Final Fantasy IX - The No-Nonsense Guide
by Elranzer - Started July 7th, 2000
AOL Instant Message: Elranzer
Version: 1.03
Progress: FINISHED

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This FAQ is copyright 2000 to me. Don't copy or plagarise, it's naughty!
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This is a "quickie guide," you will not find *all* boss stratagies, 
nor item or spell lists. Why? Well, I only wanna help you beat 
the game, and let you explore it yourself. It's much more rewarding..

This is best printed with Microsoft Word, period.

Total Pages: 9

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Table of Contents and Stuff
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I. About the Game
II. Playable Heroes and Villains
III. The Guide
IV. Elranzer Stuff

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I. About the Game
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- The game has the same controls as Final Fantasy 8
- Even push SQUARE to challenge the card game!
- Push CIRCLE when a "!" or "?" appears over a character's head for events
- You can conviniently rename your characters in English
- About the game's magic/ability system, three words: Final Fantasy 6
- Equiping itmes can give you spells, like ULTIMA from Paladin Shield in FF6
- Also like in FF6, you learn the spell even if you unequip the item later
- Finallly, like FF6, each character has their own ability and Job Class
- YES! Final Fantasy 6 DID have Job Classes!!! Play the Japanese version...
- Talk to the Moogles to save your game
- Call Moogles with MOGNET! on the world map with the SQUARE button
- Active Time Events (ATE) show events going on while you're doing whatever
- Press SELECT when the ATE icon appears to see a list of current events
- Press SELECT on the menu screen for a surprise

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II. Playable Heroes and Villains
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- Zidane (zee-dahn) - Thief - has STEAL and SECRET TECH
- Garnet (gahr-neht) - Summoner - has SUMMON and WHITE MAGIC
- Vivi (vih-vee) - Black Mage - has BLACK MAGIC and STORE
- Steiner (stai-ner) - Knight - has SWORD TECH and SWORD MAGIC
- Freija (fray-yah) - Lancer (Not Red Mage) - has JUMP and ????
- Quina (kwee-na) - Blue Mage - has EAT and BLUE MAGIC
- Eiko (say like "echo") - White Mage - has WHITE MAGIC and SUMMON
- Salamander (this is easy) - Monk - has BLITZ and THROW
- Beatrice (bee-ah-tress) - Valkyrie - has SWORD TECH and SWORD MAGIC
- Marcus (mahr-cuss) - Thief - has ???? and ????
- Blank (blank) - Theif - has ???? and ????
- Shina (shih-nah) - Theif - has ???? and ????
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- Kujah (koo-jah) - Main villain, has long white hair
- Queen Blane (kween blah-nay) - Second villain, Garnet's mom


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III. The Walkthrough
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- Woo-hoo, let's getta move on now, be the first on your block to win

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1. Disc 1
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- Light the lantern in the middle of the room
- Name "Zidane" as your comrades rush in
- Thieves Shina, Marcus, and Blank will assist you in a battle
- After Baku reveals himself and chats, you'll move into Alexandria

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2. Alexandria Town
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- As the Black Mage, follow the croud north
- Play jump-rope with the kids if you like, 20 jumps to win
- Go into the inn near the kids to see a sequence
- Go into the ally near the kids and talk to Dante until he leaves
- Follow the Rat Kid when he runs off with the ladder
- Look up the tower, Moogles Kupo and Stiltskin tell you about saving
- Follow the kid up the ladder
- Name "Vivi" and the kid introduces himself as Puck, follow him
- As Zidane, battle King Raia with Zenero and Benero
- As you fence with Blank, press the buttons he says for a perfect show

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3. Alexandria Castle
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- Run upstairs and talk to the White-Hooded Girl
- After Beatrice talks to jesters Zorn and Thorn, name "Steiner" (Stiner)
- As Stiener, make your way outside and go into the west tower
- Run up the tower, as Zidane follow the White-Hooded Girl
- After she talks to Ruby, follow her into the ship's basement
- Go into the left room, soon you'll battle Steiner
- Queen Blane will get mad and fire a Bomb
- When the Bomb appears, you cannot hit it; continue to battle Steiner

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4. Evil Forest
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- First, play the game's first ATE
- Go into the forest, I suggest you build up to Level 3 at least
- Now you gotta fight the Prison Cage plants for Garnet and Vivi
- A la Rinoa and Adel, you must heal Garnet,if she dies it's Game Over
- You can't save Garnet but you can save Vivi
- Back at the broken ship, go into all rooms and talk to everyone
- You'll soon fight Baku... AGAIN!
- Then... AGAIN... go into all rooms and talk
- You can leave and go back into the forest
- Use the recovery spring for HP/MP refills and Status
- Deeper in, you will fight a boss and save Garnet
- Afterwords... RUN!
- The Moogle Monty will show you out of the forest and give you MOGNET!

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5. The Mist Continent
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- Not much here, head south to the...

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6. Ice Cavern
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- This is pretty straight forward, be sure to melt ice to hidden rooms
- At the fork in the road go right
- After the battle with Black Waltz 1, get your party and go back up
- Outside the cave you can finally rename "Garnet"

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7. Village of Dali
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- Head northwest to the windmill-looking town
- Start at the inn
- After you get up, find Vivi then Garnet then head back to the inn
- After the Steiner event, go towards the windmill to hear Vivi's voice
- Go intio the windmill and into the hatch near the door
- After you get Vivi back, go right to see a chilling scene
- As Steiner, go into the hut and talk to Morid then leave
- Check the barrel, you'll get everyone back and fight Black Waltz 2
- Head onto the new airship, Wind Bloom
- On the ship's deck you'll fight Black Waltz 3 and see more events

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8. Lindbulm Grand Castle
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- Follow Chancellor Olberta
- Meet the ruler here, Cid Fabul VIII
- In the pub, talk to Lillian, then name "Freija"
- After the events, go across the street from the inn to the station
- Be sure to forge a sword at the blacksmith's, Zidane can blind enemies with it
- Transit to the castle
- Talk to the girl sitting in the mezzane then leave
- Transit to Uptown, go into the clock tower, Zidane should sleep
- Go south of the clock tower to see a fan club for a giant moogle
- Return to the castle, talk to Steiner
- Go into the fountain room, you should here singing
- Go back to the mezzane, talk to the sitting guard
- Now dressed as a guard, go to the room the white guard was blocking
- Follow the singing up and to the left of the tower
- After the events and the Hunting Game begins, use the transit
- You have 12 minutes to kill enemies, you CAN beat Freija
- After the dinner scene, head to the basement, take the left pod and exit
- Go right to the nearest woods just north to get into...

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9. Qu's Marsh
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- Head north to where there's a swamp, some frogs, and a weird guy
- Catch a frog and give it to the weirdo, name him "Quina"
- King Querna will let Quina go with you
- Play the Frog Eating Game if you like, then leave
- Head to the eastern river and cross to...

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10. Chocobo's Forest
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- Talk to Mene the moogle to get some Giysal Greens
- If you want a Chocobo, use the greens on Chocobo tracks on the map

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11. Gizamaluke's Grotto
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- Talk ot the dead guy inside to get Gizamaluke's Bell
- Use the bell as a key to the door
- Fight some Black Mages, the one walking around has another G. Bell
- Go into the room on the farthest east side
- Do the event with the moogls and big bell to get another G. Bell
- Go into the right room to save, you'll get Holy Bell as you leave
- Go into the left room and fight the boss
- Blind the boss with Zidane if you can

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12. South Gate
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- Talk to everyone here and exit to the northeast door
- When you get Garnet, get on the train

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13. Burmecian Kingdom
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- Go north, fight the Black Mages
- Go in the right house, find the platform that falls when you step on it
- Go out and into the left house, jump the balcony when you can
- Get the Protecter Bell hidden under the bed and leave to the right house
- Go into the locked door with the bell
- Go in the front door of the next building, then up the outside stairs
- In the Castle area, there's a Moogle in the eastern door
- At the castle you will see Queen Blane with Beatrice and someone else
- You will now fight Beatrice, but she and Blane get away
- Meet Kujah, your new greatest threat at the end of Disc 1

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14. Disc 2
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- Find Zidane's friends and talk to them, follow them when they leave
- Get on then off the train, you'll fightr Black Waltz 3 for the last time
- Leave the gate area through the eastern path, the west goes to Dali

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15. Dark City Treno
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- If you meet Queen Stella, she'll say she's looking for some items
- Find the Auction House and switch to Garnet
- Find the pub with Marcus, he'l lead you to Baku
- You'll see an event with Kujah and hear his theme
- Now find the tower with Totto and his big globe

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16. Gargan Roo
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- Go in the left room, push the lever
- Now go in the right room, pull the rope then push the little door
- On the Ant Ship you'll get off and fight a boss and get stuck

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17. Cleyra's Trunk
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- Leave Burmecian Kingdom and head towards the big sandstorm
- Press the switch to enter the tree
- Climb to the top and find the switch in the trunk
- Go back and then upwards to the room with whirlpools of quicksand
- Head left across the quicksand to the tree village
- Run around the tree village until the music stops
- Head to the tree village entrance and to the right to fight Ant Lion
- After the Riverdance, and you control Freija, just try to leave Cleyra
- When Puck brings you back, you'll fight Black Mages and Valkyrie
- Eventually you'll fight Beatrice again
- Now it's your turn to follow Beatrice onto the Red Rose airship
- When it switches to Steiner, swing the cage to break it then RUN
- When Zidane meets Steiner, you have 30 minutes to find Garnet
- She's in a secret dungeon hidden behind the fireplace in her bedroom
- You can now finally kick Zorn and Thorn's asses, then you'll fight Beatrice
- In an odd act of Irony, Beatrice will join your party and revive Garnet
- Freija and Beatrice have to fight the Thunder Snatch (yes, it's called that)
- Escape back down to the dungeon and out the door to the Ant Ship

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17. Pinnacle Rocks
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- Talk to Ramuh, asking you to find him five times
- DO NOT find him the five times unless you are FLUENT in Japanese!!!
- When Ramuh asks you something, take the second choice then the first
- Exit to the left, then a big FMV with Blane and Odin appear
- You'll be in Lindbulm, talk around until you find Cid
- He'll guide you out of Lindbulm
- Now it's time to go to Qu's Marsh again
- Get Quina back, then head to the east-most side of the Marsh

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18. Fossil Roo
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- Inside, when the trap appears, RUN and avoid the pendulums
- You'll meet and fight Roni
- Next, pick a flower then hold it up to ride a Gargant
- Talk to the miner, then go upwards
- Ride the Gargant, hit the switch there, then ride it again
- Here, hit that switch, then make your way back to the miner
- Now go down, past the moogles, ride the Gargant
- You should be at a miner who sells you stuff
- Go up, but don't hit the switch, ride the Gargant
- Here, climb the vines to the switch, then leave by the east side
- Ride the Gargant and exit to...

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19. The Outer Continet
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- Notice your SELECT map is bigger
- Head east to the bridge-looking place

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20. Conde Petie
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- Find Vivi, when the Black Mage leaves, follow it
- Head down and around to the nearby forest
- Go into the bunch of trees labeled "?"
- Hear is a maze, when you go the right way, an owl will fly away
- Remember, if the owls fly away you are going the right way
- When all owls fly away, you'll see the Black Mage and enter the...

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21. Black Mage Village
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- Go into the inn, you'll find one of Stella's items near the bunks
- Find Garnet then Vivi, go back to the inn for an event
- Go back to Conde Petie
- Talk to the dwarf walking near the inn
- Now go to the east most shop, where dwarfs were blocking the exit

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22. Mountain Path
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- Name the little girl "Eiko"
- Head east the up towards the moogles
- Head around, down, then east to see the big tree
- Fight Hell Giygas then continure outside
- On the map, head towards the tree stump-looking place

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23. Madain Sari Lost Summoners
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- You'll meet Mog, the littlest moogle
- Go up and talk to Moco, you'll see Quina
- Check the fountain for another of Stella's items
- Find Vivi, then go where Moco and Quina were
- Find Garnet, take her to where Moco and Quina were
- Go in the hut near Vivi, Mog will let you in
- After dinner, grab the stuff off the table and bring it to Eiko
- Try to leave the hut
- Leave this place, go through the Mountain Path to get to...

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24. Iifa, the Ancient Tree of Life
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- Eiko knows what to do here
- Climbing the tree is pretty straight-forward
- Ask Eiko for help again at the prompt
- You'll climb down to the bottom from inside
- Check the left side of the stucture at the bottom
- You should fight the soul of the tree
- Return to Madain Sari
- Find Eiko, then follow her to the Lost Summoner's Circle
- Fight Roni and Salamander, then go to Eiko's room
- Outside Eiko's house, check for the "!" spot
- After the events, go back to Iifa
- After you talk to Kujah, try to escape

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25. Disc 3
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- Find Black and Marcus in the alley, go down the stairs
- As Eiko, go to the room with two staircases
- As Zidane and Vivi, go towards the castle
- Eventually you'll wind up in Treno
- Return any items to Stella, try to win Darkmatter in the Auction
- Keep going into the Card Game House until Cid appears
- Fight kujah's beasts with Steiner and Beatrice
- As Garnet, go towards her room and up the left tower
- Take Zidane towards where Garnet is
- In Lindbulm, find your party then Garnet in the usual place
- Talk to your party and Cid
- When Garnet's gone, find her in the guest room
- Return to see Cid, he wants you to find three leaves
- One is downtown, a woman near a ladder has it
- The second one is held by Zidane's friends uptown
- The third is hidden in the painter's room near the uptown transit
- Return them to Cid, he should transform into a frog
- Go to the boat area, your should now have a new vehicle
- In the boat, head towards Black Mage Village
- Find Vivi near the scarecrow, then find Vivi again
- Leave, go NE on the map to a bunch of desert whirlpools
- One of the four will bring you into a new dungeon
- Go towards the Black Mages, then talk to Kujah
- You'll be divided into two parties so distibute them evenly
- Now get into Kujah's airship

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26. The Forgotten Continent
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- Head north right away to get your Chocobo, you'll NEED it
- Now go south and try to find the castle-looking place

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27. Oeilvert
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- Go upstairs and turn the blue orb pink
- Go into the left room, you should see a big hologram
- Go farther into the room, find the four "projecters"
- Turn them all on, a ghost should appear in each one
- Then go atound the bridge until you find an orb and check it
- View the orb's show, then the locked door near the hologram is open
- Hear the faces's stories, then leave the left side of this place
- Go iinto the right side, there should be more holograms, go right
- Take the platform to the bottom, you'll fight Ark (can't use MAGIC!)
- It should now switch over to Cid
- Go into the room where the Black Mages were blocking
- Mini-game, move Cid with CIRCLE when the monster's not looking
- Now check the balance thing, look at the bottles, take the last option

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28. Desert Empress
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- Now as Party #2, go left into the empress
- Here, you'll be lighting candles plenty to solve puzzles
- You'll eventually wind up in a library, light all four candles
- Go in each of the rooms from the library and light their candles too
- Back in the library, you'll hear a moogle, go towards him
- In the twin gargoyles's room, make their shadows go left for a staircase
- Go up, fight the boss
- Now as Zidane's group, talk to Kujah, then leave
- Exit from where his airship was parked, push a lever and climb down

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29. The Sealed Continent
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-Grab your Chocobo and head west to...

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30. Esto Gaza
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- Not much here, go inside then right into...

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31. Gulg Volcano (Gurugu Volcano)
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- Yep, it's the same volcano from Final Fantasy 1, and music
- Climb down the rope, then move the bucket down three times
- Climb down to the bucket, fight the Red Dragon
- You'll fight Thorn and Zorn then see some logn event
- Eventually you'll get the airship from Cid

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32. Daguerreo
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- Find this town in a waterfall cave by itself near F. Continent
- Not much here but a great Combination Shop

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33. Ipsen's Heritage
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- Take the airship to the castle on F. Continent that was in a hole
- Find Salamander in a room and get the medallions
- Study this map, it's where you'll need to drop the medallions
- Try to leave, then you'll go back in as just Zidane
- Salamander's just near the bottom of the pole this time
- Note: you do not have to land the airship to get to the medal locations
- First medallion: find a big whirlpool in the ocean in the south
- Second: Fly the airship into Gulg Volcano
- Third: A wind tunnel on the south part of F. Continent
- Fourth: An earthquaking spot near the Deseret Empress, there's three rocks
- Each group will fight the elemental guardians
- These guys remind me of Lich, Kary, Tiamat, and Kraken from FF1
- After all this, go towards the new location on the map
- It looks like an iceburg full of glowing green Makou from FF7

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34. Terra
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- Follow the blonde girl
- When you meet up with her, continure upwards

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35. Branbal
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- Find the inn to trigger an event
- As Eiko, get Quina, Vivi, and Salamander and go into the green gate
- As Zidane, go find Garland (more FF1 references!)

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36. Pandemonium
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- Keep following Garland
- Afterwards, there'll be some battles
- After you get Garnet, go back for the rest of your friends
- Turn on the Time Trial lights, then exit the SW exit
- Make the thing in the cage face right then continue on
- It's pretty straightforward from here
- Now it's time to fight Garland and Kujah
- After the events, exit this place

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37. Disc 4
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- Do some leveling up, items, Chocobo crap, etc
- When you're ready, head on over to Iifa and the portal to...

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38. Grand Finale: Temple of Fiends
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- You'll fight Kary, Tiamat, Kraken, and Lich without warning
- This is so much like Final Fantasy 1 you'll vomit
- Be sure to STEAL several times from each one
- This area is directly straightforward, it's easy
- When you meet Kujah, you'll fight Doomgaze
- NOTE: Pheonix Downs will NOT instantly kill Doomgaze and Lich this time
- After that battle, go back and save, then meet up with Kujah
- This is the last battle, so good luck
- Steiner's GLOOM SWORD and a couple of Darkmatters should eat him up
- Both Kujah and Eternal Darkness have 50,000 HP; so it's not too hard

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IV. Elranzer Stuff
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- Thanks to GameFAQs for publishing this
- To Dingo Jellybean, thanks for the plug
- Website is coming soon
- Read my Seiken Densetsu 3 and Chrono Cross FAQ's