-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- F I N A L F A N T A S Y -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Final Fantasy (NES) FAQ/Walkthrough v This guide could be used for the Wonderswan version. by DaLadiesMan Steve Saunders E-mail: psychopenguin24@aol.com (Game Related) mcfaddendaman@aol.com (Personal) http://www.wrestlingcolumns2000.com Last updated: Guide Percentage done (Approx): *****************************INSTANT MESSAGE ME****************************** If you contact me on one of the instant messengers, and I do not respond, it probably means I am busy. I am always talking with my girl, and friends, so sometimes I just ignore some instant messages from people I do not know. Be nice, and I will talk to you, just don't come out and ask the question and be all rude if I do not respond in five seconds, otherwise I probably will just block you. I will answer all e-mails about the game, however. ***************************************************************************** *********************************E-MAIL ME*********************************** One last note: Only email me about the game at psychopenguin24@aol.com , all emails about Final Fantasy sent to my other e-mail adresses will be deleted and/or ignored. Thanks to all those that have emailed me so far, I appreciate it! ***************************************************************************** ****************************KING EDGE SUCKUP********************************* Oh, and god bless King Edge! ***************************************************************************** ==============================---------------================================== --------------------------------{CREDITS}-------------------------------------- ==============================---------------================================== -AdrenalineSL For being a good friend, and she is a great writer. Check out her Dark Cloud guide and especially Chrono Cross, it kicks major ass. She also is doing a FFC guide with me, check out her Chrono Trigger guide! She is also a hottie! ^_^. Lots of love! -Dingo Jellybean - http://www.dingojellybean.com Very helpful and kick ass fellow. -Myself For writing this damn guide. :) -GameFAQs - http://www.gamefaqs.com For posting this guide and most of my other guides. -Fresh Baked Games - http://www.fbgames.com For being the coolest gaming site on the web and posting all my guides. -Neoseeker - http://www.neoseeker.com For posting this guide and most of my other guides. -Squaresoft - http://www.squaresoft.com For making this game which changed the world as we know it. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- =====Version History===== -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- v0.1 (July 6th, 2001) - 24.2K -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -I don't know when I'll finish this, as I am just working on it until I get Final Fantasy Chronicles. -I got the intro, format, statistics, and item list done. -That's it. Go away. :) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ------------------------------------------------[ Table of Contents ]-------- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- I. Introduction II. Controls Statistics III. Character Classes IV. Walkthrough V. Frequently Asked Questions VI. Boss Guide VII. Items List VIII. Weapons List IX. Armor List X. Magic List XI. Enemies List XII. Shop List XIII. Secrets, etc. XIV. Other Information XV. Conclusion ----I just noticed I used pretty much the identical table of contents here that I did in Final Fantasy IV. Hehes.---- ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++=========================+++++++++++++++++++++++++ { I. Introduction } ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++=========================++++++++++++++++++++++++ + Here I go again with yet another guide. What am I, Dingo friggin Jellybean? :) Anyways, I am writing this guide for a few reasons. 1. I am suddenly in the guide writing spirit again. I am a phase writer if there ever was one. I will literally not do anything for like 2 months. Just look at all the stuff I submitted this year before I did my COTM guide. I did about four reviews, and I might have worked on one FAQ back in January. I was never going to do another guide again, and then COTM came and changed everything. 2. My Final Fantasy IV guide is annoying me. I have to wait a few days to work on it again, because I have yet to get Chronicles, and I was using a translated version of the game *whistles*, and I have to fix the guide to match Chronicles, and I won't be getting it until Monday. And it's Thursday night, so I figured I might as well do a Final Fantasy guide, since I have nothing else to do, feel like working on a guide, and... 3. I have always had a goal to do a guide for all the Final Fantasy games I like. When I finish this guide and Final Fantasy IV, I will only have to do guides for Final Fantasy III and Final Fantasy VII! And I already started my FF7 guide to a certain extent, so I am good to go! Of course, a year ago, I never expected to do a guide for ONE Final Fantasy game, much less all of them. :) 4. I want to be a writer one day, so doing all these guides now will give me some experience for down the line. That is it. Enjoy the guide, and read my other Final Fantasy guides.. provided I ever get lazy, fix them all, and resubmit them. Bye for now, you sucka! :) -Steve "Thanks for not reading Dingo's guide" McFadden Psycho Penguin/DaLadiesMan ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++=========================+++++++++++++++++++++++++ { II. Controls } ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++=========================+++++++++++++++++++++++++ Stats affect many aspects of the game, and basically differentiate the powers of each class. Every stat has several functions that affect your characters' abilities. There are six main stats and four other stats that will be important throughout the game. There is a great "Handbook" made by Ben Siron on gamefaqs.com that explains in detail all the formulas for determining derived stats such as Hit% and Evade%. I read through this, and I picked up some useful information. Since I some of this information in here, and I cannot call it my own work, any sentence containing any of Ben Siron's work is noted with an asterisk (*). Hit Points Hit Points are (duh) non-existent in real life. In Final Fantasy, they determine how much "Life Force" a character has. When a character is hit, he loses Hit Points. When he loses all his Hit Points, he dies. Strength Strength is pure power. A strong character will be able to do lots of damage with the Fight command, if equipped with a good weapon to compliment. Strength does determine your base DAMAGE stat, but the formula is rather complicated and varies from class to class. Either way, a higher Strength stat will boost the DAMAGE stat. Agility Agility is the ability to move around. In Final Fantasy, Agility will have the function of determining your Evade stat. Add 48 to this number to get your base Evade, then subtract your armor*. I had one theory in an earlier version that it might affect who acts first in battle. I can not really back this up, nor am I sure myself that it's true, but I thought it was worth mentioning. Intelligence Intelligence is a measure of the ability of the brain. As of this point, I am quite unsure of the function of Intelligence in Final Fantasy. It is certainly not apparent, but I am still trying to find something definite. Either way, I will still present my theories until I find out some more information. As far as I can tell, intelligence will mainly affect magic. I have several theories that stem off of this. My first is susceptibility to magic. I think that a character with high Intelligence will be more susceptible to magic of all types. Magical attacks will hurt a smarter character much more than a dimmer one, but Healing spells will restore more HP as well. If this is true, this would explain why White and Black Mages always get pelted so bad by magical attacks, even though ABSORB has nothing to do with magic. My second theory is more common, but still not proven, nor is there enough information to do so. I think Intelligence might affect the ability of a character to use magic. For example, CURE always restores somewhere in between 16 and 32 HP. My theory is that a character with higher intelligence will get closer to 32 HP back. Vitality Vitality is the energy of life. This is more or less the idea of Vitality in Final Fantasy. When you get a level up, you gain a certain amount of Hit Points. While the formula that determines the gain is rather complex (and variable for that matter), Vitality does play a role in determining Hit Point gain. Basically, 1 more Hit Point will be added to the formula for every 4 points of Vitality you gain*. However, in addition to that, I do have another theory of a secondary function of Vitality. I noticed that Black Belts, and Fighters for the most part, seem to have more resistance to poison and related status attacks than Black Mages and other characters with low Vitality. So, I developed my theory that maybe Vitality might also have an affect on status resistance as well. This was my best guess before I learned that Vitality plays a definite part in Hit Point gaining. Luck Luck scientifically does not exist in real life, but is used as a term for the happenings of random events in favor or detriment to a person. While the actual function of Luck in Final Fantasy is unknown, well, to me at least, there are several theories. In an earlier version, I stated that Luck determined Evade, among other things. I was wrong in saying that, as Evade is strictly proportional to Agility. I also thought that it had something to do with Hit%, which was also wrong*. Hit% is determined by your level and class*. Yet another theory I had was that it was like a "god" skill, that affected all others, by basically favoring chance along with the effects of other stats. I'm not sure if this is completely wrong, but I don't know for sure either way, and I have little to back it up. I have just one more theory that is not quite tried and true, but is accurate as far as I know. I think Luck might have something to do with the ability to escape battles. I do have a background for this theory, yet still not hard evidence. I was thinking about the Thief and his ability to almost flawlessly escape battles. Then I considered the one thing that he had that others didn't: a high Luck stat. Hence, my theory about Luck was created. Damage Damage directly affects how much damage your character will do when he is attacking. Damage is equal to your weapon's Damage value plus half your strength. Hit Hit percent determines whether you will hit an enemy or not. Furthermore, if you have a very high Hit Percent, you may actually hit the enemy several times, not just once. You will notice your characters will start to make more than one hit around Level 8 or 9. Your weapon has a determined Hit value, which will raise your Hit Percent. Your Level will affect Hit% somewhat, but that depends on your class*. Absorb Absorb is how much damage will be blocked from an enemy's attack. Someone with a higher Absorb stat will take less damage from monsters. Absorb is determined by the sum of the Absorb values of all your armors put together. Your other stats have absolutely no effect on Absorb. Without any armor, your Absorb value will be zero. [BUG] In Final Fantasy, there is a bug in the Absorb stat. For Black Belts and Masters, after you visit your armor screen, you will see that a Black Belt/Master's Absorb will equal his level, as long as you have no armor equipped. If you do have armor on, Absorb will be equal to the armor's value, whether this is higher of lower. However, this is intended. But, for Masters, if you equip a piece of armor, then level up, the Absorb value will revert to your level until you visit your armor screen again. Even if you turn the system off, or use a piece of armor in battle, your Absorb will still be your level until you hit start, then go to armor and press A. So, you will be able to get the benefits of the Ribbon and ProRing without forfeiting the Master's naturally high Absorb value. Evade Evade determines whether an enemy will hit you or not. Also, it can actually determine how many times an enemy hits you. If an enemy is capable of hitting your 4 times at once, if you have a high Evade stat, he might only hit you twice, once, or maybe not at all. Each character has an Evade value equal to his Agility plus 48*. Your Evade value equals your characters basic Evade value MINUS all the Evade values of your armors put together. So, heavy Armor like Iron Armor and Steel Armor have a high Evade value which is bad. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++=========================+++++++++++++++++++++++++ { III. Character Classes } ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++=========================++++++++++++++++++++++++ + ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++=========================+++++++++++++++++++++++++ { IV. Walkthrough } ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++=========================++++++++++++++++++++++++ + ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++=========================+++++++++++++++++++++++++ { V. Frequently Asked Questions } ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++=========================+++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++=========================+++++++++++++++++++++++++ { VI. Boss Guide } ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++=========================++++++++++++++++++++++++ + ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++=========================+++++++++++++++++++++++++ { VII. Items List } ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++=========================+++++++++++++++++++++++++ ----This is a list of all the items in the game and what they do.---- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item Name: Cabin Cost of Item: 250 gil Description: You can save your game and recover all of your HP. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item Name: Heal Potion Cost of Item: 60 gil Description: You can revive 30 HP using this potion. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item Name: House Cost of Item: 3000 gil Description: You can save your game and recover all of your HP and MP. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item Name: Pure Potion Cost of Item: 75 gil Description: It cures poison. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item Name: Soft Potion Cost of Item: 800 gil Description: It cures the Stone status. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item Name: Tent Cost of Item: 75 gil Description: You can save your game on a save point using this item. Wow. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ==============================RARE ITEMS LIST=================================== -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item Name: Adamant Location: Floating Castle Description: You can give this to the Blacksmith so they make the Excalibur sword. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item Name: Airship Location: Use the Floater on the Desert. Description: You can use this to move around the world quicker, and you can explore new places using this. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item Name: Bottle Location: Caravan in the desert west of Onrac. Description: You can use this in the Fairy's Spring in Gaia to get the Oxyale for the Submarine. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item Name: Canoe Location: Defeat Lich and talk to the 12 Sages located in Crescent Lake. Description: You can use this to travel in rivers. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item Name: Chime Location: Talk to the man in Lefein after learning their native language. Description: It opens the door to the Mirage Tower. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item Name: Crown Location: It is located in floor B3 of the Marsh Cave. Description: Give it to the Dark Elf. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item Name: Crystal Location: Defeat Astos. Description: It allows you to get the herb to wake up the Prince. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item Name: Cube Location: In the waterfall Description: It allows you to fight the boss in the Mirage Tower. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item Name: Floater Location: It is located inside the Ice Cave. Description: It is used mainly to give you the Airship. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item Name: Herb Location: Give the Crystal to Matoya. Description: Wake the prince up using this. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item Name: Lute Location: Beat Garland. Description: Despite the fact you get it so early, you won't actually use it until towards the end of the game. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item Name: Mystic Key Location: The Prince of Elfland gives it to you when you wake him up. Description: It opens any door. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item Name: Oxyale Location: Fairy's Spring in Gaia, buy the bottle from the Caravan. Description: It allows you to use the Submarine. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item Name: Rod Location: The Titan will move, allowing you to see the sage. Description: It allows you to lift the Stone Plate. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item Name: Ruby Location: Earth Cave Description: Rubies taste great and are less filling then regular gems. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item Name: Ship Location: Defeat the Pirates in Pravoka. Description: You can use this to travel to new lands. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item Name: Slap Location: Sea Shrine Description: You can learn Lefeinish by giving this to Dr. Unne -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item Name: Tail Location: Castle of Ordeals Description: Give this item to Bahamut in the Cardia Islands and he will change your class to a higher one. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item Name: T.N.T Location: Coneria Castle after receiving Mystic Key. Description: You can blow up the canal using this. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++=========================+++++++++++++++++++++++++ { VII. Weapons List } ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++=========================+++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++=========================+++++++++++++++++++++++++ { IX. Armor List } ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++=========================+++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++=========================+++++++++++++++++++++++++ { X. Magic List } ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++=========================++++++++++++++++++++++++ + ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++=========================+++++++++++++++++++++++++ { XI. Enemies List } ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++=========================++++++++++++++++++++++++ + ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++=========================+++++++++++++++++++++++++ { XII. Shop Guide } ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++=========================+++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++=========================+++++++++++++++++++++++++ { XIII. Secrets, etc. } ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++=========================+++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++=========================+++++++++++++++++++++++++ { XIV. Other Information } ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++=========================+++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++=========================+++++++++++++++++++++++++ { XV. Conclusion } ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++=========================++++++++++++++++++++++++ +