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That means that this file is NOT complete. This is a preliminary file so that SOME of the MANY secrets in thes game are revealed. This file is specifically for those who are big FF fans, but those who aren't may find themselves fans after this file and a few hours of play. I myself have seen such a transformation of someone who hated RPGs to someone who only plays and buys RPGs. So here is Revision 1. By Shadow Fighter, of course. How could you miss that ? Revision 2 should be out in a month or so. If there is still more to discover, a Revision 3 will be created. If you need to contact me, write me a message on Fire&Ice BBS. Commetns are appreciated. Also, those who wish may contact me to find out if I have found anyhting new before the next Revision is out. Good luck, RPG fans. BTW-If you have FF II, and haven't read my FF II hint file, D/L it NOW! It is very useful! =-=<п>=--=<п>=--=<п>=--=<п>=--=<п>=--=<п>=--=<п>=--=<п>=--=<п>=--=<п>=--=<п>=-= This hint file will tell you all the ins and outs, all the strategies, all the secrets, all the spells, all the espers, all the items, and more in Final Fantasy III. Read this whole file, and you will conquer Final Fantasy III as if it were Mystic Quest. There is so much to discover... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= READ THESE NOTES FIRST -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= One note I would like to make first is that although this game is truly great, for some reason (maybe I'm just getting too much RPG time in...), it doesn't seem to have the pull of making you want to replay it like FF II did. I think it might be because of the fact that you can actually get pretty careful, trying to increase your stats at level up. In the other games, except for FF II on SNES, there was not this factor to worry about. And on FF II it was very rare, and only affected HP at level up. I guess it takes away part of the fun factor of knowing you can go kick some monster a$$ and gain levels without worrying about Esper equipping. This in mind, the game becomes enjoyable again after you have reached a high level, with many battles between level ups. One mistake you must try not to make is getting too worked up about going through the game perfectly. Although it is an excellent goal, with this game the task is so complex it almost becomes a chore, and will make the game horribly unenjoyable. Go throught the game at a somewhat leisurely pace. Don't stick around to gain 50 levels in the first world, but don't feel like you need to be at less than level 15 before you arrive at the World of Ruin. Don't get me wrong, this game is still great. Once you turn it on, you are usually hooked for 2 or 3 hours. And of course the secrets are present, making the game well worth replaying...who knows what I've missed? Random items are sure to be hidden that I have not found. So wherever you go, be original! In my hint file on FF II, I told about attribute bonuses. This game has made my job much easier. To see the attribute bonuses, simply look at the item. I may consider an attribute bonus chart in revision 2. Until then, just look it up. In this game, the story line is huge. I have tried to give a clear, complete outline of the game from start to finish. Notes section: This section is various notes about some things that require explaining in depth. You should read this. -------------------- Miscellaneous Notes: -------------------- 1. Magicite, Magicite, and Magicide... In the game, there is often much confusion about Espers. When they die, they become Magicite, I think. You can also get the Item Magicite which calls upon a random Esper. There is also Magicide referred to in the game. This is a typo, more than likely. So when I refer to Magicite, just read the res of the sentence and you should understand what I mean. 2. Getting those Elixirs... There are four main ways to get Elixirs. (1) To Steal them from an enemy (usually a Boss), (2) to win them after a fight (rare), (3) to find them inside chests (rare), and (4) to find them in Clocks (almost every single one in the game). You will want these Elixirs! They can be very helpful when you are in a fix! So wherever you go, search the clocks. They are the most common source. 3. Originality I'm sure I missed many hidden items in the game. Let's face it, Final Fantasy III is by far the largest Role Playing game ever released in the U.S.. So, be original! When you get to a certain part of the game, try going back to other areas and talking to people. Try approaching things with character relationships and ties in mind (for example, entering Rachel's house with Locke) and you may find some unexpected surprises. These tend to spice up the game a lor, so be on the lookout for them. 4. Steal from those bosses! At most of the bosses in the game, it is possible to have Locke in the party. You may want to keep Locke in the party as much as possible. Many boss creatures carry around rare or unpurchaseable items on them. For example, you can get a Murasame from the Behemoth in the Cave on the Veldt in the World of Ruin before he becomes SrBehemoth. Other bosses have interesting items such AS (try to get these, they're there, I've stolen them. Nothing major, but see if you can get tehm for fun): Murasames (2 of them), Debilitator (World of Balance) FakeMustache, Memento Ring, Air Lancet, Guardian, Elixir (many). In addition, there is one boss in the Tower of Kefka (I won't tell you which) that is hoarding two Flame Shields and an Ice Shield! GOOD CATCH!!!!! Of course, some bosses are holding other items or sometimes no items. Try it! For example, the two Machines in the Magitek Research Facility are hogging, believe it or not, a Tempest sword along with a Drainer sword, both of which cannot be bought or found in more than one other place in the game. See the value? There is even a boss (I won't tell you which one) that has another Force Shield. By the way, some bosses and enemies carry more than one type of item, and as a result you may be able to sneak a different item from them in each battle. 5. Veldt monsters Did you ever notice that not all the monsters you have seen appear on the Veldt? Well, here's the reason why. >>>IMPORTANT INFO<<< The way you get monsters to appear on the Veldt is to defeat them at least once. Example: You will NOT get Intangirs on the Veldt unless you kill one first. Example 2: You will NOT get Gigantos on the Veldt unless you kill the one on the Floating Continent. You get the point. The same rule goes for all other monsters. 6. Enemy treasurehouses Steal from enemies. They can have some REALLY good items. For example, the HadesGigases found in Zozo will give you Atlas Armlets, which you cannot normally get more than one of until the World of Ruin. Now you may get all you want. Other enemies have various items that are rare, as well such as Dragon Horns, Genji Gloves, etc. Steal from every enemy you can. An excellent place to do this is the Veldt, where monsters from all over the world may be found. 7. Ultimate Veldt Learning Team! Take Relm, Strago, Gau, and a powerful character and what do you get? The ultimate learning team. Have Relm sketch enemies (or control) to see what their attacks are. If they have Lores, learn them. Otherwise Leap with Gau and learn the Rages. Your guys will gain Skills incredibly fast doing this! ------------------ Notes about Level: ------------------ 1. Depending on your Level... All the damage and power of weapons, armor, and spells are affected by your Level. Even if your statistics don't go up, all these are indirectly connected to your Level. Your defensive and offensive power with weapons, magic and some items (like the Throw command) WILL increase with Level. 2. Gaining Level... Always try to gain levels. It will make you more powerful. Also, as soon as you get Magicite, equip the correct Espers to enhance each character's main strength or weakness, whichever you want to develop. Remeber, once you gain a Level with almost any Esper, something in the Level gain will be affected as indicated in the description of each Esper. One things that is incorrect in the game is "At Level Up: Strength+2" Strength means your Vigor. Don't be confused. Also remember that once you gain a Level and save, the chance for you to increase your powers by having equipped an Esper is gone forever. If you enhanced your abilities, that is locked in place. Try to gain the Espers at an early level and then keep them equipped. Idealy, you should really wait until the World of Ruin to gain the last 70-80 levels. There you can have all of the Espers that enhance your stats more than some of the beginning Espers. If you are interested in doing this, the best way I have found is this: A. Get a group of two fighters. Make sure that they have curing spells and some powerful attack spells. If you do not have any characters like this, go to the Veldt and learn some spells. Ultima is the best, but others will do. B. If your strongest attack is with weapons, give that person the RELICs Genji Glove and Offering. If your strongest attack is Magic, ust the RELICs Gem Box and Economizer. If you are missing one, substitute something, like the Atlas Armet for the Offering, and the Hero Ring or Crystal Orb for the Gem Box. C. Go to the forest NW of the Veldt, or surrounding land (this is near the house of Gau's father). Fight here, preferably in the forest. Equip the Espers you need to enhance your abilities and watch your experience levels rise. If you want levels FAST, you should use an Exp. Egg as one of your RELICs. Doing the above, I reached Level 99 on three guys in less than 5 hours or so. Use these guys to get rid of the nasties in your way in the long, hard levels and give the Moogle Charm to the other party in places like the Phoenix Cave. ------------------ Notes about Magic: ------------------ 1. How to learn Magic without gaining Levels Why would you want to do that? Simple. Because some Espers teach good spells over a long period of time, but do little or no benefit to you at Level Up. To maximize your Level Up efficiency, go to the Veldt to learn spells. On the Veldt you will receive NO experience, only MP and GP. Once you know your spells, gain your levels with Espers equipped solely for the purpose of raising certain stats. Much more efficient than going through the game otherwise. The other great area for spell learning is the Phantom Forest. Single Ghosts give you 3 Magic Points, and are worth very little experience. 2. Using Magic wisely - Battle Be smart. Attack aquatic enemies with Bolt-type spells and Fire-type spells. Hit fiery enemies with Water or Ice attacks. Hit flying things with Earth-type attacks. Attack icey enemies with Fire-type stuff. If an enemy doesn't have a weakness, either use the TOOL Debilitator or slaughter it with your weapons. 3. Using Magic wisely - Normal Always use the first Cure spell unless you have Economizers. When in battle, you may wish to use Cure3 instead of Cure because you need HP fast. But when in the subscreen, you have all the time in the world. You can heal many more HPs with Cure for the same amount of MP as Cure2. This can save you MPs. Also, try to use Antdot on poisoned mebers instead of Remedy, Imp on Imps, and Dispel if you don't have either. Conditions change drastically when you have the RELIC Economizer. You can cast Cure3 for the same cost as Cure. 1 MP. So cast Cure3, Life2, Life3, Remedy, Ultima, all the big MP eaters. 4. Fallen One Again, not a secret, but something that needs talking about. Beware of the creatures that cast Fallen One!!! One of them is the Doom Dragon...the spell Fallen One is absolutely second-to-none in destructive power. Your ENTIRE party's HP will go to 1 or 2 if the monster/Kefka is successful!!! A horrible fate, to watch your guys die before they can heal themselves. To save yourself, dispatch the Doom Dragons you encounter as fast as possible, and use the Megalixir when Kefka tries it on you. Fortunately, characters with extremely high magic dodging rates CAN block this, often saving the whole party. ------------------- Notes about Relics: ------------------- The book is wrong. There is not a "trio" of great Relics. Here are the ones that are actually good to have, and worth it: 1. Genji Glove One of the best Relics. Allows you to equip 2 weapons. A bad point is that most weapons do only 50% damage when being held with a Genji Glove. If you are a strong character, the amount may be closer to 75%. It is variable, again depending on Level. >>>SECRET HINT<<<: You can get as many Genji Gloves as you want! That's right, as many as you want! They can even be gotten in EITHER of the two worlds. You get them by Stealing from Dragons. Just plain Dragons. Not White, Red, etc, but regular Dragons. These can be found on the Floating Continent OR on the Veldt. In the World of Ruin, you may get Dragons only on the Veldt. It is rare to successfully sneak the Genji Glove, usually it is a Potion instead. But you have about a 20% chance of grabbing the Genji Glove. Go for it! 2. Offering Possibly the best Relic. Allows four attacks. If combined with a Genji Glove Relic, the result is four two-weapon attacks, inflicting huge damage. If you have a Level 99 character, this can result in as much as 79,991 damage! For your information, that is enough to kill almost ANYTHING, including Kefka! 3. Gem Box Like an Offering for magic. Allows the use to cast 2 spells in quick succession. Excellent when combined with an Economizer. You can do some really huge damage with this. Especially if you have MagPwr 99 and know Ultima...! MEGA HINT: Try to Mimic characters casting double Ultima spells....! 4. Economizer The Economizer allows the user to cast all spells and Lores at a cost of 1 MP each, no matter what. This can come in EXTREMELY handy. Cast Cure3 for the price of Cure, cast Life2 for the price of Life, Fire3 for the cost of Fire. You get the point. Incredible power at your command for infitismally small amounts of MPs. 5. Exp. Egg Excellent for use as a Level gainer. Equip it and watch that character receive double experience from each battle! If you're ready to go for Level 99, you will definately want one of these! Trade for it at the Colosseum or find one in Daryl's Tomb. 6. Sprint Shoes This Relic will let the party go twice as fast. Useful for exploration and getting places in general. Don't leave home (or the Airship) without it. -------------------- Notes about weapons: -------------------- 1. Atma Weapon The Atma Weapon is totally dependant on two things. One, the LEVEL of the wielder. Two, the current NORMAL (things like the Muscle Belt make NO DIFFERENCE) HPs. As HP and Level (Level can go down by Dischord) decrease, so does the damage done by the Atma Weapon. Therefore, the higher the Level and NATURAL HP of the fighter, the better the damage. Let me explain the HP thing, as it may be confusing to some. Let's say you have a character. They are wearing NO armor, NO relics. This means that their status is pure. In other words, all of their stats are what they actually have. This is the amount that the Atma Weapon draws upon. Let's say that fighter has 500 HP. Then they equip the Green Beret. They now have 530 HP. The Atma Weapon would NOT count the extra 30 HP. It would count only the 500 HP. Understand? Once you reach a high level, you should be able to do 9999 damage per swing. Another interesting fact about the Atma Weapon is that it does NOT do reduced damage with the Genji Glove, but remains the same, since it does not draw upon any stats except HP and level. 2. Using MP to Inflict Mortal Damage Have you wondered what this means? Well, it is something unique to a few weapons. What it means is that for the sacrifice of a small number of MP, the sword will connect with a critical hit every time, each time draining a small amount of your MP. For those who don't have previous FF experience and have never heard of a critical hit, it is when the screen flashes during the attack and you score a large amount of damage more than normal. Usually, these attacks are random, but with weapons that use MP to inflict mortal blows, it will happen every time you swing as long as you have MP. Want some big damage without losing the MP? Equip the Offering (or simply Genji Glove). Equip one of the Mortal Attack weapons in the left hand, and in the right the Soul Saber. Now, you will swing and do mortal damage, then recover the MP's with the next swing! 3. Ultra-Powerful Attacks On many occasions, you will find your character almost sitting on the ground, with almost no HP left. If you look at the status, it says "Near Fatal" and this can be good or bad. It is bad, obviously, because that character will probably take damage and die. The good part is that it may WIN you a desperate battle. WARNING: DO NOT DEPEND UPON THE FOLLOWING PART!!! IT IS VERY RARE AND ONLY HAPPENS AT RANDOM!!! Sometimes, choosing the command "Fight" will result in a super, mega-powerful, huge amount of damage inflicting attack. For instance, Locke's "Mirager" attacks the enemy (I was at around Lv20) for about 4000 damage instead of his usual small amount. That last example was for a apx Level 20 character, just for your benefit so you can compare damage. This can save you from a boss, or better, it could defeat Kefka. Do not rely on these. They are extremely rare, and out of over 100 hours of playing time, I have only seen it happen twice. So basically, it has a snowball's chance in (well some might be offended by the language, so I will * it) hel*. 4. Random Casting Many weapons randomly cast certain spells. There is no pattern to it, or any trick. It is purely random when the weapons cast it. Some weapons are much more likely to cast their spells than others. For instance, the Illumina weapon casts Pearl MUCH more often than the Pearl Lance. It may also depend on who has the weapon equipped. Randomly cast spells DO NOT take MPs!!! ------------------ Special Challenges ------------------ 1. Intangir Right after you read this hint file, you will be wondering if there is anything left for you to do besides gain Levels. Well, the answer is YES! If you want a big challenge, try this. You will need a group in the World of Balance that posses the Airship. Fly to Triangle Island. I strongly suggest you bring Mog with you. Walk around until you get an Intangir. A. About the Intangir: The Intangir is a huge, hulking purple (no, not "and green dinosaur") thing which resembles a Behemoth or SrBehemoth. It has 32000 HP and 16000 MP. That's right, thirty two thousand hit points and sixteen thousand magic points. For a World of Balance monster, they don't come any tougher than this. This monster is hard to kill unless you take the sissy way out. :-( B. Strategies: The only way you stand a chance is probably through Mog's Earth Blues Dance. The powerful Sonic Boom, which drains 1/2 HP of an enemy, will drain 9999 from the Intangir. The only problem is that the Intangir has a special defense. The Intangir is invisible. The only way to bring him into the open is to use magic or be successful with something like Sonic Boom. Blitzes and Tools generally don't work. I'm not sure about SwdTechs. Anyway, he appears. You have a VERY short time in which to hit him. He will cast Meteo (not Meteor) and then put himself to sleep again (this makes him invisible). Shell and Safe won't help you here. Neither will Rasp unless you have about 10 gizillion MP and HP, and know Cure2. Of course, sucking away his magic points a few hundred at a time would take forever. Instead, just keep healing and praying for Mog to do the Sonic Boom. I recommend EXTREME defensive. The best thing to do is have every character cast Cure2 on all. When Mog's Sonic Boom starts doing less than 9999 HP damage, you know the Intangir is running low on HP. Mount your most powerful attack. Unless you kill him in one blow, he will use Escape! What do you get after this battle? A measly 10MP. C. The easy way: Cast stop. Then slaughter the thing. Make sure to cast Stop every third round of attacks to keep the beast from waking up. D. Why kill one when it has no reward? Because, once you kill one, they appear on the Veldt. Take Gau and you can learn the technique of the Intangir (casts on your guy: Float, Vanish, Safe, Shell, Haste). Unfortunately, Gau's Rage often ends in Pep Up. But at least you cen let Strago learn this one! Oh yeah, you can steal the item Magicite, as well. 2. Steal from Still Life! Ever tried it? It's nearly impossible. Your reward...a rare, unpur- chaseable FakeMustache RELIC. Try it for kicks or see if your characters can last the whole time... 3. Steal from WrexSoul! Ever tried it? It's nearly impossible. Wait, that's what I said last time. Well, it's a little easier. Make WrexSoul appear, then steal from him to grab the secret third Memento Ring. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= END OF NOTES SECTION -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= HOW TO FIND THE HARD-TO-FIND THINGS IN GENERAL -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Before the World is Ruined This stuff is found ONLY in the World of Balance. You CANNOT get this once you enter the World of Ruin time period. Get it before, or not at all. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shadow's Hidden Dream Sequence Note: This can only be done after you have regrouped, and journeyed to Kohlingen by Figaro Castle. Get Shadow by taking only 3 party memebers in Narshe. Enter Kohlingen and talk to Shadow in the Inn. He will join you for 3000 GP. Have you ever wondered about Shaadow's mysteriousness? No, he wasn't always an assasin. In fact, he was a spritely little guy wearing a cool leather cape and living off stolen money. To see the great dream sequence, you will need approximately 2000 GP. Go to Jidoor. Eneter the Inn. Shadow must be in your party. Stay at the Inn until you see the first dream sequence. Then, continue staying at the Inn until Shadow, AKA Clyde, arrives at Thamasa. That is the last dream in the sequence. Nothing special comes out of this, but it is fun to watch and reveals more storyline, like many other events in this great game. Hidden Edgar & Sabin scene This one can be done at the same time as Shadow's dream sequence. You need to enter Figaro Castle with Edgar and Sabin in the party. You will see how it came to pass that the brothers were separated, why, and how the decision was made. Interesting enough, if you have Sabin and Edgar in your party when you get the Airship, you find out something peculiar about the coin used in the scene you see... Hidden Locke scene Again, same time as the previous two. Enter Kohlingen with Locke in the party. Then go to the home of the late Rachel. You can see what really happened to her, and you will finally find out why Locke is always talking about it. Then go to the house on the far right side of town. Inside, talk to the old guy in the basement to see another short scene. Getting Mog I would like to note that you may get Mog EITHER before or after the world is ruined. Before is better, however, since then you can learn the Water Rondo. To get Mog in the World of Balance, you must first get Terra back from her Esper form after the whole business with Ramuh and friends. As soon as you are on the airship again, go to Narshe. In case you stop at Figaro Castle, you may notice that the pickpocket Lone Wolf has escaped his cell by digging out of it. Once you go into Narshe, pass through all the crud about how you must open the Sealed Gate, etc.. Now, go to the treasure house on the extreme right of town directly down from the Returner house. Inside, near the chest that cannot be opened, is Lone Wolf. Speak to him. He will run away. Go out the door. Now, enter the MAIN mine entrance, the one you went in during the very beginning of the game. You should see Lone Wolf a total of 4 more times after leaving the house. Climb all the way to the very top of the cliffs, where the frozen Esper is. The 4 Lone Wolf sightings should be finished when you cross the wooden bridge. Now, Mog is with the pickpocket. When you approach, Lone Wolf says "Halt! Don't move or this one's dust!" You will be pushed back. To get the scene to continue, DO NOT MOVE for about 5 seconds. Mog will stand up and start grappling with Lone Wolf. They will both be knocked to the edges of the cliff, clinging for life. Now you have a choice. You may: A) Talk to Lone Wolf and steal his Gold Hairpin Relic (50% MP cost) or B) Talk to Mog and save his life Whichever you do not talk to will fall off the cliff to his demise. I strongly suggest you save Mog, as you may get many Gold Hairpins and Economizers later, anyways. That's how you get Mog. Getting Mog's Water Rondo Dance I hope everyone appreciates this one. This took me a while to discover. It was tricky figuring out how I was going to get underwater and be able to get back to the Airship after. But I took the plunge, and here's what I found... To get this strong Dance, Mog should be in your party. Land the airship on the Veldt. Enter the Crescent Mountain cave. Jump into the Serpent Trench. Fight here, underwater, to learn the good Water Rondo Dance. Once you arrive at the town, buy a Chocobo. Use it to go straight through everything until you get to the cave of Barren Falls. Get off the Chocobo. Eneter the Barren Falls cave. Jump into the falls. You will wash up on the Veldt. Go back to your airship. Takes apx. 10 minutes! The Water Rondo is an excellent Dance, and combines the best from several Dances. Wild Bear is a powerful Curative Dance, Plasma is a strong single-enemy attacking Dance, El Nino is a very strong, enemy punishing water attack with some cool animation, and Specter is a great enemy confuser. The best of the Dances. Very useful. Oh yeah, the Wild Bear not only restores HP, but status as well! Getting a Hero Ring To get the Hero Ring in the first, go to the future Colosseum and enter the house. In case you don't notice, there is a pot on the left. Search it for a Hero Ring. How to get the Treasure of the Imperial Base Remeber the door in the house at the Imperial Base you couldn't enter? Well, once you have finsished talking to soldiers at Vector, if you talked to enough, a messenger tells you to take whatever you want out of the base. So go get it! Also, in the lower right hand corner, out of view, is a hidden chest containing an Elixir. Another top-secret thing is here. Have you ever searched a furnace? If you have, you've always come up with nothing (or at Gau's house, a blast of fire). But here is the one exception. One of the few Flame Sabres in the World of Balance exists in the furnace of this room. Grab it as well as the Elixir. This place is loaded! The Relic Treasures of the Floating Continent The floating continent isn't a secret, and neither are the mosnters, but they carry a treasureload of Relics and Items! Try to Steal/Capture from all the enemies! Included in your winnings, you may find some of these... Running Shoes...Dragon Boots...Cure Ring...Genji Glove...Back Gaurd...Potion... X-Ether...and more! The enemies here are strong, so beware. Premature Debilitator Tool Normally you've got to wait till the World of Ruin to grab this. Now you can have one to use against Atma (that's really all it's good for by the time you get it, but if you are having trouble with Atma this is perfect for you). To get it, you must Steal/Capture from the Air Force's little sharkhead like thingys. The Air Force itself is hoarding an Elixir... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Either World -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unlimited Genji Gloves BIG SECRET!!! Unlimited, UNLIMITED, U*N*L*I*M*I*T*E*D Genji Gloves!!!! The only way you get them is to Steal from the creature "Dragon" in: A. (In the World of Balance) The Floating Continent (easiest to find Dragons) B. (In the World of Ruin ) The Veldt (much rarer) To get the Genji Glove item, you can Capture, Steal, or use the dirk ThiefKnife. You will need to do this on a creature called "Dragon." This is NOT one of the 8 Dragons in the World of Ruin. It is just a Dragon. Also, your chances of getting a Genji Glove instead of a crappy Potion are apx twenty to twenty-five percent, decent odds! When you consider what a Genji Glove can do for you in battle, you may want to stock up on 5 or 6 of these handy relics! Remember, you want a MINIMUM of four of these babies. If matters came to worse, with four, you could equip every guy with one, and if you were doing a part with multi-group battling, you could de-equip them from each group and give them to the next. Why not? Grab em! To get the Magicite "Sraphim" This can be found, in EITHER world, by going to Tzen. Go to the North East corner of town, and you should be able to see a guy walking back and forth in the trees. Talk to him. For 3000 GP, you can buy a glowing stone, which is actually Sraphim, a valuable Esper. Or, if you wait until the World of Ruin, when or after the house catches fire, you can get it for a mere 10 gold pieces. It's best to get it early on for the good healing spells. To get the Magicites "Golem" and "ZoneSeek" They one is found at the auction in Jidoor. Golem costs 20000 GP. Go prepared. You may have to wait through some other crap before it is offered. Same with ZoneSeek, which costs 10000 gold pieces. Golem is a good thing to get in the World of Balance, since it is the only Esper at that point in the game that will teach you Stop. If you're planning on going Intangir hunting, you will need this Esper. Get a second Memento Ring Relic To get another Memento Ring Relic, go into Strago's house. Up in Relm's bedroom, on the left wall, towards the top, search. You will find a chest in the wall on your left. There is a third Memento Ring, as well. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- After the World of Balance is Destroyed This stuff can be gotten only AFTER the World of Balance is destroyed. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Snowman Jazz Dance for Mog This may be hard to find for some, thought I think it is somewhat obvious. The only place in the game where you may fight in the snow is Narshe in the World of Ruin. Go toward the top of the cliffs (where the frozen esper is) to eneter the snow. You want the Esper and to kill the dragon up there anyways, right? Why not bring Mog along? Third Memento Ring Why do you want this? Don't ask me. But you can get a third one. The trick is to Steal from Wrexsoul. If you don't know who Wrexsoul is, see the section on Cyan's hidden scenario. Fish, Fish, Fish, and Fish! To get four, yes FOUR types of Rare fish, even though I'm not sure if they have a purpose, you must capture them in the ocean on Solitary Island. In order to make more fish appear, you must talk to Cid (alive or dead). This sets more fish in motion in the water on the screen below the house. Catch enough fish and you're bound to have the Rotten Fish, Yummy Fish, Fish, and Just a Fish Items. If you want Cid to recover at the beginning of the World of Ruin, you must continuosly feed him the Yummy Fish. Here's a chart of how Cid gets: /------------------------------------------------------------------------------\ |Type of Fish| Description | Which one is it? | How does it affect Cid? | |------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Yummy Fish |A healthy fish | The fastest fish | Makes his condition better | |==============================================================================| | Just a Fish| A normal fish | Slighty fast fish | Condition unchanged | |==============================================================================| | Fish | A regular fish| Medium speed fish | Condition unchanged | |==============================================================================| | Rotten Fish| A sickly fish | Very slow fish | Cid dies | \------------------------------------------------------------------------------/ Ogre Nixes Galor Ogre Nixes can be gotten at the Colosseum. However, you have to trade a decent item for them, and they break randomly. The reason you want these is because they are some of the FEW weapons that will use MP to inflict mortal damage. To get these nice items, you can metamorph the Gigantos monsters. You can get these on the Veldt IF you killed the one in the Floating Continent. A Free Soul Saber Normally you can only trade for them at the Colosseum or steal them from the extremely rare monster on the Veldt known as Steroidite. But you CAN get one for free. In the basement of Figaro Castle, where Edgar fights the huge Sand Worms on the engine, you will notice that his "friends" come out of a door in back of you. After they leave, go inside it. There is a golden statue and many empty chests. Looks worthless, right? Wrong. Search the statue and you will get a Soul Saber. This game is interesting. It provides you with hundreds of opportunities to search statues, and you don't find anything. Then it hides stuff where you least expect it. Remember this tip. It comes in handy in many areas of the game. In fact, you may wish to hold the A button wherever you go so you have a better chance of finding hidden items. Moogle Charm (No Random Attacks in ANY Areas) The Moogle Charm is an EXTREMELY valuable item. It will let you get through even the WORST parts of the game (like that stupid Fanatics' Tower) without fighting ANY random battles! To get it, you must have found Mog, he must be out of the way. It doesn't matter if he's in your party or not, so long as you have him onboard the airship or with you. Return to Narshe, and the Moogle Village. Remember where Mog was standing? Search the wall behind there. You will get the Moogle Charm. Now you can EASILY explore the most massive areas in the game without fear! Find the Imperial Letter The Imperial Letter is stupid. It's "secret" is marked on your map. It is the Phoenix Cave. If you want the letter anyways, just use the clue "talk to the emperor twice," and apply it to the Emeperor's painting in Owzer's house. If you cannot fathom what that means, than you do not deserve Final Fantasy III. A Relic Ring for Free Normally Relic Rings can only be acquired by finding them. However, there is one that you don't have to fight a battle to find. This one is hidden on Owzer, the art lover's house. There is a place deep inside where there are three doors clicking open and shut. Behind them, all the way on the left, at the top, is a hidden chest which contains a Relic Ring. Relic Ring/Cursed Ring/Thornlet The Relic Ring, Cursed Ring, and Thornlet all have a single source; the SrBehemoths. The best place to find them is the Veldt. Equip somebody with the Esper of Ragnarok, then use it (Metamorph) on an SrBehemoth when you find one. If you're lucky, you'll get one of the three above-mentioned things. The Thornlet is especially valuable, as it can be traded for a powerful Mirage Vest at the Colosseum. A second source of Thornlets is the Metamorphing of Veterans. Also, this is one of the only ways you can get a Relic Ring. The Cursed Ring is cursed, unfortunately. Equip if for a battle and see what happens :-( To get the Magicite "Terrato," see the section on acquiring Umaro. To get the Magicite "Alexandr," see the section on the hidden Cyan scnario. To get the Magicite "Ragnarok" You must once again return to Narshe. Here's a summary: Weapon Shop. Be shore you have Locke in the party to pick the locks on the doors. Enter the shop, and go downstairs. A man there will offer you either: 1) The sword "Ragnarok" (Randomly casts Flare, and high ATK Pwr) or 2) The Magicite "Ragnarok," (UltimaX1, a VERY VERY VERY strong spell) Either way, you win big. The sword is AWESOME, and casts a very powerful spell quite often. The Magicite teaches you what is most likely the second most powerful spell in the game. You also get, if you choose the Magicite, the ability to Metamorph enemies, AKA turn them into items. That is, potentially, more important than the swrod, in my opinion. Although you might no think so if you've got the Offering and a Genji Glove. Imagine, Atma Weapon in one hand, Ragnarok in the other, each hitting the enemies four times, casting Flare once or twice, causing huge damage. Good against bosses. Then again, Ultima is a spell that will blow away most enemies with one casting, and if you have the Economizer, you can cast it for 1 MP instead of 88, making it the 2nd most powerful low-cost spell in the whole game. Raganrok Sword or Ragnarok Esper...The Big Decision Think it's simple? NO! Even though I have recommended the Esper, either way you win BIG. You might actually want the sword instead. Ultima is strong, and Metamorph is valuable, but the sword is incredible. Normally I wouldn't give stats, but: Vigor :+? Stamina :+? Speed :+? MagPwr :+? Bat Pwr : 255 Evade :+30% M Evade :+30% Randomly casts Flare Now how's that? The power of the Atma Weapon...the power of Flare... the power of statistics going to their maximum all in your grasp with one super powerful weapon. Well, IT GETS BETTER!!!!! READ THIS NEXT ONE!!! How to get the Legendary Sword Illumina This is the most powerful weapon, possibly, in the entire Final Fantasy series. The only way you can get it is by trading in the Ragnarok Sword at the Colosseum. The monster is Didalos. If you win, you will receive the incredible weapon, Illumina! I don't normally give stats, but Ragnarok and Illumina deserve the attention: Vigor :+7 Stamina :+7 Speed :+7 MagPwr :+7 Bat Pwr : 255 Evade :+50% M Evade :+50% Randomly casts Pearl Uses MP to Inflict Mortal Blow Now that makes the Ragnarok sword worth getting, possibly! The choice is yours; ultra-powerful Sword or ultra-powerful Spell. Which are you more interested in? It's an individual decision. Choose wisely, as you're stuck whichever you choose for the rest of the game! To get the Magicite "Odin," and (when you want to upgrade) "Raiden" You must do the Following (long description) : return to Figaro Castle. Choose to go to the place offered (depending on where you are) (Note: this will NOT work on your first use of the submerge mode, and you must have the Airship). About 1/4 of the way there, the screen will black out, and you will reappear inside the castle. The controller of the engine will say, "Something odd about this stratum...it's almost as if we've bumped into something." This means you have discovered the Ancient Castle. You may return here as many times as you want. I suggest having the Moogle Charm at this point. Go up the stairs, then, once up, go down the ones on the right. Go to the bottom-righ jail cell, which is open. Go straight up into the passage which leads into the underground maze before the castle. Inside here are several valuable treasure chests. Be prepared to fight for them, however, as you will encounter the Master Pug in one of them! Nothing GREAT here, just sub- cool items you can trade for. Once you get through the maze, you will enter the Ancient Castle. Here, you will encounter powerful enemies like you have never seen before. Many of them are VERY dangerous, like the Boxed Set, which enjoys casting Meteor, or the deadly Lethal Weapon, which enjoys DESTROYING your guys with the incredibly powerful ROCKET LAUNCHER! Moogle Charm is VERY handy here. First, go to the upper-left of the Castle wall. You should find an entrance. Go inside, and get the chest. Then go back outside and around to the front of the castle. Go inside. The upper-uppper-left (not lower-upper-left) (you'll see what I mean) corner containts another entrance. Oh, a note about these entrances. Many look like a pillar with a space on either side. The door is inside the space you can't see, so if you don't find it, move around out of sight until you do. Bacl to the finding of the Magicites. This door contains a treasure chest. Grab it. Then go to the lower-upper-right entrance (the upper-upper-right is not an entrance, though it looks like it, and the lower- upper left leads to the other side of the empty jail cell you got the treasure in from outside the castle.) and enter it. You are in the Queen's room. Search the bookcase to get a letter detailing the Queen's love for Odin. Oh, in case you could ACTUALLY miss it, the Odin Magicite was sitting in the middle of the throne room in plain sight. Boy, this is a long one. So, now you have the letter. You may keep Odin (and learn Meteor for a while, which can also be learned from Crusader, so don't worry if you want to upgrade right away), or you may get Raiden. To get Raiden, return to the throne room. Align yourself vertically with the Queen's throne. From as far up as you may get without being in back of the throne, go down five spaces and hit the 'A' button to search the step. YOU MUST BE ON THIS SQUARE TO TRIGGER THE SWITCH! There will be a bang, and when you return to the Queen's room, a new staircase has appeared. Go down it. No enemies here. There IS a dragon here, so either avoid it and come back for it later while you get Raiden, or simply slaughter it. Details on the Dragons are located later in this hint file. Either way, walk up to the statue of the Queen. Search it once you have Odin, and a tear will fall from the statue. This will make Odin gain a level and become Raiden. Three additional notes. First, in the room you enter from outside the castle to get a chest in, the chest contains KatanaSoul, so be prepared to fight! Second, there is another door, this one sub-secret, that I missed on my first time through. If you look very carefully at the wall to the right of the castle entrance, you may notice a black spot in it. This is actually a door leading to a chamber which contains a treasure chest which holds the Punisher Staff. It uses MP for mortal blows. Third, you may not want to have Odin gain a level just yet. Odin, and not Raiden, is the ONLY ESPER IN THE GAME CAPABLE OF RAISING SPEED AT LEVEL UP! So if you want to increase speed (how fast you can attack again in battle), the only way is to equip Odin for a while. To get the Magicite "Crusader," you must defeat 8 Dragons. These are found spread out over the entire world. Here are the locations and names of them. 1. Dirt Dragon (Opera House) Fall onto the stage. Switch in Control Room. 2. ??? Dragon (Fanatics' Tower) In a treasure room. 3. Skull Dragon (Tower of Kefka) In a room you must pass through. 4. Jade Dragon (Triangle Zone) Step on the switch near the first save point. 5. Ice Dragon (Narshe) In the place where you fought to save Banon near cliffs. 6. ??? Dragon (Tower of Kefka) Another room you must go through. 7. ??? Dragon (Phoenix Cave) You'll see it. 8. Blue Dragon (Ancient Castle) Near where Odin gains a level. Crusader teaches you MeteorX10, and MetonX1. See the spell list for more info. You also get to see the screen go red and sound effects (yeah!). Air Anchor (Makes Enemies Self-Destructive) There are 3 ways to get this mysterious, powerful Tool. One is by climbing the Fanatics' Tower, and searching the tile to the right of the first treasure chest. This will make another door appear below the one you just entered. Eneter it to find the Air Anchor in a chest. The scond way is to trade for the Air Anchor in the Colosseum (see list later in file) . The third way is to actually find the one un-hidden chest in the game with an Air Anchor. When used, the Air Anchor shoots out a set of three, I don't know, uhh, THINGS. If successful, the enemy will take some minor damage and a phrase like "Move and you're dust!" will appear. Now, if the enemy tries ANYTHING, spell casting, fighting, defending, etc., they will instantly perish before they can complete the action. Nice, eh? Cursed Shield The Cursed Shield is a mysterious item. It has an effect of -7 on your first four stats. If used in battle, you will be Berserked, Condemned, and Muddled. The shield's weak point is everything (great, huh?). But imagine if you could uncurse it...the ability to absorb HP from EVERY KIND OF MAGIC ELEMENTAL ATTACK!!!! Sound good? To get the cursed shield, go to Narshe. Go towards the upper-left quarter of the town. Look for a platform that didn't used to be there. It looks like icy-metal stuff. There should be a good-sized house on it. Eneter this. Talk to the man in his bed and you will receive the Cursed Sheild. To uncurse it, you will need to fight 255 battles. These battles can be ANYWHERE. This includes the Veldt, where you won't gain levels at a disadvantage from the lowered stats caused by the Cursed Shield. <<>> You MUST, M*U*S*T have the RELIC Ribbon equipped while fighting ALL 255 battles. The only statys change you will have is that you will be condemned. Keep fighting. You might want 4 people in the party. Paladin Shield Gotten by the process of decursing the Cursed Shield. The Paladin Shield redefines the decision of taking the Ragnarok Esper or the Sword. This incredible shield has no weak point. It absorbs or has no effect on every spell in the game. It apparently secretly blocks mortal spells like Doom. In addition, your Dodge and M. Dodge wil increase greatly. On top of all this, it teaches you Ultima X 1. Want more? There is! All the stats that were lowered by the Cursed Shield are raised by 7 with this shield equipped. By the way, when you uncurse the Cursed Shield, make sure you don't miss the transformation to the Paladin Shield. All it will do is say "Dispelled the curse from the shield," in a normal report box after the 255th battle. The Hidden Relm and Strago Scenario To get to this scenario, you must enter the home town of Strago and Relm (in case you don't know, only in the World of Ruin, and it's in the Southeastern corner of the map). Strago and Relm will discover that Gungho has been seriously injured. He tells of Hidon, the legendary monster that he and Strago used to hunt. Now the cave in Ebot's Rock is open. Go inside with a large party, preferably including Mog. Get around 60 pieces of Coral from the chests inside. Then leave without talking to the living treasure chest. Save your game and MAKE SURE it is saved! The next part is difficult for an low to medium level Strago. I STRONGLY suggest having Fire3, and if you don't, you better have at least Fire2! Enter the cave and talk to the treasure chest. It will eat the coral. If you have enough, it will move aside for you. Go past and get ready for a big fight with Hidon. For the first fight, DO NOT DEFEAT THE SMALL HIDONITES!!! Ignore them. Cast your strongest Fire spell on Hidon himself until he dies. You see, only Strago can make Hidon appear the first time. After you have killed him, walk or Warp out. Get your strongest party together, and make sure to bring Strago along. Now go through the cave again. When you get to Hidon again, cast only your strongest Bolt spells on all. It will bounce of of one Hidonite, but this is OK. Once you have destroyed all but 1 Hidonite and Hidon, start using Super Balls. They should eventually kill the small Hidonite. If you wish, you may use the alternative method of bouncing a Bolt spell off of a Wall. It is easier to use Super Balls, though. Once all the Hidonites are dead, Hidon will cast the Lore GrandTrain. Strago should learn this. A very powerful spell, second only to Ultima, and maybe not even second at all, but first. You decide. Oh yeah, after killing Hidon the first time, you shouldn't have to Warp, if I remember right. You should automatically eneter the nifty end to Strago's scenario. The Hidden Cyan Scenario To get teh hidden Cyan scenario, you must go to Doma castle with FOUR members in the party, one of whom MUST BY CYAN. Sleep in the free-inn-like place. Cyan's soul will be entered. From here, you will go through a few situations. Put your strongest member last in the party. Before the scenes, you will be in Cyan's main soul. Find both other non-Cyan members of the party. Go to the center door when you have them. Fight the little dweebs there (kill the one that casts Life2, the middle one, first). Steal, then kill. Now go through the door. You will go to... First, a Phantom Trian. This part is easy. Follow the cars, and when you find the room with the six chests arranged in a pattern, write that pattern down. Get the Lump of Metal, then touch the moving treasure chest to weigh it down so you can pass. After you touch the switch on the Engine, you will be teleported to another scenario. Second, a mountain scene featuring Magi-Tek armor. Here, follow Cyan until you get to the caves that keep repeating forever. When you enter one of the repeating caves on the right, immediately step back outside to escape the loop and eneter the last scenario. Third, Doma Castle. Here, look around to see Cyan doing various things in his past. Then, approach the throne room. WARNING!!! WARNING!!! DO NOT PROCEED FORWARD WITHOUT X-ZONE!!! When you talk to Wrexsoul, he will attack you and set two minions upon you. They will come back forever. The only way to defeat them is with X-Zone, which will gobble them up nicely. No more Wrexsoul, and Cyan's soul is free. Here you will receive the Magicite Alexandr, which is very powerful, and is the only Esper that can teach you Pearl! In addition, your SwdTech skills will attain level 8, and you will receive the Aura sword. Find the final Megalixir What good is a Megalixir? Incredibly good! It restores the HP and MP of the whole party! It can bring you back from the edge of defeat to the tide of victory. The 2nd (and last) Megalixir in the whole game is found by a successful Steal/Capture from Kefka himself... My suggestion is that you do this as the battle begins, then use it when he casts Fallen One on your guys. Save your extra one for when you get in trouble! -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= END OF LIST OF HARD-TO-FIND STUFF -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= HOW TO MAKE YOUR CHARACTER VIRTUALLY INVINCIBLE -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= This is probably the best thing I have found in any of the Final Fantasy games. Would you like to have a character who almost never gets hit by any weapons or spells (except the ones you can't dodge like Meteor and Ultima)? Then you want to read this. Unfortunately, you can only make one or two of the characters, but you can come close to 3. The first ingredient for the character is the Illumina Sword. This will increase M.Dodge by 50%, as well as Evade. The second ingredient is the Force Shield. Now your M.Dodge will increase by 50% again, bringing you over 100% (YES, you can go beyond 100%). For the third ingredient, and the fourth, you will want to wear the Armor and Helmet that make Dodge% go up the most (look at them as you equip them). The final ingredient is the Relic Beads or the Relic Zephyr Cape. You probably want the Beads, as you already have a high M.Dodge but still a Evade below 100%. The higher you go, the less likely you are to be hit. Unfortunately, the game is wrong and you CAN be hit, on extremely rare random times, by the enemies. Now here's some sugges- tions as to how you can put these ultimate characters to good use! п Fight alone! Gain his/her Levels until he/she reaches Level 99! п Learn W.Wind. Cast it on all. You won't take damage, period. The enemy, though, will lose 90% of their hitpoints! п Slaughter those annoying things in the Colosseum that were too strong for you! п Hit with the Sword and before the enemy dies, Osmose it's MPs to fill yours! п Enjoy sub-invincibility! Battle the bosses when all the others die! These are a few suggestions. Believe me, this combination of Armor, Helmet, Weapon, Shield, and Relics will make you so powerful that a level 20 guy could easily slaughter several Tyranosaurs. Oh yes, you do have one weakness. The weakness is that in a Pincer Attack, if you're facing the other direction when the enemy attacks, then, like normal, you must take damage. The other weakness isn't really a weakness, but unfortunate. Spells like Meteor and Ultima, which normally cannot be dodged, still cannot be. So watch out for the enemies that use those spells in particular. Quake cannot be blocked, either. Aside from those, you are in no danger from any magic except your own! The same goes for Weapons, the only one that can hurt you is yours, generally. Now, with all this, you're wondering...well, now what, right? Well, here's what. Your stats are all raised by the Illumina Sword, and by some Armors. This means that your Stamina is also raised, and the result is more HP/MP per Level Up! Now, it IS possible to come extremely close to this configuration on a character without the Illumina Sword. You will want the same Armors mentioned above. Then, if your M.Dodge% is still below 100 and so is your Evade%, then you may want a Zephyr Cape Relic. It increses both a little. Then add either another one of those or add the RELIC Beads (Evade up 20%). For a weapon, equip something powerful that increases your Evade or M.Dodge %s. That is just about the highest you are going to get. If you want to focus on M.Dodge%, then you can equip the Mirage Vest and become partially immune to Weapons (the effect wears off after a random number of misses in each battle), and in that way concentrate your Relics and other Armors on M.Dodge% increases. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= END OF HOW TO MAKE YOUR CHARACTER ALMOST INVINCIBLE -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= THE "HIDDEN" CHARACTERS -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= This section will reveal how to aquire both, or perhaps three, since Mog is a character non-essential to acquire, of the "hidden" characters. They are not very well "hidden," that's for sure. They did a bad job of making these characters difficult to find. Gogo: Equipable with Relics? YES Equipable with Weapons/Armor? YES Equipable with Espers? NO Battle Tactics: Gogo's only command in aside from Item is Mimic. The Mimic command will repeat the last action that occured just before Gogo's attack. He can Mimic ANY normal, or abnormal, attacks, both magic and physical. He does not need MP, because his MP is never consumed. Let me give an example of what Gogo can and cannot Mimic: Ex 1: Sabin executes a Bum Rush just before Gogo's attack. Gogo then performs a Bum Rush. The damage inflicted is NOT the same, but depends on Gogo's status, not Sabin's. Ex 2: Celes casts Shell on herself just before Gogo's attack. Gogo will then cast Shell on himself, as well. However, Gogo's MP will not decrease. Ex 3: Locke attacks the enemy just before Gogo's attack. Gogo attacks with HIS OWN weapon, according to his own statistics. Basically, Gogo can Mimic any magic or Skills that exist in the game. This will make him invaluable. When you are fighting, there is a technique I refer to as the ultimate Mantra combination. First have Sabin do the Mantra just before Gogo. This will heal the party except for Sabin. Now Gogo will do a Mantra. He will heal everyone except himself, thus the party has been restored by a large amount of HPs. It is difficult to see the value of this without actually trying it a few times. It can save your life in a desperate situation! >>>IMPORTANT SECRET<<< Well, it's a sort-of-secret. If you go to his Status screen, you may select an open slot below Mimic and choose any skill except Morph to insert there. Blitz, Tools, SwdTech, Rage, and Lore all will have the options open that the character with the real skill has. Magic is the cumulative known spells in your party. If you use Magic, Gogo will use his MPs, wheras if you use Mimic on someone's spell, Gogo's MP will remain the same. Umaro: Equipable with Relics? YES Equipable with Weapons/Armors? NO Equipable with Espers? NO Battle Tactics: We'll start with Umaro not having a Blizzard Orb. He will simply attack the enemy. He can also pick up a character and throw them at the enemy. He also flies at the enemy. Throwing a character does not damage the character but causes good amounts of damage to the enemy. If equipped with the Relic called Blizzard Orb, he will randomly cast a non-MP-consuming Blizzard, which is quite powerful and looks like Sun Flare. If equipped with a Rage Ring, Umaro will have more power when he attacks. Mog: Equipable with Relics? YES Equipable with Weapons/Armors? YES Equipable with Espers? YES Battle Tactics: Mog is listed here because he is a non-essential character in the game. All other characters aside from Gogo, Umaro and Shadow are essential to play the game. Mog's skill is Dance. He may stumble sometimes, and then his Dance will fail. Once he starts dancing, he will continue to do so until the end of the battle or until he is killed. Here is a list of his Dances and how to get them. Just remeber, you must use the command FIGHT once on Mog for: Wind Song - Fight in the open. Forest Suite - Fight in the forest. Desert Aria - Fight in a desert. Love Sonata - Fight in a town (like Zozo). Earth Blues - Fight in the mountains (a good choice is the Sabil Mtn Range). Water Rondo - Fight in the Serpent Trench in the World of Balance (see section on how to get Mog's Water Rondo). Dusk Requiem - Learned at the beginning of the game. Fight in a cave. Snowman Jazz - Fight in the mountains of Narshe (World of Ruin ONLY). Shadow: Equipable with Relics: YES Equipable with Weapons/Armors: YES Equipable with Espers: YES Battle Tactics: Shadow is listed here for the same reason as Mog. Anyway, you can get him for the first time when you first arrive at Gau's Father's house. He is a valuable party member with extremely powerful attacks. His Throw technique often causes massive damage. Buy some throwing weapons for him when you reach Mobliz. Also, when Shadow blocks (up until the time when Relm hits the scene and keeps Interceptor with her for a while), he sometimes blocks with a little dog symbol. Shadow may take a small amount of damage, and then his dog, Interceptor, will come in and do a huge amount of damage to the enemy that attacked. Very helpful. Shadow is generally an excellent character. It's too bad you can't keep him in the part permanantly until the World of Ruin. Well, now you know all about the hidden characters. They all make superb group members, and excel in battle. Take them with you when you're after some power! A special trick: In the Fanatics' Tower, you can only use magic. But if Umaro is in your party, since he can't use magic, he can attack regualrly causing massive damage to the physically weak magic users! Also, put Gogo in a party and he can mimic the powerful spells you cast, saving the party valuable MPs! -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= END OF LIST OF HIDDEN CHARACTERS -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Thanx for reading this whole thing. I can be contacted on the Stoplight BBS under my pseudonym, Shadow Fighter. Praise/criticism is welcome. Feel free to write for any other secrets I discover between now and Revision II. Well, so long. -SF