to a fork - ignore the left
for now, andfollow the path to get another two chests - a ZEUS'S
WRATH and FLAME MAIL.Equip the Flame Mail. Probably best on
Ceodore. Now, head back to the fork,head to the left, and continue
through the next door.
Here, you can head right to access a secret passage, which seems
only like ashortcut to the treasure chest, which contains a
HI-POTION. However, once yougo through the passage, enter again,
and try to head up - you'll find you canhead up and to the right,
leading an area which contains a REMEDY. Now headback and up the
stairs.
Here, head up, and once you get the chance, head to the left to
find two chestswith a TENT and BACCHUS'S WINE. Head back, and cross
the bridge to the right.And of course, once you see the door, head
down first, too find a PHOENIXDOWN and DRY ETHER. Now exit.
Now cut to Kain, who demands he receive the fire crystal. Edward
will engaugein some pointless banter, trying to see what Kain
really wants. Eventually,he says he is unwilling to give up the
crystal. Kain is about to kill Edward,when Rosa runs in.
Cut back to Ceodore, outside. Save and heal if you must, then
proceed. Tryto continue with the Waxing Moon phase - it'll make
things easier.
Enter the cave, and jump down the waterfall. Whee!
Cut back to Kain, who says he isn't being mind-controlled, and
wants Rosa tobe his. All of his reinforcements will also show up.
Edward will refuse, andopen a box, which turns out to be a
Carnelian Signet, which is an item Kainis familiar with. Creepy
music. Oh, and all the soldiers die too. Now you'llattack
Edward!
You can't hurt Rosa, because you'll miss eveytime. Whenever you
attack Edwardyou'll hear Rosa protest. You can attack Edward until
he dies, or wait outthe battle and lose, which will result in a
game-over. So, fight Edward.Once you win, you'll claim the Fire
Crystal, and Kain will grab Rosa.
Back to Ceodore. Head out of the water, and follow along the
path. Once youget to the big stairs, head down to find a POTION and
HEAVENLY WRATH.Now get back up and head to the left. Head through
the door.
Go the right, and grab the chests, containing a HI-POTION and
PHOENIX DOWN.
=====================
===================-----------------------------------
--------------------------------Underground Lake Treasure Checklist
Underground Lake Enemy Checklist-----------------------------------
--------------------------------Ice Brand [] Blaze Toad []Zeus's
Wrath [] Fell Turtle []Flame Mail [] Blood Bat []Hi-Potion x 2 []
Flaygator []Remedy [] Sahagin Knight []Tent [] Mizuchi []Bacchus's
Wine [] Gigas Gator []Phoenix Down x 2 [] ===================Dry
Ether []Potion []Heavenly Wrath []=====================
Now follow the path up, head into the water, and head up into
the space in thewaterfall for a boss battle!
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------Octo-KrakenOcto-Leech
x
4-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
There are two main ways to defeat this boss, but start off the
same way - slowdown the boss with a Spider's Silk, and throw on a
Hermes's Sandals on bothyour characters, if you want. You can also
cast Protect on your party forextra defense. Now, you can either
spam Cross Slash on the main body, healingeverytime your health
goes below 300, or you can Cross Slash the tentacles toget them out
of the way first, before you finish the main body. Since youshould
be fighting in a phase that weakens black magic, the tentacles
shouldn'trealize pose much of a problem, and your best bet is to
simply spam CrossSlash on the main body, healing from time to time.
Really, this battle isn'thard at all. He has about 8500 HP, and
gives 1004 Gil and 2502 Exp whendefeated. He may also drop a
Potion.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Now head out. A scene will occur, where Ceodore and the Hooded
man arrive toolate, and we see Kain on the airship with Rosa.
Suddenly, it's attacked, andwe see Cid on the Enterprise! Kain will
fly away to Baron, and you'll regaincontrol.
Now, enter Damcyan. Don't bother with the airship just yet.
Head up to the throne room. Ceodore will find his mother gone,
Edward and Cidwill blame themselves, and the Hooded Man will jump
at the mention of Kain,who then orders everyone after him.
Cut to Kain, who is flying to Baron to kill Cecil, with Rosa in
tow.
Cut to Ceodore, who is giving chase with Edward, Cid and the
Hooded Manto Baron...
Cut to Kain, you will regain control of. Unequip him