Bestiary: Save the game at any option to unlock the "Bestiary"
option at the "Extra" menu.
Music Player: Successfully complete the game to unlock the "Music
Player" option at the "Extra" menu.
Dragon's Den dungeon: Defeat the eight Dragons in the World Of Ruin to unlock
this hidden dungeon in the northwest part of the world map.
Soul Shrine dungeon: Complete the Dragon's Den and finish the game. This
bonus dungeon will be unlocked on one of the small islands north
of Mobliz.
Hint: Defeating Holy Dragon: When you fight Holy Dragon or any monster in the Kefka
Cult's Tower, equip the Relic Reflect ring to any of your characters.
Make sure that all the others are dead or are also equipped with
Reflect Ring. When Holy Dragon attacks you with Holy, it will
reflect on Holy Dragon. You can do this until Holy Dragon has
no more MP to cast with. The same can be done with other monsters.
Information in this section was contributed by derik latm.
Hint: Defeating Magic Master: Use the following trick to defeat Magic Master without
taking Ultima damage. It takes awhile to do and it is highly recommended
that you have the following spells available for each party member:
Drain, Rasp, Osmose, Quick. Someone in the party should have the
Berserk spell. Cast Berserk on Magic Master. He will only do physical
attacks until he dies, which is when he will cast the spell Ultima.
However if he does not have any MP remaining when he dies, the
spell fizzles out. Cast Rasp on him unless someone needs some
healing, in which you can cast Quick and then Drain as much as
needed to get healed back up. When low on MP, cast Osmose. This
does take awhile to do, but once his magic is down to 0, he automatically
dies, tries to cast Ultima but fails because not enough MP, and
you will win. As long as you have enough HP and defense to take
a few hits here and there, then you can do this trick.
Information in this section was contributed by Mike Tinsley.
Giving your party members haste is also a great benefit.
Have someone that knows Ultima, Reraise, and Osmose and four Reflect
Rings. Equip the Reflect Rings to your party members. Get into
battle and cast Reraise on one or all of your party members so
that they will come back after Ultima launches at the Magic Master's
death. Do not worry, because Reraise goes through the Reflect
effect. The Reflect Rings will send his spells back at him and
cause him to shift his weakness, be healed slightly, or take nothing
at all. Keep casting Ultima on him, and if you need mana use Osmose.
When he dies, you will come back. Enjoy your DoubleCast, because
it will be very useful.
Information in this section was contributed by John Hedler.
Hint: Give Terra more experience: In the beginning when you first enter Narshe with the
two imperial soldiers, use Terra's (??????) fire magic to kill
off the two guards. All of the experience will be directed to
Terra, a main character.
Information in this section was contributed by Devon Goolsby.
Hint: Get Mythril Pike and Mythril Shield
early: When in the mines during the save Terra scenario with
Locke and the Moogles, go to Mog's party and unequip Mog of his
Mythril Pike and Mythril Shield.
Information in this section was contributed by Devon Goolsby.
Hint: Intangir: The Intangir enemy can no longer be affected by the
Vanish-Doom trick.
Information in this section was contributed by bear199.
Hint: Easy experience: Save the game in the World Of Ruin while you have only
Celes. Then continue without saving until you are able to fight
the dinosaurs. Level only Celes up to level 99 then die. You should
be left where you saved with just Celes at level 99. From here
all characters you meet will be at level 99.
Information in this section was contributed by Pjeff w..
In the World of Balance, take Celes to the cave near Thasama.
Cast Vanish on her and she will now be invincible to the monsters
inside the cave. You then can kill the Adamanchts with only magic
(physical attacks result in being sneezed away). Equip Double
Earrings for stronger magic. When you are low on MP take your
airship to Thasama for a 1 GP inn. Repeat the process until Celes
is at level 99. Then, all the other members will be at 99 as well
in the World of Ruin.
Information in this section was contributed by Pjeff w..
In the World of Ruin, after acquiring the airship go over Maranda.
Do not enter the town; rather, drop off at the town, It is on
the continent nearest to the left-bottom corner of the world map.
Take one of your characters and go out into the wild. You should
have at least one Gold Hairpin and one Growth Egg. Growth Egg
doubles your XP per battle, and Gold Hairpin halves MP usage.
Equip those two relics on whichever character you intend to level.
Also, you should now have the magic skill Vanish, which causes
the target to become invisible, or at the least, the Esper Phantom.
If you do not have Vanish yet, equip the Esper Phantom onto your
character as well. Other than that, make sure you have the best
equipment on that character. The Esper Catoblepas, who can instantly
dispatch certain creatures, is also recommended. Go into the plains
area and engage in battle. In this locale, you will only be fighting
three Crawler or one Greater Mantis, one Sprinter, and two Lycaon.
Either way, you must quickly do the following. On your first turn,
use Vanish on yourself (or Phantom, if you do not have Vanish).
Then, immediately flee or, if desired, finish the battle. This
is not recommended however, because in the case of the Crawler,
you can get magic dealt to you, and lose your invisibility. When
you are out of the battle, go into the forest. Engage in battle.
You should face either two Greater Mantis or four Leap Frog. If
you find yourself against the Greater Mantis, you are set. They
only deal physical damage. There is no chance of you being touched.
Simply attack them until you win. This results in over 9,000 experience
points, and coupled with the Growth Egg, is 18,000 experience
points for one easy battle. However, if you go against the Leap
Frog, it is slightly more difficult. If you already have some
magic that kills instantly or very quickly, use it. Otherwise,
use Catoblepas. If you take out three or more, continue battling
and finish the last one before he uses Rippler on you, which will
cause you to exchange status effects. If that happens you must
to redo the previous step, which can get tedious. However if you
take out two or less, running is recommended because one of those
frogs will pull out Rippler before you kill both of them (in most
cases). The battle against the Leap Frog will result in 12,000
experience points. This is equivalent to a level up for each battle
(assuming tiy are near level 40) until at least level 50. From
there, it will be two or three battles per level until level 60.
If you do this before you get the rest of the characters, they
should all match your level once you acquire them (except for
certain cases).
Information in this section was contributed by Andrea Moi.
Hint: Beavis and Butt-Head
reference: At the start of the game after Kefka has set fire
to castle Figaro, talk to one of the guards. He will say "Fire!
Fire! heh-heh-heh..." much as Beavis says in the MTV show
Beavis And Butt-Head.
Information in this section was contributed by Peter C.
Hint: Star Wars references:
In Locke's Scenario, go to save Celes while wearing
a green uniform. Untie her, and she will say: "Aren't you
a little short for an Imperial Soldier?", which is a reference
to Star Wars: A New Hope when Leia says "Aren't you
a little short for a Stormtrooper?"
Information in this section was contributed by Vara-sama.
The two soldiers who are escorting Terra at the beginning of the
game are named Biggs and Wedge, just like Luke's wingmates in
Star Wars: A New Hope.
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