============================================================================ FAQ/Walkthrough Part One for Final Fantasy X ============================================================================ For Playstation 2 Computer Entertainment System Version : Final By : StoneKotr (Francis Bilodeau) Created : January 10, 2002 Last Update : July 18, 2002 My E-Mail : stonekotr@hotmail.com MSN Messenger : stonekotr@hotmail.com My Home Page : www.geocities.com/stonekotr My nickname on the GameFAQS Board : StoneKotr =========== Legal Stuff =========== This FAQ/Walkthrough is created for personal use only. It is prohibited to use this FAQ on your commercial web page, magazine or game guide without advising me. You are also not allowed to rip off any segment of my FAQ without advising me by e-mail. I worked hard for this and I don't want to see someone says that he has done the whole FAQ. But, you can put this FAQ on your home page, the only condition for this is to e-mail me and TELL me that you are putting this FAQ on your home page and you need to GIVE me the URL. Thank you for you cooperation. **************************************************************************** !!! PLEASE READ !!! This will be the Final Update of the FAQ, which means I won't add anything myself since I think it's complete enough. I will still update for contributions though, so you can send them to me and I will update the FAQ just for them. Also, you can still ask me questions about the game, since I won't be working on the FAQ, it won't take a lot of time before I answer your questions. It has been fun folks, thanks for your support and see you in another FAQ! **************************************************************************** ============= E-Mail Policy ============= Well, I guess I have no choice to make this section because my FAQ is a little more popular than I thought. Anyway, I get a lot of questions that are already answered in the FAQ and lots of questions that are not even related to the game. So, before sending me an e-mail and be ignored, read here. DON'T SEND ME : ------------- - Questions that are already answered in the FAQ. - Questions that are not even related to the game. - Questions related to previous Final Fantasies. - Don't send me false information. - Bad comments about my FAQ or how good you are at this game. - Viruses, in a day I get at least one e-mail containing a virus. SEND ME : ------- - Questions that are not answered in this FAQ, I'll be happy to help you. - Suggestions to make this FAQ a better FAQ. - Mistakes that are in my FAQ (You will be credited). - Things that I missed, it is really appreciated and you will be credited. - Strategies to beat hard bosses, you will also be credited. You can send me questions in English or French, not any other languages. ============== Introduction ============== Hello everyone, this is my second attempt and my second project for a FAQ/ Walkthrough. You may know me for making a Story Mode FAQ/Walkthrough for WWF Smackdown! : Just Bring It. Anyway, I'm happy to be with you in a FAQ for this great game called Final Fantasy X. It's not a small task and I don't have a lot of experience, so I hope you will be patient. Here is what you can find in this FAQ. First, you'll see my review for the game, then a complete description of the characters and the basics of this game. Of course, you can find a complete Walkthrough of this great game and a mini-FAQ on the Blitzball mini game and finally there are all the weapons, armors and items lists, a complete bestiary and a list of every sidequests and secrets of the game. I hope you understand that this cannot be done in one month, so I'm asking for your patience and cooperation. Well, that's about it. Final Fantasy X will be the only thing in my life for the next couple of months ! ========= History ========= Version 1.0 : ----------- First Version of this FAQ, here is what I have done for the first version : - Completed the Review of the game - The Basics of the Game are completed - Completed the Walkthrough to Luca - Started the Shops List - Started the In the next update... section - Started the About this FAQ section - Started the Credits section - Started the Final Words section Version 1.1 : ----------- Well, it's the second version and my main goal is to complete the walkthrough, but I've started other sections of the FAQ. - Completed the Walkthrough of the game to Mushroom Rock - Started the Sidequest Section - Started the Overdrives Section - Started the Aeons Section Version 1.2 : ----------- Third version of the FAQ, it's getting bigger and bigger now ! I've decided to start new sections and complete them little by little at each updates. - Changed the characters section (contributions) - Added informations in the Overdrives section. - Completed the Shops List to the Thunder Plains - Started the Bestiary (Letter A Complete) - Started the Abilities List (Part A Completed) - Started the Weapons List - Started the Sidequests / Secrets Section Version 1.3 : ----------- Just a little small update there, I'm trying to finish the FAQ before school starts back. So the FAQ should be near completion by January 21st. - Added contributions for the Magus Sisters Aeon. - Added new Sidequests / Mini Games - Worked on the Walkthrough (Guadosalam) ! - Added a new Overdrive Mode - Added new informations on the Jecht Sphere - Completed the Weapons List ! - Continued the Bestiary (Letter B Complete) Version 1.4 : ----------- Another daily update... whew ! What a rush. We are January 16th now and school starts back in five day, yeah! Just joking, I don't like school, but I'm happy to go there for one reason :). Oh well, I understand myself. Anyway, I'm adding a lot of stuff coming from everywhere and even though I think I have a perfect game, I could have missed Items or something, so anyway, if you see any mistakes, please be gentle and tell me :). - Started and completed the Items Section ! - Worked on the Walkthrough (Thunder Plains) - Added a new strategy for the Ultima/Omega Weapons - Added new informations on the Magus Sisters - Added the Chocobo Mini Game in the Sidequests section - Added the Anima quest in the Sidequests section Version 1.5 : ----------- What an historic moment... It's been one week since I've created this FAQ! My god, it's time to celebrate, anyway, I worked a lot on the Sidequests section and it's almost complete, I didn't have the time to work on the Walkthrough now, sorry! Now every sections are started except for the Mix List Section. I'll try to finish writing the FAQ by Sunday or Monday. Stay tuned! - Added informations on Tidus's Overdrives and Auron's Overdrives - Worked on the Bestiary (Letter C Complete) - Started the Blitzball FAQ - Almost finished the Sidequests section, I only have to do the Monster Arena Sidequest. - Clarified the Cloudy Mirror Sidequest - If you have any strategies on how to complete the Walkthrough for the Omega Ruins Sidequest, send them to me please ! Version 1.6 : ----------- Whew, this is getting BIG and I'm near the Final Version too, well the Final Version for me since I'll take a little break when all the Sections will be completed. I asked CB! to use her Mix List FAQ in my own FAQ, because I think no one can do a better job than what she did. I hope she says I can use it, so the FAQ will be a better one. Also, it's cool to see ATadeo writing a FAQ for FFX, I hope I can exchange information with him. Anyway, here is what's new for this version. - Worked on the Walkthrough and it's COMPLETED! - Added a Strategy for Nemesis a.k.a. Omega Gold - Worked on the Bestiary (Letter A to I Completed) - Armors List Completed! - Completed the Overdrive Section, added Rikku Mix List Results. - Shops List Completed! - BlitzBall FAQ Completed! courtesy of Michael Gallant, if you have any questions about Blitzball, tell him at : mike_692@hotmail.com - Added a Walkthrough for the Omega Ruins thanks to Dan Grubbs, danielgrubbs@hotmail.com. Version 1.7 : ----------- Just a small update here, corrected a few mistakes in the FAQ. It also seems that T.J. Martin has ripped off something from CB! And sent it to me. My apologies CB!... I don't want any problems... Also, I've decided to continue on my own. So I will do the Mix List myself! It will take a while because I will now take a well deserved break. It's been too long since I have been working on this FAQ. I'll do another update in a week or two, maybe one month... You can still send in your questions and contributions though :). - Changed the Contributors List, removed T.J. Martin, added CB! - Started the Weapon's Abilities List - Added the Ability Pray in the Special Abilities List. Version 1.8 : ----------- Hello everyone, just a little update here, added some contributions that were in my E-Mail Inbox. I try to follow my E-Mail Policy and answer every e-mails as they come. I haven't followed it lately, so if you have sent a question after Jan. 21, be patient, I will answer your question soon. I'm still working on the Bestiary, maybe it will be completed in the next update. - Added loads of contributions, thanks to you! - Added the Tips Section in the Basics of the Game. - Worked on the Bestiary (Letter A to L Completed). - Worked on the Weapon Ability List. - Worked on the Armor Ability List. Version 1.9 : ----------- It's been a long time since I haven't updated two days in a row! Anyway, I worked on completing the Weapons/Armors List. Sorry, I haven't answered any e-mails today, since I've decided to work on the FAQ. It's getting a lot closer to completion now, there is only the Bestiary & The Monster Arena Sidequest to do. So that's about it. - Completed the Weapon Ability List. - Completed the Armor Ability List. - Added the Movies/Music Spheres Sidequest. - Worked on the Bestiary Version 1.95 : ------------ Why Version 1.95 and not 2.0 ? Because I want V.2.0 to be the Final Version and I am not at the Final Version yet! All there is to do is to correct my spelling / grammatical errors and complete the Walkthrough by adding items that I've forgot. Now, again, I ask your patience if you have written e-mails to me. I try to answer them when I have the time and it's not always easy, because of the College. Don't worry I'll answer your questions pretty soon. Here is what's new for this update : - Completed the Bestiary. - Started/Completed the Monster Arena Sidequest. - Started/Completed the Remiem Temple Sidequest. - Added a strategy for Yunalesca. - Added some information about the Random Items in the Omega Ruins. - The Bestiary is corrected, added a few sections in it. - Worked on the Walkthrough, corrected a few mistakes about the location of some items in Al Bhed Territory and Kilika Forest. - Blitzball FAQ Completed, added How to get Jecht Shot 1 & 2 corrected spelling/grammar errors and added the Scouting Level. Version 2.0 : ----------- This is it folks, it's the last version of the FAQ. I've decided to split it up in two parts, since it will be easier for you to look at what you want. Some web pages like http://www.rpg-dreams.com still has the FAQ in one part though. Now, Part 1 will be covering the Walkthrough / Sidequests and Blitzball and Part 2 will cover the lists. Again, I'll try to answer all of your e-mails a s they come, since I won't be working on the FAQ, it won't take a lot of time to answer your many questions. One last thing : Please read the section right before the E-Mail Policy to see what will be going on in the future of this FAQ. - Corrected a lot of grammar/spelling errors. - Added "Inside Sin" section in the Walkthrough. - Added a lot of contributions, thanks to you! Version Final : ------------- This is the Final Version of the FAQ, as you can see, the look of the FAQ as changed a little. Completed most of the informations that I've missed and added the final load of contributions. I answered all of the e-mails that were in my Inbox, so if you didn't get answered, it's because your question has been deleted. Well, this is the Official Final Version of the Part I FAQ, so I hope you like it. There is still something I want to add, but it will be in the Second Part of the FAQ. Again, I would like to thank all of you for your support and your comments! Check out what is new for this Final Version : - Corrected the remaining grammar/spelling errors. - Corrected a few mistakes concerning the location of some items in the Walkthrough. - Added a lot of reader contributions. - Added a Revisiting the Chambers of the Fayth section. - Added a Omega Ruins Random Chests FAQ written by Darryl Kinght. - Polished the FAQ Version Final (Second Part) : --------------------------- Back again folks, after a long and well-deserved break. School is now finished for me, so I'm back to work on the FAQ again. I looked at my e-mail Inbox today and my god, it's impossible. I have more than 120 e-mails to read/answer. It is something that I cannot do. Since most of your questions are already answered in the FAQ, I decided to just put the ones than aren't answered in the Frequently Asked Question Part. So look there and you might find the answer to your question. Also, I decided to add a Final Fantasy International Part to my FAQ since most of the question are on the Dark Aeons. If you have anything to add on this section, please be gentle and tell me. I will gladly put your contributions in the FAQ and give you full credits. Here's what is new for this version : - Added a Final Fantasy International Section. - Added a strategy on Zu. - Added the location of two potions on the Zanarkand Bridge. - Added six new Overdrives Mode. - Cleared my e-mail Inbox. Version Final (Third Part) : -------------------------- Another little update folks. I've added some of your e-mails contributions in this version. For a list of them, just check below. I've decided to update this FAQ two more times. It means that for now, the next version of this FAQ will be out in August. I've decided to do that this way because I think the FAQ is more than complete. The only thing missing would be a location of every weapons and armors in the game, but it's very long to do and I don't know if it would be very useful. You know, I have to replay the game again for this ^_^. Your comments on this would be very appreciated. By the way, sorry if you have sent a contribution and I haven't putted it in the FAQ. I'll check them out and put them in the next update. Now, on with the update and see you next month! - Added a new Overdrive Mode - Added a new Yunalesca Strategy - Added a new Sanctuary Keeper Strategy - Added a new Seymour Flux Strategy - Added a new Braska's Final Aeon Strategy - Added a new Earth Eater Strategy - Added a new Sin Strategy. - Corrected some mistakes in the Revisiting the Chambers of the Fayth Section. - Cleared my e-mail Inbox. =================== Table of Contents =================== PART ONE -------- I. Review of Final Fantasy X II. Basics of the Game A) Controls B) Field Screen C) Battle Screen D) Menu Screen E) Tips III. Characters IV. Walkthrough V. Side Quests / Secrets A) Yojimbo Aeon B) Anima Aeon C) Magus Sisters Aeon D) Airship Sidequest E) Cloudy Mirror F) Remiem Temple G) Legendary Weapons H) Al Bhed Primer Locations I) Revisiting the Chambers of the Fayth J) Mini-Games K) Movies/Music Theater L) Omega Dungeon M) Monster Arena Sidequest N) Ultimate Weapons Strategies VI. Final Fantasy International A) What's Final Fantasy International B) Dark Aeons C) New Ending VII. Blitzball FAQ A) Introduction B) Basics C) Game Modes D) Movement E) Actions F) Encounters G) Status Ailments H) Starting a Game I) Techniques & Abilities J) Recruiting Players K) Team players and free agent list PART TWO -------- VIII. Aeons A) The Basics B) Ability List C) Aeons List IX. Overdrives X. Weapons List XI. Armors List XII. Items List A) Curative Items B) Rare & Key Items C) Al Bhed Primers D) Spheres E) Other Items XIII. Ability List A) Characters Abilities 1) Special Abilities 2) Skill Abilities 3) White Magic 4) Black Magic B) Weapon's Abilities C) Armor's Abilities XIV. Mix List XV. Shops List XVI. Bestiary XVII. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) XVIII. In the next update... XIX. About this FAQ XX. Credits XXI. Final Words ============================== I. Review of Final Fantasy X ============================== GRAPHICS : 9 / 10 -------- As you know this is the first Final Fantasy game on the Playstation 2 and the graphics are quite astonishing. It's really tough to explain the beauty of this game, it's that beautiful. At the beginning of the game, you will notice the detailed characters and how good the CG movies are. As you progress through the game, you will notice that, at some point the characters faces are not as quite as detailed as in the beginning of the game. You can notice this in battle, or in towns. These are the only let downs that I have with graphics. The CG movies are always detailed and they are the best movies since the beginning of the Playstation 2 era. If you are buying this game for graphics, you won't be disappointed. GAMEPLAY : 10 / 10 -------- As you know, every Final Fantasies have their dose of new things. Final Fantasy X is no different. Here what is new in the game. First, your characters don't get levels this time. You upgrade your characters with S.Lvl also called Sphere Level. As you win more and more battles, you will gain Ability Points and when you have enough, you can use them on the Sphere Grid to upgrade your statistics and learn new Abilities. One other new thing is that, there is no more ATB in battles. Battles now works with rounds. You can see when your turn is coming with the CTB Window at the right of the screen in a battle. Another new thing, is that the game doesn't have a world map, so the game as gone a lot linear. The world map has been replaced by a radar showed at the top-left of the screen. A red arrow shows you where to go, so you don't get stuck in Final Fantasy X. You always know where you need to go next. Those are great new innovations and I really think the game is a lot better that way. SOUND : 10 / 10 ----- As you may know, characters in Final Fantasy X have voices. The only question about voices is : " Are they good ? " and the answer is yes, of course. The actors are great, they play very well in funny and sad moments. Then, there is the music, composed by the great Nobuo Uematsu. The music is great as always, but nothing beats the good old Chrono Trigger music :). Well that's it for the sound, there isn't much to say about that ! STORY : 9 / 10 ----- The most important point in Final Fantasy is of course the Story. Without spoiling it to much to you, the Story start with Sin attacking our hero's city, Zanarkand. Tidus, our, hero is transported in another world by Sin. Tidus will then meet Yuna and her guardians and he will join them in the ultimate quest to defeat Sin. The story is great until the end of the game. This is where it doesn't make any sense at all. You will understand what I mean when you get there. I think that Final Fantasy X as the second best story in the Final Fantasy series. Only Final Fantasy VII is better, so don't worry, you won't be disappointed with that point. OVERALL : 9.5 / 10 ------- In overall, this is what I call, the Ultimate RPG :). If you were waiting for a good RPG on the Playstation 2, your wait is over because Final Fantasy X is your game. It is my favorite RPG of all time and on a side note, it's the last Final Fantasy game of Hironobu Sakaguchi, as you know, Final Fantasy XI will be an online game... So, in conclusion, you won't be disappointed with this game and it was worth the wait... ======================== II. Basics of the Game ======================== 1 Player Memory Card (8MB for PS2) - 64 KB Digital & Analog Control Vibration Function ------------- A. Controls ------------- Field Screen Controls : --------------------- Directional Buttons : Move character Left Analog Stick : Move character Circle Button : Cancel / Hold down to walk Square Button : No Use X Button : Talk, Examine, Confirm Triangle Button : Go to the Menu Screen L1, L2, R1, R2 Button : No Use Start Button : Pause the Game Select Button : No Use Battle Screen Controls : ---------------------- Directional Buttons : Move the cursor / Left & Right to change pages Left Analog Stick : Move the cursor / Left & Right to change pages Circle Button : Cancel a selected option Square Button : No Use X Button : Confirm / Select an option Triangle Button : Defend, but you will lose your turn L1 Button : Select Character / Display the switch window L2 Button : Scroll Switch Window R1 Button : Scroll CTB Window Up R2 Button : Scroll CTB Window Down Start Button : No Use Select Button : No Use Menu Screen Controls : -------------------- Directional Buttons : Move the cursor Left Analog Stick : Move the cursor Circle Button : Cancel / Exit the menu Square Button : No Use X Button : Confirm / Select an option Triangle Button : No Use L1 & R1 Button : Change Characters L2 Button : Scroll menus back R2 Button : Scroll menus forward Start Button : No Use Select Button : No Use Press L1 + R1 + L2 + R2 + Start + Select to Reset the Game ----------------- B. Field Screen ----------------- The field screen is different from other Final Fantasies. One new thing is that there is no more world map. The world map as been replaced by a mini- map at the top-left of the screen. A yellow arrow indicates your character and a red arrow indicates where you need to go next, Save Sphere are indicated by a white square, and doors are indicated by a green square. You can get rid of this map by turning it off in the config menu. Like in previous Final Fantasies, there are still save points. Since there is no world map and you can't save on it, you will come across a lots of save points. Those save points are called Save Sphere. Those spheres are located near key story points or near a boss, so it is important to always save when you get a chance to. Also, there are no more Tents, the Save Sphere will automatically restore all of your HP / MP, so even if you don't want to save, it's really important to touch them. Also, as you progress through the game, you will unlock new options with the Save Sphere. You will be able to play Blitzball from there. You will also be able to return to the airship by touching the Save Sphere. You will also come across a lot of chests in the Field Screen, it's really important to pick them up since you will probably need those items you find in them. Just look in the Walkthrough section to find the location of those chests. It's also very important to speak to everybody you see on the Field Screen and to check every place you find suspicious. You never know what you can find there... ------------------ C. Battle Screen ------------------ You will enter in battle when you are not in towns or when you are in dungeons. You will see your party at one side and enemies at the other side. CTB Window : ---------- Battles are based with turns and you can see when your turn is coming with the help of the CTB Window. This window is located on the right side of the screen and it allows you to see which character will play next and when the fiend will play is turn. It is an invaluable resource and you can't afford it, because without it, you can't plan any long term strategies in battle. In the CTB Window, you will see the picture of your characters. Letters designates the enemies. The top of the CTB Window means which character is playing, scroll down to see who is playing next. Commands : -------- Once you have control of your character, you will see a set of commands. Commands are different for each character, but every characters have the Attack and item Commands. This is where skills are introduced. Each characters have abilities within them. Yuna is good to cast Summon and White Magic. Lulu can use Black Magic and Auron uses powerful skills with his sword. Learn how every characters works. Learn what are your characters weaknesses, strengths. Know when you need to attack or heal. Once you know what to do, perform your move with the commands available to you. Overdrives, Defending, Elements & Status : ---------------------------------------- Overdrives are like Limit Break or Trance in previous Final Fantasies. When your Overdrive gauge is filled up, you can perform a unique special attack. You select how to boost your overdrive in the Overdrive menu in the Menu Screen. At the beginning of the game, every characters knows the Stoic Overdrive Mode. In this mode, the gauge fills up when you take damage from a fiend. Here are the modes I founded to this point : Stoic : Overdrive gauge charges when you take damage from a fiend. Healer : Overdrive gauge charges when you heal an ally. Comrade : Overdrive gauge charges when an ally takes damage. Victor : Overdrive gauge charges when you win a battle. Warrior : Overdrive gauge fills when character deals damage. Slayer : Overdrive gauge fills when character kills an enemy. Tactician : Overdrive gauge fills when status effect is used on enemy successfully. Ally : Overdrive gauge fills on the character's turn. Solo : Overdrive gauge fills when fighting alone. Daredevil : Overdrive gauge charges while you are near death. Victim : Overdrive gauge charges while attacked with status effects. Hero : Overdrive gauge charges when you defeat a strong enemy. Sufferer : Overdrive gauge charges when a character suffers Status Ailments Coward : Overdrive gauge charges when you flee from battle. Dancer : Overdrive gauge charges when an opponent misses an attack. Defender : Overdrive gauge charges when a character defends. Avenger : Overdrive gauge charges when a character dies. Rook : Overdrive gauge charges when a character reflects or nullifies a magic attack from the enemy. Loner : Overdrive gauge chargers when a character fights alone. If you have found any other Overdrive Modes, please send them to me at : stonekotr@hotmail.com and put Overdrives for the topic. To change your overdrive mode, go to the overdrive menu and press the Circle Button to put the cursor at the commands located at the top of the screen. Select Set Mode, then select the overdrive mode you want to have. To unleash an overdrive, wait until your overdrive gauge is full, then when it's your turn, press Left and you will see an overdrive menu. Press X Button, select the overdrive you want and press the X Button again ! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Another great command in battle is to Defend. By defending, you can take half damage from any physical attacks. To Defend, press the Triangle Button in a fight. Notes : * You will lose your turn when you defend. * Spells will inflict the same damage even if you're defending. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- In Final Fantasy X, there are only four elements : Fire, Lightning, Ice and Water. You can see the fiends weaknesses by equipping the ability Sensor to a weapon or by scanning the enemy. You can use elements by casting black magics and some weapons also have elements properties. -------------------------------- | Element | Color | Weakness | -------------------------------- |Lightning| Yellow | Water | | Fire | Red | Ice | | Ice | White | Fire | | Water | Blue | Lightning | -------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Tidus HP(2) ??? MP(3) ??? +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ (4) This is a character status. You can see this status at the bottom-right of the screen. Here are what the numbers means. 1 - The name of the character 2 - Tidus's HP, HP means Hit Points. If you have 0 hit points, you're character is KO 3 - Tidus's MP, MP means Magic Points. It is used to cast magic or use Skills. When MP reach 0, you can't cast/use magic/skills. 4 - Tidus's Overdrive gauge. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status Ailments : --------------- Every Final Fantasies have its dose of status effects, here is a list of all of them, their effects and how to cure them. Every status effects disappears after a fight. ----------------------------------------------------------------- | Ailment | Effect | Cure With | ----------------------------------------------------------------- | Slow |Takes a lot more time before you |Remedy, Esuna | | |have your turn. |Haste | ----------------------------------------------------------------- | Darkness |Harder to hit the enemy with |Eye Drops, Remedy | | |physical attacks |Esuna | ----------------------------------------------------------------- | Sleep |Cannot participate in battle |Remedy, Esuna | ----------------------------------------------------------------- | Poison |Lose HP after every turn |Antidote, Remedy | | | |Esuna | ----------------------------------------------------------------- | Confusion |Lose control of character, attack |Remedy, Esuna | | |allies | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- | Petrified |Turned into stone, cannot enter |Soft, Remedy, | | |commands |Esuna | ----------------------------------------------------------------- | Silence |Cannot cast any spells |Echo Screen, Esuna| | | |Remedy | ----------------------------------------------------------------- | Berserk |Lose control of character, your |Remedy, Esuna | | |strength is increased but you can | | | |only attack. | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- | Zombie |Character lose HP by curative |Holy Water, Remedy| | |magic and items. | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- | Curse |Overdrive gauge freeze, cannot |Dispel, Holy Water| | |use overdrives | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- | Doom |Character is KO when countdown |End the battle | | |reaches zero. | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- | KO |Character falls unconscious, |Life, Auto-Life, | | |cannot participate in battle, game|Full Life, Phoenix| | |is over if every characters are KO|Down, Mega Phoenix| ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Switch Menu, Overkill, Sensor Window, and SubCommand Window : ----------------------------------------------------------- A new innovation in Final Fantasy X is the switch menu. In a fight, you can change any character to another character. To bring this menu up, press the L1 button. A window will appear, displaying all the characters who aren't in the fight. Select the one you want to join the fight and press the X Button. Note : No turns are lost when you change characters. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Overkill will appear when you kill a fiend with more HP than needed. Your reward is that you will receive more AP and items after the fight. Note : Sometimes, you will receive fewer items. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sensor Window : When you have the sensor ability equipped to a weapon, you will see a window pop-up when you are trying to attack the fiend. Here's what you can see : ------------------------------------- (1) (2) ------------------------------------- HP ??? / ??? (3) x1.5 O - O - O - O (4) 1/2 O - O - O - O (5) / O - O - O - O (6) + O - O - O - O (7) 1.0 O - O - O - O (8) 1 - This is the name of the monster. 2 - A special Help Menu, it tells you strategies to defeat the fiend. 3 - The fiend's HP. 4 - This represent the fiend's weaknesses to elements. In order, Fire, Lightning, Water and Ice. If the circle have the color of the element, it means it is weak against it. 5 - This tells you that the element you will use will deal half of the normal damage. 6 - This tells you that the element you have used is Nullified and it will do 0 HP of damage. 7 - Same as #4, except it will heal the enemy instead of damaging it. 8 - It means the elements will do normal damage. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To see the command window, press right when you have control of your character. This will bring more options. You can Escape from battle, but your chances of escaping are limited. If you want to Escape, I suggest you select Tidus's Flee Ability. Please take note that you cannot escape boss fights. You can also change Weapons and Armors in the SubCommand Window. This way, you can take a weapon with an element strong against a fiend, or you can protect yourself from a fiend attacks ! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- After the Battle : ---------------- After a battle, you will usually gain Ability Points (AP), when you have enough AP, you will gain a Sphere Level (S.Lvl) used to upgrade your characters statistics. You can also gain items and money (Gil) to buy items/ weapons/armors. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- D. Menu Screen ---------------- Here's what the menu screen looks like ... ----------------------------------------------------------------- | HELP : Set battle formation | ----------------------------------------------------------------- | Yuna HP 9999 / 9999 | Sphere Grid | | MP 999 / 999 S.Lvl 0 | Item | | | Ability | | Tidus HP 9999 / 9999 | Overdrive | | MP 999 / 999 S.Lvl 0 | Equip | | | Status | | Auron HP 9999 / 9999 | Aeons | | MP 999 / 999 S.Lvl 0 | Formation <- | | | Customize | | Lulu HP 9999 / 9999 | Config | | MP 999 / 999 S.Lvl 0 | Help | | | | | Wakka HP 9999 / 9999 | | | MP 999 / 999 S.Lvl 0 | | | | | |45 : 09 98089089 Gil | | |Location : Luca | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- So at the top, you have the help command, then your characters statistics, your game time, your Gil and your location. Now on to the tough things, the menus. a) Sphere Grid ----------- This is the upgrading system of Final Fantasy X. When your characters gain a Sphere Level by gaining enough AP, you can move your character on the Sphere Grid to upgrade their statistics or to teach them new abilities. To upgrade your statistics or abilities, you need to use spheres gained by winning battles, stealing, chests or at key points through the game. You use these spheres to activate nodes and upgrade your characters ! The sphere grid is only accessible when Rikku teaches you how to use it. Each character starts at a key point on the grid. Each characters also have their sections on the sphere. But don't worry, by using Key sphere, you can actually go through every section of the sphere, thus having a character with all abilities and maximized statistics. On the sphere grid, you can press the select button to zoom out from the grid to see what you have activated, or where you are going, press the L1 & R1 buttons to switch characters and press the R2 & L2 buttons to change the angle of the grid. Press the Triangle Button to see your characters statistics. Each S.Lvl, allows one character to move one node forward on the sphere grid. You can also move backwards : with one S.Lvl, you can move back four nodes. Now, if you have, lets say, one sphere level and you want to move. First, press the X button, then a menu will appear and you will have two options, move and use. Select move, you will see where you can move on the sphere grid. Select the node you want to move to then press the X button again. Select confirm and you will have spent your S.Lvl to move to the node. Now if you want to activate the node. Press the X button and this time, select use. You will see the sphere you have in your inventory. You can activate nodes you are on or the ones adjacent to you. Select the sphere in a white text, then press the X button again to activate the node. If you want to see what the sphere grid looks like, check DokiWaku's or Zeric's Sphere Grid System Translation at gamefaqs.com. Here are the types of nodes you can activate, I'll try to explain the symbol for each nodes. Nodes Attributes ----- ---------- H : Raises Max HP by 200 or 300 M : Raises Max MP by 10, 20 or 40 Shield : Raises Defense by 1, 2, 3 or 4 Sword : Raises Strength by 1, 2, 3 or 4 Triangle : Raises Magic by 1, 2, 3 or 4 Triangle in a shield : Raises Magic Defense by 1, 2, 3 or 4 Star : Raises Luck by 1, 2, 3 or 4 Two Swords : Learn a Skill Ability Cross : Learn a Special Ability /\ , in black : Learn a Black Magic \/ /\ , in white : Learn a White Magic \/ Aim Logo : Raises Accuracy by 1, 2, 3 or 4 Two circles : Raises Evasion by 1, 2, 3 or 4 An arrow with 3 paths: Raises Agility by 1, 2, 3 or 4 L1, L2, L3, L4 : Level 1, 2, 3, 4 Key Sphere There is also types of spheres you can use to activate nodes. The types are designated by colors, here's the meaning of each one of those colors. Red Spheres : You often win those spheres after a battle, they are Power Spheres used to increase Strength, HP and Defense. There is also Speed Sphere, used to increase Evasion, Accuracy and Agility. There are Mana Spheres used to increase MP, Magic and Magic Defense. There are Fortune Spheres (Rare!) used to increase Luck and finally there are Ability Spheres used to learn a skill or a magic. Black Spheres : Those spheres are used to remove locks scattered around the Sphere Grid. You will understand that the higher the number on the Luck, the harder it is to find that kind of sphere. Yellow Spheres : Those spheres enable one of your character to learn abilities that other characters learned. Keep those spheres in reserve and when one of your characters learns a good skills, use those spheres to make him learn the ability. Purple Spheres : These spheres are useful because they let you turn an empty node into an attribute node. So you can actually turn an empty node into a Strength + 4 node. Know the benefits of each characters and use these spheres wisely. Blue Spheres : These enable you to transport yourself from one point on the grid to another. There are three types of blue spheres : First, the Return Sphere. That sphere enables you to return to any node you have previously activated. Then there is the Friend Sphere, it lets you transport to any other character location on the grid and finally the Teleport Sphere that lets you move to any node activated by other characters. Phew, that's about it for the Sphere Grid ! b) Item Menu --------- Here's what the Item Menu looks like in Final Fantasy X : -------------------------------------------- | Help : Restores 200 HP of one character | -------------------------------------------- | Use Sort Equipment Key Items | -------------------------------------------- | -> Potion 20 | | Hi-Potion 10 | | Ether 10 | | Phoenix Down 2 | | Elixir 1 | | | -------------------------------------------- At the top of the screen, you have the help menu, it tells you what the item does when used. Select Use if you want to use an Item, select the item you want by moving the cursor, then press the X button, a window with your characters HP/MP will appear. Select the character you want to use the item on and press the X Button again to use it. You can also sort Equipment and Items, select Sort or Equipment and select automatic or manual. Automatic will arrange the item by default and manual, well, you can put the items in the order you like. Same thing for the equipment. You can also see the Key Items you have by selecting Key Items. c) Ability ------- Not a too tough menu to learn. Select ability then the character you want to see the Abilities and it's done. Note that you can use ability like Cure, Cura or Curaga. Select Yuna, then select the Ability Cure. Press the X button, select the character you want to use the ability on and it's over. d) Overdrive --------- Here is the Overdrive menu : -------------------------------------------- |Help : Summon the Aeon Valefor | -------------------------------------------- | View Set Mode | -------------------------------------------- |Yuna HP : 200/ 255 S.Lvl 0 Next : | | MP : 45 / 68 232 | -------------------------------------------- | Grand Summon Overdrive Mode | | +++++++++ Heal | -------------------------------------------- | -> Valefor Ifrit | | Ixion | -------------------------------------------- It's easier than it looks, the screen differs from characters to characters so it will looks slightly different if you select another character. There isn't much to explain since you can understand a lot just by seeing this screen, but there is one thing I need to explain to you. Overdrives in this game can charges from different possibilities. In this case, since the overdrive mode is Heal, the Overdrive gauge will charge when Yuna Heals an ally. To set an Overdrive Mode, press the Circle Button and select Set Mode. In there, you will see different modes you can equip. Select the mode you want and press the X button again. You will have equipped the Overdrive Mode. e) Equip : ----- This is in this Menu you will equip equipment to your characters. I won't tell you much explanation since it's pretty simple. Just select Weapon or Armor and press the X Button. Select the Weapon/Armor you want to equip and it's over. Just check carefully the Weapon/Armor abilities before equipping it though. f) Status : ------ Again, there isn't much to say about Status, it's just used to check your characters statistics and abilities he / she has learned. Just press the X Button to scroll the windows and it's all there is to know about that. g) Aeons : ----- This time, it gets a little tougher. Aeons or call them Summons if you want, are summoned by Yuna. To acquire summons, you need to get through various Cloister of Trials in the game. For more information on Aeons, check the Aeons section in this FAQ. When you defeat Belgemine later in the game, you will have the possibility to increase the Aeon's attributes by using spheres. This way, you can increase the Aeon's HP, MP, Strength, Defense, Magic, Magic Defense, Agility, Luck, Evasion and Accuracy. When you receive the Key Item Summoner's Soul, you will be able to use items to teach the Aeons new abilities. So you can actually have a summon that can heal himself or cast Ultima. When you are in the Aeons menu, select an Aeon by moving the cursor up or down. Press the X button once you have selected the Aeon. Similar to the Status Menu, you will see the Aeon's statistics and Abilities. Once you have learned the Key Items mentioned before, you will be able to increase the Aeons statistics or make them learn new abilities. In the Aeons menu, press the Circle button and then, select Abilities. Press the X Button again and this screen will show up : ---------------------------------------------------- |Help : Inflicts Darkness on an enemy for 3 Turns | ---------------------------------------------------- | Status Abilities Attributes | ---------------------------------------------------- | Valefor HP : 1234 / 1234 Overdrive | | MP : 234 / 334 +++++++++ | ---------------------------------------------------- | Ability to Learn | Item Cost | ---------------------------------------------------- | -> Dark Attack | Smoke Bomb | | Silence Attack | 22 -> 18 | | Sleep Attack | | ---------------------------------------------------- So in this menu, select the ability you want to learn, then press the X Button. Look the Help Menu to see what the ability does. Once you have made your choice and if you have enough items, press the X button again to confirm your choice and you will have learned the Ability. The attribute menu works the same way. Just select the attribute you want to raise, then press the X Button to confirm, simple as that ! h) Formation : --------- Again, it's a pretty easy Menu to understand. Formation lets you put which characters will be in a fight when the battle begins. The first three characters are the one that will be in a fight. To order your character, select them by pressing the X button. Then move the cursor up or down to select the place you want the character to go. Once you have made your choice, press the X Button again. Your character will have switched places ! i) Customize : --------- You will be able to customize weapons and armors once you have Rikku in your Party. Weapons & Armors have slots in them, so you can use these slots to put Abilities in them. In the Customize menu, select the weapons/armors you want to customize (you can only customize weapons in white). Once you have made your choice, press the X Button to bring up this menu : -------------------------------------------- | Help : View enemy data during battle | -------------------------------------------- | Tidus HP : 4620 / 4620 S.Lvl 0 Next | | MP : 252 / 252 11059 | -------------------------------------------- | Abilities Item Cost | -------------------------------------------- |-> Sensor Ability Sphere | | Piercing 69 -> 67 | | First Strike | | Darktouch Hunter's Sword | | Silencetouch Piercing | | ------ | -------------------------------------------- In this case, I have selected the ability sensor. I will lose two Ability Spheres to equip that in my weapon called Hunter's Sword. And that as they say is that. j) Config : ------ Here's what the config menu looks like : -------------------------------------------- | Help : For Stereo Sound | -------------------------------------------- | -> Sound Stereo / Mono | | Subtitle On / Off | | Names On / Off | | Cursor Default / Memory | | Help On / Off | | Aeons Default / Short | | Map On / Off | | Vibration On / Off | -------------------------------------------- First, you can select the sound you like, mono or stereo. Then you can turn on / off the subtitle when the characters speaks. You can turn the name on / off. You can put the cursor in battle at the default position or at the last move you did the previous battle. You can turn the help on / off. You can put the Aeons intro to default or shorter. You can turn the map on / off and finally you can put the vibration function on and off. k) Help Menu : --------- The help menu splits up in three divisions. There is the Basic Controls, the Basic Terms and the Reference section. The Basic Control section tells you the controls on the Field Screen, Battle Screen and Menu Screen. The Basic Terms section teaches you common terms in the game and finally, the Reference Section tells you information on Overdrives, Overdrive Modes, Command Abilities and Auto-Abilities. --------- E. Tips --------- Here are some Gameplay Tips, useful things you should know/do during your game. Feel free to tell me your own Tips at stonekotr@hotmail.com. 1. Try to get everyone to be in the fight before you finish killing the enemies. As long as a character d oes something useful (Defend counts), they'll get experience at the end of the fight. This way, all your characters would level up nicely. This is especially necessary for Yuna and Rikku, since those two characters usually aren't neccessary for non-boss fights. Having a powerful Yuna is the difference between easy boss fights and hard ones. 2. One of the best places to level up in the middle of the game is right before you fight Seymour the 2nd time in Bevelle. After Kimahri leaves your party, you'll be at a save point. The enemies here give around 5000+ AP. But what's great is that if you equip Tidus, Wakka, and Auron fire/water weapons, you should get overkills easily (at least Auron can, but maybe not Tidus and Wakka if they're not powerful enough). This means 8000+ AP per fight. And they're really easy. For comparisons, Enemies in Calm lands and Mt. Gagazet(your next two destinations), gives about 2000-5000 APs. 3. Overkills in boss battles are VERY useful. Not only do they get you lots of extra APs, but you'll get more items. And as we all know, bosses drop really good items. Besides, getting Overkills in boss battles is quite easy. Just finish it off with an Aeon Overdrive. 4. Always charge up all your Aeons' overdrives during random encounters. Save them for boss battles. If you do it correctly, your Aeons _alone_ can kill many bosses, especially later in the game (plus you get overkills ^_^). Just summon them and have them use an overdrive. Then when the boss kills your Aeon, summon the next one before the bosses next turn. I beat all the Seymour bosses (among others) easily this way, not really getting scratched at all by any of his powerful attacks. ================= III. Characters ================= -------------------- A. Main Characters -------------------- Tidus : ----- Overdrive : Swordplay Tidus is the star player of the Zanarkand Abes, a Blitzball Team in Zanarkand. Tidus follow is father's footsteps, but that doesn't mean he likes him. His father disappeared ten years ago and Tidus haven't seen him since then. Tidus story begins when Sin's destroy his hometown and when he his transported into a mysterious world... While his attacks aren't as strong as those of the heavy hitters, Tidus can swing his sword quickly, enabling him to kill enemies that your slower companions, like Auron and Kimahri, cannot. Since most of his weapons don't come with the Piercing ability, he's mostly useless against armored foes unless your weapon has an ability to inflict a status ailment (like stone, or poison). Tidus is the first person to learn speed-modifying white magic (haste/ga & slow/ga), and his role to the party is invaluable in this respect, since haste basically allows you to double your party's damage output by effectively doubling the number of attacks you get per the enemy's one. Yuna : ---- Overdrive : Grand Summon Yuna is a summoner and daughter of the High Summoner Braska. Braska has defeated Sin and it is her duty to destroy him yet again. She embarks on a pilgrimage to obtain the Final Aeon and defeat Sin. She will be protected by her guardians who are more than just mere guardians for her. As the first person to use curative magic and the only person to use summoning spells, Yuna is reminiscent of Garnet from FFIX. Her role in battle is primarily that of summoning Aeons, since your battles shouldn't usually be lasting long enough to require healing. Her Nul line of spells are especially useful during certain boss fights (Spherimorph and Seymour), since they effectively make you elementproof for one hit. Auron : ----- Overdrive : Bushido Auron is a legendary guardian who, with High Summoner Braska defeated Sin ten years ago. Now, he protects Yuna in her quest to obtain the Final Aeon and defeat Sin once more. Auron doesn't speak too much, but he has a deadly sword that can almost cut anything in two. Auron plays the tank in your party, slow (in both turn speed and attack speed - don't make him try to hit those speedy wolves) but powerful. Auron's attacks will always be doing huge amounts of damage compared to everyone else in your party. His "break" abilities are useful, since they work against several bosses and can save your life when used properly. Wakka : ----- Overdrive : Slots Wakka is one of Yuna's guardians. He is like a brother to Yuna. Speaking of brothers, he has lost his brother, Chappu, killed by Sin. Wakka is also the coach and captain of the Besaid Aurochs. By the way, this team hasn't won a game for a long, long time... Wakka plans to retire after this year's tournament to become a full-time guardian. Wakka is the only person who can hit ranged enemies with a physical attack with any sort of consistency (and the only person who can reach far-away enemies with physical attacks), and is invaluable for that reason alone. While his attacks start off weak, Wakka inherits his true power far down the line, when he starts getting a bunch of attack power and HP sphere bonuses. His dark / silence / sleep attacks are useful against large-scale fiends, although they don't work against most bosses. Leveled up right, Wakka can be a physical powerhouse. Lulu : ---- Overdrive : Fury Lulu is like a sister to Yuna. She is also her guardian. Lulu seems insensitive, but she has feelings, believe me. She is a pro in the art of black magic, so use her well and often. She also carries little dolls as weapons to help cast her powerful spells. The game's black magician, Lulu has the important role of eliminating elemental fiends. Since she starts the game with a counter-spell to every element, you'll find that she is your highest source of damage against elemental foes for most of the game. Rikku : ----- Overdrive : Mix Rikku is a young Al Bhed girl. Rikku is always positive, so she will cheer up your party numerous times when they are feeling sad. Rikku handles mechanical enemies with ease, just let her steal one of those fiends to see what happens ! As the naturally fastest character in the game, Rikku is obviously a thief. Her attacks are weak, her magic (should you teach her any) isn't great, and she doesn't get any neat abilities save two : steal and bribe. Steal and bribe are the only way to get a huge majority of the items needed to customize your equipment and aeons. Use them in every battle, at every opportunity, once you get them. I went out of my way to give every character in my party steals so that they could all use it gratuitously. Kimahri Ronso : ------------- Overdrive : Ronso Rage Kimahri is a hornless Ronso. He is often mocked by his race because of that. Kimahri has protected Yuna since she was a little girl. He doesn't speak a lot, but he his devoted to protecting Yuna at the cost of his own life. Kimahri is basically a lump of clay for you to mold as you please. His own section of the sphere grid is tiny in comparison to that of, say, Yuna, and you will have to leave it fairly quickly and break into the sphere section of another character. For this reason, Kimahri is the most customizable character in the game. If you play it right, he also has access to most of the high level abilities far sooner than your other characters ( My Kimahri had Holy, Ultima, Copycat and Curaga before the respective characters had them). He will, however, always be second rate at his chosen profession. I think the most useful thing you can do is send him down Rikku's path, so he becomes fast and can steal early in the game (before you get Rikku, even). ================= IV. Walkthrough ================= First of all, put the Final Fantasy X disc in the Playstation 2 Console, and get ready for the best video gaming experience of your life! Select New Game and watch the beautiful introduction of the game. ============================================================================ ZANARKAND Party : Tidus, Auron Enemies : Sinscale, Sinspawn Ammes Items : Potion (x2) Equipments : Longsword Key Items : None ============================================================================ When you gain the control of Tidus, go down the screen and talk to the ladies standing there. They will ask you an autograph and you will have the option to rename you main character. For the sake of the guide, I will keep the default name (Tidus). Once you talked to the girls, go talk to the three young boys and they will ask you an autograph too. Once you are ready to go, continue down to the next screen. The three young boys will ask you if you can teach them how to blitz and a mysterious young boy will tell you that you can't tonight. After the scene, you will be on a bridge. Take the time to listen to the commentator , because you will learn more about Tidus's father, Jecht. You can also find a nervous girl at the beginning of the bridge. After speaking to her several times, she will ask you if you have some tickets to give to her. Tell her that you have some and she will give you two potions. Continue moving on the bridge until you are at the next screen. You will be just outside the arena and a huge crowd will come to see you. It's really hard to see your character in this huge crowd, but keep pressing up on the left analog stick and you will be able to go through them. You will enter the huge stadium and get ready for the first CG Movie ! In this movie, you will see the skills of Tidus as a blitzball player, but there is one little problem : Zanarkand gets attacked by Sin ! When that event occurs, Tidus will fall down from a high point and he will land outside the arena. When you regain control of Tidus, move down to meet Auron. He tells you that he was waiting for you. You will need to follow him down the screen. You will be on the same bridge you were not to long ago. Keep moving up until you see a scene with a little boy. Time will stop, the people will stop running and the little boy will tell you that your story begins. When you regain control of your character, keep moving up until you meet Auron. You will be attacked by Sinscales, Auron will give you the longsword and you will enter in your first fight. You shouldn't have too much problem winning this one, so keep moving up until you fight the first boss of the game. !!!!! BOSS : SINSPAWN AMMES : BOSS !!!!! HP : 2400 AP : 0 Weakness : None Steal : Nothing The boss attacks first and he will use Demi on your party. This magic deals 1/4 of your HP. You shouldn't worry too much about this boss, because it is the only attack it does. By casting Demi to your party, Auron and Tidus will have their Overdrive Gauges full, so it means party time ! Use Auron's Dragon Fang attack and use Tidus Spiral Cut Attack. After destroying the boss's tentacles, this fight will be over. !!!!! END OF BOSS !!!!! After the fight, quickly go to the save point to regenerate your HP/MP's. You can also save if you want. Continue moving north until you are attacked by more Sinscales. During this fight, quickly kill the Sinscales whose wings starts to flicker. They will deal a lot of damage to your party and they can kill you in no time. After a while, Auron will tell you to destroy the tanker hanging from the bridge, so unleash all your attacks on the tanker to finally destroy it. You will see a huge explosion and you will find yourself hanging at a ledge. Auron will help you and he tells you that this is the beginning of your story. You will be in a dream like place, press the Circle button to dive. Head for the person standing on a platform. ============================================================================ AL BHED CASTLE / SHIP Party : Tidus, Rikku Enemies : Geosgaeno, Klikk, Piranha, Sahagin, Tros Items : Potion (X5), Hi-Potion (X2), Ether, 200 Gil Equipments : None Key Items : Flint, Withered Bouquet, Al Bhed Primer Vol.1 ============================================================================ You will start in the water, all alone. Go to the north by pressing the left analog stick and the Circle Button to dive under the surface. Once you are near the stairs to the north, head left to a secret area. When Tidus will get out of the water, you can explore the area to find an Al Bhed Compilation Sphere and a chest with two Potions. You can also find another platform with an Al Bhed sign. Behind that sign you will find a chest with 200 Gil. Return to the stairs and continue north to the next area. Save at the Save Sphere if you want. Move up until you reach a T-Intersection. Head left first to grab a chest containing a Hi-Potion. Then return to the intersection and move up to reach the next area. You will then be attacked, the bridge will crumble and you will fall in the sea. Three Sahagins will come to fight you. Once you have disposed of two of them, you will be attacked by a huge boss ! !!!!! BOSS : GEOSGAENO : BOSS !!!!! HP : 32,767 (100 to escape) AP : 0 Weakness : None Steal : Nothing Just keep hurting the boss until you have done the one hundred damage required to escape. Beware, because the boss will cut your HP in half after each turn ! !!!!! END OF BOSS !!!!! You will escape the boss just by a little ! Tidus will tell that he needs to make a fire because it's pretty cold in here ! When you regain control of your character, head north to the next area. Look for the X on your map, this is where you will need to make the fire. But, first, you need to find accessories to make that fire. First, use the Save Sphere to save your game. Then go through the doors near the Save Sphere. In a drawer, you will find the Flint. Once you have it, return to the main chamber. Head north and enter the doors. Before going up the stairs, pick the chest for an Ether. Head up the stairs and examine the dried flowers to obtain the Withered Bouquet. Before starting the fire, head right to the next area and pick the Hi-Potion there. Now return to the main chamber and start that fire ! Tidus will complain about food and he will fall asleep. When he wakes up, he will be attacked by a boss ! !!!!! BOSS : KLIKK : BOSS !!!!! HP : 1500 AP : 5 Weakness : None Steal : Grenade Keep an eye on the CTB Window for this fight and you should be fine. When you have two turns in a row, heal yourself one turn, then attack the boss. Keep hurting the boss until a group of Al Bhed blows the door. A girl will then join you in your fight. You will have a short tutorial on how to use Grenades in a fight. When it's the girl turn, use what you have learned and throw a grenade to that boss. When you have no more grenades, just steal one from the boss. Keep Tidus healing and attacking the party until he his defeated. !!!!! END OF BOSS !!!!! After the fight, the group of Al Bhed will attack you. You will wake up in a strange ship and you will hear the Al Bheds talking, but you don't understand a thing ! Don't worry though because, you will learn that the girl can speak your language. Once you get control of your character, talk to every Al Bhed except the girl, because somebody will give you three potions. Once you talked to everybody, go save at the Save Sphere, then go to the right to pick up the first Al Bhed Primer Vol. I. Those books are used to learn the Al Bhed language. After that, go talk to the girl and she will tell you how the Sphere Grid works. Once you know how it works, go to the bottom-left corner to jump off the boat. You will be in the water, yet again. Remember to use the Circle Button to descend in the water. You will encounter Piranhas on your way down, don't forget to steal grenades from them. Head to the red arrow on the map. Once you have entered the ruins, examine the control panel. You will see the talent of Tidus with control panels :). Don't forget to use the save sphere to save your game. Once you regain control of your character, follow the girl and after a while, you will be attacked by Piranhas. Don't forget to steal Grenades from them, then dispose of them. After the fight, continue north and examine the device. Once you have activated it, go back and you will be attacked by another boss. !!!!! BOSS : TROS : BOSS !!!!! HP : 2200 AP : 8 Weakness : None Steal : Grenades After the first turn, Tros will swim to the other side of the room and you will see another tutorial, this time on Trigger Commands. Once it's over, apply what you have learned and choose "Stand By". You party will gain 50 HP. When it's the boss's turn, he will use Nautilus Charge to attack both of your characters. Recover your characters until the boss goes yet again to the other side of the room. This time, use the Trigger Command Pincer Attack to prevent it's Nautilus Charger. Just keep throwing a lot of grenades at him and he should be defeated in no time. !!!!! END OF BOSS !!!!! After the battle, follow the girl as she go through a hole in the wall and follow the red arrow leading you to the ship. You will have a short conversation with the little girl. She will tell you that her name is Rikku and that Zanarkand was destroyed 1000 years ago ! You will have an opportunity to save after the dialogue, so use it and save. After you have saved, go speak to the girl again and the ship will be attacked by Sin. Tidus falls off the boat and you should ask yourself where you will be next. ============================================================================ BESAID ISLAND Party : Tidus, Wakka Enemies : Condor, Dingo, Garuda, Piranha, Water Flan Items : Antidote (X4), Phoenix Down (X5), Hi-Potion (X2), 400 Gil, Potion (X2), Ether, 400 Gil, Remedy Equipments : Rod of Wisdom, Brotherhood, Seeker's Ring Key Items : Moon Crest, Al Bhed Primer Vol. II ============================================================================ You will wake up in the water, next to a beautiful beach where Blitzball Players trains. You aren't in paradise you know. After the CG Movie where Tidus shows is talents, head to the right, then up to pick the Moon Crest in a chest. Then return to the water and head left to pick up a chest containing two Antidotes. Once you have done that, go speak with the Blitzball players. Speak to them numerous times, they'll give you a lot of good items. When you are ready, go speak to Wakka. Follow Wakka until he throws you in the water. There are three items to pick up there. First, swim south from your landing point and dive underwater to pick a Phoenix Down. Then, continue north and around a corner to pick up a chest with a Hi-Potion. Continue until you have no more choice, but the one to turn left. Search the right wall to find a chest containing two Antidotes. Continue north and you will see a scene between Tidus and Wakka. Wakka ask you to be in his team for the next Blitzball tournament held in Luca. Of course, Tidus will accept. When you are on the ground again, head down the mountain and head toward the village. Just before entering the village, you will see another scene when you learn that the Besaid Aurochs have never won a Blitz- ball game. You will also encounter two Crusaders. After you have talked to them, head in the village. Just before you can explore, you will see a scene with Wakka. He will ask you if you know the prayer. Select any of the two options, it doesn't make any difference. After this scene, Wakka tells you to go to the Summoner's Temple, but just before that, you should explore a little. There is a secret area, between the item shop and the Crusaders Lodge. Go there and pick up three chests containing a Hi-Potion, 400 Gil, and two Potions. You should also go to the Crusaders Lodge to learn more about the Crusaders and their fight to defeat Sin. You can also stay at the inn if you want, but there isn't much use to that. Now, I will talk about Sphere Monitors. You can find them almost at every inns or shops. They seem to be only useful for repeating tutorials, but they are not. You can use the sphere monitors to learn how to defeat the strongest fiends in Final Fantasy X. So it's important to check them in every area. Once you are done exploring, head in the temple to the north. Inside, speak to everybody to learn more about Sin and the Summoners goal. When you are done, head to the central stairs to have a lecture about the principles of Yevon. When the lecture is over, return to Wakka's house and take a nap. When you wake up, return to the Temple and go near Wakka. You will learn that the summoner hasn't returned from the Cloister of Trials and Tidus will go up the stairs to save the summoner. You will learn that Wakka is also a guardian and he will help you in your first puzzle experience. The Cloister of Trials are scattered in each temples of Spira. You need to use magical spheres to unlock the doors to the Chamber of the Fayth, where summoners can get new Aeons. Each temples has one treasure, you can get it by using Destruction spheres. I will try to be simple in my explanation of unlocking the secrets of the Cloister of Trials, if you got a better way, you can always e-mail them to me :). First, when you regain control of Tidus, examine the glyph on the north wall. It will open a new glyph. Examine it to open the door. Go through the door and descend the stairs. You will see something that is coming out of the wall. Examine it for a little tutorial on spheres. After the tutorial, pick up the Glyph Sphere and move to the door at the bottom of the stairs. Put the Sphere in the door to open it. Take the Glyph Sphere back and search for an overhang on the wall. Insert the Glyph Sphere and go in the room. You will see a Destruction Sphere there, but just leave it alone for now and proceed to the next area. Examine the white writings to reveal a Glyph. Examine this Glyph to open a new area. Enter the area and take the Besaid Sphere. Insert the Besaid Sphere in the pedestal near the white writings. You will open a new area. Now go back and pick the Destruction Sphere, place it where you founded the Besaid Sphere to unlock a secret area. Go there and pick the chest for a Rod of Wisdom. Return to the pedestal and push it until it sinks into the floor. Congratulations, you have completed the first Cloister of Trials ! After completing the Cloister of Trials, you will be in the Chamber of the Fayth where you will first meet Yuna, she will tell the party that she finally became a summoner. When you regain control of Tidus, head outside and head to the village circle where Yuna will summon her first Aeon : Valefor. Later, you will be around a campfire, where Wakka introduce you to the Besaid Aurochs. The coach will then tell his team that they got a new goal and it is... Victory ! Once you get control of Tidus, speak to the team, then go meet Yuna. She will tell you that tomorrow, you will be on the same boat as her, so you will get the opportunity to talk more with her. When you are done, speak to Wakka and tell him you want to sleep. You will have a strange dream. Just go see Yuna in your dream and follow the story. You will wake up in the night and you will see Lulu and Wakka talk. Lulu tells Wakka that you are not Chappu, that Chappu is dead and that he will never come back. Wakka will enter the tent where you sleep and he will tell you that Chappu was his brother. At morning, examine the desk to find the Al Bhed Primer vol. II. Exit the inn and join the others. Wakka will give you Chappu's sword, the Brotherhood. Lulu and Yuna will join your party from there. You will need to head to a boat called SS Liki to depart for Kilika where you can learn a new Aeon for Yuna. Yuna's goal is to defeat Sin like her father did ten years ago. To do that, Yuna must go through a pilgrimage and prey at every temple then earn the Final Aeon used to defeat Sin. When you have defeated Sin, this brings the Calm, where there is no more Sin for a limited time, then Sin is reborn and the fatal cycle continues. The teachings says that Sin appeared because of the machina used by the humans. The teachings also says that when humanity will atone for their crime, Sin will disappear forever... Once Yuna joins your group, go back into Besaid and talk to person behind counter at item shop (it doesn't matter if you buy anything or not). She will tell you something about her dog digging up something. Go talk to the dog in the hut closest to the temple on the right. The dog will give you something mangled and torn, which teaches Valefor the Energy Blast Overdrive. This overdrive is almost twice as powerful as Energy Ray so it's a far more effective attack. When you get control of Tidus, head up the mountain. You will have a fight there. In that fight, you will learn that Wakka is strong against flying creatures and you will also learn about elemental properties. At the top of the mountain, the party will stop to pray. Have Tidus pray with the others, because it will make Wakka happy. He says that the day his brother didn't pray, was the day he died. When you are done praying, continue north. You will see a beautiful ancient structure. There is also an Al Bhed message on the first column. Continue north and you will be attacked by a strange beast. !!!!! BOSS : KIMAHRI : BOSS !!!!! HP : 750 AP : 0 Weakness : None Steal : Nothing At the beginning of the battle, cast Cheer on Tidus. Note that Tidus is alone for this fight. Try to beat him without using too much Potions because you will need them later on. Your Overdrive gauge will be almost full near the beginning of the battle, so unleash it on Kimahri. !!!!! END OF BOSS !!!!! After you have won the fight, Kimahri will join your party. Use him well because he starts at the center of the Sphere Grid. That means you can do whatever you want with him once he has learned his skills. Tidus HP / MP will be restored and you need to continue on the mountain path. Get ready for more tutorial fights when Yuna needs to use Valefor against a powerful enemy and when you will learn how to use Kimahri effectively. Once you are at the beach, talk to everybody to receive gifts. Here is what you will get : Seeker's Ring, 400 Gil, Remedy, Ether and three Phoenix Downs. Once you are done talking with the townsfolk, board the ship ! ============================================================================ SS LIKI Party : Tidus, Wakka, Yuna, Lulu, Kimahri Enemies : Sin, Sinspawn Echuilles, Sinscale Items : Potions, Remedy Equipments : None Key Items : Al Bhed Primer Vol. III ============================================================================ Finally a little ride on the water. First, go check what the people have to say about Yuna, then go speak to Wakka to learn more about the mysterious summoner. After that, go below the deck to find a merchant called O'Aka XXIII. He will ask you for money. You will see O'Aka at various places in the game. If you give him a lot of money, he will give you cheaper prices and he will also sell you rare items, so consider it an investment. After you gave him the money you want, go down to the Power Room. You will see some Chocobos there. Look at the bottom corner to find the Al Bhed Primer Vol. III. Next, head into the cabin. In there, you can kick the luggage to get a Potion. Each time you are going to kick it, a Potion will come down until you have twenty of them. You can also pick up a Remedy across the suitcase. When you are done exploring, return to the deck and go talk to Yuna. After some talking, a not welcomed appearance occurs, it's Sin ! It's really not the time, but, you got to defeat him. !!!!! BOSS : SIN : BOSS !!!!! HP : 2000 AP : 10 Weakness : None Steal : Nothing Sinscales HP : 200 AP : 2 Weakness : None Steal : Nothing This is the hardest boss you got to fight until that point. First, take care of two Sinscales, don't kill the third one, because Sin will send three more Sinscales. Then, bring Tidus, Wakka and Lulu in your party, have Tidus heal your party and Wakka and Lulu deal damage on Sin. When Sin is at 1500 HP, bring Yuna and cast Valefor. Use Valefor's Magic to Sin and wait until is overdrive gauge is full. Unleash Energy Ray to defeat the first of the two bosses. !!!!! END OF BOSS !!!!! After the battle, Tidus will fall down the boat and Wakka rescue Tidus underwater. Another Underwater Boss will attack you. !!!!! BOSS : SINSPAWN ECHUILLES : BOSS !!!!! HP : 2000 AP : 12 Weakness : Darkness Steal : Nothing You only have Tidus and Wakka for this fight. First, use Wakka's Dark Attack to blind this tough boss. Now, the boss will not be able to drain HP from you. Destroy the Sinscales as they appears and try to hurt the boss when you can. Beware of Echuilles's Blender Attack. Continue to use Wakka's Dark Attack when you need it. Heal your characters if your HP gets below 100. Keep doing this until the Boss is defeated. =========================================== Strategy from NagisaKaworu, seifz@yahoo.com =========================================== First, cast Darkness on the boss with Wakka. Then, just keep attacking the boss. Ignore the Sinscales, no matter how much damage they take. In the long run, its worth keeping them there. If you need to use potions, but try not to. !!!!! END OF BOSS !!!!! You will see a beautiful and horrifying CG Movie of Sin Destroying Kilika. You will then be in Kilika. ============================================================================ KILIKA Party : Tidus, Wakka, Yuna, Lulu, Kimahri Enemies : Dinonix, Killer Bee, Lord Ochu, Ragora, Yellow Element, Sinspawn Geneaux Items : Potion (X3), Ether, Hi-Potion, Elixir, Mana Sphere (X2), Remedy, Luck Sphere. Equipments : NulBlaze Shield, Scout Key Items : Al Bhed Primer Vol. IV ============================================================================ After some scenes, you will get the control of Tidus again. Follow your party in Kilika. The bar and the shop are closed for now, but don't worry they will be opened tomorrow. Head to the west to see Yuna perform a sending. A sending is a guidance to the spirits. Yuna dances and the spirits are guided to the FarPlane where they will get eternal peace. It is important to send everyone, because some of the spirits stays in Spira and they become jealous of humans, so they become fiends. After the beautiful CG movie, you will go to sleep. When you wake up, one of the Aurochs will tell you that Wakka wants to see you, but before you go meet Wakka, explore the town a little. From the inn, head west and save the little girl. When you have saved her, go to the bar and talk to the barmaid. She will thank you for saving her little sister and she will tell you that you can pick up the treasure chest. Do so to get the Ether. You can also find the Al Bhed Primer vol. IV on the counter. You can also go to the equipment shop to buy some weapons. Now head north of the inn to pick up three Potions in a chest. You are ready to go meet Wakka. He will tell you that Yuna needs to go pray at the temple, so get ready and get into the forest. Go north and you will fight in another Tutorial battle. This time you will learn how to use Kimahri's Lancet Ability. Use it to learn the Seed Cannon attack from the Ragora. To the north, you can find another Al Bhed sign. Continue north to meet Luzzu and Gatta. They will introduce you to Ochu, an "unbeatable" boss. If you want to fight that boss, continue reading here. !!!!! BOSS : LORD OCHU : BOSS !!!!! HP : 4649 AP : 40 Weakness : Fire Steal : Nothing This can be an easy battle if you know how to proceed. Ochu weakness is fire, so bring Lulu in your party and cast fire on him. If you have Haste with Tidus, cast it on Lulu. Use Wakka's Silence Attack if you have it. It's really important to have the Sensor ability for this fight. When Ochu HP are below 2000, it will start to sleep and it will regain HP. Quickly attack him, then summon Valefor. Use two Fire spells and Sonic Wings to delay his turn. When you have your Overdrive, unleash Energy Ray to put an end to this boss. !!!!! END OF BOSS !!!!! If you defeat Ochu, speak to Luzzu and he will give you an Elixir. Return to the Save Sphere to Heal / Save and you are ready to go through the forest. From the Save Sphere, turn right to find a chest with two Mana Spheres. Return to the Save Sphere and head left this time. When you can turn right, turn right and continue to find a chest containing a Scout. Go back to the Save Sphere again. This time head all the way up, until you can't go up anymore. Turn left to find a chest with a Luck Sphere. Then turn around and at the first intersection you see, turn left. Continue until you see another intersection and turn left again. After a while, you should see a set of stairs, head there and your trip through the forest is over. At the stairs, everyone race up to see who is the fastest. Take this opportunity to save, equip new equipment and spend S.Lvl if you have any. Once you are ready, talk to Lulu and head up the stairs to fight another boss... !!!!! BOSS : SINSPAWN GENEAUX : BOSS !!!!! HP : 3000 (body) AP : 53 450 (tentacles) Weakness : Fire Steal : Nothing Oh no ! Not another one of those ! Actually, this fight is pretty easy. Take care of the tentacles first. Then have Tidus cast Haste on Lulu so she can keep hurting the boss with Fire Magic. Once you have killed his tentacles, you will see the true form of Geneaux. Now you can attack him with physical attacks ! Just keep healing and attacking and you should be fine. !!!!! END OF BOSS !!!!! After the fight, go to the Save Sphere to save your game and head inside the Kilika Temple Courtyard. There, you will meet your real blitzball rivals, the Luca Goers. After speaking to everybody, head inside the temple. There you will meet Yuna's rival, Dona and her guardian. Your party except Tidus, because he is not a guardian yet, will enter the Cloister of Trials, go back and Dona's guardian will force you to go inside the Cloister of Trials. This time, it's a little more complicated than in Besaid. First, take the Kilika Sphere from the pedestal to the left. Put that sphere in the slot near the door. The door will burn, but you can't go in yet. Take the sphere back and the fire will stop. Head to the next area. Insert the Kilikia Sphere in the slot on the north wall and notice the glyph that appears. Remove the Sphere again and insert it in the slot on the left wall. Touch the glyph to open the wall. Remove the Glyph Sphere and put it in the opening on the right wall. Enter the next area, a piece filled with fire, and step on the glowing floor to move the pedestal in this area. Next, take the Kilika Sphere from the right wall to extinguish the fire. Put the Sphere into the pedestal. Now, go take the Glyph Sphere and place it in the wall you founded the sphere to extinguish the fire. You will open a secret area. Now, you need to push the pedestal on the glowing floor switch to make the platform drop. Head downstairs and pick another Kilika Sphere on the wall. Place it into the slot near the exit. Now, it's time to pick up the Destruction Sphere. This sphere is located in the secret area you have opened. Take it and put it where you took the previous Kilika Sphere. You will open another secret area, open the chest to find the Red Armlet. Now, pick up the Kilika Sphere near the exit to extinguish the fire and head through the door. Speak to everybody except Wakka. Once you have talked to everybody, go talk to Wakka two times and attempt to exit the area to see Yuna coming out. You will now have a new Aeon, this one is called Ifrit ! Now, leave the temple and return to the village. Prepare yourself and when you are ready, join your party at the pier and choose the option to embark. ============================================================================ SS WINNO Party : Tidus, Wakka, Yuna, Lulu, Kimahri Enemies : None Items : None Equipments : None Key Items : Al Bhed Primer Vol. V ============================================================================ Exit your cabin and go talk to O'Aka, he will ask you Gil again, give him if you want. Just remember what I told you before. Once you are done, head to the deck. You can go up the stairs again to see Wakka and Lulu speak. They will tell four or five different things, so keep going up the stairs a lot of times. When you are done, enter the bridge and pick up the Al Bhed Primer Vol. V. Now, get to the rear of the boat to see a conversation between Yuna and the Luca Goers. Once you are done, go save your game and return to the lower deck and check the blitzball to start the Jecht Shot Challenge. Tidus wants to know if he is capable of mastering his dad's almighty Jetch Shot. First, you will have some practice, then it's time for the real thing. When there is words popping up, press the left analog stick in that direction and press the X Button. If you succeed eleven times, Tidus will perform the move correctly and you will have learned the Almighty Jecht Shot Mark III. It's a very useful ability when you play Blitzball, so if you don't have it on your first try, load your previous save and try it until you have it. After that, there will be a short story scene between Yuna and Tidus, after a while, Wakka tells you to go to sleep, so good night ! ============================================================================ LUCA Party : Tidus, Wakka, Lulu, Yuna, Auron, Kimahri Enemies : Oblitzerator, Sahagin Chief, Vouivre, Worker Items : Hi-Potion (X2), Phoenix Down (X2), Magic Sphere, HP Sphere, 600 Gil, 1000 Gil Equipments : Tidal Spear Key Items : Al Bhed Primer Vol. VI, VII ============================================================================ Once you dock in Luca, you will see a scene with a commentator presenting the Blitzball teams that will participate in the tournament. Of course, the Luca Goers are the favorite of the fans, but there are some hardcore fans cheering for the Besaid Aurochs. Once you see Tidus talk to the Goers, Yuna will want to go see Maester Mika at Dock No. 3. So head north to meet the Grand Maester. Don't worry about the items yet, I'll explain how to get them later. You will also meet Maester Seymour, a guy with some cute blue hairs :). Anyway, you will soon be in the Auroch's locker room and you will have a long tutorial to teach you how to Blitz. Go through it if you want or check the Blitzball FAQ section if you want to know more. After the tutorial, Yuna will come in and she will tell you that Auron is in Luca. It couldn't be THE Auron. Well, Yuna wants Tidus to help her finding him so you have no choice. Exit the Auroch's Locker Room. If you want to go through the Tutorial again, just examine the board next to Wakka. Once you are ready, save and it's time to go look for some items ! Upon leaving your locker room, you will meet some players of the Al Bhed Psyches. Tidus will tell them to say hello to Rikku if they meet her. Now continue down, into a large area with various places to go. You can't go through the door to the center, so head up the left stairs. There you can pick up a chest containing two Hi-Potions and an Al Bhed Primer Vol. VI. Return to the previous area and go down the stairs. This time head down the stairs to find another Save Sphere, take the right path and in this area continue up and right to pick up and right to pick up a HP Sphere and a Magic Sphere. Once you are done, continue up to be in an area with a Save Sphere. There is nothing to pick up there. Continue up again to be in another area and continue to be in the same area where you first arrived to Luca. There, you can pick up a chest containing two Phoenix Downs. Continue down, and you will be at Dock #1. There, you can speak to O'Aka and you can buy some items from him if you want. There is also two chests there, one chest contains 600 Gil and the other a Tidal Spear. Continue down again and you will return to the main area, this time, go down, to have a funny scene with Yuna. You will teach her how to whistle in case she gets lost. Once it is done, head north. Outside the theater, you can see a sphere monitor with a new option. Check the Fiend Info to learn more about how to defeat strong enemies. It's really important to talk to everybody there. Once you are done, follow the red arrow to the market place. First, go up the stairs to the right and you will find a chest with 1000 Gil inside. You can also speak to Luzzu and Gatta there. They will tell Tidus that they are preparing for a huge attack against Sin. Return to the market and head in the Café. In there, you will meet Biran and Yenke, some "friends" of Kimahri. By the time you are distracted, Yuna will have some problems, since she will be kidnapped by the Al Bheds ! Lulu will come to see Tidus, and she will tell you that the Al Bhed Psyches must to win the game against the Auroch's, if they lose they will kill Yuna, so follow the red arrow and head to Dock #4. You will fight Mechanical enemies along the way. Use Lulu's Thunder spell to get rid of them quickly. Once you arrive at Dock 4, you will fight a bunch of Workers. Dispose of them and watch Wakka giving all he gots at the Blitzball Tournament. Your party will quickly leap on the Al Bhed's boat as it leaves the dock. Get ready for boss fight there ! !!!!! BOSS : OBLITZERATOR : BOSS !!!!! HP : 6000 AP : 36 Weakness : Lightning Steal : Nothing It seems that this fight is a long and tough fight, but fear not because there is an easy way to beat that boss up ! First of all, make Tidus cast Haste on Lulu and make Kimahri attack Oblitzerator. Once you have done that, you will have a trigger command with Tidus. Examine the Crane and have Lulu caste Thunder on the Crane. Cast it three or four time until the crane is activated. Use Tidus's Trigger Command and the Crane will literally destroy Oblitzerator. !!!!! END OF BOSS !!!!! After the fight, Lulu does a sign for Wakka and he scores the goal to make is team victorious against the Al Bhed Psyches ! Of course, Yuna will be safe by that time and you will soon be in the Auroch's Locker Room. It's important to save your game there, if you are planning to win the tournament against the Luca Goers. Once you are ready, return in the Locker Room, check the Blue Monitor if you aren't confident enough and speak to Wakka once you are ready to play. You will fight the Luca Goers in the tournament's final. The Goers are much better than you're team, so if you are planning to win the game, use what you have learned in the tutorial and make a good strategy. The Goers's have almost twice HP's that your team. They are also much stronger and faster than the Auroch's. Use Tidus and shoot like crazy with him. Use your Jecht Shot if you got it. At halftime, your players should level up, so it will be a little easier for the second half. Here's a strategy on how to win this hard game. =========================================== Strategy from NagisaKaworu, seifz@yahoo.com =========================================== "FIRST BLITZBALL GAME: First off, do not change the positions of any of the players. When the game starts, make sure control is on Manual A and your defense is on Normal Mode. LEAVE IT THIS WAY!!! Use your players to pass the ball around, and try as hard as possible to avoid contact with the Goers. If you are stopped by them, break through as many as you think you can and feel free to take some risks. Then, pass the ball. Give Tidus the ball whenever you can and have him head straight for the goal. If you have problems controling him, use the left analog stick and the map at the bottom of the screen. Then, use your Sphere Shot. In the second half, use the Jecht Shot if you have it instead. Remember, the Goers may be fast and have high HPs, but they are not very good at shooting and your defense should be great against them. This match isn't as hard as everyone says it is." Either if you win or lose the game, the sphere pool will be invaded by fiends ! Tidus and Wakka must fight them. They are pretty easy to beat, but keep an eye on your HP. When you have killed enough enemies, you will see a scene with Auron. You need to kill a Vouivre with Auron and it's pretty easy. One blow and he is out cold :) . Anyway, after Auron's fight, Tidus and Wakka joins him and you will fight a Garuda, it's kind of a giant bird. Just do Dark Attack on him and use Auron's Power Break if you want and he should be down in no time. Once you kill the Garuda, your party will be attacked with even more enemies ! But don't worry, Seymour summons the almighty Anima to take care of them. After the short CG, Auron will speak to Tidus. He will tell Tidus that he wants to offer his guardian services to Yuna. He will also tell you that Sin is Tidus's old man Jecht ! Now, follow Auron from the docks and you will soon be in the square where you talked to Luzzu and Gatta. Auron will join your party for good and Tidus will officially become a guardian. Talk to everybody and when you speak to Yuna, you will see a short scene where she tells you to smile when you are feeling sad. Tidus will also laugh a lot because it will cheer him up. Just turn down your TV's Volume there ^_^. When everything is settled, go back to the theater lobby to find the Al Bhed Primer Vol. VII on the floor. Explore again if you like then leave Luca to Mi'Ihen Road. ============================================================================ MI'IHEN ROAD & MUSHROOM ROCK Party : Tidus, Wakka, Lulu, Yuna, Auron, Kimahri Enemies : Bomb, Chocobo Eater, Dual Horn, Floating Eye, Funguar, Gandarewa, Garuda, Ipiria, Lamashtu, Mi'Ihen Fang, Sinspawn Gui, Raldo, Raptor, Red Element, Thunder Flan, Vouivre, White Element Items : Potion (X10), Hi Potion (X9), X-Potion, Phoenix Down (X2), Mega-Potion (X4), Antidote (X6), Soft (X3), Eye Drops (X3), Ether (X2), Remedy (X3), 400 Gil, 600 Gil, 1000 Gil, 2000 Gil, Lv.1 Key Sphere (X2), Fortune Sphere Equipments : Ice Brand, Thunder Blade, Scout, Hunter's Spear, Red Ring, Tough Bangle, Serene Armlet, Serene Bracer Key Items : Al Bhed Primer Vol. VIII, IX, X, Mars Crest ============================================================================ Whew, that's a lot of Items to cover huh !? I could have missed some of them in this section, just tell me if I did. Note that it covers the Mushroom Rock too. Anyway, I'll do my best, just print the items list and check the items when you get them. Mi'Ihen Road ------------- First of all, there are a lot of items you can have by talking to the people, that you can acquire 600 Gil, a Red Ring, two Antidotes, a Lv.1 Key Sphere and a Hunter's Spear, as well as some Hi-Potions. Start by saving your game and you can continue up. When you can go to the left, go there to pick up a chest containing an Ice Brand. You can also speak to an historian named Maechen who will talk to you about the road you are on and Lord Mi'hihem. Continue up to the next screen now. You will now have a scene with the Chocobo Knights, so speak to them if you like. Now, continue up and turn right to meet Belgemine, she is a summoner too and she challenges Yuna to a fight. She is a pretty tough boss for the first time, since she uses Ifrit as her summon. That means you will have too beat her with Valefor! I hope your Overdrive gauge is fully charged. If you have it, unleash Energy Ray at the beginning of the fight. Ifrit perform a regular attack and it performs Meteor Strike after that. Use Valefor's Shield command before he uses his Meteor Strike and use your magic Blizzard when you can. If you win the fight, you will receive an Echo Ring and if you lose you will receive a Seeker's Ring. After the fight, you will encounter hard random fights. First, you will fight some Dual Horns, they are pretty hard to beat since they deal such a great amount of damage on a character. Use Dark Attack to blind him. There is also flying monsters, use Wakka to kill them too. Now, don't forget to use fire on the White Elements and use the fact that Auron as the Piercing Ability equipped to his weapon. If you have the time, spend some time there to boost your characters statistics. You will also fight some Bombs, a good strategy, if you have trouble against them, is to summon Ifrit. Most of their attacks will only heal Ifrit. But remember that you must defeat the Bombs within three hits or they will destroy themselves on you. Once you are ready, continue up to the next area. Go left when you can to pick up a Remedy. Continue up to meet a little boy, speak to him to win three Softs. Then examine the Blitz ball next to him. Continue up again and turn right when you can to pick up a chest containing 2000 Gil. Go up again and when you see a scene with the Crusaders, talk to the man nearby for an Ether. Continue on your way to speak with Shelinda, then go up again to pick up a chest containing three Eye Drops. Now continue up and you will be at a Inn. Inside the inn, you can pick up a Lv.1 Key Sphere. You can also speak to Rin there and he will give you the Al Bhed Primer vol. VIII. When you are ready, head outside the inn and you will speak to Yuna. Now, you will go to sleep and once the night is over, speak again to Rin and he will give you two Mega-Potions. Save your game and spend your S.Lvl if you got any equip any new weapons and head outside the Inn for a big fight ! !!!!! BOSS : CHOCOBO EATER : BOSS !!!!! HP : 10000 AP : 95 Weakness : Fire Steal : Nothing First of all, have Lulu, Tidus and Wakka for this fight. Beware, the boss can push you toward a cliff and if you fall in that cliff it's over for you and you get no AP at all. Anyway, use Haste on Lulu, she will be able to cast Fire Spells. Use Wakka's Dark Attack again to blind him. Switch Tidus for Auron and use Auron's Power Break on him. When the boss gets knocked down, Lulu will tell you that it's time to push him back. You can push him back by dealing at least 400 HP of damage. If you succeed in pushing the boss off the cliff, you will win two Lv.1 Key Sphere. I won't do the FAQ in the case you have lost, so I hope you will be able to win this tough fight. =================================================== Strategy from Josh Carriveau, dragoon2176@yahoo.com =================================================== Use Tidus, Kimahri, and Auron for this battle. Make sure to have Tidus equipped with Stunning Edge (I think) it's got the ability Slowtouch on it. You buy the sword from O'Aka while the tournament is going on there. Sword costs 5050 Gil so it's not too expensive. Reason why Auron and Kimahri are used is because they have piercing weapons. The Chocobo Eater has hard shell so only Piercing is able to give out max damage. After Tidus has successfully slowed the enemy just have him Cheer to up your DEF and ATK. Just keep hitting the Chocobo Eater with normal attacks and he should go down pretty fast. =========================================== Strategy from NagisaKaworu, seifz@yahoo.com =========================================== Equip your characters with weapons that have Firstrike, if you have them. Also, make sure Kimahri and Auron have Piercing Weapons. Start with Tidus, Lulu, and Auron. If you have Haste, cast it on Lulu and have her use Fire Spells ( or Fira if you have been fighting a lot! ). Have Auron attack the monster with physical attacks, since he can do normal damage to the creature. Cycle characters in for Tidus to give everyone a turn. If you knock the monster over, use an Overdrive attack or Summon Ifrit and use fire attacks ( Hellfire works great! ). You should have no problem killing him in this way. Also, note that knocking him off a cliff is actually harder than just killing him, and isn't always worth the effort. !!!!! END OF BOSS !!!!! After the fight, speak to Rin and he will offer you a free ride on a Chocobo. The Chocobo will give you the opportunity to find items that are only accessible with a Chocobo. On a Chocobo, you can still speak to people and open a chest by pressing the X Button, but you won't encounter any random fights. On your Chocobo, continue along the way until you meet a Chocobo Feather on the ground. Check it by pressing the X Button and pick up the Heat Lance after that. Continue along the way and keep your eye open to pick up an Al Bhed Primer vol. IX on the ground. Now keep going along the road until you are on the next screen. There, you can pick up two Hi-Potions in a chest. Now, you have a choice, you can either go on with the story or you can pick new items ! If you want to pick up new items, continue reading here. When you have picked up the chest with two Hi-Potions inside, go to the right, then go down. Continue on this path and keep your eyes open for a Chocobo Feather on the ground. Then, press the X Button in front of it and you will be able to pick up two chests, one with a Thunder Blade and another with a Scout. Continue down and speak to Lucil of the Chocobo Knights when you meet her. Keep your eyes open again for another Chocobo Feather and press the X Button in front of it to pick up a Fortune Sphere in a chest. Continue south to meet O'Aka and a Save Sphere. Speak to him if you want and continue down to pick up a Mars Crest. Now, go all the way back to continue the story. Speak to everybody there and talk to the soldier on the right and he will tell you more about the Crusaders plan. He will tell Tidus that they plan on using Machina to defeat Sin. Isn't it prohibited by Yevon to use machina ?! Anyway, you can speak to a guard on the left if you want. He will ask you donations for the Operation Mi'ihen. Give him some if you like. 100 Gil will give you a Scout, 1000 Gil an Ice Lance and 10000 Gil a Moon Ring. Now go south and Maester Seymour will come. He will ask the guard to let you pass and he will. Prepare yourself and save your game. Once you are ready, follow Seymour in the Mushroom Rock ! Mushroom Rock ------------- After the scene with Seymour, you are ready to explore the Mushroom Rock. First, I must tell you that you will need to speak to every Crusaders that are walking around. They will give you some useful items like the Tough Bangle, 400 Gil, X-Potion, Remedy, Phoenix Downs, and a Hi-Potion. First of all, save your game at the save point. Follow the path and keep your eyes open for a platform with a strange symbol on it. Step on it and press the X Button to make the platform lift up. You will see a chest and a guard standing next to it. Open the chest for 1000 Gil and talk to the guard for ten Potions. Now, go back down, continue on the path and look for a chest on the left of the map for a Remedy. Talk to Shelinda if you like, she will heal you. Now, continue up the path and you will find a Hi-Potion hidden behind a rock. Now, continue up to the next screen. Continue on the path and when you can turn left, go left and you will find another platform. Go down to find a chest with a Serene Armlet. Return to the path and look for a narrow path leading out to a small ledge, this is where you can pick up the Al Bhed Primer vol. X. Continue on to find the last platform. Go up and talk to the guard for a Mega-Potion. Go past the save point to see a scene with Luzzu and Gatta. Luzzu will tell Gatta that he cannot join the fight against Sin, that he needs to stay here. Go see Luzzu again and you will learn that it's Luzzu who convinced Chappu to join the Crusaders, so it's because of him that Chappu died ! After the scene, save and go up to find the Command Center. Command Center -------------- Up there, go right to find a huge field of cannons and Sinspawn cages. Go right to the next area and speak to the Chocobo Knight there. He will tell you more about this operation. You can also speak to O'Aka, he is on the left side of the blue tent entrance. Once you are ready, go in the tent to meet Luzzu's partner, Gatta. This is a key point in the game, since it will determine the fate of both men. If you want Gatta to live, pick the first option. If you want Gatta to die and Luzzu to die, pick the second option and talk to him again. Pick the second option there too. There isn't much use to which man lives, but if you find one, feel free to let me know. Now head inside the tent to meet one old good friend of Auron, Maester Kinoc. It seems that Maester Kinoc knows that the attack will be in vain against Sin... so why does he order it ? Anyway, once you are done, go talk to Lulu and pick the chest near her for a Mega-Potion. Go meet Yuna and take the chest near her for a Serene Bracer. Prepare yourself to fight, equip any good equipments and don't equip any elements to your weapons ! Once you are ready, save your game at the save point and go talk to the guard at the red arrow on your map. Tell him you are ready and here's what is coming up for you... It seems that their plan is not going like they hoped and one Sinspawn is on the lose ! Of course, it's your job to defeat it, so get ready ! !!!!! BOSS : SINSPAWN GUI : BOSS !!!!! HP : Head : 4000, Arms 800, Body : 12000 AP : 0 (next battle) Weakness : None Steal : Nothing This can be a tough battle if you rushed through the game and did not take the time to boost your characters a little. Anyway, start by using Auron, Yuna and Tidus. Cast Haste on everybody, except Tidus so you can have a good amount of turns before the boss plays. Once everyone except Tidus are hasted, switch Tidus to Wakka and concentrate on the head. Use Auron to break his arms. Now, about the boss... Once this boss starts moving his head, it means that there is a strong attack coming up. This attack is called Venom Attack and as you can tell by the name, it will poison your characters. Use Yuna's Esuna to cure that. Once both arms are destroyed, use Auron to attack the body. Now, when the head is destroyed, switch Wakka or your most powerful hitter. In my case, Wakka was the best hitter so I kept him on the field. Attack the body in full force, when the boss is low on HP and your characters have a good amount of HP's, switch Yuna to Lulu so she can benefit of the AP's. Unleash all you got to finish him off. Once you have beated the first Sinspawn, Sin will attack and kill a lot of people ! You will then learn that Sinspawn Gui is not dead and you will need to fight him again, this time with Seymour in your party. =========================================== Strategy from NagisaKaworu, seifz@yahoo.com =========================================== Make sure that Lulu knows Fira by this point. Start off with Auron, Tidus, and Lulu. Have Tidus caste Haste on Lulu and have Lulu cast Fira on each arm to destroy them quickly. Then have Auron attack the body and bring in Wakka to attack the head. If the arms regenerate, repeat this process again. Make sure you bring Yuna in to heal. Note that it is possible to stop the Venom attack if you do enough damage to the head before the fiend executes the move. For second tound, have Seymour use Fira instead of Lulu and continue to have Auron attack the Sinspawn. Also, try to see Seymour's Overdrive, even though it is pretty damn lame. !!!!! BOSS : SINSPAWN GUI : BOSS !!!!! HP : Head : 1000, Arms 800, Body : 6000 AP : 1500 Weakness : None Steal : Nothing This time, your party is locked so you can't change any members in the fight, you got Seymour, Auron and Yuna for this fight. First of all, cast Fira with Seymour to destroy his head. Use Auron to attack one arm and Seymour, the other. You may also want to witness Seymour's Overdrive. It is the only occasion you got to see it :). Anyway, once both arms are gone, attack the body in full force and the fight will be over in no time. !!!!! END OF BOSS !!!!! Once the Sinspawn is dead, you will be on the beach. Try to find Luzzu or Gatta on the beach to continue on with the story. Tidus will start to swim after Sin and you will learn that it was a Maester plan to cause this attack, because those who believed in Yevon lived and those who didn't believe died... pretty sad huh. Of course, Yuna dances again to perform the Sending. Once you have the control of Tidus, collect a Hi-Potion, go all the way left from the save sphere and speak to everybody to go to Djose Path. ============================================================================ DJOSE ROAD & TEMPLE Party : Tidus, Wakka, Lulu, Yuna, Auron, Kimahri Enemies : Basilisk, Bite Bug, Bunyip, Funguar, Garm, Ganderewa Items : Potion (X10), Hi-Potion (X3), Phoenix Down (X2), Ether (X2), Mega-Potion, Mega Phoenix, Magic Sphere, Ability Sphere, 4000 Gil. Equipments : Variable Steel, Switch Hitter, Halberd, Soft Ring, Bright Bangle. Key Items : Al Bhed Primer Vol. XI ============================================================================ A little less Items to cover there huh !? Anyway, speak to the people there and they should give you some items. A guard will give you a Variable Steel and a priest some Hi-Potions. Also, beware, in this area, there are Basilisks and I hope you have some Softs, because those monster can turn you into Stone! Also, Kimahri can learn Stone Breath from those monsters. Also, use Wakka to defeat the Bite Bugs and Ganderewa and one last thing, beware of the Funguar's Sleep Powder. He uses it when you attack him. Now continue up on the bridge area and keep your eyes to the left of the screen for a chest containing two Phoenix Downs. Continue up and go around a spiky rock to find the Al Bhed Primer Vol. XI. Now, continue on your way up and keep your eyes to the left for a chest containing a Bright Bangle. The chest isn't too far up from the Al Bhed Primer Vol. XI. Now, there isn't any more chests there so keep going up until you reach a fork. You cannot go to the Moonflow just yet, so head up to Djose Temple. You will be on a bridge area, cross it and head to the left to meet with Chocobo Knights. There is a chest not too far form them with 4000 Gil inside. Now, head up and you will see a scene in front of the temple. You will learn that since the entrance is open, there are already Summoners in there. Anyway, go behind the inn to meet Luzzu/Gatta. In my case, Gatta lived and he told me that Luzzu died and that he is returning to Besaid. Once the scene is over, continue on the same path to find a chest with two Ability Spheres. You can go in the inn if you want, but there's isn't anything to do there since you can't pick up the chest behind the innkeeper yet. Anyway, save your game and head into Djose Temple. Inside, you will meet Isaaru and his fellow guardians. ( I wonder how the small one can be a guardian... ). Anyway, Yuna and summoner Isaaru will wish them both of luck in order to defeat Sin. Once you are done, head to the room on the left. Don't go inside just yet! There is a chest just outside the room with an Ether. Now, head inside the room to find a chest with a Remedy. Once you are ready, go up the stairs and head into the third Cloister of Trials. DJOSE TEMPLE, CLOISTER OF TRIALS -------------------------------- The first area isn't too hard, just take both spheres from the left and right side of the room and put them into the double doors. The doors will now open and head into the next chamber. See that Yevon symbol on the ground?! Your goal is to activate it, anyway, take the sphere on the left side of the door there and head to the area on the right. There is a glyph there on the wall, just put the Djose Sphere inside of one of the slots. Now, return to the double doors at the beginning of the Cloister of Trials. Take either one of the sphere and put it into the other slot. Now, return to the pedestal and push it to the right until you can't anymore. You will have created a super Djose Sphere used to open the door there. So take the super Djose Sphere and return to the Yevon symbol and insert the sphere into the slot to the north to open the door. Now return to where you have inserted the two Spheres in the slots on the wall. Take the two spheres and put it inside the pedestal. Now, go all the way west and step on the flashy switch on the ground to move the pedestal to the center. Okay, once it is done, push the pedestal to the north in the room with lightning. Push it until the pedestal falls down, but don't worry, the pedestal will float, allowing Tidus to cross the bridge of lightning. After you have crossed the bridge there, push the pedestal at the far end to active the eye of the Yevon's symbol. Now, cross the bridge again and return to the flashy switch to make the pedestal come back at the center of the Yevon symbol. Now, take one sphere and return to the first chamber you have been. Insert the sphere to the left side of the room. Take the other sphere that is inserted in the door and insert it in the right side of the room. Now, return to the super Djose Sphere, take it from the door and insert it in the slot left to the door. The symbol will be complete, so step on it to go up into the last area. There, go up to find five pedestal with Djose spheres. Press the X Button in front of each pedestal to push it into the wall. Once it's completed, you will reveal a stairway, but don't go up yet. Instead, search for a glowing spot on the left wall of the basement floor and examine it to reveal a glyph. Touch it to open the wall and you will find a Destruction Sphere there. Pick it, return to the first floor and insert it into the central pedestal to destroy a part of the right wall. Pick up the treasure chest with a Magic Sphere inside and go up the stairs to complete the third Cloister of Trials. In the chamber, speak to everybody and Dona will come. Speak to everybody again and attempt to exit the room to make Yuna come out of the Chamber of the Fayth. Now, you will have a new Aeon called Ixion! Ixion is pretty strong, he his an Unicorn with Lightning powers. Once you wake up in the morning, pick up the chest at the top right corner for a Switch Hitter. Head out the inn and speak to everybody. Yuna seems to be sleeping again... Well head inside the temple and go in the room to the left where you picked up a Remedy. Yuna is there, on the bed. Speak to Yuna, then speak to the person near her to wake Yuna up. Now, exit the temple and Yuna will tell you that she is sorry to have kept kept you waiting. Anyway, once you are ready, head back to the bridge and speak to the former Crusader on the left side of the bridge, he will give you a Halberd. Next, speak to the priest to win two Hi-Potions. Finally, speak to the lonely man on the next part of the bridge numerous times until he finally gives you ten Potions. Now, you will have a scene with the Chocobo Knights, once you have talked to them, head south to Djose Road. This time, you will go northwest at the fork to the Moonflow. ============================================================================ MOONFLOW Party : Tidus, Wakka, Lulu, Yuna, Auron, Rikku, Kimahri Enemies : Bite Bug, Bunyip, Extractor, Funguar, Garm, Gandarewa, Ochu, Snow Flan. Items : Phoenix Down (X2), X-Potion, Antidote (X4), Ether, Mega-Potion, Magic Sphere, Lv. 1 Key Sphere (X6), 5000 Gil. Equipments : None Key Items : Al Bhed Primer Vol. XII, Summoner's Soul ============================================================================ First, head up and you will meet Shelinda. She will tell you that only the faithful have a chance to defeat Sin... Anyway, once she is finished, go behind her the find a chest with three Lv.1 Key Spheres. Now, continue up and you will meet Kimahri's friends again. This time, they will tell you that summoners are disappearing mysteriously... Anyway, after they are done, pick up the X-Potion from the chest near them and continue up. Keep your eyes open for a small area on the right-side of the Moonflow, once you have founded it, pick up the chest for three Lv.1 Key Spheres. Continue up and you will meet Belgemine and her Ixion. She will challenge you again, first I hope you have your Overdrives, if you don't you are in trouble... Anyway, start out with Ifrit. First, attack Ixion. Since Ixion is pretty fast, you won't have two attacks in a row. When your HP is too low, have Ifrit cast fire on himself so it will heal its HP. When you have your overdrive, unleash HellFire on Ixion and he should go down and you can also use Valefor just in case :). If you win, you will receive two Dragon Scales. Win or lose, she will give you the Summoner's Soul used to teach abilities to your Aeons. Just take a look it the Aeons section of this FAQ to learn every abilities possible to be teached. Now continue up and just before the red arrow, head left to find a secret chest with a Magic Defense Sphere inside, return to the path and continue north after that. Once you are at the shore, move west to the shoopuf wharf. Your party will split up from there. Don't buy anything from the people there. As you can see in the shops list, their price are very high ! The only one you can trust here is O'Aka. Try to find Yuna and Lulu, jest next to Yuna, you can open a chest for two Phoenix Downs and behind Lulu is a treasure chest with 5000 Gil. Anyway, speak to everybody... If you speak to Auron, he will tell you about Jecht and when he attacked a shoopuf when he was drunk... very funny :). Anyway, talk to the shoopuf driver once you are ready to leave. You will aboard the elephant like thing and head to the Moonflow north wharf. Anyway, on the way, Yuna will be kidnapped yet again by the Al Bhed. So it's because of the Al Bhed that summoners are disappearing... As always, Wakka and Tidus will go underwater to save Yuna, but they are expected by a strong foe... !!!!! BOSS : EXTRACTOR : BOSS !!!!! HP : 4000 AP : 660 Weakness : Lightning Steal : Nothing Well, this is one easy fight... first, have Tidus cast Haste on the party, this way, you can have a LOT of turns before the boss makes a move. Just beware of his Depth Charges. When he do that, heal yourself with a Hi-Potion. Keep using that strategy and he will be out in no time. !!!!!