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F I N A L F A N T A S Y

Nintendo Entertainment System
Mini FAQ
-Final Edition-

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(I) Table of Contents (I)
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I – Table of Contents
II – Introduction To Final Fantasy
III – About The Author
IV – Review – Credited To Myself
V – 25 Areas
VI – Monster Information
VII – Magic Information
VIII – Weapons Information
IX – Armor Information
X – Codes, Hints & Secrets
XI – End of FAQ
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(II) Introduction To Final Fantasy (II)
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The Final Fantasy Series is one that's very interesting. Final
Fantasy's 1, 2 and 3 were all released in North America, as oppose to
FF4, FF5 and FF6 which are all only available in Japan (minus imports,
and Anthologies). Then, the release of FF7 in North America was quite
interesting. FF1, FF2 and FF3 had all previously been a part of
Nintendo, but FF7 become part of Playstation. Final Fantasy 8, which in
my mind, is the best Final Fantasy was released in September of 1999 (I
believe), and was a huge success. Final Fantasy's IX, X and XI are all
set to be released shortly, depending one when you read this.
Now what serious is complete without some shabby rip-offs? Final
Fantasy Tactics I own, it's alright, not as good as Final Fantasy 7 or
8, but alright. Also on the "rip off" list, you have Anthologies which
is Final Fantasy's that should be on SNES, because of it's graphics
belong to the Final Fantasy Series. This of course, pale in comparison
to the king of FF rip-offs, Mystic Quest. Don't even get me started on
that. It's very boring and DEFINITELY for rookies. Ok, enough about the
history and onto the game.
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(III) About The Author (III)
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The work of myself, "Prime Time" Greg Protomanni are as followed.

SaGa Frontier Character FAQ
Pokémon Stadium Mini-Game FAQ
WWF WrestleMania 2000 Brian Christopher
WWF WrestleMania 2000 Scott Taylor
WWF WrestleMania 2000 Cactus Jack
WWF WrestleMania 2000 Dude Love
WWF WrestleMania 2000 Mideon
WWF WrestleMania 2000 Meat
WWF WrestleMania 2000 Michael Hayes

In the works, I have about 7 or so FAQs that I'm still working on. I
really hope to get some of them done, especially this one which I
really want to finish.
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(IV) Review – By Greg P. (IV)
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Title: The Stepping Stone into an Amazing Serious of RPGs

Most people would probably wonder why I'd right this for a game that
has very low recognition for a very low recognized system. BUT, this is
by far my favorite and the most entertaining game for Nintendo. I
admit, it's not a very graphiced enhanced game. It doesn't have a huge
list of JOBs or characters any other RPG does. It doesn't have a wide
variety of attacks like any other RPG does, BUT it has many dungeons,
many monsters, many veichles for travelling, etc. It has it's ups, just
like any good RPG, and it has it's lows. So in this Review, I will go
through what it is about this game that makes you so addicted.

GRAPHICS - 3(/10)
Think about it. Nintendo 64 has 64 bits of graphic capability. Nintendo
Entertainment System has 8. So, for it's time, I'm sure the graphics
were great, but for now, especially in comparison with what there is
around the market, they suck. A big 3 for this game in the graphics
section.

GAME PLAY - 10(/10)
It's very hard to think of an RPG that doesn't have an amazing
storyline to it. This game does. I really liked the ''aginig'' part of
the game (Don't understand? Play the game and you'll see) since it
makes you go from a childish wizard, to a lethal grown adult who is now
a sorcerer. Game Play gets a big 10 because the Game Play is AMAZING!!

ENJOYMENT - 8(/10)
I go on and on about how it's a great game and you wonder why I give it
an 8 for enjoyment? Simple. If you have another system such as
Playstation, Nintendo 64, DreamCast or Playstation2 depending on when
you read this, or it may already be out when you read this. You'll soon
feel that 8-Bits cannot satisfy your gaming pleasures anymore unlike a
64 bit Zelda, or sports game can. What I'm trying to desperately say
here is this, Yes you will get bored eventually from playing this.
Unless you're a hardcore NES fan.

CLOSING COMMENTS
This game is a must for any NES set. Buy it, play it, and most
importantly, enjoy it.

SCORE: 7/10
(Please Note: This was brought down deeply by the graphics because it's
8-Bits)
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(V) 25 Areas (V)
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1) Castle & Town of Coneria
2) Temple of Fiends
3) North Bridge
4) Matoya's Cave
5) Pravoka
6) Elfland & The Castle of Elf
7) Dwarf Cave
8) Marsh Cave
9) Northwest Castle
10) Melmond
11) Titan's Tunnel
12) Earth Cave
13) Sarda's Cave
14) Crescent Lake
15) Guru Volcano
16) Ice Cave
17) Ryukahn Desert
18) Cardia Islands
19) Castle of Ordeal
20) Onrac
21) Gaia
22) Lefein
23) Sea Shrine
24) Waterfall
25) Mirage Tower
26) ????
27) ????
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(VI) Monster Information (VI)
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Name HP Average Weak Don't Use It Uses

Agama 296 31-62 ICE FIRE FIRE

Air 358 53-106 QUAKE, BANE, etc.

Ankylo 352 98-196

Arachnid 64 5-10

Asp 56 6-12

Astos 168 26-52 RUB

Badman 260 44-88

BigEye 304 92-184 LIT QUAKE, FIRE STUN, DARK

Blue Dragon 454 92-184 FIRE QUAKE, FIRE LIT

Bone 10 10-20 FIRE ICE, RUB, etc.

Bull 164 22-44

Carbie 92 22-44 LIT QUAKE, FIRE

Catman 160 30-60

Cerebus 192 30-60 ICE FIRE FIRE

Chimera 300 30-60 ICE QUAKE, FIRE FIRE

Cobra 60 22-44

Coctrice 50 1-2 STUN

Crawl 84 1-2

Creep 56 17-34 FIRE

Earth 288 66-132 FIRE ICE, LIT, QUAKE, etc.

Evilman 190 55-110 RUB, BANE, etc. XXXX, NUKE

Eye 162 30-60 QUAKE XXXX, RUB

Fighter 200 40-80 RUB, HEAL

Fire 276 50-100 FIRE RUB, FIRE, QUAKE

Frost Dragon 200 53-106 FIRE FIRE, ICE, LIT

Frost Gator 142 56-112 LIT QUAKE, FIRE

Frost Giant 336 60-120 FIRE LIT

Frost Wolf 93 25-50 FIRE ICE ICE

Gargoyle 80 12-24 QUAKE

Garland 106 15-30

Gas Dragon 352 72-144 ICE QUAKE POISON GAS

Gator 184 42-84 LIT QUAKE, FIRE

Geist 59 8-16 FIRE QUAKE, RUB, etc.

Ghost 180 93-186 FIRE QUAKE, RUB

Ghoul 48 8-16 FIRE QUAKE, RUB, etc.

Giant N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Great Pede 320 73-146 ICE, FIRE

Green Medusa 68 20-40 FIRE ICE STONE

Green Ogre 132 23-46

Grey Imp 16 8-16

Grey Naga 420 7-14 LIT, STONE

Grey Shark 344 50-100 LIT QUAKE, FIRE

Grey Wolf 74 14-28

Grey Worm 280 50-100 ICE QUAKE, FIRE QUAKE

Guard 200 25-50 RUB, BANE

Hydra 212 30-60

Hyena 120 22-44

Iguana 92 18-36

Image 86 22-44 FIRE RUB, BANE, etc.

Imp 8 4-8

Irongol 304 93-186 LIT, ICE, etc. RUB, XXXX

Jimera 350 40-80 ICE QUAKE, FIRE BANE, etc.

Kyzoku 50 14-28 QUAKE

Lobster 148 35-70 LIT QUAKE

MadPony 64 10-20

Mage 105 26-52 RUB, FIRE

Mancat 110 10-20 QUAKE, FIRE, etc. XXXX, STONE

Manticor 164 22-44 QUAKE

Medusa 68 20-40 STONE

Muck 76 30-60 LIT RUB, BRAKE, etc.

Mudgol 176 64-128 LIT, ICE, FIRE, etc. FAST

Mummy 80 30-60 FIRE RUB, ICE, etc.

Naga 356 9-18 LIT QUAKE, FIRE DARK, HOLD

Naocho 344 35-70

Nitemare 200 30-60 ICE RUB, FIRE, etc. DARKNESS

Ocho 208 20-40 LIT QUAKE, FIRE

Oddeye 10 4-8 LIT QUAKE, FIRE STUN

Ogre 100 18-36

Ooze 76 32-64 ICE, FIRE RUB, LIT, STUN, etc.

Pede 222 39-78

Perlisk 44 20-40 ICE QUAKE, FIRE RUB

Phantom 360 120-240 FIRE [A lot] XXXX, RUB

Pirate 6 8-16

Red Ankylo 256 60-120

Red Bone 144 26-52 FIRE RUB, ICE, etc.

Red Caribe 172 37-74

Red Dragon 248 75-150 ICE QUAKE, FIRE FIRE

Red Gargoyle 94 10-20 QUAKE, ICE, FIRE FIRE, HOLD

Red Giant 300 73-146 ICE FIRE

Red Hydra 182 20-40 LIT QUAKE, FIRE

Red Sahag 64 15-30 LIT QUAKE, FIRE

Rockgol 200 70-140 LIT, FIRE, ICE SLOW

Saber Tooth 200 24-48

Sahag 28 10-20 LIT QUAKE, FIRE

Sand Worm 200 46-92 QUAKE QUAKE

Sauria 196 30-60 STONE

Scorpion 84 22-44

Scum 24 1-2 N/A N/A N/A

Seasnake 224 35-70 LIT QUAKE, FIRE

Seatroll 216 40-80 LIT QUAKE

Sentry 400 100-204 LIT QUAKE, RUB, etc.

Shadow 50 10-20 FIRE QUAKE, RUB, ICE, etc.

Shark 120 22-44 LIT QUAKE, FIRE

Slime 156 49-98

Sorceror 112 1-2 N/A N/A N/A

Specter 52 20-40 FIRE RUB, QUAKE, etc. N/A

Sphinx 228 23-46 QUAKE

Spider 20 10-20

Tiger 132 73-146

T Rex 800 115-230

Troll 184 24-48

Tyro 408 65-130

Vampire 156 76-152 FIRE RUB, ICE, etc. STUN

Warmech 1000 128-256 QUAKE, ICE, etc. NUCLEAR

Water 300 69-138 ICE QUAKE, BANE, etc.

Werewolf 68 14-28

Wizard 84 30-60 BANE, ICE, FIRE, etc.

Wizard Mummy 188 43-86 FIRE RUB, ICE, etc.

Wizard Ogre 144 23-46 QUAKE RUSE, ICE

Wizard Sahag 204 47-94 LIT QUAKE, FIRE

Wizard Vamp. 300 90-180 FIRE RUB, ICE, etc. LIT, ICE

Wolf 20 8-16

Worm 448 65-130 QUAKE

Wraith 114 40-80 FIRE [A lot]

Wyrm 260 30-60 QUAKE

Wyvern 212 30-60 QUAKE

Zombie 20 10-20 FIRE RUB, QUAKE, etc.

Zombull 224 40-80

Zombie DRGN 268 56-112 FIRE RUB, BANE, ICE, etc.

Lich 400 40-80 FIRE ICE, RUB, BANE, etc.

Kary 600 40-80 LIT, ICE, FIRE, etc. FIRE

Kraken 800 50-100 LIT QUAKE, FIRE DARK

Tiamat 1000 49-98 ??? ??? ???

*King Chaos* 2000 100-200 ??? ??? ???
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(VII) Magic Information (VII)
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Level 1) Town of Coneria
Level 2) Pravoka
Level 3) Elfland
Level 4) Elfland
Level 5) Melmond
Level 6) Crescent Lake
Level 7) Gaia
Level 8) Lefein

X – Indicates first version of character (i.e. Fighter, Thief, Black
Belt, Red Mage, Black Mage, White Mage)

O – Indicates final version of character (i.e. Knight, Ninja, Master,
Red Wizard, Black Wizard, White Wizard)

# - Indicates both versions can learn spell

SPELL LEVEL FIGHTER THIEF BLACK BELT RED MAGE WHITE MAGE BLACK M
Cure 1 O # #
Harm 1 #
Fog 1 O # #
Ruse 1 O O #

Fire 1 O # #
Sleep 1 O # #
Lock 1 O # #
Lit 1 O # #

Lamp 2 O # #
Mute 2 O # #
Alit 2 O # #
Invs 2 O # #

Ice 2 O # #
Dark 2 O # #
Tmpr 2 O # #
Slow 2 O # #

Cur2 3 O # #
Hrm2 3 #
Afir 3 O # #
Heal 3 #

Fir2 3 O # #
Hold 3 O # #
Lit2 3 O # #
Lok2 3 O # #

Pure 4 # #
Fear 4 #
Aice 4 # #
Amut 4 O #

Sleep 4 O # #
Fast 4 O # #
Conf 4 O # #
Ice2 4 O # #

Cur3 5 # #
Life 5 O #
Hrm3 5 #
Hel2 5 #

Fir3 5 # #
Bane 5 O #
Warp 5 O O
Slo2 5 # #

Soft 6 #
Exit 6 O O
Fog2 6 O #
Inv2 6 O #

Lit3 6 O #
Rub 6 #
Qake 6 #
Stun 6 #

Cur4 7 O
Hrm4 7 O
Arub 7 O #
Hel3 7 #

Ice3 7 O #
Brak 7 O
Sabr 7 O
Blnd 7 #

Lif2 8 O
Fade 8 O
Wall 8 O
Xfer 8 O

Nuke 8 O
Stop 8 O
Zap! 8 O
XXXX 8 O
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(VIII) Weapons Information (VIII)
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# – Indicates first version of character (i.e. Fighter, Thief, Black
Belt, Red Mage, Black Mage, White Mage)

O – Indicates final version of character (i.e. Knight, Ninja, Master,
Red Wizard, Black Wizard, White Wizard)

X - Indicates both versions can equip the weapon

[S] Sword
[D] Dagger
[N] Nunchuck
[St] Staff
[H] Hammer
[A] Axe
[K] Knife

Weapon Fighter Thief Black Belt Red Mage White Mage Black
Wooden [N] O X
Small [D] X X X X
Wooden [St] X O X X X X
Rapier X X X
Iron [H] X O X
Short [S] X O X
Hand [A] X O
Scimitar X X X
Iron [N] O X
Large [D] X X X X
Iron [St] X O X
Saber X X X
Long [S] X O X
Great [A] X O
Falchion X X X
Silver [K] X X X X
Silver [S] X O X
Silver [H] X O X
Silver [A] X O
Flame [S] X O X
Ice [S] X O X
Dragon [S] X X X
Giant [S] X O X
Sun [S] X O X
Coral [S] X X X
Were [S] X O X
Rune [S] X X X
Power [St] X O X X X
Light [A] X O
Heal [St] O X
Mage [St] O X
Defense O O O
Wizard [St] O
Vorpal O O O
CatClaw O O O O
Thor's [H] O O O
Bane [S] O O O
Katana O
XCaliber O
Masmune X X X X X X
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(IX) Armor Information (IX)
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# – Indicates first version of character (i.e. Fighter, Thief, Black
Belt, Red Mage, Black Mage, White Mage)

O – Indicates final version of character (i.e. Knight, Ninja, Master,
Red Wizard, Black Wizard, White Wizard)

X - Indicates both versions can equip the armor

[A] = Armor
[B] = Bracelet
[S] = Shield
[H] = Helmet
[G] = Gauntlet

Armor Fighter Thief Black Belt Red Mage White Mage Black Mage
Cloth X X X X X X
Wooden [A] X X X X
Chain [A] X O X
Iron [A] X O
Steel [A] X
Silver [A] X O X
Flame [A] X O
Ice [A] X O
Opal [A] O
Dragon [A] O
Copper [B] X X X X X X
Silver [B] X X X X X X
Opal [B] X X X X X X
Gold [B] X X X X X X
White Shirt O
Black Shirt O O
Wooden [S] X O
Iron [S] X O
Silver [S] X O
Flame [S] X O
Ice [S] X O
Opal [S] O
Aegis [S] O
Buckler X X X
Prot. Cape X X X X X
Cap X X X X X
Wooden [H] X O
Iron [H] X O
Silver [H] X O
Opal [H] O
Heal [H] O O
Ribbon X X X X X X
Gloves X X X X X X
Copper [G] X O
Iron [G] X O
Silver [G] X O #
Zeus [G] O O #
Power [G] X O #
Opal [G] O
Prot. Ring X X X X X X
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(X) Codes, Hints and Secrets (X)
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Advanced Items Early
After beating the earth fiend, you can get the canoe from the circle of
sages at crecent lake. After getting the canoe go to the ice cave and
get the floater, then go to the castle of ordeals and get the rats tail
(having fire 2 or 3 helps alot). Go and get all of your guys upgraded
and then get 50000 gp's and go to the caravan and buy the bottle, go to
Gaia and get the oxyale from the farie, go into the submarine at onrac
and work your way up stairs and get all the treasures in the top room.
Don't worry, there are no enemies in this room. GET THE SLAB then get
out of there. Go to melmond and learn Leifinish, then go to Leifin and
get the chime which lets you into the mirage tower. After that go take
the canoe up past Onrac and into the waterfall to get the cube from the
robot. Go through the mirage tower (collect treasures if you think you
can, need some luck here) and go to the sky castle to get the adamant
then get out as fast as you can and go to the dwarf. Get excalibur. By
now you should have very advanced equipment and you haven't even fought
the fire fiend yet. With some luck you can pull this off and the rest
of the game should be a lot easier.

Beat the Kraken Easily
When you fight Kraken, just use Lit3 over and over again and he'll be
fried in no time. It helps to use fast on the black wizard so he can
cast Lit3 quickly.

Bonus Game
Get on the ship and press A+B 55 times. You'll be taken to a screen
with a game where you can play a sliding puzzle game.
Submitted by David Colfack

Easy Money with the Ship
Get the ship and save at the first town (30gp INN). Save and TURN THE
NINTENDO OFF. Don't reset or it won't work. Turn it back on and restart
your game. Head south and back to you ship. Keep sailing south and you
should get attacked by KYSOKUS, the blue pirates. These will always
attack you if you follow this process, allowing you to earn 2000gp in
about 4-5 fights. You can then buy the good LV 4 magics and good
weapons/armor to make leveling up easier before going after the crown.

Submitted by Ravin Lunatic
Facts about the Black Belt/Master
The Black Belt may seem weak at first, but when you get him to level
10...watch his attack strength sky rocket! The Black Belt's DAMAGE
rating is always equal to double his level, unless he has a weapon
equipped. So basically, don't equip any weapons on him. Same goes for
his defence. His ABSORB [the defence level] is always equal to his
level unless he has armor equipped. So when you get him to level 50,
his ABSORB will be 50, which is pretty good, considering the highest a
Knight can get is 74, so the Black Belt/Master is the best character to
have. He requires no armor or weapons. You can test this yourself, Get
a Master at L50, and a Knight at L50 and the Knight equipped with the
Masamune. Cast FAST on them both, or not. The Master will do far more
damage than your Knight, I've checked this myself.

Find Master Unne
To find Master Unne, the professor who studies Lefineish, get the Slab
from Kraken's Castle Underwater. To understand the Lefineish, Master
Unne MUST decipher the Slab. Take the Slab to the village that the
Vampire destroyed the clinic in. (If you are confused, it's the first
town you go to after Nerdrick destroys the rock with TNT. ) He is in
the Upper-left corner of town, by the graveyard. Once he deciphers the
Slab, go to the Lefineish's Village!

Quick Experience
1. Through the mountains near Pravoka & North you will find a spot
where you can only go back. Walk back & forth on the very top row of 2,
you will be attacked by Frost Wolves, Giants, Tryos, and other Nthern
World Enimies.
2. In the Earth cave go straght west on the first floor till you loop
around. You will be attacked by Giants & Igaunas each step.

Quick Experience, Method 2
For quick experience in the beginning of the game go to Astos
castle.After you get the Mystic key you can go into the treausure
room.There are three chests and in front of each one there is always a
fight.It is usually either Mummy's or Images.If you have Harm2 and
Fire2 you can beat them without much trouble.Every time you step in
front of a chest there is a fight so you can get fast experience.You
get roughly 60 ex. for each Image and 75 ex. for each Mummy.They come
in packs of 3-6 and give good money too.

Secret Magic Shop
In the town of Lefein (the last town) go to the northeast corner and
find the hole in the wall. go through it and keep going till you reach
a building. Inside you will find the White Magic spell LIF2 which
brings a warrior back to life with full HP and the black magic spell
NUKE, which does roughly 400 points of fire damage to all enemies. They
are both level 8 magic and can only be learned by the wizard of a
matching color.

Warmech
In the sky castle, there is a long bridge just before you fight Tiamat.
On this bridge it is possible to fight an enemy even more powerful than
Tiamat herseif called Warmech. Warmech has 1200 HP and can cast some
mean spells like nuke. If you encounter it just use Nuke and fight with
your Master Knight or Ninja. Heal with the white mage. The warmech is a
powerful foe and fighting him is optional. If you can kill him than you
truly are a Final Fantasy Master.

World Map
To bring up the world map press SELECT and B at the same time. A map
should appear with towns and levels marked.

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(XI) End of FAQ (XI)
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Well folks, that's it. My tenth FAQ for GameFAQs.com is finished, and I
hope you enjoyed anything and everything. As always, if there is
anything that needs to be corrected, contact "Prime Time" Greg
Protomanni at [email protected]. Peace.
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