Final Fantasy IX: Level One Ozma Challenge FAQ
--By Hyprophant
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--Version 1.00, 11/19/02
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--Table Of contents--
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I. Preface
II. Frequently Asked Questions
III. Walkthrough
Part A: Before Hilda Garde III
Part B: The Danger in the Sky
IV. Appendix A: Locations of Chocobo Treasures
V. Appendix B: The Adjusting Entries of a Level One Game.
VI. Appendix C: Complete a Level One Game
IV. Reference List/Credits
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WARNING!!! SPOILERS AHEAD
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I. Preface/Contact Information
Long ago, there was a topic on GameFaqs' FFIX message board about an
"ultimate challenge of FFIX", which is to defeat Ozma, the strongest enemy
in FFIX with a party at average level one. After many debates of the
possibility, few elite FFIX gamers finally stood up and attempted this
challenge, and they made it.
However, after about a year, all those brave gamers were vanished from FFIX
message board, and people start to doubt the possibility of this challenge
again. The only one who was involved in the old topic and still staying on
GameFaqs' FFIX message board is Kmwill223, and he revived this challenge on
GameFaq's FFIX message board again.
I have heard countless players with less advanced knowledge of this game
keep denying the possibility of accomplishing this quest, but actually, it
IS VERY POSSIBLE. That's why I decided to compose this FAQ and leave an
eternal record on GameFaqs' FFIX FAQ page so the players around the world
can check the descent strategies of this challenge whenever they want.
This FAQ serves no other purpose but providing players strategies and
tactics of how to reach Ozma with a level one party, and how to defeat her
and acquire the STRATEGY GUIDE in a level one game. I don't really want to
encourage too many players attempting this challenge, since it takes every
ounce of your gaming skill and intelligence, and most of players won't be
good enough to handle it. I composed this FAQ only for elite gamers who has
enough skill and knowledge to join this quest. If you are playing a regular
game, this FAQ does no help to you and you might check other walkthroughs on
the FAQ page.
If you wish to contact me, you may use my e-mail address above. You can
submit boss strategies or any other valuable information by e-mailing them
to me, and once I accepted it, I will post it on the next version and the
credit goes to you. If you just have a game play question, please DO NOT e-
mail me. If you are attempting this challenge, you can find just about all
the information you need in this FAQ; and if you have a question about a
regular game, I don't want to answer it. You might find your answer on other
FAQs. Also, criticism is NOT welcomed. DO NOT e-mail me and tell me " Your
FAQ is bad..." or anything like that. I have more experience in writing
"challenge" FAQs and accomplishments in RPGs than you do.
II. Frequently Asked Questions:
Q: Is it really possible to defeat Ozma with a level one party?
A: YES IT IS AND THIS IS WHAT THIS FAQ ABOUT! Now read the ENTIRE FAQ and
stop asking me this silly question over and over. I didn't write 100+ Kb for
a joke.
Q: How can you avoid leveling up before you reach Ozma?
A: If you petrify or stop your enemies, you won't gain EXP after the battle,
you will only gain AP. Bosses in FFIX are immune to stop and petrifaction,
but defeating them won't give you EXP, either. The only three non-boss
enemies that will give you unavoidable EXP are in the three forced battles
in Pandemonium, but you can fight Ozma once you acquire Hilda Garde III.
Also, Virus and Zombie prevent your characters gaining EXP as well.
Q: How can you gain the money to purchase necessary equipments?
A: Selling Phoenix Pinions/Ethers will be the major source of your income,
and it is good enough. Also, you can pick up money just everywhere around
the world of FFIX. Selling the equipments you acquired in treasure boxes
will be a small help as well. DO NOT count on flee-gil, this ability is
close to useless. You will have to use FLEE ability to run away from almost
all the random encounters before they kill you.
Q: How is it possible to defeat Ozma at level one?
A: It is hard for me to come up any reason that she cannot be defeated with
a level one party. Think about it. With proper equipments, Ozma's Doomsday
can be absorbed or guarded; her Holy attack can be guarded; her death spell
and Berserk spell could miss the target, and it harms one person anyway; her
Flare Star attack could only deal 50 damage on a level one party; her flare
spell can only harm one person; her mini spell won't effect your characters
attack power with some specific skills; the only two things that she could
really wipe your party out are Meteor and Curse. Meteor is not always used,
and it could wipe out a party with average level 99 anyway, so I don't see
any difference between a level one party and a level 99 party at this point.
Curse is the major problem, but it is possible to survive with Auto-raise,
while Zedane, Fryja and Quina can still deal 9,999 damage at level one, and
Ozma only has Hp 55,535. If you follow everything this FAQ instructs, you
should be able to defeat Ozma with less than twenty attempts.
Q: Can everyone attempt this challenge?
A: If you are not used to fight bosses with low level, then it is good for
you to stay away from this quest. Technically, players should be able to
completed Excalibur II quest first, and then they will have skills good
enough to carry them through this ultimate challenge. Also, resistance and
patience are required in this quest. You will have to reload many times in
order to stop/petrify your opponents in certain unavoidable non-boss fight
successfully in order to avoid gaining EXP. If you are a less advanced
player, but willing to give yourself a challenge, you must read this FAQ and
follow the instructions carefully or you might get stuck in your game.
Q: What's the point of this challenge?
A: Then what's the point of leveling everyone up to level 99 and smashing X
bottom? The true strategic players always defeat the strongest enemy with
the weakest possible.
Q: Why won't you answer my questions through e-mail?
A: Because you can find your answer in this FAQ, so why bother asking me? If
you have a question about a regular game, I am not interested in it.
III. Walkthrough
NOTE: You can fight Ozma after you acquire Hilda Garde III, you don't even
need to go to Ipsen Castle. The acquisition of Hilda Garde III will divide
the walkthrough section into two parts.
Several things I want audience to notice: Never steal anything unless the
FAQ instructs; use FLEE ability to escape as many battle as possible before
you reach disc III. And always place everyone in back row except boss fights
or the FAQ instructs. The "ALERT" ability should always be activated when
walk on the fields.
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WALK THROUGH PART A: Before Hilda Garde III
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DISC I
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+-------------+
+ Prima Vista +
+-------------+
BOSS: Man in the mask
Have everyone STEAL 'till you get MAGE MASHER from the man in the mask. Have
everyone attack after you acquire MAGE MASHER and this fight will be ended
quickly.
+----------------------+
+ Alexandria: The Town +
+----------------------+
--Control Vivi and search every corner in Alexandria town. Pick up those
following items: A PHOENIX PINION, an ETHER, TENT, remedy and potions. You
can find some cards in Alexandria Town as well, but they are not any
important since you cannot sell them for Gil.
--Talk to Puck when you are ready. Pick up all items and money while Vivi is
walking on roofs.
+-------------------+
+ Alexandria Castle +
+-------------------+
--Play the mini game well and you will receive some extra money. If the
Queen does not feel pleased, you can replay it over and over to get more
possible money.
--Equip MAGE MASHER and other necessary equipments.
--When you control Steiner, find all Knights of Pluto first then talk to the
one in the western tower. He will give Steiner an ELIXIR as the reward.
-- You will control Zedane again. Turn the control panel to left then right.
Two treasure boxes will be released and you can acquire a phoenix down and a
PHOENIX PINION.
BOSS: Albert Steiner Hp: 169
Have Geta and Blank attack, and Cinna steal. It is okay if you did not steal
anything from Steiner.
BOSS: Albert Steiner: The Second Round Hp: 162
Have Zedane attack, Marcus steal, Vivi cast fire and Garnet cast cure.
BOSS: Albert Steiner: The Final Round Hp: 167
Use the same tactic you used in the second match against him.
+-------------+
+ Evil Forest +
+-------------+
--Prima Vista will crush in Evil Forest. When you control Zedane, make sure
he pick up every item in and around Prima Vista. The most important things
are ETHERS. They can be sold for big money later.
--Save the game and walk into Evil Forest. Use FLEE ability to run away from
random encounters if you have encountered any.
BOSS: Prison Cage Hp: 513
Have Zedane use FREE ENERGY instead of Tidal Flame and Steiner attack.
Prison Cage will flee after you deal enough damage on it.
BOSS: Prison Cage Hp: 533
With Vivi this battle is actually very easy. Have Zedane and Steiner attack,
and Vivi cast fire. You will be able to defeat Prison Cage before it drains
Vivi's Hp out. Do not bother stealing anything from it.
--After you go back to Prima Vista, double check everywhere make sure you
pick up all the ethers, money and other equipments in Prima Vista.
--Equip Zedane with MAGE MASHER and equipments with highest defense.
BOSS: Baku Hp: 150
Baku deals around 40~50 on Zedane per attack, and he misses sometimes. Have
Zedane steal an IRON SWORD from Baku before you finish him off. Use potions
to heal Zedane if he has been damaged twice.
--Steiner will join your party. There is an ETHER in the room that Steiner
was being held.
--Equip everyone with his best equipment. Equip Steiner with IRON SWORD.
--Flee from every battle before you reach the boss. Even using flee costs
you money, it is at least much better than being killed and starting the
game over.
BOSS: Plant Brain Hp: 458
Suicide Geta and Blank will appear. Have Vivi cast FIRE, Steiner use FIRE
SWORD and Blank attack. Plant Brain should be defeated in one round.
FIGHT: Plant Spider x 2~4
Kill everyone off and have Blank finish the enemies so the EXP will go to
Blank.
NOTE: By letting Blank kill plant spiders alone will prevent other three
characters from gaining EXP in this battle, however, Salamander's start
level is related to Blank's level. If Blank levels up in this battle, after
Salamander join your party in the end of disc II, you will find that he
starts with level THREE, which means you won't be able to bring him to fight
Ozma, since your goal is to defeat Ozma with a party at average level ONE.
If you want a PERFECT level one party, you must encounter ONLY two Plant
Spiders in this battle and kill them with everyone survive. All four
characters will gain 11 points of EXP and it won't level anyone up. You need
to reset your game over and over 'till you encounter two plant spiders. Of
course, if you don't want to use Salamander to fight Ozma, just let Blank
handle everything in this battle.
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+ Ice Cavern +
+------------+
--Pick up all treasures in Ice Cavern, especially ETHER, ELIXIR and MAGE
MASHER.
--Have Zedane flee from every battle.
--Save your game before the boss fight.
BOSS: Black Waltz NO.1/ Sealion Hp: 229/472
This battle is one of the hardest boss fights during your quest. The main
problem is Sealion. He casts Blizzara on Zedane when his Hp is below 320,
and Tsunami after his Hp is below 236. These two spells could deal up to 80
damage on Geta, and with Sealion's agility, Zedane may not be quick enough
to heal himself. Also, in this early part of them game, auto potion ability
is not available yet.
One guaranteed strategy of beating them is by using Dyne attack. Follow the
tactic listed below and you should be okay.
--Must have AT LEAST 15+ potions. You can steal them from monsters, and you
might need more than that.
--When battle starts, steal MYTHRIL DAGGER from Sealion in every Zedane's
odd number turn and use potion to heal Geta in his even number turn.
--Once Zedane trances, use FREE ENERGY to finish Black Waltz NO.1. DO NOT
USE TIDAL FLAME. It will trigger Sealion using TSUNAMI.
--After Zedane's trance is over, attack Sealion THREE TIMES (40 x 3 = 120
damage). DO NOT attack anywhere more than that!!! Heal Zedane only when his
Hp is at critical stage and cannot even hold one attack. Keep stealing if
you still don't have MYTHRIL DAGGER yet.
--Once Zedane trances again, have him use TIDAL FLAME (370 damage) will
finish Sealion.
Save the game after this tedious battle.
+------+
+ Dali +
+------+
--First of all, go around the village and pick up items. Be sure you pick up
STELLAZZIO: ARIES.
--Purchase equipments. There are not many equipment that bears any special
ability, so just purchase them based on their defense power. Sell the
Phoenix pinions and Ethers you have and you will have money much more than
enough. DO NOT sell your LEATHER SHIRTS. You will still need them for a
later boss fight.
--After Vivi is kidnapped, go to the underground facility to rescue Vivi. Be
sure to pick up PHOENIX PINION, IRON HELM and other treasures in boxes.
Adjust everyone's equipment. Have Geta equip MYTHRIL DAGGER. Place Dagger
and Vivi in BACK ROW.
--After you rescue Vivi, do not open the door with mist coming out. Save
your game and process forward.
--After you control Steiner, pick up hi-potion and Gils in this area. Equip
Steiner with IRON SWORD, IRON HELM and other equipments. Also, equip Steiner
with FLYING KILLER ability.
BOSS: Black Waltz NO. 2 Hp: 1,030
DO NOT make Vivi cast any spell on Black Waltz NO.2. It will trigger him
counterattacks with powerful magic. Mainly relies on Zedane's regular attack
with MYTHRIL DAGGER (140 damage) and Steiner's FIRE SWORD (280+ damage).
Have Dagger cast CURE constantly. Black Waltz NO.2 will use teleport attack
twice or three times before he starts using magical attack. Use phoenix
downs to revive dead party member if a critical hit occurs and kills one of
your characters. Hopefully you can deal around 850+ damage before Black
Waltz No.2 abuses his magic. After he casts spells, do not waste time to
revive any dead party member if attack him with all you got and you should
be able to take him down. This battle may take you two or three attempts if
you are unlucky.
--After the battle, choose "rest in the inn". Ride the Cargo Ship whenever
you are ready.
--Equip Zedane with MYTHRIL DAGGER, Steiner with IRON SWORD and FLYING
KILLER ability. Zedane and Vivi should equip SILK SHIRT, which can reduce
the damage of thunder spell.
BOSS: Black Waltz NO. 3 Hp: 1,138
Vivi will trance automatically in this battle. Have Vivi cast DOUBLE FIRE,
Steiner use FIRE SWORD and Geta attack. Black Waltz should not be able to
kill anyone with his thunder spell in his first turn, since you have SILK
SHIRT equipped. This battle will end after Steiner and Zedane attack once
and Vivi cast double magic twice.
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+ Lindblum: The Grand Castle +
+----------------------------+
--After the meeting with Regent Cid, walk around the city and collect items.
The important ones are: Glass Armlet, ETHER, SILVER GLOVES, Bronze Vest,
leather Plate.
--Purchase Glass Armlets, steepled hats and headgears. Other equipments are
optional.
--Synthesis THE OGRE, Yellow Scarf and GLASS BUCKLE.
--Before the Festival of the Hunt, equip Zedane with MYTHRIL DAGGER and
BANDIT ABILITY. Save before the festival.
--During the Festival of the Hunt, avoid all the combats and wait until
there are only four minutes left, then go to the fountain in Business
District. Zedane will encounter a ZAGHNOL there, and Fryja will join the
fight. Be sure to steal a NEEDLE FORK from Zaghnol or you cannot pass
Gizamalukes Grotto without gain EXP!!! Also, you might try to steal a
Mythril Glove from this beast, but it is not as important as the Needle
Fork. Zaghnol should kill you without problem and Vivi will win the
championship and you will receive a Theater Ship Card.
--Adjust everyone's equipment before you leave the castle. Also, purchase
potions, phoenix downs and few TENTS. If you are short on gil, selling
phoenix pinions/Ethers will help a lot.
--Head toward to Qu's Marsh.
+------------+
+ Qu's Marsh +
+------------+
--Catch a frog and give it to Quina and then he/she will join your party.
You must equip him her with NEEDLE FORK and GLASS BUCKLE. Also equip him/her
the ability "ADD STATUS".
+-------------------------------+
+ Eunorus Plains/Chocobo Forest +
+-------------------------------+
--Find your way to Chocobo Forest. DIG UP ALL CHOCOGRAPH are available at
this point!!!
--You can dip up the treasures described by the first two chocographs at
this point. The important equipments are Cotton robes and two GERMINA boots.
Germina boots gives Zedane "FLEE" and the ability "ALERT'. Equip Zedane with
Germina boots and equip the ability "ALERT".
--To the northeast of Chocobo Forest there is a small forest. You can
encounter Mandragoras there; they come with a group of two or three. Have
Quina Devour one of them to learn the blue magic "LIMIT GLOBE" and have
Zedane use FLEE to avoid gaining EXP. To devour a Mandragora, place Zedane
and Fryja in front row, and have them attack with THE OGRE and Javelin.
Hopefully Mandragora's Hp will be low enough for Quina to devour. It may
take you a few attempts before you can successfully learn this blue magic.
You will need LIMIT GLOBE to pass some bosses later on.
+---------------------+
+ Gizamaluke's Grotto +
+---------------------+
Fight: Black Mage Type A x 2 Hp: 398
The only way to pass this battle without gaining any EXP is to have Quina
attack with NEEDLE FORK and the ability "ADD STATUS". It MIGHT petrify the
black mages. The successful rate is based on Quina's spirit. The GLASS
BUCKLE that Quina equips right now adds two bonus points of Spirit on Quina.
With Quina in BACK ROW, his/her needle fork should deal 14~280 damage on
Black Mage Type A, which won't kill him in one shot. Your goal is to petrify
both of them without killing the. Use POTION to heal the black mages if
their Hp is to low and might be killed by Quina and revive your party member
with phoenix downs if it is needed. TOUGH FIGHT!!!
--After this battle, go outside of grotto and save your game.
Fight: Black Mage Type A x 2
Use the same tactics listed above to defeat them without gaining EXP. Use
the bell to open the door on the left side and pick up a Bronze Vest.
--Talk to the dying soldier and you will receive another bell.
--Use the bell and unlock the door in the middle.
--After a funny event, climb the stairs around this area and collect those
two items: MYTHRIL GLOVES and Magus Hat. If you encounter any enemies, kill
Quina off then have Zedane use FLEE to run away.
--Follow Mogmi and go to the right-hand room. Save your game.
--You might wonder why I suggest killing Quina off in the earlier part. Now
Quina is dead, use a phoenix down on him/her and hope his/her Hp is ONE, if
not, reset your game and try again. It might take you around 20+ attempts,
but it will make the incoming boss battle much easier.
--Equip Zedane with MYTHRIL DAGGER and the ability "BANDIT".
--After receive the Holy Bell from Mogmi, go to the left-hand room, ring the
bell and unlock the door.
BOSS: Gizamaluke Hp: 3,175
--Have Zedane steal once and see if you can get any extra item from
Gizamaluke (optional).
--Have Quina use Limit Globe (9,999 damage) to finish Gizamaluke.
+------------+
+ South Gate +
+------------+
--Purchase potions and phoenix downs if you are about to run out of them.
+------------------+
+ Burmecian Plains +
+------------------+
--Head to NORTH GATE first and pick up a hi-potion and a tent.
--Before you enter Burmecia, there are many things you have to do. Head to
the far west and you will find chocobo feet prints. Call a chocobo and dip
up the treasure box "HEALING SHORE" just around the feet prints. Chocobo
will gain REEF ability.
--Pass through Gizamaluke's Grotto and you will be back to Eunorus Plain
again. Find a chocobo and with the REEF ability, there are more treasure
boxes are available for chocobo to dig. Be sure you dip up the treasure box
at "SMALL BEACH". It contains an OAK STUFF in it, which gives Vivi the
ability to cast STOP!!! Equip Vivi with this weapon and it will be your best
friend all the way 'till you reach disc III. Also you can dip up the
treasure box at "Bird's Eye Lagoon", it contains some ethers, phoenix
pinions and a MAGICIAN ROBE.
--Head to Burmecia.
+----------+
+ Burmecia +
+----------+
--Pick up Stellazzio: Cancer.
Fight: Black Mage Type A x 2 Hp: 398
Use the same tactic you defeated black mages before. This battle will be
easier than the previous fights against the black mages because Vivi can
cast STOP in this battle and it works even better than Quina's Needle Fork.
If you want Vivi's stop spell to have higher successful rate, equip Vivi
with GLASS BUCKLE if you have any extra one to raise his spirit.
--Pick up treasures. The important ones are ETHER, MYTHRIL SPEAR, Lighting
stuff and GERMINAS BOOTS. Many of them can be sold for money later on.
--Have Quina devour a Magic Vice and learn the blue magic "Magic hammer" if
you wish. This blue magic is optional.
--Kill Quina off in battles.
--Purchase necessary equipments from Atla: Glass Armlet; Mythril Glove if
you don't have one already; BARBUT and other recovery items. Save your game.
--Use phoenix down on Quina. If his/her Hp is not one, reset your game.
--UNEQUIP everyone's armor.
BOSS: Beatrix: First Match HP: 3,630
--Have Quina use LIMIT GLOBE (9,999 damage) and this battle will be over.
Disc one is ended.
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+ Summit Station +
+----------------+
--Equip Steiner with IRON SWORD and MYTHRIL GLOVE. Enable the ability "MAN
EATER"
--Give Marcus equipments with highest magic defense. Although he might still
be killed with one hit in the incoming boss fight.
--Have Dagger equip MYTHRIL ROD, Magus hat and MAGICIAN ROBE. Equip the AUTO
POTION ability.
BOSS: Black Waltz NO.3: Rematch Hp: 1,292
--Have Steiner and Marcus attack (400 damage for Steiner's attack and 120+
for Marcus). Dagger cast SHELL on other two people if she has a chance. Cast
LIFE on any dead party member.
+---------------+
+ North Station +
+---------------+
--Pick up an ELIXIR and 1,610 GIL.
+-----------------+
+ Bentini Heights +
+-----------------+
--Save your game first and use walk/stop trick to encounter random enemies
least possible. It is hard to escape from battles without Zedane's flee
ability.
+----------------------+
+ Treno: The Dark City +
+----------------------+
--Pick up two Stellazzios: Gemini and Taurus.
--View all ATB events with the Four-armed man then find him in front of the
synthesis shop. You will obtain a POWER BELT from him. This item will be a
great help in many boss fights later on.
--Pick up gils beside the Auction House.
--Give all the Stellazzios you have to the Queen of Treno in exchange of a
BLOOD SWORD for Steiner.
--Purchase three BONE WRISTS, one MYTHRIL SWORD for Marcus, two CHAIN MAILS
and two or three BANDANAS.
--Synthesis a CORAL RING!!! You will need it later. Other items in synthesis
shop are all pretty useful except the butterfly sword. If you have extra
money, you may synthesis a Cachusha or/and a Gold Choker.
--If you really have much money in your hand at this point. Purchase a
REFLECT RING in Auction House. It will prove its great usefulness later.
This item is entirely optional at this point.
--Equip Steiner with BLOOD SWORD, POWER BELT and other equipments with
highest defense possible. Enable the ability "MP COSTING ATTACK". Place
Steiner in front row.
--Once everything is ready, find Baku and process to the next quest.
+------------+
+ Gargan Roo +
+------------+
--Save your game first. The enemies here are very annoying and once you
encounter them, you will have a hard time to escape. The best solution is to
have Dagger equip with MAGICIAN ROBE and AUTO POTION ability. With her in
back row, the random encountered monsters here cannot kill her, and you can
run away from battles eventually by holding R1+L1 bottom. Of course, you
have to try your best to avoid battles.
--Pick up a CHAIN PLATE and a Phoenix down.
--Equip Dagger with STEEPLED HAT.
BOSS: Ralvurahva Hp: 2,300
--Have Steiner attack with Blood Sword and MP COSTING ATTACK, Dagger cast
PROTECT on Steiner and Marcus can help by attacking Ralvurahva as well.
Steiner's Blood Sword will drain Hp from the enemy so you won't have to heal
Steiner in this battle.
+----------------+
+ Cleyra's Trunk +
+----------------+
--Important items need to be picked up in this area: Ice Staff, Flame Staff,
MAGICIAN SHOES, ETHER, Desert Boots, Elixir, MYTHRIL VEST, Mythril gloves,
tent.
--After you save your game at a Moogle, go upward and process to the next
section. You will encounter enemies called CARRION WORM (Hp: 259).
Have Quina devour one of them to learn the blue magic: RERAISE. To devour
it, have Zedane attack with THE OGRE in BACK ROW and hopefully its Hp will
be low enough for Quina to devour. If not, having Vivi attack once might
help to bring Carrion Worm's Hp down to critical stage.
+---------------------+
+ Cleyra's Settlement +
+---------------------+
--Refuse the Oracle's guide and walk around the settlements to collect those
following items: ETHER, PHOENIX PINIONS, THUNDER GLOVES and MYTHRIL VESTS.
--After viewing several ATEs with Quina, go back to the entrance and you
will see Quina jumping in a whirling sick hole. Follow him/her and you will
find a SILK ROBE. You now have to walk all the way back to Cleyra's
Settlement but it worth your effort.
--Purchase these following equipments from Dan's weapon/armor shop:
PARTISAN, MULTINA ROCKET, MYTHRIL ARMORS, METHRIL ARMLETS, MAGE'S HATS. The
amount of each item you purchase should be based on how much money you have
right now.
--Purchase twenty phoenix downs, twenty potions and TENTS from Nina's item
shop. YOU NEED AT LEAST TEN TENTS in your inventory, fifteen or more will be
ideal.
--Once everything is settled, go to the Cathedral and talk to the Tree
Oracles' then go back to the inn. An event will happen.
BOSS: Antlion Hp: 2,938
Have Quina cast RERAISE on him/herself then kill Quina off. Reraise will
bring Quina back with Hp one. Have Quina use LIMIT GLOBE (9,999 damage) on
Antlion to end this battle.
--After the sand storm is dispelled, Alexandria solders will start to attack
Cleyra's Settlements.
Fight: Alexandria Soldiers x 2 Hp: 523 (three battles)
You have to fight two Alexandria soldiers in THREE BATTLES IN A ROW. The key
to pass these three battles without gaining Exp is to have Fruja equip
PARTISAN and DO NOT EQUIP the ability "Man Eater". If you place Fryja in
front row, she should deal around 400+ damage on a single soldier. Have
Zedane attack the soldier one more time from the BACK ROW and the soldier
will run away. Vivi can help in these three battles further by casting STOP
on them. If a critical strike occurs, Fryja will kill the soldier and you
must reset your game. Also, have Zedane equip LEATHER PLATE to halve the
damage of blizzara spell.
--You will have a chance to save your game after three battles.
Fight: Black Mages Type B x 2 Hp: 526
Have Vivi equip BRONZE VEST, BONE WRIST and GLASS BUCKLE to raise his spirit
and his stop spell will have higher successful rate. Quina can help by
attack with Needle Fork + Add Status (Bone Wrist). Have Zedane and Fryja act
as healers. Use potions to heal Black Mages if Quina has attacked them more
than twice and they are still not stopped/ petrified.
Fight: Alexandria Soldier X 3 Hp 523 (two battles)
Use the same equipments and strategies provided in the previous battles
against Alexandria soldiers.
Fight: Alexandria Soldier x 2/ Black Mage Type B Hp: 523/526
Have Vivi STOP the Black mage and use the tactics listed above to make
Alexandria Soldiers run away.
Fight: Alexandria Soldier x 3 Hp: 523
Use the same equipments and strategies provided in the previous battles
against Alexandria soldiers.
In order to save every citizens on your way, the answers in order are: left,
right, left, and "not safe yet".
--After four tedious battles, enter the Cathedral and Beatrix will rob the
magic Jewel. Save your game.
--Talk to the citizens you have saved and you will receive many items like
ETHER and ELIXIR. Take off Quina's equipments.
Boss: Beatrix: Second Match Hp: 4,736
--Have Quina cast RERAISE on him/herself. Kill Quina off and have Quina use
LIMIT GLOBE (9,999 damage) to finish this battle.
--Save your game on Red Rose after watching an awesome FMV.
+-------------------+
+ Alexandria Castle +
+-------------------+
--After Steiner and Marcus escape from the prison, Equip Steiner with
MYTHRIL SWORD and MAN EATER ability. DO NOT USE BLOOD SWORD!!!
Fight: Alexandria Soldiers x 2 Hp: 459
Have Steiner attack them and with the equipment and the ability I have
recommended, Steiner should be able to deal around 420 damage on soldiers
and force them to run away. Have Marcus act as a healer.
NOTE: There IS a small chance to avoid this fight.
--After Climb the ladder, take Marcus' Equipments off.
--Fryja, Vivi and Zedane will join Steiner to save Dagger. Try to avoid the
soldiers that are guarding the castle. If you encounter one, have Steiner
attack them and they will run away.
--Once you enter the Queen's chamber, move the purple mirror and a secret
path will appear. Pick up ICE BRAND on your way. Have Steiner equip ICE
BRAND, POWER BELT and MYTHRIL GLOVES. Give him "MP COSTING ATTACK" and "MAN
EATER" abilities. For other people, equip armors with highest defense. Have
Zedane equip MYTHRIL DAGGER and the ability "BANDIT".
Boss: Zorn/Thorn Hp: 4,896/2,984
This battle could be one of the easiest boss fights if you know what to do.
DO NOT ATTACK THEM unless Zorn or Thorn receives magic power from another.
Attack the one that received magic power and it will nullify the effect or
their power transformation. Use this tactic and they will NEVER have a
chance to attack. Attack them with Steiner (1,500 damage) and Fryja (480
damage). Have Vivi cast BIO (500~700 damage) and have Zedane STEAL.
--After save Dagger, save your game. Use a Tent to recover your party. The
first tough part of your quest is coming soon, so prepare your team.
Steiner: Must have ICE BRAND, MYTHRIL GLOVE and POWER BELT Equipped and
enable Steiner MP COSTING ATTACK and MAN EATER. Place Steiner in front row.
Fryja: Must Equip Partisan + MYTHRIL HELM + Thunder Glove + MYTHRIL ARMOR
and GOLD CHOKER. Enable Fryja with AUTO POTION, INSOMNIAC and Cover
abilities. Place Fryja in back row.
Zedane: Must Equip THE OGRE, bandana and Reflect Ring if you have one.
Enable Zedane with the ability MAN EATER and AUTO REFLECT if you have
Reflect Ring in your inventory. Place Zedane in back row.
Vivi: Must Equip OAK STAFF, SURVIVAL VEST and CORAL RING. Place Vivi in back
row.
BOSS: Beatrix: Final Match Hp: 5,782
This is an easy battle. Beatrix has good agility and attack power, but she
can only attack one person each time, so you can keep four people alive by
abusing Phoenix downs. Have Vivi cast Bio (680 damage), Steiner (1,600
damage) and Zedane (480 damage) attack. Every time an ally is K.Oed, use a
Phoenix down immediately. Fryja can protect the party member whose Hp is low
with her COVER ability, so if Steiner is killed and revived by a phoenix
down, Beatrix cannot touch Steiner as long as Steiner is alive. Beatrix
casts Cura on herself if her Hp is dropped below 3,000, but it won't be a
big problem in this fight. The battle will be over after Steiner attacks
three times and Vivi cast two Bios.
FIGHT #1: Bandersnatch Hp: 932
Your goal is to defeat Bandersnatch with Beatrix alive and Fryja dead so
Fryja can avoid gaining EXP. Have both characters use a TENT and hopefully
you could blind Bandersnatch. Have Fryja attack Bandersnatch once, and wait
'till Fryja's ATB bar is filled then have Fryja suicide, and Beatrix use
Climhazzard to finish this battle. The Insomniac ability will prevent Fryja
being put to sleep by Bandersnatch's Tongue attack and the auto-potion
ability will prevent Fryja being killed by Bandersnatch's physical attack (
70 damage if Fryja is in back row). If Beatrix is put to sleep, there is no
way to cure sleep but wait 'till Beatrix wakes up.
FIGHT #2: Black Mage Type C x 3 Hp: 597
This battle would be insanely tough if no one has AUTO-REFLECT ability
equipped.
If Zedane has Auto-Reflect ability equipped: Have Zedane use TENTS
constantly and have Vivi FOCUS twice and cast stop on Black mages, the
successful rate should be pretty high.
If Zedane does not have Auto-Reflect ability: Then this battle would take
you more than thirty attempts since those Black Mages are EXTREMELY agile
and could wipe out your party quickly. Have Vivi cast stop while other three
characters use TENTS and hopefully you can silence and blind one or two of
them. DO NOT count on Dagger's silence spell or Zedane Mage Masher + Add
Status, both method have little success rate of silencing the Black Mages.
Have Vivi equip CORAL RING could prevent him from being killed by Thundara
spell, but Fira or Blizzara will still kill him. TOUGH FIGHT!!!
After this battle, unequip Vivi's CORAL RING and equip it on Steiner, give
Steiner's POWER BELT to Zedane.
Battle #3: Bandersnatch x 2
Have Zedane use Soul Blade + The Ogre to blind one of them and Vivi cast
STOP, Dagger use Tent on another one. If two bandersnatches are both
blinded, your victory is ensured because their Thundara spell won't hurt
Vivi.
Battle # 4: Bandersnatch
Use the same tactic you used in the third battle to finish this one. It is
the easiest one among all six battles.
Battle # 5: Bandersnatch x 2
Beatrix will always take the initiative in this battle. Have her use
Climhazzard to finish them.
Battle # 6: Bandersnatch x 2
If you have Steiner equip a CORAL RING and place him in BACK ROW then this
battle should not be hard. Have Steiner use an ELIXIR on Beatrix, and wait
'till Steiner's ATB bar is filled again. Have Steiner suicide and Beatrix
use Climhazzard to finish them.
Once you passed seven battles in a row, you will have a chance to save your
game. Have Vivi and Zedane equip SILK SHIRT and Dagger equip Magician Robe.
Zedane must have POWER BELT as his add-on and equip the ability "MP COSTING
ATTACK". Give Dagger the ability "AUTO POTION".
Boss: Ralvulmago Hp: 3,352
Most likely Ralvulmago will take the initiative and may cast THUNDARA on the
entire party, which deals around 100+ damage and will kill everyone at level
one, however, with Magician Robe with Dagger, it only deals around 50 damage
on Dagger, and the SILK SHIRT Vivi and Zedane equips will halve the thunder
damage, so they will barely survive. This spell still may kill Vivi. If Vivi
is killed, have Dagger cast life.
Have Zedane attack (550 damage) and Ralvulmago will become compact as his
reaction of physical attack. He will not attack your party before he goes
back to normal. DO NOT attack while he is defending; have Vivi perform FOCUS
and hold Zedane still, and wait 'till Ralvulmago back to normal then have
Vivi cast Bio (1,480 damage after two focuses) followed by Zedane's physical
attack and Ralvilmago will become compact again. After he is back to normal,
have Vivi cast Bio again and Ralvulmago will be dead.
+----------------+
+ Pinnacle Rocks +
+----------------+
--Whether you want to play with Ramuh or not does not matter your game
progress one bit. The only important thing you might want to do here is to
collect items: Mythril Vest, Mythril Armlet and The Ogre.
+-----------------+
+ Lindblum Castle +
+-----------------+
--Purchase those following equipments from weapon shop if you don't have
them yet: Multina Racket, Mythril Helm and Mythril armors.
--Collect an ETHER and a Phoenix Pinion in Lindblum.
+------------------------+
+ Qu's Marsh/ Fossil Roo +
+------------------------+
--After Quina join the party, head to Fossil Roo.
--Equip Zedane with Mythril Dagger and Bandit ability. If you have reflect
ring, let Quina equip it and the ability "Auto-reflect".
--Try to avoid Fossil Roo's battling wagon. As long as the waving axes did
not stun you, you will be fine.
BOSS: Lani Hp: 5,708
This battle is extremely easy since Lani focus her attack on Dagger most of
time. Revive Dagger every time she is killed, and have Quina use Reraise +
Limit Globe trick to do 9,999 damage on Lani and this battle will be over.
Have Zedane steal ONCE and see what you can get. It is almost impossible to
steal a Gladius in your first attempt. At least it has never happened to me
before.
--Items need to be picked up in Fossil Roo: ETHER, FAIRY EARRINGS, Lamia's
Tiara, SURVIVAL VEST (a great armor that can raise your SPIRIT, it will help
Vivi raise the successful rate of his "STOP" spell later on.) Don't leave
Fossil Roo before you picked up those following items. Also, don't forget to
but the items from Stiltzkin.
+-----------------+
+ Outer Continent +
+-----------------+
--First of all, go to Qu's Marsh and catch enough frogs in exchange of a
Silk Robe from Quale if you haven't got one from Quale yet.
--Find a chocobo and dig up the treasure box
--There is another Qu's Marsh in Outer Continent.
+-------------+
+ Conde Petie +
+-------------+
--Pick up the gils at the entrance of Conde Petie and a PHOENIX PINION.
--Purchase one Adaman vest, two RITUAL HATS and one more Lamia's Tiara. If
you have extra money, purchase two Mythril armlets.
--After Vivi sees a Black Mage, exit Conde Petie and ride chocobo to Black
Mage Village.
+--------------------+
+ Black Mage Village +
+--------------------+
--Follow the paths that owes do not live and you will find Black Mage
Village. The encounter rate is very high here. You may want to flee from
every battle here because Vivi's stop rarely works on the enemies here.
--Pick up the Stellazzio story: Virgo.
--The most important equipment to purchase here is MAGIC ARMLET. Purchase at
least two of them.
--The important equipments to synthesis here: RUNE TOOTH, Cachusha, Madain's
Ring, Extension and a REFLECT RING. If you are short on money, just go for
RUNE TOOTH and REFLECT RING, as the two items I capitalized.
--Stock potions and tents if you are about out of them.
--After everything is prepared, head to Conde Petie again.
+---------------------------+
+ Conde Petie/Mountain Path +
+---------------------------+
--Take Quina's equipments off.
--Items need to be picked up: ETHER, TENT, remedy. Also, you might want to
collect all four colored stones and you can receive a Moonstone as the
reward.
--After the wedding event, you will be able to pass the twins and process
further to Mountain Path. Quina will leave your party and Eiko will join in.
--Save your game and purchase a magic tag, an ETHER and a tent from
Stiltzkin for 666 gils.
--The incoming boss fight is your second tough boss battle after Sealion.
Prepare your team well.
Vivi: OAK STAFF, MAGIC ARMLET, MAGU'S HAT, MAGICIAN ROBE AND MAGICIAN SHOES.
Those equipments give Vivi the highest magic bonus and it will increase the
power of Bio spell dramatically.
Zedane: RUNE TOOTH, BANDANA, Mythril Armlet, MYTHRIL VEST, POWER BELT. You
must Enable Zedane the MP COSTING ATTACK and MAN EATER abilities, and place
Zedane in front row.
The reason I used Mythril vest instead of Survival Vest is because you must
learn AUTO POTION ability before Zedane fight Salamander or it is going to
be a tough fight. This boss will give Zedane 9 AP if Zedane is alive after
the victory.
Dagger: Multina Racket, LAMIA TIARA, Magic Armlet, Silk Robe, Cachusha.
Eiko: Golem Flute, Lamia Tiara, Mythril Armlet, Silk Robe, Extension if you
have it and enable Eiko the "Mp + 10%" ability.
BOSS: Hilgigars Hp: 8,106
Hilgigars' EARTH QUAKE spell could wipe out your party in one shot,
otherwise, he only uses physical attack that could kill one person each
time, but still, this battle could take you several attempts because of
Hilgigars' agility.
--Have Eiko cast Float at the beginning and Dagger use a TENT, hopefully it
will silence Hilgigars and prevent him from using Curaga spell.
--Have Zedane attack (1,600 damage) and Vivi cast Bio (1,020 damage). If you
have silenced Hilgigars, this battle will be ended with less than three
minutes, or Hilgigars will cast Curaga on himself when his Hp is low. Have
Dagger cast raise if anyone is dead. And you must cast float on the entire
party with Eiko/Dagger each time there is more than one person that is not
in float status.
--After the fight, you can collect all the colored stones and place them on
the stone pillar on the left path of the moogle and you will receive a
Moonstone. This item is entirely optional.
+-------------+
+ Madain Sali +
+-------------+
--Items need to be picked up: TENT, Ore, PHOENIX PINION, Stellazzio story:
Libra.
--Enjoy the events and relax yourself a bit here. The incoming Iifa Tree
event is one of the hardest quests in your journey.
--Purchase at least 30+ potions.
--After everything is prepared, head to Iifa Tree.
+-----------+
+ Iifa Tree +
+-----------+
--The monsters here are very agile, so be sure that Zedane equip GERMINAS
BOOTS and enable the ability "ALERT". Some enemies here could wipe your
party out easily if you are back attacked.
--Save your game at the moogle in Iifa tree.
--There are two unavoidable battles coming soon, and in order to pass those
two battles, you will need some preparation or it would be close to
impossible to pass these two battles:
You must AT LEAST have Zedane ZOMBIE, if you can have more than one person
being zombie, which would make the two unavoidable battles very easy.
The only monster can zombie your characters is Dragon Zombie. His Zombie
Breath will zombie a single character, but it also deals around 200~400
damage and it will kill the target due to his/her low level.
Equip Zedane with these following equipments: MAGE MASHER, RITUAL HAT,
ADAMAN VEST and MADAIN'S RING. Those equipments will bring Zedane's Magic
Defense up to 20 points.
Find a Dragon Zombie first. Have Dagger cast SHELL on Zedane. You must keep
Zedane's Hp full. If Dragon Zombie's Zombie Breath Hit Zedane, it will only
deal around 90 damage on Zedane. Flee after Zedane is zombie, and save your
game. You can still use TENT to recover Zedane's Hp to full even Zedane is
in zombie status.
--Go deep inside the Iifa tree. Equip Zedane with GERMINAL BOOTS and enable
the ability "ALERT"; Equip Vivi with SURVIVAL VEST.
FIGHT: Zombie x 2/x 3
There is around 20% chance that you will encounter two zombies. Most of
time, you will encounter three of them.
--Have two of your characters use ELIXIRS on two of them, they will be dead
immediately. Have other two characters kill the other two characters, but
Zedane must be alive.
--Hopefully the zombie will use "Melt" to kill one of your characters and
leave Zedane alive. "Melt" is a suicide action and the zombie will die after
is uses this attack. Zombie status will prevent Zedane from gaining EXP. And
since all other three characters are dead, they won't gain EXP, either. This
battle could take you more than twenty attempts, GOOD LUCK!!!
--After defeating Zombies, use phoenix downs to revive the dead party
members.
FIGHT: Dragon Zombie
--Have Vivi FOCUS twice and cast STOP on Dragon Zombie. If anyone is killed,
have Dagger cast raise or use phoenix downs.
--After reach the bottom level, use a MAGIC TAG to cure Zedane's Zombie
status.
--Pick up an ELIXIR and a Brigandine. Equip Zedane with BRIGANDINE and GOLD
CHOCKER. Zedane must enable ABILITY UP.
BOSS: Soul gage Hp: 9,765
--Most likely it will use level five death as its opening attack, and it
won't do anything on a party with level one. Have any active character use
an ELIXIR on this boss for a quick battle.
--After you warp out of the Iifa Tree, save your game.
+-------------+
+ Madain Sali +
+-------------+
--Eiko's Jewel is missing. After the event, pick up the ELIXIR and a phoenix
down in Eiko's room.
--Head to Summoner's Wall and talk to the moogles to receive a Survival Vest
and Exploda.
--I hope that you have already had Zedane master the ability "AUTO POTION"
or the next boss fight could be extremely tough. Also, you should have at
least 30 potions in your inventory if you followed the FAQ so far. Equip
Zedane with RUNE TOOTH + BANDANA + MYTHRIL ARMLET + BRIGANDINE + POWER BELT.
Enable "MP COSTING ATTACK" "AUTO POTION" "COUNTER" and "MAN EATER"
abilities. Place Zedane in BACK ROW and save your game outside Madain Sali.
BOSS: Salamander Hp: 8,985
If you are prepared, this battle won't be that tough. Salamander's attack
only deals 70~75 at defense 22, 90~100 at defense 21. With Zedane's AUTO
POTION ability, he cannot be killed. Have Zedane attack ONLY when you hear
Salamander says: "HERE I GO!!!" Zedane should be able to deal around 780
damage on Salamander each time and he will be defeated in around 12~13
attacks. You can try to steal a Poison Claw from Salamander when he is away
from Zedane. This weapon is good, but it is optional as well.
REMEMBER: If you level up Blank in Evil forest, Salamander will have LEVEL
THREE after he joins your party.
--You will have to decide who is going to be in your party on your way to
Iifa Tree. Choose Eiko, Vivi, Dagger and Zedane. Head to Iifa Tree.
+----------------------+
+ Iifa Tree: Revisited +
+----------------------+
--Before you enter Iifa Tree, Equip your characters with the following
equipments:
Zedane: The Ogre, Adaman Vest + REFLECT RING.
Vivi: OAK STAFF + BANDANA + SURVIVAL VEST + GLASS BUCKLE
Both female characters should equip LAMIA TIARA and equipments with highest
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Enable Zedane AUTO REFLECT. Have the one with the highest magic defense
equip the abilities "Auto-potion" and "Insomniac".
--Kuja is waiting for you on the top of the Iifa Tree. He will summon two
Mist Monsters.
Fight: Mist Monster x 2
This battle is just about as tough as the previous fight against three
zombies. Have Zadane use SOUL BLADE, Eiko and Dagger use TENT on Mist
monster while Vivi casts STOP and hope that Vivi could stop both of them
before they wipe your party out. The most horrifying attack from Mist
Monsters is the "MIST" attack. But hopefully on of your girls could survive
this attack if her magic defense is very high.
--After the fight, Dagger will run away to save her mother. Salamander will
join your party automatically.
FIGHT: Mist Monster
--Have everyone use TENTS and have Vivi cast STOP. Use Ether on Vivi if his
Mp is low. Have Eiko cast Raise on dead party members if this spell is
available.
--After this fight, you will have a chance to save your game.
--You might encounter one or two battle later on. You will have to fight a
Mist Monster in each battle. Keep using the same strategies listed above and
you will make it eventually.
--Dagger will acquire an Aquamarine. Enjoy the CG Movie of the battle
between the Queen and Kuja. Disc II is ended after the movie.
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DISC III
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+-----------------------+
+ Alexandria: Revisited +
+-----------------------+
--Control Vivi and collect two PHOENIX PINIONS and Stellazzio Story: Leo in
the town and the west tower of Alexandria Castle. If you want to do Hippaul
race Mini quest, here is your only chance. If you at least win Ribbon and
Nova Dragon Cards from Hippaul, it will make the Card Tournament in Treno
easier later on.
--Purchase two Twist Headbands, two Golden Helms, one Barbut, two PLATE
MAILS.
--Synthesis ANGEL BLESS in Synthesis shop!!! This weapon carries the ability
"THIEVERY" for Zedane. Other items in synthesis are not important at all.
But if you have extra money, you can synthesis a Feather Boots.
--Purchase a PHOENIX PINION, an ELIXIR and a Hi-potion from Stiltzkin for
777 gil. It is a very good deal.
--After everything is ready, head to Ruby's Mini Theater and watch the
events. Tot will bring Zedane and his company to Treno.
+-----------------------+
+ Treno-Card Tournament +
+-----------------------+
--First, visit the Queen of Treno and give her all the Stellazzio stories
you have and receive some Gils and a BLACK BELT from her.
--Purchase a Coral Sword in weapon shop.
--You don't have to fight Catoblepas in the Weapon shop at this point
because your chance to win this battle is little. But if you want a small
challenge, have Zedane equip THE OGRE, REFLECT RING and FEATHER BOOTS and
enable "AUTO-REFLECT" ability. Once battle starts, hope that you can have a
turn before Catoblepas's turn. Have Zedane use SOUL BLADE to blind
Catoblepas and attack. Catoblepas will be killed by his own thundara spells
that are kept being bounced back by your AUTO-REFLECT. You will receive
15,000 Gils as your reward, but I don't think you will need money at this
point.
--If you have extra money, you can purchase a DARK MATTER in the Auction
House. But you can do it later if you wish.
--Try to win all three battles in Card Tournament. Save between each battle
and reset your game if you lose. You will receive a REBIRTH RING if you win
all three battles.
+---------------------+
+ Alexandria in Chaos +
+---------------------+
--Alexandria is attacked by Kuja and Dagger is giving out orders to the
Knights of Pluto. Choose the third option first then smash X bottom. You
will receive an Angel Earring from Beatrix.
--There are seven battles ahead, prepare your party.
Beatrix: Save The Queen + Mythril Helm + Thunder Glove + Plate Mail+ Yellow
Craft, and must be placed in front row.
Steiner: Coral Sword.
Battle #1: Mist Monster x 1 Hp: 1,473
Have Steiner suicide and Beatrix perform SHOCK for a quick battle. Use an
ELIXIR to recover Bratrix's Mp after this battle.
Battle #2: Mist Monster x 1
Have Beatrix attack it twice to finish this chaos. Use potions to recover
her Hp after this battle.
Battle #3: Mist monster x 2
This battle could be harder because Beatrix is still not strong enough to
take two of them down one turn. Pray that Beatrix is not being put to sleep
by their MIST attack (the chance is low because of Beatrix's high spirit).
Have Beatrix perform CLIMHAZZARD twice to finish this battle. Use an ELIXIR
to heal Beatrix after the battle
There are four CONSECUTIVE battles ahead, abuse ELIXIR when Beatrix's Hp is
low.
Battle #4: Mist Monster x 1
Have Beatrix Perform SHOCK for a quick battle.
Battle #5: Mist Monster x 1
Have Beatrix attack the monster twice.
Battle #6: Mist Monster x 1
Have Beatrix attack the monster once then use an ELIXIR. One more slash from
Save The Queen will finish the Mist Monster.
Battle #7: Mist Monster x 2
Have Beatrix use CLIMHAZZARD and hopefully you could kill both of them in
one attack. If not, you might be in trouble...keep attack and use another
ELIXIR if it is needed.
--After the battles, control Zedane and head to the top of Alexandria Castle
and watch the battle between Alexander and Bahemute, and Alexander is
finally defeated by Invincible.
+-----------------------------+
+ Lindblum under construction +
+-----------------------------+
--After Zedane woke up, get the EGOIST'S ARMLET in the treasure boxes and
save your game.
--Regent Cid will ask you to find Strange Potion, Unusual Potion and
Beautiful Potion for him. You can get those potions from the Art Studio,
China and Alice. Also, in Tantalus hideout, you can find much Gils in the
treasure boxes.
--After Regent Cid is turned into a frog, ride to the Serpent's Gate. Pick
up a CHIMERA ARMLET there.
--Board the Blue Narciss.
+-----------------------+
+ Chocobo Digging Quest +
+-----------------------+
--Once you have Blue Narciss, you could dig up the first twenty chocobo
treasures except "Forgotten Plains" and "Dusk Plains", all treasures hidden
under the bubbles and one treasure box hidden under the crack. For more
details about the locations of all chocobo treasures, please refer to
Appendix A for more detailed information.
--After you dig up all the possible treasures at this point, equip Vivi with
BLACK ROBE and Dagger with LIGHT ROBE.
--You might want to power up THIEVERY at this point. In order to do so,
enable Zedane "Bandit" ability and steal the monsters around Dali. The power
of Thievery will go up 12 points each time Zedane successfully steal any
item from any fiend. If you want to power up Thievery to 9,999 damage, you
will need 834 successful steal. It might take you around eight to twelve
hours, but it worth your effort. If you don't do it right now, you are going
to do it later anyway because you MUST have powerful Thievery in order to
defeat Ozma with a level one party.
--You can start to make big money by using the "Cotton Robe Trick". Purchase
99 Wrists in Dali and 99 Steepled Hats from Atla's Mogshop in Brumecia then
go to Treno and synthesis 99 Cotton Robe, and sell them. Each time you use
the "Cotton Robe Trick", the revenue you will receive is (2,000 - 130 - 260-
1000) x 99 = 610 x 99= 60,390 Gils! You can earn 300,000+ Gils by using the
Cotton Robe Trick five times and you will have the money to purchase any
item you want. Do not forget to purchase a DARK MATTER from Treno's Auction
House if you don't have one yet. Also, Give the Queen of Treno the ninth
Stellazzio you just found in Lindblum.
--If you haven't defeated Catoblepas in Treno's weapon shop. You can still
fight it. Have Quina Equip a FEATHER Boots and Auto-Lift/Jelly ability and
let Catoblepas finish him/her once. The next time Quina enters the battle,
his/her Hp will be one. If Catoblepas uses Devil's Bell or Earthquake
attack, it won't affect Quina. Have Quina use LIMIT GLOVE to finish this
beast.
--You can do the frog catching quest at this point and get a Silver Fork for
Quina, but it is not important at all.
--Stock 99 Phoenix downs, Softs, potions, Hi-potions in your inventory.
--After you have done all the preparations, sail Blue Narciss and head Black
Mage Village.
+-------------------------------+
+ Black Mage Village: Revisited +
+-------------------------------+
--All black mages were gone and following Kuja but three of them still stay
in the village. Go to the item shop and climb the ladder. You will find a
Black Belt on the second floor.
--Leave the Black Mage Village after the event of the birth of a baby
chocobo. Head the east side of Outer Continent.
+------------+
+ Quick Sand +
+------------+
--The quick sand in the far north is Kuja's hideout. Others are the nests of
powerful enemies and you might want to avoid them.
--Kuja will ask Zedane to retrieve an item called "Gulu Stone". Choose
Salamander, Steiner and Dagger with Zedane.
--Board Hilda Garde I and head to the Forgotten Continent.
+---------------------+
+ Forgotten Continent +
+---------------------+
--After Hilda Garde lands on Forgotten Continent, Go north and find chocobo
feet print. Use a Gyshal Green to summon a chocobo.
--You can pick up the treasure boxes "Forgotten Plains" and "Dusk Plains" at
this point. Also, there are two mountain cracks in Forgotten Continent and
two treasure boxes are hidden under them. Both treasure boxes contain
wonderful prize. The important items you will acquire are KAISER KNUCKLE,
WHITE ROBE, PROTECT RING and a DRAGON'S HAIR, the most powerful weapon for
Fryja. For the locations of the chocobo treasures, please refer to Appendix
A for more detailed information.
--Once you dig up all treasures in Forgotten Continent, head Oeilvert.
+------------------------------+
+ Oeilvert: The Forbidden Land +
+------------------------------+
--Purchase a Fairy Flute, Magic Racket, Cypress Pile, three GREEN BERETS, a
Cross Helm and two Judo Uniforms. But seems you have already been so rich by
using the "Cotton Robe Trick"; you could just purchase every item that is
sold in Mogshop.
--Save your game. Go inside Oeilvert and collect those following items while
you are solving the puzzle: Elixir, DIAMOND SWORD, Shield Armor, Power Vest,
Feather Boots and a GAIA GEAR.
--Once you solve the puzzle, head to the left path and save at a moogle. The
area that the moogle is located is filled with Stone Coffin enemies. They
can be defeated easily with using a SOFT. It will give you two AP (three if
you enable "Ability Up") and NO EXP. It is a good chance to learn your
abilities. Try to have Zedane master BANDIT, SOUL BLADE and THIEVERY,
Steiner master CONFUSE GUARD, FLYING KILLER. Salamander master FLYING KILLER
and MP COSTING ATTACK.
--Equip Steiner with DIAMOND SWORD and POWER Belt with "CONFUSE GUARD" "MP
COSTING ATTACK" "FLYING KILLER" abilities, and other equipments with the
highest defense. Demon Mail could be an ideal choice.
--Equip Zedane with Angel Bless GREEN BERET, Gaia Gear and those following
abilities: "BANDIT" "CONFUSE GUARD"
--Equip Salamander with KAISER KNUCKLE, POWER VEST and Protect Ring. Equip
those following abilities: "CONFUSE GUARD" "FLYING KILLER" "MP COSTING
ATTACK" and "Gamble Defense"
--Equip Dagger with LIGHT ROBE and other equipments with the HIGHEST DEFENSE
BONUS. She MUST equip "CONFUSE GUARD" and "AUTO-POTION" ability. Dagger is
the only one should be placed in the back row among all four characters.
BOSS: Ark Hp: Around 20,000
With Dagger's LIGHT ROBE and other equipments with high defense, you cannot
lose this battle. Ark's Boomerang attack will only deals around 8~15 damage
on Dagger and she can use potion to heal herself automatically. Ark also
uses Phantom Spray, which reduce a single target's Hp to one, but if it hits
Dagger, she will still use a potion to heal herself because the "AUTO
POTION" ability. The other three characters will be killed by Boomerang
easily. In this case, have Dagger use Phoenix downs to revive them. Also, if
Salamander has "Gamble Defense" ability on, he MIGHT survive Ark's Boomerang
attack. Ark's Whirling Wind attack is no big deal because everyone has
"Confused Guard" ability enabled.
Have Steiner (1,300 damage) and Salamander (3,350 damage) attack Ark if they
have a chance and have Zedane steal a HOLY LANCE from ARK. This weapon
carries the ability "DRAGON'S CREST" and it could deal 9,999 on Ozma easily
later on. Dagger should use potions and phoenix downs to heal other three
party members if they are damaged. With proper equipments and abilities,
this battle won't be hard but time-consuming because the success rate of
stealing HOLY LANCE from Ark is extremely low, even with Bandit ability.
NOTE: It is still possible to defeat Ozma with a level one party WITHOUT
Dragon Crest, that's what I did in my first victory against Ozma. However, I
don't recommend skipping HOLY LANCE at this point. Just be patient and you
will steal it eventually.
+---------------+
+ Desert Palace +
+---------------+
--Control Cid and play a mini game to save everyone.
--Be careful. Monsters in the Desert Palace are pretty strong and without
Zedane, it is almost impossible to flee from any encounter, even if you hit
a lucky preemptive strike. The best way to pass Desert Palace is to have
Vivi cast STOP on enemies. Have Vivi FOCUS two or three times in every
battle and his stop spell will have much higher success rate. Quina can help
further by using NEEDLE FORK + ADD STATUS. Eiko can protect the party by
summoning Carbuncle and casting REFLECT on the entire party.
Equipments for everyone:
Vivi: Oak Stuff + Mantra Band + N-KAI ARMLET + Survival Vest + REBIRTH RING.
Those equipments will give Vivi the highest spirit bonus.
Fryja: Have HOLY LANCE and Cross Helm equipped. If you did not steal the
HOLY LANCE from Ark, equip Fryja with Dragon's Hair.
Eiko: Tiger Racket, WHITE ROBE and RUBY.
Quina: NEEDLE FORK + Mantra Band + Survival Vest + PROMIST RING. Must equip
Quina with ADD STATUS ability. If you did the chocobo hot and cold quest and
dig up all the possible treasures, you should have all item listed above.
--Try to activate all the bloody stones and acquire those following items:
Promist Ring, Anklet, Shield Armor, N-Kai Armlet, Black Hood and Venetia
Shield. All those items are optional because you can purchase them later on.
You can avoid acquiring some items that are harder to reach if you are tired
of the random encounters.
--Save when you find a Moogle in Desert Palace. Place Fryja in the front
Row.
BOSS: Valia Pila Hp: 12,000
Have Quina cast RERAISE on him/herself and kill him/her, and have Quina cast
LIMIT GLOVE and deal 9,999 damage on Valia Pila.
Have Eiko cast RUBY LIGHT and Fryja JUMP (1,400 damage if Fryja has Dragon's
Hair). Two jumps should finish Valia Pila if Quina has already cast LIMIT
GLOVE on it. If Valia Pila is still there, have Eiko attack with her TIGER
RACKET (620 damage).
After defeating Valia Pila, light the candelabra and exit this area.
--You are controlling Zedane's party again. Return to the same teleport that
Zedane got out from the Desert Palace.
--After several events, Kuja will steal the Gulu Stone from Zedane and flee.
Follow him and exit Kuja's Hide out. The heroes will resolve to chase Kuja
by Blue Narciss. Choose Vivi, Salamander and Quina with Zedane.
+----------------+
+ Lost Continent +
+----------------+
--Find a chocobo and go straight west to Esto Gaza.
+-----------+
+ Esto Gaza +
+-----------+
--The important equipments you may want to purchase are OCTAGON ROD, Flame
Saber, Hamelin, and a couple Red Caps. If you have used the "Cotton Robe
Trick" few times before, you will be able to purchase every items sold in
the shop.
--Save your game and enter the volcano.
+---------------+
+ Mountain Gulu +
+---------------+
--Pick up 9,693 Gils. Other items are not important and may lead you to Red
dragons. You will want to avoid them, plus if you really want other
treasures, you can always come back here as long as you are on Disc III.
--After you descend into the well, go to the right path and save at a
Moogle. Adjust your equipments.
Vivi plays the most important role in the incoming battle against two Red
Dragons. Equip Vivi with OCTAGON ROD + MANTRA BAND + N-KAI ARMLET + BLACK
ROBE + POWER BELT. Those equipments should raise Vivi's defense up to 48
points with fair spirit bonus. Also, Vivi must enable the AUTO POTION
ability. Place Vivi in the BACK ROW.
--Pull the lever besides the wall down twice and descend to the bottom
level.
FIGHT: Red Dragon x 2
If you do what this FAQ has told you then Vivi cannot be killed unless Red
Dragons hit a lucky critical strike. Vivi's OCTAGON ROD will absorb Red
Dragons' Ariel Slash and Twister. And with Vivi's high defense, Red Dragons'
dive attack only deals 42~50 damage on Vivi, and Vivi will heal himself with
a potion automatically. Have Vivi FOCUS four to six times and cast STOP on
both dragons. This battle should be very easy with proper equipments.
--After the fight, GO BACK TO MOOGLE AND SAVE. A tough boss is waiting for
you!!!
BOSS: Meltigemini Hp: 24,348
This battle would be insanely tough mainly because Meltigemini abuses group
attack. Most likely, Meltigemini will use Viral Smoke once in his first
three turns, and this attack deals 500+ damage to everyone, which is fatal
to every character. Meltigenmini also uses BIO and usually he uses this
spell on all opposing targets, which will be a fatal attack as well.
Consider you are lucky if it uses physical attack, because it only kills one
person.
I recommend having Salamander equip with CHAIN PLATE that bears "DEVIL
KILLER" ability and REFLECT RING. Enable Salamander DEVIL KILLER and AUTO-
REFLECT.
I also suggest having Quina equip the REBIRTH RING and enable the ability
"AUTO-RAISE".
If Zedane cannot deal more than 8,000 damage with THIEVERY, then you will
have a tough time in this battle. Have Zedane equip The Ogre MIGHT help you
a little, but the best option is head back to Blue Narciss and power up
Zedane's Thievery to 8,000 + damage. 9,999 would be ideal.
When battle starts, have Eiko cast HOLY (5,400 damage), Salamander throw
Wing Edge (3,100 damage) and Zedane use Thievery while Quina is casting
reraise on Salamander. If Meltgemini uses Wings as his first attack and
Zedane deal more than 8,000 damage on Meltigemini, one more Thievery will
bring this evil boss down.
After defeating Meltigemini, rescue Lady Hilda and she will turn Cid back to
human. After several events and CG movies, you will be able to control the
new airship-the Hilda Garde III!!!
===========================================
Walkthrough Part B: The Danger in the Sky
===========================================
It is possible to face Ozma once you are able to control Hilda Garde III.
However, bravery without intelligence will lead you to death in front of
Ozma's wrath. There are many preparations you have to do before you can
possibly defeat Ozma with a level one party. So, let's get ready!!!
+-------------------------------------+
+ Complete Chocobo Hot and Cold Quest +
+-------------------------------------+
--Once you can control Hilda Garde III, the sixth Chocograph piece will be
available in the Chocobo Forest. Dig it up and the six Chocograph pieces
will become a complete Chocograh "Outer Island I", which gives Choco the
FLYING ability. With this ability you can reach the Chocobo Air Garden.
There are still three Chocographs in Chocobo Air Garden. Dig them up and
find the treasures. For the locations of Chocobo treasures, please refer to
Appendix A for more detailed information.
+--------------------------+
+ Powering Up Dragon Crest +
+--------------------------+
--You only need to do this quest if you have stolen a HOLY LANCE from Ark.
The basic concept of powering up Dragon Crest is to kill as many dragon as
you can. The damage of Dragon Crest is calculated by The number of dragons
your party has killed x The number of dragons your party has killed, which
means if you kill 100 dragons, Dragon Crest will deal 100 x 100 = 9,999
(five digits damage is impossible to occur in FFIX) non-elemental damage on
any target.
The recommend party of killing dragons includes those following characters:
Zedane, Quina, Fryja and Eiko.
In order to kill dragons without gaining EXP, you must have your party
members carry Zombie/Virus status. For people who choose zombie method, you
can zombie your characters by finding the DragonZombie in Iifa tree.
Everyone will be able to survive the Zombie Breath attack if his/her magic
defense is 30 or higher. Flee when there are three people turned into
zombies.
Around Qu's Marsh close to Lindblum you can find an enemies called Serpion,
which belongs to dragon enemies. With the powerful equipments in your hand,
you can kill them by smashing X bottom. Killing one hundred of them should
not take you very long. The only annoying thing is that the chance of
encountering Serpions around Qu's Marsh is only around forty percent. Of
course, you have to kill the one who is alive first. Remember: You cannot
use any item to heal characters when they are zombies. If their Hp is
getting low, use Tents between battles to recover their Hp.
For those who choose Virus Method, there is a monster called Yan in Bile
Island (the island that closest to the center of the world map). Yan
sometimes use Virus powder, which will kill one single character and give
him/her virus status. Virus status will remain even the affected target is
K.Oed. However, I don't recommend the Virus Method simply because Yan is a
very powerful and agile monster. Yans most likely appear in a group with
three and they could wipe out your party easily.
+------------------------+
+ Friendly Monster Quest +
+------------------------+
--Around the world there are few monsters that are actually Land Fairies and
they don't attack people. Completing the friendly monster quest will be a
NECESSARY condition that is required to defeat Ozma with a level one party.
You can complete the friendly monster quest by finding the friendly monsters
and giving them the items they ask for. You final goal is to give friendly
Yan a Diamond. Before you do so, you must meet all other friendly monsters
and give grant their request.
The locations of friendly monsters (Echow, Side Quest/Secret Guide, 2000):
a. Mu: Appears around Dali and wants an Ore.
b. Ghost: Appears in the field outside of Treno and wants an Ore.
c. Lady Bug: Appears in the forest around the Black Mage Village and wants
two Ores.
d. Yeti: Appears in the forest Outside of Madain Sali and wants two Ores.
e. Nymph: Appears in the forest outside of Iifa Tree and wants three Ores.
Also, you might encounter him in the northwest part of Mist Continent. You
must encounter Nymph before you are trying to look for Jabberwork because
Nymph gives you an Emerald and you will have to give an Emerald to
Jabberwork. There is no other way to acquire any Emerald but from Nymph.
f. Jabberwork: Appears in the forests on north forgotten continent or
outside of Oeivell and wants an Emerald.
g. Feather Sucker: Appears in South part of Lost Continent and wants a
moonstone.
h. Garuda: Appears in the forest outside of Gizamaluke's Cave. The place
that Moogle warned you that is dangerous. It wants a Lapiz Lazuli.
i. After meeting all other friendly monsters, go to Bile Island, the island
closest to the center to the world map. You can find a friendly Yan in the
forest on Bile Island. Give him a Diamond and you will receive the "Blessing
of the Spirits". It will allow you to attack Ozma physically, and it also
changes Ozma's Weakness to SHADOW! Friendly Yan will give you a Rosetta
Ring.
Note: Friendly monsters give you A LOT of AP. Be sure to enable everyone
"Ability Up" and have them master those abilities by any possible chance:
AUTO-RAISE, AUTO REFLECT. If you haven't mastered SOUL BLADE AND THIEVERY
for Zedane, you might want to do it now.
+-----------+
+ Daguerreo +
+-----------+
Daguerreo is located on an island south of the Forgotten Continent. There
are many important items need to be purchase there.
In order to purchase weapons and armors, help the shop owner with the water
elevator problem by inserting a wooden stick into the hole behind the
elevator. You will have to purchase one or two EGOIST ARMLETS and At least
one GOLD HAIRPIN. Other items are optional. Personally, I would just
purchase them just for my item collection. They really do nothing help in
the battle against Ozma.
The item you HAVE to syntheses in the synthesis shop is SARGATANAS.
Sargatanas + Soul Blade = 100% petrifaction on almost all randomly
encountered enemies except VERY few that are immune to them, which are
likely to be found in Terra. Using Sargatanas in conjunction with Soul Blade
is the major method of gaining AP for abilities without receiving EXP.
Do not forget to pick up the Stellazzio Story: Capricorn in Dagueero. There
are also two ELIXIRS around this place. Pick them up if you wish.
+-------------+
+ Quan's Cave +
+-------------+
--Bring Vivi and Quina in your party and an event will happen. Check the
clock after the event to acquire RUNNING SHOES. The "Auto-haste" ability on
the running shoes is useless in the battle against Ozma; however, it will
help you later on when you are trying to master other abilities. If you
haven't picked up the Stellazzio Story in Quan's Cave, you can do it right
now.
+------------------+
+ Treno: Revisited +
+------------------+
--Fight Amdusias in the weapon shop. Have Zedane equip SARGATANAS and
REFLECT RING and enable the AUTO REFLECT ability. When Zedane's turn comes,
use soul blade to petrify Amdusias, simple as that. The reward of defeating
Amdusias is another pair of RUNNING SHOES.
--Give Stellazzio stories to the Queen of Treno if you want.
+---------------------+
+ Salvage Archipelago +
+---------------------+
This place indicates all the islands south of the Forgotten Continent, which
is a good place to gain AP to master abilities.
The enemies you might encounter around this area are gimme cat and Grand
Dragon. Both of them give you three Ap; six Ap if characters have "ABILITY
UP" enabled.
Have Zedane equip SARGATANAS, Judo Uniform and Coral Ring. Enable Zedane
with those following abilities: Distract, Ability Up, and Auto Haste, if it
is available. The equipments of other people depend on which ability you
want them to master. But be sure that everyone has the "Ability Up" ability
activated. With "Ability Up" working, none of your characters could possibly
equip "Auto Reflect" to bounce Grand Dragon's Thundaga spell. However, you
could enable Fryja and Quina with "Auto-Raise" ability, it works well also.
For Eiko, just hope that Thundaga won't hit her.
Have Zedane Petrify the opponent in every battle. If Zedane is out of Mp, go
to Daguerreo and sleep in the study room to recover Zedane's Mp. The most
important ability you HAVE TO have everyone master is AUTO RAISE. Having
Fryja master Mp Costing Attack might help a little, also, you might want to
have Eiko master summoning "Phoenix". It also helps very little in the
battle against Ozma. If Gamble Defense is available, have Quina master this
ability.
After everything is prepared, check your characters and see if they met the
criteria listed below before you enter the holy battle:
Zedane: Have The Ogre (optional), Chimera Armlet and Pumice a Piece
Equipped; enable "AUTO-RAISE" "Bandit"(optional) abilities; must be able to
deal 9,999 damage with Thievery.
Fryja: Have Holy Lance and Devil Mail equipped; enable "AUTO-RAISE" "Flying
killer" (optional) abilities; must be able to deal 9,999 damage with Dragon
Crest.
Eiko: Have EGOIST ARMLET and Phoenix Pinion equipped.
Quina: Golden Hairpin, EGOIST ARMLET, Light Robe, Ribbon. These equipments
boost Quina's magic evasion.
If you are planning on finish a level one game after defeating Ozma, you
must have everyone carry VIRUS status so they won't receive any EXP from
defeating Ozma. Go to Bile Island (the island you met friendly Yan) and
fight Yans. Have Zedane use SOUL BLADE to petrify Yans 'till there is only
one left, be patient and wait 'till it uses Virus powders on all four
characters, it will take a while. Use phoenix downs to revive dead party
member if it is necessary. After all four characters are carrying Virus
status, have Zedane use FLEE to escape. This part is entirely optional.
+--------------------+
+ Chocobo Air Garden +
+--------------------+
--Check world map and find the location of Chocobo Air Garden. Ride the
Golden Chocobo and go to the location on the Map and use a Dead Pepper in
the round shadow and you will wrap into Chocobo Air Garden. Exclaim the
stone pillar in the Chocobo Air Garden twice.
***********************************************************************
BOSS: OZMA Hp: 55,535/ Mp: 9,999
***********************************************************************
Finally, here is the sole target of our quest after all the effort we have
been through, the strongest creature in FFIX, Ozma. And you are in front of
her with a LEVEL ONE PARTY!!!
In order to conclude the strategies of defeating this nemesis at such a low
level, we must analyze Ozma's attack pattern first before we can advance to
the glorious victory over Ozma.
The following general information is provided by Theoden. It was composed
for a regular game, however, I decided to use and paraphrase part of his
information because it can still help us to decide the strategies we need to
accomplish the goal of defeating Ozma at level one.
General information (Theoden, 2002):
Ozma is at level 99 and has 55535 HP and 9999 MP. She is healed by Shadow
unless you gave friendly Yan a diamond, in which case she will be weak
against it. She cannot be reached with the Attack command without "The
Blessing of Spirits". She is weak against Holy, Wind and Bird Killer.
The only negative status effects you can possibly inflict on Ozma are
Darkness and Slow. It is impossible to give her Reflect status, so you can't
make her reflect Curaga on you. Slow has little effect (see below).
Ozma can act even when her ATB bar is not full. If you enter a command in
between Ozma's attacks, her ATB bar will be filled immediately and her next
attack will happen before the command you just entered happens. This makes
Auto-Life especially important, since if a character is KOed and you enter a
command to revive them, Ozma will get another attack first; possibly KO the
character due to carrying out the revival. This ability to preempt your
commands also means Ozma always gets the first move in the battle. Pray it
isn't Meteor. The only way you can enter a command and be sure it will
happen before Ozma's next move, is to enter it during the animation of
Ozma's move. So if, for example, she casts Flare on someone (who doesn't
have Auto-Life or enough HP to survive it), then try to enter your revive
command before the move finishes (before the character is even KOed). This
preemptive ability also means Ozma is hardly affected by the Slow status,
even though he is vulnerable to it.
What makes success so difficult to guarantee against Ozma is the possibility
that she may use Meteor wiping out all your team at once, followed by Curse.
There is no way to guarantee Meteor won't KO everyone, although it will be
less likely if everyone has high HP and/or Shell. If Curse follows it will
almost certainly KO everyone who came back with Auto-Life.
The best way to reduce the risk of Meteor->Curse is to fulfill the
conditions for Ozma's other attacks. The best way to reduce the frequency of
Meteor is to ensure as few characters as possible have the Reflect status,
since he won't use Flare, Death or Holy if all possible targets can reflect.
The only spells you can reflect are Mini and Berserk anyway. Reducing her MP
will also lessen the frequency of Meteor since he will use Absorb MP, but I
don't really recommend this (see below).
To reduce the frequency of Curse, you must fulfill any or all of these
conditions:
- Reduce Ozma's HP below 50% of max.
- Make sure no one is in Mini status.
- Inflict Darkness on Ozma.
- Have at least on non-KOed character whose level is a multiple of 4.
- Have at least on non-KOed character whose level is a multiple of 5.
On an odd numbered turn Ozma can use these attacks. If her MP is 0, he can
only use Flare Star.
- ABSORB MP
Ozma only uses this if at least one character has more MP than her. It
transfers all of a character's MP to Ozma. She is most likely to use it if
you use Magic Hammer to reduce her MP, since initially she has 9999 MP.
- DEATH
Ozma won't use this on anyone who can reflect it. It KOs one character, but
may miss.
- DOOMSDAY
Attacks all participants in battle with Shadow damage. If you gave friendly
Yan a diamond, it will damage Ozma, otherwise it will heal her. Won't hurt
anyone who has any of the following equipped: Egoist's Armlet, Ninja Gear,
Demon's Mail, Pumice Piece. Can be returned on him for good damage. It's a
real breather when he does this.
- FLARE
Ozma won't use this on anyone who can reflect it. Non-elemental damage on
one character.
--FLARE STAR
Does non-elemental damage on all characters. Damage = character's level x
50. May miss. The damage cannot be reduced. It is a nasty attack, but not a
problem if everyone has Max HP.
--HOLY
Ozma won't use this on anyone who can reflect or absorb it (Pumice Piece).
He will use it on characters that can nullify it though (Chimera Armlet).
Does Holy damage on one character.
- METEOR
Ozma's worst attack. Does random damage between 110 and 9999 (usually the
upper end of the scale). The only way to be sure of surviving it is to have
Auto-Life equipped. If everyone has Shell status it will improve your
chances of survival (but won't guarantee it). Note that Ozma's Meteor cannot
miss, unlike Vivi's (at least I've never seen it miss in hundreds of times
I've seen her use it). Similarly if you return it on her, the returned
Meteor will never miss either. Ozma's Meteor also costs just 40 MP, (as seen
if you equip Absorb MP on Quina), so it is a slightly different spell
(Vivi's costs 42 MP).
On even numbered turns Ozma can use these following attacks. If her MP is 0,
she can only use Curse.
- CURSE
Inflicts physical damage on all the party (cannot miss). It also inflicts
status effects Slow, Poison, Confuse, Mini and Darkness. This attack is
lethal if it is used straight after wiping everyone out with Meteor, since
everyone will have low HP and no Auto-Life. For a character who is at the
back row of the party and who has a physical defense of 40, the attack Curse
will cause 1344-2688 damage on him/her (the damage will be halved when
Protect is cast, and increased by 50% when s/he is in Mini status).
- CURAGA
Ozma will only use this if his HP is below 50% of max. Recovers around
5,910~ 9,999 HP.
- ESUNA
Ozma will only use this if she has the Darkness status. Casting Esuna
removes Darkness. Soul Blade + The Ogre is the best way of inflicting
Darkness on Ozma. Darkness doesn't hinder Ozma in any way, but it can really
save your life if he uses Esuna instead of Curse at a critical time.
- LV4 HOLY
Ozma will only use this if there are characters whose levels are a multiple
of 4 (who aren't KOed). Inflicts Holy damage on those characters.
-LV5 DEATH
Ozma will only use this if there is a character whose level is a multiple of
5. Make sure precisely one character fulfills this requirement. That way it
will do minimal damage. LV5 Death KOs one character and is better than Curse
(especially after Meteor).
-MINI
Ozma will use this only if no one is already in Mini status. Inflicts Mini
on everyone.
Ozma can counter with the following moves (provided he has MP):
--BERSERK
Ozma will do this twice during the battle, once when she's targeted with any
command (other than Attack or Item) when her HP is below 40000, and again
when it's below 30000. Inflicts Berserk on the attacker. May miss. Cure with
Gysahl Greens.
--CURAGA
13-50% chance of use (depending on Ozma's HP) against any action that
targets Ozma, even if her HP is full and the attack caused no damage.
Recovers around 6800-9800 HP. Because of this spell, the battle will be
considerably more challenging if you try to steal her items, since even an
unsuccessful Steal attempt can trigger a Curaga counter. It also means even
if you hit Ozma for 6 attacks causing 9,999 damage in one turn (e.g.
Thievery, Dragon's Crest) you are not guaranteed to kill her before he has a
chance to use Curaga, since she could cast it after any and all hits.
Theoden's general information of Ozma ends here.
After viewing the general information carefully, we can find out that Ozma
actually has ONLY three attack that can process major threats to a level one
party: Berserk, Meteor and Curse, Since Doomsday can be absorbed or guarded;
holy/flare/death only kill one character, a phoenix down will solve this
problem; Mini won't reduce the damage of Limit Glove, Dragon Quest and
Thievery because the damage of those three attacks are fixed; Flare Star
only deals 50 damage on a level one party, it might kill Quina because Quina
must enter this battle with Hp one.
Ozma's agility won't increase any difficulty in this battle. First of all,
based on FFIX's level up system, characters' basic stats barely raise with
their level, so a level one party has just about the same speed with a party
with level 99. Second, if you read through the general information, you will
know that Ozma's ATB bar is filled ANY TIME you input a command, so no
matter how fast you are, she will always have a turn before your characters.
That's the reason I recommend having characters equip "Auto Raise" instead
of "Auto Haste".
Note that it does not mean that if you input commands four times, Ozma will
move four times. If a person input a command, Ozma will surely have a turn
before yours, but the other three characters could still input command
during Ozma's attack animation, so the result would be Ozma still has only
one turn.
The two major obstacles on our way to the glorious victory over Ozma are
Meteor and Curse. These two attacks will wipe out your party no matter how
you prepared your team unless they have Auto-Raise activated, and it only
works once. Which means if Ozma uses Meteor followed by Curse, or Curse
followed by Meteor, both combination will destroy your level one party.
Eiko's Phoenix summoning might revive your party, but the chance is very
low.
After testing Ozma over and over, I found that Ozma almost always use Curse
as her second attack. She rarely uses mini and she won't use level 5 death
or level 4 holy because everyone has level one. If you inflicts darkness on
Ozma with Zedane The Ogre + Soul Blade, Ozma will most likely ignore her
darkness status and still use curse instead in her second turn. The only
guaranteed way to prevent Ozma from using Curse is to reduce Ozma's Hp to
50% or below, and it is not likely going to happen in her second turn. Plus,
according to my research, even Ozma uses Doomsday as her first attack and
deals 9,999 damage on herself, and all four characters launch an all-out
attack (Quina casts LIMIT GLOVE, Eiko uses a DARK MATTER, Fryja uses DRAGON
CREST and Zedane used THIEVERY) and deals 99,999 x 5 = 49,995 damage on Ozma
in one turn, Ozma will still use curse as her second attack, and after
everyone is revived by auto-raise, most likely Ozma will cast Meteor to
finish the battle. I ASSUME that if Ozma does not use Mini as her second
attack, it will ALWAYS be curse.
As for Ozma's opening attack, it could be Flare, Holy, Death (rarely used),
Meteor or Doomsday with about equal possibility of each attack except Death.
After Ozma's curse as her second attack, she will use Meteor (70% chance) or
Doomsday (25% chance) after the curse attack. The other three attacks share
the rest 5% chance as the third attack of Ozma after Curse.
Note that Ozma's attack during her odd number turns CANNOT be the same
unless at least three of them have been used. So the ideal attack pattern
"Doomsday-Curse-Doomsday" cannot happen. If Ozma uses Doomsday as her first
attack, then it ensures Ozma won't use Doomsday in her third turn and it
will usually be meteor instead. And if the meteor is used after curse, it is
always fatal. So if Ozma uses Doomsday as her opening attack, basically you
cannot win this battle because it increases the chance of Curse + Meteor
happening, unless Ozma uses Mini as her second attack, which happens
extremely rarely; or Ozma does not use Meteor after Curse, and since
Doomsday is put of the picture, I don't see how often it could possibly
happen. But IF Ozma does not use Meteor after Curse in this case, your
victory will be ensured because Ozma has been damaged by Doomsday and every
of your characters were be able to attack Ozma since Doomsday kills no one,
Ozma's Hp will have less than 6,000. If Ozma does not use Meteor, one more
Thievery/Dragon Crest/Limit Glove will finish her. Just notice that if Ozma
uses Doomsday as her first attack, the chance of using any other attack
besides meteor after curse is VERY LOW. A Doomsday opening will either lead
you to death, or rarely leads you to an easy victory.
If Ozma uses Meteor as her opening attack, it is even worse than Doomsday
since meteor kills everyone and they will be revived by Auto-Raise with Hp
one. And Curse will wipe out your party, if Phoenix does not save you.
So, is there still a possibility of defeating Ozma at level one? Sure it is.
If those conditions are met (it does not happen as rarely as you might
think), your victory is almost ensured if you equip your characters as this
FAQ instructs:
--Ozma does not use Doomsday or Meteor as her first attack (60% chance)
--Ozma uses Doomsday after Curse (25% chance)
The odd of those two conditions happen in one battle lies around 60% x 25% =
15%, which means these to conditions will be met in around every seven times
you attempts to fight Ozma (100/15 = 6.66...rounds up to 7).
If you paid full attention on the entire FAQ, you may wonder why I recommend
having Zedane equipped with Chimera Armlet (guards Holy) and Pumice a piece
(absorbs Shadow and Holy) instead of Egoist Armlet (guards shadow). The
reason is because with Chimera Armlet and Pumice Piece together, the result
will be that the equipper absorbs Shadow and GUARDS Holy. And Ozma might use
Holy on a character if he/she is immune to Holy, but not if he/she absorbs
Holy, which means there is a possibility that Ozma casts Holy on Zedane as
the best scenario; and it won't do any damage on him, then you can launch an
all-out attack with four characters. But if Ozma casts Holy (or Flare,
death) and kill one person in her first turn, you can still attack with
three characters with three characters and deal 9,999 x 3 = 29,997 damage on
her, still quite good damage, just not as good as the result of all four
characters being alive and able to attack. And there is always a possibility
that Ozma kills Eiko in her first turn, and Eiko is the least important
member in your party since she can only deals 9,999 damage once by using a
DARK MATTER.
If Ozma uses Flare Star as her opening attack, it could kill Quina since
Quina's Hp is one, but this attack may miss, the odd is depending on Quina's
magic evasion stats, that's why Quina's magic evasion stats is important in
this battle; for other three characters, Flare Star only deals 50 damage on
them and I don't see how powerful it could be. But if Quina is killed by
Flare Star, you could still win this battle with a fair possibility. See my
"battle reports" in the later part of the FAQ.
After your first wave attack, Ozma will counter BERSERK once on a single
target, but it is not any big deal anyway since your characters will be
killed by curse later.
Ozma will use curse in her second turn (Mini if you are VERY, VERY lucky)
and wipe our party out, and they will be revived by Auto-Raise if they are
not killed before). If Ozma uses Doomsday after curse, it will deal 9,999
damage on Ozma and kill none of your party members. Everyone's ATB bar will
be filled during the long animation of Doomsday and you can have every alive
party members launch an all-out attack again, have Eiko use an ELIXIR to
recover Fryja's Mp since her Mp should be Zero after using two DRAGON'S
CREST. Ozma will counterattack with Berserk once again and you must pray
that it misses the target (the chance is VERY LOW). If it does affect the
target, have Ekio use a Gyshal Green if she has a chance later.
There IS a chance that Ozma will be defeated after your second wave of
attack, but most likely, she will counter Curaga once so it still leaves her
around 9,000~1,5000 left. Due to the heavy damage you have inflicted on
Ozma, she will NOT use curse in her fourth turn and she will cast CURAGA on
herself instead. You will have a chance to launch a third wave of attack. If
Ozma does not counter Curaga more than once, she will be defeated.
Let me sum up a brief strategy review of defeating Ozma at level one:
--Equipments and abilities for everyone:
Zedane: Have The Ogre (optional), Chimera Armlet and Pumice Piece Equipped;
enable "AUTO-RAISE" "Bandit"(optional) abilities; must be able to deal 9,999
damage with Thievery.
Fryja: Have Holy Lance and Devil Mail equipped; enable "AUTO-RAISE" "Flying
killer" (optional) abilities; must be able to deal 9,999 damage with Dragon
Crest.
Eiko: Have EGOIST ARMLET and Phoenix Pinion equipped.
Quina: Golden Hairpin, EGOIST ARMLET, Light Robe, Ribbon. These equipments
boost Quina's magic evasion. Must enter the battle with Hp ONE and full Mp.
--Ozma must NOT use Doomsday or Meteor as her first attack (60% chance).
Have Zedane attack with THIEVERY (9,999 damage), Fryja attack with DRAGON
CREST (9,999 damage), Quina casts LIMIT GLOVE (9,999 damage) and Eiko use a
DARK MATTER (9,999 damage). It is possible that Ozma's first attack kills no
one (Holy on Zedane or Flare Star misses Quina). And if a character is
killed, it is still possible to win. The dead character will be brought back
by Auto-Raise.
--Ozma will surely counterattack with Berserk once. And MIGHT counter Curaga
once or twice.
--Ozma uses Curse as her second attack, which will kill everyone. Your
characters will be brought back by Auto-Raise if they are not killed in the
first attack. Most likely, you will have three characters available at this
point. But if Ozma's first attack did not kill anyone, you will still have
all four characters available.
--If Ozma uses Meteor after Curse (70% chance), the battle is over. Reset
your game and try again.
--If Ozma uses Doomsday after Curse (25% chance), it deals 9,999 damage on
herself and hurts no one in your party. Have everyone launch his/her best
attack. If Eiko is alive, she cannot attack anymore but have her use an
ELIXIR on Fryja. If the alive ones are Quina, Fryja and Zedane, or even
better, all four characters are alive, Ozma could be defeated after this
wave of attack if she does not counter Curaga at all (the chance is very
low)
--Ozma will use Curaga on herself as her fourth move. Have everyone launch
their attacks and Ozma should be dead, unless she counters Curaga more than
twice. In this case, hope Ozma won't use Meteor as her fifth attack. It will
take you less than twenty attempts to defeat Ozma if you followed the FAQ
and did everything, every move that this FAQ instructs.
I have defeated Ozma at level one four times so far, here is the record of
one of my victories over Ozma:
--Ozma uses Flare Star as her first attack. 50 damage on everyone and kills
Quina. Quina is revived by Auto-Raise.
--Fryja uses DRAGON CREST, 9,999 damage on Ozma.
--Zedane uses THIEVERY, 7,180 damage on Ozma.
--Ozma counterattacks with Berserk and hits Zedane.
--Eiko uses a DARK MATTER, 9,999 damage on Ozma.
--Ozma uses curse and killed everyone. Zedane. Fryja and Eiko are brought
back by Auto-Raise.
--Ozma uses Doomsday, 9,999 damage on herself.
--Fryja uses a DRAGON CREST on Ozma, 9,999 damage.
--Ozma counterattacks with Berserk and misses Fryja,
--Eiko uses an ELIXIR on Fryja.
--Zedane uses THIEVERY, 7,180 damage on Ozma.
--Ozma casts Curaga on herself, 7,604 Hp was recovered.
--Fryja uses another DRAGON CREST, 9,999 damage on Ozma and the battle is
over.
Total damage: 9,999 x 5 + 7,180 x 2 - 8,304 = 49,995 + 14,360 - 7,604 =
63,355 - 7,604 = 55,751 damage while Ozma has 55,535 Hp.
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missed Quina during her first turn and Zedane could deal 9,999 damage with
Thievery. On the other hand, you may notice that Ozma does not counterattack
Curaga in this battle at all, so I would say that this battle is fairly
lucky. But no matter how unlucky you are, it won't take you more than twenty
attempts, Ozma is not that tough. After you defeat Ozma, you will receive a
key item that we are all looking for, the STRATEGY GUIDE, Congratulations!!!
Save your game and brag your achievements to your friends!!!
The walkthrough should stop at this point. For those who are willing to go
on and finish a level one game, I recommend KADFC's Low Level Walkthrough
for more information about the battles in Terra and disc IV. Good Luck on
your quest!!!
Appendix A: Locations of Chocobo Treasures (Yee Seng Fu, Chocobo Hot and
Cold Guide, 2001):
This section provides a quick reference for the locations of all chocobo
treasures. If you are having looking for a specific chocobo chest, this
section will give you the help you need.
1. Streamside:
Located at around the bridge near the Chocobo Forest, the intersection of
the river and the sea. Contains Elixir x 2, Hi-potion x 3, Ether x 4,
Germinas Boots x 2.
2. Between Mountains:
Located at the southwest of the Mist Continent. Contains Potion x 5, Hi
Potion x 5, Tent x 2 and Cotton Robe x 2.
3. Uncultivated Land:
Located at the swamp south of the Evil Forest. Contains Antidote x 10, a
Jade Armlet, Wind Edge x 3 and a Cargo Ship Card.
4. Healing Shore:
Located at the beach northwest of Cleyra Trunk. Gives Chocobo the ability
"Reef".
5. Abandoned Beach:
Located at the beach south of Qu's Marsh in Outer Continent. Contains
Phoenix Pinion x 9, Phoenix down x 5, Peridot x 12 and a Diamond Glove.
6. Cold Field:
Located at the beach in the southern part of Lost Continent. Contains Echo
Screen x 5, Hi-potion x 7, Tent x 3 and a Theater Ship Card.
7. Forgotten Lagoon:
Located at the south of the Lost Continent. Contains Gysahl Greenx 8, Ether
x 5, Hi-potion x 7 and a Dragon Claw.
8. Faraway Lagoon:
Located in the shallow water west of Forgotten Continent, the west of
Oeilvert. Contains potion x 37, Magic Tag x 6, a Shield Armor and a Gaia
Gear.
9. Abandoned Laggon:
Go to the beach south of the Black Mage Village and head west. Contains soft
x 6, Ether x 4, a Feather Boots and a N-Kai Armlet.
10. Bird's Eye Laggon:
Located in the shallow water northwest of Lindblum's Dragon Gate. Contains
Potion x 8, Phoenix down x 4, Ether x 3 and one Magician Robe.
11. Small Beach:
Located in the shallow water between islands southeast of Chocobo Forest.
Contains Remedy x 4, Elixir x 2, Rising Sun x 8 and an Oak Staff.
12. Dawn Lagoon:
Located next to an island south of Treno. Gives Chocobo the ability
"Mountain".
13. Forbidden Forest:
Located in the forest in close to the center of the Mist Continent, which is
surrounded by mountain. Contains Ether x 7, Elixir x 2, Wing Edge x 10 and
one High Mage Staff.
14. Green Plains:
Located at the heights northwest of the Evil Forest and close to the sea.
Grants Chocobo the ability "Ocean"
15. Dusk plains:
Located in the mountain North West of the Wind Shrine. Contains Phoenix
Downs x 12, Ore x 14, Kaiser Knuckles and an Iron Man Card.
16. Forgotten Plains:
Located in the plain south of Ipsen Castle. Contains ore x 17, Ether x 5,
Opal x 14 and a Demon's Mail.
17. Sea at Dusk:
Located in the Ocean Northeast of Wind Shrine. It contains Phoenix Pinion x
15, a White Robe, a Diamond and a Masamune Card.
18. Ocean:
There is an island with a long beach east of Forgotten Continent, go east
from that island. It contains Ore x 27, a Light Robe, a Whale Whisker and a
Alexander Card.
19. Cold Lagoon:
Located in the Ocean northwest of the Lost Continent. Contains Peridot x 11,
Opal x 9, Sapphire x 15 and Topaz x 19.
20. Mist Ocean:
Located in the ocean northeast of the two small islands northeast of
Alexandria Harbor. Grants Chocobo the ability "Sky".
21. Outer Island:
Located on the Island east of Kuja's Desert Palace. Contains Amethyst x 21,
Garnet x 16, a Genji Armor and a Ragenarok.
22. Outer Island II:
Located on the Island northwest of Kuja's Desert palace. Contains Sapphire x
11, a Circlet, a Pumice piece and a Hilda Garde III card.
23. Fairy Island:
Located on the Island southwest of Iifa tree. Contains Potion x 33,
Annoyments x 15, a Holy Miter and a Dark Matter Card.
24. Forgotten Island:
Located on the Island northeast of Qu's Marsh in Forgotten Continent.
Contains a Ribbon, a Rebirth Ring, Amethyst x 13 and an Ark Card.
For the locations of bubbles and Cracks, please refer to
http://db.gamefaqs.com/console/psx/file/final_fantasy_ix_map.jpg provided by
Ng Yeow Leong for more details.
Appendix B: The Adjusting Entries of a Level One FFIX game.
I was having a struggle about if I should compose this section or not.
Because as for me, it is very obvious that you won't run out of money since
you can collect big money by defeating bosses, selling phoenix pinions and
Ethers, and also, you could pick up money in many places.
However, it appears to me that the true knowledge only belongs to few
players I suppose. People kept asking me that how can you acquire the
necessary to play Chocobo Hot and Cold and purchase the necessary
equipments. Not to be rude, but I must say that this is the most ignorant
question I have ever heard about this challenge so far, and it broke my
heart that so many players asked me the same question, while the answer is
very obvious. In order to satisfy most players with less advanced gaming
skill and knowledge, I have no choice but write entries that express the
revenue and the expense of a level one game, hopefully it will clear many
people's doubt about the financial problem of a Level One FFIX game.
This Adjust Entries starts at the beginning of the Disc one, and ends in the
middle of Disc III, after you can control Blue Narciss, because you can use
"Cotton Robe Trick" to make 400,000 Gils in less than one hour once you can
control Blue Narciss. The following part is composed by Ultima 13, another
elite player on GameFaqs:
DISC ONE
Money Spent
Equipment:
Iron Sword - 660
Leather Wrist - 200
Leather Wrist - 200
Leather Wrist - 200
Feather Hat - 200
Feather Hat - 200
Feather Hat - 200
Glass Armlet - 250
Glass Armlet - 250
Glass Armlet - 250
Headgear - 330
Headgear - 330
Headgear - 330
Iron Helm - 450
Leather Plate - 530
Linen Cuirass - 800
Mage Masher - 500
The Ogre - 700
Steepled Hat - 260
Yellow Scarf - 400
Glass Armlet - 250
Glass Buckle - 500
Mythril Gloves - 980
Magus Hat - 400
Magus Hat - 400
Magus Hat - 400
Barbut - 600
Bronze Vest - 670
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Total money for equipment : 11440
Items:
30 Potion - 1500
20 Phoenix Down - 3000
5 Soft - 500
5 Antidote - 250
5 Eye Drops - 250
5 Echo Screen - 250
3 Tent - 2400
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Total money for items: 8150
20 Chocobo Hot & Cold Games - 1200
Equipment - 11440
Items - 8150
Chocobo - 1200
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Total: 20790
Money Made
Swordfight - 10000
Total money from bosses - 2943
3 Phoenix Pinions - 3000
About 15 Ethers - 15000
Gil found - 3000
Chocobo Hot & Cold - 500*
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Total money made : 33943
* This is an approximate amount. You may find more or less money than
this.
Spent - 33943
Made - 20790
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Left - 13153
DISC TWO
Money Spent
Equipment:
Mythril Rod - 560
Mythril Gloves - 980
Barbut - 600
Mythril Sword - 1300
Bone Wrist - 330
Bandana - 500
Chain Mail - 1200
Lightning Staff - 1200
Coral Ring - 1200
Reflect Ring - 10000*
Power Belt - 1000**
Partisan - 1600
Mythril Armlet - 500
Mythril Armlet - 500
Mythril Armlet - 500
Bandana - 500
Mage's Hat - 600
Mythril Helm - 1000
Mythril Armor - 1830
Mage's Hat - 600
Mage Masher - 500
Exploda - 1000
Barrette - 1800
Stardust Rod - 760
Adaman Vest - 1600
Ritual Hat - 1000
Ritual Hat - 1000
Ritual Hat - 1000
Magic Armlet - 1000
Magic Armlet - 1000
Survival Vest - 2900
Rune Tooth - 2000
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Total money for equipment - 42030
* You buy this at the Auction House, so the price varies.
** You get this from the Four-Armed Man in Treno.
Items:
50 Potion - 2500
20 Phoenix Down - 3000
5 Magic Tag - 750
15 Tent - 12000
_______________________________
Total money for items - 25000
Equipment - 42030
Items - 25000
__________________
Total - 67030
Money Made
Money left over - 13153
Stellazzio Money - 8000
Money from bosses - 14610
Gil found - 11600
15 Phoenix Pinions - 15000
About 15 Ethers - 15000
Auction House Profit* - 7000
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Total money made - 84363
*You can buy the Doga's Artifact, Une's Mirror, and Griffin's Heart from the
Auction House and sell them to the townspeople for more money than you paid
for them. This number will vary, because you buy these in the auction.
Spent - 84363
Made - 67030
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Left - 17333
After Disc 2, you will only need to buy a few things before you get the Blue
Narciss. If you do run out of money, you can get 10000 more from Stellazzio
and 15000 for beating Catoblepas in the Treno Weapon shop. Also, if you leave
Treno during the card tournament, you can go to Dali and get the Mayor's Key.
This will get you 30000 Gil and the Burman Coffee. That will last you until
you get the Blue Narciss. When you do get the Blue Narciss, you can start
doing the Cotton Robe trick and getting as much money as you need.
VI. Appendix C: Completing a level one game
This section is composed for players who are willing to complete a "Level
One" game after defeating Ozma. Note that a "PERFECT" level one game cannot
be completed because of the story line takes place in Pandemonium in the end
of the4 disc III. However, you can properly contribute the EXP to only three
people and leave another five characters staying at level one and complete
the game.
This appendix describes the battles after Walkthrough Part A. I will only go
through major battles and avoid too many details about other side quests and
acquisitions of items, since completing a level one game is not the main
purpose of this FAQ.
+--------------+
+ Ipson Castle +
+--------------+
BOSS: Daharka Hp: 29,186
--Have Zedane, Vivi, Fryja and Eiko in party. Equip at least one of them
with Madian Ring. Which absorbs ice. Enable Zedane the ability BANDIT and
MASTER THIEF (MASTER THIEF ability only available at this point if you
customize a Thief Glove in Daguerreo's synthesis shop. Equip Eiko/Vivi with
Half Mp ability, if it is available.
--Have Zedane steal Daharka's ORICHALCON, and Vivi Focus while Eiko is cast
RUBY LIGHT to protect the party members. After stealing the Orichalcon,
attack Daharka with Thievery, Dragon Crest and Firaga (5,000+ damage if Vii
has focused at least twice) and this battle will be ended quickly.
+--------------+
+ Earth Shrine +
+--------------+
BOSS: Earth Guardian Hp: 20,756
This battle could be a bit annoying because you can only use Zedane and
Quina in this battle.
--Have both character equip AUTO REFLECT ability and equipments that can
absorb earth elemental attack, Gaia Gear is the most ideal armor for this
battle. Have Zedane equip Distract ability if it is available. Quina must
enter this battle with Hp one.
--Have Quina using Limit Glove and Zedane use Thievery constantly for a
quick battle. Try to steal the Rubber Suit from Earth Guardian if you want.
But you must give Zedane's Auto Reflect ability up and equip him with MASTER
THIEF and BANDIT.
--Adjust Steiner and Dagger's Equipments and ability before entering Terra.
Both of them MUST have AUTO-RAISE ability on, Steiner must have Ragenarok
and equipments that can absorb thunder elemental attack, coral ring would be
the best choice. Enable Steiner MP costing attack and Raise accuracy
ability if it is available; Dagger must have Gaia Gear and Pumice a Piece
and have BOOST ability activated. Customize 99 Opals will raise the power of
Shiva's Diamond Dust attack and would be a great help later on, (KADFC, FFIX
Low level walkthrough, 2002) but this part is optional unless Zedane's
Thievery cannot deal more than 7,000 damage.
+-------------------+
+ Terra/Pandemonium +
+-------------------+
--Enable characters with following equipments and abilities:
Zedane: Equip him with Orichalcon, Adaman Hat, GAIA GEAR and running shoes;
enable the AUTO RAISE and Distract ability. Place him in front row.
Fryja: Equip her Dragon's Hair. Enable the Auto reflect ability. Place her
in front row.
Salamander: Equip him with Kaiser Knuckle; enable the ability "Auto reflect"
Quina: Adaman Hat (optional) and the ability "Auto raise" must be activated.
All three monsters in the incoming three battles are immune to petrifaction
and stop (to prevent Zedane using Sargatanas + Soul blade to finish the
battles before the allies' arrival and disrupt the story line). So leveling
characters up cannot be avoid. Your goal is to contribute all EXP on Dagger,
Salamander and Steiner.
FIGHT #1: Amdusias Hp: 6,578
Zedane will be killed by Amadusia's Bio spell and revived by auto life,
Fryja will appear once Zedane's ATB bar is filled up. If Amadusia uses Bio
again before Zedane's turn, Zedane will be killed and the game is over.
Hopefully the agility bonus that has bee added by Orichalcon and Running
shoes will help Zedane to have a turn before Amdusias after he is killed and
revived. It works usually.
Once Fryja arrives, have both characters attack and use phoenix downs to
revive the dead party member if it is necessary.
After dealing 6,000+ damage Salamander will appear. Note that the monster's
Hp is recovered each time an ally shows up. Amadusias should use Bio or
Thundara and it might hit Fryja or Salamander and the spell will bounce back
on Amdusias because of the auto reflect ability. Have Zedane and Fryja
suicide quickly and Salamander throws a WIND EDGE and this battle will be
ended. This should be the easiest one among the three battles.
Fight #2: Abadon Hp: 12,658
This battle is extremely tough and annoying because Abadon has an attack
called "High Wind" and it deals non-elemental damage (not wind elemental
attack...do not be fooled) on your party. The damage lies somewhere between
260~870 and cannot be reduced, it will kill everyone.
You start this battle with Steiner and Quina. If Abadon kills anyone, the
dead person will be revived by Auto-Raise. Have Quina cast RERAISE on him.
After two turns passed Zedane will appear and Abadon's Hp has been
recovered. Use Thievery and deal 9,999 damage on Abadon (I hope you can deal
9,999 damage with thievery at this point, or you must rely on Quina's Limit
Globe) and hope that Abadon does not use High Wind. After dealing 9,999
damage on Abadon, suicide Zedane and Quina and have Steiner attack Abadon to
end this battle. Be patient, because you are going to die MANY TIMES HERE!!!
If you are dead, sorry, you have to start over.
Battle #3: Shield Dragon Hp: 10,921
Shield Dragon will use Smash attack and kill Zedane and he will be revived
by Auto Raise. Once Zedane's ATB bar is filled, Dagger will appear. Have
Zedane use Thievery and wait' till both characters turn comes up. Suicide
Zedane and Have Dagger summon Shiva to cast Diamond Dust to end this battle.
You should be protected well by the GAIA GEARS since Shield Dragon uses
earthquake spell a lot.
--After the three tough battles, save your game. Bring Zedane, Fryja, Quina
and Vivi to face the incoming boss fights. Adjust everyone's Equipments.
Zedane: Orihalcon + Cornet + Coral Ring. Enable the abilities "Auto Raise"
and "Distract/Locomotion".
Fryja: Dragon's Hair + Rubber Suit (if you stole if from Earht Guardian)+
Ribbon. Enable the abilities "Auto Raise" and "Distract".
Vivi: Octagon Rod + Black Robe + Coral Ring. Enable Vivi the ability "Half
Mp".
Quina: Must have Ribbon equipped and enter the battles with Hp ONE. Enable
Quina the ability "Auto Raise".
BOSS: Silver Dragon Hp: 24,597
There is a risk that Silver Dragon might use SHOCK WAVE attack, which could
kill all four party members, and if it uses shockwave twice you will be
finished, other attacks from Silver Dragon can be guarded by equipping
armors or add-ons that absorb/guard wind element. Silver Dragon's Claw
attack has very low accuracy, if a character has Distract ability activated
Silver Dragon's Claw attack will miss him/her about every time.
Have Quina use Limit Glove, Zedane use Thievery and Fryja use Dragon Crest,
if you have spent time to power Thievery up, Silver Dragon will be defeated
in one turn. This battle is the hardest among the three boss fights. The
rest two are a piece of cake.
BOSS: Garland Hp: 42,484
Garland's attack can only harm one person, and his wave attack or stop spell
may miss the target anyway. Have Fryja use Dragon Crest, Zedane use Thievery
and Quina use Limit globe if he/she is alive after the battle against Silver
Dragon. Vivi should use Phoenix Downs to revive the fallen allies, and have
Vivi cast Flare on Garland if more than three persons are alive. You should
not have any problem in this battle. Make sure before you finish Garland, at
least one alive character should be able to guard/absorb thunder.
BOSS: Kuja Hp: Around 41,000
This battle is insanely easy if at least one of your characters have CORAL
RING equipped or any equipment that can guard/absorb thunder, because Kuja
can only use Thundaga as his main attack, and his Demi spell only reduce a
single target's Hp, but cannot kill the target. Few people suggest using
Eiko and cast Ruby Light, this strategy is entirely wrong. Ruby Light gives
the entire party reflect status and invites Kuja's Flare Star. Have the
characters that can absorb/guard Thunder use his/her most powerful move and
Kuja will be defeated in few turns. Disc III ends here.
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Disc IV
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+--------------------+
+ Black Mage Village +
+--------------------+
--Purchase necessary equipments and ride a Golden chocobo to dig the
ULTIMATE WEAPON for Zedane, the location is exactly where Terra was located
in disc III. After you finish the preparation, place Zedane, Vivi, Fryja and
Quina in your party.
Zedane: Ultimate Weapon + Ribbon. Enable Zedane "Auto Raise" and "Distract"
ability.
Fryja: Dragon's Hair + Ribbon. Enable Fryja "Auto Raise" and "Distract"
ability.
Vivi: Octagon Rod and Magician Robe must be equipped, as well as other
equipments that can raise Vivi's magic stats Enable Vivi "Auto Raise"
ability.
Quina: Must have Ribbon equipped and enter the battle with Hp ONE, Enable
Quina "Auto Raise" ability.
+---------+
+ Memoria +
+---------+
BOSS: Shinryu Hp: 55,450
If Shinryu does not use Shockwave as his opening attack this battle is easy.
Have Zedane use Soul Blade via Ultimate Weapon to put Shinryu to sleep. Wait
'till everyone's ATB is filled, have Quina use limit globe, Fryja use Dragon
Crest and Vivi cast Blizzaga on Shinryu and have Zedane use Soul blade
immediately after the attack to put Shinryu to sleep again. If Fryja's Mp is
low, have Vivi use an Ether/Elixir on Fryja. This battle should be finished
in three or four wave of attacks.
After Landing Memoria, switch Vivi to Eiko. Have Eiko equip Phoenix pinion
and other three characters with Rosseta Rings. Enable every character Auto
raise ability and activate Fryja and Zedane's Distract ability if it is
needed for the next boss fight. For the random encounters, have Zedane equip
the ability ALERT and Fryja equip INITIATIVE, Zedane must have Madian Ring
equipped so your party won't be wiped out by Ash's SNOW STORM attack, this
attack is pretty annoying, I must say.
BOSS: Maliris Hp: 59,497
Have Zedane use Thievery and Fryja use Dragon Crest constantly to have a
quick battle. Maliris' Flame Sword can be absorbed by Rosseta Rings. Have
Quina cast RERAISE on any ally who has fallen once and is not currently
protected by Auto raise status. AT LEAST one person needs to be in AUTO
RAISE status before you finish Maliris, because she will use SOWRD RAIN to
wipe your party out, if no one is in Auto Raise status and Phoenix does not
save you.
For the next boss fight, equip everyone with armors/add-on that can prevent
WIND attack, Cornet and Ribbon are good choices. Everyone has AUTO RAISE
activated and Quina must enter the boss fight with Hp ONE.
BOSS: Tiamat Hp: 59,494
Have Zedane use Thievery, Fryja use Dragon Crest and Quina use Limit Glove,
you should be able to defeat Tiamat before its Jet Fire attack. Eiko should
act as a healer if anyone is killed by Tiamat's claw attack. Other attacks
from Tiamat will most likely be absorbed by Cornet/Ribbon. Tiamat absorbs
characters strength/magic power sometimes, but it won't change the damage of
Limit Glove, Dragon Crest or Thievery, since the damage of these three
attacks are fixed. This is the toughest boss among the Four Lords.
For the next boss fight, Equip Fryja with DIAMOND GLOVE and other three with
RIBBON. Activate AUTO RAISE ability for everyone, distract might help a
little.
BOSS: Karken Hp: 59,496
Have Zedane use Thievery and Fryja use Dragon Crest, Eiko use ETHER or
Elixir on any character is low on Mp. If Quina is killed by Karken's Ink
attack and bought back by Auto Raise, have Quina use Limit Glove to deal
some extra 9,999 damage. 90% Karken's attack are water-based and with proper
equipments, it cannot harm you. This battle is the easiest one among Four
Lords.
For the next boss fight, equip everyone with Gaia Gear or Feather Boots.
Activate AUTO RAISE ability for each character. Distract is necessary if it
is available.
BOSS: Lich Hp: 60,000
Lich uses Earthquake/Earth Shake spell and they will be absorbed by Gaia
Gears/Feather Boots, however, Lich also uses physical attack and Death Spell
sometimes with fair accuracy, that's why have Distract ability in this
battle is essential. Lich is an agile boss and you may need two healers in
this battle, preferably Quina and Eiko; Have Zedane use Thievery and Fryja
use Dragon Crest as usual.
+---------------+
+ Crystal World +
+---------------+
--Enemies here give you high Ap and no EXP. If you still have some necessary
abilities need to be mastered, here is a good place. Zedane's Sargatana +
Sould Blade works like a charm here.
--Before you face Kuja, save your game and adjust equipments.
Zedane: Ultimate Weapon + Adaman Hat + Rosseta Ring. Other equipments may be
adjusted based on the MAGIC EVASION bonus. Activate the "AUTO RAISE" and
"DISTRACT" ability.
Fryja: Dragon's Hair + Platina Armor + Rosseta Ring. Other equipments may be
adjusted based on the MAGIC EVASION bonus. Activate the " AUTO RAISE" and
"Distract" ability.
Eiko: Adaman Hat + Madian Ring. Other equipments may be adjusted based on
the MAGIC EVASION bonus. Activate the ability "Auto Raise"
Quina: Adaman Hat + Rosseta Ring. Other equipments may be based on the MAGIC
EVASION bonus. Activate the ability "Auto Raise"
The equipment setting above is for Necorn because Trance Kuja is actually a
piece of cake. You MUST follow this FAQ if you want to defeat Necorn with
minimal effort.
BOSS: Death Guise Hp: 55,535
The worst thing is this battle is Death Guise's METEOR opening attack, which
deals 40~5,000+ damage on every character. If Death Guise use Spin attack
after Meteor, it will kill every character that is brought back by Auto
Raise and the battle is over, unless Phoenix appears and save you.
You may have to attempt this battle for at least ten times. There is a
chance that Death Guise's Meteor does not kill Zedane, and other people will
be revived by auto raise. In this case, have Zedane use SOUL BLADE to put
Death Guise to sleep and have Quina use Limit Glove and Fryja use Dragon
Crest. Zednae must use soul blade again after the attacks to put Death Guise
to sleep again. Have Eiko use an ether on Fryja if her Mp is getting low.
Also, there is a chance that Death Guise uses Claw Attack after Meteor,
which may miss Fryja or Zedane if they have Distract ability activated.
TOUGH FIGHT!!!
--After you defeat Death Guise, GO BACK AND SAVE YOUR GAME!!! You can keep
your current equipments, but you must adjust the activated abilities. Enable
Zedane and Fryja "AUTO REFLECT" and "AUTO POTION" abilities; enable Eiko
"AUTO RAISE" ability; enable Quina "AUTO REFLECT" ability he/she must enter
the battle with Hp ONE. Once the preparations are done, save your game
again.
BOSS: Trance Kuja Hp: 55,535
Trance Kuja always uses Flare or Holy as his opening attack (the only
exception is that everyone is in reflect status, then he will use Flare
Star) and he will use it on Eiko since she is the only one that is not in
reflect status. Have Zedane use Thievery, Quina use Limit Glove and Fryja
use Dragon Crest inflict heavy damage on Trance Kuja. Eiko will be revived
by Auto Raise.
After Trance Kuja's Hp is below 30,000, he will start to abuse and randomly
COUNTERATTACKS with Flare Star, the damage is equal to 35 x the target's
level, so the result is dealing 35 damage on the entire party, and it has
very low accuracy. However, Quina and Eiko might still be killed by Kuja's
Flare Star; Zedane and Fryja should be safe because they have Auto Potion
ability enabled. If Eiko successfully avoid Trance Kuja's Flare Star, have
her use an ELIXIR on Fryja, Quina might have a chance to use Limit Globe
again, depends on if Trance Kuja counterattacks Zedane and Fryja's attack
with Flare Star. This battle should be very easy but you must finish him
quickly. Trance Kuja will cast reflect on him and cast Holy/Flare on him and
the spell will bounce back to Zedane or Fryja. Trance Kuja also uses Curaga
when his Hp is below 10,000, but it only recovers 2,800~3,297 Hp, nothing
big deal.
--After defeating Trance Kuja, you will have a chance to adjust your party
member again. Use same party, same equipments, but different ability.
Everyone should have AUTO RAISE activated. Have Fryja and Zedane equip the
JELLY ability.
BOSS: Necorn/ Aka Eternal Darkness Hp: 54,532~59,999
Finally you made it this far, and you are so close to complete a level one
game!!! However, Necorn is not a pushover (although he is still quite weak)
and it you lose to him, you have to battle Trance Kuja again.
If you followed the FAQ, each character should be invincible against at
least two elements among fire, thunder and ice. It will prevent your party
being wiped out by Necorn's Firaga/Blizzaga/Thundaga spell and expire the
Auto Raise Status. Necorn uses Blue Shock Wave as his opening attack,
followed by either "GA" spell or protect/shell. The possibility is
completely random.
Blue Shock Wave reduces a single target's Hp to one, so if it hits Quina,
have Quina use Limit Glove on Necorn for 9,999 damage. If not, do not have
Quina do anything and wait 'till Necorn uses "GA" spells, and have Quina
cast Reraise on those who were killed and revived by Auto Raise. Other than
that, have Fryja use Dragon Crest, Zedane use Thievery and Eiko use a Dark
Matter (if you have defeated Ozma then you might not have one since Ozma
does not always spoil a Dark Matter) on Necorn.
Necorn will use Grand Cross when his Hp is below 27,000~35,000, so you will
surely see this attack at least once. It might inflict various negative
status changes (death, mini, berserk, petrifaction, heat, freeze, silence,
blindness, confuse, poison, venom, zombie or reducing Hp to one) on all
opposing target. Note that every character will suffer up to three status
changes, and it IS possible for any character avoiding Grand Cross
completely, but I don't see it happens too often. The Jelly ability will
raise Zedane and Fryja' chance to survive this attack, at least a little.
Hopefully at least one person is still alive and keeps his/her Auto Raise
status, or you will have trouble later because Necorn always uses Neutron
Ring after Grand Cross and it deals 1,000~3,000 damage on the entire party,
if no one is in Auto Raise Status this battle is ended.
IF you survive Neutron Ring, then your victory is ensured because Necorn
will use blue shockwave three times before the next Grand Cross and you will
have enough time to finish him. Have the alive character revive the party
but ignore Eiko. Have Fryja use Dragon Crest, Zedane use Thievery and Quina
act as a healer, or he/she can use Limit Glove if his/her Hp is still one.
Good luck on beating Necorn!!!
VII. Reference List/ Thanks (In alphabetical order)
--CJayC, for creating this wonderful site and posting this FAQ.
--Echow(12/12/00), Side Quest/Secret Guide, available in
http://db.gamefaqs.com/console/psx/file/final_fantasy_ix_side_quest.txt
-- Etoh-21/SNOWS-san (10/30/00), Excalibur II FAQ (JP), available in
http://db.gamefaqs.com/console/psx/file/final_fantasy_ix_excalibur_ii.txt, .
For providing few general concepts of a low level game.
--Hyprophant, of course. Hyprophant is the one who developed the entire
strategies of defeating Ozma at level one and the only author of this FAQ.
--KADFC (11/03/02), Low Level FAQ/Walkthrough, available in
http://db.gamefaqs.com/console/psx/file/final_fantasy_ix_low_level.txt, For
inspiring me few advanced strategies of few battles in a level one game.
--Kmwill23, for reviving this lost challenge.
--Ng Yeow Leong (12/28/00), World Map/Treasure Locations (JPG), available in
http://db.gamefaqs.com/console/psx/file/final_fantasy_ix_map.jpg
--Theoden, for providing accurate and detailed information of Ozma. His
words truly helped me to obtain my victory over Ozma with a level one party.
--Ultima 13, for completing the entry. I don't know how much should I thank
him because I could not find any time to do such a complex work.
--Yee Seng Fu (7/21/01), Chocobo Hot and Cold Guide, available in
http://db.gamefaqs.com/console/psx/file/final_fantasy_ix_chocobo_hot_cold.tx
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