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     Version 1.60 					              8/99
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    This document is basically a walkthrough of Final Fantasy III for the
    Super Nintendo Entertainment System.  Its purpose is not neccessarily for
    cheating, but instead to provide a guide to help the player through spots
    they might be having problems with.

   CONTENTS:
      Changes In The Versions 
      The Characters
      Supporting Actors
      Walkthru
      Strategies for Fighting the Bosses
      On the Airship
      The Auction House
      Shadow's Dreams
      Hidden Chocobo Stables
      Bugs
      Near Death Attacks
      Items List
      Weapons List
      Armors List
      Relics List
      Rare Items List 
      Magic Spell List
      Espers List
      Miscellaneous Tips
      Rumors
      Game Genie codes
      Other Stuff

   Note: When dealing with items if you see a column labeled Colesseum 
         and under it you see :, it means if you bet that 
         item at the Colesseum you'll get  if you beat .  
         A * in place of : means you'll get an Elixir if you
         beat Chupon.
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               C H A N G E S   I N   T H E   V E R S I O N S
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   1.10	- A few mistakes fixed
- Some new treasures and items were found
- One new weapon found
- How to get Mog's Water Rondo dance was added
- The point system at the Banquet
- Some hps/mps/weaknesses added to the bosses that had ???? before
- Info on Shadow's dreams
   1.20 - More mistakes fixed
- Info on uncursing the Cursed Shld
- Get a Genji Glove in the Returner's Hideout
- New strategy for defeating Wrexsoul
- New Game Genie code
        - Lists for weapons and armors more complete
   1.25 - A bunch more Game Genie codes
   1.30 - More monsters added to Gau's rage list
- A couple new strategies
- A bunch of new misc. tips
- New info on Strago's Lores (MPS used and where learned)
- General new stuff in the walkthru part
   1.40 - Amount of MPS needed to use an Esper in battle
- Major mistakes fixed (mostly in Misc. tips section)
- Some of the ???? in the bosses section filled
- New RUMORS section
- General new stuff in the walkthru part
- Gau's Rage list should be more complete and spaced more correctly
- THE AUCTION HOUSE section has been better written
- New SUPPORTING ACTORS section added
- New misc. tips
- New SHADOW'S DREAMS section
- New Game Genie codes
   1.50 - A bunch of stuff added to the walkthru
- Some of the bosses stats have been added or fixed
- Poison Rod added to the list of weapons (somehow I managed to miss it)
- Magic Points needed to use Odin
- An addition to the bosses list (which ones can be killed using the
  Vanish/Doom (or X-Zone) technique)
- Additions to the Misc. Tips section
- A new section: Hidden Chocobo Stables
- More Game Genie codes
- What gives Stago which Lores is more complete
- Rare Items section is more complete
- See other flashbacks in Cyan's Dreams
- Location of all the Espers in the Esper list
- Alternate ways to do Sabin's blitz attacks
- More in the Supporting Actors section
- Should be easier to find stuff in the walkthru
- New Section: NEAR DEATH ATTACKS
- A few new boss strategies
   1.60 - Additions and changes to walkthru
- What gives Strago his Lores list is more complete
- General fixes all over
- Additions to Misc. Tips
- Info about Paladin Ring *SEE RUMORS SECTION
- New section: BUGS / with info on Relm's sketch bug
- Game Genie codes to start Terra equipped with anything
- Announcement of the MONSTERS COMPENDEUM 
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                        T H E   C H A R A C T E R S
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   Terra Branford - A mysterious young woman, controlled by the Empire, and
                    born with the gift of magic...
              Special Skill: Morph
              When Terra morphs she'll have twice as much strength.  She'll
              stay in her morphed state for a limited time.

   Locke Cole - Treasure hunter and trail-worn traveler, searching the world
                over for relics of the past...
              Special Skill : Steal  ---> Capture
              Locke can steal items from enemies.  Equipped with the Thief
              Glove he also attacks when he steals.

   Edgar Roni Figaro - The young king of Figaro Castle, ally to the Empire,
                       and a master designer of machinery...
              Special Skill: Tools
              Edgar has the ability to use the following tools:
       Tool:             Effect:                     Cost:   Colesseum:
   AutoCrossbow      Strikes multiple enemies        250         *
   NoiseBlaster      Confuse multiple enemies        500         *
   BioBlaster        Gasses multiple enemies         750         *
   Chain Saw         Randomly kills target           ---         *
   Flash             Blinds multiple enemies         1000        *
   Debilitator       Casts weak point randomly       5000        *
   Drill             Penetrates enemies defenses     3000        *
   Air Anchor        Makes enemies self-distructive  ---   ZephyrCape:Brontaur

   Sabin Rene Figaro - Edgar's twin brother, who traded the throne for his
                       own freedom...
              Special Skill: Blitz
              By doing a certain combination of button presses Sabin can
              unleash the following devistating attacks:
        UL=up & left   UR=up & right   DL=down & left   DR=down & right
        Pummel     - left, right, left
        AuraBolt   - down, DL, left
  or down, down, left
        Suplex     - X, Y, down, up
        Fire Dance - left, DL, down, DR, right
  or left, left, down, down, right
        Mantra     - R, L, R, L, X, Y
        Air Blade  - up, UR, right, DR, down, DL, left
  or up, up, right, right, down, down, left
        Spiraler   - R, L, X, Y, right, left
        Bum Rush   - left, UL, up, UR, right, DR, down ,DL, left
  or left, left, up, up, right, right, down, down, left
        
   Shadow - He owes allegiance to no one, and will do anything for money.
            He comes and goes like the wind...
              Special Skill: Throw
              Shadow can throw a variety of weapons to inflict damage.
   Celes Chere - Product of genetic enginerring, battle-hardened MagiTek
                 Knight, with a spirit as pure as snow...
              Special Skill: Runic
              Celes absorbs magic spells (yours and the enemies) and turns
              them into mps.

   Cyan Garamonde - Faithful retainer to his family's liege, with the courage
                    and strength of a hundred men...
              Special Skill: SwdTech
              Cyan can do the following 8 sword techniques:
              1 Dispatch    - Quick attack on single enemy
              2 Retort      - Automatically counterattack when hit
              3 Slash       - Absorb hps for the enemy
              4 QuadraSlam  - Four hit attack
              5 Empowerer   - Takes hps and mps from enemy
              6 Stunner     - Hits all enemies and stops them
              7 QuadraSlice - Four hit attack that's twice as strong as #4
              8 Cleave      - Cuts enemies to pieces

   Gau - Draped in monster hides, eyes shining with intelligence. A youth
         surviving against all odds...
              Special Skill: Rage
              In the Veldt Gau can leap into a group of enemies and learn 
              thier attacks.  These are the monsters he can imitate:

              Guard      Soldier      Templar      Ninja      Samurai
              Orog       Mag Roader   Retainer     Hazer      Dahling
              RainMan    Brawler      Apokryphos   DarkForce  Whisper
              Over-Mind  Osteosaur    Commander    Rhodox     Were-Rat
              Ursus      Rhinotaur    Steroidite   Leafer     StrayCat
              Lobo       Doberman     Vomammoth    Fidor      Baskervor
              Suriander  Chimera      Behemoth     Mesosaur   Pterodon
              FossilFang White Drgn   Doom Drgn    Brachosaur Tyranosaur
              Dark Wind  Beakor       Vulture      Harpy      Hermit Crab
              Trapper    Hornet       Crasshoppr   Delta Bug  Gilomantis
              Trilium    NightShade   Tumbleweed   Bloompire  Trilobiter
                         Nautiloid    Exocite      Anguiform  Reach Frog
              Lizard     ChickenLip   Hoover	   Rider
              Pipsqueak  M-TekArmor   Sky Armor    Telstar    Lethal Wpn
              Vaporite   Flan         Ing          Humpty     Brainpan
              Cruller    Cactrot      Repo Man     Harvester  Bomb
              StillLife  Boxed Set    SlamDancer   HadesGigas Pug
              Magic Urn  Mover        Figaliz      Buffalax   Aspik
              Ghost      Crawler      Sand Ray     Areneid    Actaneon
              Sand Horse Dark Side    Mad Oscar    Crawly     Bleary
              Marshal    Trooper      General      Covert     Ogor
              Warlock    Madam        Joker        Iron Fist  Goblin   
         Apparite   PowerDemon   Displayer    Vector Pup Peepers  
         Sewer Rat  Slatter      Rhinox       Rhobite    Wild Cat                     Red Fang   BountyMan    Tusker       Ralph      Chitonid
         Wart Puck  Rhyos        SrBehemoth   Vectaur    Wyvern     
         Zombone    Dragon       Brontaur     Allosaurus Cirpius
         Sprinter   Gobbler      Harpai       Gloomshell Drop 
              MindCandy  WeedFeeder   Luridan      ToeCutter  Over Grunk 
         Exoray     Crusher      Uroburos     Primordite Sky Cap  
         Cephaler   Maliga       GiganToad    Geckorex   Cluck
         Land Worm  Test Rider   PlutoArmor   Tomb Thumb HeavyArmor
         Chaser     Scullion     Poplium      Intangir   Misfit       
         Eland      Enuo         Deep Eye     GreaseMonk NeckHunter   
         Grenade    Critic       Pan Dora     SoulDancer Gigantos 
              MagRoader  Spek Tor     Parasite     EarthGuard Coelecite    
         Anemone    Hipocampus   Spectre      Evil Oscar Slurm        
         Latimeria  StillGoing 		   Phase      Outsider
              Barb-e     ParaSoul     Pm Stalker   Hemophyte  Sp Forces
              Nohrabbit  Wizard       Scrapper     Ceritops   Commando
              Opinicus   Poppers      Lunaris      Garm       Vindr
              Kiwok      Nastidon     Rinn         Insecare   Vermin
              Mantodea   Bogy         Prussian     Black Drgn Adamanchyt
              Dante      Wirey Drgn   Dueller      Psychot    Muus
              Karkass    Punisher     Balloon      Gabbldegak GtBehemoth   
         Scorpion   ChaosDrgn    Spit Fire    Vectagoyle Lich
              Osprey     MagRoader    Bug          Sea Flower Fortis 
              Abolisher  Aquila       Junk	   Mandrake   1st Class
              Tap Dancer Necromancr   Borras       MagRoader  Wild Rat  
              Gold Bear  Innoc        Trixter      Red Wolf   Didalos
              Woolly     Veteran      Sky Base     IronHitman Io

NOTE: I'm pretty sure the missing spaces are Allo Ver, Pugs,
      and ProtoArmor even though you can't get the last two
      can't be used (or don't even show up on the list).

   Setzer Gabbiani - A black jack-playing, world-traveling, casino-dwelling
                     free spirt...
              Special Skill: Slot ---> GP Rain
              Setzer's special skill involves a slot machine.  Certain
              combinations will win you attacks.  Equipped with the Coin Toss
              Setzer's Slot turns intp GP Rain, which cost as many GPs as
              damage done.  Winning slots are:
              All 7s           - defeat to enemy party
              Two 7s and a BAR - defeat to both the enemy party and your party
              Any losing spin  - some hps and status recovery
              All AIRSHIPs     - hyrogen bomb attack
              All BARs         - random Esper attack
              All CHOCOBOs     - flock of Chocobos attack
              All GREY BIRDs   - similar to Flare spell
              All DIAMONDs     - blast of light attack

   Mog - Human-loving, fast-talking, street-smart, SLAM-dancing...Moogle...
              Special Skill: Dance
              Mog learns dances in different areas of the world.  Each dance
              has a variety of effects. 
   Dance:          Where learned:       Effects:
   Wind Song       Grass fields         Wind Slash, Sun Bath, Plasma, Cockatrice
   Forest Suite    Woods                Rage, Wild Bear, Elf Fire, Wombat
   Desert Aria     Desert regions       Sand Storm, Wind Slash, Antlion, Kitty
   Love Sonata     Towns                Elf Fire, Snare, Specter, Tapir
   Earth Blues     Mountains            Land Slide, Sun Bath, Sonic Boom, Whump
   Water Rondo     Underwater           El Nino, Specter, Plasma, Wild Bear
   Dusk Requiem    Caves                Cave In, Elf Fire, Snare, Pois. Frog
   Snowman Jazz    Snow fields          Snowball, Snare, Surge, Ice Rabbit

   Strago Magus - An elderly gentleman, pure of heart, and learned in the
                  ways of monsters...
              Special Skill: Lore
              Strago can use an attack of a monster when he has experienced
              its effects.  The attacks he learns are:
LORE:	    MPS:  WHAT IT DOES:			LEARNED FROM: 
Aqua Rake   22	  water elemental attack        Chimera,Rhyos,Vectagoyle,
   Anguiform,Darkforce
Stone       22    Damages and confuses target   Brawler,Iron Fist,Poppers,
  Guardian,1st Class,Darkforce
Aero        41    wind attack                   DoomGaze,Sprinter,Tyranosaur,
Harpy,Darkforce
Dischord    68    drops targets level by 1/2    Pipsquek,Figaliz,Iron Hitman,
  Chaser,Scullion,Crawler,
Darkforce
Quasar      50    pierces enemy defenses	Goddess,Dark Force
Sour Mouth  32    cures status changes in party Mad Oscar,Evil Oscar,Darkforce
Grand Train 64    damaging attack               Hidon
Condemned   20    countdown to doom             Veteran,Critic,Still Life,
Dark Force
Roulette    10    round 'n round it goes...     Dark Force,Veteran,Critic,
Pipsqueak
Exploder    1     big damage                    Bomb,Grenade,Balloon,Junk,
 Scullion,Pipsqueak,DarkForce
Clean Sweep 30    water elemental attack        Enuo,Blue Drgn,Dark Force
Rippler     66    trade status with enemy       Dark Force
Blow Fish   50    1000 points of damage         Brain Pan,Phase,Cactrot,
   Presenter,Mover,Dark Force
Force Field 24    barrier against offenses      Doom,Dark Force
Step Mine   22    gradual damage                Pug,Mesosaur,Grease Monk,
Crawler,Master Pug,
Tomb Thumb,Brachosaur,
Dark Force
Pearl Wind  45    recovery                      Peepers,Vectaur,Dark Force,Ogor
Big Guard   80    casts Safe and Shell          Mover,Dark Force,Earth Guard
Pep Up      1     cures one character at the    Flan,Muus,Junk,Intangir,
    expense of Strago's life		Dark Force
Reflect???  0     effects relate to status 	Dark Force
Revenge     31    equalizing blow               Dragon,Pan Dora,Dark Force,
Gigantos,Borras
L.3 Muddle  28    confuses targets with levels  Apokryphos,Goblin,Dark Force,
    at a multiple of 3				Dante
L.4 Flare   42    targets with levels at a      Apokryphos,Goblin,Dueller,
    multiple of 4 get hit              Trapper,Dark Force
L.5 Doom    22    targets with levels at a      Sky Base,Didalos,Dark Force,
    multiple of 5 die				Goblin,Trapper
L? Pearl    50    multiple factor is last       Dullahan,Critic,Dark Force,
    digit of GP total				Innoc

   Relm Arrowny - In her pictures she captures everything: forests, water,
                  light... the very essence of life...
              Special Skill: Sketch ---> Control
              Relm can draw an enemy and then have her drawings attack.
              Wearing the FakeMustache she can control enemies.

   Umaro - Admirer of bone-carvings, as strong as a gigas, a sasquatch pal
           with muscle!
              Special Skill: Storm, Rage
              Umaro does what every he wants.  But if you equip him with the
              Blizzard Orb he can cause an ice storm. If equipped with the
      Rage Ring he can pick up another character and throw them at
      the enemy for a lot of damage.

   Gogo - Shrouded in odd clothing,... is this a man...?...a woman...?...or
          should we ask...?
              Special Skill: Mimic
              The only thing Gogo can do is mimic the last person to attack.
              If they attacked, Gogo attacks.  If they cast a spell, Gogo
              casts the same spell.  If they use an item, Gogo uses that 
              item too.  He'll even dance if Mog dances before him.
      Gogo can also do ANY of the other character's attacks by going
      to the status screen and filling the empty slots under "Mimic".
      (Move the pointer down to an empty slot and press A).

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     S U P P O R T I N G   A C T O R S
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   This section contains characters that you can control at certain points
   in the game but aren't actually main characters.

Vicks and Wedge - MagiTekArmor wearing Imperial soldiers sent out
  with Terra to find the frozen Esper.
Special skill: MagiTek
    The two soldiers can use the armor they are wearing to send out
    powerful beams to destory their enemies.  These beams include a
    fire beam, an ice beam, and a bolt beam.  They also have the
    ability to heal using Heal Force.

The Moogles - a bunch a little cute white puff balls :) that help
     Locke protect Terra from the Imperial soldiers.
Special skill: none
    The Moogles even have names.  They are Kupek, Kupop, Kumama,
    Kuku, Kutan, Kupan, Kushu, Kurin, Kuru, and Kamog.  They
    all use different weapons to attack.

Banon - Leader of the returners.
Special skill: Health
    Banon's skill allows him to heal everyone in the party.

Ghost - a lost soul on its way to the other side.
Special skill: Possess
    The ghost has the ability to possess a monster.  If it's successful
    both the monster and the ghost will disappear.

General Leo - an Imperial general who sees what the Empire has been
      doing is wrong and decides to do something about it.
Special skill: Shock
    Leo's shock attack does massive damage on his oppenent.

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                              W A L K T H R U
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   This walkthru is exactly that, a walkthru.  It takes the player through 
   every location in the game, in the best order to go through them.  The 
   numbers before each location corresponds to the numbers on the maps that
   come with the game.
  - The World of Balance -
(1) Mines of Narshe
    Party: Vicks, Wedge, ????? (Terra)
    BOSS: Whelk
After fighting Whelk you come to the frozen Esper.  You'll go into
a fight sequence where Vicks and Wedge get blown away leaving Terra.

(1) Arvis' House
    Items: Search the clock for an Elixir
Terra wakes up back in Narshe where a man removes the slave crown.
Terra can't remember anything.  The Imperial guards come and Terra
is forced to escape thru the back door of the house and run back to
the mines.

(1) Mines
    Party: Terra, Locke
    Chests: Fenix Down, Sleeping Bag
    BOSS: Marshal
    Additional items: You can take Mog's Mithril Shld and Mithril Pike
After entering the mines, Terra walks a little ways and is spotted
by the guards.  She is cornered and the the floor gives out and she
falls.  There is a flashback where Terra remembers some stuff.  The
scene shifts back to Arvis' House where Locke is introduced.  Locke
finds Terra and the guards find them both.  Moogles come and offer
to help.  Three Moogles (Kupek, Kupop, Kumama) form a group with	
Locke plus there are two other groups with four Moogles each (Mog,
Kuku, Kutan, Kupan and Kushu, Kurin, Kuru, Kamog).  You can control
each of the groups, the object is to stop the guards from reaching
Terra and defeating the commander.  Before defeating the commander
switch to the party Mog is in and remove his shield and pike (Locke
can use the shield and the pike can be used by Edgar who you'll get
shortly), after all Mog won't be needing them for quite a while and 
by then you'll be able to equip him with other stuff.  After defeating
the commander, Locke grabs Terra and takes off through the mines.  He 
comes to a switch and pulls it, opening a secret passage.  Remember 
where this passage is, you'll need it later.  You are now outside 
Narshe.  You can't enter the main part of town but you can enter the 
classroom.

(1) Classroom
    Party: Terra, Locke
    Points of interest: A bucket of recovery water (recovers hps and mps)
                        A save spot
    Chests: Monster-in-a-box, Sleeping Bag, Tonic
    Items: Search a pot for Tincture
Besides getting the stuff in the chests and the pot, the classroom
is basically there to tell you stuff about the game: how to do this
and where to do that, most of which is in the instruction book.

(2) Figaro
    Party: Terra, Locke, Edgar
    Points of interest: Item shop, Tool Shop
    Chests: Fenix Down, Soft, Tonic, Antidote
    BOSS: M-TekArmor
After heading south from Narshe, you come to the desert castle of
Figaro.  Upon entering the castle go straight ahead to the throne
room.  Here Edgar is introduced.  You are now free to explore the
castle.  If you talk to the Matron (in the left tower) she will tell
you about Sabin, who you'll meet later.  After talking the Matron
return to the throne room and talk to Edgar again.  One of Edgar's
guards comes in and informs him that Kefka is approaching the castle.  
As Edgar, talk to Kefka's guards and then Kefka himself.  After they're 
done talking walk up to where Locke is waiting.  Edgar decides to
protect Terra.  Now, as Terra, follow Locke to 'your' room.  Kefka
comes back and sets fire to Figaro.  Talk to the guards (Beavis and 
Butthead ?) and then talk to Kefka.  Go up and talk to the guard there.
  	Your party escapes and Figaro enters submerge mode.  After fighting 
the M-TekArmor, go south to the Cave of Figaro.  If Terra uses 
magic during the fight with the M-TekArmor you'll see a little scene. 

(3) Cave of Figaro
    Party: Terra, Locke, Edgar
    Points of interest: the pond with the turtle is a recovery spring
    Chests: 2 tinctures, Fenix Down (Before you get Celes)
    Thunder Rod, Tincture, X-Potion (After you get Celes)
Wait until after you get Celes to get the treasures for different stuff.

(4) South Figaro
    Chests: 500 GP, 1000 GP, 1500 GP, Green Cherry
    Items: search barrel to left of Chocobo stable for Tonic
   search barrel to right of rich guy's house for Fenix Down
   search barrel above and behind Chocobo stable for Warp Stone
(or Fenix Down if you wait until World of Ruin)
   search box in lower left section of town for Eyedrop
(or Elixir if you wait until World of Ruin)
   search barrel in lower left section of town for Antidote
(or Tent if you wait until World of Ruin)
   search box in lower left section of town for Soft
(or Remedy if you wait until World of Ruin)
   search barrel between Armor & Weapon shops for Tonic
(or X-Potion if you wait until World of Ruin)
At the Cafe, Shadow is introduced, you'll be seeing him later.  At
the Relic Shop, buy a pair of Sprint Shoes (unless you like going 
slow), one pair is enough for the entire party.  Check behind the
Chocobo stables for a Green Cherry.  At the house north
of the Inn check behind the bookcase in the room with a draft to find
a secret passage.  Nothing but money down there right now but later
you'll need to know about it.  After getting equipped go to the 
Chocobo Stables and pay the 80 GP (unless you want to fight to your
next location).  It's not very far but riding the Chocobo is fun :)

(5) Sabin's Cabin
    Items: search the bucket next to the stove for a Tonic
    Points of interest: you can catch some Z's in any of the beds

(6) Mt. Kolts
    Chests: Guardian,Atlas Armlet,2 Tents
    BOSS: Vargas
The path is straight forward.  At the end you reach Vargas.  After
a bit of fighting with Vargas, Sabin will come.  Vargas will blow the
others away and Sabin will have to fight alone.  Sabin joins you after
Vargas is finished.

(7) Returner's Hideout
    Party: Terra, Locke, Edgar, Sabin
    Chests: Fenix Down, Air Lancet, True Knight, Potion, White Cape
    Items: search a bucket for Antidote
           search a pot for Tincture
   search a pot for Green Cherry
   search the top of the table for a piece of paper (purpose ?)
    Additional items: You can either get a Genji Glove or a Gauntlet
After entering, follow the guard to Banon's room.  After talking to
Banon talk to everyone and get everything (including the White Cape
that is in a secret passage on the right side of the 'storage room'),
then go out of the hideout where Banon will be waiting. First, tell him 
"no" then go back inside and the man in the 'storage room' will give
you a Genji Glove.  If you say "no" to Banon 3 times and you'll skip 
the part where everyone's at the table and one of the guards will give 
you a Genji Glove (if you didn't already get the one from the guy
in the store room).  If you go to Banon and tell him you will become
there last ray of hope he will give you Gauntlet (if you haven't already
gotten the Genji Glove from the guy in the store room). Locke will split
to scope out South Figaro after the Empire invades.  Banon joins you
and you head for the raft on the Lete River.

    Lete River
    BOSS: Ultros
If Banon dies the game is over, so protect him.  There are several
save spots along the way, these spots are also the only places you
can access the subscreen.  Do whatever you need to before jumping
back on the raft.  Toward the end of the raft ride you reach Ultros
the octopus.  After the fight, Sabin jumps in after Ultros and is
swept down river. 

    The game now gives you a choice of three scenerios.  One with Terra, Edgar
    and Banon, one with Locke, and the last one with Sabin.  You can do these
    in any order you want, it doesn't matter what order you pick.  However,
    if you do Terra, Edgar, and Banon's before Sabin's then Shadow will stay
    longer.
--TERRA, EDGAR, and BANON scenerio--
    Lete River continued
    Party: Terra, Edgar, Banon
The trio continue the raft ride on the Lete River.  Again, make sure
Banin doesn't kick the bucket or you games over.  At the end of the
ride you find yourself a little east of Narshe, which is where you
want to go.

(1) Narshe/Mines
    Chest: Rune Edge [in mines] (if you don't get this chest until the World
of Ruin it'll become a Ribbon)
The guards won't let you in thru the main entrance so you'll have to
find another way in.  Remember the secret entrance Locke showed you?
That's the way in.  You're now in the mines.  Go a little ways and 
you come to a follow-the-light-maze.  If you make a mistake all you
need to do is press the A button when the yellow light is in front
of you.  If you miss it you'll have to fight some enemies and 
then you'll have to start at the beginning of the maze again.
The correct way thru is:
                               E---|                  * = rocks
                               *   |   *              S = Start
                             |---| |------|           E = Exit
                           * | * |     *  |       | & - = Correct path
                         |---|   |        |
                         | *   * |     *  |
                         |-----S |--------|
Once you get past this maze you can reach a cave of Moogles (and a
chest containing a Rune Edge or Ribbon if you wait) by going slightly 
out of your way. Remember where this cave is because later in the game 
Mog will join you here).  Once you get out of the mines you will be back
in Arvis' House where you started.  You will talk a bit with
Arvis and then the scenerio will end.
--LOCKE's scenerio--
(4) South Figaro
    Party: Locke
    Chest: Hyperwrist, RunningShoes
    Items: Check the clock you see when you first come out of the secret 
passage for an Elixir
   Check a pail in the old man-who-wants-cider's house for Tonic
    Additional items: Cider is located here (Rare item)
      Old Clock-Key is located here (Rare item)
First of all, DO NOT talk the guards in MagiTek armor (unless of
course you have a death wish :)  Oh, and don't forget to equip your
stuff.  Go to the Item shop and talk to the merchant next to the clock.
This will start a fight.  Use Locke's Steal command and you'll steal
the clothes right off him.  Dressed as a merchant, enter the house
to the south of the Item Shop and go down stairs.  The kid will only
allow you to pass if your dresses as a merchant.  Now go up onto the
perimeter wall and talk to the green suited guard.  Steal his clothes.
Go towards the center of town where you'll find three guards (one
guarding the door to the rich guy's house, one in MagiTek armor, and
one guarding the path to the rest of the town).  Talk to the bottom
guards.  Enter the Cafe and go downstairs.  Steal the merchant's 
clothes. You'll also get Cider.  Go back to the house with the kid
and go upstairs.  Talk to the old man at the desk.  Go back down
stairs and give the password ("Courage") to the kid.  He'll open up
a secret passage for you.  Go to the upstairs of the house and into
the first room.  Walk behind the bookcase to find a stairway.  Go all
the way down and follow the hall.  After you are asked about changing
clothes (doesn't matter if you do), go straight down into the
wall (there is a stairway there):
----------------|                    | & - = wall
                --------------| |                        / = door
                |-------------| |--/--/--/-|             ^ = walk into the
                |                          |                 wall here to
                |--------------------------|                 find a room
                               ^                             with a Hyper-
                                                             wrist and Running
     Shoes
If you are wearing the merchant's clothes or your normal clothes you'll
hide in the rafters.  If you're wearing the soldier's uniform you
stand next to the door and salute, and then when you rescue Celes she
says something close to what Princess Liea said in Star Wars when
Luke rescued her on the Death Star (replace soldier with Stormtrooper).
After dropping from the rafters, enter the open door.  Remove Celes'
chains.  Talk to the sleeping guard and take the clock key.  The 
second door is a save spot and the third is where you want to go.
Go to the clock in the far back and check it.  Wind the clock to 
open a secret passage.

(4) Secret Passage
    Party: Locke, Celes
    Chests: Iron Armour, Heavy Shld, RegalCutlass, X-Potion, Ribbon, 
Ether, Earrings
    BOSS: TunnlArmr
In the secret passage there is a spot that you can push on the left
wall to reach a stairway leading down to a X-Potion, a Ribbon, and
and Ether.  Once you make it out of the secret passage you'll be in a 
spot where all you need to do is leave the town.  Go west to the Cave
of Figaro.  You've been here before, just go back out the way you came 
in.  Don't forget the pond with the turtle is a recovery spring.  As
you are about to exit the cave TunnelArmr attacks.  Defeating TunnelArmr
will end this scenerio.

--SABIN's scenerio--
    Hut (Gau's father's house)
    Party: Sabin, Shadow
Enter the hut just east of where you start.  Quickly talk to the guy
on the Chocobo.  He sells lots of stuff.  Next talk to Shadow and 
he'll join you.  Go east a bit then south until you come to a bridge.
This is the Imperial camp.

(9) Imperial Camp
    Party: Sabin, Shadow
Your group hides and overhears the plans to storm Doma Castle.

(10)Doma Castle
    Party: Cyan
    BOSS: Leader
You can kill the soldiers on either side of the leader pretty easily
but just kill the leader and get it over with.

(9) Imperial Camp
    Party: Sabin, Shadow
    Chest: Star Pendant, Monster-in-a-box(Telstar), MithrilGlove,BarrierRing
In the left tent there is a chest.  Kicking it brings the dogs, which
you have to fight, and hitting it brings a sentry which you fool by
meowing.  Inside is a Star Pendant.  There's a little bit of story
about Kefka poisoning Doma and you decide to try and stop him.  After 
the first time you chase him, instead of talking to him, explore the 
camp for more treasures.  You fight and chase him around for a bit but 
are stopped by some soldiers.  While fighting them, Kefka poisons Doma.
 	After showing a bunch of soldiers die of poison in Doma Castle you 
control Cyan.  Go to the throne room.  After the King dies go to the 
room east of the throne room.  Cyan's family dies.  Scene cuts back to 
the Imperial Camp where Cyan joins Sabin and Shadow.  Escape the camp. 
After leaving the camp go south to the forest.

(11) Phantom Forest
     Party: Sabin, Shadow, Cyan
     Points of interest: after the first stretch of forest you go up, the pond
right in front of you is a recovery spring.
At the end of the forest you'll come to the Phantom Train.  If you
haven't done Terra, Edgar, and Banon's scenerio yet, then Shadow
will leave you somewhere in the Forest.

(11) Phantom Train
     Chests: Earrings, Monster-in-a-box(Specter), 2 Fenix Downs, Sniper Sight
     BOSS: Ghost Train
Caboose: Upon enter the train go right to find the caboose.  Talk to
 the ghost and you can have him join you (if you use its
 POSSESS command, and it works, you'll lose it).  Also in the
 caboose is a guy who'll tell you about the train, and a save
 spot.
Car 1 & 2: In the first two cars there are a bunch of ghosts. These
   ghosts will either try to join you, attack you, or sell
   you stuff (Item Shop).  The rest of the ghosts in the 
   train will do the same things.
Car 3: Upon entering a ghost comes and blocks the door behind you.
       You have to kill the ghost to leave.  Once back out, climb
       to the top of the car and you'll jump across to the next car
       and then again to car 5.
Car 5: Enter the car and pull the switch to detach the rear cars.
       Pull it again to open the wall up so you can continue.
Car 6: Sit at the center table and the ghost will serve you (this
       replenishes your stats).  After sitting down the first time
       sit down again with different members at the head of your 
       party to see different sequences (For instance, Shadow will
       get up and feed Interceptor).
Car 7: 1st room: Siegfried attacks as you approach the chest.  After
 defeating him, he grabs the contents of the chest
 	 and runs.
Car 8: 2nd room: four chests.
After car 8 your ghost companion leaves.
Car 9: save spot
Engine: Pull the 1st and 3rd switches on the inside then go out and
pull the switch on the smoke stack.  The Ghost Train now
attacks.  After showing the people of Doma enter the train
you are on the other side of the Phantom Forest.  Go to the
mountain pass to the east.

(12)Barren Falls
Here Shadow leaves the party (if he hasn't already).  Jump off the
edge of the cliff.  You have to fight Piranha and a Rizopas as you
fall.

(13)The Veldt
    Party: Sabin, Cyan
        After landing you awake to find Gau stading next to you.  He runs when
you speak to him.  Until you have Dried Meat just attack Gau if you
meet him.  Go east to the town of Mobliz.

(14)Mobliz
    Items: search the clock in the messenger's house for Elixir
    Additional items: You can get a Tintinabar here
Buy at least one Dried Meat at the item shop.  Talk to the injured
lad from Maranda.  After talking to him you can send a message to his
girlfriend at the messenger's house.  It costs 500 GP.  You can sleep
in the bed at the back of the Relic Shop so no need to spend money
at the Inn.  After talking to the Relic Shop keeper go back to the
injured lad, another letter has arrived.  For another 500 GP you can 
send a record for the injured lad.  Talk to the Relic Shop keeper 
again, return to the lad for another letter, send a Tonic for another 
500 GP, talk to the Relic Shop keeper, etc.  Keep doing this and
eventually the injured lad will reward you with a Tintinabar for all
your help.  Now leave town and go find Gau.

(13)The Veldt
When you see Gau use Dried Meat on him and he'll join you.  Once you
have Gau and have advance his Rage skills as much as you want, go to
the cave in Cresent Mountain.

(15)Cresent Mountain
    Party: Sabin, Cyan, Gau
    Additional items: Exploring the cave Gau will find a Tonic for you
By taking Gau around inside the cave he'll find stuff.  On the little
platform to the left of the entrance he'll find Tonic.  On the 
platform at the top left part of the cave Gau will pretend to have
found something. Sabin will walk over and Gau will scare him, causing
him to lose his pouch with 500 GP in it.  Finally at the end of the
cave he'll find his treasure, a diving suit helmet.  After you jump
in you'll be in the "Serpent's Trench."

    Serpent's Trench
    Chests: X-Potion, Green Baret
There are spots in the trench where you can pick a direction.  The
following table shows what directions do what:
                           START             
                        /          \
LEFT                   RIGHT
               /    \                    |
            LEFT   RIGHT               CAVE 1
             |       |                /      \  
            OUT    CAVE 2          LEFT     RIGHT
                     |              |         |
                    OUT            OUT      CAVE 2
                                              |
                                             OUT
As you can see taking two lefts is the fastest way out but taking two
rights will get you all the treasure.  Anyway you go you come out
of the trench at Nikeah.

(16)Nikeah
    Items: check the clock in the Inn for Elixir
Besides the Elixir in the Inn, there really isn't much here.  Go back
to the guy on the boat and hop aboard.  End of Scenerio.

(1) Hills of Narshe
    Party: Terra, Locke, Edgar, Sabin, Gau, Celes, Cyan
    BOSS: Kefka
You'll fight in 3 groups.  You have to defeat Kefka before his troops
reach Banon.  Your best bet is probably to take out all the soldiers
then you can keep trying Kefka until you beat him.  Or you can make
a party of four characters (with 2 and 1 in the other ones) and go
straight for Kefka.  If done right you can dodge all the soldiers and
get to Kefka before they are even halfway to Banon.  After the fight
Terra will morph because of the Esper and fly away.
--IN SEARCH OF TERRA--
(1) Narshe
    Party: Pick four (3 if you want Shadow to join you a bit later) out of
Locke, Cyan, Edgar, Sabin, Celes, or Gau
    Items: Check the clock in the Elder's house for Elixir
    Chests: Wall Ring, Sneak Ring, Hyperwrist, ThiefKnife, Earrings, 5000 GP
You can sleep in the bed in the back room of the Weapon Shop.  If
you go north to the mines and look at the little black hole to the
upper right of the entrance you'll see Umaro the sasquatch (he'll
join you later). Upon exiting fo to Figaro (its in the same spot it
was before).

(2) Figaro
Enter the castle and go down the stairs to you left.  Talk to the guy
and he'll take you (and the rest of Figaro Castle) past the mountains
to a point near Kohlingen (your next destination). Just exit Figaro
and go north.  If you have both Edgar and Sabin in your party you'll
learn more about their past if you go to the spot where you can sleep.
If you enter the main part of Figaro and shop put Edgar at the head of
your party and the shopkeepers will give you a 50% discount.

(17)Kohlingen
    Chests: Green Beret
    Items: Check the clock in Rachel's house for Elixir
Shadow is in the Cafe.  If you have less than 4 in you party he'll
join you for 3000 GP.  If you have 4 and you want him to join you
go back to Figaro and have the guy in the basement return Figaro back
to where it was.  Then go back to Narshe and talk to one of your 
companions.  Change your party so it only has three members.  Now
come back to Kohlingen the way you did before.  If you have Locke and
go to the house in the top left corner you'll see a flashback telling
why Locke is so keen on keeping his word about protecting Terra and
Celes.  The house on the top right will also show a flashback if you
have Locke and if you go behind the house and push down you'll find
a back entrance to this house which leads to a chest.  From 
Kohlingen go south to Jidoor or you can go northwest to a hut where 
you'll find a Hero Ring in a pot then go south to Jidoor.

(18)Jidoor
    Items: in the very top house check a pot for Tincture
From here head north (on the right side of the mountains) to Zozo.
Take a Chocobo for a faster trip.  Just follow the light green strip
of grass.

(19)Zozo
    Chests: Tincture, Chain Saw, Tonic, ThiefGlove, FireKnuckle, RunningShoes, 
   		X-Potion
    Items: check a pot in the far left building for Tincture and another pot
for Potion
    BOSS: Dadaluma
    Espers: Ramuh, Stray, Siren, Kirin
In the builind marked Inn there is a clock you are supposed to reset.
The correct time is 6:10:50.  Setting the clock open a secret passage
where a chest containing a Chain Saw is.  The builing marked as
Armor Shop has a chest with a Tonic.  Go to the builind marked as the
Relic Shop.  Go up as far as you can and you'll find a chest with the
ThiefGlove.  From there go back down to the floor with the doorless
doorway (just below the guy jumping from window to window).  Push
over against the window and you'll jump across.  Keep going up, jumping
from building to building where need be, and evetually you'll reach
Terra.  Before you reach Terra you'll have to near Dadaluma.  After
reaching Terra you'll get 4 Espers: Ramuh, Stray, Siren, and Kirin.
There are also two chests on each side of this room.  Once your done
go down and talk to one of your other three companions that just 
arrived.  Everyone goes back down the building and you find yourself
back at the entrance of Zozo where your party will break up into two
groups: one consists of Celes, Locke, and two others of your choice.
Shadow splits again so you can't choose him.  This group is the one
you'll control to get to your next destination.  The other two
companions will return to Narshe.  Next stop: Jidoor again.

(18)Jidoor
Go to the big house at the far north of town.  Here you'll find the
director of the Opera.  As he leaves he drops a letter.  Read it and
you find out about Setzer, the wandering gambler who owns an airship
(which you nee).  From Jidoor go south to the Opera House (taking a
Chocobo makes the trip much faster).

(20)Opera House
    BOSS: Ultros
Celes looks like the opera singer Maria, so she takes her place in
order to get to Setzer.  As Celes you have to sing the right parts
of the song (the full song is printed in the book of Celes' dressing
room).  The correct parts are:
Oh, my hero...
I'm the darkness...
Must I...
If you sing the wrong part you'll get kicked out of the opera house.
Re-enter and the director will let you try again.  You only get four
tries to get it right before it's game over.  Once you get it right,
keep talking to the guy who comes out.  Then when he disappears grab
the flowers then go up to th platform on the top floor.  If you take
too much time doing any of this you'll get kicked out again and will
have to start over from the beginning of the singing part again. 
Take Locke and read the letter in the dressing room.  Now return to
the balcony and talk to Impressario.  Once Ultros shows himself on
the girders with a 4 ton weight poised over Celes' head, you'll have
5 minutes to get to him. First you have to go northeast where you'll
 	find a guy who tells you to pull the far right switch, do this then
return to Impressario and go to the northwest side of the balcony 
where you'll find your way onto the girders.  Navigate the girders
and make it to Ultros.  When you're done Setzer will come and grab
Celes.  After some convincing (with a nice double-headed coin)
Setzer will take you to your next destination in his airship.
(For more about the airship, see ON THE AIRSHIP).

(21)Albrook
    Items: Search the clock in the Cafe for Elixir
   Pot in weapon shop has Tincture
   Search barrel next to the Inn for Potion
   Search box on right side of docks for Warp Stone
From Albrook head north past Vector and on up to the town of Tzen.
(Going to Tzen and Maranda is not mandatory, you can go directly to
Vector).

(22)Tzen
Nothing here but some info and some decent weapons and armor.  From
here go southweat to Maranda.

(23)Maranda
    Items: Search box to left of entrance of town for Revivify
   Search box on right side of town for Remedy
The house in the top right corner is the house of the girl you were
sending stuff to for that injured lad.  Next stop Vector.

(24)Vector
 	The Inn says it free but sometimes when you're sleeping the keeper
will steal 1000 GP.  In the skinny house there is an old woman asking
if you pledge alligence to the Empire.  Answer "no" and two guards
attack you. When you beat them and talk to the woman again she'll
heal you.  Don't talk to any of the guards or you'll be attacked and
sent back to the entrance.  If you go north to the Imperial Castle
you'll get attacked by Guardian.  Run from it.  To the right of
the Inn there is a guy hiding behind a box.  Talk to him.  Notice
where he moves to.  When he distracts the guards go to that spot and
push on the box.  Now go north and you'll be at the MagiTek Factory.

(24)MagiTek Factory 
    Chests: Flame Sabre, Tincture, X-Potion, ThunderBlade, Remedy, Zephyr Cape,
      DragoonBoots, Tent, Gold Helmet,Gold Shld,Gold Armor, Break Blade
    BOSS: Ifrit, Shiva, Number 024, Number 128, Cranes
    Espers: Ifrit, Shiva, Unicorn, Maduin, Shoat, Phantom Carbunkl, Bismark
Go down the stairs and go to where the little hook is moving back and
forth.  Push A to jump onto it.  Get the chest and the jump back 
across.  Now go right and enter the second little pipe that is to the
right of the stairs.  Grab the chest then climb back thru the pipe 
and enter the first pipe.  Grab the treasure and go across the conveyer
belt for another two treasures.  Now get on the conveyer belt to go
down a level.  Down here you'll find 5 chests: one on the left side,
one on the right side, one through a door just to the left of
where you entered, one at the bottom (you can see it when you go 
down on from where you entered but you have to go around and underneath
to get it), and one in a small room to the east of the room with the
gold helmet in it.  On the right wall there is a spot where you can
go between two walls to enter a pipe which leads to 2 more chests.
When you're ready step onto the conveyer belt to the right of where the 
last belt dropped you off.  You'll see Kefka push a couple of Espers 
onto a conveyer belt.  When you can move, follow the Espers.  Go over 
and talk to the Esper on the left.  You'll now have to fight Ifrit and 
Shiva.  They'll give you their powers as magicite when you defeat them.
        Now, entering the left door you'll find a save spot.  The right 
door is the way out.  After you go up a bunch of stairs you'll come to 
a hall with the Esper holding tanks in them.  There is a hidden chest
in this room.  Go to the far left end of the hall.  Now go down nect
to the holding tank and search around.  You'll find the Break Blade.
  	After the hall you'll reach the exit with Number 024 blocking it.
After you beat Number 024 you'll enter a room with Espers floating
in tanks.  Go to the far north wall and press the switch.  You'll
get the Espers: Unicorn, Maduin, Shoat, Phantom, Carbunkl, and 
Bismark.  Kefka comes out and Celes zaps herself, Kefka, and his
guards away.  Follow Cid. Talk to Cid. Ride the rails.  At the end
of the mine cart ride you'll have to fight Number 128.  You'll now
be back in town.  Follow the rails and you'll be back in the main
part of town where Setzer will come and get you.  As you attempt
to get away in the airship you'll be attacked by 2 Cranes.  Once
you defeat the cranes, you'll go back to Zozo automatically.

(19)Zozo
You'll automatically be in Terra's room.  A magicite will glow and
Terra will remember.  You now control Maduin, the Esper and Terra's
father, in the Esper's world.  This part is fairly straightforward.
After the flashback you'll be in control of the airship.  You can go
where ever you want now.  Narshe is your next destination.

(1) Narshe
    Points of interest: New stuff in the weapon  and armor shops
As you enter a guard will appear and take you to Banon.  From here
go to the house with the locked treasure chest.  You'll find Lone Wolf
the pickpocket.  He escapes and the chest is empty.  Follow him north
to the mines.  If you keep following you'll eventually reach him up
where the Esper in ice is.  He's holding a Moogle hostage.  Just hold
still for a bit and the Moogle will escape.  Now you have a choice:
go over and talk to the Moogle and he joins your party and Lone Wolf
drops over the cliff, OR talk to Lone Wolf and you'll get Gold HairPin
and the both Lone Wolf and Mog drops over the cliff.  Now return to
town, do whatever shopping you want and go to the airship.

     Getting Mog's Water Rondo Dance
     Espers: Golem, Zoneseek
There are 3 different ways to get Mog's water rondo.  For all of them
you need Mog in your party (DUH! :). So, add Mog to your party and...
METHOD 1: return to Cresent Mountain.  Enter and jump into
  the "Serpent Trench".  When you get out of the trench you'll
 		  be in Nikeah.  Exit Nikeah (DO NOT GET ON THE SHIP!!) and go
  north (to make the long trip back to the airship a lot faster
  grab a Chocobo inside Nikeah).  Keep going and you'll
  eventually reach the hut where Sabin's scenerio started.
  From here go back thru where the Imperial Base was, thru the
  Phantom Forest, jump off at Barren Falls, and finally you're
  back on the Veldt.  Go get your airship and continue the game.
METHOD 2: This way is the longest but you can get almost all of Mog's
  dances doing it this way.  Land your airship at the entrance
  to the Returner's hideout and jump on the raft on the Lete
  River.  This time the raft will go the way Sabin went the
  first time and you'll end up near Gau's father's house.
  From here you have to go thru Sabin's scenerio and hop on
  the boat To South Figaro in Nikeah.  Once in South Figaro
  it's kinda cool:  the captain of the ship smuggles you into
  town in a treasue chest :)  Now you have to go all the way
  thru Mt. Kolts again and you'll finally be to the point 
  where you can retrieve the airship.
METHOD 3: This was is short and fast.  Land the airship at Nikeah.
  Take a Chocobo from here and go to Baren Falls.  Jump in
  and then go to the Serpent's Trench which will take you
  back to Nikeah where the airship is waiting.
Once you have Mog's water rondo go to the Imperial Base next to the
bridge to the east of Vector.  The Auction House in Jidoor is now open
making it possible to get Golem and Zoneseek now [see THE AUCTION HOUSE
for more info].

    Imperial Base  
If you enter without Terra you'll be kicked out.  So if you don't have
Terra return to the airship and change party members.  In the building
is a treasure room with a locked door.  Make your way thru to the 
other side of the base and exit.  Head east and you'll enter the Cave
to the Sealed Gate.

(25)Cave to the Sealed Gate
    Chests: Assassin, Tempest, Coin Toss, X-Potion, 3 Ethers, Genji Glove,
    Tent, Elixir, 3 Magicites, Atma Weapon
In the room after the one with the moving bridges, pull the switch
on the bridge.  Now follow the left path to reach a chest with Genji
Glove.  Now go back and take the right path.  Go up and pull the left
switch.  Enter the doorway that appears, get the chest, and save your
game.  Pulling the right switch makes you fight Ninja.  Pull the switch
on the next bridge and go down to the stairway it makes.  Go thru the
hole after you get the chest.  Step on both switches you can see.
Go down and then left.  Step on that switch and enter the door that
appears.  After getting the treasure leave the room and go right to
the far bridge and then up.  Pull the switch, cross the bridge, and 
pull another switch.  Go up and left across the brides.  Flick the
switch inside the chest and return back to your right.  Grab the chest
up the stairs then go down and exit the room.  Go up the stairs in 
the next room and your at the Sealed Gate.  Now you have to fight
Kefka again (kinda).  To get back to the airship all you need to do
is go down and out, and then go back thru the Imperial Base.  On the
airship the Espers attack and you lose control of the ship, crashing
just south of Maranda.  From here go northeast to Vector.

(24)Vector revisited
    Chests: Back Guard, X-Potion, Tincture, Gale Hairpin, Revivify
    Points of interest: if you examine a toilet, you'll jump on it, squat,
and flush :)
    Additional items: It's possible to get a Tintinabar and Charm Bangle
Go north to the Imperial Castle (the Guardian isn't here now).  Follow
the guy who comes out to greet you on the stairs.  Talk to Gestahl.
He'll invite you to a banquet, but before dinner you have four minutes
to talk to as many of the 24 soldiers in the castle as you can. The
more you talk to the better your reward.  Don't waste time getting
treasures (you can get them later) and don't talk to Kefka (he rambles
on forever).
At the banquet:  During the banquet you'll be given choices.  Each
choice is worth a certain amount of points.  The point system is as
follows:
Each guard talked to         : 1 pt each (24 pts total)
Each guard faught            : 4 pts each (20 pts total)
Who to toast?
    To the Empire            : 2 pts
    To the Returners         : 1 pt
    To our hometowns         : 5 pts
About Kefka?
    Leave him in jail        : 5 pts
    Let him go               : 1 pt
    Execute him              : 3 pts
About Doma?
    What's done is done      : 1 pt
    That was inexcusable     : 5 pts
    Apologize again!!        : 3pts
About Celes?
    Was she a spy?           : 1 pt
    Celes is one of us       : 5 pts
    We trust Celes           : 3 pts
Any questions?               : 2 pts each
(-10 pts if a question is asked twice)
About the Espers?
    They've gone to far      : 5 pts
    You unleashed their power: 2 pts
Which question asked first?  : 5 pts
Take a break                 : 5 pts
Anything you'd like me to say?
    All I want is peace      : 3 pts
    The war is over          : 5 pts
    I'm sorry                : 1 pt
Do me a favor?
    Say yes the first time   : 3pts
Towards the middle of the banquet Cid will ask if you want to take a
break.  If you answer yes you can walk around the room.  The four
sentries at Gestahl's sides will 'test your strength' if you talk
to them.  Return to the center seat when you're ready to continue 
the meal.  Terra and Locke decide to head to Albrook.  Before you go
remember to go back for all the treasure you saw while talking to
the soldiers.  As you leave the banquet hall a sentry will approach
you and reward you for talking the soldiers.  You will now be rewarded
based on the above point system as follows:
  0-49 pts: Imperial troops withdraw from South Figaro
 50-66 pts: Imperial troops withdraw from Doma
 67-76 pts: The locked door in the house in the Imperial Base will
 be unlocked.
 77-89 pts: You get Tintinabar.
 90-93 pts: You get Charm Bangle.
When you're done in Vector return to the Imperial Base if you got
the reward that unlocks the treause room.  If not go to Tzen.

    Imperial Base again
    Chests: Cherub Down, X-Potion, 8000 GP, Ether, Cure Ring, Back Guard,
    2 Elixirs, RunningShoes, 20000 GP, Wall Ring, 13000 GP
    Items: Check the stove for Flame Sabre
Go the house and down the stairs.  The door is now unlocked if you 
got that rewared in Vector.  Grab all the treasure (there is a hidden
chest in the bottom righthand corner of the room).  Now leave the base
and go west to Tzen.

(22)Tzen
    Espers: Sraphim
Talk to the guy hiding in the trees behind the Relic Shop.  He'll sell
you the Esper Sraphim for 3000 GP.  If you get Sraphim now you'll be
out 3000 GP but you'll have more time to have it equipped.  If, however,
you wait until the World of Ruin you can buy it from the same guy for
a measly 10 GP. 

(21)Albrook
    Party: Locke, Terra
Go the dock and get on the boat.  Talk to General Leo.  After you're
thru there, go to the Inn and take a nap.  When you wake up return
to the ship and talk to Leo and your on your way.

(27)Thamasa
    Party: Locke, Terra, Shadow
    Items: Check the middle barrel by the item shop for Eyedrop
   Check a barrel by the Relic shop for Soft
   Check a barrel by the Elder's house for Echo Screen
    	   Check a barrel by Strago's house for Green Cherry
   Check left wall in the upstairs of Strago's house for Memento Ring
Once your ship lands, follow the light green path and then go out onto
the peninsula to get to Thamasa.  Notice the Inn costs a lot 
(1500 GP !!), after you talk to Strago, it'll only cost 1 GP (cool
beans :).  After talking to Strago, go to the Inn and take a nap.
In the middle of the night Strago will come in and wake you up. His
grand-daughter Relm is in a house that's on fire.  Talk to Stago
outside the burning house.  He'll join you and you'll have to go
in to save Relm.

(27)Inside the Burning House
    Party: Locke, Terra, Strago
    Chests: Fire Rod, Ice Rod
    BOSS: FlameEater
If you touch any of the roaming flames you'll be attacked by Balloons.
I suugest you equip someone with Shiva.  When you come to a choice
of two doors pick the right one.  You'll get attacked if you enter
the left one.  You'll now have a choice of two more doors.  The right
one has a chest in it.  The left one leads you to two more doors.
The right one has an Ice Rod, and the left leads upstairs.  Once
upstairs you'll meet the source of the flames - FlameEater.  After
you defeat FlameEater you'll find Relm.  After saving you, Shadow
will split (yet again).  Now, with Strago, go west along the mountains
and you'll find your next destination - a cave.

(28)Gathering Place of the Espers
    Party: Locke, Terra, Strago
    Chests: Heal Rod, X-Potion, Tabby Suit, Chocobo Suit
    BOSS: Ultros
In the first room there are 3 exits.  The left one and the top one
lead to one another so the right one is the correct way to go.  After
a bit you'll reach three statues, the source of all magic.  As you
walk away from the statues your pal Ultros attacks.  If you kill Ultros
with the Vanish/Doom technique Relm will still take credit for helping
defeat him even though she had nothing to do with it :)  When you get to
the room with the save spot step onto one of the squares on the floor.
You'll fall down a level.  The rightmost hole leads to a chest, the
top left hole lead to another two chests, and the bottom left hole
leads to the Espers.

(27)Back in Thamasa
    BOSS: Kefka (you fight against him with General Leo)
This is almost like a fake ending: the Espers and the humans have
reached an agreement and everyone is happy.... then Kefka shows up.
You now have control of General Leo.  If you try to leave town you'll
be attacked by the invincible Guardian.  Go talk to Kefka, you'll have
to fight him. It doesn't matter how you fight him, you're going to
win (or so you think).  You now have control of the airship agian.
If you re-enter Thamasa you'll find Strago's friend Gungho and you'll
learn more about Hidon (who you can defeat later).  When you're ready 
enter the airship.  The island with the Sealed Gate on it will break
off and float up into the sky.  When you're ready go and find the 
floating continent. Pick a party of 3 and you're on your way.

    On the way to the Floating Island
    BOSS: Ultros, Chupon, Air Force
Before reaching the Floating Island you'll have to fight a whole
bunch of Sky Armors and Spit Fires, and then when you're almost there
you get to fight you good buddy Ultros, but this time he's brought
his friend Chupon.  After Chupon sneezes you away (if you kill Ultros
before Chupon appears using the Vanish/Doom trick Chupon won't show 
up and instead of being sneezed off you'll just kinda jump off :), 
you'll fall off the airship and have to fight Air Force.  After 
defeating it you'll land on the Floating Island.

    Floating Island
    Chests (Blue orbs): Murasame, Monster-in-a-box(Gigantos), Beret, Elixir
    Additonal items: Gigantos gives you Hardened
    BOSS: AtmaWeapon, Nerapa
You'll land near a save spot.  And just a little below that you'll
see Shadow.  He'll join you when you talk to him.  Go right and you'll
come to a stairway leading to a seemingly solid wall. Just press up
against the wall and it'll open up.  When you come to a blue orb,
examine it and you'll get Murasame.  Go as far as you can to the right
and push down along the wall until you find a path leading to another
blue orb.  This one has a monster-in-a-box, namely Gigantos.  When
you beat it you get Hardened.  Now go back to your left a little until
you see a indentation on the upper wall.  Press you here and a passage
will open up.  Go up and step into the center of the square.  When
you reappear go down as far as you can and then press up into the 
indentation on your right.  Now go right and down and right again.
Follow this path and enter the transporter.  Now enter the bottom
left transporter.  Go down and step on the switch and then go up and
step on another switch.  Now go down and left until you come to stairs
going down.  Go down as far as you can and then go right.  Follow this
path until you have a choice of going left or right.  Go right and 
step on the switch.  Before entering the path that opens, go to your
far right and get a Beret from the blue orb.  Now go back to the
transporter and go down to another transporter which leads to a save
spot.  Save your game and then go back up and enter the other
transporter.  When you go down the stairs you have a choice of
returning to the airship.  Go left and up where you'll meet 
AtmaWeapon. After defeating it, Shadow splits again.  Go up and you'll
find Kefka and Gestahl.  Celes comes and join you.  Kefka moves the
Goddesses out of alignment.  When Shadow comes back run like crazy.
You have 6 minutes to get away.  To get the blue orb containing an
Elixir go around to the right side and then go up to it (approaching
it from the left side will cause the floor to fall away).  Once 
you reach something that looks like a save spot, examine it and you'll 
fight Nerapa.  After you beat Nerapa run to the edge and choose 'wait' 
twice then just sit there. When there is 5 seconds left Shadow will
come and jump with you.  This is the end of the World of Balance.
--World of Ruin - One Year Later--
(1) Solitary Island
You wake up as Celes on a small island.  It seems you and Cid are the
only ones there.  Leave the house and go south to the beach.  Catch
the fish and return to Cid.  You can save Cid from dying by feeding
him the fast-moving fish or kill him by feeding him the slow-moving 
fish (or just not feeding him). If Cid dies then Celes will go throw 
herself off a cliff, else Cid will just show her the raft and the
following about the seagull won't happen.  The seagull will nurse 
        her back to health.  Return to the house and read the letter
next to the bed.  Follow its instructions by going down the stairway
hidden in the lefthand wall.  There you'll find a raft.  Examine it
and you're on your way to Albrook. Note: Don't forget to equip yourself.

(2) Albrook
    Party: Celes
    Items: Examine pot in weapon shop for Tincture
A man was here looking for his friends.  He said he was going north,
to Tzen.  Ok, so go to Tzen.

(3) Tzen
    Party: Celes
    Chests (in house): 2 Monster-in-a-box(PM Stalker), Magicite, Drainer,
       HyperWrist, Tincture, Pearl Rod, Heal Rod
As you walk up the stairs to enter the town, the "Light of Judgement"
hits the town.  Go to the back of town to where Sabin is holding up
a house.  If you don't have a Jewel Ring go to the Relic Shop and
buy one.  Equip it and enter the house.  You have 6 minutes to save
the kid and get out.  So save the kid and the get as many treasures
as you can leaving yourself enough time to get out.  Avoid two chests:
the one next to the stairs going down and the one to the left of the
kid.  When you get out safely, Sabin will join you.  Leave town and
go to the far east to Mobliz.

(4) Mobliz
    Party: Celes, Sabin
    Items: Check barrel next to far left house for Fenix Down
    BOSS: Phunbaba
    Espers: Fenrir
Go into the house the kid enters and then down stairs.  Here you find
Terra.  After the flashback, leave the cave and Phunbaba attacks the
village.  Terra tries fighting it but is defeated easily.  It's up
to Celes and Sabin. After scaring it away Terra won't go with you but
a kid will give you the Esper Fenrir.  Now leave town and head
northwest to Nikeah.

(5) Nikeah
Enter the Cafe and talk to everyone.  Go out and follow the thieves
onto the ship.  Now go back into town and talk to Gerad (across from
the Armor Shop).  Follow him.  You're now on your way to South Figaro.

(6) South Figaro
Go to the Cafe. Go into the door marked Inn and striaght through to
Gerad's room.  After talking to Gerad (AKA Edgar) the thieves  will
leave town.  When you're done shopping head west to the Cave of Figaro.

(7) Cave of Figaro
As you enter you'll find Sigfried.  He says to wait there but don't
listen to him.  There is nothing new in the part of the cave since
lst time you were here so just keep going until you reach the thieves.
Follow thier example and jump onto the turtle.  This part of the cave
is new to you but all the chests have been looted already, however
in the second section you can go up to where you'll find Siegfried
messing around with a chest and when you approach he runs off.  If you
continue going you'll reach the basement of Figaro Castle.

(8) Basement of Figaro Castle
    Chests: Gravity Rod, Crystal Helm, Ether, X-Potion, Regal Crown
    Item: Search statue in treasure room for Soul Sabre
    BOSS: Tentacles
Go up the stairs and then continue straight down the other stairs.
Keep going down.  Eventually you'll reach a room with 3 doors and 4
chests.  The right door is where you enter this room.  The left door
leads upstairs to a chest and the middles door leads to Edgar (er...
Gerad).  Talk to Gerad and he'll finally admit he's Edgar.  He then
joins your party, just in time to fight 4 Tentacles.  When you've
beat it, go into the back room and search the statue in the center
of the room for Soul Sabre.  Now turn around and back track your way
out of the castle.  As you're going up the stairs the old guy near
the exit will bring the castle to the surface.  You can go upstairs
and do some shopping.  When you're ready to go return to the old man
and have him take you to Kohlingen.

(9) Kohlingen
    Party: Celes, Sabin, Edgar
Enter the Inn/Cafe.  Here you'll find Setzer, who'll join your party.
When you're ready head west to Darill's Tomb.

(10)Darill's Tomb
    Party: Celes, Sabin, Edgar, Setzer
    Chests: Crystal Mail, Czarina Gown, Exp.Egg, Genji Helmet, Man Eater,
Monster-in-a-box(Presenter)
    Additional items: Presenter gives you Dragon Claw
    BOSS: Dullahan
Go down to Basement 2.  First go left and down.  Grab the chest and
go north thru the doorway.  Press the switch in the turtle pond.  Then
go back to the room with the stairs going up and the chest in the
middle.  Walk down until all you can see is your head, then walk right,
through the wall.  Go up to the treasure chest when you can't go any
further and you can get Exp.Egg.  Return the way you came, go up the
stairs, and then go north through the door and then east as far as
you can.  Go up thru the door and examine the gravestone.  Go up and
press the switch and then go south and grab the treasure.  Return
north and then go west and south thru the indentation.  Jump on the
turtle and it'll take you across the water.  When you get off press
the switch then go south.  Examine the four gravestones:
ERAU	QSSI
DLRO	WHET
Now go north past the room with the turtle on your right and into the
big room where you started Basement 2.  Go west and north thru the
door.  Examine the gravestone and carve in the following order:
WEHT DLRO QSSI ERAU
"The World Is Square" backwards.  This tells you where the Exp.Egg
is (just in case you didn't read above ;)  Now return to the room
with the turtle on your right and hop on it.  Your're now in a room
with a save spot and 2 chests.  The left one is a monster-in-a-box.
Defeat the Presenter and you get Dragon Claw.  Once you get the
treasures go up and examine the big statue.  This will cause 
Dullahan to attack.  After you defeat it a passage will open up in
the back, enter it and you've got yourself a new airship.  Now you
can go get Sabin his most powerful Blitz at Duncan's House (it's where 4
        trees make a plus (+) sign just below some mountains.  His house 
is the center tree).

(22)Duncan's House
    Party: Include Sabin
        Make sure you have Sabin in your party.  As you enter the house
        Duncan will come out and teach Sabin the Bum Rush blitz.               

(11)Maranda
   	Go to Lola's house and talk to her.  Read the letter she places on
the desk.  Now go out and talk to the carrier pigeon.  Go outside
and go where the pigeon went (which is Zozo).

(12)Zozo
    Items: Rust-Rid is here (Rare item)
Go over and talk to the guy in front of the building marked Inn.  Buy
the Rust-Rid from him for 1000 GP.  Now enter the building marked Cafe
and climb until you reach the door that is rusted shut.  You can now
enter it and go to Mt. Zozo.

(12)Mt. Zozo
    Chests: Red Cap, Ice Shld, Thunder Shld, Aegis Shld, Gold Hairpin,
    Machinery Manual, Book of Secrets
    Additional items: Storm Drgn gives you Force Armor
    BOSS: Storm Drgn (**DRAGON #1**)
The 1st section is straight forward, just walk around getting treasure.
At the end of the 1st section you'll find two exits.  The left one
gets you more treasure and the right one continues onward.  Eventually
you'll find Cyan.  After you have controll again return to where you
foudn Cyan and get the key to the locked chest.  Now return to the
save spot and then go over and step on the switch.  This will release
the Storm Drgn.  After you beat it you'll get Force Armor.  Only 7
more dragons to go.  Now back track your way out of the cave (or use
the warp stone/spell).  Once you're out return to the airship and head
towards the cave in the Veldt.

(13)Cave in the Veldt
    Chests: Rage Ring, Monster-in-a-box(Allo Ver), Striker
    Additional items: Allo Ver gives you Tiger Fangs
    BOSS: SrBehemoth (Gray and Pink)
When you defeat Allo Ver you get Tiger Fangs.  In that wall you
walked thru to get to the monster-in-a-box, you can also go down
in a spot to reach another section of the cave.  Follow the path
and eventually you'll reach a door with a switch to the right of it.
Pull the switch and go through the path it opens.  Continue
following this path and eventually you'll find Shadow (or Relm if you
abandoned Shadow back on the Floating Island).  As you're examining
his wounds you're attacked by a SrBehemoth.  After defeating the
SrBehemoths you'll take Shadow (or Relm) to Thamasa.

(14)Thamasa
Go to the Inn and rest.  When you wake up return to Shadow and check
up on him.  How return to the airship, reduce your party to 3 members,
and go back to the Veldt.  You'll see more of Shadow (or Relm) later.

    Veldt
    Party: 3 members
Wander around until Gau joins you.  Now return to the small island
you started at.  If you return to Thamasa you'll find out that 
Shadow has gone to the Colosseum (that is if Shadow is still alive).
If you take Sabin and Gau to the shack located on the big island
north of the Veldt, you'll learn more about Gau's past.

(1) Solitary Island
    Espers: Palidor
Go to the beach where you caught the fish for Cid.  Here you'll find
the Esper Palidor.  Return to the airship and go to the Colosseum.

(15)Colosseum 
Here you'll find some information.  You can also fight monsters
one-on-one for prizes.  Bet the Striker (found in the cave in the 
Veldt) and you'll fight Shadow.  He'll join you after the fight.
When you're done playing around in the Colosseum return to the
airship and go to Jidoor.

(16)Jidoor
    Chests [in the house]: Moogle Suit, Relic Ring, 2000 GP, Potion, Ether,
    Remedy
    Additional items: search Gestahl's portrait twice = Royal Letter (Rare item)
    BOSS: Chadarnook
    Esper: Starlet
You can bid in the auction house if you didn't before going to the 
Floating Island (see section called The Auction House for more).  Enter 
the big house at the north part of town.  Try going up the stairs.  
You'll be pushed back and a book will appear on the desk.  Read it.  Go 
to the light next to the stairs and push A to turn it on.  Examine the 
picture of Emperor Gestahl twice and you'll receive information.  
Examine the picture of the flowers and you'll be attacked by some 
Nightshade.  Now examine the picture of a lovely lady. This time you'll 
be attacked by Dahlings.  Kill them and enter the door that appears.  
Examine the picture of a chair and you'll be attacked by Souldancer and 
some Wild Cats.  The left door leads to a chest.  After getting the 
chest go through the right door.  You'll come to some "revolving 
doors".  In the little pathway behind the doors there is a hidden 
chest.  The middle and right doors take you back to the room with a 
picture of a chair.  Obviously the left door is the right way to go :)  
Keep going and you'll come to a room with some floating chests.  Walk 
underneath them and they'll fall (and you'll get attacked).  Examine 
the picture of armor and you'll have to fight Still Life.
Enter the door that appears when you defeat it.  You're
now in a room with a save spot and 2 doors.  The left one takes you
back a few rooms.  The right one leads to a big room where you find
Owzer and Relm.  Talk to Owzer and you'll find out what happened and
will be asked to defeat Chadarnook, the monster in the painting.  
After you defeat it you can get the Esper Starlet by examining the
book case and Relm will join you.
Now exit the town and add Cyan to your party (if he's not already in
it).  Go back to Maranda and talk to Lola.  Examine the letter on the
desk and Cyan will switch it with another one.  Now return to
Mobliz.

(4) Mobliz
    Items: Examine the pot in the cave where Terra & Katarin are for Ether
    BOSS: Phunbaba
Go down to the cave where you first found Terra.  All the kids say
Katarin is missing.  Exit the house and go to the house to the left
of it.  Here you'll find Duane.  Notice where the dog went.  There's
a secret passage behind the bookshelf.  Here you'll find Terra and
Katarin.  While you're down there, Phunbaba will return.  You'll
have to defeat him again.  Return to the surface and you'll face it.
After defeating it, Terra is back in your party.  The characters that
Phunbaba blew away are on the airship.  Return to the airship and go
either fight Doom Gaze or go to the Fanatics' Tower.

    Fight Doom Gaze
    BOSS: Doom Gaze
    Esper: Bahamut
At this point it may be a good idea to fight Doom Gaze.  Fly around
the map and eventually he'll attack you.  He escapes after a while
but the next time you meet with it its hps will not have regenerated.
So if you continue to run into it, eventually you'll kill it.  And
when you do the Esper Bahamut it yours.  You may want to fly around
until you defeat it.  It's worth it to get Bahamut.

(20)Fanatics' Tower
Before you enter put Relm in your party.  Now enter the tower.  Relm
will get Strago's attention and he'll join you.  Don't actually try
going up the tower yet, you`ll have your chance later.  For now
return to the airship and go to the center of where the mountains
form a star (north of Tzen).  Push B to descend.

(17) Phoenix Cave
     Party: 2 groups with 4 members each
     Chests: Wing Edge, Warp Stone, Ribbon, Dragon Horn
     BOSS: Red Dragon (**DRAGON #2**)
Have your first group (G1) enter the cave and step on the switch.
Now switch to your other group (G2) and have them enter the path that
opened.  At the top of the stairs go left and try to get the chest.
You'll fall down a level.  Go south and up the stairs.  Step on the
switch and get the chest.  Go east past the stairs and down to a switch.
Change to G1 and enter the passage that opens when G2 stepped on the
switch.  Step on the switch that you come to as you go north.  Switch
back to G2 and go north past where the spikes were, and then right until
you come to another switch.  Step on it and switch back to G1 again.
The chest is empty but go down and you should find a hidden room thru
the wall containing a chest with a warp stone in it.  After you get it
return to where you were and go down the stairs. Go left and
step on the switch (the chest is empty).  Now turn around and go the
opposite way.  Keep going past the chest (this one's empty too).
When you come to a dead end switch to G2.  Go left, past the spikes,
and down the stairs.  Go right onto the bridge and jump across on the
little stones.  Turn around and go back on the top set of stones.
Don't worry about the chest (it's empty).  Press the switch and change
to G1.  Have G1 go up thru the spot that just opened and then around
and back down to a switch.  Step on the switch and then change to G2.
Go up and step on the switch you find.  Switch back to G1 again and
go up, across the spot where the spikes were, and the down.  Jump
from stone to stone.  Keep doing this and eventually you'll reach a
stairway leading up.  Go up it and pull the switch you find.  Now go
down as far as you can a switch back to G2.  Go left and step on the
switch.  Switch back to G1 and go down where you'll find the Red 
Dragon. You can fight it now or wait until later.  Take G2 and go down
and left.  Follow this path and you'll come to where the lava was
cooled off.  Walk out and get the chest in the center (this one isn't
empty :) then go over to the left side and go up.  Follow this path
until you can't go any farther and switch to G1.  Go and step on the
top switch.  Now have G2 jump across the sones that appeared and then
have them go down and step on one of the switches then switch groups
and have them step on the other switch.  Take you strongest group and
go fight the Red Dragon (if you haven't already) and then after you
kill it have the other group go down and you'll find Locke.  You'll
now automatically return to Kohlingen.
NOTE: If for some reason you return to the Phoenix Cave you can
      instantly return to the airship by going to where you found Locke.
      Here you can press to the right and you'll hop over some rocks
      to a platform where you'll find the transporter (it looks like
      a red save spot).
(9) Kohlingen
    Items: X-Potion, Fenix Down, X-Ether, Elixir, Flame Shld, ValiantKnife
    Espers: Phoenix
Here you'll receive the Esper Phoenix plus all the stuff that was in
the chests that you found empty: X-Potion, Fenix Down, X-Ether, Elixir,
Flame Shld, and ValiantKnife.  Now it's on to Narshe.

(18)Narshe
    Chests: Gauntlet, X-Ether, Monster-in-a-box(Pugs)
    Additional items: Cursed Shld, Moogle Charm, Minerva, possibly the
      Ragnarok sword (depends on your choice), and possibly
      a Ribbon (depends on if you already got the chest or not)
    BOSS: Ice Dragon (**DRAGON #3**), Tritoch, Umaro
    Espers: Ragnarok, Tritoch, Terrato
As you enter Lone Wolf come out and tell you some stuff.  Almost all
the buildings are locked.  If you have Locke he can open them.  Go
to the house with no markings and have Locke get you in.  Inside
you'll find a man in bed who'll give you Cursed Shld.  Equip this 
shield to someone.  It may be a pain for a while, but in 255 battles
it'll all be worth it.  (Being equipped for 255 fights removes the
curse and changes the shield into the Paladin Shld which teaches the
Ultima spell [a Ribbon must be equiped to the person using the shield
in order to uncurse it. It would make sense to have it equipped any
way because it counteracts all the bad effects of the Cursed Shld --
except Condemned, but, hey, you can't have everything :) ].  
Go to the Weapon Shop and have Locke get you in.  In the
 	back room you'll find and old man.  Talk to him.  He'll give you a 
choice of either getting the Esper Ragnarok or making it into a sword.  
Tough choice: the sword is VERY powerful (and can be bet in the 
Colosseum for an even more powerful sword) but the Esper teaches you the
 	most powerful spell in the game - Ultima.  Once you've decided (I'd go 
for the Esper) enter the mines thru the secret passage Locke showed you 
or thru the entrance behind Arvis' house, and then go to the Moogle Cave
where you'll find Mog waiting to join you.  Once he's out of the way,
search the wall behind him for the Moogle Charm [also in this cave 
is a chest that may contain a Ribbon if you didn't get the Rune Sword
that was in it in the World of Balance].  Return to the airship
and add Mog to your party.  Now go back into Narshe and go north to the
mines where you first saw Umaro (straight back from the entrance of
town).  Once inside the mines take a right, and continue following
that path until you reach the Ice Dragon.  You may want to go past
the dragon to the save spot before fighting it.  After defeating it
continue north to the frozen Esper Tritoch.  You'll have to fight it
before you can have it.  Now go to the edge of the cliff and jump off.
You'll land in a new area of the mines.  Wander around and you'll
be able to find 3 chests.  The monster-in-a-box guards Minerva armor.
When you come to a switch, pass it up, cross the bridge and pull that
switch.  When you fall down search the skull carving and you'll get
the Esper Terrato.  Then Umaro will come down and attack you.  When
you defeat him and if Mog is in your party, he'll join you.  If you
follow him out you'll end up just below the spot where you first saw
Umaro.  Enter the mines to your left.  Follow that path and you're
on your way out.  Once you're out of Narshe go to Triangle Island.

(19)Triangle Island
Wander around until you get attacked.  The only monster on the island
is the ZoneEater.  If you kill it it's worth 1000 xp, but in order
to continue you must have all four of your characters get engulfed,
so just sit there.  Once you get engulfed you'll be in a cave.

(19)Cave in Triangle Island
    Chests: Ether, Red Jacket, Genji Armor, Magical Brsh, FakeMustache,
Zephyr Cape, Hero Ring, Tack Star, Thunder Shld
To get out go north and step into the light.  To get Gogo go down and
left.  Push A to jump from bridge to bridge but try not to touch
the little green guys because they'll knock you down (get knocked
down at least once for some treause).  Once past the save spot you'll
come to a room with a moving wall.  If you get caught by the wall
you die.  To get past it stop behing the first chest and go as soon
as you can move.  Do the same for the second chest.  For the third
chest go down from it and then when you can move go up and get
the chest then quickly come back down again.  After that spot you come
to a room with open chests.  Press A to jump onto a chest and then
across.  When you can, jump across to the switch, now you can reach
a tresure on the left side of the room.  When you're ready go thru
the door.  Here you'll find Gogo the copycat.  He'll join you.  To
get out you can either backtrack or use a warp stone/spell.  Next
stop...Fanatics' Tower.

(20)Fanatic's Tower
    Party: I suggest taking Umaro, Gogo and your two best magic users.
    Chests: Safety Bit, Air Anchor, Genji Shld, Stunner, Force Armor, Gem Box
    Additional items: Pearl Lance
    BOSS: White Dragon (**DRAGON #4**), MagiMaster
If you use Gogo make sure to add the Fight (yes Fight, not Magic)
command to his list.  If you use Mog you can equip him with the
Moogle Charm and put him in the lead for an easy time getting up
the tower.  If you cast Bserk on your party they'll attack with weapons
and you can save your mps for healing and stuff.  If you don't have
Life3 then equip the Esper that teaches it and keep fighting until you 
learn it (you can beat the boss of the tower without Life3 but it takes
a LONG time or a shit load of hps).  Each level has a doorway (there
 	are four levels plus the roof).  In the first level door go to the
right of the chest and press A.  When you leave you'll see another
door below you.  Inside is an Air Anchor.  The third level door leads
to the White Dragon.  You get Pearl Lance when you defeat it.  Once on
the roof get the Gem Box and equip it to someone (the one with the best 
spells).  Now, if you have Life3 (or Rasp, Bserk, and the Fenrir epser
equipped to do it the long way) then exit the room,if not wander around 
the room and battle monsters until you get it (make sure the Esper 
equipped teaches it).  When you've got Life3 exit the room and try to 
leave.  You'll be stopped by the MagiMaster. After you defeat him you 
have to climb back down the tower (this is the time you'll want Mog in 
the lead with the Moogle Charm). Now go to Doma Castle.

(21)Doma Castle
    Party: Cyan and 3 others
    Chest: X-Potion, Fenix Down, Beads, Ether
    Items: Search a pot near the sleeping room for Remedy
   Search the clock in the room next to the sleeping room for Elixir
Make sure you have Cyan in your party.  Go to the room to the right
of the throne room for treasure.  Enter the door south of this room
and follow the path until you reach a door which leads to a couple
more chests.  Now return to the hall leading to the throne room.  Go
south from the throne room door and then into the right door.  Search
the pot then go left  and enter the second door you come to.  Get the
chest and then goo back and enter the door you passed up.  Take a nap.
You will now enter Cyan's Soul.

(21)Cyan's Soul
    Party: the party you took to Doma Castle minus Cyan
    Chests: Genji Glove, Lump of metal, Flame Shld, X-Potion, Ice Shld
    BOSS: The 3 Dream Stooges, Wrexsoul
    Espers: Alexandr
You start out with one of the 3 characters in a weird dreamworld.
Head left and enter the right door and then the next right door.  Now
you can go down and get another of your charcters back.  Now enter	
the door, go right and enter that door.  Now go left again and this
time enter the left door.  Go down and get you remaining character.
Enter the door.  Now enter the top door, then the door on the right,
and then the only door there.  Now go right and enter the door.  Go
down and try entering the door.  Larry, Curly, and Moe will attack.
Enter the door and you'll find yourself on a train.  Go left into the
train car.  In the second car pull the switch twice as you enter and 
get the treasure.  Now go to the far left of the car and get the Lump
of Metal from the chest.  Return right, to the open chest that moves.  
Push A and you'll put the Metal into the chest allowing you to get by
it and get the chest in the back. Now go left and pull the switch, 
notice which chests close.  Continue left into the next car.  Notice 
there is a chest just to the left of the entrance on the other side of 
the couch.  There are 4 switches. To continue use them in the following 
order (they are numbered 1 to 4, from right to left): 1, 2, 1, 3.  Now 
you can reach switch #4. Before pulling it, close the chests so they 
match the set-up in the previous car:
open	open	closed
closed	closed	open
Once you have the chests set up like above, pull the switch and the
wall will open allowing you to go on to the next car.  Enter the 
engine room and then attempt to exit.  You'll find yourself in some
mines.  Go down and follow the path until you re-enter the cave.  As
soon as you enter the cave turn around and exit.  You'll end up in
a new spot.  Trying to cross the bridge you'll fall and end up in the
sleeping chambers of Doma Castle. Before going to the throne room
where Wrexsoul awaits take some time to explore.  There are 3 little
scenes that deal with Cyan's life that you can see: one in the
room to the right of the throne room ('I loveth thee'), one on left
side of the castle (fencing lesson), and one on the right side of
the castle (fishing).  Go to the throne room where you'll find 
Wrexsoul.  After defeating Wrexsoul Cyan will rejoin your party capable 
of using all 8 SwdTechs and you'll wake up back in the sleeping 
chambers.  Go to the throne room and you'll find the Esper Alexandr.  

(7) Figaro Castle
    Party: who ever you want
Enter the castle and go down the stairs to you left.  Talk to the guy
and have him take you back to Figaro.  On the way you'll get stuck.
Stop and explore.  Go up the stairs and then down the other ones. 
In the back of the far right jail cell is a doorway.  Enter it and
you'll be on you way to the Ancient Castle.

(23)Cave to Ancient Castle
    Chests: Ether, Wing Edge, Doom Darts, monster-in-a-box(Master Pug),
    Magicite, X-Potion
    Additional items: Gradeus
When you defeat the Master Pug (monster-in-a-box) you'll receive
Gradeus.  Once you reach a room with a stairway going down into a 
hole, get the two chests in that room then go down the stairs, past
the save spot and up some stairs.  You're now at the Ancient Castle.

(23)Ancient Castle
    Chests: Blizzard Orb, Gold Hairpin, Punisher, Monster-in-a-box(KatanaSoul) 	
    Itemes: search a bucket for X-Ether
    Additional items: Offering,Scimitar
    BOSS: Blue Dragon (**DRAGON #5**)
    Espers: Odin, Raiden
Go straigh into the castle intil you reach the statue of Odin.
Examine it and you'll get the Esper Odin.  Stand on the right throne
and walk five steps down.  Press A and a secret passage will open.
In the secret room you'll find a staue of a girl and the Blue Dragon.
Defeat the dragon then examine the statue.  This will change the 
Esper Odin into the Esper Raiden.  Once you've visited all four rooms
that go off from the throne room (one on the left, one on the right,
one to the north, plus the secret one) then return outside.  A couple
steps to the right of the stairs is a door.  Enter and get the chest.
Now enter one of the doors to the left of the stairs.  When you 
defeat the monster-in-a-box(KatanaSoul) you get Offering.  Now
return to Figaro castle by going back the way you came and have the
guy continue your journey to Figaro.  Once you get there talk to him
again and have him take you back to Kohlingen so you can get your
airship.  Now go to Thamasa.

(14)Thamasa
    Party: include Strago and Relm
As you enter you'll find ou that Gungho is hurt.  You find out that
Hidon did it and that Gungho wants you to avenge him.  Now go to
Ebot's Rock (called Eboshi Rock on the map).

(24)Ebot's Rock
    Chests: all the chests contain Coral
    BOSS: Hidon
As you enter step on the switch to be transported.  North of where
you appear is a Coral eating treasure chest.  Wander around the cave,
stepping on switches to get around, and pick up coral from the chests.
If you end up back at the coral eating chest, feed it.  If you've 
fed it enought he'll let you thru.  If not go get more coral.  Once
it lets you thru go straight north and you'll find Hidon.  Kill
the Hidonites and Hidon will cast Grand Train (Strago's most powerful
Lore). After you beat Hidon you'll return to Thamasa to brag to Gungho.
Now go to the Opera House.
NOTE: To make Hidon reset all you have to do is talk to Gungho a few
      times.

(25)Opera House
    BOSS: Dirt Drgn (**DRAGON #6**)
Equip as many characters in your party as you can with Gaia stuff.
If you have some on each character it'll make life much easier for
you.  Go to the balcany and talk to Impressario.  You'll learn
there is a dragon on the stage.  Go northeast to where the stage
master and 4 switches are.  The rightmost switch won't do anything.
The lefmost switch barks and the one right next to that turns the
lights off.  Pulling the only one left will cause you to fall to
the stage where you'll have to fight the Dirt Drgn.  To see your
character jump on the heads of the audience go back to the switches
after you defeat the dragon and pull the one that drops you to the
stage.  Next and final stop -- Kefka's Tower.

(26)Kefka's Tower
    Party: 3 groups of 4
    Chests: Coronet, Fixed Dice, Minerva, 2 Tack Stars, Force Shld, Force Armor
Ribbon, Red Cap, Nutkin Suit, Gauntlet, Hero Ring, Aegis Shld,
Megalixir, Rainbow Brsh
    Additional items: Crystal Orb, Muscle Belt, Sky Render, Excalibur, AuraLance
    BOSS: Atma, Gold Dragon (**DRAGON #7**), Inferno,Skull Drgn (**DRAGON #8**),
          Doom, Goddess, Guardian, Poltrgiest
    Espers: If you killed all 8 dragons you get Crusader
    Note: When you find the chest with the Hero Ring in it search the south
  wall to find a secret passage to a room where a chest is that
  contains an Aegis Shld.
Your 3 groups will land in 3 different areas of the tower.  Each
group will be designated as follows:  G1 wil be the group that landed
on the left side of the tower, G2 will be the group in the middle,
and G3 will be the group on the right.  You start as G1.
G1: Go around to your right and get the chest then enter the little
    hatchway to your left.  Continue on this path until you come to
    a dead end.  You should see a switch and a chest on the other
    side of the room.
        G2: When you have to choose between going up and down, go up first
    and get the treasure then go down.  Going down will lead to a
    prison.  In the far left cell you'll find Atma.  Defeat it and
    it'll change into a save spot.  Now go down out of the prison
    and continue on that path until you have to choose between two
    pipes.  Don't go in the rightmost pipe, it'll just take you back
    before the prison.  Enter the left pipe.  Before you enter the
    hatchway that you find, go to your far left to get a chest. 
    Enter the hatchway, step on the switch and get the chest, then
    go back up and enter the door to you right.  Keep going staight
    and you'll reach the Gold Dragon.  After defeating it you get
    the Crystal Orb.  Now continue you journey.  When you reach a room
    with a switch, stand on it and switch groups.
G3: First enter the hatchway that is next to the chest to get two more
    chests then come back and enter the other hatchway.  Continue on
    that path and you'll eventually reach a save spot.  A few more
    steps and you'll get attacked by Inferno, Striker, and Rough
    (a big ol' monster and it claws).  Once you've defeated them
    continue on your journey.  When you get to a chest with a glowing
    thing on it, examine it to open up a passage that your other group
    will need to get past.  Then keep going and you'll reach the 
    Skull Drgn.  When you defeat it you'll get the Muscle Belt.  If
    you've killed the other 7 dragons, you'll also receive the Esper
    Crusader.  Keep going and you'll end up on the other side of the
    room you left G2 in.  Stand on the switch.
        G1: You are no longer at a dead end.  Follow the path and you'll
    evenentually reach the room your other two groups are in.  
    Continue straight and then, after you reach the switch, pick a
    side to go on (it doesn't matter which).  For illustrative
    purposes I'm gonna say go left.  Now go down.  Move G2 off the
    switch and then push the weight off the edge.  Now go back inside
    and stand on the switch.
G2: Enter the main doorway and do what G1 did, except on the right
    side.
G3: Go in through the main door and step on the switch.  This will
    open up a pathway.  Go south and step on the platform to open up
    a couple other pathways.
        G1: Go down and out to where you pushed the weight off.  To your left
    there is a door.  Enter the door and go stright where you'll find
    Doom.  When you beat it you'll get Sky Render and there will be
            a save spot there.  Now enter the pipe to the north and stand
            on the switch.
G2: Go down and out to where you pushed the weight off.  To your right
    is a door.  Enter the door and go staight where you'll find
    Goddess.  When you beat it you'll get Excalibur and there will
    be a save spot there.  Enter the door and step on the switch.
 	G3: Go north and you'll be attacked by Guardian (remember it? this
    time you can beat it thought :)  When you defeat it a save spot
    will be there.  Go north and keep following that path until you
    reach Poltrgeist.  Defeating it will get you the AuraLance.  Go
    north and drop down the hole.  Step on the switch and it's time
    for the final multi-battle showdown. 
Put your characters in the order you want them to fight.  The first
4 in your list will fight 1st.  If anyone of those 4 are dead at the
end of any of the stages of the last fight the next characters in
line will replace them.  This goes on until all 4 fighting members
die or you beat the game.  
 
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For each boss there is a section marked VANISH/DOOM.  If it is marked
yes then you can cast Vanish on it and then Doom on it to kill it.
In place of Doom you could also cast X-Zone.  On some monsters only
X-Zone will work (those are marked X-Zone only).

   Whelk               HP: 1600     MP: ????     Weakness: fire
VANISH/DOOM: no
          Have Terra use TekMissile and the other two use whatever.  
          Don't shoot the shell and you won't get attacked.
   Marshal             HP: 420      MP: ????     Weakness: poison,fire
VANISH/DOOM: no
          Kill the Lobos then just whack away at him.  Make sure you use a
          group that's not beat up badly.
   M-TekArmor          HP: 210      MP: 250      Weakness: lightning
VANSIH/DOOM: no
          Have Edgar use the AutoCrossbow.  Two rounds and they should be 
          dead.
   Vargas              HP: 11600    MP: ????     Weakness: Poison
VANISH/DOOM: no
          First kill the Ipoohs (you have no choice).  Have Terra cure, Locke
          fight, and Edgar use AutoCrossbow.  When Sabin fights have him use
          Pummel, that will finish him.
   Ultros (Lete R.)    HP: 3000     MP: ????     Weakness: fire, lightning
VANISH/DOOM: no
          Have Edgar use the AutoCrossbow, Sabin use the AuraBolt Blitz, Terra
          use the Fire spell, and Banon use Health.
   TunnelArmr          HP: 1300     MP: 900      Weakness: lightning, water
VANISH/DOOM: no
          Have Locke attack and have Celes use her RUNIC command.
   Leader              HP: 456      MP: ????     Weakness: none
VANISH/DOOM: no
          Have Cyan use Swdtech 1 a couple times.
   Telstar             HP: 1800     MP: 250      Weakness: lightning,water
VANISH/DOOM: no
  Have Shadow throw shuriken and Sabin use AuraBolt.
   Ghost Train         HP: 1900     MP: ????     Weakness: fire,lightning,pearl
VANISH/DOOM: no
          Have Sabin use AuraBolt, Shadow throw Shuriken, and Cyan use 
          SwdTech 3.  You can also kill it by using a Revivify. 
   Kefka in Narshe     HP: <10000   MP: ????     Weakness: ????
VANISH/DOOM: no
          Depending on who's in the group you fight him with will determine
          how hard he is.  Those that can't do much damage will take longer
          to defeat him.  Here is my strategies for each person:
               Terra - cure or attack           Locke - attack
               Edgar - AutoCrossbow             Sabin - AuraBolt
               Celes - Runic                    Cyan  - SwdTech 1
               Gau   - Templar
   Dadaluma            HP: 3270     MP: 1005     Weakness: poison
VANISH/DOOM: no
          Locke - attack         Edgar - Chainsaw or Drill
          Sabin - AuraBolt       Celes - attack
          Cyan - SwdTech 1       Gau   - ????
   Ultros(Opera House) HP: <10000    MP: ????     Weakness: ????
VANISH/DOOM: no
          Have someone equipped with the Ramuh Esper and have them use it.
          Then have Locke attack, Edgar use Chainsaw or Drill, Sabin AuraBolt,
          Cyan use SwdTech 1, and Gau ????.  One attack from Ramuh and one
  Chainsaw attack from Edgar should be enough to finish him.
   Guardian            HP: ????     MP: ????     Weakness: ????
VANISH/DOOM: no
          RUN!!!  At this time nothing there is nothing you can do to hurt it.
   Ifrit and Shiva     Ifrit HP: 3300     MP: ????     Weakness: Ice 
                       Shiva HP: 3000     MP: ????     Weakness: Fire
VANISH/DOOM: no 
          If you have them, use Ice spells on Ifrit and Fire spells on Shiva.
          Also have Locke attack, Edgar use Chainsaw, Sabin Pummel on 
  Ifrit and Fire Dance on Shiva, Celes attack, Cyan use SwdTech 1,
          and Gau ????.  Cure as needed.
   Number 024          HP: 4777     MP: 777      Weakness: varies
VANISH/DOOM: no
          Have Edgar use Chainsaw or Drill, Sabin Suplex, Cyan use SwdTech 1,
          Gau use Hazer, and the others attack.
   Number 128          HP: 3276     MP: 810      Weakness: None
VANISH/DOOM: no
          Concentrate on the body, if the body dies the whole thing dies.
          Have Locke attack, Edgar use Drill, Sabin AuraBolt, Cyan use
          SwdTech 1, and Gau ????.
   Cranes              Right HP: 2300     MP: 447    Weakness: lightning,water
                       Left  HP: 1800     MP: 447    Weakness: water
VANISH/DOOM: no
          Use lightning spells on the right crane if you have them but don't
          use them on the left crane (they heal it).  Have Setzer either
          attack or use Slot, Locke attack, Edgar use Drill, Sabin AuraBolt,
          Cyan use SwdTech 1, and Gau ????.
   Ninja               HP: 1650     MP: 130      Weakness: lightning, pearl
VANISH/DOOM: no
          If you have any Espers equipped that attack, use them. Otherwise
          have Cyan do SwdTech 1, Edgar use Drill, Setzer use slot or attack,
  Sabin AuraBolt, Mog do the Dusk Requiem dance, Gau ????, and
          the others attack.
   FlameEater          HP: 8400     MP: 480      Weakness: Ice
VANISH/DOOM: no
          Use Shiva or Maduin if you have them equipped.  Also use Ice Rods
          and/or Ice spells if you have them.  Have Locke and Terra attack,
          and Strago us his Aqua Rake lore.
   Ultros part 3       HP: <24000   MP: ????     Weakness: ????
VANISH/DOOM: yes
          Use your attacking Espers and any attack spells you might have
          (except water-based attacks like Bismark; Ice spells are ok though),
          otherwise just attack.  When he gets weak Relm will join your party.
          Have he Sketch and you'll win.
   Ultros and Chupon   Ultros HP: <20000  MP: ????     Weakness: ????
                       Chupon HP: <20000  MP: ????     Weakness: ????
VANISH/DOOM: yes (for both)
          Use your most powerfull Fire and Bolt spells (fire 2 gets a lot
          of damage) on Ultros.  Take out Ultros first and then go for Chupon.
          Fire spell heal Chupon so don't use them anymore, use Ice spells
          instead.  If you don't have any or have run out of mps do the
          following:  Have Mog dance Wind Song, Cyan use SwdTech 1 or 4,
          Strago use Aqua Rake, Edgar use Chainsaw, Gau ????, Relm attack or
          Sketch, Sabin Pummel, Setzer use slot, and the rest attack.  When
          you win Chupon will Sneeze your party away.
   Air Force           HP: 8000     MP: 750     Weakness: lightning, water
VANISH/DOOM: no
          Concentrate on the main thing.  If it launches a Speck, attack it
  (don't use spells). Just use your most powerful attack spells (Ice,
  Fire, and Bolt), your attack Espers (Maduin, Shiva, Ramuh, etc.),
  or if neither of those options are possible use your best attacks
  (Sabin's AuraBolt,  Edgar's Drill, etc.).
   Gigantos            HP: 6000     MP: 1120     Weakness: poison
VANISH/DOOM: yes
          This dude hits hard so have one person use Cure 2 all the time.
          Have Shadow throw shuriken and have Edgar use Drill, Sabin
          AuraBolt, Cyan use SwdTech 1 or 4, Gau ????, Setzer use Slot/GP 
     	  Rain, Mog do the Earth Blues Dance, Relm Sketch, and the rest attack.
          Also use your most powerful attack spells and Espers.  Also it may
          be a good idea to use the Phantom Esper the first thing (this will
          make you harder to hit for a little while).
   AtmaWeapon          HP: 24000    MP: 5000     Weakness: none
VANISH/DOOM: yes
          Use your most powerful attacks: Fire, Ice, and Bolt spells;
          attack Espers; regular attacks; and special attacks (Sabin's
          AuraBolt, Edgar's Drill, Mog's Earth Blues dance, Shadow's
          Shuriken throwing, etc.).  It shoud be dead in no time.  Cure as
          needed of course.  Another method to use would be to drain it's
  mps using Rasp (it'll die when it's mps are gone).
   Nerapa              HP: 2800     MP: 280      Weakness: ice,lightning,pearl
VANISH/DOOM: no
          He has a wall spell on him so attack spells will just bounce back.
          If you have a wall spell on one of your characters, cast the 
          attack spells on them.  Use your most powerful Espers and attacks.
   Phunbaba            HP: 28000    MP: 10000    Weakness: poison
VANISH/DOOM: yes
          Don't use lightning attacks (Bolt spells, Ramuh, etc.), it heals
          him.  Use Phantom Esper to make you invisible and Sraphim to cure
          if needed.  Have Celes use spells and have Sabin use the Suplex
          blitz.  He'll run away when his hps get low.
   Tentacle           Top Left  HP: 4000    MP: 500    Weakness: none
                      Bot Left  HP: 6000    MP: 700    Weakness: fire
                      Top Right HP: 5000    MP: 600    Weakness: none
                      Bot Right HP: 7000    MP: 800    Weakness: ice, water
      		VANISH/DOOM: no
  Don't use Ice spells on the bottom left tentacle or fire spells
          on the bottom right one or bolt spells on the top left one. Have
          Edgar use Drill, Celes attack, and Sabin attack the bottom right one
  and then use Fire Dance when it's dead.  If you have attack Espers
  use them.  Also use spells that correspond to the weakness of a
  tentacle (example: use fire on the bottom left one).
   Presenter           HP: 9845     MP: 1600     Weakness: fire
VANISH/DOOM: yes (on the shell only)
          Have Celes attack, Sabin AuraBolt, Setzer attack or Slot/GP Rain,
  and Edgar use Chainsaw or Drill.  Also use Fire spells if 
          you have them.  Just cast Doom on the head to make it a quick fight.
   Dullahan            HP: 23450    MP: 1721     Weakness: fire
VANISH/DOOM: yes
          Use fire spells and the Esper Ifrit if you have it equipped. 
          Have Celes Runic, Sabin Suplex, Setzer attack or Slot/GP Rain, and
  Edgar use Chainsaw or Drill.
   Storm Drgn          HP: 42000    MP: 1250     Weakness: lightning
VANISH/DOOM: yes
          Use Ramuh and Bolt spells.  If a person doesn't have bolt spells
          have them use there best attacks.  If you went back and added 
          Cyan to your party, have him do either SwdTech 1 or 4.  Also cure
          whenever needed.
   Allo Ver            HP: 8000     MP: 8000     Weakness: fire, pearl
VANISH/DOOM: yes (X-Zone only)
          The only hard part about this creature is that he can use Doom,
          which instantly kills its target.  Just keep attacking or casting
          fire spells until it dies.
   SrBehemoth          1st one HP: 19000   MP: 1600    Weakness: fire, poison
                       2nd one HP: 19000   MP: 9999    Weakness: fire, pearl
VANISH/DOOM: yes (for the 1st one, X-Zone only for 2nd one)
          Use fire spells plus have Edgar use Chainsaw, Setzer use Slot/GP
          Rain, Celes attack, Sabin attack, and Cyan use SwdTech 1 or 4. 
          After defeating the 1st one, a second one will attack from behind.
          Defeat this one the same way, or you can use revivify to kill it
  instantly.
   Chadarnook       Demon HP: 56000    MP: 9400     Weakness: fire
 	    Woman HP: 30000    MP: ????	    Weakness: fire,pearl
VANISH/DOOM: yes (X-Zone only)
  Have Edgar use Drill and everyone else use either fire spells 
  or their best attacks.
   Phunbaba:The Return HP: 26000    MP: 10000    Weakness: poison
VANISH/DOOM: yes
          You can defeat it basically the same way as before.  Have Edgar
          use Drill, Sabin Suplex, Celes Runic, Cyan use SwdTech 1 or 4,
          Gau ????, Shadow throw Shuriken, and Setzer attack or Slot/GP Rain.
  After a while, it'll use BabaBreath to blow a couple of your
  characters away.  Terra will join you to finish it off.  (After
  Terra joins, Phunbaba's hps and mps reset). Have Terra attack.
   Doom Gaze           HP: 55555    MP: 38000    Weakness: fire, pearl
   		VANISH/DOOM: yes (DON'T use X-Zone or you won't get Bahamut)
          Whenever you happen to run into it, just beat the hell out of it
          with your best attacks.  Use life spells and Fenix Down to bring
          back dead companions if you feel like it.  It'll run from you
          rather quickly but it can't regenerate itself between fights, so
          next time you fight it it'll have the same amount of hps as it
          did when it ran.  Eventually you'll kill it.  Killing it will 
          get you the Esper Bahamut.
   Red Dragon          HP: 30000    MP: 1780     Weakness: ice, water
VANISH/DOOM: yes
          Use Ice spells if you have them.  Have Terra attack, Edgar use
          Drill or Chainsaw, Sabin attack, Celes attack or Runic, Cyan
          use SwdTech 1 or 4, Gau ????, Setzer attack or Slot/GP Rain,
          Strago use the Aqua Rake lore, and Relm attack.
   Ice Dragon          HP: 24400    MP: 9000     Weakness: fire
VANISH/DOOM: yes
          Use fire spells or if you don't have them use your best attacks.
   Tritoch             HP: 30000    MP: 50000    Weakness: fire
VANISH/DOOM: yes
          Use fire spells or best attacks to thaw it out.
   Umaro               HP: 17200    MP: 6990     Weakness: fire, poison
VANISH/DOOM: no
          Use fire spells or best attacks.  Don't use Tritoch, Shiva, or
          Ice spells because it'll heal him.
   White Dragon        HP: 18500    MP: 1200     Weakness: none
VANISH/DOOM: yes
          Use Ultima and Flare if you have them.  Have Gogo Mimic or cast 
  spells, and everyone else use thier most powerful spells and Espers.
   MagiMaster          HP: 50000    MP: 50000    Weakness: varies
VANISH/DOOM: no
          METHOD 1: Don't bother using elemental spells (fire,ice,bolt,etc)     
        	    because the MagiMaster constantly changes what spells heal
          	    and hurt him. Using Beserk on him stops him from doing this.
  	  	    Instead use spells like Ultima and Flare, plus Espers like
    Bahamut and Maduin. Also make ABSOLUTELY SURE AT LEAST ONE 
    CHARACTER HAS LIFE 3 ON THEM becasue when MagiMaster dies
    he casts Ultima on your party and unless you have a helluva
    lot of hps your toast.
  METHOD 2: Cast Beserk on him and use the Phantom esper on your party.
    Now continually cast Rasp on him (or Osmose if your MPS
    get really low).  When his 50000 mps are gone he'll try
    to cast Ultima but since he has no mps he'll fail and die.
    NOTE: It takes a long time to beat him this way but once
you cast Bserk on him and used Phantom on you, he
can't hurt you at all. 
   The 3 Stooges  Left/ Larry HP: 10000   MP: 2000    Weakness: fire
                   Top/ Curly HP: 15000   MP: 2000    Weakness: ice, water
                 Right/ Moe   HP: 12000   MP: 2000    Weakness: none
VANISH/DOOM: yes (all three of them)
           Use Ultima and Bahamut if you have them.  If not just use your 
           best attacks and spells, taking note what spells heal which
           stooge.
   WrexSoul            HP: 23066    MP: 5066     Weakness: Ice
VANISH/DOOM: ??
   	   For a quick battle use X-Zone (it'll suck in the SoulSavers and
   you'll win the fight).  If you don't have X-Zone then don't worry 
   about the SoulSavers.  You first have to attack one of your 
   characters until they die. This will cause WrexSoul to appear in a 
   form you can kill.  Once he has appeared bring your dead character
   back to life and then use Ultima, Bahamut, and Ice spells, or your
   best attacks.  If he disappears, repeat the process only kill a
   different character this time.
   Master Pug          HP: 22000    MP: 1200     Weakness: none
VANISH/DOOM: yes
           Use Ultima, Flare, and Bahamut.  Have Edgar use Drill or Chainsaw,
           Sabin use Bum Rush, Celes use Runic, Cyan use SwdTech 7, Gau
           ????, Setzer attack or Slot/GP Rain, and everyone else attack.
   Blue Dragon         HP: 26900    MP: 3800     Weakness: lightning
VANISH/DOOM: yes
           Use your best spells (Ultima, Meteor, Flare, etc), your best
           Espers (Bahamut, etc.), and attacks (Sabin's Bum Rush, Edgar's
           Drill, etc.).
   KatanaSoul          HP: 37620    MP: 7400     Weakness: poison
VANISH/DOOM: yes
           Use Ultima for major damage.  Otherwise use your best attacks
           (Espers, spells, regular, and special).
   Hidon               HP: 25000    MP: 12500    Weakness: fire,pearl,earth
VANISH/DOOM: yes (X-Zone only)
           Use Pearl on Hidon if you have it.  Don't worry about the
           Hidonites.  Also use Ultima, Meteor, Flare, Bahamut, Terrato, etc.
           plus special attacks.
   Dirt Drgn           HP: 28500    MP: 16500    Weakness: wind, water
VANISH/DOOM: yes
           If you have some sort of Gaia equipment on a lot of the dragon's
           spells will heal you.  Ultima works quite will.  Use it if you
           have it, if not use your other more powerful attacks.
   Atma                HP: 55000    MP: 19000    Weakness: none
VANISH/DOOM: yes
           Ultima works quite well.  Use it along with the best attacks
           of the members of your party.  Another way to do it is to try
   depleting its MPS by using spells like rasp (it'll die when its
   MPS are drained completely).
   Gold Dragon         HP: 32400    MP: 4000     Weakness: water
VANISH/DOOM: yes
           Don't use lightning based spells (Bolt, Ramuh, etc.).  DO use
           Ultima, Bahamut, Flare, Meteor, etc.  Using your best attacks 
           should be safe as long as they don't involve lightning.
   Inferno & Company   Rough   HP: 8000    MP: 770    Weakness: ice
                       Inferno HP: 30800   MP: 9700   Weakness: lightning
                       Striker HP: 11000   MP: 2600   Weakness: fire
VANISH/DOOM: no
           Striker is the claw on the right and Rough is the left one.  
           Don't worry about the claws, concentrate on Inferno.  If you
           use Ultima, Meteor, Bahamut, or some other spell/Esper that
           attacks all enemies then you don't have to worry about anything.
           Use your best attacks.
   Skull Drgn          HP: 32800    MP: 1999    Weakness: fire, pearl
VANISH/DOOM: yes
           Use fire spells and pearl as the basis of your attack.  Ultima,
           Flare, Bahamut, etc. work good too.
   Doom                HP: 63000    MP: 4800    Weakness: pearl
VANISH/DOOM: yes 
           Use Ultima for major damage.  Also use your other major attacks.
           Once he uses his force field don't use spells that'll bounce
           off a wall (elementals, flare, etc.).
   Goddess             HP: 44000     MP: 19000    Weakness: none
VANISH/DOOM: yes
           Use your more powerful spells (Ulima, Meteor, etc.) and attacks
           (Sabin's Bum Rush, etc.)
   Guardian again      HP: 60000    MP: 5200    Weakness: lightning, water
VANISH/DOOM: no
           Use lightning spells along with your best attacks (spells or 
           otherwise).  If you have Sabin have him do the Bum Rush blitz
           for some good damage.
   Poltrgeist          HP: 58000    MP: 18900   Weakness: poison
VANISH/DOOM: no
           Again, use your best attacks (Ultima, Flare, Bum Rush, etc).
           Ice 3 seems to work pretty good, too.
   Final Fight Lvl 1   (approximate values for hps)
Head   HP: 30000    MP: ????    Weakness: ????
     Left Hand HP: 27000    MP: ????    Weakness: ????
    Right Hand HP: 32000    MP: ????    Weakness: ????
VANISH/DOOM: no
           Here you have to destroy the creatures head and both hands.  Use
           your best attacks and it'll go down in no time.  The best way to
           do it is have 3 characters attack (Ultima works good) and the 4th
           one heal.
   Final Fight Lvl 2   (approximate values for hps) 
Left   HP: 40000    MP: ????    Weakness: ????
Middle HP: 24000    MP: ????    Weakness: ????
   	      TopRight HP: 27000    MP: ????    Weakness: ????
      BotRight HP: 30000    MP: ????    Weakness: ????
VANISH/DOOM: no
           There are 4 things to attack here.  The same strategy as above 
           should work.
   Final Fight Lvl 3   (approximate values for hps)
Left   HP: 10000    MP: ????    Weakness: ????
Right  HP: 40000    MP: ????    Weakness: ????
VANISH/DOOM: no
           Only two things to attack here.  If you're using attacks that
           only hit a single target, concentrate them on the angel head
           (the one on the left) because it'll heal both targets.  When you
           get the right target down low it'll get mad and start using major
           damage attacks like Merton.  Have your Cure spells ready.
   Kefka: The End      HP: 62000 (approx.)  MP: ????    Weakness: ????
VANISH/DOOM: no
           Be ready to cure when he uses Fallen One (which reduces all your
           characters to 1 hp).  Even regular/special attacks work pretty
           good on him (that's all I used and the fight went pretty quick).
           Make this fight go even quicker by using the Quick spell.
   Another tactic that makes the fight go quicker is to equip everyone
   with Flame Shlds and use Merton.
  
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   Once you have the airship you can go anywhere on the map.  You can land
   anywhere except for mountains, forests, and deserts.  Inside the airship
   you can change you party members by talking to any of the characters on the
   ship.  Also on the ship you will find three non-playable characters: one
   will restore your hps and mps, one will sell you stuff (Item shop), and the
   third one will allow you to unequip some or all of your characters.  The
   restorer and the Item shop aren't on the second airship that you get in the
   World of Ruin.

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   In the auction house in Jidoor you have the ability to bid on items.

   If you go to the Auction House in the World of Balance you can bid on th
   following items:
Cherub Down which costs 10000 GP
Talking Chocobo which you can't win
Golem which'll cost 20000 GP
Cure Ring costs 20000 GP
ZoneSeek for 10000 GP.  
   In the World of Ruin the items you can bid on are:
1/1200 of an airship (which you can't win)
 	the Hero Ring which will cost 50000 GP 
  	Golem for 20000 GP  
   	a Zephyr Cape for 10000 GP
   	an Imp Robot (which you can't win)
  	ZoneSeek which will cost you 10000 GP.

   The order the items appear seems to be random.  If you stay at the Inn
   I think the Auction House will auction off things you can actually buy.

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   Any time you have Shadow in your party (in either the World of Balance or
   the World of Ruin) you can visit an Inn and possibly
   learn more about Shadow's past.  To do so all you have to do is sleep at
   an Inn (in any town) or any other place you can sleep (like the beds in
   Doma Castle) and the hope you get a dream sequence.  The odds of getting
   a dream sequence are like 1:4 for the first four sequences and 1:32 for 
   the 5th one.  [There may be more].

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H I D D E N   C H O C O B O   S T A B L E S 
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Hidden in forests around the world you may find a Chocobo Stable.
In the World of Balance these hidden stables are located:
-Forest east of Tzen
-Forest southeast of Maranda
-Forest west of original location of Figaro Castle
-Forest noth of Kohlingen
In the World of Ruin these hidden stables are located:
-Forest south of Mobliz
-Forest south of Colesseum
-Forest south of Phoenix Cave

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B U G S
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   Relm's Sketch bug - this bug is now pretty famous (infamous?).  It involves
Relm sketching a monster and then the bug occurs.  It seems to happen
most when sketching large enemies or unusual enemies (Gau, Intangir,
etc.), but can occur when sketching normal monsters.
The bug may do a number of different things, it may:
1. Reset EVERYTHING (i.e. three empty save slots)
2. Permanently mess up saved games
3. Give your party tons (as many as 255 [it'll say 0]) of
   different items.  Anything from Dirks to Economizers and
   Gem Boxes.
It may have been fixed in later versions of the game.

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     N E A R   D E A T H   A T T A C K S
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When a character gets low on hps (they kneel down in battle) there
is a possibility (1 in 20 chance) that they will do a special attack
that does massive damage.  The attacks are done by using the FIGHT
command while hps are low (and then only at random).  The attacks are:
CHARACTER:	NAME OF ATTACK:		DESCRIPTION OF ATTACK:
Terra		Riot Blade		Throws rings at enemies
Locke		Mirager			Quickly dashes in for the kill
Edgar		Royal Shook		Flash of light
Sabin		Tiger Break		Drop kick
Celes		Spin Edge		Chainsaw-like attack with sword
Shadow		Shadow Fang		Hops on and slashes the enemy
Cyan		Back Blade		Screen goes black while he attacks
Setzer		Red Card		Throws 3 sets of cards in a row
Mog 		Moogle Rush		Looks like Pummel
Strago		Sabre Soul		Flash of light as he jumps at enemy
Relm		Star Prism		Stars surround enemy
Gogo		X-Meteor		A giant meteor strikes enemy

NOTE: Gau and Umaro don't have a near death attack because they don't have
a FIGHT command.
 
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   ITEM:          EFFECT:                       COST:       COLESSEUM:
   Antidote       Cure poison                   50 GP           *
   Bolt Edge      Causes bolt attack (thrown)   500             *
   Dried Meat     Recovers 150 hps              150             *
   Echo Screen    Counters Mute                 120             *
   Elixir         Recover full hps & mps        ----     RenameCard:Cactrot
   Ether          Recover 150 mps               ----            *
   Eyedrop        Cure blindness                50              *
   Fenix Down     Bring one char. back to life  500      Magicite:Cactrot
   Fire Skean     Causes fire attack (thrown)   500             *
   Green Cherry   Reverse effects of Imp        150             *
   Inviz Edge     Causes invisibility (thrown)  200             *
   Magicite       Randomly calls an Esper       ----            *
   Megalixir      Recovers full hps & mps (all) ----     Tintinabar:Sigfried
   Potion         Recovers 250 hps              300             *
   Remedy         Cure all but 'Zombie'         1000            *
   Rename Card    Rename a character            ----     MarvelShoes:Doom Drgn
   Revivify       Counters Zombie               300             *
   Shadow Edge    Causes illusion (thrown)      400             *
   Sleeping Bag   Full recovery for one         500             *
   Smoke Bomb     Use to escape battle          300             *
   Soft           Counters Petrify              200             *
   Super Ball     Damages all monsters          10000           *
   Tent           Full recovery for all         1200            *
   Tincture       Recover 50 mps                1500            *
   Tonic          Recover 50 hps                50              *
   X-Ether        Recover full mps              ----            *
   X-Potion       Recover full hps              ----            *
   Warp Stone     Escape battle or dungeons     700             *
   Water Edge     Causes water attack (thrown)  150             *

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                         W E A P O N S   L I S T
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   The columns are marked as follows: BP = Bat.Pwr., E% = Evade%, SP = Speed,
   M% = MBlock%, MP = Mag.Pwr., ST = Stamina, V = Vigor, $ = Value, 
   !! = Extra abilities, CM = Colesseum.  The extra abilities (!!) are:
   W = Wind Elemental, K = Randomly kills, B = same damage from back row,
   C = casts  then breaks, E = Randomly evades attack, H = heals
   target, Im = ??? when equipped while an imp, Man = double damage to human
   target, MP = uses mps to inflict mortal blow, C2 = randomly casts .
 WEAPON:     BP: E%: SP: M%: MP: ST: V: $:    !!:       CM:
 Air Lancet  76  --  --  --  --  --  -- 950   W         *
 Ashura      47  --  --  --  --  --  -- 500   --        *
 Assassin    106 +10 +3  --  +2  --  -- 2     K         SwordBreaker:TestRider
 AtmaWeapon  ??? --  --  --  --  --  -- 2     --        Gradeus:GtBehemoth
 Aura        162 --  --  --  --  --  -- 2     --        Strato:Rhyos
 AuraLance   227 --  +2  --  +3  +1  +3 ???   --        Sky Render:Land Worm
 Blizzard    108 --  --  --  +2  --  -- 7000  C2   Ogre Nix:Scullion
 Blossom     112 --  --  --  --  --  -- 3200  --        *
 Bone Club   151 --  --  --  --  --  -- 20000 --        Red Jacket:TestRider
 Boomerang   102 --  --  --  --  --  -- 4500  B         *
 Break Blade 117 --  --  --  --  --  -- 12000 C2 Break Blade:Lethal Wpn
 Cards       104 --  --  --  --  --  -- 1000  --        *
 ChocoboBrsh 60  --  --  --  +1  --  -- 600   --        *
 Crystal     167 --  --  --  --  --  -- 15000 --        Enhancer:Borras
 Darts       115 --  --  --  --  --  -- 10000 --        *
 DaVinciBrsh 100 --  +1  --  +1  --  -- 7000  --        *
 Dice        ??? --  --  --  --  --  -- 5000  --        *
 Dirk        26  --  --  --  --  --  -- 150   --        *
 Doom Darts  187 --  --  --  --  --  -- 2     C2  BoneClub:Opinicus
 Dragon Claw 188 --  --  --  +1  --  +2 2     --        Sniper:Test Rider
 Drainer     121 +10 --  --  --  --  -- 2     Drains Hp Drainer:Enuo
 Enhancer    135 --  --  +20 +7  --  -- 10000 --        *
 Epee        98  --  --  --  --  --  -- 3000  --        *
 Excalibur   217 +20 +2  --  +1  +1  +2 2     --        *
 Falchion    176 +10 --  --  --  --  -- 17000 --        Flame Shld:Outsider
 FireKnuckle 122 --  --  --  --  --  -- 10000 C2  FireKnuckle:TumbleWeed
 Fire Rod    79  --  --  --  --  --  -- 3000  C  *
 Fixed Dice  ??? --  --  --  --  --  -- 2     --        FireKnuckle:Trixter
 Flail       86  --  --  --  --  --  -- 2000  B         *
 Flame Sabre 108 --  --  --  +2  --  -- 7000  C2  Ogre Nix:Evil Oscar
 Forged      81  --  --  --  --  --  -- 1200  --        *
 Full Moon   95  --  --  --  --  --  -- 2500  B         *
 Gold Lance  139 --  --  --  --  --  -- 12000 --        *
 Graedus     204 +10 --  --  --  --  -- 2     --        Dirk:Karkass
 Gravity Rod 120 --  --  --  --  --  -- 13000 C *
 Guardian    59  +10 +4  --  --  --  -- 2     E         *
 Hardened    121 --  --  --  --  --  -- 2     --        Murasame:Phase
 Hawk Eye    111 --  --  --  --  --  -- 6000  B         *
 Heal Rod    200 --  --  --  --  --  -- 2     H         Magus Rod:Pug
 Ice Rod     79  --  --  --  --  --  -- 3000  C  *
 Illumina    255 +50 +7  +50 +7  +7  +7 2     C2 Scimitar:Scullion
 Imperial    72  --  --  --  --  --  -- 600   --        *
 Imp Halberd 253 --  --  --  --  --  -- 2     Im        Cat Hood:Allosaurus
 Kaiser      83  --  --  --  --  --  -- 1000  --        *
 Kodachi     93  --  --  --  --  --  -- 1200  --        *
 Kotetsu     66  --  --  --  --  --  -- 800   --        *
 MagicalBrsh 130 --  +1  --  +1  +1  -- 10000 --        *
 Magus Rod   168 --  --  +30 +7  --  -- 2     --        Strato:Allosaurus
 Man Eater   146 --  --  +10 --  --  -- 11000 Man       *
 MetalKnuckle 45 --  --  --  --  --  -- 400   --        *
 MithrilBlade 28 --  --  --  --  --  -- 450   --        *
 Mithril Claw 65 --  --  --  --  --  -- 800   --        *
 MithrilKnife 30 --  --  --  --  --  -- 300   --        *
 Mithril Pike 70 --  --  --  --  --  -- 800   --        *
 Mithril Rod  60 --  --  --  +2  --  -- 500   --        *
 MorningStar 109 --  --  --  --  --  -- 5000  B         *
 Murasame    110 +10 --  --  --  --  -- 9000  --        Aura:Borras
 Ninja Star  132 --  --  --  --  --  -- 500   Thrown    Tack Star:Chaos Drgn
 Ogre Nix    182 --  --  --  --  --  -- 2     MP        SoulSabre:SrBehemoth
 Partisan    150 --  --  --  --  --  -- 13000 --        *
 Pearl Lance 194 --  --  --  +3  --  -- 2     C2 Strato:Sky Base
 Pearl Rod   124 --  --  --  --  --  -- 12000 C  *
 Poison Claw 95  --  --  --  --  --  -- 2500  C2 *
 Poison Rod  86  --  --  --  --  --  -- 1500  C *
 Punisher    111 --  --  --  --  --  -- 2     MP        Gravity Rod:Opinicus
 Ragnarok    255 +30 +3  +30 +7  +7  +7 2     C2 Illumina:Didalos
 RainbowBrsh 146 --  +2  --  +2  +1  +1 2     --        Gravity Rod:Test Rider
 RegalCutlass 54 --  --  --  --  --  -- 800   --        *
 Rising Sun  117 --  --  --  --  --  -- 2     B         Bone Club:Allosaurus
 Rune Edge   55  +10 --  --  --  --  -- 7500  --        *
 Scimitar    208 --  --  --  --  --  -- 2     Cuts up   Ogre Nix:Covert
 Shuriken    86  --  --  --  --  --  -- 30    Thrown    *
 Sky Render  215 +20 --  --  --  --  -- 2     --        AuraLance:Scullion
 Sniper      172 --  --  --  --  --  -- 15000 B         Bone Club:Borras
 Soul Saber  ??? +10 --  --  --  --  -- 2     C2  Falchion:Opinicus
 Stout Spear 112 --  --  --  --  --  -- 10000 --        *
 Strato      199 --  --  --  --  --  -- 2     --        Pearl Lance:Aquila
 Striker     190 --  --  --  --  --  -- 2     K         ????????:Chupon
 Stunner     220 --  --  --  --  --  -- 2     C2  Strato:Test Rider
 SwordBreakr 164 +30 --  --  --  --  -- 16000 E         *
 Tack Star   190 --  --  --  --  --  -- 2     Thrown    Rising Sun:Opinicus
 Tempest     101 --  --  --  --  --  -- 8000  C2     *
 ThiefKnife  88  +10 +3  +10 --  --  -- 2     Steals    ThiefGlove:Wart Puck
 ThundrBlade 108 --  --  --  +2  --  -- 7000  C2  Ogre Nix:Steroidite
 Thuder Rod  79  --  --  --  --  --  -- 3000  C *
 Tiger Fangs 215 --  +3  --  +3  +2  +3 2     --        FireKnuckle:Mantodea
 Trident     93  --  --  --  --  --  -- 1700  --        *
 Trump       133 --  --  --  --  --  -- 13000 K         Trump:Allosaurus
 ValiantKnif 145 +10 --  --  --  --  -- 2     --        Assassin:Woolly
 Wind Edge   198 --  +7  --  +2  +1  +7 2     B & K     Sniper:Rhyos

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    The columns are marked as follows: $ = value, D = defense, E% = evade %,
    MD = mag. def., SP = speed, ST = stamina, V = vigor, M% = MBlock%,
    MP = mag. pwr., !! = extra abilities.  The extra abilities (!!) are:
    EM = randomly evades magic attack, SK = raises success rate of Sketch,
    SC = raises success rate of Control, A = absorbs that type
    of attack, *# = see Esper list, Im = ??? if equipped while an Imp,
    MPS = raises magic points by 1/4, Ill = creates illusion, HPS = raises
    hit points by 1/4, Pain = inflicts damage to wearer every round.
ARMOR:       $:    D:  E%: MD: SP: ST: V:  M%: MP: !!:     COLOSSEUM:
Aegis Shld   2     46  +20 +52 --  --  --  +40 --  EM      TortoiseShld:Borras
Bandana      800   16  --  +10 --  --  --  --  --  --      *
Bard's Hat   3000  19  --  +21 --  --  --  +10 --  --      *
Baret        3500  21  --  +21 --  --  --  --  +3  SK      *
BehemothSuit 2     94  --  +73 +6  +6  +6  --  +6  --      SnowMuffler:Outsider
Buckler      200   16  +10 +10 --  --  --  --  --  --      *
Cat Hood     2     33  +10 +33 +2  --  --  +10 +4  --      Merit Award:Hoover
ChocoboSuit  2     56  --  +38 +6  +2  +3  --  --  --      Moogle Suit:Veteran
Circlet      7000  25  --  +9  +1  +3  +2  --  +4  --      *
Coronet      2     23  --  +23 +2  --  --  --  +4  SC      RegalCrown:Evil Oscar
Cotten Robe  200   32  --  +21 --  --  --  --  --  --      *
Crystal Helm 10000 29  --  +19 --  --  --  --  --  --      Diamond Helm:Dueller 
Crystal Mail 17000 72  --  +49 --  --  --  --  --  --      IceShld:Covert
Crystal Shld 7000  50  +10 +34 --  --  --  --  --  --      *
Cursed Shld  2     -7  --  --  -7  -7  -7  --  --  --      Cursed Ring:Didalos
Czarina Gown 2     70  --  +64 +2  +2  +1  --  +3  --      Minerva:Sky Base
Dark Hood    7500  26  --  +17 --  --  --  --  --  --      *
Dark Gear    13000 68  --  +45 +6  --  --  --  --  --      *
DiamondArmor 15000 70  --  --  --  --  --  --  --  --      *
Diamond Helm 8000  27  --  +18 --  --  --  --  --  --      *
Diamond Shld 3500  40  +10 +27 --  --  --  --  --  --      *
Diamond Vest 12000 65  --  +44 --  --  --  --  --  --      *
Flame Shld   2     41  +20 +28 --  --  --  +10 -- A  Ice Shld:IronHitman
  Fire2*5
Force Armor  2     69  --  +68 --  --  --  +30 --  --      ForceArmor:SrBehemoth
Force Shld   2     70  --  --  --  --  --  +50 -- Shell*5  Thornlet:Dark Force
Gaia Gear    6000  53  --  +43 --  --  --  --  -- A *
Genji Armor  2     90  --  +80 +3  +2  +5  --  +2  --      Air Anchor:Borras
Genji Helmet 2     36  --  +38 --  --  --  --  --  --      CrystalHelm:Fortis
Genji Shld   2     54  +20 +50 --  --  --  +20 --  --      ThunderShld:Retainer
Gold Armor   10000 55  --  +37 --  --  --  --  --  --      *
Gold Helmet  4000  22  --  +15 --  --  --  --  --  --      *
Gold Shld    2500  24  +10 +23 --  --  --  --  --  --      *
Green Beret  3000  19  +10 +13 --  --  --  --  --  --      *
Hair Band    150   12  --  +8  --  --  --  --  --  --      *
Head Band    1600  16  --  +10 +1  +2  +3  --  --  --      *
Heavy Shld   400   22  +10 +14 --  --  --  --  --  --      *
Ice Shld     2     42  +20 +28 --  --  --  +10 -- A   FlameShld:Innoc
  Ice2*5
Imp Armor    2     100 --  +100--  --  --  --  -- Im       TortoiseShld:Rhyos
Iron Armor   700   40  --  +27 --  --  --  --  --  --      *
Iron Helmet  1000  18  --  +12 --  --  --  --  --  --      *
Kung Fu Suit 250   34  --  +23 --  --  --  --  --  --      *
LeatherArmor 150   28  --  +19 --  --  --  --  --  --      *
Leather Hat  50    11  --  +7  --  --  --  --  --  --      *
Light Robe   11000 60  --  +43 --  --  --  --  +2  --      *
Magus Hat    600   15  --  --  --  --  --  --  --  --      *
Minerva      2     88  --  +70 +2  +1  +1  +10 +4 MPS      Czarina Gown:Pug
Mirage Vest  2     48  --  +36 +6  --  --  +10 -- Ill      Red Jacket:Vectagoyle
Mithril Helm 2000  20  --  +13 --  --  --  --  --  --      *
Mithril Mail 3500  51  --  +34 --  --  --  --  --  --      *
Mithril Shld 1200  27  +10 +18 --  --  --  --  --  --      *
Mithril Vest 1200  45  --  --  --  --  --  --  --  --      *
Moogle Suit  2     58  --  +52 --  --  --  --  --  --      Nutkin Suit:Madam
Mystery Veil 5500  24  --  +25 +1  --  --  +10 +3  --      *
Ninja Gear   1100  47  --  +32 +2  --  --  --  --  --      *
Nutkin Suit  2     86  --  +67 +7  --  --  --  +3  --      Genji Armor:Opinicus
Oath Veil    9000  32  --  +31 --  --  --  --  --  --      *
Paladin Shld 2     59  +40 +59 --  --  --  +40 -- Ultima*1 Force Shld:Hemophyte
Plumed Hat   250   14  --  +9  --  --  --  --  --  --      *
Power Sash   5000  52  --  +35 +1  +5  +5  --  --  --      *
Red Cap      2     24  --  +17 +3  +2  +4  --  -- HPS      Coronet:Rhyos
Red Jacket   2     78  --  +55 +2  +4  +5  --  +1  --      Red Jacket:Vectagoyle
Regal Crown  2     28  --  +23 +1  +1  +1  --  +1  --      Genji Helmet:Opinicus
Silk Robe    600   39  --  --  --  --  --  --  --  --      *
Snow Muffler 2     128 +10 +90 --  --  --  +10 --  --      Charm Bangle:Retainer
Tabby Suit   2     54  --  +36 +2  +2  +2  --  +2  --      ChocoboSuit:Vectaur
Tao Robe     13000 68  --  +50 --  --  --  +10 +5  --      Tao Robe:Test Rider
Thornlet     2     38  --  --  --  --  --  --  -- Pain     Mirage Vest:Opinicus
Thunder Shld 2     43  +20 +28 --  --  --  +10 -- A  Genji Shld:Outsider
  Bolt2*5
Tiara        3000  22  --  --  --  --  --  --  --  --      *
Tiger Mask   2500  21  --  +13 +2  +1  +3  --  --  --      *
Titanium     2     42  --  +42 --  --  --  --  -- Im       Cat Hood:Brachosaur
  Imp*1
TortoiseShld 2     66  +30 +66 --  --  --  +30 -- Im       Titanium:Steroidite
  Imp*1
White Dress  2200  47  --  +35 --  --  --  --  +5  --      *

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                          R E L I C S   L I S T
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Under the column labeled EFFECT P = protects from that
status change, C = casts that spell.  Under the column labeled
BONUS MP = magic power, DEF = defense, VIG = Vigor, M% = MBlock%, 
SP = Speed, *# = see Espers, MDF = magic defence. 
RELIC:          EFFECT:		          BONUS:   COST:  COLESSEUM:
Amulet          P     -----    5000   *
Atlas Armlet    Increase fight damage     -----    5000   *
Back Guard      P   -----    7000   *
Barrier Ring    C when hps low     MP +2    500    *
Beads           Avoid attack better       -----    4000   *
Black Belt      Counterattack when hit    -----    5000   *
Blizzard Orb    Allows Umaro to use Storm -----    ---    Rage Ring:Allosaurus
Charm Bangle    Few random attacks        -----    ---    Dragon Horn:Retainer
Cherub Down     C                  -----    6300   *
Coin Toss       Setzer's Slot -> GP Rain  -----    ---    *
Crystal Orb     Increase mps by 1/2       -----    ---    Gold Hairpin:Borras
Cure Ring       C                  -----    ---    *
Cursed Ring     It's cursed              X-Zone*5  ---    Air Anchor:Steroidite
Czarina Ring    C Jump            -----    9000   *
Earrings        Offensive spells better   -----    5000   *
Economizer      Spells cost 1 mp each     -----    ---    Dragon Horn:Vectagoyle
Exp.Egg         Double experience         -----    ---    Tintinabar:Steroidite
Fairy Ring      P            -----    7000   *
FakeMustache    Relm's Sketch -> Control  -----    ---    *
Gale Hairpin    % of preemptive strike up -----    8000   *
Gauntlet        Wield weapon with 2 hands DEF +5   ---    ThunderShld:Vectagoyle
Gem Box         Cast two spells per turn  -----    ---    Economizer:SrBehemoth
Genji Glove     Use a weapon per hand     DEF +5   ---    ThunderShld:Hemophyte
Goggles         P                   -----    500    *
Gold Hairpin    Spell take 1/2 normal mps -----    ---    DragonHorn:Evil Oscar
Guard Ring      C when hps low      -----    5000   *
HyperWrist      Raises Vigor              VIG +18  8000   *
Hero Ring       Fight & Magic pwr better  -----    ---    Pod Bracelet:Rhyos
Jewel Ring      P		  -----	   1000   *
Marvel Shoes    Unpredictable effect      -----    ---    Tintinabar:Tyranosaur
Memento Ring    P for Relm  -----    ---    Memento Ring:Chupon
Merit Award     Use better Armor & weapon -----    ---    Rename Card:Covert
MithrilGloves   C when hps low      DEF +6   700    *
Moogle Charm    No random attacks         -----    ---    Charm Bangle:Outsider
Muscle Belt     Increas max hps by 50%    -----    ---    Crystal Orb:Allosaurus
Offering        Attack 4 times            -----    ---    *
Peace Ring      P         -----    3000   *
Pod Bracelet    C             -----    ---    Hero Ring:Hemophyte
Rage Ring       Add pwr to Umaro's attack -----    ---    BlizzardOrb:Allosaurus
Relic Ring      Mysterious effects        -----    ---    Charm Bangle:Sky Base
Ribbon          P    -----    ---    Gold Hairpin:DarkForce
RunningShoes    C                  -----    7000   *
Safety Bit      P           -----    ---    Dragon Horn:Pug
Sneak Ring      Locke's % of stealing up  SP +5    3000   ThiefGlove:TapDancer
Sniper Sight    100% hit rate             -----    3000   *
Sprint Shoes    Walk twice as fast        -----    1500   *
Star Pendant    P                 -----    500    *
ThiefGlove      Locke's Steal -> Capture  -----    ---    Dirk:Harpy
Tintinabar      Recover hps w/ each step  -----    ---    Exp.Egg:Dark Force
True Knight     Protects those w/ low hp  -----    1000   *
Wall Ring       C                 -----    ---    *
White Cape      P               DEF +5   5000   *
  MDF +5
  M% +10
Zephyr Cape     Dodge attacks easier      -----    7000   *

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                       R A R E   I T E M S   L I S T
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ITEM:		NOTES:
Books           Simple book of machinery...And "Book of Secrets"...
Cider		Cider, taken from a merchant
Coral		Piece of coral, found in the cave near Ebot's Rock.
Fish		Just a fish
Fish	 	Fish
Fish		A yummy fish
Fish		A rotten fish
Lump of Metal 	A heavy weight, Put it into a chest, and...
Old Clock-Key	An old clock-key, found on a soldier.
Pendant		A pendant worn by the girl who pilots the MagiTek Armor
Royal Letter	At a star-shaped mountain range...
Rust-Rid	Rust solvent

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                      M A G I C   S P E L L   L I S T 
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   SPELL:          EFFECT:                                MPS:
   Cure            Recover up to 270 hps                  5
   Cure 2          3 times more powerful than Cure        25
   Cure 3          7 times more powerful than Cure        40
   Life            Brings dead fighter back to life       30
   Life 2          Brings dead back with full hps         60
   Life 3          Casts Life when the effected dies      50
   Antidot         Cure poison                            3
   Remedy          Cures all but Zombie                   15
   Regen           Revives hps at regualer intervals      10
   Fire            Fire attack                            4
   Fire 2          3 times more powerful than fire        20
   Fire 3          6 times more powerful than fire        57
   Bolt            Lightning attack                       6
   Bolt 2          3 times more powerful than bolt        22
   Bolt 3          6 times more powerful than bolt        53
   Ice             Ice attack                             5
   Ice 2           3 times more powerful than ice         21
   Ice 3           6 times more powerful than ice         52
   Poison          Posions                                3
   Drain           Moves hps from target to caster        15
   Bio             More powerful version poison           26
   Break           Turn target to stone                   25
   Doom            Instant death                          35
   Pearl           Pearl elemental attack                 40
   Flare           Hits several enemies at once           45
   Demi            Cuts targets hps in half               33
   Quartr          More powerful verion of Demi           48
   X-Zone          Sends targets to another dimension     53
   Meteor          Meteors hit targets                    62
   Ultima          Hits all attacking creatures           80
   Quake           Hits all ground-bound creatures        50
   W Wind          Takes 90% of hps from anything it hits 75
   Merton          Piercing fire attack                   85
   Scan            Shows targets hps, mps, and weakness   3
   Slow            Slows target                           5
   Rasp            Take mps away from target              12
   Mute            Target can't use magic                 8
   Safe            Raises defense power of target         12
   Sleep           Puts target to sleep                   5
   Muddle          Confuses target                        8
   Haste           Make target move faster                10
   Stop            Temporarily freeze target              10
   Bserk           Target attacks when ready              16
   Float           Levitation                             17
   Imp             Changes target into an Imp             10
   Rflect          Reflect spells (including your own)    22
   Shell           Protects from enemy spells             15
   Vanish          Makes target invisible                 18
   Haste2          Makes party move faster                38
   Slow2           Slows all attacking enemies            26
   Osmose          Transefers mps from target to caster   1
   Warp            Escape fights and dungeons             20
   Quick           Allows double commands                 99
   Dispel          Dissolves spells cast on target        25

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                           E S P E R   L I S T
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The numbers next to the spells are the learning rates.  These numbers
are multiplied by earned Magic Points.  When the results reach 100,
the spell is learned.  LOC means location of where the Esper is.
WOB = world of balance		WOR = world of ruin
   ESPER:     SPELLS:        WHEN USED IN BATTLE,      	       AT LEVEL UP:
     MPS NEEDED, and LOCATION:
   Starlet    Cure  *  25    Recovers HPS   (74 MPS)           Stamina +2
      Cure2 *  16    LOC: Owzer's mansion in
              Cure3 *  1          Jidoor (WOR)
      Regen *  20
      Remedy*  20
   Kirin      Cure  *  5     Casts Regen on party              -----
      Cure2 *  1		    (18 MPS)
              Regen *  3     LOC: Zozo (WOB)
      Antdot*  4
      Scan  *  5
   Phoenix    Life  *  10    Recovers battle status            -----
      Life2 *  2		    (110 MPS)
      Life3 *  1     LOC: Phoenix Cave (WOR)
      Cure3 *  2
      Fire3 *  3
   Unicorn    Cure2 *  4     Casts Remedy on Party             -----
      Remedy*  3		    (30 MPS)
      Dispel*  2     LOC: MagiTek Factory (WOB)
      Safe  *  1
      Shell *  1
   Palidor    Haste *  20    Party members use a jump attack   -----
      Slow  *  20		    (61 MPS)
              Haste2*  2     LOC: Solitary Island (WOR)
      Slow2 *  2
      Float *  5
   Sraphim    Life  *  5     Recovers HPS   (40 MPS)           -----
      Cure2 *  8     LOC: Buy from man in Tzen
      Cure  *  20	     3000 gp (WOB)
      Regen *  10     	       10 gp (WOR)
      Remedy*  4
   Ifrit      Fire  *  10    Fire attack    (26 MPS)           Strength +1
      Fire2 *  5     LOC: MagiTek Factory (WOB)
      Drain *  1
   Shiva      Ice   *  10    Ice attack     (27 MPS)           -----
      Ice2  *  5     LOC: MagiTek Factroy (WOB)
      Rasp  *  4
      Osmose*  4
      Cure  *  3
   Odin       Meteor*  1     Cuts enemies to pieces (70 MPS)   Speed +1
     LOC: Ancient Castle (WOR)
   Manduin    Fire2 *  3     Non-elemental attack              MagPwr +1
              Ice2  *  3		    (44 MPS)
      Bolt2 *  3     LOC: MagiTek Factory (WOB)
   Raiden     Quick *  1     Slices through enemies (80 MPS)   Strength +2
    	     LOC: Ancient Castle basement (WOR)
   Bismark    Fire  *  20    Water attack   (50 MPS)           Strength +2
              Ice   *  20    LOC: MagiTek Factory (WOB)
              Bolt  *  20
      Life  *  2
   Crusader   Merton*  1     Attack harms you and the enemy    MP +50%
              Meteor*  10		    (96 MPS)
     LOC: Defeat all 8 dragons (WOR)
   Ramuh      Bolt  *  10    Lightning attack  (25 MPS)        Stamina +1
              Bolt2 *  2     LOC: Zozo (WOB)		
      Poison*  5
   Bahamut    Flare *  2     Cuts thru magic defenses (86 MPS) HP +50%
     LOC: Defeat Doom Gaze (WOR)
   Shoat      Bio   *  8     Petrifies enemies  (45 MPS)       HP +10%
              Break *  5     LOC: MagiTek Factory (WOB)
      Doom  *  2
   Tritoch    Fire3 *  1     Ice/Fire/Lightning 3-way attack   MagPwr +2
      Ice3  *  1			(68 MPS)
      Bolt3 *  1     LOC: Hills of Narshe (WOR)
   Alexandr   Pearl *  2     Mystic purity attack              -----
      Shell *  10			(90 MPS)
      Safe  *  10    LOC: Throne room in Doma Castle
      Dispel*  10	  after Cyan's soul (WOR)
      Remedy*  15
   ZoneSeek   Rasp  *  20    Casts Shell on party              MagPwr +2
      Osmose*  15			(30 MPS)
      Shell *  5     LOC: Buy at Auction for 10000GP
(Either world)
   Ragnarok   Ultima*  1     Turns enemy into item (6 MPS)     -----
     LOC: Weapon shop in Narshe (WOR)
   Golem      Safe  *  5     Protects the party                Stamina +2
      Stop  *  5			(33 MPS)
      Cure2 *  5     LOC: Buy at Auction for 20000GP
(Either world)
   Terrato    Quake *  3     Earth-elemental attack            HP +30%
 	      Quartr*  1			(40 MPS)
      W Wind*  1     LOC: Umaro's cave in Narshe (WOR)
   Stray      Muddle*  7     Confuses enemies                  MagPwr +1
      Imp   *  5			(28 MPS)
      Float *  2     LOC: Zozo (WOB)
   Carbunkl   Rflect*  5     Casts Reflect on party            -----
              Haste *  3			(36 MPS)
      Shell *  2     LOC: MagiTek Factory (WOB)
      Safe  *  2
      Warp  *  2
   Fenrir     Warp  *  10    Makes multi images of party       MP +30%
      X-Zone*  5			(70 MPS)
      Stop  *  3     LOC: Defeat Phunbaba (WOR)
   Phantom    Bserk *  3     Makes party invisible             MP +10%
              Vanish*  3			(38 MPS)
      Demi  *  5     LOC: MagiTek Factory (WOB)
   Siren      Sleep *  10    Silences enemies   (16 MPS)       HP +10%
      Mute  *  8     LOC: Zozo (WOB)
      Slow  *  7
      Fire  *  6

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                     M I S C E L L A N E O U S   T I P S 
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-Equip both the Offering and the Genji Glove and your characher will
 attack 8 times, 4 with each hand.

-Similar to the above, you can equip the Offering and the ThiefGlove
 to Locke and then when he uses the CAPTURE command he'll attempt to
 steal 4 times.

-You can have Locke steal from the creatures on the Solitary Island.
 Of course you have to do it before they self destruct.  The Peepers
 have Elixirs and the EarthGuards have Megalixirs

        -You can have Locke still from the Aquilas in the Phoenix cave
 and you may get an Economizer.

       -In the forest shaped like a dragon's head to the north of the Veldt
 you may run into Brachosaur.  They leave Econimizers once
 in a while when you beat them. This forest is also a good spot to
 raise levels (especially with the experience egg).

        -Intangirs and Flans have Magicite that Locke can steal.

-Equip Umaro with the Gauntlet relic to raise both his Bat.Pwr and
 his Defense.

-Once Locke has the Theif Glove have him attempt to Capture from
 everything.  Lots of times he'll just steal stuff like Tonics and
 Potions, but other times he'll steal stuff like Elixirs, Magicites,
 and Relics.

-Any undead monster can be killed instantly with a Revivify, a Fenix
 Down or a Life spell.

-Cast DOOM on a party member wearing the Relic Ring to heal that 
 member's HPS to their MAX.

-You can defrost a frozen party member with a FIRE spell.

-Having a different lead character when using a tent will change the
 tent's color and the banner or symbol on the center pole.
Umaro & Mog 	      - White tent with star on top
Setzer,Shadow, & Cyan - light blue tent with a cross (or
 something) on top
Celes,Sabin, & Edgar  - green tent with crown on top
Terra 		      - purple tent with bow on top
Locke                 - orange tent with boomerang (or moon)
on top
Gau,Gogo,Strago, & Relm - orange tent with star-like 
thing on top

-Cast Vanish on an enemy and then cast either X-Zone or Doom on that
 enemy for an instant defeat (this even works on some of the bosses).

-Equip both the Ragnarok esper and the Paladin Shld to learn Ultima
 twice as fast as normal (Ultima * 2).

-Use relics that normally prevent a status ailment to cure them.
 (i.e. equip an Amulet which prevent poison to cure a poisoned
 party member).
 
-Equip the Cure Ring to counteract the effects of the Thornlet.

-Equip the Ribbon to counteract the effects of the Cursed Shld.
(This is a must to uncurse it anyways.)

-Equip Gau with the Merit Award to make the attacks of his rages
 stronger.

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R U M O R S
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These are things that I've heard about.  Can anyone confirm any 
of these.

- If you get all the Espers (this includes transforming Odin into
  Raiden), have all the characters, keep Cid alive,
  and have all the Paladin equipment, then supposedly you'll get a
  secret ending.
- Apparently the Paladin Ring DOES exist, but there is no confirmed
  way to find it and it was also taken out of versions released after
  November 31, 1994.

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                     G A M E   G E N I E   C O D E S
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AA23-54D8      Experience (lot's of experience per battle, enough to jump you
immediately to lvl 99)
Submitted by: kmai 
AA24-E7D8      Get items after every battle.  Each monster gives a particular
item. (this one is really cool, you can get stuff like Excalibur
and Scimitar for weapons, and Genji armors)
Submitted by: kmai 
DC2C-E4D8      Get the maximum amount of gold (something like 99999999 GP)
after a battle (it won't show that you've won that much, you
just have it after the battle).
Submitted by: kmai 
AA9D-E768 +    Get either some Illuminas or Ragnaroks after a battle. (Turn
  AA95-EFA8     off the Genie to continue after the fight).
DDA4-8767      Party always has sprint shoes
  		Submitted by: [email protected]
AA6C-EF08      Instant sprint shoes and moggle charm.
Submitted by: [email protected] (Jason Hood)
AA68-EF08      Instant freeze and float.
Submitted by: [email protected] (Jason Hood)
AA24-EF08      Get weapons from enemies
Submitted by: Stan 
3CB8-5DAE      Most items can be used infinitely--NOT IN BATTLE MODE--SWITCH
OFF TO EXIT MENU SCREEN
Submitted by: [email protected]
       This code can also be used to double the number of weapons,armor
and relics you are carrying.  This is done by: once you have
2 of the item you want doubled, just keep equipping it over
and over in the same spot, and it will double.
Submitted by: Wade Heisen 	
108C-EF03 +    All items in shops are free--SWITCH OFF TO SELL ITEMS FOR GP
  108C-E4A3     Submitted by: [email protected]
ED30-E944      Tonics gives 240 HP
Submitted by: [email protected]
AA90-74DD      Walk thru some walls
AA9B-E768      All relics equipped.  May freeze up.  DO NOT SAVE.
0F9F-E708      Erases saved games (not sure why you'd want to but...)
AAD8-EF08      All members Float, are Stopped, and are Reflective in battles
DFD8-EF68      All members Float
D0D8-EF68      All members have Slow on them
D6D8-EF68      All memeber have Haste on them
D8D8-EF68      All members have Haste, Float, and Regen on them
AA94-E7D8+     Get Paladin Shlds, Offerings, Gem Boxes, Econimizers, and other
  AA94-EF08    		stuff in battles
  AA94-E4D8
  D794-E708
D493-54D8      Over 16000 exp. per battle
D793-54D8      Almost 1000000 exp per battle
A29D-54D8      Party members randomly attack out of turn and use magic when
they shouldn't.  Save often.
D0A7-8DD7      Super sprint shoes.  ONly works with sprint shoes equipped or
with 'always have sprint shoes' code
Submitted by: [email protected] (Jason Hood)
DD27-E7DB      Everyone has hidden Gold Hairpin in BATTLE MODE ONLY
Submitted by: [email protected] (Jason Hood)
DD20-EFDB      Everyone has hidden Econimizer in BATTLE MODE ONLY
Submitted by: [email protected] (Jason Hood)
CE37-77D6      Most spells learned faster from Espers -- may cause graphical
errors.
Submitted by: [email protected] (Jason Hood)
DD27-5FDA      Everyone has hidden Econimizer (NOT IN BATTLE)
Submitted by: [email protected] (Jason Hood)
DD20-5DDA      Everyone has hidden Golden Hairpin (NOT IN BATTLE)
Submitted by: [email protected] (Jason Hood)
ED3B-E5C4      Tincture give 240 mps
Submitted by: [email protected] (Jason Hood)
4DBE-8C88+     Faster left/right movement on world map
  3DB0-EC78	Submitted by: [email protected] (Jason Hood)
4DBB-EB88+     Faster up/down movement on world map
  3DB3-E6E8	Submitted by: [email protected] (Jason Hood)
AADB-EDA8      All members have hidden Muscle Belt & Crystal Orb
AADC-EDA8      All chars have hidden Moogle Charm
AA9E-E4D8      All equipped items become Paladin Shlds
---
xxEC-78E5      Replace the xx with one of the following 2 digit codes to
put what you want in Terra's right hand at the beginning.
xxE8-7675      Replace the xx with one of the following 2 digit codes to
put what you want in Terra's left hand at the beginning.
xxE8-7655      Replace the xx with one of the following 2 digit codes to
                put what you want in Terra's helmet slot at the beginning.     
xxE8-7685      Replace the xx with one of the following 2 digit codes to
                put what you want in Terra's armor slot at the beginning.	
xxE8-76E5      Replace the xx with one of the following 2 digit codes to
                put what you want in Terra's top relic slot at the 
beginning.
DD: Dirk	FD: Epee	4D: Partisan	7D:Aura
DF: MthrlKnife	FF: BreakBlade	4F: Pearl Lance	7F: Strato
D4: Guardian	F4: Drainer	44: Gold Lance	74:Sky Render
D7: Air Lancet	F7: Enhancer	47: Aura Lance	77: Heal Rod
D0: ThiefKnife	F0: Crystal	40: Imp Halberd	70: Mithril Rod
D9: Assassin	F9: Falchion	49: Imperial	79: Fire Rod
D1: ManEater	F1: Soul Sabre	41: Kodachi	71: Ice Rod
D5: SwdBreaker	F5: Ogre Nix	45: Blossom	75: Thunder Rod
D6: Gradeus	F6: Excalibur	46: Hardened	76: Posion Rod
DB: ValiantKnif FB: Scimitar	4B: Striker	7B: Pearl Rod
DC: MithrilBlad FC: Illumina	4C: Stunner	7C: Gravity Rod
D8: ReglCutlass	F8: Ragnarok	48: Ashura	78: Punisher
DA: Rune Edge	FA: Atma Weapon	4A: Kotetsu	7A: Magus Rod
D2: Flame Sabre	F2: MithrilPike	42: Forged	72: ChocoboBrush
D3: Blizzard	F3: Trident	43: Tempest	73: DaVinci Brush
DE: ThundrBlade	FE: Stout Spear	4E: Murasame	7E: Magical Brush

0D: RainbowBrsh	9D: Trump	1D: Fire Shield	5D: Coronet
0F: Shuriken	9F: Dice	1F: Ice Shield	5F: Bard's Hat
04: Ninja Star	94: Fixed Dice	14: ThunderShld	54: Green Beret
07: Tack Star	97: MetalKnuckl	17: CrystalShld	57: Head Band
00: Flail	90: MithrilClaw	10: Genji Shld	50: Mithril Helm
09: Full Moon	99: Kaiser	19: TortoiseShd	59: Tiara
01: MorningStar	91: Poison Claw	11: Cursed Shld	51: Gold Helm
05: Boomerang	95: FireKnuckle	15: PaladinShld	55: Tiger Mask
06: Rising Sun	96: Dragon Claw	16: Force Shld	56: Red Cap
0B: Hawk Eye	9B: Tiger Fangs	1B: LeatherHat	5B: Mystery Veil
0C: Bone Club	9C: Buckler	1C: Hair Band	5C: Circlet
08: Sniper	98: Heavy Shld	18: Plumed Hat	58: Regal Crown
0A: Wing Edge	9A: MithrilShld	1A: Beret	5A: Diamond Helm
02: Cards	92: Gold Shld	12: Magus Hat	52: Dark Hood
03: Darts	93: Aegis Shld	13: Bandana	53: Crystal Helm
0E: Doom Darts	9E: DiamondShld	1E: Iron Helmet	5E: Oath Veil

6D: Cat Hood	BD: Power Sash	CD: Nutkin Suit	8D: Goggles
6F: Genji Helm	BF: Light Robe	CF: BehemthSuit	8F: Star Pendant
64: Thornlet	B4: DiamondVest	C4: SnowMuffler	84: Peace Ring
67: Titanium	B7: Red Jacket	C7: NoiseBlastr	87: Amulet
60: LeatherArmr	B0: Force Armor	C0: Bio Blaster	80: White Cape
69: Cotton Robe	B9: DiamondArmr	C9: Flash	89: Jewel Ring
61: KungFu Suit	B1: Dark Gear	C1: Chain Saw	81: Fairy Ring
65: Iron Armor	B5: Tao Robe	C5: Debilitator	85: Barrier Ring
66: Silk Robe	B6: CrystalMail	C6: Drill	86: Mithril Glove
6B: MithrilVest	BB: CzarinaGown	CB: Air Anchor	8B: Guard Ring
6C: Ninja Gear	BC: Genji Armor	CC: AutoCrossbw	8C: Running Shoes
68: White Dress	B8: Imp's Armor	C8: Fire Skean	88: Wall Ring
6A: MithrilMail	BA: Minerva	CA: Water Edge	8A: Cherub Down
62: Gaia Gear	B2: Tabby Suit	C2: Bolt Edge	82: Cure Ring
63: Mirage Vest	B3: ChocoboSuit	C3: Inviz Edge	83: True Knight
6E: Gold Armor	BE: Moogle Suit	CE: Shadow Edge	8E: DragoonBoots

AD: Zephr Cape	2D: Gauntlet	3D: MarvelShoes	ED: Fenix Down
AF: CzarinaRing	2F: Genji Glove	3F: Back Guard	EF: Revivify
A4: Cursed Ring	24: Hyper Wrist	34: GaleHairpin	E4: Antidote
A7: Earring	27: Offering	37: SniperSight	E7: Eyedrop
A0: AtlasArmlet	20: Beads	30: Exp. Egg	E0: Soft
A9: BlizzardOrb	29: Black Belt	39: Tintinabar	E9: Remedy
A1: Rage Ring	21: Coin Toss	31: SprintShoes	E1: Sleeping Bag
A5: Sneak Ring	25: FakMustache	35: Rename Card	E5: Tent
A6: PodBracelet	26: Gem Box	36: Tonic	E6: Green Cherry
AB: Hero Ring	2B: Dragon Horn	3B: Potion	EB: Magicite
AC: Ribbon	2C: Merit Award	3C: X-Potion	EC: Super Ball
A8: Muscle Belt	28: MementoRing	38: Tincture	E8: Echo Screen	
AA: Crystal Orb	2A: Safety Bit	3A: Ether	EA: Smoke Bomb
A2: GoldHairpin	22: Relic Ring	32: X-Ether	E2: Warp Stone
A3: Economizer	23: MoogleCharm	33: Elixir	E3: Dried Meat
AE: Thief Glove	2E: CharmBangle	3E: Megalixir	EE: *UNEQUIPPED*

     Submitted by: Bryon Stanoszek 
---  
xxEC-7B75      Replace the xx with one of the following 2 digit codes to change
Terra's MAGIC command into another command at the beginning
xxEC-7B55      Replace the xx with one of the following 2 digit codes to change
Terra's ITEM command into another command at the beginning
Fight    DD	Item    DF	Morph    D7	Revert    D0
Steal    D9	Capture D1	SwdTech  D5	Throw	  D6
Tools    DB	Blitz   DC	Runic    D8     Lore	  DA
Sketch   D2	Control D3	Slot	 DE	Rage      FD
Leap	 FF	Mimic   F4	Dance    F7	Row	  F0
Def      F9	Jump	F1	X Magic  F5	GP Rain   F6
Summon   FB	Health  FC 	Shock	 F8	Possess	  FA
MagiTek  F2	Magic   D4
Submitted by: [email protected] (Jason Hood)
---
NOTE: With the experience code you can put it in and get Terra up to 99 at 
      the beginning of the game and then save it.  After that you don't need to
      use that code any more because everyone will be lvl 99 when you get them 
      (except Banon, i think he was only 96).  Also if you use this code both 
      Terra and Celes will have all sorts of spells (Ultima, Pearl, Flare, 
      Meteor, etc). You're practically invincible :)
NOTE: The codes that give Terra new commands do not work on saved games.  You
      have to use them on new games, but once you have them they CAN be saved.
      The SHOCK command is just what General Leo uses in Thamasa when he fights
      Kefka.  The SUMMON command is used to call on the equipped Esper and
      can be used as many times as you have mps for in one battle.  The POSSESS
      command is what the Ghosts in the Phanton Train have.  The HEALTH command
      is like what Banon has.  MAGITEK is like what you have when you're wearing
      MagiTek armor.  And the rest of the commands are like what your normal
      characters have.


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Thank yous and Contributors:
Square  				   -for making this great game.
Andy Eddy				   -for making this guide FTPable  
William Hebert	  [email protected]          -WrexSoul X-Zone strategy
Louis Y Wang      [email protected]      -Atma strategy and undead monster tip
Cris Jagar	  [email protected]          -bunch of rages for Gau
Bert		  [email protected]  -info on Shadow's dreams
Tatsushi Nakao    [email protected] -alternate Blitz moves
Quantum	 	  [email protected]   -Flame Shld/Merton strategy for Kefka
Kuurn Silverfang  [email protected]	   -Illumina casts Pearl
Patrick Oshaughnessy   [email protected]
   -Paladin Ring info
   -WoB Chocobo stables locations
Andrew Leonard	  [email protected] bug info
Ryan Norton	  [email protected]   -Dark Force having all lores but 1
[email protected]               -Game Genie codes (see game genie
section for individual
recognition).

Anything I'm missing?:
If you see anything i'm missing please sendemail telling me what it is 
i'm missing and where this missing thing is.
I'd like to make this guide the best it possibly could be.  My email address 
will be at the end.

ANNOUNCING:
The Monsters Compendium
A list of all (hopefully) the monsters in Final Fantasy 3 with
info about each monster.  It contains:
HPS	MPS	WEAKNESS(ES)	What you get if you steal
EXP	GP			What you get if you defeat it
What Gau's rage does for it
What you may get if you use Ragnarok on it
What Relm's Sketch and Control command do
LOCATION



Final notes:
i hope this guide has been helpful feel free to email me

This guide and he Monsters Compendium is also available by FTP, courtesy of 
GamePro magazine's Andy Eddy.  Just FTP to ftp.netcom.com and 
cd /pub/vi/vidgames/faqs and get the file ff3guide.txt for the guide
or ff3monst.txt for the Monsters Compendium.

Please feel free to upload this guide to your favorite BBS or FTP site.

Other sources of help:
Nintendo Power's Final Fantasy III Player's Guide

Infotainment World Books' Final Fantasy III Player's Guide

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