Final Fantasy 9 Cheats

Final Fantasy 9

In-game reset:
Hold L1 + L2 + R1 + R2+ Select + Start during game play.

Black Jack mini-game:
Successfully complete the game normally and allow thecredits to finish. Press R2, L1, R2, R2,Up, X, Right, Circle, Down,Triangle, L2, R1, R2, L1, Square(2)at "The End" screen. A sound of an item being used willconfirm correct code entry. Press Start to play the BlackJack mini-game.

Retreat:
Hold L1 + L2 and you will see your partyflee from a battle. Keep the buttons held until they escape. Note:This only works with wild monsters and not Bosses.

Press L1 + R1, wait a moment, then do it again.

Jump rope mini-game:
Have Vivi approach the girls jumping rope near theticket both in Alexandria. Talk to them and they will let Vivijoin them. Press X when the symbol appears over Vivi'shead to jump. Keep jumping successfully to get Gil, rare cards,and other items:

20: 10 Gil
50: Cactaur card
100: Genji card
200: Alexandria card
300: Tiger Racket card
1000: King Of Jump Rope (key item)

Two player battle:
Go to the main menu, select "Battle Control",highlight "Custom", and press X. A screen featuringall the characters that you have and some controllers will appear.Move a controller to the second slot for the person that you wantplayer two to control.

Other endings:
End the game with Cinna's "Hammer" in yourinventory to get additional endings.

You can also get the other ending if you have "Save the Queen"when the game ends. You will not get a better ending if you haveboth items.

Target all with magic:
When in a fight, target someone or something with yourmagic. Then, press L1 to target all characters on thatside of the battle field for the same MP as if using it on oneperson. This works very well when you want to heal your partyquicker. If L1 does not work, then try L2. Note:This trick does not work with all magic (for example, Shell orProtect). Also, when using this trick the effectiveness of yourmagic will be reduced slightly, but not so much as to make itspowers insignificant.

Unlimited MP:
Have Amarant in your party and make sure he has learnedthe Chakra skill. Also, the minimum MP needed for this trick towork is 4 MP. Enter a battle and have Amarant cast Chakra on himself.For 4 MP, he will restore MP equivalent to about 20% of his maximumMP. Continually cast it until you get reached your maximum MP.Since you can do this to other characters in the party as well,you can end up will everyone with maximum MP.

Easy AP:
Walk around in the darkness for awhile in the fieldand forests around the town that has the Auction House and ladywho collects the zodiac signs. You will encounter a ghost. Giveit some ore and you will win the battle, resulting in 10 AP.

Go to the forest west of the mountain path when going to the LifaTree. It is the only forest there. Walk around in the forest untilyou encounter a friendly monster called "Ladybug". Giveit some Ore and it will reward you with 30 AP.

With the Invincible, go to Popo mountains where the grand dragonsare located. Walk around in the forest until you find a Garuda.He will ask for Lapis Lazuli. If you give it to him, you willwin the battle and get 40 AP.

When you arrive at the Lost Continent, somewhere around Esto Gaza,you will encounter a friendly Feather Circle. Give him a Moonstoneand you will get 50 AP.

Go to the Crystal World after defeating Lich and kill the fakecrystal Bosses there. They do not give any experience points,but are worth a lot of AP.

Easy experience:
Use Quina's level 5 Death spell against the level 60Grand Dragons on the outside of Gizamalike's Grotto for around8800 experience per person. Equip the quick level gain supportability (level up) for even more. Also, remember to take CoralRings to protect against the Dragon's Thundaga spell.

Find a Dracozombie. In Disc 4, you can find then on the smallgreen patches of land near the Ipsen's Castle on the world map.You must have Zidane, Dagger or Eiko, Amarant, or Quina in thebattle against Dracozombie (you can use others character if youneeded). Have Dagger or Eiko use the Silence ability on Dracozombie,because it can cast the Lv 5 Death spell. Keep defending untilall your characters are affected with the Zombie spell, then killit. Use Magic Tag to cure the character that you want to levelup quickly. Equip the Quick Level Gain support ability (LevelUp) to make your character get more experience. You must disablethe Auto-Regen and Auto-potion support ability on every characterwhich is affected by the Zombie spell. You cannot use items tocure or use spell such as Cure, Cura, Curaga and White Wind onthe affected character. Amarant's Chakra skill is essential, sinceit still works on the affected character.

When you finish beating the plant brain, right after you go outthe door stay in the same location. Do not move and the creatureswell keep appearing. They are easy to defeat and give a decentamount of EXP and AP.

Fight the monster called Yan or Chimera. When you fight this monster,keep defending until it drops or bites your party member and givesthem viruses. Cure the person that you want to level up. Thenfight a monster that has a lot of experience such as Grand Dragon,Iron Man, Vepal or Worm Hydra. Fight until the party member thatwas cured from the virus levels up.

Once you are on Disc 4 and have the Invincible Airship or a GoldChocobo, go to the island southwest of the Iifa Tree. It is along, thin island with a mountain and a forest. On this island(called Vile Island), you will fight enemies called Yan in mostlygroups of three. These enemies are extremely difficult, but eachgroup of three will give each character 28,000 EXP (more if acharacter is "snorted" off the screen or killed). Tosurvive these battles, try to have all your characters equippedwith Auto-Reflect, Auto-Haste, and make their Magic-Defense ashigh as possible. Note: If these creatures "snort" allyour characters off the screen, the game will end. Make sure youhave a lot of Tents, Vaccines (to counteract Virus Powder), andsave between battles. Note: This is the same island to find thefinal friendly monster, the Friendly Yan, in the forest.

During the fight against the masked man, steal the Mage Masher.At the opera scene, keep encoring with a high score and get afew thousand Gil. After the opera ship crashes, fight in the firstarea that you can do so, and steal every fight for a Potion orHigh Potion. Use these to heal when critical. Repeat this untilyou gain a few levels it will pay off.

On Disc 4 by the Chocobo Forest, you will find one or two Mistodonsthat are fairly easy, but require a few attacks to kill them.Equip Shadow absorbing items. One of their attacks called Mistwill heal you about 1000 to 2000 HP. If you defeat two, your entireparty gets 12138 experience, 3 AP, and 4,000 gil.

Go outside of Lindblum with just Zidane and train during yourfirst visit. You can get lots of experience when he is alone.Make sure to equip well, or you could be killed in the forests,where Bombs that have large amounts of experience are located.

When Steiner and Marcus are in the cage, get out, but make sureyou have the Bloodsword (acquired from the Stellazio lady in Treno)by now. Fight as many Alexandrian soldiers as possible. Some ofthem will give up Potions when defeated. Only use the potionson Marcus, because the Bloodsword will heal Steiner.

When you revisit the Iifa Tree and Garnet runs down the tree trunkto help her mother fight off Kuja, do not move. Kuja's Spawnsshould keep running down the tree after you. They will give youa lot of experience for the place in the game that you are currentlyat. Equip everyone with the Auto Potion ability (and Auto Regenif available). If you have a controller with a turbo feature,set X to turbo and allow the game to idle, checking yourparty's status about every ten minutes.

When in Olbivert, there is a monster called a Epitaph that lookslike a grave stone. It uses a move called Mirror when you attack.Wait for it to use Mirror three to four times and kill every Mirror.Then kill the Epitaph. This will result in about 9,900 to 10,000experience. Note If the mirrored person is in your current party,the mirror will say "I am the real…" and use anattack called Shattered Mirror which deals 9,999 damage to thatcharacter.

Note: This only works for Vivi. When you reach Mount Gulug inDisc 3, you will meet several Red Dragon enemies. Equip Vivi withthe Octagon Rod, which absorbs Water and Wind elemental attacks.Since the Red Dragon enemy casts the devastating Twister (WindElement) Attack, it will heal Vivi rather than damage him. Yourother characters will most likely die from this attack. Red Dragons,if in pairs, will sometimes use this attack twice in a row. Viviwill accumulate all the experience points.

Buy the Reflect Ring in Treno at the auction. When Dagger, Zidane,and Vivi go out to search for the passageway to the outer continent,instead go to Gizelmakle's Grotto. Go the Moogles and climb thevines. Make sure all your characters have learned Auto-Reflect.Equip your strongest weapons. and make sure to buy as many Tentsand Potions as possible. Also be sure to learn Antibody. Whenyou battle a Grand Dragon, it will be level 60 and you will probablybe at a very low level. However, you have Auto-Reflect. Have Daggerstay and defend. When Dagger's ATB gauge returns, do not do nothing.You will need her for healing, with items and not magic. Then,have Vivi use the Blizzara spell on all three of your party members.This will reflect the Blizzara spell back at the Grand Dragonat three times the power. This will do about 2000 to 5000 damage.Zidane should have the MP Attack and Counter if possible. HaveZidane attack and Vivi use Blizzara on yourself.. The Grand Dragonwill also help you to victory. It will use Thundaga, which willreflected back at him. This will do about 4000 damage to the GrandDragon itself. If the Grand Dragon uses Venom Breath, make sureto use Guard against it.. If you get knocked out, use Dagger forPhoenix Downs and healing. Buy as many Healing items as possibleBy the time you get to Fossil Roo, you can get to about level50 or higher.

On Disc 3, after visiting the Black Mage village, take your boatto the islands to the west. There should be some beaches to "park"on, and an island with a patch of trees and then green grass.Get on that island. First, defeat the enemies encountered in theforest. Once you get to about level 38, walk out of the forestand fight the Grand Dragon as many times as desired.

Catching frogs:

Frogs	Items
2	Ore
5	Ether
9	Silk Rode
15	Elixir
23	Silver Fork
33	Bistro Fork
45	Battle Boots
99	Battle Master Quale to receive Gastro Fork

Hint: Ragtime Mouse:
If you find the Ragtime Mouse (it resides in woodedareas) and properly answer its questions, you can earn some extraGil. Answer by choosing either "True" nor "False."The mouse will then give you Gil in return for each correct answer,as well as keep track of your percentages. Some locations theRagtime Mouse have been known to inhabit include Gunitas Basin,Lindblum Plateau, Bentini Heights, Lucid Plains, Pualei Plains,and Alexandria Plateau. The rewards for correct answers in a roware:

Question 1: 1,000 Gil
Question 2: 1,000 Gil
Question 3: 1,000 Gil
Question 4: 2,000 Gil
Question 5: 2,000 Gil
Question 6: 3,000 Gil
Question 7: 3,000 Gil
Question 8: 4,000 Gil
Question 9: 4,000 Gil
Questions 10: 5,000 Gil

Some questions the Ragtime Mouse have been known to ask include:

The 15th Lindblum War started in 1600? (False)
Chocobo Forest is located between Lindblum and South Gate (False)
The Theather Ship Prima Vista was built in Artania Shipyards (False)
"I Want to Be Your Canary" was written by Lord Afon(False)
Lindblum Castle is larger than Alexandria Castle (True)
Lindblum's air cabs operate around the clock (True)
Some Mus are friendly and don't attack (True)
Berkmea Cable Cars have been running for eight years (True)
Fossil Roo is a tunnel that connects Treno and Alexandria (False)
Theater Ship Prima Vista uses Mist as its source of energy (True)

Hint: Stallazio coin locations:

Dali windmill.
Behind item shop in Treno.
At entrance to Treno, throw Gil in fountain 13 times.
Beside an overturned cart near the entrance to Burmecia.
Near Netune statue in Alexandria,
Black Mage Village Inn.
The right side of the fountain in Maiden Sari.
Below the HP/MP restoring spring in Quan's Dwelling.
Left of the pickle cart in Lindblum.
Water right of the entrance to Daguerro.
The right chest at Ipson's Castle.
Chest inside the Invincible.
Where Scorpio was located in Quan's Dwelling.

Hint: Chocobo Evolution locations:

River Chocobo: Healing Shore
Mountain Chocobo: Dawn Lagoon (requires River Chocobo)
Ocean Chocobo: Green Plains (requires Mountain Chocobo)
Golden Chocobo: Get all six Chocograph pieces

Hint: Friendly creature locations:

Near Treno
Between ice cavern and Dali
Forest around Black Mage Village
Biggest Forest around Madain Sari
Forest directly east of Oeilvert
East forest on plateau above Gizmaluke's Grotto
Forest on Vile Island (in West continent)

Hint: Chocograph treasures:

1. Streamside, located southwest of Chocobo's Forest in the locationwhere the river meets the beach. You will get two Elixers, threeHi-Potions, four Ethers, and two Germinas Boots.

2. Between Mountains, located west of Dragon's Gate in betweenthe mountains. You will get five Potions, five Hi-Potions, twoTents, and two Cotton Robes.

3. Healing Shore, located northwest of Cleyra. You will upgradedto a light blue Chocobo.

4. Uncultivated Land, located south of Ice Cavern (Airship required).You will get one Jade Armlet, three Wing Edges, and one CargoShip Card.

5. Abandoned Beach, located east of Black Mage Village. You willget nine Phoenix Pinions, five Phoenix Downs, thirteen Peridots,and one Diamond Glove.

6.Cold Field, located east of Esto Gaza. You will get five EchoScreens, seven Hi-Potions, three Tents, and one Theater Ship Card.

Hint: Racing Hippaul:
You can find Hippaul and his mother on the main streetof Alexandria. Speak to Hippaul's mother and agree to help Hippaulto cut down his weight. Thus, a race with Hippaul starts. TapCircle and Square to run. The race ends when bothreach the finish line. Hippaul's level will increase when youkeep racing with him. The higher his level, the faster he runs.For every 10 levels that Hippaul gains, his mother will give youa card. You can keep winning a card until level 70, and at level80 you receive a key item. The maximum level Hippaul can reachis 100, but you will not get any reward when he is above level80. The rewards are:

Level 10: Wyerd Card
Level 20: Carrion Worm Card
Level 30: Tntarian Card
Level 40: Armstrong Card
Level 50: Ribbon Card
Level 60: Nova Dragon Card
Level 70: Genji Card
Level 80: Athlete Queen

When racing Hippaul, try to let him catch up to you before thefinish line. Apparently his mother rates his level increase onhow well he does against you. In addition to the key item, youcan get cards such as Nova Dragon and Genji. This can be veryuseful for the upcoming Treno Card Tournament.

Hint: Dali: Treasure chests:
When you first visit the Village of Dali, go to theroom next to the Mayor's house and climb up the ladder. You willsee two treasure chests. Zidane will say he that cannot get themwhile the windmill is turning. The mayor is in charge of the Windmill.On Disc 3 when they return to Alexandria, you will see the Mayorfrom Dali in the Inn at Alexandria -- no one is taking care ofthe windmill in Dali. Afterwards, Zidane, Vivi, Freya, Amarant,and Eiko will go to Treno. When they arrive, before entering thecard tournament, get out of Treno through south gate and returnto Dali. Go to the room next to the Mayor's house and climb theladder. The windmill is off, and you can now get the chests. Onecontains an Elixir.

Hint: Defeating the Earth Guardian:
If Quina has already learned Bad Breath, use it. Hewill be inflicted with Mini, Poison, Blind, etc.

Hint: Defeating Gizamaluke:
Have Vivi know Thunder (level 11). Have the Ogre forZidane. Have Freya use Jump. Get Quina a Needle Fork and keepattacking with it. Keep using those and you will eventually win

Before the battle, optimize your equipment to have the very best,and have some Tents available. As soon as battle is joined, usea Tent on him. It will cause Silence/Blind/Poison/Snake Bite statuses,leaving him literally unable to attack. You can now steal hisitems and destroy him.

Hint: Defeating Grand Dragons:
Have Garnet/Dagger casting Beserk (to prevent him fromcasting Bolt spells) and Mini to reduce his physical attack anddefense. Also have poison protection equipped on each characterwhen he attacks with Poison Claw. Then, physically attack andcast magic to finish him off.

Hint: Defeating Griffin:
Use the following trick to defeat the Griffin easilyin Treno on Disc 2. When you first enter Treno, there are manyplaces you can go to. There is a woman selling weapons that hasa "pet" Griffin. If you fight it, you might get somethingspecial. Find the woman and challenge her Griffin. Make sure youhave a level 15 or higher Steiner with full life and the bestweapons. Also, make sure you have learned Minus Strike and BirdKiller. Then, fight the Griffin. Make sure you have Good Luck.First, hope that the Griffin does not use its Aero attack on you,as it can kill you instantly. Start by attacking normally. Whenthe the Griffin does a high damaging attack on you, use the MinusStrike. Once again, hope that it does not use Aero on you. Then,when you get the chance, use a High-Potion. You should have twentyby now. The Griffin will probably do another strong attack. Usethe Minus Strike once more, and it should die.

Hint: Defeating Lani:
In the battle with Lani at the start of Fossil Roo,as long as Dagger remains alive, Lani will always attack her.To render Lani completely harmless, have Quina use Magic Hammeruntil Lani is out of MP. Then, cast Vanish on Dagger. Since Lanicannot cast anything, she will keep using regular attacks on Daggerand will always miss. This gives you plenty of time to steal heritems and defeat her.

Hint: Defeating the Lifa Tree:
When fighting the Lifa Tree, simply cast "Life"on it and it will die instantly. It is an "undead" creature,so "Life" is essentially "Death".

At the battle of the Lifa Tree, there is an easy way to make itthrough this area with very little effort with the Stroupers (thelittle tree-like creatures). Use Soft on them. Because they aremade of stone, they will become too soft to live. This trick alsoworks at Ispen Castle against the Gargoyles and the Epithats.Use Life against Dracozombies -- Phoenix Down has no effect. Youcan use Life or Phoenix Down against Zombies. Against the Soulcageand the bottom of the Lifa Tree, have Eiko or Dagger cast Lifeupon it to win instantly. Also, do not throw away any of yourweapons. They will be needed at Ispen Castle, where your strongestweapon will do the least amount of damage and vice versa. At thatlocation, Zidane's Angel Bliss and Dagger will do the most damage.

When you battle the Lifa Tree, use Ekio or Dagger's white magicand cast Life on it.

When fighting the Soul of the Ancient Tree of Life, never usea Fire spell. If this is done, it will counter-attack your entireparty with this Fire magic or do an attack that can deal over700 HP of damage. Sometimes he may even use it two times in arow that can immediately end the game. Instead, use others spellssuch as Ice 2 or Bolt 2, which can do some very heavy damage onhim.

Hint: Defeating Gilzamaluke:
Start by putting a Tent on him to find out if he isaffected by that Item. If not, restart and try again. If it does,he will not use magic, and about 50% of the time his attacks willmiss.

Buy 50 Potions and 2 High Potions (do not get Quina). If you arenot close to a Trance, this will work. When Freya attacks at level9, it will do 325 damage to him. Then with Vivi, Focus three timesthen attack with Blizzard. When Freya and Vivi get knocked out,use Potion every time Gilzamaluke attacks until you are in a Trance.This may take at least fifteen to twenty minutes. If you havethe Ogre Sword for Zidane from the Lindblum Synth Shop, then useShift Brake on Gizamaluke. It will do 1,323 damage.

Hint: Defeating Hades:
Create a party consisting of Zidane, Garnet, Steiner,and anyone else (Amarant for example). Everyone needs to havetheir final weapon, with the exception of Steiner who should haveat least the Ragnorok. Also have Auto-Regen/Auto-Haste on. Everyonemust have armor that protects against Shadow. Hades will castDoomsday. Have Zidane be higher than level 55, Garnet higher thanlevel 50, and Steiner and your other character between 45 and50. Also, prepare for all status effects. Hades will perform curseabout three rounds into the battle. When this happens use Remediesor the Mini spell to get rid of the Mini status. Cure any otherstatus effects. Hades will then use Heave and Doomdays to leaveyou in bad shape. Let Auto-Regen do the healing. Do not worryif you cannot get ready fast enough. Have Steiner use 5 to 6 roundsof Shock and Hades will not be able to hit you with Curse or Doomsdayagain. Use Dagger for healing and attack with full force. Hadeswill then let you Synth some of the best items. You can go backwithout having to fight him again.

Have Zidane, Dagger/Garnet, Stiner,and Vivi. Have them all aboutlevel 65 and fight Hades. Have Stiner with the Ragnorok and havehim use Shock. It should do 9,999 damage. Have Zidane attack.Have Garnet heal or use Bahumat-.Have Vivi use Meteor and youshould defeat him by the time his sword gets charged. Note: Itmight not work in this order; you may have to fight him more thanonce.

Hint: Defeating Ozma:
If you encountered all the spirits in Gaia and satisfiedtheir requests go to Chocobo Aerial Garden (you will need a GoldChocobo and a Dead Pepper). Examine the stone on the second platformand choose the third option, then the first option to fight Ozma.To defeat Ozma, put Zidane, Dagger, Quina and Eiko in your party.Have Quina use Magic Hammer three or four times to steal all Ozma'sMagic Points -- from now on it cannot use any spells. Then, haveZidane and Quina attack and Dagger and Eiko heal (do not use summons,you need a large amount of MP in this battle). With some of patience(an half of an hour if you are lucky), you should defeat Ozma.

Have Zidane, Dagger, Steiner, and Quina in your party. Equip allcharacter with armor that protects against or absorbs Shadow damagebefore the battle. Make sure Quina and Steiner have plenty ofMP, and it is preferable that Zidane has the Long Reach ability.First, have Quina use Magic Hammer about four to five times whileSteiner is using Shock. Then, if Zidane has the Long Reach ability,attack; or if he goes into Trance use Grand Lethal. Use Daggerto heal using Cura or Curaga when necessary and you should comeout of the battle unhindered.

Use a party that consists of Zidane, Freya, Steiner, and EIko.Next, equip armor that dodges shadow, Zidane with the Ultima Weapon,Freya with the Dragons Hair (obtained in the Choco Quest). andSteiner with the Ragnorak (also obtained in the Choco Quest) Asthe battle begins, have Eiko cast Reflect on everyone and haveFreya and Steiner attack with DragonCrest and Shoch, respectively.Reflect will bounce back all of Ozma's magic attacks, includingthe dreaded Curse. Note: The same tactic also works on Hades,Kuja, and the final Boss.

The four items you can steal from Ozma are the Elixer, Robe ofLords, Dark Matter, and the Pumice Piece. In the battle, you shouldsteal the Pumice Piece. When you win, you will get a Dark Matterand Pumice Piece. The Dark Matter teaches Dagger the summon Odin.You can combine the two Pumice Pieces when you defeat Hades. InMemoria, in the room where Quina tries to swim, search among thecoral to fight him. Hades will synth the pieces to make the Pumice,which teaches Dagger her strongest summon, Ark. Ark uses Shadowto harm its opponents.

Equip everyone with Auto-Reflect. You should also have a partyconsisting of Zidane, Vivi, Armarant, and Freya (the last twocan differ as needed). With Auto-Reflect on, all of Ozma's attackswill bounce off and do a large amount of damage (about 9999).Keep attacking with everyone except Vivi. Have Vivi keep castingFlare at himself and it will reflect off and do 9999 damage.(Note:Auto-Reflect and Reflectx2 must be equipped.

Have Zidane at level 92, Dagger at level 70, Vivi at level 70,and Quina at level 90. Also, have every move that you can learn(except for Vivi's Doomsday and Dagger's Ark Summon). Equip theUltima Weapon on Zidane, High Mage Staff on Vivi, Gastro Forkon Quina, and the Tiger Racket on Dagger. Make sure you equipReflect x 2 and Auto-Reflect on Vivi. Have Auto-Haste, Auto-Regen,Anti-Body, Clearheaded and anything else that prevents statuseffects. It is also a good idea is to equip Half MP on Quina,Vivi, and Dagger. Have Zidane close to Trance, and also catchabout 140 Frogs for Quina so the s/he can do 9,999 for Frog Drop.Use that every round and use Flare on Vivi so that it will bounceoff and do 9,999 damage on Ozma. If Zidane goes into Trance, useGrand Lethal every round so that it does 9,999 damage. If youdo those three moves, you should be able to defeat Ozma in undereight rounds(if it does not use Curaga). Use Dagger to Cure whenneeded.

Have Zidane, Dagger, Vivi, and Steiner in your party (level 70and above). Equip armor that protects against Shadow Attack, equipthe Auto-Regen and Auto-Reflect abilities to everyone, as wellas the Boost ability to Dagger and Reflect x2 ability to Vivi.When Zidane Trances, use the Grand Lethal ability. It will cause9999 damage to Ozma. Have Dagger summon Bahamut when your partyreceives large amount of damage. Because the animation is long,you will recover to full HP with Auto-Regen, and Bahamut willdeal around 4000 to 7000 damage to Ozma. Have Vivi cast Firagaon all your party members. It will be reflected to Ozma, causing9999 damage. Have Steiner perform Shock, it will cause 9999 damageto Ozma. If you have met all the friendly monsters, includingthe friendly Yan found on Vile island, you will have the abilityto use physical attacks on Ozma. Otherwise, you can only castspells and ability.

Use the Zidane at level 89m Amarant at level 78, Steiner at level83, and Vivi at level 75. Try to get everyone's final weaponexcept for Steiner, and have the Ragnorock. Equip all statusprotections, Auto Haste, Auto Reflect, and Auto Regen if possible. Try also to get the Land Spirits so that physical attacks willwork. Have everyone absorb Shadow (for example, Demon Mail andPumice Pieces). Start by using Shock with Steiner, No Mercy withAmarant, and Doomsday with Vivi. If the top of Ozma is white,use Thievery with Zidane. If it does max damage or if tranced,use Free Energy to still get maximum damage. When Ozma castsDoomsday, he will hurt him self for maximum damage because thewhite side is up. Have Amarant equipped with Return Magic oranother maximum damage hit.

Hint: Defeating Steiner:
For battle one, Cinna should steal on every turn. Attackwith Zidane and Blank only. For battle two, have Vivi cast Fire.Use the rest to attack him. For battle 3, yse the same strategyas battle two. Steal with Vivi and have him cast Fire.

Hint: Defeating Trance Kuja and Necron:
A recommended party would include Zidane, Steiner,Amarant, and Dagger. Participating members should be at level81 or above. To defeat Trance Kuja, have Dagger act as a medicfor the party. All the best weapons, armor, and headgear mustbe acquired and equipped before the fight. Dagger has to learnCuraga by this time. Zidane, Steiner and Amarant must have theMP attack and their best weapon for this to be a quick battle.Trance Kuja has under 56,000 to 57,000 HP and his MP is 9999.Let the others concentrate on Kuja while Dagger acts as a healer.If any character is in Trance mode, just use physical attacks.Everyone's attack must damage Kuja for 9999 damage. In about fourto five turns, or until the Trance meter is exhausted, Kuja shoulddie.

Use Zidane, Dagger, Vivi, and Steiner, levels at least 55, 48,47, and 52 respectively. Zidane should have the Tower, Vivi theMage of Zeus , and Stiener the Ultima Weapon. Dagger should beable to cast Bahamut and Curaga. Make sure you have at least threeEthers. Attack with Zidane and have Steiner use Doomsday and StockBreak. Have Vivi cast Firaga, Blizaga, and Thunderga. Have Daggersummon Bahamut. Keep attacking and casting until Kuja falls. Donot worry about him casting healing spells; he will eventuallyfall because they only cure him for about 3,000 points. You shouldbe taking anywhere from 2,000 to 3,500 per hit. Keep the Ethersfor the next battle. Battle Necron the same way, but make sureyou have Remedies; they will cure the Mini spell. Hack away andenjoy the ending.

Hint: Defeating the Yan:
Use the following strategy to defeat the Yan at fairlylow levels. Equip your party as follows. Zidane at least at level80, best equipment (Ninja Gear is essential), Auto-Life, Auto-Regen,Auto-Haste, and Auto-Reflect; Steiner at least at level 74, bestequipment (Demons Mail is essential), Auto-Life, Auto-Reflect,Auto-Regen, and Auto-Float; Vivi at least at level 56, best equipment(Egoists Armlet is essential), Auto-Life, Auto-Regen, Auto-Reflect,and Doomsday needs to be learned (Mace of Zeus, found in Memoria);Eiko at least at level 75, best equipment (Egoists Armlet is essential),Auto-Regen, Auto-Reflect, Carbuncle learned, and equip Diamond.The Yan will probably get the first attack. When you can attackuse, Eiko's Carbuncle and it will cast Diamond Light (becausethe Diamond is equipped), which will cast Vanish on the entireparty. When you can, use Steiner's Doomsday Sword. The Yan willmost likely snort Steiner out of the battle, but it does not matteras he has done his part. Then. use Vivi's Doomsday spell to finishthem off. If for some reason Vivi fails to finish them, use Zidane'sattack to complete the battle.

To live during your fight against the Yans and get easy experience,hold escape. When the Yan begins to chant the Comet spell. about75% of the time it will miss you.

Hint: Defeating undead creatures:
When battling a creature of the undead type, use ananti-KO item and it will instantly "kill" them.

Hint: Defeating stone creatures:
Use a Soft on stone enemies, such as Gargoyle, to instantlykill them. This trick will not work well with the spell Stona.

Hint: Scan Bosses:
To scan Bosses, use a tent. It will restore one halfof its HP. Multiply that by two to have an accurate HP total forthe Boss. Note: This will work only until the middle of Disc 3,since all your enemy's HP are out of range and will just show9999. This works if you want an accurate stealing.

Hint: Defeating Bosses:
Have Vivi learn Reflect x 2 and Eiko use Carbunkleor Dagger use Reflect on everyone. Then have Vivi chant the strongestspell available and it will always do 9999 damage on any Boss.

Use the following if you are stuck on any Bosses from Disc 2 andonwards. Use a Dark Matter (the orb that teaches Dagger Odin)on the Boss. It is a very effective trick, as it does 9999 damageon every enemy and boss, but beware it costs a lot to buy a newone from the Auction House in Treno. This works well on the laterand final bosses (Chaos Guardians, Trance-Kuja, Necron, Deathguise,Ozma, etc.)

Before you get into a Boss battle, save the game. There is alwaysa Moogle somewhere before a Boss. Use a tent after your save.If you lose, you will still have your Tent. Just use Vivi's BlackMagic and attack with Zidane's Ogre. Dagger can help by usingitems and Cure. Steiner can use Fire Sword. Quina and Freya canattack.

Hint: Gilgamish:
Once you have completed the Chocobo side quest andfound all of the treasures, go to Daguerreo. Talk to the four-armedman. He should say something about an "S-Rank" and runoff. Follow him and talk to him again. He should give you theS-Rank Medal, and reveal his true self (Gilgamish).

Hint: Survive Doomsday:
To survive Doomsday, have Vivi and Freya in your party.Equip Vivi with the Staff Of Zeus then enter a battle . First,have Freya use her jump attack then have Vivi cast Doomsday. Ifdone correctly, the only survivor should be Freya.

Hint: Quadruple magic attack:
When you get a reflect ring, have the four charactersyou regularly have in your party with learn "Auto Reflect".When they all have it turned on, cast a reflective party spell,such as Bio or any of the elements, at yourself, This will effectivelyquadruple the power of the spell on a single target. However,this is only helpful for lower levels and is virtually uselessif you have great spells.

Hint: 9999 damage with Atomost:
The formula For Dagger's summon Atomost is as follows:

Full Animation: (30+ Party's number of Amethysts)% of enemiesHP.
Short Animation: 2/3 of Full Animation formula.

For example, if you have 70 Amethysts, it takes 100% of the enemiesHP off, with a limit of 9,999. This means an enemy with 12,000health will lose 9,999. This is useful while training againstYans, Grand Dragons, and other difficult enemies.

Hint: Skip half of the Disc 3:
In order to skip most of the events on Disc 3, youmust get a Gold Chocobo after you get the Blue Narcis boat. Oncethis is done, go to The Forgotten Continent and enter Ipsen'sCastle. Equip your weakest weapon. Try saving your first weaponfor this, or just fly to Alexandria and buy their weakest weaponfor each character that you are going to use.

Hint: Change Airship altitude:
Put the Airship on auto-pilot, then press Upor Down to change its altitude while flying to your destination.

Hint: Treasure hunting:
When hunting treasure with your Chocobo, press Selectwhile choosing a treasure to find for a hint.

Hint: Hidden items:
At the beginning of the game when playing with Vivi,go backwards. There should be an area that you search to findabout four cards, two Potions and one Elixir.

Hint: Location of crack near Oeilvert:
Find the big forest (not the triangular one). Then,go to the cliff in front of it, then look for a long verticalline.

Hint: Early Lowell Autograph:
After seeing the Lowell Fans rant over him at his theater,go directly to the Artists House in the Theater District and talkto Lowell. He will ask you not to tell anyone, and give you anautograph (key item).

Hint: Early Emerald:
In Cleyra as Freya, you can go into the cathedral andtalk to the high priest to get the Emerald.

Hint: Early Mage Masher:
After you start and fight Baku in his dragon costume,steal from him to get a Mage Masher.

Hint: Early Ore:
Get past the evil forest. When you get on the worldmap, walk around until you encounter a snake-like monster. Youcan steal Ore from it.

Hint: Cargo ship model:
Mr.Morrid's coffees can be found at the following locations.Give all three to Mr. Morrid to get the cargo ship model (keyitem).

Moccha coffee: Near the entrance of south gate.

Kirman coffee: On Eiko's back porch in Madin Sari.

Burman coffee: Get to the treasure chest in the windmill in DaliVillage. You will get 30,000 Gil. Check the chest again to findthe Burman coffee.

Hint: Excalibur:
Buy the Magic Fingertip from the Auction House andgo to Duguerro. Give it to the old man that was looking for abook about Edions. He will give you Excalibur.

Hint: Excalibur 2:
Get to Memoria within 12 game hours to receive theExcalibur 2. You can learn Climhazzard with this.

Hint: Early Grand Dragon:
When you first go to Gizamaluke's Grotto on Disc 1,notice the ladder to the outside in the room with the Moogle couple.Once outside, it leads to an area with a fight involving a GrandDragon, which definitely increases your level.

Hint: Early Iron Sword:
While Fighting Baku in the destroyed Prima Vista, steala Broadsword and defeat him. When you defeat the Plant Brain inEvil Forest and get Blank in you party, go to Equip on Blank andtrade the stolen Broadsword for Blank's Iron Sword. Equip Steinerwith it.

When fighting the plant-thing that captures Vivi, steal from it.You will eventually get an Iron Sword. When you get Steiner inyour party, equip him with it.

Hint: Early Mythril Dagger:
When Fighting the Masked Baku, Steal from him. Youwill eventually get the Mythril Dagger.

Hint: Early Ruby:
When you are answering Baku, say "That's whenI capture Queen Brahnne, Right" 64 times. Ruby will stormin.

Hint: Knights of Pluto:
On Disc 3, when Bahamut and Alexander battle, QueenGarnet must deploy the Knights of Pluto and assign them to differenttasks. The correct order is: Have Kohel and Blutzen gather information.Have Haagen and Weimar protect the townspeople. Have Breireichtand Laudo contact Lindblum for reinforcements. Finally, have Mullenkedheimand Dojebon prepare to fire the cannons. Beatrix and Steiner willpraise you for your excellent performance and reward you withAngel Earrings.

Hint: Silk Shirt:
When you play as Steiner at the beginning of the game(looking for Princess Garnet), return to Queen Brahne to get afree Silk Shirt. This is very useful against the plant monstersin the Evil Forest.

Hint: Quan's Dwelling:
Go to Quan's Dwelling with Quina in your party in Disc4. Go to the room after the cave and Quina, Vivi, and Quina'smaster will meet Vivi's grandfather (that died).

If you have a Chocobo and some Dead Peppers you can go to Quan'sDwelling and go to the room that is outside. Go to the edge anda "?" will appear over Zidane's head. He will say thathe sees foam in the water. It will automatically put you on theworld map if you agree with Zidane. Press Triangle andfeed the Chocobo the Dead Pepper. It will jump into the waterand find a sunken treasure chest. It contains some ores and aRed Rose card. Red Rose is the ship Beatrix is in when you goto the Lifa Tree on Disc 4.

Go to the room in Quan's Dwelling and check the clock. A "!"will appear. Inside the clock are Running Shoes.

Hint: Dagger: Getting Ark:
To get Ark (Dagger's final summon), without havingto defeat Ozma, steal in every battle on Disc 4 until you geta Pumice Piece; or obtain one from defeating an enemy. Then, goto Memoria and find Hades, who is located to the right of thearea where Quina nearly drowned.

Hint: Eiko: Fourth summon:
Equip a Phoenix Pinion as an add-on and she can summonthe Phoenix, which does fire damage and revives all dead partymembers.

Hint: Eiko: Summons skills:
Eiko has only four Eidolons to summon. but if you equipthose items on her, you can use different skills.

Eiolon	Item equipped	Result	Effect
Carbuncle	Moonstone	Pearl Light	Cast Shell on all ally
Carbuncle	Emerald	Emerald Light	Cast Haste on all ally
Carbuncle	Diamond	Diamond Light	Cast Vanish on all ally
Fenrir	Maiden Prayer	Millennial Decay	Wind Elemental attack

Hint: Freya: Countering Death Sentence or Gradual Petrify:
If an enemy casts Gradual Petrify or Death Sentenceon Freya, have her use Jump until the end of the battle. Jumpwill stop the countdown from the time she jumps until the timeshe lands.
Beauregard.

Hint: Freya: Final weapon:
When you get to Memoria, keep going to the right soonas you enter. You should get Freya's final weapon, and you learnDragon's Crest which does 9999 damage to an enemy.

Hint: Quina: Getting:
You can get Quina at Qu's Marsh (grassy area closeto Gizamaluke's Grotto that has a"?" next to it).

Hint: Quina: Early appearance:
On Disc 1 when you are playing as Steiner in Alexandriacastle rounding up the Knights of Pluto, go downstairs in themain hall (with a painting of Queen Brane on the stairs). Go throughthe door on the left, then take the next door also on the leftto reach a kitchen. Walk over to the cooking pots to see Quina.When you address her however, it only shows the name as "HeadChef". You cannot get Quina in your team until after yourfirst visit to Lindblum, even if you see her in Alexandria.

Hint: Quina: Blue Magic:
Quina is actually a very helpful character. The onlyproblem is, you have to level him/her/it up and give him/her/itabilities. Quina's Blue Magic is very powerful, not for dealingdamage, but for getting your opponents to the point where theycannot fight back. Mighty Guard casts Shell and Protect. Thisgreatly improves defense. Bad Breath makes an attempt at everynegative status in the game focused on one opponent. LV5 Deathkills all the targets on the screen whose experience levels aremultiples of 5. Magic Hammer, which basically knocks off MP. MagicHammer is by far one of the most useful. It can make Trance Kuja,Necron, and Ozma helpless. Magic Hammer can decimate anywherefrom 1 MP to 9999 MP. Keep using it until your opponent has nomore MP. Death Sentence is helpful if the enemy is weak againstit. If you have finished the Frog Catching side quest and defeatedQuale in battle, then Frog Drop is one of the best attacks; 9999HP for 10 MP.

Hint: Quina: Frog Drop:
At Qu's Marsh, have Quina eat a Gigan Toad to learnFrog Drop. Quina's level multiplied by the amount of frogs she'scaught multiplied by 100 is the amount of damage given.

Hint: Steiner: Peeking:
When you reach Alexandrian territory as Steiner, hewill be carrying a bag of rotten stuff. That is actually Dagger.When he goes to the corner of the alley, she will think of changinginto her costume while he is looking forward. You will get anoption for about five seconds to either keep looking or go tothe other side. Within those five seconds, if you have good reflexes,you can also choose to look the other way.

Hint: Vivi: Chased by monster:
Defeat most of the monsters of Lindblum during theFestival Of The Hunt and go to the Business Center. You will seeVivi being chased by a very weak monster.

Hint: Vivi: Stronger magic:
Summon Carbuncle and then cast Fira or something reflectable.Usualy Vivi's Fira will do 500 damage. With everyone with reflectit will do 2000 and so on.

Make sure you have the Flare ability. Focus three times, thenuse Flare. It will do 9999 damage. It will do no more damage ifyou focus four or more times. You can do it with Firaga, Blizzaga,or thundaga if you Focus about five times.

Hint: Zidane: Easy kills early in game:
Get the beast/bird/dragon/etc. killer. When you goto Lindblum the first time, you will probably have a Mage Masher.Go to the weapons shop and instead of buying the Mythril Dagger,purchase another Mage Masher. Go to the synthesis shop there andget an Ogre Sword. Equipping the killer with the Ogre Sword forZidane can be lethal (about 400 to 700 for critical hits) untilDisc 1 is passed.

Hint: Zidane: Ultimate Weapon:
Get a Gold Chocobo on Disc 4 and go back to the ShimmeringIslands after the explosion. Go to the middle of the remainingpieces and use a Dead Pepper.

Hint: Zidane: Easy experience:
On Disc 1, when you first go to Lindblum after defeatingBlack Waltz 3 you can get lots of experience points with Zidanewhen you are alone with him. First, after you go out of the innin the city, go outside of Lindblum into the world map. Then,hope that you fight a pair of dragon-like enemies called "AxeBeaks". These enemies give 246 experience points and areeasy to kill. They might take off at least 100 HP; make sure youare at least level 9 with Zidane.

Hint: Winning the Festival of the Hunt:
If you want Zidane to win the Festival of the Hunt,make sure to equip him with The Ogre. One hit should be enoughto kill any monster in town. First, go to the end of the TheaterDistrict, wait in front of the barrels for a moment, then killthe Fang that appears. Next, go to the Business District and gonorth. Kill the Fang on the left side of the screen, then headdown the right-hand path. You should see the Zaghnol. If not,exit and re-enter until it appears. When you go to kill it, Freyashould appear to help you. Use her jump skill and have Zidaneattack. If Zidane kills the Zaghnol, he will be catapulted intothe lead. After winning, you will receive 5000 Gil.

If you want Freya to win, just kill Zidane. She will receive aCoral Ring.

If you want Vivi to win, follow these instructions exactly. Assoon as you step off the tram, immediately get back on and headto the Business District. Head north, fighting as few monstersas possible, and take the left path into the church area. Killthe Fang that is there, then head back out. Vivi should run by,chased by a Fang. Kill the Fang that is chasing Vivi, then headto the right-hand path, where the Zaghnol is located. When youfight the Zaghnol, just have Zidane and Freya kill each other.With luck, Vivi should win the Festival and get a Theater Shipcard.

Hint: Zidane and Freya's tail motion:
After The Festival of Hunt and the reward is handedout and the soldier died, the game will show Cid talking to everyoneabout what he will do. In the beginning Zidane's and Freya's tailwill be doing the same motion.

Hint: Alexandria card:
Wait until Alexandria is destroyed by Invincible (thebig eye in the sky) at the start of Disc 3. Go to the center ofthe town and press Square to challenge the little girlwho is chasing the boy. She will say "Here, I found thiscard in the rubble. You can have it." She will give you thecard.

Hint: Hades Card:
Work your way into the Time Portal (the area with thebroken clock and the view of space) in Memoria. Go up the stairsand an exclamation point will appear above Zidane's head. PressSquare to challenge Card Master Empress to a card battle.Keep winning card games and eventually she will use the Hadescard.

Hint: Hippaual's Secret Cards:
After Princess Garnet becomes the queen, take Viviand walk towards where you met Puck. Keep going until you reachthe chapel. You should see two Moogles, one of which is Stiltskin.Climb the ladder, then ring the bell. You should receive Hippaul's"Secret Cards".

After playing a game of jump rope, you will meet Hippaul. He willtell you that he has hidden his treasure. Go to the alleyway whereyou met Puck (rat kid). When Puck gives you the option of beinghis slave, refuse then go to the chapel steeple and climb up.Pull the rope to get Hippaul's treasure.

First, talk to Hippaul about his hidden cards, At the first timeat Alexandria (with just Vivi) before the play, when that ratman asks you if you want to help him and yourself to free entryinto the castle to see the play, say "No". He will say"Fine, suit yourself". Then, go on to the "belltower' and o ring the bell to get the first three cards. The secondtime, talk to Hippaul again. He will tell you someone stole hisfirst three cards and that he had three more precious cards andhid them in the same place. Go back there to get them.

Hint: Lindblum card:
After Lindblum is attacked in Disc 2, go north of theinn until you enter another screen. Go to the wreckage that blocksthe path to the north. The Lindblum card will be lying aroundin that area.

Hint: Namingway card:
At the Treno Card Tournament in Disc 3, view all ofthe ATEs. When Vivi is trying to decide whether or not to headhome, tell him not to. The next ATE with Vivi in it will showMario getting a Namingway Card. In the second round of the tournament,you will face Mario, and he should have multiple (probably twoor three) Namingway Cards along with other cards. Defeat him toreceive a Namingway Card before Kuja's Palace.

In Disc 3 re-enter the Kuja's Hideout and look around in his room.The card may be found by books near the door.

Hint: Oglop card:
It is possible, though not easy, to get an Oglop cardas early as Disc 2. On the mountain path from Conde Petite toMadain Sari, there are little yellow-orange spots running around.Those are Mountain Oglops. Catch one by pressing X (no! or ? will appear, just keep pressing the button) and give itto the dwarf outside the item shop in Conde Petite (the male one,Brian Rootrunner). He will give you an Oglop card.

Hint: Ramuh and Shiva cards:
When you start Disc 3, go to the church with the belland the Save Mog. Save, go onto the ladder, and pull the rope.You will get a Goblin, Fang, Ramuh, and Shiva cards.

Hint: Card battle with Phantoms:
In Memoria, whenever you see an exclamation point popup, press Square to have a card battle with Phantoms, whohave a lot of rare cards. The battles are fairly easy, using weakcards such as Flan or Ironites.

Hint: Card symbols:
Each card has a letter in its symbol at the bottom-- this is either an M, P, or X. M stands for Magic, P for Physical,and X for a special rare type. When battling cards, always attackMs with Ps and vice versa. This will give you a greater chancefor winning. Only use an X card to attack; if you use it to defend,you will almost always lose.

The first number is the attack power of the card. If the cardis an M, it attacks the third number, if it is a P, it attacksthe fourth. X may attack the weakest of the third and fourth numbers.Attack and defense power is 0123456789ABCDE (0 is lowest, E ishighest). For example, if you had card BM06 and your opponenthad card AP07, you would more than likely win. All of this informationis available in the south of the shop in Dali on Disc 4.

The first number is the card's attack power and can be between0 and F (0 is the lowest, F is the highest). The next letter iswhat type of attack they do (M-magical, P-physical, X-special,A-special). The last two numbers are defense. If a card is a magicaltype it will attack the fouth number on the card. If it is physicalit will attack the third number on the card. If it is X-special,it will attack the lower of the last two numbers. If it is A-specialit will attack the lowest number on the whole card; it will alsoattack for whatever the highest number on its card is.
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Hint: Getting more game cards:
At the start of the Disc 3, after the FMV sequencewhen you become Vivi, go right down the row of houses and talkto the "Hippolady". She will complain about her sonplaying too many cards and will ask you to race him. Answer yes,defeat him, and she will thank you. Repeat this two other timesand she will thank you, say that her son is in better shape andwill give you a game card. Keep repeating this process (it willtake longer to get the cards each time) to gain more cards.

To get a few rare cards you can play Card Freak Cil in the TrenoCard Stadium (on discs 3 or 4). You can get the Ifrit Card. Toget all the Airship Cards, go to Daguerreo. In the area wherethe save Moogle, you can play the Four Armed Man. After you getthe Hilda Garde 3. you can go to South Gate. On top of a cartthat you could not get to before is a treasure chest that holdsthe Elixir Card. You can get the Frog Card by going to any Qu'sMarsh and fighting the Gigan Toads. You can also get many rarecards such as: Alexander, Odin, Ark,Airship, Masamune, Dark Matter,Tiger Racket and Fat Chocobo by completing the Chocobo Hot andCold side quest.

When you first enter Alexandria as Vivi, go talk to the hippostanding by the big gate. He will tell you that he hid his cards.Go to the bell tower and pull the rope to ring the bell. His cardswill fall out. Then, after Alexandria is attacked, go back andtalk to him again. Hye will say the same thing. Ring the bellagain. This time he will have better cards.

Hint: Changing names:
You must have the Namingway card. Go to Daguerreo andgo to the inn. There is a ladder behind the library. Descend andgo left. Talk to the man on the left and he will offer you tochange your names if you just show him the Namingway card.

Hint: Easy Gil:
Win items in the Chocobo Hot & Cold game in ChocoboForest, then sell them.

When you get a key item at the auction, look for someone who wantsto buy it. When they ask you if you will sell it to them, answer"No". They should say "Fine" and pay you moreGil. Note. You can only do this once per person.

When you get the Hilda Gard 3 ship, go to Treno and visit theshop. Ask about the monster and when the explanation is over,ask to fight it. The first time you win, you will get 15,000 Gil.Leave, save the game, then return and fight a different one. Thistime you will get the Running Shoes.

When the story line brings you to Lindblum, check the house (theater)that Zidane grew up in to get between 500 and 5,000 Gil per treasurechest.

Hint: Finding items and Gil:
Whenever there is an explanation point (!) over thecharacter's head, there is usually items or Gil.

Hint: Easy items at auction:
Use the following trick to buy items at the auctionhouse in Treno. Let the other buyers fight it out. The auctioneerwill say "I think I heard (for example) 12000 gil",or something similar. He will then say "Any more?".Bid at this time. You will almost always get what you are biddingfor.

Hint: Early abilities and easy levels:
After leaving Lindblum when Garnet and Steiner leave,go to the Chocobo Forest. Get all of the Chocographs you can.Get all the ones nearby. Go through Gizamaluke's Grotto and headwest to reach a beach with some Chocobo tracks. Call Choco andfind the treasure chest nearby. Now you have the River Chocobo.Go back through the Grotto and to Chocobo's Forest. Call Chocoand head to the island south of you. Get the chest there and gonorthwest past Lindblum. There is an island west of the continentyou can reach for the Bird's Eye Lagoon Chocograph.

When Garnet, Marcus, and Steiner go to Treno, watch the TrenoTradition ATE. Then go to the Synthesis Shop's hallway and talkto the thief. He will give you an add-on he bought with the stolenmoney. Then, get Garnet from the Auction House. Buy all the add-onsyou can, especially the Reflect Ring. Go outside to learn as manyabilities as you can. Note: the Friendly ghost can be found nearthe entrance to South Gate. Go back into Treno and synthesizeany add-ons that you need. Synth two Coral Rings (only get oneif Freya won the Hunt). If you need materials, go through SouthGate to Dali. Go to Quan's Dwelling near Treno and take the Stellazziocoin there. Get the prizes for the Stellazzio. Take off the add-onsbefore getting the Supersoft.

When you get control of Zidane again, take the time to let Viviand Quina learn Auto-Reflect. Go into the room with the two Mogsand save. Give Zidane and Freya Coral Rings. Equip everyone withthe Antibody skill. Equip Auto-Reflect on Quina and Vivi. Now,the only attack from the Grand Dragons that can hurt you is PoisonClaw, because it is a physical attack. Put everyone in the backrow and have Freya Jump, Zidane Attack or Dyne, Vivi use Bio andQuina use Potions or High Potions as needed. The Grand Dragongives each character 8800 experience if everyone survives (whichis not likely at first).

Hint: Most powerful Eidolon:
Once Queen Brahne dies, go back to Treno. Makes sureyou do not leave until you go to the auction. Buy the Dark Matter.This will give Princess Garnet the ability to summon Odin. Makesure you equip Garnet with Dark Matter.

Hint: 13th Zodiac coin:
After you find all 12 Zodiac coins and bring them tothe Queen in Treno, she will say that it feels like there is somethingmissing. Agree with her, and she will send you on a quest to findthe 13th Zodiac coin. You can find this coin in Quan's Dwellingat the same location that you found the Scorpio Zodiac coin. Bringit back to her. She will thank you and give you a "hammer"to help synthesize special weapons and items.

Hint: Second Pedriot:
You can get a second Pedriot if you defeat the Grithenat Fossle Roo near the man that gives you directions.

Hint: Free Ogre sword:
Fight monsters on Disc 2 and you will eventually getan Ogre sword.

Hint: AP from ladybug:
After you have found the ghost outside of Treno whichgives you 10 AP, it says something about thanking a ladybug. Theladybug is outside of the Mage village near the forest area. Theladybug will ask you for some ores. Give the ores to the ladybugand she will say something about a Yeti, and give you 10 AP.

Hint: Mogster appearance:
At Qu's Marsh, you also see Mogster and his littlesister

Hint: Hidden monster in book:
On Disc 3 in Alexandria, you have to search for Eikoand Garnet (on the Eidion) inside the castle. Before you walkup the tower to save her, make sure you go to the castle's library.On the third shelf you can see a book. When the "?"appears above Zidane's head, you will have two choices - Listenor Ignore. Choose "Listen" and the book will respond"Challenge me if you dare". Challenge it and you cansteal a few good items including Elixer, Silver Fork, Devil Mail,and Ether. The book is not the actual enemy -- there is a creaturehidden in one of the pages. After every hit the book changes pageswith the monster hiding in one of them randomly. This is whenyou are supposed to attack him with a strong attack, and he willhide again.

Use physical attacks until the book opens up to the monster. Whenit opens, do not attack the monster physically -- it will closeafter one. Use Vivi's strongest magic -- magic attacks will notclose the book. When it is open, it can only use one attack whichis poisonous. Equip the Antibody ability to counter it.

All you need to have is the Angel Bliss and the Rebirth Ring equippedto Zidane. Have Zidane near trance. At first, have everyone attack.Before you find the book monster, it will attack with either Doomor Paper Storm. By then Zidane will be in trance. Once you findthe book monster, use Grand Lethal. It will go back to hiding.Repeat the process two more times and you will defeat it.

Hint: See Amarant's full face:
To see Amarant's full face, defeat him at Madain Sari.When he is shown giving up, the view will pan from the groundlooking upwards at Amarant's face.

Hint: Use Amarant for gil and weapons:
If you have Amarant in your party, fight to earn money.Once you have this money, buy extra weapons. In a Boss battleyou can do a lot of damage by throwing these weapons. Some examplesare: Gladius, Zorlin Shape, Rune Tooth, etc.

Hint: Less monster encounters:
If you are in a place where wild monsters appear, suchas the world map, cave, or other locations, walk a short distance,then stop. Walk another short distance and stop again. Keep doingthis until you reach your destination. Note: This does not alwayswork.

Hint: Saved game Moogle:
When at the load or save menu, press Selectto make the Moogle appear. The Moogle will tell you the levelsof all four possible characters, as well as HP status.

Hint: Moogle help tip:
Press Select while in any battle or at an in-gamemenu. This will bring a Moogle to help guide and help you in battleor in the menu.

Hint: Moogle suit and an autograph:
During the first time in Lindbum, all the fans loveLowell. Follow him into the art room. Talk to him get an autographfrom Lowell himself. Look around in the room (by the chair) tofind another key item, a Moogle suit.

Hint: Cloud and Squall reference:
After you complete the game with either ending, youwill watch part of a play. The line "Neither Cloud nor Squallshall stop me." can be seen.

Hint: Cloud reference:
In Lindblum's weapon shop, Zidane will get a (!) overhis head and mention something about a guy with spiky hair thathad a sword just like the one on the wall.

Hint: Kain's Lance reference:
In Memoria on Disc 4, go past the save spot at theentrance and head for the door. Before you reach it, stick tothe right against the wall. You will go in and find Kain's Lance.This Lance belongs to Kain from Final Fantasy 2.

A powerful weapon sealed in Memoria, owned by Cain/Kain, the DragonKnight of Baron. It is the seconnd strongest weapon for Freya.

Hint: Water Shrine reference:
This is also known as the Tower of Waltz. It sank intothe ocean long time ago when the evil forces destroyed the WaterCrystal.

Hint: Holy Lance reference:
You can steal the Holy Lance from Ark in Oeilvert orsimply buy it in Daguerreo. This was the ultimate weapon for Cain/Kain,in Final Fantasy 4. It was sealed in the underground ofthe Second Moon. It can be used by Freya.

Hint: Reis Wind reference:
This is the econd ability of Freya. Reis was the ancientHoly Dragon. This type of dragon can assume the shape of a human,like in Final Fantasy Tactics (human form but it is a dragon).

Hint: Chrono series reference:
The Masamune card refers to a powerful weapon inthe Chrono series.

Hint: Final Fantasy reference:
On Disc 3, the music at Mount Gulug is the sameas the music at Gurgu Volcano in Final Fantasy.

Hint: Final Fantasy 2reference:
When getting Ramuh, you must solve a puzzle byrecounting the story of Joseph. This is actually a reference toFinal Fantasy 2. Joseph is a temporary party member, andis killed when the enemy sets a trap. The Adamantoise, The GoddessBell, and the rebel group are all true parts of the story of Joseph.

Hint: Final Fantasy 3King Edgar reference:
In the area on the World Map just outside Chocobo'sForest, go onto the menu. It will state that this area is calledthe "King Ed Plains".

Hint: Final Fantasy 3music:
Buy Une's mirror and Doga artifact at the TrenoAuction House. Go to the Black Mage Village. Enter the inn andtalk to the Black Mage in front of the music box. You will heara very old song until you stay in the village.

Hint: Final Fantasy 4Rattail reference:
In Final Fantasy 4 there is an item calledRattail for which you can trade some Adament ore. In FinalFantasy 9, it is a quote said by Baku, which can be tradedfor some gil, or kept as a key item.

On the listings for references of items gotten at the AuctionHouse, there is another reference for the Rattail. It was usedin Final Fantasy 1 to promote your character classes whengiven to Bahamut. For example, Fighter to Knight, Black Mage toBlack Wizard, White Mage to White Wizard, Red Mage to Red Wizard,Thief to Ninja, and Martial Artist to Black Belt.

Hint: Final Fantasy 5reference:
When you receive Excalibur II, there is a notefrom "Enkido" to "Brother Gil". Enkido andGilgamesh first appeared in Final Fantasy 5, as enemies.Gigamesh also appeared in Final Fantasy 8 as an ally, andagain in this game as "four-armed man". Enkido talksabout getting the Excalipur sword, which was a cheap imitationof Excalibur, and deals only 1 damage with every hit. Gilgameshcarried this in the past.

Hint: Final Fantasy 6Locke reference:
In one of your first travels to Linblum early inthe game, next to the cab station is be a man named Locke.

Hint: Final Fantasy 7music:
After you crash the airship into the evil woodsat the start of the game, go inside to hear a band play the musicfrom Final Fantasy 7, during the parade for Rufus. Thisis the Active Time Event called "Orchestra in the Forest".

Wait about ten seconds after dying to hear music from FinalFantasy 7.

Hint: Final Fantasy 7reference:
In the ship where Baku is asking who you are kidnapping,you can see a map behind him. It is a color version of the GlacierMap from Final Fantasy 7.

Hint: Final Fantasy Tacticsreference:
Quina's ability, Reis' Wind refers to Reis theHoly Dragon in Final Fantasy Tactics.

Hint: Final Fantasy 8reference:
The music when you fight Hades is the same as theGarden vs. Garden event in Final Fantasy 8.

After Alexandria is destroyed in Disc 3, go back in Disc 4. Thebackground music is the same when you are in Trabia (Selphie's)Garden in Final Fantasy 8.

Hint: Legend Of Legaiareference:
The names of the Ra-seru in Legend Of Legaiaappear during the game. The planet Terra is the same as Noa'sRa-seru, and the optional Boss in Chocobos Air Garden is calledOzma, the same name as Gala's Ra-seru. The one exception is Vahn'sRa-seru, which name is Meta.

Hint: Parasite Eve reference:
When you go to the Synth Shop in Lindblum, thereare two men there. One's name is Torres and the other is namedWayne. These two names are the names of the two gunsmiths in ParasiteEve.

Hint: Vagrant Story reference:
In Alexandria on Disc 3, there will occasionallybe a man walking around without a shirt, who is named Ashley.This is a reference to the main character of Vagrant Story.

Hint: Porom reference:
There is a reference of one of the twins from FinalFantasy 2 when you first visit Lindblum. When you go intothe Business District, walk near the Card Freak's house. Approachthe cart and an "!" should appear over Zidane's head.Press X and the game will refer to Porom's Action Figures.

Hint: Cereal reference:
When you go through Gizamaluke's Cavern the first time,after getting the Holy Bell from Moguta, he will ask for moreKupo Nuts, saying that he is "Kupo for Kupo Nuts", justlike Sonny is "Cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs."

Hint: Star Trek reference:
When looking for the potions to turn Cid into a humanagain, talk to the supervisor near the lazy worker. Ask aboutthe potions to get Bones McCoy's catch phrase yelled at you.

Hint: Biggs and Wedge reference:
Near the start of the game, during the play you willsee the jesters Thorn and Zorn. They are really Biggs and Wedgethat appear as different characters in other Final Fantasygames.

Hint: Fixing FMV sequence freezes:
If the game freezes while you are watching an FMV sequence,open the disc tray then close it. The game will start back upwhere the FMV sequence would have ended.

Glitch: Walk through people:
Keep on running into someone (except for people guardingan exit or unexplorable area) for two seconds to walk throughthem.