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Training Locations Guide
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Introduction: Hello everyone I'm 2Lazy4You and welcome to my second guide for
the same game (I’ve only ever written two guides). The reason I wrote this was
because after the boss guide I realised that wasn’t enough so I went on to
write this one. This will only be a brief, straight to the point guide so it
won’t be lengthy. In this guide, you will find all the tips on training and
where to train when you are stuck.
P.S This guide contains spoilers!
P.P.S If you need to contact me, please do so. My e-mail is
[email protected]. You may contact me if you find a mistake in my guide.
I’m sure there will be. You can also ask questions about my guide, and if you
find that you have found a better training place than me, you can mail me it
and I will add it to my guide and put you in the Credits section =P. Also, if
you want to ask anything else, feel free to unless it’s inappropriate got it?
OK =D.
P.P.P.S Yes, the previous paragraph is the same as the one in my boss guide?
You have good observation, and the reason for it being the same is that I
couldn’t be bothered to write an extra 50 words when you can just copy paste.
P.P.P.P.S (O.o) This game just recently came out on iPhone/ iPod Touch so more
people are browsing through the internet for these guides, so I decided it was
a good time to start this guide, because the game was actually made ages ago.
However, this guide is made for the DS version, but the iPhone one is almost
the exact same; only minor changes that won't affect you, and slightly easier.
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CONTENTS:
1. >>>>>>>>>>>>>How to use the Guide {HG}
2. >>>>>>>>>>>>>Training Tips {TT}
3. >>>>>>>>>>>>>Levels 1-8 {1-8}
4. >>>>>>>>>>>>>Altar Cave {AC}
5. >>>>>>>>>>>>>Castle Sasune West Tower {CSWT}
6. >>>>>>>>>>>>>Sealed Cave {SC}
7. >>>>>>>>>>>>>Levels 8-20 {8-20}
8. >>>>>>>>>>>>>Dragon’s Peak {DP}
9. >>>>>>>>>>>>>Tozus Tunnel {DTT}
10. >>>>>>>>>>>>Nepto Temple {NT}
11. >>>>>>>>>>>>Tower of Owen {ToO}
12. >>>>>>>>>>>>Subterranean Lake {SL}
13. >>>>>>>>>>>>Molten Cave {MC}
14. >>>>>>>>>>>>Levels 20-24 {20-24}
15. >>>>>>>>>>>>Elder Tree {ET}
16. >>>>>>>>>>>>Cave of Tides {CoT}
17. >>>>>>>>>>>>Levels 24-45 {24-45}
18. >>>>>>>>>>>>Sewers {SS}
19. >>>>>>>>>>>>Godlor’s Mansion {GM}
20. >>>>>>>>>>>>Dragon Spire {DS}
21. >>>>>>>>>>>>Cave of the Circle {COTC}
22. >>>>>>>>>>>>Sunken Cave {SC2}
23. >>>>>>>>>>>>Temple of Time {ToT}
24. >>>>>>>>>>>>Ancient Ruins {AR}
25. >>>>>>>>>>>>Falgabard Dungeon {FD}
26. >>>>>>>>>>>>Cave of Shadows {CoS}
27. >>>>>>>>>>>>Saronia Catacombs {SC3}
28. >>>>>>>>>>>>Lake Dohr {LD}
29. >>>>>>>>>>>>Bahamut’s Lair {BL}
30. >>>>>>>>>>>>Doga’s Grotto {DG}
31. >>>>>>>>>>>>Ancient Maze {AM}
32. >>>>>>>>>>>>Levels 45-60 {45-60}
33. >>>>>>>>>>>>The Forbidden Land, Eureka {FLE}
34. >>>>>>>>>>>>The Crystal Tower {TCT}
35. >>>>>>>>>>>>Levels 60-90 {60-90}
36. >>>>>>>>>>>>Questions and Answers {QA}
37. >>>>>>>>>>>>Version History {VH}
38. >>>>>>>>>>>>Credits {CS}
39. >>>>>>>>>>>>Copyright {CT}
40. >>>>>>>>>>>>End {END}
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1. How to use the Guide {HG}
This may be the millionth time you’ve seen this kind of paragraph, but I’ll
just refresh your memory. The {??} on the right of the contents is the
‘subtitle’. Let’s say you only want to check a specific section, like training
tips. Then you type in ctrl + f which brings up the auto find window, and type
the subtitle in there, press enter, and you know what to do next. You might not
even need it because this guide won’t be lengthy as already stated above -.-
There are also stats about each dungeon. These stats are, levels, length, spawn
rate, watch out for, look for, and overall rating. Here is how each stat is
sorted.
Level- Basically the level you should be and level up to be in that dungeon
Length- The length of the dungeon. Tiny<Short<Medium<Long<Huge
Spawn rate- Terrible<Bad<OK<Good<Excellent
Watch out for- Monsters or traps to watch out for
Look for- Monsters that give the best exp
Overall rating- Rating of the dungeon from a scale of 1-10
Here is an example...
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World Map
Level - Nah Length - Huge
Look out for - Nothing Watch out for - Strong monsters
Spawn rate - Terrible Overall Rating – 3.5/10
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As you can see that wasn’t the best example, but you get the point hopefully...
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2. Training Tips {TT}
FF3 really isn’t about training, half the time you are not going to be under
level but if you are then read this :P
The Basics
Tip 1: Final Fantasy III is a Role Playing Game (RPG). The structure of this is
you attack a monster, then they attack you. That is one round. You cannot both
attack at the same time that’s just ridiculous and breaking the rule of RPGs.
After each round, you can choose what to do like attack, heal or magic or
others. The enemy cannot attack you while you are on this command screen and
yes you guess right, if you just leave the battle like that for 100 years and
come back, the enemy will still not attack you -.-
Tip 2: A common system in RPGs is the level system. When you gain a level, you
HP/MP, Strength, Defence, Magic levels and other stats increase. All these
stats are important and you may have trouble if they are too low.
Tip 3: Your jobs are also important. If you’re having difficulty fighting
monsters, or you just don’t like the jobs you currently have, why not change?
Changing to other jobs can all of a sudden make the game easier. Try to use
suitable jobs in every situation but do not keep changing jobs. It is best to
maintain a job through a whole 'crystal phase' (before you can choose more
jobs.
Tip 4: Just after you have switched to a different job, you will be under a
time called the Job Transition Phase. During this time, your strength, agility,
vitality, intellect and mind will be yellow, and slightly lowered. This is seen
on the menu, and there is an arrow next to the character. Also, if you are
switching from a job that does not use magic to a job that does, be careful
because your mp will remain at 0 so you cannot use magic! Just go to a nearby
inn or wellspring and heal up.
Tip 5: The battle commands that every job has in this game are Attack, Guard,
Item, Equipment, Front/Back Row, and Flee. Attack means you attack -.-, guard
means you guard =.=, Item means you choose an item from your inventory to use,
Equipment means you can change weapons halfway through battle, Front/Back row
means you can switch between rows, and I don’t know what Flee means you have to
find out yourself >.>
Training
Tip 1: You will have access to a world map full of monsters almost through the
whole game. (How specific and down to earth was that sentence?) Seems easy to
train? Not really cause the exp the monsters on the world map give you are
terrible, and I’m not even gonna mention the spawn. Dungeons are how you are
usually going to train. You cannot save in dungeons like you can save on the
world map, so that is probably the only disadvantage.
Tip 2: Try to train on monsters you can kill comfortably. Don’t train on those
where they have a 50% chance of killing you because if you die you won’t get
exp obviously.
Tip 3: Look out for weaknesses. If you use fire on an ice monster it will do
extra damage (no shet).
Other Tips
Tip 1: Most bosses are found at the end of dungeons. The monsters before the
boss have to be easy enough for you to kill. If you can comfortably kill the
monsters in the dungeon, you shouldn’t have trouble killing the boss.
Tip 2: This may not be true, but what I realised about dungeons is that the
spawn seems to go less when you reach the last floor of a dungeon. What I mean
is, the first time you go into a dungeon the spawn is good, but once you get to
the last floor, teleport out and go in again, the spawn is not that good. This
might be just me, but keep it in mind cause it could be true.
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3. Levels 1-8 {1-8}
You need almost absolutely no help at all levelling up here but I’ll help you
anyway. Only two bosses to face during this level span and they are very easy.
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4. Altar Cave {AC}
Level - 1-2 Length - Short
Look for – Blue Wisp Watch out for – Land Turtle
Spawn rate - OK Overall rating – 7/10
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The first cave ever, the first cave you start in. If you don’t mess around
here, grab all the treasure, you will be lvl 2 when you fight Land Turtle.
Just walk in, kill, and walk straight out. Try not to level past three because
you need to find your other party members first.
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5. Castle Sasune West Tower {CSWT}
Level - 3-4 Length - Tiny
Look for - Nothing in particular Watch out for - Griffin
Spawn rate - Excellent Overall rating – 8/10
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Also very brief, just breeze in, grab the Wightslayer, and come out. It is
actually not a bad idea to stay here seeing how the spawn here is so good. You
should be lvl 4 when you come out, just head up to the next dungeon.
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6. Sealed Cave {SC}
Level - 5-7 Length - Medium
Look for - Revenant Watch out for - Larva (Stare)
Spawn rate - Bad Overall rating – 9/10
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Meh. Same thing as before walk in and walk straight out, make sure you have at
least 16 potions, 4 eye drops and 4 antidotes. Fight Djinn at around lvl 6 if
you have the Antarctic Wind which will kick his ass. If not, you can still beat
him he’s hopeless. This cave is good for lvling up until lvl 8, it gets slow
after that so try not to linger here.
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7. Levels 8-20 {8-20}
Long part of the game here, also the most boring part. Once your past lvl 15 it
takes ages to level up mainly cause the monsters give hopeless exp -.-
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8. Dragons Peak {DP}
Level - 8 Length - Short
Look for - Firefly Watch out for - Rukh (Stone)
Spawn rate - OK Overall rating – 6/10
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The birds here are quite strong thanks to Djinn being so weak. Don’t train here
because some birds can turn you to stone, and the exp is moderate. You don’t
want moderate, you want high! Get yourself kidnapped by Charizard and go to
Tozus.
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9. Tozus Tunnel {DTT}
Level - 8-9 Length - Tiny
Look for - Leprechaun Watch out for - Singles
Spawn rate - Bad Overall rating – 6.5/10
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This is only a tunnel. Not bad, but the monsters usually comes in singles.
Second best place right now. Just make sure you have at least three mages in
your party.
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10. Nepto Temple {NT}
Level - 9-11 Length - Short
Look for - Blood Worm Watch out for - Blood Worm
Spawn rate - Bad Overall Rating – 7/10
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Alright, train here for now :D A boss lies at the end of this dungeon. It’s not
gonna be as fast as Sealed Cave but there is nowhere else. When the Giant Rat
comes into view, don’t get too close or the battle will start. Fortunately for
you, right before the rat is a bloodworm, the strongest monster in the damn
temple. You get slightly more exp from them than the rest. They are quite
strong however so be careful. Bloodworms are also found in the ‘blue area’,
along with poison bats. Hover around there. It may take a while levelling from
10-11 though.
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11. Tower of Owen {ToO}
Level - 12-14 Length - Long
Look for - Nothing in particular Watch out for - Aughisky (Silence)
Spawn Rate - Good Overall rating – 7.5/10
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Once you got the ship you would be exploring different places around the world
such as the Village of the Ancient Ruins, and Gulgan Gulch, where one of the
guys there say that darkness is covering the world. WELL YOU DON’T F****** SAY.
Anyway, you would be about level 12 before you go into the Tower of Owen, which
is a tower comprised of around 10 floors o.o Medusa is your first challenging
boss so be around lvl 14 at least. You also might want to make two runs into
the tower, once to collect all the items and teleport out, and the second time
to barge in and beat the boss (anyone notice the monster called Farr Darrig?
It’s one cool name for a monster).
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12. Subterranean Lake {SL}
Level - 15 Length - Medium
Look for - Sea Devil, Ruinous Wave Watch out for - Manticore (Stone)
Spawn rate - OK Overall rating – 5/10
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You basically just reached the most boring and longest levels of the game.
Monsters are strong here, only train if you are under level. Gutso is easy
right now, fight him at around level 15. Be careful of the monsters here.
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13. Molten Cave {MC}
Level - 15-19 Length - Medium
Look for - Crocottas, Myrmecoleons Watch out for - Myrmecoleons (Stone)
Spawn rate - OK Overall rating – 4/10
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This dungeon deserves a two, but it’s better than the Sea, which is part of
the world map, and you know what I said about world maps. Anyway, you have to
train here. Salamander is strong and powerful, and your HP is what’s important
here. Yes this will take AGES AND AGES, but you’ll survive, hopefully both life
and Salamander. I cbfed here once so I fought Salamander at lvl 19. It was
still hard even with my 4 Antarctic Winds and an Arctic Wind. Try and train at
the back of the cave, the map before the fire crystal. There are no
Adamantoises there which only give 175xp and are highly annoying. Bosses at the
end will net you 225- 250 exp per battle (Crocottas and Myrmecoleons).
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14. Levels 20-24 {20-24}
What a short level span for the fire crystal. Fortunately it is interesting,
where you get to travel to the surface world. These levels will be brief, and
better than 15-20 thanks to monsters with higher exp :P
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15. Elder Tree {ET}
Level - 20-21 Length - OK
Look for - Nothing in particular Watch out for - The three chest rooms
Spawn rate - Bad Overall rating – 6/10
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You really don’t want to stay here seeing how you can’t teleport or anything.
You can defeat Hein quite easily, plus this dungeon is so dark and damp and
annoying. You might want to be above lvl 20 though, don’t stay at 19.
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16. Cave of Tides {CoT}
Level - 21-23 Length - Long
Look for - Triple Ropers Watch out for - Cockatrice (Stone)
Spawn rate - Bad Overall rating – 6.5/10
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An awesome new world with awesome music. Only one cave available right now,
unless you plan on staying in the fire crystal cave =.= The monsters come in
groups of two, but occasionally you fight the trio of Ropers, giving you 900
exp! Well that’s nice, fight your way to 23 or 24 and fight Kraken. The duo of
spiders is also quite nice.
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17. Levels 24-45 {24-45}
After Aria dies you see the whole new world and it’s quite pathetic, only four
towns, two of them near deserted and one hidden. The town you are in right now
is Amur, neither of the four :) Change jobs if you want to but you might not
want to change all your characters if you don’t have enough money.
Quite lengthy as well, 21 levels but this goes down fast as there are quick
ways to level here :D
NOTE: ONCE YOU ARE LEVEL 45, YOU HAVE 5 BOSSES AVAILABLE TO KILL. IF YOU WANT
TO UNLOCK THE EARTH CRYSTAL FIRST, YOU CAN AND LATER COME BACK FOR THE OTHER
BOSSES (Doga, Unei, Leviath and Bahamut).
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18. Sewers {SS}
Level - 24 Length - Short
Look for - Twin Liger Watch out for - Quadruple Gigantoads
Spawn rate - OK Overall rating – 6.5/10
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Another dungeon in a town, interesting. You basically just go there to get the
shoes, but it isn’t a bad idea to train here if you’re not bothered to go
Godlor’s Palace or whatever he calls his own home. The monsters can be tough
when you just switched jobs, but it’s nothing you can’t handle.
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19. Godlor’s Mansion {GM}
Level - 24-26 Length - Medium
Look for - Nightmare Watch out for - Godlor
Spawn rate - OK Overall rating – 7.5/10
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Just make sure you’re AT LEAST level 25 before you fight Godlor. Walk in and
walk out and you’ll gain some exp along the way. It doesn’t matter where you
train, every map has the same monsters. Best place to train at this point.
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20. Dragon Spire {DS}
Level - 26-30 Length - Tiny
Look for - Catopeblas and Sandworm Watch out for - Catopeblas (Stone)
Spawn rate - Excellent Overall rating – 6.5/10
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Right after you get your damn ship back some son of a ***** decides to blow it
up. You are therefore stuck in Saronia, and the only place with monsters is in
North Western Saronia. Go here. You might have realised the monsters here are
also on the world map, and this is an immediate indication of how bad the exp
is gonna be. Well the spawn makes up for it. Like the West Tower in Castle
Sasune, the spawn here is supernatural. Unfortunately it takes a long time
getting to 30, which you need to be in order to defeat Garuda. Don’t worry, it
gets really fast after this. These four levels are also faster than the Molten
Cave levels.
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21. Cave of the Circle {COTC}
Level - 30 Length - Short
Look for - Nothing in particular Watch out for - Every monster
Spawn rate - OK Overall rating – 5/10
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I expect you to flee every encounter... unless you actually have a band of
magicians ready to attack. Apart from that, get your ship on drugs and get your
ass to Sunken Cave.
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22. Sunken Cave {SC2}
Level - 30-35-40 Length - Short
Look for - Trios (last map) Watch out for - Guardians of chests
Spawn rate - OK Overall rating – 10/10
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This cave is absolutely ridiculous. All of a sudden you’re getting about 3- 4k
exp after every battle! What’s better is the treasure that’s in here! You can
actually stay here till level 40, it’s the fastest way, but you have other
things to do. After you have got the Fang of Earth and the Invincible, come
back here to get to lvl 40 if you’re not there yet.
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23. Temple of Time {ToT}
Level - 35 Length - Long
Look for - Nothing in particular Watch out for - Chimera Mages ambush
Spawn rate - OK Overall rating – 6/10
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Strong, strong monsters here. Be prepared. One of the strongest are the Dragon
and the Behemoth. Have caution in every step you take o.o Strong monsters= good
exp? Well yes, but most of the monsters come in singles, so Sunken Cave is
still a better option. Don’t train here, you have a good chance of dying.
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24. Ancient Ruins {AC}
Level - 35 Length - Huge
Look for - Nothing in particular Watch out for - Dividing/Multiplying
Spawn rate - Bad Overall rating – 5/10
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Absolutely terrible for training. The monsters divide and multiply, but
unfortunately your exp doesnt. Just get the goddam ship and leave, and never
come back here again. And I put the length of the dungeon as huge for a reason,
it IS huge. Locked doors, massive maps, far away treasure chests. (This is
really interesting though, once you are on the Invincible, open the world map
and check your current location and then look at where you started, the
entrance of the Ancient Ruins. Big O_O)
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25. Falgabard Dungeon {FD}
Level - 35 Length - Tiny
Look for - Nothing in particular Watch out for - Dividing/Multiplying
Spawn rate - Bad Overall rating – 4/10
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Same thing as Ancient Ruins, only stronger monsters so better exp. A dungeon in
a town, so it’s really short. It’s only there to give you a practice and the
three items at the end.
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26. Cave of Shadows {CoS}
Level - 36 Length - Huge
Look for - Trios Watch out for - Dividing/Multiplying
Spawn rate - Terrible Overall rating – 3/10
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Jesus Christ Square Enix, stop with the horrendous dungeons. Really long, and
with the biggest joke boss at the end. Terribad. Pretty much a slightly
strengthened version of Falgabard Dungeon. After this, it’s a good idea to go
back to the Sunken Cave and get to level 40 =.= This is also a 3/10 looking at
the amount of Mount Everests to conquer to get there.
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27. Saronia Catacombs {SC3}
Level - 40 Length - Medium
Look for - Nothing in particular Watch out for - Odin
Spawn rate - OK Overall rating – 6.5/10
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Another damn dungeon with the SC subtitle, and it’s really starting to piss me
off. Less exp than Sunken Cave, so only come here for Odin. Odin is one of the
people who everyone says is really pro, but isn’t. One person even said, “He
feared himself that he was so powerful so he sealed himself away” or some crap.
Wow. Anyway, make sure you ARE powerful enough to fight him by being above
level 40 because it would be severely embarrassing if you lose.
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28. Lake Dohr {LD}
Level - 40-45 Length - Short
Look for - Trios Watch out for - Leviathan
Spawn rate - OK Overall rating – 9.5/10
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Finally somewhere with even better exp than Sunken Cave. It’s also interesting
how the monsters here are strengthened versions of the ones in Sunken Cave,
therefore having higher exp. Make sure you are lvl 45 at least to fight
Leviath, because he is quite powerful. Most monsters here come in groups of
three, giving you up to 5.7k exp! Usually it’s only 5.4k though.
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29. Bahamut’s Lair {BL}
Level - 40-45, 50-70 Length - Short
Look for - Trios (2nd map, 5700 exp) Watch out for - Lamia Queen (1290 xp)
Spawn rate - Bad Overall rating – 10/10
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This is an excellent dungeon, but I’ll expand on this later, not now. You’re
main priority is capturing Charizard so fight the dragon. Remember where this
place is though, you’re coming back here very soon so get used to it. You may
train here instead of Lake Dohr if you like, it’s really similar.
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30. Doga’s Grotto {DG}
Level - 45 Length - Medium
Look for - Nothing in particular Watch out for - Doga and Unei
Spawn rate - Terrible Overall rating – 6.5/10
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What a breathtaking place! Waterfalls, cliffs... My language was too superb,
it’s actually not as good as it sounds. Anyway, long maps in this dungeon, but
isn’t that long in total, thanks to the hopeless spawn. Not good for training
here, only to fight Doga and Unei.
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31. Ancient Maze {AM}
Level - 45 Length - Long
Look for - Greater Demon Watch out for - King Behemoth
Spawn rate - Terrible Overall rating – 6/10
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Long with the worst of the worst spawn, therefore the dungeon is shorter than
you think it is. Titan is guarding the Earth crystal which is in the first door
you see. Kill him and you can unlock new jobs! There is one interesting thing
in this dungeon though, and I mentioned it in the Q and A section.
I also grouped this dungeon in the Water Crystal section, but this belongs more
in the Earth Crystal section. It does not matter, just scroll up if you need to
-.-
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32. Levels 45-60 {45-60}
Finally, you’ve found the Earth crystal. It was indeed very well hidden but you
might have guessed it was in the top right corner of the map seeing how it
looked full badass and stuff. Well you have to be level 60 to kill the Cloud of
Darkness, so where do we train? You have things to do first, items to collect.
Also for much more detail about how to train here, refer to the questions and
answers section. There is a much more in depth guide to levelling there o.o
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33. The Forbidden Land, Eureka {FLE}
Level - 46 Length - Long
Look for - The five weapons Watch out for - Scylla, Guardian
Spawn rate - Bad Overall rating – 6.5/10
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If you're playing this game on an iPhone or iPod Touch, seriously listen to the
music with good in- ear earphones. Words cannot express. That is some good
compositional work Square Enix. If you're on DS, don't go what the effing what
I'm on about because the DS sound system is just shet. Anyway, this place is
not the best place to level, but it's G. You must come here to get the items
anyway. After the items, don’t come here ever again (except to buy Shurikens if
you ran out, or to dream about heroic situations with the epic music. It's the
sort of music suitable to be played when an army is 'marching into battle', but
not the kind of music to be played during a battle.
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34. The Crystal Tower {TCT}
Level - 50 Length - Huge
Look for - Bluck Watch out for - Multicoloured Dragons
Spawn rate - Bad Overall rating – 6.5/10
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Finally you’re in the damn tower. This tower is supposed to touch the sky, but
fortunately for you, you don’t have to climb that high to get to the top. Refer
to the Q and A section for more detail for training. As you might have guessed,
this place is huge, so when you’re around level 50, please don’t go above
halfway. Once you see the Generals and the Glasia Labolas or whatever it’s
called, teleport out because you don’t want to fight the dragons yet.
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35. Levels 60-90 {60-90}
If you wanna ask if I actually bothered to play till level 90 to fight the Iron
Giant, then I will answer truthfully- no. Which means some of the information
here can be inaccurate! Well that’s a shame. You have an extra option here, the
World of Darkness. The answer is a no. The monsters give good exp but they
don’t come in groups of threes. Plus, how much time do you have to spend
walking up to get there? Stay at Bahamut’s Lair.
Well the higher level you are, the more exp required to level. Seeing how your
exp adds on, wouldn’t it be good to train at Blucks? This is a 30 level span so
you have so much time, and Bahamut’s Lair will start to get slow like every
dungeon. Blucks will get slow at a slower rate :D Just try to remember not to
stay in one battle too long, for you might gain too many exp. And remember you
can’t over level. (Refer to the Q and A section for Bluck training details).
Oh and I almost forgot to tell you that dragons in the Crystal Tower drop Onion
equipment! You also should go there and fight the dragons.
And yes there is a secret ??? dungeon full of the red/yellow/green dragons.
Train there if you like, but it will still be quite dangerous, so if you feel
like you’re not getting enough exp, then don’t train there!
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36. Questions and Answers {QA}
Any questions about training are answered here. If you have a question, don’t
be afraid to email me about it, and I will post it here :D
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Ancient Maze vs. Crystal Tower vs. Bahamut’s Lair, what’s better?
You have three options now, the most interesting part of the game in terms of
levelling. Finally I have something worth saying. OK, first option, Ancient
Maze. What is so damn interesting about this place? OK, there is one monster
here called the Greater Demon. The Greater Demon summons another monster called
the Iron Claws. The Greater Demon will not die if you kill the Iron Claws, and
with each Iron Claws you kill your exp adds on. Sounds good? Consider this
sh**, your job level can only increase by one. In other words, you cannot over
level. You know what else doesn’t over level? Your level. Yes, your exp can
pile up as much as it likes but you can only level one at a time. And when you
see the words ‘exp piling up’, don’t get too excited because it’s still not
that fast. Also, you have to find the damn monster first, who knows how long
that will take?
OK, Crystal Tower, same concept as Ancient Maze. There is a monster called
Bluck, in the first floor. It summons a monster called Kum- Kum. This hag is so
weak to physical attacks it isn’t even the slightest bit funny, but make sure
it doesn’t use magic cause it’s deadly. You should be able to deal 9999+ damage
with any of your physical attackers. Anyway, you get more exp here seeing how
the monsters are stronger, so this may be more worth it. Just make sure you
don’t kill the Bluck itself, if you do you’re an idiot. And sometimes the Bluck
comes in twos. I'd say it is faster to have ONE Bluck rather than two, so if
they come in twos, kill one. Once your level gets higher though, your defence
gets better and your HP increases. So you don't really care about how much
damage you're taking. And you are strong enough to kill one Kum- Kum in one go.
Therefore it would be better to have two Blucks at the same time, so in case
one of them chooses not to summon, the other one will. I estimate the Kum- Kums
to be summoned at a rate of 70%.
The last option, Bahamut’s Lair? Let me tell you the structure of this dungeon.
Three maps. You enter from the north and you can exit from the south, but that
doesn’t go anywhere, only to save game (and Bahamut if you haven’t defeated him
yet). If you want to use teleport, wherever you enter, is where you will be
teleported out. So if you entered from the back and want to teleport out of the
damn dungeon back to the front, you end up back at the back =.= anyway enough
irrelevance:
First map = sometimes only duos.
Second map = 100% trio, 100% 5.7k exp.
Third Map = Possible Lamia Queen encounter.
As you can see, the best way to train is to linger in the 2nd map.
This is the place I trained in all the way to level 58. Normal training here,
every monster gives 7.6k exp. Divided by the 4 members in your party, that’s
1.9k. However they always come in groups of threes! So 1.9k * 3 = 5.7k exp! Not
bad, but there is one monster called the Lamia Queen that comes by herself and
gives you 1290 exp -.- gtfo please >.> Fortunately, that’s only in the last
map. Just let me tell you, it is very, very fast. Once you are level 58, you
may head to the end of the crystal tower and defeat the bosses there. Good luck
with the ahem* SEVEN bosses. And yes I did see my mistake, it’s actually six
=.=
My final rating for these three dungeons:
Ancient Maze method = 8/10
Crystal Tower method = 9/10
Bahamut’s Lair method = 9.5/10
NOTE: This is until level 60.
Levels 60+? Same thing? No. You must go back to Blucks once you’re past about
level 70, obviously because Bahamut's Lair starts to get slow. The bad thing
about Blucks is that your job level will not increase by a lot. That is a major
disadvantage, but exp is your main priority, so yeah. Plus you can’t expect
fast levelling to level 90 to fight the Iron Giant anyway seeing how the game
is supposed to end at level 60 -.-
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So which order of boss battles do I follow at level 45?
You have so many options. Leviath and Bahamut are actually optional, but you
will be attracted to the dungeon with its high exp, and while you’re in there,
you won’t be able to resist the temptation to kill them. Am I right? You're
probably smiling right now too. Anyway, Titan is the boss that guards the Earth
crystal, available after getting the Fang of Earth, which could actually be as
early as lvl 35. You are too weak at this time, so if you’re desperate for the
fourth set of jobs, then fight Titan first, and then you can mix the order
around. If you are full desperate at exploring Eureka and the Crystal Tower
right after new jobs which I strongly recommend you NOT, then kill Doga and
Unei before the dragon kings. You can even defeat Titan a couple of levels
earlier, but you must be above level 45 for Leviath and Bahamut. So if you want
to start at level 43, then kill Titan, then Doga, Unei, Leviath and Bahamut. By
the time you've finished, you'd be above level 45.
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Is the world map really that bad for training?
Most of the time. The only time when it is actually OK to train on is at level
15-20. Train in the outer circle of the ocean. Rarely you will face the triple
Anet, giving you 300 exp which is 50 more than the usual 250 exp in the Molten
Cave, from Crocottas and Myrmecoleons. Usually it comes in twos though, which
is only 200 exp. Mermaids and Seahorses are the most common, giving you 225
exp. Like the Molten Cave, there is a stupid monster designed just to piss you
off by coming by itself and giving you 175 exp- exactly the same as
Adamantoise, and that is the Sea Dragon =.=
Another time when the world map is OK is when you first see the surface of the
surface world (when your ship is chained). The Dracrotta gives 625 exp
(doubles) and the Magician often comes with the Hellgaroo which gives you a
total of 663 exp. The spawn in the dungeon is always better, and do monsters
come in groups of three in the sewer? No, but Twin Ligers give up to 550 exp
in doubles, and a good spawn may make it even. Your choice. Remember though,
Godlor’s Manor is way better than both options (Nightmare gives you 950 in
doubles). It’s just a bit far to walk to get there, that’s all.
There is one more time where the world map can seem formidable for training and
that is when you get the Nautilus. Everything under the sea is quite good, but
the Sunken Cave (which is also under the sea) is even better, which eliminates
the world-map-under-the-sea option. Monsters in the cave come in threes, which
can get up to 4200 exp per battle. Usually, it’s just 3600 exp.
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Why NOT train in Cave of the Circle?
How much mages will you have? Physical attackers overtake magicians now in
terms of strength, so you shouldn’t have that many magicians. If you do have at
least two offensive mages, then go ahead, the exp is above average. Just beware
of the monsters they can be quite strong.
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What about job level? What is it? Is there a way to train that?
A job level is almost as important as a level. Every stat like strength,
vitality, etc will increase except for HP/MP. Your job level, like your level,
can go up to 99. It levels up based on the amount of ‘actions’ you do in
battle. Attacking, using magic or items, or anything that takes up a turn is
one action. Changing your weapons is NOT. If it was, then it would be a bit
easy to get to job level 99 don’t you think? Guarding is also counted as an
‘action’.
Sometimes when you decide to check the status of each character, you might
realise one of your characters has a significantly low job level. This happens
when the same three people in your party kill a monster before you even get the
chance to attack. As you can see, you’re not taking any ‘actions’, therefore
your job level is never going to increase. If you have a Knight, be prepared
for this.
Why does the same person never attack first? Because of their agility. Knights
have low agility; therefore they will go last in battle unless you have someone
else with an even lower agility, such as Vikings. Unlike Final Fantasy II, you
cannot attack earlier by equipping light armour. Your agility is set, and
determined by your job, but some weapons may alter this stat. The Ragnarok and
the Excalibur can give a Knight +10 agility. Jobs with the highest agility
include Thieves and Ninjas. Please don’t dismiss job level as a mere factor of
the game- my job level 99 ranger was way stronger than my job level 30 ninja.
The best place to actually train your job level is probably Altar Cave, the
weakest of the weak. The reason this is good is because you will be guarding to
do one ‘action’ and guard for many rounds then eventually finish the monsters
off by attacking and level your job level, and you don’t wanna take a mega
amount of damage each round. If you do enough amount of actions in one battle,
your job level will increase. Try not to do too much actions though, because
your job level does not overlap. I found that doing 5-6 actions per battle
meant a job level up every time. So in this case, you will choose the guard
action on all of your characters for four rounds, and in the last round, finish
off the monster. If there is only one monster, then make sure to guard with
three people and attack with one, so everyone completes an action on that last
round. Oh and by the way, defensive actions always go before offensive actions,
so if you choose guard, you will ALWAYS go before the monster, and characters
in your party set to attack. However, the number of rounds needed for a job
level may differ with you, and maybe with different jobs.
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37. Version History {VH}
Version 1.00
Guide was completely finished.
Version 1.10
A LOT of mistakes corrected, and altered a few sentences and information.
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38. Credits {CS}
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There are not many people to thank =.= seeing how I wrote this guide mainly by
myself, but whatever o.o I would like to thank:
Square Enix for making a great game,
My uncle once again because he bought me the game as a present -.-
Bob Zinger for providing me fragments of info about job levels and reminding me
to be specific,
The people who supported me in this guide,
And you, for using it!
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39. Copyright {CT}
This may be not be reproduced under any circumstances except for personal,
private use. It may not be placed on any web site or otherwise distributed
publicly without advance written permission. Use of this guide on any other web
site or as a part of any public display is strictly prohibited, and a violation
of copyright. (C) 2Lazy4You (Ken Huang), 2011.
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40. End {END}
Point number 40 ends the guide! (o.o) Thank you for spending your time reading
it, and don’t be afraid emailing me questions that you want to ask. If you want
it put in the Questions and Answers section, then please say so. My email is in
the first page of this 17 page long guide (o.O), and if you do email me try put
the title of the thing as FF3 or something, for the sake of convenience. I have
nothing else to say now, so goodbye and good luck! =D
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