Final Fantasy III DS
Single Character Challenge FAQ

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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I.   Introduction
II.  Walkthrough
III. Credits
IV.  Legal Info

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I. INTRODUCTION
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Welcome to my walkthrough on Final Fantasy III. This walkthrough is meant to
help you get through a Single Character Challenge. Obviously, you only get to
use one character for the whole game. Whenever your characters are revived
(they should only get revived after boss fights) you should immediately kill
them off leaving only the character of your choice. The good thing about
playing through this game with only one character is because each character is
equal, so no character is better than the other. This is all because of being
able to choose your jobs. This means you can choose your favorite character and
there is no downside to it.

This is meant for people who have already completed the game. I strongly
recommend you finish it before attempting this. There are two reasons. First of
all, this game can be very hard on your first playthrough. I know it was for
me. On my next few, it got a lot easier. The second reason is this isn't really
a "walkthrough". For example: in a dungeon I might just say something like,
"Make your way through, and collect [insert items or whatever here]." Now this
game really doesn't have puzzles or anything that you would need help getting
through, and even if it did you could check another FAQ, but still... I might
also be spoiling the plot at some points so that could be another reason.

Ever heard of the duplication trick? Yeah, well expect to use that a lot in
this playthrough. Some people would think this is cheap and takes all the
challenge out of it. It really doesn't. Sure, it makes it easier on you, but
it's still harder than a normal playthrough. You'll be duplicating attack items
like Arctic Wind, Bomb Arm, etc. and Elixirs. There are a few more that you
will duplicate, like Turtle Shell and Shell Breaker. If you want to try it
without duplicating items, go ahead; I just don't recommend it. By the way, to
duplicate an item, put it at the top-left corner of the list when you're not in
battle. Then engage in a battle and then press Up and A at the same time when
the cursor is over the item. You'll go to the equip screen for about 1/4-1/3 of
a second if you did it right. You can do this as many times as you want. You
can only have 99 of that item in your list though.

I highly recommend you follow this guide to the letter. The purpose of this was
1. because I was bored and felt like writing this (haha =P) and 2. to help you.
You have to be smart when doing this challenge (but since I'm helping you, you
can just do what I say ;P). It's already kind of hard in a regular game, so you
need to know what you're doing.

One last thing... Even though it's usually very few levels, you have to level
up a lot of times in this game normally. You're probably thinking you'll have
to gain a LOT more in this game. For the most part, that's correct. But unlike
some RPGs, the EXP you get from each battle is determined by the amount of
characters alive after battle. Well, you always get the same amount, but it's
divided among the characters alive. I'll give you an example. A Red Dragon is
the monster that gives the highest EXP in this game. It always gives 60000 EXP.
If you have all four characters alive, it'll say you got 15000 (meaning for
each character). It's 20000 for three, and 30000 for two. Since you'll only
have one character alive for this game, that character will get all of it. If
you were going to end this game at the same level as you always do, the number
of battles you'd have to fight would be divided by four. You should plan to be
a very high level at the end. Don't worry, it'll still be challenging.


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II. WALKTHROUGH
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--Altar Cave--

Watch the scene with Luneth falling down the hole to come to the screen where
you rename him. Change his name if you want. I'll obviously call each character
by their original name. After that, you'll be attacked by three Goblins. Oh...
no? Haha. Well...attack them, obviously. It only takes one hit to beat each
since you'll do 9 or 10 damage per hit and they only have 7 HP.

Now it's time to make your way through. Like I said in the intro, I won't be
walking you through. I'll just tell you what to do and then you can go do it.
So start making your way through. Collect the Potion and the Leather Shield
from the chests. Equip the Leather Shield and examine the rock. Get the
Longsword and replace the Leather Shield (wow, that was on for a long time).

Get the two Antarctic Winds and the Potions. Use the wellspring to restore your
HP. Make sure you're level 2 before continuing. If you get into more than one
encounter on your way to the end, go back to the wellspring and get into an
encounter THERE. Then heal and go back. In the next room...

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BOSS: Land Turtle
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Level: 4
HP:    111
EXP:   20
Gil:   500
ATK:   8
DEF:   6

Attacks:
-Physical attack

My Level: 2
Front Row
29/38 HP
Longsword
Knife
Vest

Difficulty: 1 / 10

Well this is nothing new to you. You always fight this boss with one character
only. Don't bother using the Antarctic Winds. This boss is easy enough without
them. Instead, you'll just use a Potion. Antarctic Winds are more important.
Potions can be bought very cheap, and you can't buy Antarctic Winds at all.
Although...you COULD just duplicate them, which you might do. Use them if you
want (they're probably not at the top of your list though). I didn't use them.
With the Longsword and Knife I was doing 19-22 damage per hit. It takes about
6 turns. Make sure you use the Potion as soon as your HP is critical (that's
when it's yellow). The Land Turtle might do a critical hit. I never lost to it
but once when I fought it I was taking about 6 damage per hit and then when it
got critical I took 8, leaving me with 1 HP. Luckily, you'll ALWAYS get the
first strike, and the turn order isn't random like in a lot of battles.
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Afterwards, watch the scene and you'll be on the World Map. Save and enter the
Altar Cave again. You're in a different area this time. Go south and east of
you will be a secret passage where you can get a Leather Cap and Bronze
Bracers. Equip them.

In the next room, you'll see the hole Luneth fell through (don't go through
it). In the chests you'll find the Sleep spell, Bronze Bracers, Bronze
Knuckles, and two Longswords. Your weapons should now be Bronze Knuckles and
a Longsword. Leave the Altar Cave again, save, and enter Ur.

--Ur--

Go into the blue-roofed house to recover your HP/MP and then talk to Elder
Topapa. You can give the guy outside a Potion for a Phoenix Down, even though
you can't use it this playthrough (I did anyway, for some reason).

Go in the well on the east side and get the three Potions. Go above the inn
and head up to see the scene with Arc. Examine the flowers by the girl to get a
Potion.

Take the path above the weapon shop and enter the storehouse. You'll probably
encounter a Goblin or two on the way, but who cares? I got a level on the way!
Talk to the guy to learn about the secret passages activated by candles. Take
the two Antidotes from the pots on the left. Examine the candle and go through
the passage and up the stairs. You can get a Dagger, Longsword, Eye Drops,
a Phoenix Down, and Cure.

Buy Leather Armor from the Armor Shop and equip it.

You should probably give Cure to Luneth now. Make sure your HP is full and then
head south to Kazus.

--Kazus--

Talk to Arc to get him to join your party. Unequip him and then kill him on the
World Map. Haha, how mean...

Go into the trees on the left side and search around for a Mythril Helm (equip
it), a Staff and a Zeus's Wrath. Already? Cool!

In the inn, talk to the ghost in the center. It's Cid! He'll tell you why
everyone is a ghost. Go behind the counter near the door and then behind the
second one you can find a Potion.

Go in the house north of the inn and find a second Potion. Now it's time to
get in Cid's airship. You'll find it west of Kazus, in the desert.

Talk to the girl in the airship, whose name is Refia. You should know that by
now. Watch the scene and then fly northwest to Castle Sasune. Unequip Refia
and then kill her. Only one person left to murder! ;) By the way, I chose
Luneth for this challenge just because you start with him.

--Castle Sasune--

Talk to the guy blocking the entrance. He'll let you in the castle. Go up until
you get to a room with stairs. Take the left passage to get a Phoenix Down.
Then go through the right one and down the stairs. You can get 2000 gil here.
Yeah!

Go up two sets of stairs. Go around and get a Leather Shield and Blizzard. Give
Blizzard to the character of your choice. Go through the passage and get the
Bronze Knuckles. Go back to the previous room and go up the center stairs.

Keep heading straight and you'll meet the king. Watch the scene, and Ingus will
join your party. Now that you've got your whole party, go to the World Map and
make sure you only have one character alive. I'm not going to bother explaining
this stuff now. Just go in the east tower and get all the stuff. Sleep in the
bed at the top if your character doesn't have full HP/MP. Make sure you save
before going into the west tower, since there are monsters.

Get to about level 5 before entering the west tower. The monsters in there are
too powerful to fight with one character at your current level. Berserkers give
good EXP but be careful if you fight them. They're strong than the monsters in
Sasune's west tower. Three attacks from them and I was down to 1 HP.

Level 5 is still pretty low for this place with one character, so you should
probably duplicate some Potions to help you out. I also duplicated Antidotes
since I got poisoned. I got a level from just one battle with two Zombies
(they gave me 200 EXP). Collect all the treasure and on the top floor, put your
character in the back row and equip them with two Leather Shields and all the
best armor they can have. Make sure they have Blizzard. You'll fight a Griffon.
I was level 7 for this fight. Just heal whenever you need to. It's not very
hard since this thing is level 6 and you're probably a higher level. Cast
Blizzard every round that you're not healing since that does more damage. I
forgot to rest before coming up here and I only had 1 MP for Blizzard. Just put
your character in the front row and change their equipment to Wightslayer and
Longsword and attack it if you have to.

Save your progress and level up to level 10 in the west tower. If you want the
next boss to be really easy, copy some Antarctic Winds so you have a few left
over afterwards. When you're ready to continue, land in front of the Sealed
Cave, save, and enter.

--Sealed Cave--

The Wightslayer really helps in here. A lot of monsters in here are weak to
light, so that's why. Just start to make your way through and get the Potion,
your second Cure, and 500 Gil. You'll meet Princess Sara. Here's where your
single character challenge turns into a temporary two character challenge. You
can't stop her from casting random spells in battle. This will happen whenever
someone joins your party temporarily. Anyway, she'll only cast Aero and Cure.
Now continue and get the Antarctic Wind and Eye Drops. Once you see the red
rug, stop. Equip the two Leather Shields, put your character in the back row,
and then go up to the Djinn and watch the scene. Then you'll engage in battle
with him.

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BOSS: Djinn
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Level: 7
HP:    600
EXP:   200
Gil:   1400
ATK:   20
DEF:   8
WEAKNESS: Ice, Water

Attacks:
-Physical attack
-Fire

My Level: 11
Back Row
171/171 HP
Leather Shield x2
Mythril Helm
Leather Armor
Bronze Bracers

Difficulty: 3 / 10

I guess I leveled up too much. This was too easy. I should've tried it at level
8 or 9. Anyway, you may or may not get help from Princess Sara. It doesn't
really make a difference if you do. Aero only did 50 damage to him when she
used it for me and when she cured me at the end she only healed about 35 HP
(I don't remember the exact number). Anyway, I didn't use the Antarctic Winds.
Blizzard was hitting him for about 230 damage so I only needed three to beat
him. If you level up as much as I did, he's a joke. I'm usually not even this
level for the boss after him.
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All your characters will be revived and you'll get jobs! You should probably
pick either a Red Mage or a Warrior. I've actually found Warrior very helpful
at the end of the game, but it shouldn't be your final job. They have HORRIBLE
magic defense. I just chose Red Mage. They can equip shields and use weapons
when they're not even equipped with them. Go ahead and make your way to Castle
Sasune while getting your character out of the job adjustment phase and killing
killing off the other three. Use the wellspring in Ur if you need MP.

--Castle Sasune--

Watch the scene and you'll get a folding canoe. Leave the castle now, and
Princess Sara will say goodbye to you. Now to get your airship. Go near the
Sealed Cave and float across the water in your new folding canoe and then fly
the airship to Kazus.

--Kazus--

Watch the scene and Refia will leave your party. Enter the inn and talk to Cid.
He'll temporarily join your party. He leaves right away so we're going to make
use of him. ;) Go in the house above the inn and watch the scene. Takka and
Refia put a mythril ram on the front of the airship. Now get on the airship and
watch the scene. Refia joins your party again! Before breaking the rock, land
the airship near Ur. Your party members all have 1 HP. Maybe I should've told
you to wait to kill them. Ah, well... You're training your job level, at least.
Get your MP (and possibly HP) back from the wellspring and then re-enter Kazus.
Make sure you save too.

Buy the Fire spell if you don't have it yet, if you have a Red Mage. Time for
some new equipment! From the armor shop, buy everything you need. Make sure you
get two shields. You're going to be using those even if you have a Warrior, in
which case you'll also need to duplicate lots of attack items. Remember to do
that! The only thing you shouldn't buy from the armor shop is either Mythril
Gloves or Mythril Bracers, since you can only use one at a time and you can't
use whichever one you want anyway. Oh, and you shouldn't get the Helm either
since you have one. Buy one if you don't. Don't get the Mythril Rod for your
Red Mage. It barely raises your Intellect so it's really not that important.
Your shields are more important now. You also shouldn't buy Mythril Swords, as
we're about to get two. Again, make SURE you save before continuing. You
probably won't die but just to be safe... Enter the mines in back of Kazus.

--Mythril Mines--

No need for me to explain much here. When you get to the dead end in the first
room, press A next to the top pillar to continue. Get the Mythril Swords from
the chests and leave. If you have a Red Mage you actually shouldn't be taking
damage with the shields and being in the back row...so I don't know why I made
such a big deal about saving, ha. Now go ahead and brake the boulders with your
airship (they're south of Castle Sasune), watch the scene, and head east to
Canaan.

--Canaan--

Cid will tell you about King Argus and leave your party ALREADY. =( Well maybe
he helped you out in Mythril Mines, so it wasn't completely pointless. There's
a house connected to the inn here. Go inside and talk to the girl on the bed,
Salina. You have to do this to continue. I once forgot and went to the top of
Dragon's Peak... Good thing that's a short dungeon. Get the Mallet and Gold
Needle in here too. If you're keeping a Warrior then duplicate them both.
Actually, to save MP, just duplicate them anyway. The MAIN reason I tell you to
duplicate is sometimes battles take too long without attack items, so yeah...
At the beginning that is. At the end of the game physical attacks do more
damage. Now go to the north.

Go up the stairs and into the water. Keep heading through and you'll find an
Elixir. AWESOME! Ha, time to duplicate. =P Go to the northwest house. Use an
Elixir on Mrs. Cid. It's totally worth it. I wonder how much HP she has that
she needs an Elixir for it to work...haha. Cid tells you to push the lamp on
the wall. It'll let you go into the basement. You'll get a LOT of treasure,
along with 4000 Gil. Sweet! Well we're done in Canaan, so save and enter the
mountain east of it. Make sure you rest up first.

--Dragon's Peak--

If for some strange reason you have a Thief and you encounter a Rust Bird, you
can steal a Phoenix Down. You'll actually use those in this place. This is a
one time thing though. Get to the top and then revive everyone. Make sure you
get Aero, the Gold Needle, and the Phoenix Down on the way. Everything here was
doing 0 damage to me on the way up. It was taking me two Blizzards to kill
everything. And yes, I was doing a multi-target Blizzard. You'll use up a lot
of MP. This is why you need those Elixirs. Blizzard should kill Fireflies in
one hit. They're like the only monsters that will damage you. Once you get to
the top, use a Phoenix Down on your three dead party members. They're going to
be automatically revived soon anyway so it doesn't matter. The reason for this
is because sometimes Bahamut gets an attack in before you can run away, and
it'll kill anyone. Don't worry about full HP. Just revive them and then watch
the scene and talk to Desch. When you fight Bahamut, run away! Then Desch will
give you the spell Mini and join your party.

You can use the Healing Copse here if you take damage when fighting some
monsters, but you're at full HP right now. Kill off your party members and use
Mini or a Mallet on yourself (make sure to duplicate it before doing this!)
and then enter Tozus.

--Tozus--

Buy whatever you need from the magic shop first. All I got was Thunder. Rest in
the inn if you need to and then enter the house farthest north. Press L to
zoom in and get all the treasure. You'll get a Fire Staff, Fira, and Cura. YES!
These are all great at this point. You'll also get Mythril Bracers, but you
should already have those or Mythril Gloves. Use an Antidote on Doctor Shelco, 
the guy on the bed. He'll open a secret passage for you. Thanks! Take the
secret passage. Use the Fire Staff on the monsters on your way through this
very short dungeon. Don't equip it. Just scroll through the item list and use
it. Oh yeah, and get the Phoenix Downs you see...as if you need them. Once
you're through the dungeon, enter Vikings' Cove, but stay mini.

--Vikings' Cove--

You'll eventually come to some vikings at a table. South of there is a secret
passage. You can get a Spark Dagger from the chest. In the door near the table
you can buy some items and spells. You don't need either, but you probably need
to rest, so do that. It's only 40 Gil. Go up the stairs in the previous room
now.

Head west and south through a secret passage. Down the stairs you'll find a
Viking Axe and 3000 Gil. Go back up and head east now. Under the moogle (who
you can use if you want to do the sidequests) is another secret passage. Here,
you can get Thundara, Fira, and Blizzara. Yeah! Go right and down the stairs.
Talk to the viking. He says you can have their Enterprise (the ship) if you
defeat the Nepto Dragon. You should already know you can't defeat that thing.
Head north to Nepto Temple and go through the Nepto Dragon's mouth. Remember to
save first.

--Nepto Temple--

You'll be taking a lot of damage here. See? Elixirs are really important to
have. Oh, and you should equip the Fire Staff since your defense is the same
even with the shields and you'll get 2+ on your Intellect and Mind stats. You
will come to two holes in the ground. Go in the left one first. In here, you'll
find a Shell Helm and Shell Armor. Yeah, new equipment! It really doesn't
change anything though since you're mini. It just says your defense is "1" when
you're mini. OK, now go through the right hole. Get the Serpent Sword and then
go through the next hole. Keep going and heal when you get to the boss.

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BOSS: Giant Rat
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Level: 11
HP:    900
EXP:   1200
Gil:   1500
ATK:   24
DEF:   29

Attacks:
-Physical attack (may inflict Poison)
-Thunder

My Level: 15
Red Mage
Back Row
279/279 HP
Fire Staff
Mythril Shield
Shell Helm
Shell Armor
Mythril Bracers

Difficulty: 6 / 10

Whoa! I came EXTREMELY close to losing here. Yeah, your stats really go down
when you're Mini. He got my HP to critical in two rounds. I also got his to
critical in two rounds though, heh. I used two Blizzaras and then tried to use
Thunder since I ran out of MP for level 3 spells, and then Desch decided to
cast Thundara. Yeah, seems pretty useful but he's not very useful after this.
=(
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Head on out of Nepto Temple now, and kill your other characters off on the way.
Get yourself out of Mini now. Finally! Now you can start taking a little less
damage. Put the Nepto Eye in the empty socket. Go talk to the head viking and
you'll get the Enterprise! Head southwest from Nepto Temple and you'll be by a
town called Tokkul. Enter it.

--Tokkul--

Zoom in and look for a Lamia Scale, Great Bow, and Bacchus's Cider. On the east
side of town you can find an Ice Staff. Ice seems to do more damage than fire,
so use this instead. You should still have the two Mythril Shields equipped
though. In the house in the north section of town you can go into the basement
and find Sonic Knuckles, a Kenpo Gi (good for grinding with a Monk), and a
Serpent Sword. Well, nothing left to do here. Head west to the Village of the
Ancients. You'll get into some encounters on the way. I was taking 0 damage in
the back row, and obviously 1 in the front row (during back attacks). You
should too if you've been following this guide.

--Village of the Ancients--

If you go east and get a chocobo from Chocobo's Woods you can ride it all the
way around the continent and you can get Gnomish Bread from the kid with the
orange hair. I didn't. There's really no reason to, but if you want to do it
go ahead. East of the inn is a well. There's a Serpent Sword there. Check the
magic shop. All I bought was Teleport. Gotta love that spell. I had to replace
a spell since you can only have three of each level spell. My new level three
spells were Teleport, Cura, and Blizzara. Check the weapon shop. It's on the
west side. All I had to buy was a Light Staff. You should definitely buy that.
It casts Thunder, which is a higher level than Fire and Blizzard, so it does
more damage. Plus, there's a monster you may encounter (called Lizardman)
that's weak to it. It takes two Blizzards to kill one while everything else
only takes one. Not that it matters... Anyway, when you're done, check the
armor shop. I bought Flame Mail and sold my Shell Armor. Well, we're done here.
Go east into Chocobo's Woods and ride one back to your ship. Sail north and
enter the castle.

--Castle Argus--

This place creeps me out for some reason. Heh, but it's empty. Well I'll leave
it up to you to get all the treasure in this place. I'll just tell you about a
few secret passages. Press A by the rightmost candle after going up a few sets
of stairs. You'll find two wellsprings if you just follow the obvious path to
the top. Don't use the leftmost one. I THINK that revives your characters. If
not, it removes status ailments. OK, when you get to the very top of the
castle there will be two towers. You need a Thief to open the doors, or Magic
Keys. You can buy those soon. Just use a Thief for now and you can get out of
the adjustment phase later. This is the only time where you need a Thief
instead of Magic Keys. You can get a total of 4700 Gil here. Make sure you get
that. When you're done, go northwest and take the lower path into Gulgan Gulch.

--Gulgan Gulch--

Not much to do here. There's a moogle if you want to use it. Go south and down-
stairs and take to the baldie in the middle, heh. He'll give you the Toad
spell. I replaced Aero with it, because Thunder is better. South of him is a
secret passage where you can get a Fire Staff, Ice Staff, and Mage Robe. That's
it! Now after you're out of the adjustment phase go northeast to the Tower of
Owen. Use the wellspring in Castle Argus if your HP and MP aren't full. Mine
weren't since I gained levels.

--Tower of Owen--

This place has one of the best dungeon themes in the game! Well, in my opinion,
that is. In this place, I'm not even going to bother telling you to get the
treasure. It's all in plain sight, and I'm sure you're smart enough to get it.
Make sure to duplicate Echo Herbs when you get them though, because if you get
silenced and you have none, you're in trouble.

Go west, then south, then east. When you get to the area where you need to have
your party as Toads to continue, well...turn them into Toads, and when you go
through, change them back.

Too bad these monsters like to use magic a lot. From physical attacks, I was
still taking 0 damage. See how useful Red Mages really are? Light Staff is your
best friend here! It should one-shot anything. Except the boss, of course.

Just make your way to the top. Remember, when the voice tells you that you will
never find your way out, push A by the "door". Once you're at the top, go ahead
and fight the boss.

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BOSS: Medusa
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Level: 17
HP:    3000
EXP:   1680
Gil:   2600
ATK:   35
DEF:   22

Attacks:
-Physical attack (may petrify)
-Fira
-Blizzara
-Thundara

My Level: 23
Red Mage
Back Row
567/567 HP
Mythril Shield x2
Shell Helm
Flame Mail
Mythril Bracers

Difficulty: 3 / 10

Well this is easier than the Giant Rat. Her physical attacks definitely aren't
a threat. She'll use Fira, Blizzara, and Thundara, which aren't too bad either.
Use an Elixir once your MP for level three spells is gone. Desch might help you
but he's not that great anymore. If she silences you, use Echo Herbs. You
should do around 500 damage per hit, so six attacks should do it. If you're
using a Warrior, then you'll have to use attack items, since you probably can't
even do 100 damage with an attack.
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Afterwards, watch the scene and Desch will leave your party. You'll be on your
ship in the sea. The maelstrom by the Tower of Owen is now gone, so you can
leave. Let's go to Gysahl before continuing. Just go north past the Tower of
Owen and then east and south. It'll be on the edge of the continent. Kill off
your party members again on the way. When I was on the piece of land Gysahl is
on, I took 6 damage from a Red Cap. Oh no! Haha.

--Gysahl--

Nice theme, huh? ;) In the house next to the chocobo stable you can find two
Gysahl Greens. In the southeast corner of town, you can find two Magic Keys and
Gysahl Greens. In the house north of the chocobo stable, you can buy Magic
Keys. Don't remember how many you need exactly...and it doesn't matter. Just
buy, like, 8. There's a secret passage on the right side. Open the chest for a
Shuriken. YEAH, SHURIKEN! Maybe you'll end up selling it. Who knows? It sells
for a LOT though. Now enter the inn. Rest if you need to. There's a secret
passage to the right where you can find records of your journey and the
Bestiary. Cool. Well I'll show you my records just because...well, I want to!

Chests Opened: 27% (it's usually 28, so I missed some =[)
Enemies Defeated: 220 (and I usually have a lot more, so I'm not grinding, I'm
                       just coming out overleveled because only one character
                       is alive)
Battles Fled: 2 (I only remember running from Bahamut but OK, haha)
Max Damage: 794 (I did more right after I left <_<; it was only 832 though)
Max Hits: 6 (what? I'm using a Red Mage!)

That's it for now. Go back to the Tower of Owen and then go northwest a little
bit. Go in the southern cave.

--Dwarven Hollows--

Go south a room and then enter the rightmost door at the top. Buy whatever you
need. Even though Flame Mail has better defense, I bought Ice Armor for the
Molten Cave. The Ice Helm has better defense than the Shell Helm, so I bought
that too. I also got two Ice Shields to double the defense I'm already getting
from my shields. In the center door you can buy weapons but I didn't need
anything. In the leftmost door you can buy items and rest. There's a guy in
there who can tell you about your jobs. Mine told me about Freelancers and Red
Mages. =P Talk to the dwarf in front of the shrine in the center and he'll ask
you to defeat Gutsco. That's why we're here! Take the leftmost staircase down.
Turn everyone into Toads again, go in, then change back.

--Subterranean Lake--

You don't need any help here. The path you should take is painfully obvious. I
was taking 0 damage from physical attacks again. =)

Just use the Light Staff a lot. Use the Ice Staff on Bombs. Hopefully you don't
get petrified. That's what sucks about this dungeon. Collect everything from
the chests and heal before you fight Gutsco.

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BOSS: Gutsco
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Level: 17
HP:    3500
EXP:   2304
Gil:   3500
ATK:   35
DEF:   24

Attacks:
-Physical attack
-Mini
-Cure

My Level: 25
Red Mage
Back Row
658/658 HP
Ice Shield x2
Ice Helm
Flame Mail
Mythril Bracers

Difficulty: 4 / 10

Ha! Yeah, Gutsco, that 4 damage per hit really hurts. This guy is a joke if you
have my setup. Just hope that you don't turn mini when he casts it. Your HP is
high so you shouldn't worry about dying but you should change back as fast as
you can. I was hitting for about 550 with Thundara. Just use that and heal when
you need to. Pretty simple. I almost died when he used Mini on me but I didn't.
Good thing too... I hate not having save points.
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Teleport out. That would be horrible if you got petrified on your way back. In
Dwarven Hollows, talk to the guy in front of the shrine, put the Horn of Ice
back and watch the scene. Then get your ship and sail to the cave north of this
one. Kill your characters off and then enter.

--Molten Cave--

Again, I don't need to explain to you how to get through. Just make sure you
get all the stuff here. Use the Ice Staff instead of the Light Staff. Most
physical attacks were doing 0 damage, but those Adamantoises are pretty strong,
so they were doing around 10. Still not a big deal. They also cast Fira though,
which is annoying. Try not to get petrified! I did... -_- I just decided to go
through without getting all the stuff after that.
Anyway, here's how I defeated the boss:

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BOSS: Salamander
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Level: 19
HP:    5700
EXP:   2744
Gil:   3700
ATK:   41
DEF:   25
WEAKNESS: Ice, Water

Attacks:
-Physical attack
-Fire Breath

My Level: 26
Red Mage
Back Row
705/705 HP
Ice Shield x2
Ice Helm
Flame Mail
Mythril Bracers

Difficulty: 5 / 10

OK, for some reason I didn't equip the Ice Armor and I didn't replace Thundara
with Blizzara, so I had to use Antarctic Winds... Oh well. I still won. His
Fire Breath is usually a really big deal but your high HP makes up for it. This
was actually easier than it is on a regular game. Use Blizzara on him (or
Antarctic Winds) and heal with an Elixir whenever you need to. Not too hard.
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After this, you'll get new jobs! I kept Luneth as a Red Mage. That seems to be
working well for me, seeing as how I'm taking 0 damage. Use the warp in the
back of the room to teleport out. Go back to the Dwarven Hollows.

--Dwarven Hollows--

Talk to the dwarf in front of the shrine again and he'll give you a Magic Key.
All that for a Magic Key? Haha. Well there's more than just that. Move a little
southeast and talk to the dwarf. He'll...walk backwards? OK? And he'll let you
take some treasure. Awesome! Lots of treasure! Maybe it'll help you... Remember
where Tokkul is? It's south of Castle Argus. When you're ready to continue, go
there. You can't leave once you get in. Watch the scene and you'll be in Hein's
Castle.

--Hein's Castle--

Make sure you talk to King Argus, and talk to the guy who's actually a...
monster! Haha. It's a Demon, who's pretty strong, but he won't do very much
damage to you anyway. Two uses of the Light Staff and he's gone. Don't use the
pot to restore your HP. Your party will be revived. Your MP should be full. The
Demon should've hurt you but you have healing items, so it's no big deal. Cast
Mini or use Mallets and then when you go through the hole do it again.

Don't you love this theme? =P I do. You know what to do here... Just get to
Hein. The monsters will take a while to defeat. I just duplicated attack items
and used those to speed it up.

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BOSS: Hein
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Level: 22
HP:    4500
EXP:   3464
Gil:   4300
ATK:   47
DEF:   26
WEAKNESS: Varies

Attacks:
-Physical attack
-Confuse
-Barrier Shift
-Fira
-Blizzara
-Thundara

My Level: 28
Red Mage
Back Row
801/801 HP
Ice Shield x2
Ice Helm
Flame Mail
Mythril Bracers

Difficulty: 3 / 10

He's pretty easy. You'll just have to guess his weakness if you don't have
Libra. That's what I did. There's a 1/3 chance you'll get it right the first
time. I didn't have to heal at all. I had around 300 HP when I won, and I had
801 total. We need a harder boss! Of course, when there is one, I'll be sorry I
said that, heh.
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Watch the scene and go to Castle Argus. Kill off your party members in any
encounters on the way there.

--Castle Argus--

Talk to King Argus and get the Wheel of Time. If you go to the west tower on
the top floor you can get two Elixirs from the lady in there. Now go to
Canaan and talk to Cid. Watch the scene, make SURE you have an Antidote (you
should have more though), and fly off the edge of the continent. Go southwest
and you'll pass the Crystal Tower!

--Wrecked Ship--

Talk to the old man in the ship and then give Aria an Antidote. She'll join
your party. Yay! Just take her to the Temple of Water and when you're done,
save and enter the Cave of Tides.

--Cave of Tides--

I would just skip getting Blizzaga. Some of these monsters can petrify you.
They would be the Cockatrices. I thought Cockatrices were birds... In this game
they're...lizard...things. Ah, whatever... If you encounter them, RUN! The
Light Staff works well on a lot of monsters. You can also use attack items if
you want. Here's how I defeated the boss:

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BOSS: Kraken
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Level: 24
HP:    8000
EXP:   5280
Gil:   5500
ATK:   57
DEF:   27
WEAKNESS: Lightning

Attacks:
-Physical attack
-Blind
-Blizzara

My Level: 30
Red Mage
Back Row
906/906 HP
Ice Shield x2
Ice Helm
Flame Mail
Mythril Bracers

Difficulty: 8 / 10

Thundara x 10000! Finally a boss harder than the Giant Rat. He almost killed
me. Usually his attacks were doing over 100 to me. Use Elixirs if you need
them. You will. Thundara did a lot of damage (over 1000 each time). Zeus's
Wraths obviously work well too. If you get blinded, don't bother curing it.
We're using magic and items.
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After the fight, watch the scenes. Poor Aria... She'll bless you with the
power of water. That means new jobs! You'll wake up in Amur.

--Amur--

Well if you remember (and you should), the next boss can't be defeated with
magic. Bye-bye, Red Mage! ;( We COULD use one of the new jobs... However, I
wouldn't recommend that. I chose a Knight. Your job levels need to be trained a
little bit now. I normally don't bother training my job levels but it makes a
big difference in this playthrough. So go ahead and do that. Oh yeah, and kill
off your other characters while you're at it. You don't need to train them that
much. I'd say around job level 14 (when it starts taking more actions to level
them up) is good. The Blood Sword is, like, BEAST right now. You don't need to
heal when you have it equipped. If you want to know my equipment, it's:

Blood Sword
Royal Sword
Ice Helm
Knight Armor
Gauntlets

Remember to put your character in the front row as well. I was still taking
little damage. I was also in the job adjustment phase as I was writing this, so
yeah... Knights rule! Just don't go west of the mountains west of Amur. You can
encounter monsters from the Dalg continent if you do. I've encountered some
Harpies, Frostflies, and Simurghs. Harpies are the worst, since they attack
twice per round and come in groups of two. Harpies will kill you in one round.

Talk to the girl at the entrance of Amur and you'll see the Four Old Men. Then
Then talk to Gill. Do whatever you need in the village and then go into the
sewers.

--Sewers--

Just go through and collect everything... Save the Four Old Men and get the
Levigrass Shoes from Delilah. Every time you get attacked you can just attack
back and restore your HP. Nothing in here is that strong. Don't forget to equip
the Power Bracers! That made me start taking 1 damage from  some of the
monsters in here. HA! After you're out of the sewers, head to Goldor Manor.

--Goldor Manor--

Go get all the Golden Swords. That'll get you some crazy Gil. Come back to the
entrance afterwards and save. Hopefully you have some Magic Keys. If not,
you'll need a Thief. Now all there is to do is head to the boss.

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BOSS: Goldor
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Level: 26
HP:    9000
EXP:   6560
Gil:   9900
ATK:   53
DEF:   28

Attacks:
-Physical attack
-Confuse
-Blind

My Level: 34
Knight
Front Row
1183/1183 HP
Blood Sword
Royal Sword
Ice Helm
Knight Armor
Power Bracers

Difficulty: 7 / 10

You're just attacking and using Elixirs in this battle. The only really
annoying things he can do are blind you and confuse you. This is why you should
keep your HP above half at all times. If he confuses you, you might end up
killing yourself, since you're stronger than him. I used two Elixirs. The
Blood Sword saved me a few, but it's not enough to keep your HP up. His attacks
were doing almost 150 per hit. Like with all the hard bosses so far, I ALMOST
lost but I didn't.
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After the fight, watch the scene, grab the key, and you can leave. I didn't
feel like walking back through this place just because the battles take a long
time and I didn't feel like fighting the same monsters over and over again, so
I changed back to a Red Mage, used an Elixir, and teleported out. Then I
switched back to a Knight. I didn't get put in the adjustment phase at all, so
it didn't matter. Just remember to reequip your character if you do this! Oh
yeah, and kill your party members off... Just reminding you so you don't cheat!
=P Now go get your ship and fly northwest. You can visit Duster if you want but
there's really no point since they only have stuff for Bards and Geomancers.
We probably won't even use the hidden items. We will visit another optional
town though. You know where Saronia is, right? If not, figure it out. Go north-
west of there and enter Replito.

--Replito--

On the east side you can find a Gulgan in the trees. Near him is a Phoenix
Down. Left of the moogle (in the tree) you can find a Turtle Shell. Duplicate
it when you leave. =D By the way, be careful when you get into battles here.
Catoblepases can petrify you. Soon we'll get a shield that can protect that,
and you can just adjust your equipment in battle when you encounter a monster
that can petrify you. On the west side, above the two houses, you can find
another Turtle Shell. Hidden in the trees above that you can find an Elixir.

Northeast of this is a blue house. You can enter from the back. East, through a
hidden passage, is an Elixir. South of where you entered is a somewhat hidden
passage you can talk to a man who will tell you about a hidden cave under the
island shaped like a triangle. THIS is where we're getting that awesome shield.
OK, well, we're done here. Now head to Castle Saronia.

--Saronia Kingdom--

Watch the scene and go south to be on the World Map. In Northeastern Saronia,
in the tree south of a locked weapon shop, you can find an Elixir.

Northwestern Saronia has nothing. Don't bother going there now. Go to
Southwestern Saronia. You can find 11 Gysahl Greens in a secret passage in that
huge house if you want them. Go to the house farthest north on the east side.

You'll watch a scene with Prince Alus being accused of impersonating the
prince. You'll have to defeat three Gold Knights. They're easy like they were
in Goldor Manor. Prince Alus will join your party. Talk to the guys in town
with orange clothes to get a Wind Spear and Dragon Mail.

I would honestly just skip Southeastern Saronia for now. You don't really need
anything in there and you're almost sure to be petrified by a Catoblepas.

You'll probably want a Dragoon for the next boss. Change your character to one
and get them out of the adjustment phase. Buy them another Wind Spear and
equip it. Put them in the back row.

Go ahead and enter Saronia Castle and watch the scene. Boss time!

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BOSS: Garuda
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Level: 28
HP:    10000
EXP:   8800
Gil:   10200
ATK:   57
DEF:   29

Attacks:
-Physical attack
-Lightning

My Level: 36
Dragoon
Back Row
1312/1312 HP
Wind Spear x2
Ice Helm
Dragon Mail
Power Bracers

Difficulty: 8 / 10

Just keep jumping on him. My first jump was a critical hit and did 3606 damage.
The rest did over 2000. I killed him with four jumps. Hopefully you'll get
lucky and he won't spam Lightning.
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Watch the scene and switch to a Red Mage. Remember? You need to be Mini for the
next dungeon! It's short, but you need magic. Equip your Red Mage with the best
armor they can have. Go through a secret passage to the right and get all the
treasure. Down the stairs is another hidden passage on the right side.

Fly southeast to the Dalg continent. Save before you do. You might get into a
battle there and you'll probably get murdered. Wait until you get into the
Cave of the Circle to kill your party members. Enter Doga's Manor.

--Doga's Manor--

Go south and watch a scene. You'll meet Doga and he'll join your party. Turn
Mini and enter the Cave of the Circle.

--Cave of the Circle--

Don't be afraid to use your high level spells in here. It's very short so it
doesn't matter if you do. Just keep heading east until you're through. Doga
will help you with some battles. These monsters are really annoying with just
one character. Heal a lot. At the end, Doga will make the Nautilus able to go
underwater. Cool! He'll tell you about Noah's Lute as well.

Get out of Mini and switch your job back to Knight. Or, if you want, you could
keep using a Dragoon. If you're using a Knight, make sure you're in the front
row. If it's a Dragoon, you should always use Jump in the back. That cave
under an island shaped like a triangle is now accessible. You can get that
shield that blocks status ailments there. That dungeon is tough though... You
want to hear a funny story? Once I saw how hard this was getting, I decided to
master the Knight job (which means getting the job level to 99) so I could get
the mastery weapon for it. I also decided to get the Ultima Weapon, which is
even better! After I was done getting my job level to 99 and sending all my
mail, I remembered... YOU CAN'T GET EITHER UNTIL YOU'VE OPENED THE EUREKA
GATEWAY! Ah, STUPID me! At least I maxed out my job level though... You might
as well too. Better to get it done early... Well let's go to the Sunken Cave
now. In case you don't know, it's in the bottom-right corner of the map, under-
water.

--Sunken Cave--

Well I tried this before getting to job level 99 and I got killed a LOT. Even
though I couldn't get the Ultima Weapon or the Save the Queen blade, I was
still one-shotting the monsters in here. The Blood Sword helped out a lot too.
Be careful with some monsters. Those Sea Witches like to cast Blizzara, which
will do quite a bit of damage. Also, do NOT open any of the chests at the end.
Well, maybe the bottom-right one... If you want, you can teleport out as a Red
Mage and save your progress, then come back and try to fight the monsters
guarding them. By the way, when I say "chests at the end", I mean the four
that make a square that you get to through a secret passage on the left side.

Wow, doesn't that Diamond equipment just RULE? As soon as I got the Helm and
Mail I took 1 damage from a monster and I was like HA!! Anyway, you should've
gained a bunch of levels going through there, since it's already a good place
to get EXP on a normal game. I went in at level 37 and came out at level 45.
That's almost enough to beat the game with four characters!

I just barely won but I defeated the four monsters at the end by using Turtle
Shells. If you're going to as well, MAKE SURE you unequip the Blood Sword for
the monster in the top-right chest, since that one is an undead monster.
If you want the shield that blocks status ailments, the Aegis Shield, then you
HAVE to defeat that one. I one-shotted the Eater in the bottom-right chest. =P
Well that's good, because those things divide if you don't kill them in one
hit, unless you use a Dark Knight with a dark blade, which you won't.

Now let's continue with the story to a dungeon even more dangerous than the
Sunken Cave...

--Temple of Time--

Well you know what to do... Just get all the treasure and Noah's Lute. Be VERY
careful too. Heal after every battle. King Seahorses will use Blizzaga on you.
It hit me for over 1000 damage and I only had 2063 HP, and it got the next
strike before me. Luckily, that was a physical attack that did only 98 damage.
Chimera Mages are bad too, since they like to use Lightning. If you're lucky,
you won't get many encounters with three of them. Oh yeah, and they can petrify
you... which I didn't know until this playthrough. Ugh...at least it was in the
first room. Use the Aegis Shield! I did over 8000 damage to one with two
swords anyway, and I was doing less than half that to everything else...
Lightning, thankfully, isn't as bad as it was with Garuda. It does less than
300 damage usually. You should still be able to one-shot the Chimera Mages with
just an Ancient Sword and Aegis Shield.

Behemoths and Dragons are the strongest monsters in this dungeon. Good thing
there can only be one by itself in each battle. I would recommend replacing the
Ancient Sword once you get the Defender instead of the Blood Sword. The Blood
Sword makes it less cheap since if you don't use it you'll just be duplicating
tons of Hi-Potions and Elixirs.

Once you're done, teleport out. Was it just me or did that take FOREVER? We
need a boss... Garuda was a while ago and the next mandatory one isn't for a
little while. Let's go for a summon boss! First, go to Unei's Shrine and wake 
her up. Then go to Saronia Catacombs. It's under the water below Saronia.

--Saronia Catacombs--

You get some help in here! As if you needed it... Just go through and collect
everything, and then...

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BOSS: Odin
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Level: 40
HP:    31000
EXP:   20000
Gil:   16800
ATK:   81
DEF:   35

Attacks:
-Physical attack
-Zantetsuken

My Level: 50
Knight
Front Row
2554/2554 HP
Defender
Blood Sword
Diamond Helm
Diamond Mail
Protect Ring

Difficulty: 3 / 10

Start by using the Defender on yourself (as an item, of course) and then just
keep attacking. Having Protect on yourself really decreases the damage you
take. Without it I took about 250 per hit, and with it I took about 35. The
only dangerous move he has is Zantetsuken which isn't really a problem because
of your level. He only used it once on me.
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Teleport out and go to the Ancient Ruins.

--Ancient Ruins--

Kill off your party members and just make your way through, collecting every-
thing. Unei will tell you about the Invincible. Once you can control it, fly to
Falgabard, which is southwest of Saronia. Make sure you save before entering
too.

--Falgabard--

You can go in that cave and get the treasure if you want. I didn't, since none
of it would help me and the encounter rate seems super high. Go behind the
waterfall and talk to the guy. Boss fight!

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BOSS: Shinobi
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Level: 46
HP:    11000
EXP:   8800
Gil:   3700
ATK:   102
DEF:   30

Attacks:
-Physical attack (may inflict Poison)

My Level: 52
Knight
Front Row
2768/2768 HP
Defender
Blood Sword
Diamond Helm
Diamond Mail
Protect Ring

Difficulty: 6 / 10

Does this guy look familiar to you? Well he should, even if you've never fought
him here before. Shinobies are monsters in the second-to-final dungeon, and
they come in groups of two!

Cast Protect on yourself (use the Defender). This guy is pretty strong, but he
only gets to attack once each round, unlike most bosses. Keep attacking, and
use an Elixir if you need to. I didn't, but you might.
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You'll get a Kiku-Ichimonji for winning. I know, useless for a Knight, but I
like to fight all the bosses! Now head to the Cave of Shadows.

--Cave of Shadows--

You don't get enough EXP from the monsters here, considering how strong and
annoying they are. You won't one-shot everything, so some monsters will divide.
Well, you know what to do!

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BOSS: Hecatoncheir
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Level: 43
HP:    28000
EXP:   14400
Gil:   8000
ATK:   89
DEF:   32

Attacks:
-Physical attack
-Quake

My Level: 54
Knight
Front Row
2982/2982 HP
Defender
Blood Sword
Diamond Helm
Diamond Mail
Protect Ring

Difficulty: 2 / 10

Use the Defender on yourself. You know how this guy is easy on a normal game?
Yeah, it's basically the same here. He hit me before I used the Defender and
the highest damage he did was 100. Well, I had two shields equipped when I
started since I was going to start with the Defender, but still... He's easier
than the monsters here. His strongest move is Quake, which is still weak.
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Um, yeah, I am NOT walking back through this place. Too long and annoying.
Just change to a Red Mage and teleport out.

I wonder what it would be like if Hecatoncheir was stronger... Hmm, well let's
find out by paying his cousin a visit! Go to the Ancients' Maze. Get into a
random battle and kill your characters off, save, and enter.

--Ancients' Maze--

Well just walk north for a few seconds and then you'll fight the boss.
Technically you're not SUPPOSED to do this yet, but I always do just so I can
switch jobs early. We're not switching jobs, but whatever.

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BOSS: Titan
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Level: 49
HP:    29000
EXP:   27600
Gil:   13500
ATK:   96
DEF:   44

Attacks:
-Physical attack
-Quake

My Level: 54
Knight
Front Row
2981/2982 HP
Defender
Blood Sword
Diamond Helm
Diamond Mail
Protect Ring

Difficulty: 5 / 10

Use the Defender on yourself. Then attack him.

He's not very hard. He's definitely stronger than Hecatoncheir, but otherwise
he's the same. You might need to use an Elixir or two. I did. You won't be
able to recover all the damage you take with just the Blood Sword.
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New jobs! We're going to stick with Knight, but if you want to level up, make
sure you use a Black Belt. Kill off your characters as soon as you get into an
encounter. I fought a Greater Demon on my way out of the maze. I can already
tell the end of the game will be tough... We need those weapons!

We're going to wait until we get those weapons before fighting Leviathan. We
have to come back after Eureka to get those weapons anyway so we might as well
wait. We're going to fight Bahamut though, since we're not using a Knight for
that battle. Head to Bahamut's Lair and switch to a Dragoon.

--Bahamut's Lair--

In case you don't know where this is, it's southwest of Gysahl. You're probably
going to level up in here. In the second room, the monsters give the second
best EXP in the game. The place that gives the actual best EXP is the secret
dungeon, but those dragons take forever to kill. Equip the Aegis Shield when
fighting Greater Boros. They can petrify you.

Just collect everything and go to the boss. Make sure you're in the back row
when you get there.

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BOSS: Bahamut
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Level: 45
HP:    34000
EXP:   20000
Gil:   16500
ATK:   90
DEF:   37
WEAKNESS: Wind

Attacks:
-Physical attack
-Megaflare

My Level: 57
Dragoon
Back Row
3287/3287 HP
Trident
Blood Lance
Diamond Helm
Diamond Mail
Protect Ring

Difficulty: 3 / 10

Use a Turtle Shell and just use Jump. As you can see, he's a dragon, which
means he can fly, which also means he's weak to that move. I killed him with
three jumps. He used Megaflare once and it almost halved my HP. As long as he
doesn't get to use it more than once on you then this battle is easy.
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Save before reentering Bahamut's Lair. You never know...something could go
wrong. Unfortunately, you can't teleport because you had to exit to the World
Map so you'll just end up there if you teleport out. On your way back to the
ship, kill off your characters again. Change your Dragoon back to a Knight too.

Now grab the Nautilus, save, and enter Doga's Manor. Watch the scene and step
into the circle.

--Doga's Grotto--

Need I remind you? Just use the Aegis Shield when fighting Humbabas. I thought,
"Well, just because they LOOK like Catoblepas, doesn't mean they can petrify
you too, and I might kill it with one attack anyway!" Yeah, and then I got
killed... Before fighting the bosses, make duplicates of Chocobo's Wraths.
You'll be using those for the second boss.

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BOSS: Doga
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Level: 45
HP:    22800
EXP:   13600
Gil:   12000
ATK:   89
DEF:   40

Attacks:
-Physical attack
-Drain
-Firaga
-Blizzaga
-Thundaga

My Level: 60
Knight
Front Row
3636/3636 HP
Defender
Blood Sword
Diamond Helm
Diamond Mail
Protect Ring

Difficulty: 7 / 10

Start by using the Defender. He's a little hard since he uses magic a lot and
it'll do over 500 damage to you. Use an Elixir if you ever need to. That's
pretty much it.
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BOSS: Unei
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Level: 44
HP:    21800
EXP:   16000
Gil:   12600
ATK:   86
DEF:   42

Attacks:
-Physical attack
-Tornado
-Protect
-Haste
-Holy

My Level: 60
Knight
Front Row
2872/3636 HP
Ultima Weapon
Aegis Shield
Diamond Helm
Diamond Mail
Protect Ring

Difficulty: 4 / 10

UGH, I HATE HER! Stupid Tornado! That killed me on my first try. On your first
turn, equip an Aegis Shield. If you do that then it will make Tornado miss,
and the next hit won't kill you. Just keep attacking. It'll take a little
longer than it took you to fight Doga because you're not dual-wielding, but not
too much longer. The only thing that can really hurt you in this fight is Holy.
Luckily bosses can't use magic twice in a row (on the same turn), so if you
don't die when you get hit with that then you should be able to counter it with
an Elixir before she attacks you again.
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You'll get the Eureka Key and Syrcus Key. Well, let's head for Eureka! Teleport
out and go back to the Ancients' Maze (you need the Invincible).

--Ancients' Maze--

Go through and get all the awesome new equipment for your Knight. Save when you
get in front of the Crystal Tower. Watch out for Thanatos on the way. They can
petrify you.

--Crystal Tower--

All we're doing here is opening the Eureka Gateway and then heading back
through the Ancients' Maze. However, if you don't have Wi-Fi, you should just
try going through Eureka so you can get the Ragnarok and Excalibur because
those are the best possible swords for a Knight without it. Once the gateway is
opened, get your ultimate weapons and then head to Lake Dohr (which is west of
Canaan).

--Lake Dohr--

Well everything here should be easy to beat. Just equip the Aegis Shield when
fighting Ouroboros and the boss.

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BOSS: Leviathan
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Level: 43
HP:    32000
EXP:   20000
Gil:   17100
ATK:   85
DEF:   36
WEAKNESS: Lightning

Attacks:
-Physical attack (may petrify)
-Protect
-Haste
-Tsunami

My Level: 64
Knight
Front Row
4119/4119 HP
Ultima Weapon
Aegis Shield
Crystal Helm
Crystal Mail
Crystal Gloves

Difficulty: 1 / 10

What I did was I used the Save the Queen blade as an item on him, since he
likes to cast Haste. Forget the Defender. He can only do 1 damage. He is able
to petrify you, but with the Aegis Shield it's no problem. Tsunami really isn't
dangerous at your level either. Well, at least I don't THINK so. He never used
it on me.
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You got Leviath! Well it's useless this time around but whatever. Go through
the Ancients' Maze one last time, save, and enter The Forbidden Land, Eureka!

--The Forbidden Land, Eureka--

How epic is this theme? It's one of my favorites! Well we're about to face six
bosses with no save points, so be careful. You know what to do, but one of the
bosses is sort of hidden. It's behind a somewhat secret path on the east side
of the second room. Open the chest to fight it.

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BOSS: Ninja
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Level: 47
HP:    24000
EXP:   28400
Gil:   14400
ATK:   96
DEF:   46

Attacks:
-Physical attack (may inflict Poison)

My Level: 65
Knight
Front Row
4255/4255 HP
Ultima Weapon
Save the Queen
Crystal Helm
Crystal Mail
Crystal Gloves

Difficulty: 1 / 10

Ooh, scary! Attack...attack...attack...WIN! He only does 1 damage without the
Defender, so yeah. And by the way, this IS a boss even though he has the battle
theme. The bestiary says so! =P
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Equip that Ribbon NOW! Forget the Aegis Shield.

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BOSS: Amon
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Level: 48
HP:    33500
EXP:   26800
Gil:   20350
ATK:   96
DEF:   46

Attacks:
-Physical attack
-Barrier Shift
-Firaga
-Blizzaga
-Thundaga

My Level: 66
Knight
Front Row
4324/4397 HP
Ultima Weapon
Save the Queen
Ribbon
Crystal Mail
Crystal Gloves

Difficulty: 4 / 10

Hey! It's Hein! Well his physical attacks are absolutely pathetic, but his
magic will do over 1000 damage to you. His defense is pretty high, but you
should do a lot of damage if you have the Ultima Weapon and Save the Queen
like me. You could use the Save the Queen on yourself to reflect his magic.
Just do whatever you want. It's pretty easy.
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BOSS: Kunoichi
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Level: 48
HP:    29000
EXP:   29200
Gil:   14500
ATK:   96
DEF:   46

Attacks:
-Physical attack
-Haste
-Aeroga

My Level: 67
Knight
Front Row
4315/4521 HP
Ultima Weapon
Save the Queen
Ribbon
Crystal Mail
Crystal Gloves

Difficulty: 3 / 10

I used to think this was the hardest boss in Eureka until I found out that if
you have someone with the Crystal equipment you will take very little damage.
The reason I thought that was because of her very annoying three-moves-per-
round. I started off by using Save the Queen to cast reflect on her in case
she used Haste and then I just attacked. This fight is easy. Just remember to
heal when she casts Aeroga. I won with three attacks.
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BOSS: General
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Level: 48
HP:    35000
EXP:   30000
Gil:   15600
ATK:   105
DEF:   46

Attacks:
-Physical attack
-Drain
-Death

My Level: 68
Knight
Front Row
4658/4658 HP
Ultima Weapon
Save the Queen
Ribbon
Crystal Mail
Crystal Gloves

Difficulty: 3 / 10

Use the Defender on yourself. There! You'll be taking 1 damage...unless he
uses Drain, but that's not much of a problem. I'm not sure if the Ribbon blocks
Death or not (and I wonder if it blocks Tornado, because one of the next bosses
has that move and it would be helpful... I should know this things by now, huh?
=P) but hopefully it will miss if he uses it.
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ONLY FIGHT THE NEXT BOSS IF YOU CAN CAST REFLECT A LOT OF TIMES OR IF YOU HAVE
ABOUT 6000 HP!

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BOSS: Scylla
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Level: 49
HP:    35000
EXP:   30800
Gil:   16200
ATK:   104
DEF:   46

Attacks:
-Physical attack (may petrify)
-Firaga
-Blizzaga
-Thundaga
-Flare
-Holy
-Curaja

My Level: 68
Knight
Back Row
4658/4658 HP
Ultima Weapon
Save the Queen
Ribbon
Crystal Mail
Crystal Gloves

Difficulty: 9 / 10

Use the Defender on yourself, and then use Save the Queen on yourself to
reflect her magic. Do that every time you get hit with magic. You can only take
one magic attack. If she uses another, you're most likely dead. You'll
basically do this every turn. You should be able to get the first strike. The
only really strong magic she has is Flare and Holy. She can also use Curaja.
This will take a while...
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BOSS: Guardian
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Level: 49
HP:    33700
EXP:   30800
Gil:   16200
ATK:   107
DEF:   46

Attacks:
-Physical attack
-Tornado
-Reflect

My Level: 68
Knight
Front Row
4658/4658 HP
Ultima Weapon
Save the Queen
Ribbon
Crystal Mail
Crystal Gloves

Difficulty: 5 / 10

Tornado won't work because of your Ribbon. I don't see why you would but don't
use battle items on him as he can cast Reflect which he might get the chance to
do before the item is actually used. Chocobo's Wraths are the same as Flare,
which is a very strong spell (you probably noticed if you fought Scylla).
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Step in the circle and buy another Crystal Shield.

Go ahead and teleport out. Save and reenter the Crystal Tower.

--Crystal Tower--

Well this dungeon is basically like the other ones... Go through and fight the
boss. Watch out for those Kum Kums! Their spells normally aren't a problem, but
since you've got one character, they do over 2000 damage. These monsters are
tougher but not too bad. It's the bosses in this challenge that are hard! =P
Speaking of bosses...

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BOSS: Xande
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Level: 50
HP:    49999
EXP:   34000
Gil:   25000
ATK:   110
DEF:   48

Attacks:
-Physical attack
-Firaga
-Blizzaga
-Thundaga
-Meteor

My Level: 70
Knight
Front Row
4923/4923 HP
Ultima Weapon
Save the Queen
Ribbon
Crystal Mail
Crystal Gloves

Difficulty: 7 / 10

Use the Defender on yourself first. You can Reflect him if you want but you
really don't need to. It's better to use it on yourself. He's got very power-
ful magic. Luckily his HP isn't very high. It only takes a few rounds. Just
hope he doesn't use Meteor.
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Watch the scene, lose to the Cloud of Darkness, and enter the World of
Darkness.

--World of Darkness--

Another epic dungeon theme! ;) I should hope you know what to do. Free the four
Dark Warriors and head for the final boss! You'll need lots of Chocobo's Wraths
for Two-Headed Dragon. Be in the back row with two Crystal Shields for him as
well.

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BOSS: Ahriman
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Level: 55
HP:    99999
EXP:   66666
Gil:   66666
ATK:   107
DEF:   46
WEAKNESS: Wind

Attacks:
-Physical attack (may petrify)
-Firaga
-Blizzaga
-Thundaga
-Curaja

My Level: 70
Knight
Front Row
4923/4923 HP
Ultima Weapon
Save the Queen
Ribbon
Crystal Mail
Crystal Gloves

Difficulty: 7 / 10

He can petrify you, but you've got a Ribbon equipped, so it's not a problem.
Use the Defender on yourself. The only annoying thing he can do is cast Curaja,
but you should be doing more damage than he heals. Watch out for his magic too.
Always heal when your HP is less than half.
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BOSS: Echidna
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Level: 55
HP:    99999
EXP:   66666
Gil:   66666
ATK:   117
DEF:   46

Attacks:
-Physical attack
-Drain
-Death
-Tornado

My Level: 71
Knight
Front Row
5073/5073 HP
Ultima Weapon
Save the Queen
Ribbon
Crystal Mail
Crystal Gloves

Difficulty: 5 / 10

Use the Defender on yourself at the start. Tornado and Death won't work because
critical HP and, well, death are considered status effects which are all
prevented by the Ribbon. Drain isn't anything to worry about either.
Earthquake... Well, it's strong, but... you should be fine if you get hit by
it.
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BOSS: Cerberus
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Level: 55
HP:    99999
EXP:   66666
Gil:   66666
ATK:   123
DEF:   46

Attacks:
-Physical attack
-Firaga
-Blizzaga
-Thundaga

My Level: 72
Knight
Front Row
5234/5234 HP
Ultima Weapon
Save the Queen
Ribbon
Crystal Mail
Crystal Gloves

Difficulty: 8 / 10

Use the Defender and attack! Basically, it'll go: Attack > Attack > Elixir
(repeat). This thing will use either Firaga, Thundaga, or Blizzaga once each
round. You NEED to heal. This is impossible if you don't (unless you use a
strategy like you did with Echidna, which you probably want to do as few times
as possible).
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BOSS: Two-Headed Dragon
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Level: 55
HP:    99999
EXP:   66666
Gil:   66666
ATK:   151
DEF:   46

Attacks:
-Physical attack

My Level: 73
Knight
Back Row
5388/5388 HP
Crystal Shield x2
Ribbon
Crystal Mail
Crystal Gloves

Difficulty: 4 / 10

Defender...yeah, yeah. This thing has incredibly strong attacks. Seriously.
Even with the Defender, dual-shields, and being in the back row, you'll still
take around 300 damage. Yeah, I know, 300 is nothing, but with the combination
above that means its attacks are normally deadly. But that's not the point.
Pretty long and boring battle here. Chocobo's Wraths x 10000!
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FINAL BOSS: Cloud of Darkness
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Level: 60
HP:    120000
EXP:   99999
Gil:   70000
ATK:   120
DEF:   55

Attacks:
-Physical attack
-Bad Breath
-Haste
-Protect
-Lightning
-Particle Beam

My Level: 73
Knight
Front Row
5388/5388 HP
Ultima Weapon
Save the Queen
Ribbon
Crystal Mail
Crystal Gloves

Difficulty: 7 / 10

Start by using the Defender. Haha, 1 damage. Lightning did around 20. Although
it's really not a problem, you can start by killing of the right tentacle by
just attacking it (when I say right I mean left in your point of view) if you
want. Then, use Chocobo's Wraths on the other one. You can start going after
the main part of the cloud once you do that. Just attack her. Particle Beam
will do a lot of damage, so heal when you have about 2000 HP. Honestly, this
isn't much harder than any other of the other bosses you fought at the end. I,
for one, was surprised that it was so easy. Oh well. If you have Wi-Fi, there's
still one boss left for you to defeat! ;)
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--???--

Think you can beat the super boss with just one character?

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SUPER BOSS: Iron Giant
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Level: 81
HP:    199999
EXP:   99999
Gil:   99999
ATK:   255
DEF:   150

Attacks:
-Physical attack
-Meteor
-Slash

I haven't actually defeated this boss yet. I'll get to it eventually. All I can
tell you is that you won't be able to do much damage with physical attacks
unless you have a level 99 Onion Knight with two Onion Swords, the most
powerful weapon in the game. It's easier to get the Ultima Weapon (second most
powerful) and Onion Blade (third most powerful), which aren't all that much
weaker. If you don't plan to use physical attacks, you'll want to duplicate a
lot, I repeat, a lot of Elixirs and Chocobo's Wraths. This guy gets to attack
you FOUR times per round, and he's extremely powerful. This is why you'll want
a good defensive job, like a Viking, or, obviously, an Onion Knight, in the
back row with two shields. Of course, if you're using physical attacks, you'll
want your Onion Knight in the front row. They gotta have a lot of HP though.
You'll probably want them with Onion equipment. I'll write a strategy for this
boss once I defeat him. I basically told you all you really need to know to
beat him though, so if your level is high enough you should be able to do it.
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III. CREDITS
============

- Me, for writing this FAQ ;)

- Square Enix, for making this game

- GameFAQs, for accepting my FAQ

- You, for reading this =)


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IV. LEGAL INFO
==============

If you want to put this FAQ up somewhere else, you must e-mail me first and get
my permission. My e-mail is [email protected]. Also, don't edit anything if I
give you permission to use it.

Copyright (c) 2008 Paul Kolios (pkdatboi)

Thanks for reading!