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                FAQ/Walkthrough Part One for Final Fantasy X
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               For Playstation 2 Computer Entertainment System
                            Version 2.0 (Final)
                     By : StoneKotr (Francis Bilodeau)
                       Created : January 10, 2002
                     Last Update : February 3, 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



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                                Legal Stuff
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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.


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                            !!! 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!
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                               E-Mail Policy
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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 
is already answered in the FAQ and lots of questions that are not even 
related to the game. So, before sending me a e-mail and be ignored, read 
here.

DON'T SEND ME :
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- 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 :
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- 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 !


 
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                                History
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Version 1.0 :
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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 :
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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 :
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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 :
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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 :
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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 :
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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 :
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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 say 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 :
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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 apologize 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 :
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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 send 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 :
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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 from 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 :
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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 :
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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 as 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!


                          ===================
                           Table of Contents
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             PART ONE
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                    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) Mini-Games
                              I) Movies/Music Theater
                              J) Omega Dungeon
                              K) Monster Arena Sidequest
                              L) Ultimate Weapons Strategies
                    VI.    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
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                    VII.   Aeons
                              A) The Basics 
                              B) Ability List
                              C) Aeons List
                    VIII.  Overdrives
                    IX.    Weapons List
                    X.     Armors List
                    XI.    Items List
                              A) Curative Items
                              B) Rare & Key Items
                              C) Al Bhed Primers
                              D) Spheres
                              E) Other Items
                    XII.   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
                    XIII.  Mix List
                    XIV.   Shops List
                    XV.    Bestiary
                    XVI.   In the next update...
                    XVII.  About this FAQ
                    XVIII. Credits
                    XIX.   Final Words



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                     I. Review of Final Fantasy X
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GRAPHICS : 9 / 10
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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 face 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
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As you know, every Final Fantasies have its 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
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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 beat the good old Chrono Trigger music :).
Well that's it about the sound, there isn't much to say about that !

STORY : 9 / 10
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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 and 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 Fantasies series. Only Final Fantasy VII
is better, so don't worry, you won't be disappointed with that point.

OVERALL : 9.5 / 10
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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...



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                        II. Basics of the Game
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1 Player
Memory Card (8MB for PS2) - 64 KB
Digital & Analog Control
Vibration Function


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                            A. Controls
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Field Screen Controls :
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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 :
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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 :
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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

 
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                         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 while 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. Save Sphere 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 a lot 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...


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                           C. Battle Screen
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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 :
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Battle 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 characters 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
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 :
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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 is 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 :
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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 when it's an ally'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

If you have founded any other, 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 !

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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.

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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 magic and some weapons also have
elements properties.

                 ----------------------------------
                 | Element |  Color  |  Weakness  |
                 ----------------------------------
                 |Lightning| Yellow  |   Water    |   
                 |  Fire   |   Red   |    Ice     |
                 |  Ice    |  White  |    Fire    |
                 |  Water  |  Blue   | Lightning  |
                 ----------------------------------

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(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 HP, HP means Hit Points. If you have 0 hit points, you're 
    character is KO
3 - Tidus 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 Overdrive gauge. 

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Status Ailments : 
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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.

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|  Ailment  |             Effect               |     Cure With    | 
-------------------------------------------------------------------
|   Slow    |Takes a lot more time before you  |Remedy, Esuna     |
|           |have your turn.                   |Haste             |
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| Darkness  |Harder to hit the enemy with      |Eye Drops, Remedy |     
|           |physical attacks                  |Esuna             |
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|   Sleep   |Cannot participate in battle      |Remedy, Esuna     |
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|  Poison   |Lose HP after every turn          |Antidote, Remedy  |
|           |                                  |Esuna             |
-------------------------------------------------------------------
| Confusion |Lose control of characters, attack|Remedy, Esuna     |
|           |allies                            |                  |
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| Petrified |Turned into stone, cannot enter   |Soft, Remedy,     | 
|           |commands                          |Esuna             |
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|  Silence  |Cannot cast any spells            |Echo Screen, Esuna|
|           |                                  |Remedy            |
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|  Berserk  |Lose control of character, your   |Remedy, Esuna     | 
|           |strength is increased but you can |                  |
|           |only attack.                      |                  |
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|  Zombie   |Character lose HP by curative     |Holy Water, Remedy|
|           |magic and items.                  |                  |
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|   Curse   |Overdrive gauge freeze, cannot    |Dispel, Holy Water|
|           |use overdrives                    |                  |
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|   Doom    |Character is KO when countdown    |End the battle    | 
|           |reaches zero.                     |                  |
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|    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|
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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.

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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.

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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)
1.5     O - O - O - O  (4)
+       O - O - O - O  (5)
1.0     O - O - O - O  (6)


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 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 - Same as #4, except it will heal the enemy instead of damaging
    it.
6 - It means the elements will do normal damage.

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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 fiends attacks !

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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.

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                          ----------------
                           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, let 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 Sphere (Rare!) used to increase Luck and finally there 
are Ability Sphere used to learn a skills 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 character and use those 
nodes 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 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 Heal an ally. To set an Overdrive Mode, press
the Circle Button and select Set Mode. In there, you will see different
mode 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 through.


f) Status :
   ------

Again, there isn't much to say about Status, it's just used to
check your characters statistics and abilities it 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
the 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 character 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 weapon / armor 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 Cost   |
|   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 does something useful(not just 
defend or switch weapons, but using items or skills are ok), 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 exps.

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 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 brother, 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 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
fiend 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 as 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 RPG of all time! Select New
Game and watch the beautiful introduction of the game.

====================================================================
ZANARKAND

Party : Tidus, Auron
Enemies : Sinscale, Sinspawn Ammes
Items : Longsword
====================================================================

When you gain the control of Tidus, go down the screen and go 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). When 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. 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 lands 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
Sinscale. 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 
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. You can find an Al Bhed Compilation Sphere and a chest
with two Potions there. You can also find another platform with an 
Al Bhed sign. Behind that sign you will find a chest with 200 Gil 
Tidus will get out of the water. Return to the stairs and continue 
north to the next area. Save at the save sphere there 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 and 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 can 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. You will hear the Al Bhed 
talking, but you don't understand a thing ! Don't worry through 
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, somebody will give you three potions. After 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 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 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), Rod of Wisdom, Ether, Brotherhood, 400 Gil,
        Seeker's Ring, Remedy
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. Not bad huh ?. 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 and around a corner
you can pick up 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 the Cloister
of Trials. The Cloister of Trials are scattered in each temple of 
Spira. You need to use magical spheres to unlock the door to the
Chamber of the Fayth, where summoners can get new Aeons. Each temple
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 a 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 you 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 summons
her first summon : Valefor. Later, you will be around a campfire, 
where Wakka introduce you to the Besaid Aurochs. The coach will then
tell that they got a new team 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 SS Liki, a boat, you will depart for Kilika, where
you can learn a new Aeon for Yuna. Yuna's goal is to defeat Sin like
is 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...

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
when 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. You 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. 

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
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
Yuna. 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 price. If you gave him a large amount of money, he
will 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 the cabin,
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 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 Boss underwater 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.

                !!!!!         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, NulBlaze Shield, Scout, Luck Sphere.
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 in 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 out of Kilika 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 sing. 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 any more. 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. You should see stairs after a while,
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 fin 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 walk in 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
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 speaks. 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,
        Tidal Spear, 600 Gil, 1000 Gil
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
bleu hairs :). Anyway, you will soon be in your team'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 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 meets 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 another 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 right. 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
will 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 Caf.

In there, you will meet Biran and Yenke, some "friends" of Kimahri. 
Well, the want thing you don't know is that Yuna is kidnapped by 
the time you are distracted. The Al Bhed kidnaps her !
Lulu will come to see Tidus, and she will tell you that the Al
Bhed wants 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 gives it
all at the Blitzball Tournament. 

Your party will quickly leaps 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 after halftime.

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 an 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. 

                      *** STORY SPOILERS ***

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 !

                      *** END OF SPOILERS ***

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'HIHEN 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
Equipment : 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'Hihen Road 
-------------

First of all, there are a lot of items you can have by talking
to the people, that you can win 600 Gil, a Red Ring, two
Antidotes, a Lv.1 Key Sphere and a Hunter's Spear, as well
a some Hi-Potions.

Start by saving your game, you can now continue up. When you can
go to the left, go there to pick up a chest containing a 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 into
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
do, 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. Anyway, if
you got your own strategies against Belgemine, feel free to
send them to me :). If you win the fight, you will receive
an Echo Ring and if you lose you will receive a Seeker's 
Ring.

Anyway, after the fight, you will meet some 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 to. 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.

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 blitzball 
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
spend 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 fell 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 get 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 of 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.
 
=====================================================
Strategies 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. 
       
                      !!!!! END 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 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 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 into 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 continue 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
convicted 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
there. 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. Now head into 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 equipment 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 ! It's your job of course 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 is Haste, 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 to
your most powerful hitter. In my case, Wakka was the biggest 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 too 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 your Sinspawn Gui is not
dead and you will need to fight him with Seymour. 

                !!!!! 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 is 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 :). Anyway, once both arms
are gone, attack the body in full force and the fight will be over in
no time.
                 
                        !!!!! END BOSS !!!!!

Once the Sinspawn is death, you will be on the beach. Then 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 her 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 all the
people there and they should give you Items. A guard will give you
a Variable Steel and a priest some Hi-Potion. 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 monster. 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 it. 

Now continue up on the bridge area and keep your eyes to the left
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 until you are 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 more any chest 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 once you have crossed the bridge, head
to the left to meet with Chocobo Knights. There is a chest not
to 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 with 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
--------------------------------
This is the hardest one of the game in my humble opinion since there
is one little detail I didn't know... Anyway, 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 any more. 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 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 lightnings. 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 down 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 complete, you will reveal a stairway, but don't go up yet. 
Instead, search for a glowing spot on the left wall and examine
it to reveal a glyph. Touch it to open the wall and you will
find a Destruction Sphere there. Pick it 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 a unicorn
with thunder 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 she is sorry to 
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 north 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 too, 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 killed 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... Anyway
as always, Wakka and Tidus will go underwater to save Yuna, but
they are excepted 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 does that,
heal yourself with Hi-Potions. Keep using that strategy and he
will be out in no time.

                         !!!!! END BOSS !!!!!

Once he his out, Yuna will be saved and you will safely continue
your way until you reach the north wharf. There, use the save
sphere to save your game and talk to O'Aka if you want. You can
also find the Al Bhed Primer Vol. XII on the platform above O'Aka.
Next, talk to everybody and head west. You will be alone, but don't
worry, this is part of the story. Speak to the Guado there and he
will give you an Ether. Continue left and you will finally meet
Rikku again.

You will learn that she was in the machina you just fought! Also,
she will join permanently your party as one of Yuna's guardian.
Once the little story scene is over, head up to fight in another
of those battle tutorials. You will learn that Rikku can steal
treasures chest from battle and you will also learn how to use
her Overdrive, Mix. Anyway, after the tutorial, continue up the
path. Keep your eyes open for a treasure chest on the right for
four Antidotes. Next, continue up and just before the red arrow,
open a chest on the left for a Mega-Potion. Next, continue up 
and head into Guadosalam.

====================================================================
GUADOSALAM

Party : Tidus, Wakka, Lulu, Yuna, Auron, Rikku, Kimahri
Enemies : None
Items : Hi-Potion (X2), Mega-Potion, Elixir, Lightning Marble (X8), 
        3000 Gil.
Equipments : None
Key Items : Al Bhed Primer Vol. XIII
====================================================================

When you arrive in Guadosalam, you will have a scene with Tromell.
He tells you that Maester Seymour wants to see Yuna. After that,
Rikku will teach you how to Customize Weapons. It's a pretty great
ability to do that, so listen carefully. You can have more infor-
mation about that in my FAQ, look in the Basics of the Game. First
off all, head into the Inn and check out the sphere monitor to learn
more about fiends roaming around in this area. Now, you can explore
the city as you wish. Also, check all the houses, in the same house
that you can find 3000 Gil in an hidden treasure chest at the back
of the room is the Al Bhed Primer Vol. XIII lying in on the floor
on the northwest side of the house. Next, head to where the farplane
his, you know where it is right ? Just when you see two guados, move
beyond them to find an Elixir in a chest, just to tell you, it's 
near the item shop. Speaking of the item shop, O'Aka will be there,
you can talk to him if you want. Next, head to Seymour's House 
located in the north part of the city. The house have a huge red
door. To the right of that door is a treasure chest with a Mega-
Potion inside. You are now ready to go in the house.

Once you are inside, don't speak to anybody yet, go up the stairs
and check for a chest on the balcony for two Hi-Potions. Next,
talk to everybody except Yuna, then speak to Yuna. Once you have
talked to her, head into the door near Yuna. You will finally 
meet Seymour there, he will offer you food and you will have
control of Tidus again. Speak to everyone again to continue the
story. Seymour will then tell you about Zanarkand and Lady 
Yunalesca who defeated Sin. Then Seymour will ask Yuna in marriage!
Unbelievable! Anyway, she must think about it, because well, she
will marry Seymour for Spira and it's people, not because she
loves him. Anyway, she will want to go to the Farplane, so head
up the highest ramp and in the entrance to find a new screen.

There, move to the left and look for a very good hidden chest
with eight Lightning Marbles inside. Go up the corridor after
that and your party will tell you more about the Farplane. Once
you have control of Tidus, speak to Auron and Rikku, both of 
them don't want to go in the Farplane. Anyway, once you are
ready, go up the stairs and head in the Farplane. This place
is HUGE. Hopefully, you won't have to explore all of that.
First, go speak to Lulu, then to Wakka. You will meet his brother 
Chappu and Wakka will tell his brother that he gave Chappu's sword 
to you, now your weapon will have new abilities. Check them out if 
you want. You will have Strength +10, WaterStrike and Sensor. 
Remember that this sword is called the Brotherhood. Now, go meet
Yuna to learn her answer. She will be with her mom and her dad,
High Summoner Braska. She will tell you to think about Jecht and
has Tidus think about him, he don't show up... A moment later,
he will think about his mom and she will show up. After the scene,
return to Seymour's House. Yuna doesn't want to marry Seymour
because she wants to continue her Pilgrimage. Now, speak to
Lulu and she will tell you what she thinks about Yuna marrying
Seymour and she will ask you if you love Yuna :). Ask whatever you
want there. Now, speak to everyone else, two times each person. 
You will notice that Rikku is not there, so go near the entrance 
of Guadosalam to meet Rikku. Speak to her, then return down and 
speak to Lulu again. Next, head towards the exit to the Thunder
Plains and you will meet Shelinda there. It seems that Seymour
has left the place. Return to your party to tell them, then save
and prepare yourself for the Thunder Plains.

====================================================================
THUNDER PLAINS

Party : Tidus, Wakka, Lulu, Yuna, Auron, Rikku, Kimahri
Enemies : Aerouge, Buer, Gold Element, Iron Giant, Larva, 
          Kusariqqu, Melusine, Qactuar.
Items : Hi-Potion (X2), X-Potion, Phoenix Down (X2), Ether, Remedy,
        2000 Gil, 5000 Gil
Equipments : Water Ball, Yellow Shield
Key Items : Al Bhed Primer Vol. XIV
====================================================================

Once you start out, go to the left and pick up a chest with two
Phoenix Downs inside of it. Next, I need to tell you something.
You will find some Cactuar stones scattered around the Thunder
Plains, you can examine them with the X Button, but you can activate
them with the Square Button. There isn't much thing to do with that
now, but remember those stones when you are near the end of the game.
You can also fight Cactuar in this area, they aren't pretty strong,
but they are very hard to hit and they will escape from the fight, 
but if you manage to kill them, your reward will be 525 AP. Also,
they're are lightning falling from the sky, press the X Button
when the screen flashes to dodge them.

Anyway, continue up to the Save Sphere and save if you like. Once
you are ready, go to the left to find a chest with two Hi-Potions.
Continue left to find another chest with 5000 Gil inside. Next, 
turn right until you reach to wall, continue the path up until
you find an alcove. Go there to find a chest with a Water Ball
inside. Continue up to the next area and your party will take 
a well deserved break at the Travel Agency. 

Inside the Inn, speak to Rikku first, then go talk to Rin. When
you can choose an option, take the first one and he will give you
the Al Bhed Primer Vol. XIV. Next, talk to everybody and go up
where Yuna went. You will "accidentally" go inside her room. She
will be a little shy so she will run away. As you attempt to look
at the Sphere, Wakka will bust in and tell you to leave Yuna's Room
at once. Next, talk to everybody again, save and get ready to 
continue the Thunder Plains. At the exit of Rin's Agency, look on
the ground to find a Yellow Shield, now continue up until you are
at a new screen and area. Go up a little, then turn right and go 
south to find a hidden chest with a X-Potion inside. Now, continue
north until you reach the Save Sphere, there, you will hear Yuna 
out and she will tell you that she is will marry Seymour! Next,
go to the left and up to find a chest with an Ether. Go to the
right of the screen and a little up to find another chest with
2000 Gil. Finally, go left and up to find one last chest with 
a Remedy inside. Now continue up and head into Macalania Woods.

====================================================================
MACALANIA WOODS, ICE FIELD

Party : Tidus, Wakka, Lulu, Yuna, Auron, Rikku, Kimahri
Enemies : Anima, Blue Element, Chimera, Crawler, Evil Eye, Guado
          Guardian, Ice Flan, Iguion, Mafdet, Murussu, Negator, 
          Seymour, Snow Wolf, Spherimorph, Wasp, Wendigo, Xiphos.   
Items : Hi-Potion (X2), X-Potion (X2), Phoenix Down (X3), Remedy 
        (X3),  Mega-Potion, Ether, Elixir, MP Sphere, Luck Sphere,
        Lv.1 Key Sphere, Lv.2 Key Sphere, 400 Gil, 2000 Gil,
        5000 Gil.
Equipments : Shell Targe, Sleepy Cait Sith
Key Items : Al Bhed Primer Vol. XV, XVI, Jecht Sphere
====================================================================

First, go up to find a save sphere and a young lady will tell you to
take that road to go to Macalania Temple. Since you have no much 
choice, head up the path. Turn left, and when you have no choice
but to go up again, look behind the tree to find a chest with a
Sleepy Cait Sith inside. Now continue up on this path to find 
another chest with 2000 Gil inside. Continue up to the next screen.
There, follow the linear path to find a chest with a Remedy inside.
Continue up the spiral path and you will soon meet a bird/man being.
He will tell you more about the Butterfly Mini-Game. Check in the
Side Quest section to learn more about this Mini-Game, also, if you
complete it this time through, you will win a treasure chest. Next
follow the path to the next screen, keep your eyes opened for 
treasure chests there. Anyway, once you are in a an area with O'Aka,
look across him on the ground to find the Al Bhed Primer Vol. XV.
Next, save your game and be prepared for the boss ahead.

                 !!!!! BOSS : SPHERIMORPH : BOSS !!!!!

                  HP : 12 000               AP : 3240
               Weakness : Varies          Steal : Ether

This boss seems hard at first, but he is pretty easy when you know how
to defeat him. First, start out with Tidus, Lulu and Auron. Have Tidus
cast Haste on Lulu and switch him to Yuna. Have Auron deal a physical
attack on the boss and he will counterattack with an element. If he use
water for example, cast Fira on him and you will deal MAJOR damage on him.
Each time you attack him with is weakness, is element will change. Have
Auron perform another physical attack and he will reveal is new element
again. Have Lulu attack with is weakness again and repeat the process
to put an end to this boss. 

                         !!!!! END BOSS !!!!!

After the fight, you will find an Old Sphere lying on the ground. Look
inside to find out it's a memento from Tidus's Old Man, Jecht. Anyway,
after the scene, Auron will tell you that Jecht loved Tidus and he just 
wasn't able to tell him. Anyway, once you are ready, head to the red
arrow to find the inn. Outside, you will meet Clasko with is Chocobo.
He will ask you if he is better as a Chocobo Breeder or as a Chocobo
Knight. Tell him what you like, but if you tell him to be a Chocobo
Breeder, return to SS Liki at the end of the game and he will give
you a very useful Friend Sphere, anyway, notice the treasure chest
behind him, you can't take it now, but it contains 4000 Gil. Just
remember to pick it up sometimes. Anyway, outside the inn, you will
also find an Al Bhed Primer Vol. XVI. Next, head inside the inn. You
can also find more about fiends roaming in this area at the tutorial
at the top right. After that, talk to everyone, save and exit the inn.
You will see Trummel again there, he will take Yuna to Macalania Temple.
Just when they she seems to be safe, the Al Bhed will attack her again!

              !!!!! BOSS : CRAWLER & NEGATOR : BOSS !!!!!

            HP : 16 000, 1000              AP : 4400, 220
           Weakness : Lightning     Steal : Lunar Curtain, Hi-Potion

First of all, the boss will start out by summoning a Negator that nullifies
every magic. So use Wakka to take care of the Negator and use Auron and
Tidus to fight on the Crawler. Just beware of the Crawler's attacks. Once
the Negator is destroyed, you will be able to use Magic and Summons. Bring
Lulu in and cast Haste on her then, let her unleash Thundara Spells. When
you see the countdown to Mana Beam get down to one, switch to Yuna and 
summon Ixion. Use is shield ability and it will most likely do nothing
to him. Now, use your thunder spells until the Negator comes back again.
Even though Negator is there, your summon will stay on the field so attack
the boss in full force until you have your Overdrive. Use it and say
bye bye to Crawler.

                         !!!!! END BOSS !!!!!

Once he is defeated, you will use a great way to transport yourself to
the Macalania Temple. On the way, Tidus will speak to Lulu about Wakka's
head been as hard as rock... well, once you arrive at the temple, open
the treasure chest to the right for a Mega-Potion. Once you are ready,
enter the temple. Speak to the Al Bhed near the entrance and he will
give you 400 Gil to leave him alone. Next, cross the very long bridge
and head inside the Temple. Once you are in, speak to Tromell and he
will reward you with a Shell Targe. Next, go up the stairs to find out
that somebody has founded Yuna's Sphere. Go in the small chamber to the
right and witness the events there. The next paragraph will contain a
lot of story spoilers, so you are advised. 

You will find out that Seymour killed his own father, that the fire of
darkness burns in his heart. Anyway, the father of Seymour will ask you
to stop his son, so that's what you are going to do !

But, first, pick the items in the temple, check the back of the room you
are in for two remedies. Speak to everybody in this room for two 
Hi-Potions. Return to the hall and pick two treasure chests there, one
with two X-Potions and another one with 5000 Gil. Next, go to the left
room and talk to everybody for an Elixir and an Ether. You can also
pick a chest there for three Phoenix Downs. Lastly, you can speak to
the old man near the statue to learn more about the young days of 
Seymour. 

Once you are ready, save your game and equip the best Equipments to your
party since the upcoming fight is really hard. Once you feel confident
enough, go up the stairs to fight Seymour and is crew. 

           !!!!! BOSS : SEYMOUR, ANIMA, GUADO GUARDIANS !!!!!

 HP : 6000, 18 000, 2000                    AP : 6280
    Weakness : None         Steal : Turbo Ether, Silence Grenade, Hi-Potion

To begin the fight, I'll explain you what is the role of each character.
Each time you hit the Guado Guardians, they will heal themselves with 
Hi-Potion, a good way to get rid of that is by having Rikku to steal
their Hi-Potions so they won't be able to heal themselves. Once you have
done that, get rid of them quickly and as they dies, they will cast
Protect AND Shell on Seymour making the first fight a little harder.
Once both Guado Guards are out, have Tidus, Yuna and Wakka trigger
their commands so you will boost Tidus's Strength and raise Yuna and
Wakka's Defense. Next, don't kill Seymour yet. Use Yuna and cast NulFrost,
NulShock, NulTide and NulBlaze on the party. Next, all you need to do
is to hurt Seymour until he has less than 3000 HP. He will summon Anima
at that point.

Since Anima is pretty hard and is Pain can kill your characters with one
blow, I suggest you use your newest Aeon, Shiva. When your HP is low,
cast Blizzara to Shiva and you will heal her. When Anima has his Overdrive,
use the Shield Command and you will be fine. Once you have your Overdrive,
unleash it and you should do 8000 HP of damage, thus taking out Anima.

================================================
Strategy by AcidTwister, acidtwister@hotmail.com
================================================
This is a Strategy for Anima :

"In the first fight with Seymour after you get rid of his guards and he 
calls Anima, do NOT summon an Aeon. Instead, get your strongest characters 
out and knock the crap out of it, when Anima does pain and one of your 
character dies, use a Phoenix Down and continue attacking. For some 
reason, my attack damage went from around 600 attacking Seymour up to 1000+ 
when I attacked Anima. The only time I suggest you summon an aeon is if 
anima's overdrive gauge somehow hits max before you kill him. That way the 
Aeon takes the fall(there's a save point right after the fight) and you can 
continue to kick Anima's butt. After anima is defeated, bring out Yuna, use 
all your nul spells to get around Seymour's magics, while using your top 
two strongest characters to take him out. He'll be down in no time."
================================================

The last fight will be against Seymour again, quickly dismiss Shiva if
you have used my strategy, since you SHOULD have casted all the Nul-
Spells before the fight, you will be more than fine. Remember that 
you cannot use any Aeons in this last fight because Seymour will kill
them with one blow. Anyway, use all of your attacks to get rid of
Seymour and when he use a magic, be sure to re-cast your magic
barrier. Anyway, hope you defeat it with those strategies :).

                         !!!!! END BOSS !!!!!

You killed Seymour, that's right you killed a Maester! Anyway, as you
attempt to leave, the Cloister of Trials will be reseted so you need
to do it. 

First off all, head down the little ramp and take the Glyph Sphere
from the central pillar, next, insert the Glyph Sphere in the 
Pedestal and push it to the right so it will make the little
iceberg blow away. Next, push the Pedestal to the north and
the Pedestal will go down another ramp. Follow the Pedestal
down and remove the Glyph Sphere from the Pedestal and insert it
in the slot on the left wall. A section of the wall will rises 
and you will find a Macalania Sphere. Go up the ramp and take
the new Macalania Sphere, go back down and insert it into the
Pedestal, push the Pedestal to the right and you will see
a section of the bridge reconstructed. Next, go back up and remove
the Macalania Sphere from the slot in the bottom right corner of the
screen. Go back down the ramp and place it in the slot on the left
pillar. Next, take the sphere at the top of the ramp and place the 
sphere in the central pillar and you will see the bridge fully
completed. Next, go up the ramp, where the bridge is and step 
on the switch on the floor to bring up the Pedestal. Notice
that the last section of the bridge will disappear. Pick up sphere
and push the Pedestal to the left. After a little scene, you
will see the same Pedestal with a Destruction Sphere on it. Go
back down the ramp now and step on the switch on the floor to make
the Pedestal appears to its first position. Now go insert the 
sphere you have in your and on the bottom right slot to make the
little iceberg appears again. Push the Pedestal to the right to 
make the iceberg go away. Now, take the Macalania Sphere from the
central pillar and place it in the slot at the upper right corner
to make the ramp appear. Take the destruction sphere from the pedestal,
go down the ramp and insert the sphere in the slot to the left. This
will destroy the ice behind Tidus and you will be able to pick up
the chest there for a Luck Sphere. Now, go up the ramp and push the
pedestal down the ramp. Get the Macalania Sphere from the bottom right
corner of the screen and go put it into the pedestal. Now, push the
pedestal to the right so it will activate the third part of the bridge
again. Now, go up the ramp, take the Macalania Sphere and insert it 
into the central pillar to complete the Ice Tunnel. Exit the area 
and the Cloister is now complete!

As you attempt to leave the temple, Tromell will stop you.
You will be called traitors for giving death to a Maester. As you
attempt to show him the sphere, Tromell will destroy it and you
will now be on your own, running like crazy to not get yourself
captured. You will exit the temple, take time to talk to O'Aka
at the exit and save your game. As you attempt to cross the bridge,
a group of Guado will run toward you. If they catches up to you,
your party will enter in a fight against the Guado Guardians. As
you leave the ice bridge, they will stop running at you. On the 
next area, stick on the right side of the screen and you will soon
encounter a chest with a Lv.1 Key Sphere inside. Continue south
and you will fight the boss of this area.


         !!!!! BOSS : WENDIGO & GUADO GUARDIANS : BOSS !!!!!

            HP : 18000, 1200               AP : 2580
             Weakness : Fire           Steal : Hi-Potion

First of all, use Rikku to steal the Hi-Potion from the Guardians,
then dispose of them. Don't attack Wendigo until both of the Guardians
are out. They will cast Berserk on Wendigo, so use a Remedy on him
to cure that. Now, use Wakka's Sleep Attack and unleash your Fire
Spells on him. Cast Haste on Lulu and when Wendigo wakes up, put him
to sleep again and repeat the process until he is dead.

First thing you want to do is just get in battles around the save point 
and have Yuna work up her overdrive and once she has her overdrive you 
can head in to do the battle start off however you want and then once it 
comes around to Yuna's turn use your Grand Summon and summon Ifrit, after 
you bring him out use Hellfire this should do 9999 damage to the guards 
and Wendigo, then before the guards die they will cast protect and shell 
on Wendigo. Then have Wendigo hit Ifrit and just keep him alive by using 
shield or having him with enough HPs that he survives 2 hits and you 
should get another Overdrive use Hellfire once again and the battle will 
be over and you killed him with Overkill as well. (note your characters can 
not be super weak during this part, and I was fairly worked up a bit.)

<Somebody wrote that strategy, but I have deleted the e-mail, so if you
have written it, let me know>


                         !!!!! END BOSS !!!!!

After the fight, the boss unleash its final attack and your party will 
find themselves underground. When Tidus wakes up, talk to everybody. 
Look behind Kimahri for a chest containing a Lv.2 Key Sphere. Once Yuna 
leaves, talk to everybody again, your party will be attacked by Sin and 
when you wake up, Tidus will be all alone in ...

====================================================================
SANUBIA DESERT

Party : Tidus, Lulu, Wakka, Kimahri, Auron, Rikku
Enemies : Alcyone, Cactuar, Mech Guard, Mech Gunner, Mushussu, 
          Sandragora, Sand Worm, Zu
Items : Hi-Potion (X16), X-Potion (X4), Mega-Potion (X5), Ether (X2), 
        Remedy (X4), Elixir, Megalixir (X3), Al Bhed Potion (X24), 
        Lv.2 Key Sphere, Teleport Sphere (X2), 10 000 Gil.
Equipments : None
Key Items : Al Bhed Primer Vol. XVII, XVIII, Mercury Crest
====================================================================

Tidus will wake up near a save sphere and a little oasis. You can save
if you like, also, go in the oasis and swim to the bottom left corner
and you will pick up a chest with four Remedies. Now, head up and you
will soon be forced to fight against a huge bird named Zu. After one
or two turns, Auron will join Tidus in the fight, then after some
time, Lulu will join the party. At that time, you shouldn't have any
problem to defeat Zu, just blind him and you will be fine. Now, continue
up to find Wakka near a tent. Wakka will tell you that Yuna is nowhere
to be found and your job will now be to find her. Man, it's always Yuna
that gets in trouble around here :). Anyway, pickup the treasure chest
near the tent to find eight Al Bhed Potions. You can also look at the 
sphere monitor to learn how to defeat the powerful Zu and the Cactuars.

Continue down to the next area, then north to find a sign saying :
"Oasis Ahead". Turn right from that sign and continue up to meet
with Kimahri in the desert. Now, once he joins you, return to the
sign and head up to meet Rikku. She will tell you that she knows
where Yuna is, she is at the Al Bhed HOME. So that's where are going
to go. You can pick up two chests in the same area you met Rikku for
two Ethers and eight Al Bhed Potions. Now, follow Rikku until you
are in an area with an Al Bhed sing that says "Home ahead", now head
left and you will come across a chest with four Hi-Potions inside. 
Next, head up the next area to be in Sanubia Desert Central. This 
is a very huge area and I hope your Al Bhed Language is really 
developed since will need to check a lot of signs. Anyway, you can
also find Cactuar in that area. Those are small, green cactuars that
uses 10 000 Needles Attack, thus killing your character with one 
blow. You can steal Chocobo Feather from them and also, if you kill
them you will win 12000 AP. Anyway, in that area, go northwest and 
you should come across two chests. One with two X-Potions inside
and another one with two Mega-Potions. Next, head east until you
come across a landmark on the mini-map. Check that out for a chest
with four Hi-Potions inside. Now, head north to find the save sphere.
You can pick up a chest with eight Al Bhed Potions inside. You will 
also find a sign near the save sphere. Now go west and head in some 
kind of ruins. Beware of the Sand Worm in that area since it has
45 000 HP. I suggest you cast Darkness and Silence on him, then 
use physical attacks until he is out. Anyway, in the ruins, you can
pick up three treasure chests, one with an Elixir located south of
the ruins, a Lv.2 Key Sphere and 10 000 Gil in a destroyed tower 
just north of the entrance to the ruins. From the tower, head to
the north and keep your eyes open for an Al Bhed Primer vol. XVII.
Now, return all the way to the save sphere. 

From the sphere, head north and keep your eyes open for an Al Bhed
Primer vol. XVIII lying on the ground. Now, head northeast to the
next and final area, Sanubia Desert West. First, head northeast 
again until you reach a stone with a cactuar on it. Notice it and
remember its emplacement since you will need to come back here
for a Side Quest later on. From the stone, head left and you should
come across a side area on the map. Pick the first chest you see
for eight Hi-Potions, then continue left in the sandpit for a 
chest with a Mercury Chest inside. Now, go out of the side area
and head north. Examine each sandpits, even if there is a monster
inside the pits, called the Sandragora. They are not very hard to
beat, but they can confuse your characters so that can give you a
hard time beating them, anyway, you should fight those monsters, 
because their are some pretty good chest to pick up. There is one 
with three Megalixir, then go left to find another chest with three 
Mega-Potions. Now, from where you have picked up the three Megalixir, 
head northeast to find another sandpit with a chest. Pickup the two 
Teleport Spheres in the sandpit and move north a little and go west. 
You will come across one last chest with two X-Potions inside. Now 
head north into Home.  

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HOME

Party : Tidus, Lulu, Wakka, Kimahri, Auron, Rikku
Enemies : Bomb, Chimera, Dual Horn, Guado Guardian
Items : Hi-Potion (X2), Al Bhed Potion (X10), Special Sphere, Skill
        Sphere, Friend Sphere
Equipments : None
Key Items : Al Bhed Primer vol. XIX, XX, XXI
====================================================================

The Al Bhed Home is in flames. Once you have met Cid, you will need to
find Yuna. There, search the bodies for two Hi-Potion and go west of
the save sphere to find an Al Bhed Primer Vol. XIX. Now, enter the
door to the north and your group congregates in the center area. They
will soon be attacked by a Guado Guardian and some other monsters. In
those type of fights, it is usually good to kill the Guado first, since
he will cast Silence on Lulu and support magic on the fiends. Once the
fight is over, follow your party to the next area. After you have heard
Cid, you will fight another Guado Guardian and two Dual Horns. Use
the same strategy as in the first fight and you will be more than fine.
Now, once you have been down the stairs, turn around and head back to
the south corridor and enter the living quarters on your left. Pick
up the Al Bhed Primer vol. XX lying on the bed. There is also a chest on 
the right, but you will need to translate three words in Al Bhed to get 
it. Here what you need to say.

----------------------
|  1   |  4   |  7   |
|  2   |  5   |  8   |
|  3   |  6   |  9   |
----------------------

You will have three screens like than. Each number represents a word
so on the first screen, pick the word placed at position number 6. 
On the second screen, pick the word placed at position number 8 and
finally at the last screen, pick the word placed at position number
5. Your reward will be a Friend Sphere.

Now, exit the living quarters and head down the stairs, you can pick
up a chest with four Al Bhed Potions in a chest to the left. Now, go
north from the corridor to encounter an intersection. Go north first
and pick up a chest with six Hi-Potions inside. Next, return to the
intersection and go right and search for an Al Bhed Primer Vol. XXI
lying in the top right corner of the screen. Next, enter the blue
door. You can find a Compilation Sphere there and near of it is a
treasure chest locked by Al Bhed Math. Here's the chart on how to
deciphered the code, thanks to PlayOnline :

-----------------------------------------------------------
|Digit number|              What you must do              |
-----------------------------------------------------------
| 1st        | Add both numbers                           |
| 2nd        | Subtract the 2nd number from the 1st number|
| 3rd        | Multiply the 1st number by the 2nd number  |
| 4th        | Add both numbers                           |
-----------------------------------------------------------

You will pick up a Special Sphere from the chest. Now, the second
chest, you will need to decipher four questions. Here's what you
must do to correctly unlock this chest : 

On the first question, pickup the third answer. On the second one,
pick up the fourth answer, on the third one, pick up the second
answer and on the last one, pick up the fourth answer. This will
open a chest with a Skill Sphere inside.

Next, return to the intersection and head left. There is a save
sphere there, I suggest you save, then follow the linear path
to meet your party. You will be attacked yet again by monsters.
Defeat them and head down the stairs. Look under the stairs for
a Lv.4 Key Sphere and look on the right to find a chest with a
Lv.2 Key Sphere inside. Now, follow your party inside the door...

Tidus will learn the truth about the summoners and their pilgrimage.
It seems that a summoner will die after they have summoned the final
aeon to defeat Sin. Tidus will be mad and sad at the same time, man
that's not a good day for him :). Anyway, once you regain control
of him, head to the left corner of the map to pick up a chest with
10000 Gil inside. Then make your way to the green door on your map,
and board the airship. Inside, you will see some more scenes and Cid
will decide to check out for Yuna. They will also destroy their Home,
so if you have missed anything, you should reset your game...

====================================================================
AIRSHIP

Party : Tidus, Yuna, Wakka, Lulu, Kimahri, Auron, Rikku
Enemies : Bomb, Dual Horn, Evil Eye, Evrae
Items : Al Bhed Potion (X4)
Equipments : None
Key Items : None
====================================================================

Once you gain control of Tidus on the Bridge, speak to everyone there 
and you can also save your game if you like. Next, go out the bridge 
and speak to Auron. Next, leave the area and go up first. You can meet 
someone running there, continue up and talk to everybody, even if you 
don't understand what the people means. Now, return to the exit of the 
bridge. You can meet Isaaru and is guardians there. Talk to him if you 
like and continue south to meet Rin. He will ask you to buy something 
to help the reconstruction of Home. It doesn't matter if you buy 
anything from him or not, so continue up to the next area. There, turn
left and enter the door to see Dona lying on the ground. She will ask 
you if she should quit her pilgrimage or not. Tell her what you like 
since it doesn't seem to affect the game later on. Continue up now to 
the next area. There are some Al Bhed there, speak to all of them then, 
return to where you met Dona. Exit the room and go south, you can speak 
to the Al Bhed on the left of the screen and he will give you four Al
Bhed Potions. Speak to everyone again except the pilot. Then, talk to the 
pilot, he will tell you that he has founded Yuna and you will see her with 
Seymour in what it seems to be ... a wedding ?!

Next you will learn that you need to defeat the guardian of Bevelle and 
also you will learn that the ship is infested with fiends! Now, save your 
game and spend your S.Lvl if you have any. Also, equip the best weapons 
and armors you have since you will have a really tough boss to fight. 
Anyway, once you are ready, exit the bridge and head south, south and 
south again to be in an area with a Save Sphere, save then go up the ramp 
to meet Rin. Talk to him to buy some equipment and items and go up the 
elevator to the outside deck to fight with the Bevelle Guardian...

                !!!!! BOSS : EVRAE : BOSS !!!!!

            HP : 32 000                AP : 5400
         Weakness : None           Steal : Water Gem

This is the toughest boss you have ever fought since the beginning
of the game. You need to use a good strategy against this boss,
since your party can be destroyed in no time. Start by using Tidus,
Wakka or Auron and Rikku. Cast Slow on the boss with Tidus, then 
cast Haste on Rikku.  Notice that only Rikku and Tidus have trigger
commands. The command will make the ship go away from the boss,
thus, you will be able to dodge most of its attack. You can see
when it will be the ship turn in the CTB Window. Anyway, make
Wakka and Auron attack this boss and use some Al Bhed Potions
when you need to heal. When you see the Boss inhale, it means that
he will use its most powerful attack, the poison breath. If the
ship has a turn before the boss, use that opportunity to move away
and you will dodge its attack. If the ship doesn't have a turn,
make your party defend and hope the damage won't be too great. 
Anyway, if you are poisoned, use the Al Bhed Potion to cure your
party and then attack him in full force. When Evrae's HP is getting
low, he will cast haste on itself. Now, unleash all you have to 
defeat him since he will act a lot more often than usual.

                      !!!!! END BOSS !!!!!

====================================================================
BEVELLE

Party : Tidus, Yuna, Wakka, Lulu, Kimahri, Auron, Rikku
Enemies : Aqua Flan, Bat Eye, Cave Iguion, Evrae Altana, Grothia,
          Maze Larva, Mortibody, Octopus, Phlegyas, Pterya, Sahagin, 
          Seymour Natus, Spathi, Swamp Mafdet, Warrior Monk, YKT-63,
          YAT-99.
Items : Mega-Potion, Elixir, HP Sphere, Black Magic Sphere, Skill
        Sphere, White Magic Sphere.
Equipments : Knight Lance, Avenger, Rematch, Lucid Ring
Key Items : Al Bhed Primer vol. XXII
====================================================================

Tidus will come crash Seymour's Party as they arrive on the roof of
Bevelle Temple. I suggest you heal yourself before heading to the 
north, since you will not be at full HP after fighting Evrae. 
Once you are ready, head north into a series of fights. Here's a
few tips on how to defeat the enemies there. When you fight a 
Warrior Monk with FlameThrowers, quickly dispose of them since they
can attack all your party with one attack. Also, when you fight an
YKT-63, kill him first, because if he is left alone on the field,
he will kill one of your characters with a single kick. 

Once you have went through all the fights, you will meet Seymour
and Yuna at the top of the stairs. She will try to send Seymour,
but your party will be captured and she will have to choose between
the life of your party or send Seymour. Of course, she will choose
to let you live and she will marry Seymour! Now, Seymour will tell
his guard to kill you and Yuna will do a "distraction" to let you
escape.

You will find yourself at the top of some circular stairs, examine
the panel at the top and you will soon find yourself down the stairs.
Don't miss the Al Bhed Primer vol. XXII down the stairs, just before
the Cloister of Trials. It will be the FIRST and LAST time you will
be able to go there.

BEVELLE CLOISTER OF TRIALS
--------------------------

Note : This will be the first and LAST TIME YOU CAN COME TO 
THIS CLOISTER OF TRIAL. You CANNOT go back after so I SUGGEST
you do it well. Also, it's not important to pick ANY treasure
chests for this area if you want to do the ANIMA Side Quest.

This is the most difficult Cloister of Trial yet, this is why
I will draw a map for this Trial. I will try to put key points,
so I can explain to you what to do and where to go.
            
             S               A
            | |             | |
            | |             |  --------------|3
            | |             |  --------------|3
            | |             | |
            | |             | |
            | |             | |
            | |             |  --------------|4
            | |             |  --------------|4
            | |             | |  
            | |             | |              |E|
            | |             | |              | |
         ---| |---          |  ------5-------  |
        |   | |   |         |  ------5---------
        | 2 | | 1 |         | |                 
        |   | |   |         | |                
         ---   ---          | |  |----------------|
            | |             | |  |--------------  |                
            | |             | |                 | |
            |  -------------   -----------------  |
            |  -------------| |-------------------|
            | |             | |
            | |              A
            | |
             S

First of all, at each intersection point, there is a glyph on the
ground with arrow that points each direction that are possible to
go. Press the X Button when the arrow points in the direction you
want to go to that direction. Now with that in mind. Start at the
S point. At the first intersection, head right and follow the path
to the bottom. Take the Bevelle Sphere from that point and insert
it in the Pedestal. Push the Pedestal on the path and 
ride the moving platform to the S Point. Continue up this time and
go to point 1. Take a sphere from the Pedestal and insert it in
the slot there to make a new section of the Cloister appear. Push
the Pedestal back on the path again and ride it again. At the end 
of the top path, use the glyph to turn 180 degree and head down. At 
the middle glyph, turn right to go to point number 2. There, remove 
the Bevelle Sphere and put it in the Pedestal, then, push the 
pedestal on the path and ride the platform to the north point S to 
start at the bottom point S. At the first glyph you see, turn right 
and go down to the lower area. Turn left at the first intersection 
you see and head to the end of the path. Ignore the first two 
intersections and turn right  at the last glyph to go to point 3. 
Take one of the sphere from the Pedestal and put it inside the slot 
there. You will open a new path with a purple glyph. Push the pedestal
back on the track and ride it to point A north. You will start back at 
point A South. Ride the platform to point 4 and the Glyph Sphere 
there. Insert it in the pedestal and get back on the track. Return 
to point 3 and insert the Glyph Sphere to obtain the Destruction Sphere. 
Take it and go back on the platform and return to point A south. From 
there, go to point 4 and insert the Destruction Sphere in the slot from 
where you have previously picked the Glyph Sphere. You will open a 
brand new path. Ride the platform to point 3 and take the Bevelle 
Sphere that you have inserted there. Now, return to point A south and 
at the second glyph, turn right to point 5. There, push the pedestal 
towards the new area and hop on the platform. You will now be at the 
bottom of a stairway. Ascend it and pick up the HP Sphere in a chest
there. The treasure chest will disappear revealing a switch on the 
floor. Step on it to make the pedestal appear near you. Take a Bevelle 
Sphere from the pedestal and insert it in the slot to open a new path 
on the left. Push the pedestal to the left and ride it to find a chest 
with a Knight Lance. Step on the platform again and go to the bridge on 
the right. Congratulations, you have completed the hardest Cloister of 
Trials in the game!

You will meet Yuna in the Chamber of the Fayth and you will soon be 
captured and then sentenced to the Via Purifico. You party will be
separated from there, but first, you will have control of Yuna.

She will be on herself all alone in a maze. First, head east and north
and you will encounter Kimahri. He will join Yuna, so the fight will
be a little easier from now on. Move left from where you have met
Kimahri and pick up the Mega-Potion in a chest there. Next, follow
the path north and you will soon meet Auron in front of a save sphere.
From there, continue west to come across a T-Intersection. Go straight
and you will reach a locked room with a few treasure chests inside. Now,
return to the T-Intersection and go south, follow the path until you 
reach a Teleport pad on the ground. Turn right to meet Lulu at the 
end of the path. You can also pick up a chest with a Magic Sphere. 
Next, continue south from where you have met Lulu and you will reach a 
dead end. Pick up the Elixir there and go back until you reach an
intersection. Go right and you will soon be at your starting point.
Once you reach the save sphere, head north and head right at the
intersection to pick up a Black Magic Sphere. Now, the floor glyph
will be active, step on it, the teleport pad will be moved to a new
location. Return to where you have met Auron and head west from that
point, use the teleport pad and you will be inside the room. Pick up
a Skill Sphere and a Lucid Sphere there. Now return to where you have
met Auron and head north to towards the exit. You will soon be stopped
by Isaaru and his Aeons.

               !!!!! BOSS : ISAARU'S AEONS : BOSS !!!!!

                HP : ?                     AP : 6000
             Weakness : Ice            Steal : Nothing

This is a pretty easy fight. Isaaru will start out by summoning 
Grothia, a.k.a. Ifrit. Use Shiva for this first fight. Since you
have more speed than Ifrit, you will be able to attack him and
heal yourself. Cast Blizzara on him and if you need to, cast
Blizzara on yourself. If Ifrit as his Overdrive, just use Shiva's
Shield and you will be fine. Is next summon is Pterya a.k.a. 
Valefor. Use the same strategy that you used to defeat Ifrit and
you will be more than fine. Is last Aeon is Spathi a.k.a. Bahamut.
Use Shiva yet again for this fight or use Ixion if you like. 
Bahamut will attack with a special attack and he will begin a
countdown. When it reaches zero, it will use its Mega Flare, so
use your aeon's Shield. Use Black Magic to heal yourself and 
continue attacking him and he should go down after not much time.

                        !!!!! END BOSS !!!!!

When you have defeated Isaaru, you will be in control of Tidus,
Wakka and Rikku. You are underwater, so get prepare to fight
underwater monsters, duh. The path is linear, so continue it
until you reach another save sphere, don't bother saving since
you will fight the easiest boss in the game.


                !!!!! BOSS : EVRAE ALTANA : BOSS !!!!!
                 HP : 16 384                AP : 5800
              Weakness : Life            Steal : Water Gem

First, steal is Water Gem with Rikku, then use a Phoenix Down
with either Tidus or Wakka and the boss will die :).

                         !!!!! END BOSS !!!!!

When the battle ends, continue on the underwater path and pick up
the two chests there for a Rematch located not to far from the
Save Sphere and an Avenger located right after the east turn.
Follow the path to the High Bridge.

Your party will reunite, but Seymour crash the happiness when he
transforms in Seymour Natus. Kimahri will sacrifice himself to
hold Seymour, but Yuna cannot accept that and your party will
be forced to come back to help Kimahri. There are two save
spheres there, one at the beginning of the bridge and another
one at the end. I suggest you level up a little there and also,
you should get in Overdrive mode with two or three aeons. This
will make the fight a piece of cake. Once you are ready, save
at the sphere located at the end of the bridge then go north to
meet Seymour Natus. 


                !!!!! BOSS : SEYMOUR NATUS : BOSS !!!!!

                 HP : 36 000                AP : 6300
               Weakness : None         Steal : Tetra Elemental

First use your Trigger Commands with Tidus, Yuna and Auron since
it will boost your attributes. Start by using your characters
Overdrive if they are available. Just don't touch Mortibody yet!
After you have used all of your Overdrives, hurt Seymour until
he is at 20 000 of HP. But, beware of its attacks since it can
caste some multi-spells or Flare magic. Also, he can petrify one
of your character. If that happens, use a soft to cure them. When
Seymour is at 20 000, use your aeons Overdrives. It should deal
about 8000 HP of damage on Mortibody and Seymour. Since Mortibody
will die, it will absorb 4000 HP of Seymour, so Seymour will now
be at 8000 HP. He will then kill your Aeon with one blow. Now,
use your next Aeon and use your Overdrive on him to finish him
off.


================================================
Strategy from Raiyan Khan, cigarz@presidency.com
================================================

This only works if you can compile all 26 Al Bhed Primers on the 
airship before the Evrae battle.  If you have all 26 then talk to 
Rin and he will give you 99 Underdogs Secrets. When the battle comes 
around against Seymour, all you need is Rikku's Overdrive, another 
character Overdrive (usually Tidus), and of course either a Grand 
Summon or have any one of the aeons at Overdrive. Just start off by 
combining two Underdogs Secrets to do Sunbeam, Tidus's Overdrive next, 
and then lastly an aeon Overdrive. The battle took me less than 2 
minutes...


                         !!!!! END BOSS !!!!!

After the fight, you will find yourself at Macalania Woods. Save
your game and head south through the crossroads. You will meet
Kimahri there. Talk to him, then go past Kimahri to meet Yuna at
the pond. We will see a CG Movie showing their first kiss, really
romantic... Anyway, once it's done, return to your party with 
Yuna and after some scenes, you will go to sleep.

====================================================================
THE CALM LANDS

Party : Tidus, Yuna, Wakka, Lulu, Kimahri, Auron, Rikku
Enemies : Anacondaur, Chimera Brain, Coeurl, Dark Element, Defender, 
          Defender X, Epaaj, Flame Flan, Ghost, Imp, Magic Urn, 
          Malboro, Mech Hunter, Mech Scouter, Nebiros, Nidhogg, 
          Ogre, Shred, Skoll, Thorn, Valaha, Yowie.
Items : X-Potion (X2), Mega-Potion (X2), Megalixir, Farplane Winds
        (X60), Power Sphere (X30), Fortune Sphere, MP Sphere, 
        Lv.2 Key Sphere, 5000 Gil, 10000 Gil.
Equipments : Lucid Ring, Flexible Arm.
Key Items : Al Bhed Primer vol. XXIII, XXIV, XXV, Aeon's Soul, Rusty
            Sword.
====================================================================

When you wake up in the morning, return to the Campsite and you will
be able to pick up a Lucid Ring located at the top-right corner of
the Map. Next, return to the crossroads and head right until you
find yourself in a HUGE area called the Calm Lands.

There is a couple of Side Quests there, I will list them here and
go to the Side Quests section for more information on them. 

--- The Monster Arena ---

You can find it in the middle-east of the Calm Lands Map. This is
a Crusaders ancient training area. Your job there is to capture
escaped fiends. Agree to help him and he will sell you weapons
with the Capture ability equipped to them. Buy the weapons to your
top three fighters and customize them like you want. Now, you will
need to capture nine fiends that roam in the Calm Lands area. 
Once you have captured those fiends, return to him and he will 
make a treasure chest that you won't be able to open until later
in the game. Speak to him again and he will give you sixty Farplane
Winds. For more information on that, look in the Side Quest section. 


--- Chocobo Training ---

You can also train Chocobos in that area, speak to the women on
the chocobos and she will let you train one. For more information,
look in the Side Quest section.


--- Remiem Temple ---

You can reach this Temple with a chocobo, the exact location is
in the Side Quest section. You can pick up an Al Bhed Primer
Vol. XXIV there. Again, look in the Side Quest section for more
information.

Now, on with the story... From the entrance to the Calm Lands, 
head left until you meet Maechen. He will tell you more about
the history of the Calm Lands. Once you are down the ramp, stick
on the wall to the south and head right. You will find two chests
at the end with 5000 Gil and 10000 Gil inside them. Next, go in
the upper-left corner of the map to meet Belgemine. She will 
challenge you one more time. She will use Shiva, so use your 
Ixion or Bahamut if he has is Overdrive. Use Ixion's Black Magic
to heal himself when it's needed and keep attacking Ifrit.
If you defeat her, she will reward you with thirty Power Spheres.
Win or lose, she will give you the Aeon's Soul. You will now be
able to upgrade your Aeon's Attribute with that Key Item.

Next, continue to the northwest corner to find the Al Bhed Primer
Vol. XXIII near the cliff's edge. Once you have completed all of
those side areas, head to where the save sphere is. Enter there
and you will meet Zuke. Lulu was the guardian of Father Zuke in
the past. Zuke will tell your party that he has the order to
kill you, but hopefully he won't and he will just go away. Once
you have control of Tidus, talk to everybody, then save your 
game. Now, exit the trading post and run around it to find a
chest with a Lv.2 Key Sphere inside.

Now, exit the Calm Lands by the northeast canyon and use the 
save sphere there. As you attempt to cross the bridge, some
Guado Guardians will make you fight one hell of a monster.


                !!!!! BOSS : DEFENDER X : BOSS !!!!!

                 HP : 64 000                AP : 6600
             Weakness : None         Steal : Lunar Curtain

This is a really a tough boss, start out by using Tidus, Yuna and Auron. 
Use Auron's Armor Break and Mental Break on the boss, them keep hitting
him with physical attacks. Have Tidus cast Haste on the party and have
Yuna heal and cast Protect on the Party. Once Tidus has done its job,
bring Lulu in the party and use spells like Wateraga if available. Keep,
your characters healthy and beware of it's Haymaker Attack. 

                         !!!!! END BOSS !!!!!

Once this Boss dies, cross the bridge and then, head to the right side
of it. There is a ramp that descends in the gorge. Head there to find the
Cavern of the Stolen Fayth. You can do this Side Quest right now if you
want, just go in the Side Quest Section to have an explanation on how
to complete it. You can also pick up the Rusty Sword there, now, once
you are done, return to the bridge and cross it to arrive at Mt. Gagazet.


====================================================================
Mt. Gagazet

Party : Tidus, Yuna, Wakka, Lulu, Kimahri, Auron, Rikku
Enemies : Achelous, Ahriman, Bandersnatch, Bashura, Behemoth, Biran, 
          Dark Flan, Grat, Grenade, Grendel, Imp, Maelspike, 
          Mandragora, Mech Defender, Mech Leader, Mortiorchis, 
          Nidhogg, Sanctuary Keeper, Seymour Flux, Splasher, Yenke 
Items : Mega-Potion (X2), Lv.1 Key Sphere, Lv.4 Key Sphere, 
        HP Sphere, Fortune Sphere, Return Sphere, 20000 Gil. 
Equipments : Defending Bracer, Recovery Ring, Star Armguard.
Key Items : Braska's Sphere
====================================================================

As you enter Mt. Gagazet, the Ronso will stop you. Father Zuke 
was right, you are really Traitors. Yuna will soon gain the permission 
to pass the Mt. Gagazet Mountain and you will regain control of your
party. Talk to everybody first and buy a lot of Holy Waters
from the Ronso that sells items. Once you are ready, head up to be 
stopped by Biran and Yenke. It seems that Kimahri cannot pass since
he is not strong enough. You will then enter in a fight against both
Biran and Yenke.


                !!!!! BOSS : BIRAN & YENKE : BOSS !!!!!

                HP : Varies               AP : 9000
              Weakness : None       Steal : Lv.3 Key Sphere

You will be all alone with Kimahri in this fight. For the first turn, don't
bother hitting them since it they will protect themselves. Once trapped in
the middle of them, start by concentrating your attacks on one Ronso. Also,
don't forget to use your Lancet Ability numerous times on them since they
will give you a lot of abilities. Once one Ronso is down, the other one
will use Berserk on himself. So attack him with all you got and heal 
yourself when you need it. They should be down in no time.

                         !!!!! END BOSS !!!!!

As you defeat Biran and Yenke, you will have some other scenes, the Ronsos
will want to honor lady Yuna by making a statue for her. They will also
honor Kimahri by telling the mount how strong his Kimahri. When you
regain control of your party, head north and you will see another scene
with the Ronsos chanting the Hymn of the Fayth. When you start, go directly
to your right and jump on the top ledge to pick up a chest with 20000 Gil
inside. Now, continue up and keep your eyes open for a chest with two
Mega-Potion in a chest on the left side. Now, proceed up the path and you
will soon encounter a grave of a fallen summoner. Next, continue up the
path until you see a narrow path leading north, go there and you will find
the Braska's Sphere lying on the ground. Watch it to hear Braska's last
words to Yuna. Next, continue on the path until you reach a T-Intersection,
continue straight ahead on that path and you will soon encounter a chest 
with a Defending Bracer inside. Go back to the T-Intersection and head
north. Continue on the path until you meet Wantz, O'Aka's Brother. You can
buy items from him if you like. Next, descend the ramp and go south. Look
there for a small area under the path and you will find two treasure 
chests there, one with an HP Sphere and another one with a Lv.4 Key Sphere.
Now, continue on the path until you reach a save sphere. I suggest you 
boost three Aeons Overdrives for the upcoming fight, since it will be a
tough one. Don't forget to spend any S.Lvl that you have. Once you feel
confident enough, save your game then head north. You will see a little
conversation between Tidus and Rikku. As you Tidus's attempts to leave
the area, Seymour will be right behind him and he has a little surprise
for Kimahri. Also, it seems that Seymour wants to become Sin to "help"
Spira. Anyway, the bottom line is you got to fight him again...


                 !!!!! BOSS : SEYMOUR FLUX : BOSS !!!!!

               HP : 70000                   AP : 10000
             Weakness : None              Steal : Elixir

This is another hard boss. Seymour is always hard to defeat and this time
he is a lot harder than is previous forms. I hope you have your Overdrives
with your Aeons! Just at the beginning of the battle, he will use is Lance
of Atrophy on one character, that will make him in the Zombie Status, then
if you haven't the time to cure it, he will use Full-Life on your character,
so that's one out. Cast Hastega on your party if available, then hurt him
until he cast Protect on himself. Also, when Seymour cast Dispel on your
party, it means that is strong attack is coming up, so defend with 
all your characters. Anyway, once he has the Protect Status effect, cast
Dispel on him and keep using the same strategy. After a while, the camera
angle will change and it's time to bring Yuna to your party. Start by 
using Shiva's Overdrive on him, it will do 9999 HP of damage plus 4000 
since Mortibody will die with him. So that's 13000 HP down good. Now,
he will kill your summon. With Yuna, don't summon another Aeon yet. Cast
Shell on the character that has the more HP in your party and witness it's
attack. Everyone will dies except the one with the Shell status effect. Use
a Mega Phoenix on your party and when you have control of Yuna, use your
Aeons Overdrives to finish the job.

                         !!!!! END BOSS !!!!!

After the boss dies, head north and you will have a couple of more scenes.
Tidus will fell unconscious and he will wake up in Zanarkand ?! Anyway,
head inside the door there to meet a strange little guy. Some very sad
revelations will be made there and believe me you will be shocked! Once,
the Fayth leaves the house, follow him outside then listen to him again
and you will wake up. Once you regain control of your party, head north
in the Cavern. Go north and you will come across a Save Sphere, save
because there are some really tough monsters out there, like the Dark
Flan. To dispose of him, simply use your Zombie Attack with Auron, then
use a Phoenix Down on him. Anyway, you can't go north of the Save Sphere,
because there is a hole there. So head up the path on the left until
you reach a water area. Now, Tidus, Wakka and Rikku will be on their own.
Continue to the end of the path and you will witness the First Trial. 
You will need to press the X Button and throw the ball through the little
opening of the rotating shield. Once you complete the trial, a little 
chest with a Lv.1 Key Sphere will appear in front of you. Now, go back
to the Save Sphere and you will notice that the hole have been replaced
by a stairway. Ascend the stairs and continue north to reach another 
Underwater area. Follow the underwater path to the Second Trial, you
will need to select one character to push one sphere. Use Rikku to
push the Green Sphere, Tidus to push the Blue Sphere, and Wakka to
push the Red Sphere. Once you have completed the Trial, pick up the chest
for a Fortune Chest. Now, return to the Save Sphere again. Head right
from the save sphere and go to the end of the path to pick up two chests
with a Return Sphere and a Recovery Ring. Next, return to the Save Sphere.
Head northwest this time. You will notice that yet another passage have
been created to the right. Go there and pick up the Star Armguard in a
chest there.

Now, return to the Save Sphere and go northeast. You will notice that 
there is a new path on the left. Head up of it and you will see a 
scene between Yuna and Auron. They will talk about Yunalesca and the
guardian of this Cavern. Now, near the exit, there will be a Save Point.
I suggest you charge up Yuna's Overdrive since there is another Boss 
coming up.


                !!!!! BOSS : SANCTUARY KEEPER : BOSS !!!!!

                  HP : 40000                 AP : 11000
                Weakness : None           Steal : Turbo Ether

This fight can be a real tough one if you don't know how to proceed. First,
he will use his Photon Wings on your party. It can put all your characters,
in confusion, curse, darkness, etc. So bring Yuna and start healing your 
characters. Then, cast Reflect on the Boss, because if you don't he will
cast Curaga on himself. He will still cast it, but now it will be reflected
towards your characters. Next, cast Hastega on your party if you have it.
Attack him in full force. I don't know if Armor Break work, you should try
it. When he is low on HP, use Yuna to summon an Aeon and try to finish him
off with an Overdrive. Take note that Holy Water only will remove the Curse
Status Effect on your characters...

                         !!!!! END BOSS !!!!!

After the fight, move north and Yuna will drop a Sphere of her own. Look
inside to hear her final words to the party. Once you have viewed it, 
continue north into Zanarkand.

====================================================================
ZANARKAND

Party : Tidus, Yuna, Wakka, Lulu, Kimahri, Auron, Rikku
Enemies : Ahriman, Bashura, Behemoth, Dark Flan, Defender Z, Fallen
          Monk, Grendel, Mandragora, Spectral Keeper, YAT-95, YKT-11, 
          Yunalesca.
Items : Lv.3 Key Sphere, Fortune Sphere, Friend Sphere, Luck Sphere,
        10000 Gil. 
Equipments : Spiritual Targe
Key Items : Sun Crest
====================================================================

This isn't really a hard place, since it's linear... anyway, once you
enter Zanarkand, you will see FFX opening scene, so if you haven't 
figured it out, it seems that all you have done was part of the past.
Now, on to the present and future! Once you gain control of your 
characters, continue up the path and look for a chest with 10000 Gil,
in a secret area to the right. Continue up the path until you see
a scene with Seymour when he was a child. After the scene, head right
and pick the Friend Sphere at the end of the path. Next, continue
up until you reach an area full of debris and look for a ramp that goes
down to pick up a Lv.3 Key Sphere. Next, continue up the path and 
enter the dome at the far end. On your way through, you will encounter
a lot of scenes of past summoners and their guardians including Braska, 
Auron and Jecht. Anyway, keep your eyes open for a Luck Sphere lying
on the ground located in the same area than the Save Sphere is located.
Now head north into another Cloister of Trials. 

This Cloister of Trials is like Tetris, really :). You have blocks 
located on the map in front of the entrance and you need to step on
the floor panels to activate the blocks. You must only active the
one on the map though, because if you activate a block that is not
on the map, you will need to start again. If you want to know how
the blocks are disposed on the floor, just examine the Map and you
will see every blocks. Anyway, complete the first puzzle to open 
up a new area. Now, notice that there are six pedestals in the first
room, three on the left and three on the right. You cannot push the
pedestals in the middle. Now, push one pedestal and go in the new
area to see another map displayed. Examine it to see how the blocks
are disposed in the room. Next, complete the puzzle and return to
the first room and push another Pedestal. Repeat the process until
there are only the middle Pedestals. Now, go back in the second
room and take the Kilika Sphere from the left side of the screen
and insert the Kilika Sphere inside the left pedestal. Now, return
the second chamber and pick up the Besaid Sphere and insert
it inside the right pedestal. The puzzle will now be complete and
a Save Sphere will appear. Save your game then return to the second
room, examine the platform to fight a tough boss.


              !!!!! BOSS : SPECTRAL KEEPER : BOSS !!!!!

                 HP : 52000                AP : 12000
              Weakness : None            Steal : Turbo Ether

This is a pretty easy boss, you just need to know how to defeat it. You
will notice that every character has Trigger Commands in this battle. 
Before attacking the Boss, you should know that he will counterattack
the three circles in front of him. To dodge that attack, move to the
three circles behind him. Also, he will use its Berserk Tail after
each turn. That will put a character in Berserk of course and you
will lose control of that character, so that's not a good thing. You
must cure that character before doing anything else. Now,
cast Hastega with Tidus and quickly move behind the Boss with all 
your characters. You should be able to hit him a little. Cast protect
on each characters with Yuna. Now, it him when you can and after you
have done enough damage, Glyph Mines will start to appear on the field.
If you stand on the Glyph Mine when it is exploding, it will instantly
kill one of your character. So keep moving, hurting the boss and healing
to defeat the boss after a while. 

============================
Strategy from trunks2@rn.com 
============================

"This boss is totally easy, if you have used Yuna through the whole game 
then make sure that Bahamut has his Mega Flare ready to use and knows 
haste. Cast haste in the beginning and you do not have to worry about 
the glyph mine going off before you use Mega Flare. Then use Mega Flare, 
and if you have used her through the entire game, you will do 55,000+ 
Damage to him and instantly kill him. Too Easy."

==========================================
Strategy from Tim, beatingsoul@hotmail.com
==========================================

"After fighting him the 20th time I started right away using armor and
mental break, then casting reflect. I then summoned Bahamut and used his
limit break, then dismissed (once I got a turn, geeez) kept my party
healed with Al Bed potions till Yuna's turn, then summoned Shiva, used
limit break, got lucky with his return attack (he charged twice) then
used Heavenly strike. Every time I used it he was pushed back, and he
was not able to make another move. I will try this from the start of the
battle maybe tomorrow, if it works, well, you can see the benefit. This
took me less than 5 minutes and only 4 times around the party."


                         !!!!! END BOSS !!!!!

After the fight, you will go down the platform. After a scene with the
priest, head north to meet Lady Yunalesca. You will then learn the 
truth about the Final Aeon. It seems that one of your party members
must be the sacrifice to become the Final Aeon and it seems that the
Final Aeon will then become Sin. So that's why Jecht is Sin. When she
is done talking and you regain control of Tidus, go back to the previous
room and save your game. Then follow Lady Yunalesca at the top of the
stairs. After some scenes, Auron and your party will defy Yunalesca...


                    !!!!! BOSS : YUNALESCA BOSS : !!!!!

                     HP :                 AP : 14000
               1st Form : 24000
               2nd Form : 48000
               3rd Form : 60000

                Weakness : None        Steal : Stamina Tablet

This boss has three forms, but don't worry, only the last form his hard.
First, start out by using Tidus, Yuna and your most powerful physical
hitter. Cast Haste and Reflect on him and make him attack Yunalesca. 
She doesn't have many HP on her first form so you should be fine. Also,
she has two attacks, one turn she will attack you with her hands dealing
a small amount of damage thus removing any good status effect on a character
and then she will absorb one of your characters HP. If she happens to remove
your big hitter good status, recast Reflect and Haste on him. Keep hitting
her until her first form is dead. Now, she will reveal her second form. 
It is pretty easy to kill yet again, but there is one little problem. She
will use HellBitter and your characters will find themselves in the Zombie
Status. Don't cure this status until you really need it, you will see why
later. Now, keep hitting her with all your most powerful attacks and spells
until she goes down and reveals her true form.
This is the hardest form yet and it has a lot of HP too. At her first turn,
she will cast Mega Death and if any of your characters aren't in the Zombie
Status, they will die. So that's why I told you to stay in that status. 
Next, attack her in full force and use Aeons if you fell that you need them.
She will also use a Mind Break on your character and your party will be
confused. Anyway, cast Protect and Haste on all your party and hit her
with all you got. She should go down after a while.


==============================
Strategy from Raynier Martinez
==============================

"Yunalesca is VERY VERY easy to defeat.

Just make sure Yuna has learned HOLY and have a few ETHERS or TURBO-ETHERS 
available. Each casting of HOLY deals 9999 damage to each of the 3 forms 
Yunalesca takes on. The other two party members can just remove status 
ailments and attack as needed. Equip Yuna with a Deathproof and Zombie
proof ring and this fight takes less than 10 minutes.

If Yuna hasn't learned Holy, use a Teleport sphere to get her within 2
or 3 spheres from it (from Rikku's path, I believe).  You will need a L3
key sphere to get to it this way, but this makes the fight with
Yunalesca extremely easy."


                         !!!!! END BOSS !!!!!

Once Lady Yunalesca is defeated, look in the upper right corner for the
Sun Crest, then exit the room. Auron will talk to you, he will explain
you who he is and why he is protecting Tidus. After the scene, head 
outside and the Airship will come to pick you up.

====================================================================
AIRSHIP & THE HIGHBRIDGE

Party : Tidus, Yuna, Wakka, Lulu, Kimahri, Auron, Rikku
Enemies : None
Items : None
Equipments : None
Key Items : None
====================================================================

Here, witness the events with your party. Talk to everybody, including
Cid, then save your game. A new option will be available when you save.
Now, you will be able to board your ship from a save point. Now, leave
the bridge and head to the outside deck to meet Kimahri and Yuna. 
Kimahri will tell Tidus to head to the Highbridge in Bevelle, so 
return to Cid. Wakka and Rikku will have founded an idea too and it's
to play the Hymn of the Fayth to calm Sin. Next, talk to Cid and you
will be able to travel on the World Map. Select List for now and head
to the Highbridge in Bevelle!

The guards there will soon stop you, but Shelinda, the new
captain of the guards will come to rescue you. Maester Mika will then
receive you and after a long talk about Yunalesca and the future of
Spira, Mika will disappear. You will then be in the Chamber of the
Fayth. He will tell Yuna and Tidus about Yu Yevon and he will ask
you if you have a plan. Choose the first option to tell him you will
use the Hymn as a plan. After that, he will remind you that the 
Fayths will stop dreaming. As you leave Bevelle, you will talk to 
Shelinda about the Hymn, she will have everybody in Spira to sing
the Hymn when your airship will sing it. 

Next, you will be able to fight Sin. This is the BEST time to do
the Side Quest since it will level up your characters. Go to the
Side Quest section for more details. 

Once you are ready, talk to Cid and head to Sin...

Head to the outside deck and after Tidus throws Yuna sphere away, Sin
will attack and you will fight him.


             !!!!! BOSS : LEFT FIN , RIGHT FIN : BOSS !!!!!

               HP : 65000                  AP : 17000 each
            Weakness : None         Steal : Mega-Potion/Shining Gem

You will have too kill two similar boss in two separate fights. I will
only do this strategy once, since it's the same fight the two times 
through. First, you are on you're Airship, so you have the same trigger
commands as in Evrae fight. Use Tidus to bring the airship near Sin on 
your first turn, then cast Hastega on your party. Use Auron to deal damage
on him and bring Rikku in to heal the party. Once Tidus as done it's 
Hastega job, just make him use its Quick Hit ability on the Boss. When
you get a message telling you that the Core is gathering energy, quickly
Pull back the ship, since it's attack will drop your HP to the 1/4. Once
he has done its attack, get closer to Sin and keep hurting him with 
physical attacks. Repeat the process until he dies. After a scene, you
will have to fight the Right Fin, so repeat the same strategy on this
boss.

                         !!!!! END BOSS !!!!!

After both fights, you will need to fight Sin's weak point :


             !!!!! BOSS : SIN, SINSPAWN GENAIS : BOSS !!!!!

         HP : 36000, 20000                    AP : 20500
      Weakness : Fire (Genais)     Steal : Stamina Spring, Star Curtain

This can be a hard fight if you don't know how to proceed. First, take
care of Sinspawn Genais, since he will absorb any magic casted to Sin. 
His attacks are pretty simple, so you shouldn't have any problem taking
care of him. Once he is out, you'll face Sin. Use Auron's Armor Break
on him and use Lulu DoubleCast to use your strongest Magic. Cast Holy
if possible and use Rikku's Al Bhed Potion if needed. Use your aeons if 
it's really needed, but I don't think you are going to need them. Keep
attacking him until he is out.

                         !!!!! END BOSS !!!!!

After those fights, Sin will go down and he will crash near Bevelle. Take
that opportunity to save your game and spend you S.Lvl. Next, head to the
outside deck and talk to Yuna, next, return inside the ship and speak to
everybody. Finally head to the bridge and speak to everybody, just be sure
to talk to Rikku lastly. When you talk to Rikku, you will notice that Sin
is awaiting for Tidus. Save your game and head to the Outside deck.


                     !!!!! BOSS : SIN : BOSS !!!!!

                HP : 140000                AP : 20000
              Weakness : None           Steal : Supreme Gem

This Boss can be really hard if your characters are not too strong. First
use Lulu, Tidus and Auron. Use Tidus on his first turn to cast Hastega on
your party. Then, your airship will be drawn at Sin. Use Lulu Magic Spell
on the Boss and then, once you are able to hit him with physical attacks,
switch Lulu to Wakka. Use Auron's Armor Break and keep hurting him with all
you got. Just pray Lady Luck that is Counter Attack doesn't Petrify or 
Confuse any of your characters and if you are lucky, he will be down on your
first time through. If Sin has its Overdrive, it's Game Over for you.

                         !!!!! END BOSS !!!!!


====================================================================
INSIDE SIN

Party : Tidus, Yuna, Wakka, Lulu, Kimahri, Auron, Rikku
Enemies : Seymour Omnis
Items : Elixir, Lv.3 Key Sphere, 20 000 Gil, HP Sphere, Defense 
        Sphere, Lv.4 Key Sphere, Attribute Sphere, Wht Magic Sphere,
        Special Sphere.
Equipments : Wizard Lance, Four-on-One, Laevatein, Prism Ball, 
             Knight Lance, Stillblade, Mage's Staff, Infinity, 
             Wicked Cait Sith, Hrunting, Defending Bracer, Phantom
             Ring.
Key Items : None
====================================================================

Once you have destroyed Sin, your ship will head inside Sin. You will
disembark your ship and find yourself inside a mist area. You can 
still board your airship, so don't worry about that! Now, head north
and follow the path until you reach an intersection. Note that the 
map draws as you walk, so you don't actually see it. From the inter-
section, head left until you reach a T-Intersection. Continue left
to find a chest with a Special Sphere inside. Continue left again
until you reach a small alcove on the left side of the screen and 
you can pick up a Phantom Ring there. Now, continue north past the
first intersection and after a while you should see another one. Head
to the northwest to find a chest with an Elixir inside. Now, return
to the intersection and go up the other path until you reach yet
again another intersection. Head south first to the end of the path
and you will find a chest with a Wizard Lance. Return to the 
intersection and head right, follow the path until you reach a chest
with a Lv.3 Key Sphere inside. Next, follow the path to the north 
and you should reach a Save Sphere. Save your game because there is
a tough boss coming up!


                 !!!!! BOSS : SEYMOUR OMNIS : BOSS !!!!!

                HP : 80000                    AP : 24000
            Weakness : Varies             Steal : Shining Gem

First, start this battle with Auron, Yuna and Tidus. Have Tidus cast 
Hastega as usually. Also, have Auron use its Armor Break, Mental Break
on Seymour. Have Yuna heal and use Nul Spells on your party. Now, notice
the wheels behind Seymour. They determine it's elemental property. Now,
attack him with the opposite element. Now, keep using physical and magic
attacks on him and after a while, he will attack the Mortiphams behind
him, thus shifting it's elemental property. When that occurs, use Wakka
to strike the highest Mortiphasm and use Auron/Tidus to it the Mortiphasms
on the ground. When the four orbs of the same color are lined again, use
Lulu's DoubleCasting and use an Aeon if you like. Beware that when Seymour
cast Dispel, he will use a powerful Ultima on your party. Keep using that
strategy and he will be out in no time...

                         !!!!! END BOSS !!!!!

After the fight, Yuna will send Seymour and you will defeat him for good.
Continue up to the next area. Now, head right at the intersection to find
a glyph on the wall. Examine it and you will see a message telling you to
kill ten fiends to open the door. After killing the number of required 
fiends, return to the glyph and pick up the Lv.4 Key Sphere. Now, continue
up the path until you reach a platform with a Yevon symbol on it. Step on 
it and you will be transported to an area where you can pick a chest with
a Four-On-One inside. Across the chest is a bridge that looks like a wall.
Push it and cross it to find a chest with a Defending Bracer. Now, head up
the path and look for a ramp that goes down. In that area, you can pick a
chest with 20 000 Gil. Next, step on the platform near the chest and you
will access yet another secret area with an HP Sphere and a Defense Sphere.
Next, return to the main path and head left and you should find a chest with
a Megalixir. Head northeast from the main path and look for an alcove near
the south wall for another ramp that goes down. There, you can find a chest
with a Laevatein inside. Now, head back up from the north wall, just press
the X Button when it appears to go up. Head left from the top to find a 
Save Sphere. It will be the last Save Point in the game, so I suggest 
you to save. Continue north a large tower will crash on the ground. Head
north and examine it to find yourself in a circular area. You need to 
pick up ten chests there. Beware, the chests aren't on the screen too
long. Also, if you hit the crystals coming up from the ground, you will
be in a fight. Now, once you have all ten treasure chests, you will be
transported right in front of Jecht. Spend your S.Lvl and equip your best
equipments. Go north to meet Jecht and a long talk between him and his
son will happen. After a while the final fight will begin...


              !!!!! BOSS : BRASKA'S FINAL AEON : BOSS !!!!!

The final boss and not the hardest one, believe me. If you took the time
to level up a little, you shouldn't have a lot of trouble beating him.
First, cast Hastega on your party, then with Auron, use Zombie Attack
on Braska. If it works, the Padoga won't heal him for one turn. If you
have your Legendary Weapon with all your characters and have leveled up
a little in the Omega Ruins, you should deal more than 9999 HP of damage,
so only four or five turns should be more than enough to kill it's first
form. Now, he will transform in it's second form he now has a huge sword
in it's possession. He can attack all your characters at the same time
with it, dealing 3000 HP of damage on each. Use some Mega-Potion after
that attack and keep hurting him. Once is Overdrive gauge is almost full,
use Tidus Trigger Command to Talk and is Overdrive gauge will go down. 
Once he is low on HP, about 30000 HP, use Yuna Overdrive and summon 
Bahamut, Anima or The Magus Sisters to finish him off.

                         !!!!! END BOSS !!!!!

After the fight, some events will happen and you will fight Yu Yevon.
This is an event battle, so you cannot lose. First, you will have
to summon all of your aeons and kill them one by one. Then Yu Yevon
will show it's true form. It as 99,999 HP, but don't worry you can't
lose since all of you're characters have the Infinite Auto-Life
status equipped. Just use Zombie Attack on him and he will cure himself
with Curaga. Once he is out, witness the beautiful ending of the game!


                      ==========================
                       V. Side Quests / Secrets
                      ==========================

It's a good thing to start the Side-Quests once you have defeated 
Overdrive Sin. You can choose what you want to do, but I suggest
you start out by fighting for the Aeon Yojimbo, anyway here it 
goes !

======================================================================
Yojimbo's Sidequest

Party : Tidus, Yuna, Wakka, Lulu, Kimahri, Auron, Rikku
Items : Megalixir, Lv. 2 Key Sphere, Fortune Sphere, Mega-Potion
        (X2), MP Sphere, X-Potion (X2), Flexible Arm
Key Items : Al Bhed Primer Vol. XXV
======================================================================

To get to Yojimbo, go to the Calm Lands and head up where you have
fought Defender X. There descend on the gorge just before Mt. Gagazet.
You will be in the Cavern of the Stolen Fayth. Now make your way up
and turn right when you can, follow the path and you will see that
you can turn right into a small alley, go there and pick the chest
at the end for a Megalixir. Continue your way up until you see an
intersection, go right first and pick the chest at the end for
a Lv. 2 Key Sphere, now follow the path up and you will see an 
intersection. Go up first and pick the rare Fortune Sphere in a
chest there. Now go back to the intersection and go left this time.
Continue on that way to find another intersection. Go left and pick
up the Al Bhed Primer Vol. XXV. Continue on the path after that to
meet a Save Point and Save your game, because there is a tough 
boss coming up !

Continue on your way up to find the first summoner Lulu guarded.
The summoner is dead of course and you will need to fight her 
Yojimbo !

                !!!!! BOSS : YOJIMBO : BOSS !!!!!

                 HP : 33,000           AP : 0
               Weakness : None     Steal : Nothing

This is a pretty easy fight, use the fact that this boss has a
very low magic defense. So bring Lulu in the fight to cast 
your most powerful spells. Use Auron to use physical attack on
him and Yuna to heal your party. This is a pretty easy fight and
it's possible to beat him before he gets is Overdrive !

                    !!!!! END OF BOSS !!!!!

Once you have defeated it, continue up to find a teleport pad
on the ground. Before going up, head right and left for hidden
areas with three chests. You can pick up a Flexible Arm in the
left room and a MP Sphere plus two X-Potions in the right room.
Once you are ready, continue your way up and I hope you have a
lot of money.

You will meet Yojimbo and he will ask you money for his services.
First, select the option "To defeat the most powerful enemies" so
he will ask you a lower amount of Gil. Now, you can hire Yojimbo.
In my case, he asked me 300,000 Gil. Now, ask him 150,001 Gil, so
he will lower his price by 40 000 Gil, you can take that offer if
you want or try to bid a lower price. If at any point of the 
bid you offer him triple of the price he ask, he will give you
two teleport spheres and he will join your party. Great Job, you
have completed the first Side-Quests !

======================================================================
Anima's Sidequest

Party : Tidus, Yuna, Wakka, Lulu, Kimahri, Auron, Rikku
Items : Mega Phoenix (X4), Megalixir
Equipment : Magical Rod
Key Items : None
======================================================================

Okay, since I'm getting A TON of e-mails about this sidequest,
I will do it now. First of all, if you have missed any destruc-
tion sphere/chests, you can return to previous temples after you 
have talked to Maester Mika at Bevelle. To go there, talk to Cid
in your airship after you went to Zanarkand and after you have
defeated Yunalesca. You will be in your Airship, find Yuna and
talk to her, then return to Cid and talk to him, you will have
a new area on your World Map called the Highbridge. Go there 
and you will have the scene with Mika. He will die after 
sending himself to the Farplane. He thinks that Spira doesn't
have any hope left for them since Yunalesca died. 

Anyway, after the scene, you will be in the Chamber of the 
Fayth where you will meet a Fayth, how ironic :). He will
tell you more about Yu Yevon and why Sin always come back.

Once that scene is over, you will be able to return to 
previous temples and don't bother going to Bevelle since
you already used the Destruction Sphere there. You must
use it to exit the Cloister of Trials, even if you haven't
picked up the chests, it will automatically be included
in the quest. 

Once you have used every Destruction Sphere and picked up
every chests in previous temples, go talk to Cid in the 
Airship and head to Baaj Temple. You will be in the area you 
were at the beginning of the game. Go north there and dive 
in the water. Swim toward the entrance to the temple and a 
familiar boss will attack you...

                !!!!! BOSS : GEOSGAENO : BOSS !!!!!

                 HP : 32 767           AP : 4200
           Weakness : All Elements  Steal : Water Gem

This is a pretty easy boss, just beware of its Stone Punch
and KO Punch since it can petrify or kill your character with one
single blow. You have no choice but to use Rikku, Wakka and Tidus
for this fight. Since he can petrify all you character and knock
them out for the fight, you should equip armors with Stone Ward
or Stoneproof. Unleash all of your attacks as fast as you can
to put this boss in the books.

                    !!!!! END OF BOSS !!!!!

Once he is defeated, enter the temple by the entrance to the 
north. Head up into the Chamber of the Fayth. Look on the 
floor to find a Megalixir and four Mega-Potion, then you will
see three statues on the left wall and three others statues on
the right wall. Now examine each of the statues, since you have
used the Destruction Spheres in previous temples, five statues
will activate. Now, return to Zanarkand Temple to find the last
Destruction Sphere.

In the area with the floor puzzle, you will need to do a new puzzle.
In that puzzle, you need to activate every white blocks, there are
three in the first room and four in the second room. You will now
open a secret panel with a Destruction Sphere in it. Take it and
return to the monitor in the last chamber. Insert the destruction
sphere in one of the two slots there and the screen will blow up
revealing a chest with a Magical Rod. Once you have done that,
return to Baaj Temple. Now, the six statues will be activated and
you will be able to go in the Chamber of the Fayth. 

In the Chamber of the Fayth you will learn that the Fayth is 
Seymour's mother. She will explain you how Seymour's became
such an evil being. After the talking, you will acquire the
almighty Anima. 

======================================================================
The Magus Sisters Sidequest

Party : Tidus, Yuna, Wakka, Lulu, Kimahri, Auron, Rikku
Items : X-Potion (X30), Chocobo Feather (X10), Mega-Potion (X60),
        Shadow Gem (X8), Shining Gem (X40).
Equipment : None
Key Items : Blossom Crown, Flower Scepter, Aeon's Soul
======================================================================

First of all, you need every Aeons in the game including Anima and
Yojimbo. Once you have that, you are ready to go on with the 
Side Quest. First, head to Mt. Gagazet and capture every fiends 
there, there are a total of eleven fiends. Next, return to the
Monster Arena owner in Calm Lands and he will reward you with the
Blossom Crown. Then, go to Remiem Temple in Calm Lands and fight
Belgemine. Since you probably have defeated her Valefor already,
defeat her Ifrit for now. Here's the list of the prizes you win
by defeating her.

----------------------------------------------
|  Aeon Defeated  |          Prize           |
----------------------------------------------
| Valefor         | Aeon's Soul              |
| Ifrit           | X-Potion (X30)           |
| Ixion           | Chocobo Feather (X10)    |
| Shiva           | Mega-Potion (X60)        |
| Bahamut         | Flower Scepter           |
| Yojimbo         | Shadow Gem (X8)          |
| Anima           | Stamina Spring (X60)     |
| Magus Sisters   | Shining Gem (X40)        |
|                 | Moon Sigil               |
----------------------------------------------

Once you have defeated her Bahamut, you will have the Flower Scepter.
Use both items on the north door and acquire the Magus Sisters. Now,
return to speak to Belgemine and fight her own Magus Sisters to 
complete this side-quest.

                       *** SPOILERS ***

Belgemine is an unsent, you can send her if you want after the fight.
 
                     *** END SPOILERS ***

======================================================================
The Airship Password Side-Quest

Party : Tidus, Yuna, Wakka, Lulu, Kimahri, Auron, Rikku
Items : None
Key Items : None
======================================================================

If your airship, you can find many passwords and secret area with
the input and search commands. By talking to Cid, you will be
able to bring up the World Map and thus, be able to look for new
areas. Here's what you can find with the search option :

SEARCH OPTION :
-------------

Input those coordinates to find secret areas !

----------------------------------------------
|    Location        |    X      |    Y      |
----------------------------------------------
| Baaj Temple        |   12      |    58     |
| Sanubia Sands      |   13      |    43     |
| Besaid Falls       |   30      |    74     |
| Mi'ihen Ruins      |   34      |    56     |
| Battle Site        |   40      |    58     |
| Omega Ruins        |   70      |    35     |
----------------------------------------------

Baaj Temple is used to acquire the Anima Aeon, which is pretty 
powerful. Go to the Sanubia Sands to acquire the Ascalon. Next,
go to the Besaid Falls to win the Dragoon Lance. Once you have
picked up the chest there, head to Mi'Hihen Ruins to get the Sonar 
for Rikku. Head to the Battle Site to win Lulu's Phantom Bangle 
which absorbs three elements attacks. Finally, head to the Omega 
Ruins if you want to fight the Omega & Ultima Weapons.


Now, you can put Passwords in the Input menu of the Airship.
To find this menu, talk to Cid.

INPUT MENU :
----------

I can't remember where I saw those Passwords though. I forgot
to put them on my notes :). So if you remember where you found
the Passwords, please, send them to me at stonekotr@hotmail.com
and put Passwords as the topic.

Here is where to find the Password VICTORIOUS, thanks to Voxi.

"For the second decipher first you go to Besaid and find the 
thingy there, and it says "Bikanel and Kilika combine as one".
go to Bikanel Island and the the thingy there says "hasodi ITROS".
Then you go to Kilika Woods and the thingy there says "tepswrs 
VCOIU".

Put them together... 

hasodi ITROS 
tepswrs VCOIU 

Read it in a zig zag fashion and it says the password is 
VICTORIOUS."

Here is where to find the Password GODHAND, thanks to 
Thomas Harris-Warick and Tony.

Go in the Calm Lands (north side) by the whole in the earth and the 
lady next to it. If you press X on the big pointy rock. Some sort 
of directions come up in Al Bhed. Follow them to the northern edge 
of the area and you will find the password 'GODHAND'. 

----------------------------------------------
|     Password       |       Location        |
----------------------------------------------
| GODHAND            | Mushroom Rock         |
| MURASAME           | Besaid Ruins 2        |
| VICTORIOUS         | Besaid Ruins 1        |
----------------------------------------------

Go to the Mushroom Rock to find Rikku's Legendary Weapon, the
Godhand. Note that you will need the Celestial Mirror to open
the chest. Go to Besaid Ruins 2 to pick up a chest with Rikku's
Victorious Armor that nullifies three type of elemental attacks.
Finally, go to Besaid Ruins 1 if you want to pick up a weapon
for Auron that got the One MP Cost Ability.


======================================================================
The Cloudy Mirror Side-Quest

Party : Tidus, Yuna, Wakka, Lulu, Kimahri, Auron, Rikku
Items : None
Key Items : Cloudy Mirror, Celestial Mirror
======================================================================

Okay, first of all, you need a Chocobo in the Calm Lands, now 
head to the beginning of the Calm Lands and you'll need to go
right to find a Chocobo Feather on the ground. Now you will
be in a secret area, press Circle to get down on the ground and
head up to find a secret temple. 

You will be in Remiem Temple, go speak to the chocobo on the right
side of the temple to race on a track under the temple. Win the
race to win the Cloudy Mirror. You will then have a message telling
you to activate it. Head to Macalania Woods, south. Find the little
boy and his mother near a save point there. Save your game if you
want and pick the Jecht Sphere near the little boy, you can. Now,
from the save point, go right, now, don't turn left on the next
screen, continue up and on the next screen, go up. Speak to the
man there and tell him his wife/boy are waiting for him. Return
to the first save sphere and talk to the mother and father of
the little boy TWO TIMES. If you don't speak to them two times,
a woman will be blocking the path. Next, go up at the intersection. 
Continue up until you meet a boy standing in front of a large 
crystal. Speak to the boy and use you're Celestial Mirror in front 
of the crystal. You will obtain the Celestial Mirror, the key to
obtain all of your Legendary Weapons.


======================================================================
The Remiem Temple Side Quest

Party : Tidus, Yuna, Wakka, Lulu, Kimahri, Auron, Rikku
Items : Potion, Elixir, Megalixir, Wings to Discovery (x30), Three
        Stars (x60).
Key Items : None
======================================================================

Once you have acquired the Cloudy Mirror, you can try to complete this
very hard Side Quest. You need to race against another Chocobo there,
each time you pick up chests in the race, you win a prize. There are
five chests to pick up and here's what you can get from those chests.

----------------------------------------
|# of chests|          Items           |
----------------------------------------
|    0      | Potion                   |
|    1      | Elixir                   |
|    2      | Megalixir                |
|    3      | Wings to Discovery (x30) |
|    4      | Pendulum (x30)           |
|    5      | Three Stars (x60)        |
----------------------------------------

Please note that you only have to touch the chests in the race, you 
won't actually get the items as you open the chests. You will only
get the prize by the end of the race. Also remember to use the D-Pad
and not the Analog Stick for the race. That's about it, good luck!


======================================================================
LEGENDARY WEAPONS SIDE QUEST

Party : Tidus, Yuna, Wakka, Lulu, Kimahri, Auron, Rikku
Items : Caladbolg, Nirvana, Masamune, World Champion, Spirit Lance
        Onion Knight, Godhand
Key Items : Sun Crest, Sun Sigil, Moon Crest, Moon Sigil, Jupiter
            Crest, Jupiter Sigil, Saturn Crest, Saturn Sigil, Venus
            Crest, Venus Sigil, Mercury Crest, Mercury Sigil, Mars
            Crest, Mars Sigil
======================================================================

Once you have acquired the Celestial Mirror, you can fight for 
the Legendary Weapons. This is a hard task and you will need
all your skills to win every of them. Note that each Weapons
comes with the no AP ability, meaning that you cannot equip any
abilities on them. To remove that, you will need to find two
items for each characters. Those items can be a real pain in the
head to get, but some of them are pretty easy to get. 
First, let's start with Tidus's Legendary Weapon.

TIDUS LEGENDARY WEAPON : CALADBOLG
----------------------------------

First, to acquire is weapon, go to the Calm Lands, and speak to
the chocobo with a Lady on it. She will challenge you to a couple
of races, win every of them, go to the upper northwest section of
the Calm Lands and there will be a guard standing that WAS standing
there. He should be gone now, go down the ramp and use you're 
Celestial Mirror to acquire the Caladbolg.

Now you will need to get his special items. One of them is pretty
easy to get and the other one is very HARD to get. Anyway, let's
start with the easiest one.

SUN CREST :
---------
Sun Crest is found in the Zanarkand Ruins where you fought Yunalesca.
It's located in a chest at the upper part of the ruins, just next to
the stairs. Once you have it, it's time to find the hard one.

SUN SIGIL :
---------
Okay, I don't know any strategies about it, but if you got any, you
can send them to me if you want at stonekotr@hotmail.com and put
Sun Sigil as the topic, also check in the Chocobo Trainer in the
Mini Games Section.

To get the second item, you need to face the Chocobo Trainer in the
Calm Lands and score a time of 0:0.0, which is very hard to get. 

Once you have those two items, go return to where you obtained the
Celestial Mirror and complete Tidus's ritual two times to obtain
your item maximum power.


WAKKA LEGENDARY WEAPON : WORLD CHAMPION
---------------------------------------

Return to Luca Caf in Luca. Speak to the bartender and show him
the Celestial Mirror. She will give you the World Champion !

Note that if she doesn't give it to you, it's because you have not
play Blitzball enough. Now, it's time to pick up Wakka's Items !

JUPITER CREST :
-------------

Jupiter Crest is not really hard to win, just head in the Auroch's
Locker Room and check in every locker. You should find it in no time.

JUPITER SIGIL :
-------------

Jupiter Sigil is offered as a prize in blitzball League match, but
the only thing is that you need to have all of his previous Overdrives.
That means, you need to have the Attack Reels, Status Reels and Aurochs
Reels Overdrives. 

Once you have both of his items, head to where you completed the ritual
for Tidus to obtain his Legendary Weapon at full power. 


YUNA LEGENDARY WEAPON : NIRVANA 
-------------------------------

To win Yuna's Ultimate Weapon, you need to capture every fiend in the
Calm Lands Area. There is a total of nine that roams around there.
Here's the list of all of them :

Skoll, Flame Flan, Nebrios, Shred, Anacondour, Ogre, Chimera Brain,
Malboro and Coeurl.

Once you got all of them, return to the monster arena and speak to the
owner, he will make a treasure chest containing the Nirvana.

Now, it's time to pick up her items !

MOON CREST :
----------

You can find the first item at Besaid Temple on the beach, I told you 
in the Walkthrough how to get that item, so if you followed it, you
should be fine.

MOON SIGIL :
----------

To win the Moon Sigil, you must defeat all of Belgimine's Aeon at the
Remiem Temple, once you have done that, she will give you the Moon
Sigil used to remove the no AP ability.

Now that you have all of her items, head to Macalania Woods where you
got the Celestial Mirror and use it to activate her final Weapon.


AURON LEGENDARY WEAPON : THE MASAMUNE
-------------------------------------

Auron's Legendary Weapon is kind of complicated to get. First, I hope
you have the Rusty Sword. This is a Key Item, so check in your inventory
if you got it. If you don't return to the Calm Lands, where you defeated
Defender X. Now, move to the right of the bridge and go down. You can
acquire the Rusty Sword there. Once you have it, return to the Mushroom
Rock Road and try to find a statue of Lord Mi'ihen. Examine it and you
will get a message telling you if you want to insert the Rusty Sword.
Say yes, and you will find a glyph. Examine it to acquire the Masamune.

Now it's time to find his items.

MARS CREST :
----------

The Mars Crest is on Mi'ihen Road, just look in the Walkthrough to
see where to get it.

MARS SIGIL :
----------

This one will take you a little more time. First of all, you need
to capture ten species of ten different monsters in ten different
regions. That means a lot of time. Once you got it, return to the
Monster Arena and go claim your prize.

Now that you have all of his items, head to Macalania Woods where you
got the Celestial Mirror and use it to activate his final Weapon.


LULU LEGENDARY WEAPON : ONION KNIGHT
------------------------------------

This one is pretty easy to get, first, go to Baaj Temple, it's a 
secret area. Then, go north and go underwater. Continue north and
you will fight Geosgaeno again. Look in the Baaj Temple section to
find how to defeat it. Anyway, once you have beaten it, search 
underwater and south of the circular area to find a treasure chest
with the Onion Knight inside. Now it's time to get her two items !

VENUS CREST :
-----------

Okay, it's pretty easy to get... With your airship, return to 
Guadosalam, now you need to go to the Farplane. Once you are
there, you can pick up a chest for the key item.

VENUS SIGIL :
-----------

This one is hard AND frustrating :). Remember the Thunder Plains
where you needed to press the X Button to dodge the lightning ?
Good, return there and this time, you need to dodge the lightning
200 times WITHOUT being hit. It's pretty tough. The bad thing about
that is that you cannot save, so if you're at 150 and you want to
save, you can't ! Anyway, once you have done it, you'll need to
return to Rin's Travel Agency and open the chest there for the 
last Item !

Now that you have all of her items, head to Macalania Woods where you
got the Celestial Mirror and use it to activate her final Weapon.


KIMAHRI LEGENDARY WEAPON : SPIRIT LANCE 
---------------------------------------

Okay, this one is pretty easy to get, first, head to the Thunder 
Plains, then you will need to activate three Qactuar stones that
are there. To activate the stones, simply press the Square button
in front of it and you will see the spirit of the Qactuar released.
Now, once you have activated three stones, go to Thunder Plains South
(just check the location in your menu), and follow the Qactuar ghost
into a lightning tower on your right. You will reveal a chest 
containing Kimahri's Legendary Weapon. Now it's time to get the two
items !

SATURN CREST :
------------

Remember when you fought Seymour on Mt.Gagazet ? Just go north from 
where you have fought him to see some columns, check between the 
columns on the left side and you will find a chest with the Saturn 
Crest.

SATURN SIGIL :
------------

Okay, you will need to the butterfly mini-game at Macalania
Woods to get the Saturn Sigil. Just look in the Butterfly Section
below. Anyway, you will need to capture every blue butterflies 
there. Please take note that you cannot touch any red ones. Well
that's about it, if you got any strategies for this one, (because
it's HARD, please send them to me :) !

Now that you have all of his items, head to Macalania Woods where you
got the Celestial Mirror and use it to activate his final Weapon.


RIKKU LEGENDARY WEAPON : THE GODHAND 
------------------------------------

First, go in your airship and talk to Cid. You should see the World
Map. Go to the input section on the menu and input the password
GODHAND to open a new location on the world map called the Mushroom
Rock. Go there, and at the end of the path, you will see a chest
containing the Godhand. Now, time to find her items !

MERCURY CREST : 
-------------
You can pick up the Mercury Crest in a chest located in the Sanubia
Desert West. Look in a Whirlpool for the chest, you shouldn't have 
any problem picking it up.

MERCURY SIGIL :
-------------
To win the Mercury Sigil, you will need to complete the Cactuar
Village Sidequest, just look in this section for some explanations on 
how to complete this quest. 


======================================================================
AL BHED PRIMER LOCATIONS :
======================================================================

Since you can find a in-depth location of every Al Bhed Primer in my
Walkthrough, I will only make a quick list for you to be able to check
if you picked them up at those place.

As you probably know, those Volumes are used to decipher a secret
language, the Al Bhed Language. When you will find all of the books,
you will know every letters of their language and thus you will be
able to decipher and talk in Al Bhed !


Al Bhed Primer Vol. I     : Al Bhed Ship, on the Deck
Al Bhed Primer Vol. II    : Crusaders Lounge in Besaid
Al Bhed Primer Vol. III*  : SS Liki, Power Room with Chocobos
Al Bhed Primer Vol. IV    : Kilika, in the Inn
Al Bhed Primer Vol. V     : SS Winno, on the bridge
Al Bhed Primer Vol. VI    : Luca Stadium, in Basement B
Al Bhed Primer Vol. VII   : Luca Theater, at the reception
Al Bhed Primer Vol. VIII  : Mi'Hihen Highroad, talk to Rin at the Inn
Al Bhed Primer Vol. IX    : Mi'Hihen Highroad, North
Al Bhed Primer Vol. X     : Mushroom Road 
Al Bhed Primer Vol. XI    : Djose Road
Al Bhed Primer Vol. XII   : Moonflow, North Wharf
Al Bhed Primer Vol. XIII  : Guadosalam, in the house with 3000 Gil
Al Bhed Primer Vol. XIV   : Thunder Plains, by talking to Rin
Al Bhed Primer Vol. XV    : Macalania Roads, Lake Road
Al Bhed Primer Vol. XVI   : Lake Macalania, Travel Agency
Al Bhed Primer Vol. XVII  : Sanubia Desert
Al Bhed Primer Vol. XVIII : Sanubia Desert
Al Bhed Primer Vol. XIX   : Al Bhed Home
Al Bhed Primer Vol. XX    : Al Bhed Home, Living Quarters
Al Bhed Primer Vol. XXI   : Al Bhed Home, Corridor
Al Bhed Primer Vol. XXII  : Bevelle Temple, you can only acquire it 
                            just after the Wedding Scene.
Al Bhed Primer Vol. XXIII : Calm Lands, northwest
Al Bhed Primer Vol. XXIV  : Remiem Temple, left path
Al Bhed Primer Vol. XXV   : Cavern of the Stolen Fayth
Al Bhed Primer Vol. XXVI  : Omega Ruins


* It seems that if you miss the Al Bhed Primer Vol. III, you can find
it somewhere else, thanks to MaSKitO14@aol.com for this information :

If you have missed the Al Bhed Primer Vol. III on SS Liki, you can
find it in the Sanubia Desert, near the tent with the Save Point at 
Sanubia Desert -- Oasis. The Al Bhed Primer Vol. III will only appear
if you have missed it on SS Liki, so don't bother looking for it if
you have not missed it.

======================================================================
MINI-GAMES (1) : DODGING LIGHTNING AT THUNDER PLAINS 
======================================================================

In this mini-game, you need to dodge Lightning Bolts by pressing the
X Button. Like you have probably heard in the tutorial, you need
to press the X Button when the screen flashes. If you dodges the 
lightning bolts enough times, you will get items at the Travel 
Agency. Just go there to find a chest outside the Inn. Don't worry,
if you ain't too good at dodging lightnings there are prize for being
hit by it too :).

Anyway, here's the list of prizes possible to win :

---------------------------------------------------
| # of times dodged |           Prize             |
---------------------------------------------------
| 5 times           | X-Potion (X2)               |
| 10 times          | Mega-Potion (X2)            |
| 20 times          | MP Spheres (X2)             |
| 50 times          | Strength Sphere (X3)        |
| 100 times         | HP Sphere (X3)              |
| 150 times         | Megalixirs (X4)             |
| 200 times         | Venus Sigil                 |
---------------------------------------------------

---------------------------------------------------
| # of times hitted |           Prize             |
---------------------------------------------------
| 30 times          | Ether                       |
| 80 times          | Elixir                      |
---------------------------------------------------

One little "cheat" to dodge without too much problem is by equipping
the No Encounters ability. You can equip that ability to an armor and
you need 30 Purifying Salt. Anyway, if you got any more strategies,
feel free to send them in at stonekotr@hotmail.com.

======================================================================
MINI-GAMES (2) : THE BUTTERFLIES
======================================================================

You encounter this mini-game in Macalania Woods when you encounter
a huge human/bird with a harp. Talk to him and he will tell you
about the mini-game. What you need to do is find butterflies and
press the X button in front of it to catch it. Your goal is to
catch seven blue butterflies before the time at the bottom of the
screen runs out. Don't touch the red butterflies, because you will
enter in a fight and your time will go down. If you catch seven
blue butterflies, a treasure chest will appear and don't leave the
area you are in because your will lose any butterflies you have 
catched and the treasure chest will vanish. 

There are different points in the game while you must play the game.
First, play it when you first talked to the human/bird creature
at Macalania Woods Central. You can also play it in Macalania Woods
North. Return to play the mini-game once you have defeated 
Spherimorph. The time will drop down by ten seconds, so you will
only ten seconds to do the mini-game this time. The last time you
must play this mini-game is when you have your airship. This time, 
you have thirty seconds again, but the number of red butterflies
will increase. Complete the game the third time to win the Saturn
Sigil. 

Here are a few tips from Alex Wreschnig, theogal@rpgrealm.com 

"I've noticed a few things about the butterfly minigame that make 
things a lot easier.
 
1. You don't have to hit X, you just have to run into the butterfly
2. Whether you catch the butterfly or not has NOTHING to do with 
where the actual butterfly is!  There are preset "tiles" that you 
have to step on in order to catch the butterfly.  If you memorize 
where the tiles are that you want to either hit or avoid, you don't 
even really need to look at the butterflies."

======================================================================
MINI-GAMES (3) : THE CHOCOBO TRAINER
======================================================================

As you may already know, in Calm Lands, there is a lady on a chocobo
roaming around Calm Lands a good way to find her is to go at the save 
sphere it's at the center of the map. Then, she should be right at the 
of the item shop, near the save point. Anyway, once you have talked to 
her one time, she will always be at the same point. First of all, she 
will teach you how to ride a Chocobo.

Here are the controls :

----------------------------------------------
|    Controls        |        Effects        |
----------------------------------------------
| Up on the D-Pad    |  Move Far             |
| Down on the D-Pad  |  Move Near            |
| Left on the D-Pad  |  Move Left            |
| Right on the D-Pad |  Move Right           |
| X Button           |  Get on the Chocobo   |
| Circle Button      |  Get off the Chocobo  |
----------------------------------------------

Please note that your Chocobo will wait for you if you get off him. 
But, he won't wait if you exit the Calm Lands or if you get another
Chocobo.

Now, there are four tests you need to pass, each test will give you
valuable prizes. To get the prizes, you need to beat the time limit
set by the Chocobo Trainer. Here's the list of the tests and the
prizes you will win from them. Note that you will be able to ride on 
a chocobo just by talking to the trainer for FREE.

WOBBLY CHOCOBO :
--------------

In this race, you are on a chocobo that won't go straight. Your job
is too keep the Chocobo in the middle of the track in order to beat
the time limit set by the trainer (12.8 seconds). 

PRIZES :

--------------------------------------
|What you must do |       Prize      |
--------------------------------------
|Beat 12.8 Seconds|      Elixir      |
|Beat your record |     X-Potion     |
--------------------------------------

DODGER CHOCOBO :
--------------

In this test, you must dodge blitzballs coming at you. If you get 
hit, you lose about three seconds since your chocobo is groggy. 
You shouldn't have any problem doing that. You have 16.8 Seconds
to beat the test :

--------------------------------------
|What you must do |       Prize      |
--------------------------------------
|Beat 16.8 Seconds|  Lv.1 Key Sphere |
|Beat your record |    Mega-Potion   |
--------------------------------------

HYPER DODGER CHOCOBO :
--------------------

It's get a little harder here since you have to dodge Blitzballs
and flying birds. A good thing to do is to dodge a group of those
Blitzball and birds by moving to the left, then dodge the next
group by moving to the right. This way, you will stay in the
center of the track and even if you are it twice, you will beat
her time of 18.5 Seconds.

--------------------------------------
|What you must do |       Prize      |
--------------------------------------
|Beat 18.5 Seconds|  Lv.2 Key Sphere |
|Beat your record |       Ether      | 
--------------------------------------

CATCHER CHOCOBO :
---------------

The last of the test, you race against the Chocobo Trainer. It's
the toughest test of all since you have to do 0:0.0 to win the
Sun Sigil. Anyway, in this test, try to pick up as much as balloons
as you can, they will reduce your final time by three seconds. If
A bird hits you though, your time will go up by three seconds.
You must win this race if you want Tidus's Legendary Weapon, go in
the Legendary Weapons Section to find out why. Anyway, you got
to beat 45.0 Seconds on your first time through this race. Here's
the list of the prizes.

--------------------------------------
|What you must do |       Prize      |
--------------------------------------
|Beat 45.0 Seconds|  Lv.3 Key Sphere |
|Beat your record |    Turbo Ether   | 
| 0:0.0 Seconds   |     Sun Sigil    |
--------------------------------------

Here's a strategy sent in by Benji Schrager, lokus121@yahoo.com :

"For the Sun Sigil, this was very hard for me too >:| After trying 
for 2 hours I got down to 1.1 seconds. That made me very mad and I 
tried for another 2 hours straight and got it finally. 16 balloons 
and one bird :D Anyway, I found the directional pad easier to use 
than the control stick. It also helps for another part of the race. 
Sometimes the camera changes angles and you need to anticipate this 
and be turning in the direction you want to be going. 

On the first turn, there will usually be a balloon on the right so 
turn right and be careful not to get caught on the edge. Another 
thing to look out for are the limits on either side. You can only 
go so far to the left or right. Know exactly how far you can go so 
you don't end up dodging into a wall. Plus, avoid birds even at the 
cost of balloons. Birds take 3 seconds off your final time AND stun 
you for about a second. So you lose a total of 4 seconds making 
dodging birds more valuable than getting balloons. You should be 
getting times of around 30 seconds if you don't get hit by a bird 
or if you only get hit by one. And for my last little tip, keep 
trying. Most times you will lose through no fault of your own. 

Either balloons appeared on the left side and the trainer got most 
of them, or a bird spawned right in front of you or a bird hit you 
right as you recovered from getting hit by another bird. You need 
to get lucky as well as dodge like a crazy man and get balloons. I 
don't recommend stocking up Fortune Spheres though :D"


Here's another strategy from RCPB700@aol.com :

"You should try to use the trainer as a shield and block her off from 
the balloons at the start. When the birds start coming weave through 
and try to get every balloon you can. DO NOT GET HIT BY MANY BIRDS. 
The way I found out is I got hit by about 4-5 birds and lost even 
though I got 16 balloons. To get good you only need about 2 hrs which 
is short for this racing. IT takes a lot of practice but soon you will 
win the Sun Sigil."


======================================================================
MINI GAME : CACTUAR VILLAGE
======================================================================

This is a tough Mini Game, I really suggest that you have the No 
Encounter Ability equipped because this will be a hard time for you
since you will fight instead of looking for the Cactuar Gatekeepers.
You can find this mini game by returning to the Sanubia Desert with
your Airship. You will appear near the Oasis, so head to the final
area where Home was. Look in that area for a large rock with a 
cactuar on it. Press the X Button and you will find the basics of
this Mini-Game. Your job is to find 10 cactuar gatekeepers and find
them to win a Sphere. Once you have the sphere, return back to the
rock with a cactuar on it and place the sphere you have obtained into
the rock. Next, the rock will give you another clue to find the next
gatekeeper.

But, catching cactuars is not that simple, because when you find one,
you will play another mini-game. You will need to get close to the
cactuar and he must not see you. So when the cactuar is not looking
at you, run to the cactuar and when he turns back, stop running. You
have a limited amount of time to get to the Cactuar, so hurry up. Also,
you have a limited amount of tries to get to the cactuar. If you take
much than three tries, you will only receive a Sphere del Perdedor 
instead of a Sphere with the name of the cactuar on it. Here's when
you can find each of the cactuar and the prizes for having a sphere
with the name of the cactuar on it.

LOCATIONS :
---------

1ST CACTUAR, TOMAY :
------------------
The first cactuar is near the save point at the oasis, you can't miss
it, he is at the right of the screen.

2ND CACTUAR, RAVIERA :
--------------------
The second cactuar is in an alcove in Sanubia Desert East. Just continue
north when you find a tent with a save sphere near it.

3RD CACTUAR, CHAVA :
------------------
The third cactuar is in Sanubia Desert West, search for a stone that 
has the expression "20 % OFF" on it.

4TH CACTUAR, ALEK & AJOLA :
-------------------------
The fourth cactuar is in Sanubia Desert Central, near the ruins to the
left. Note : You will catch two stones, so they're are only nine 
cactuar to find from now on.

5TH CACTUAR, VACHELLA :
---------------------
The fifth cactuar is in Sanubia Desert East, where you founded a tent
with a save sphere near it, you must examine the Save Sphere.

6TH CACTUAR, ROBEYA :
-------------------
The sixth cactuar is trapped inside a treasure chest in Sanubia Desert
Central. The chest is located to the left of the map.

7TH CACTUAR, ISRAA :
------------------
The seventh cactuar is inside one of the whirlpools in Sanubia Desert
West.

8TH CACTUAR, EILO :
-----------------
The eight cactuar is on the Airship! Return to the Oasis and check the
save point to go inside the Ship, then head to the outside deck to find
the Cactuar.

9TH CACTUAR, FLAILE :
-------------------
The ninth cactuar is just behind the cactuar statue, when you go insert
the 8th sphere in the stone, Flaile will appear right behind you so
any problem finding it.


Here is the list of prizes for finding a sphere with the name of
the cactuar on it :

-----------------------------------
| # of Spheres    |      Prize    |
-----------------------------------
|       2         | Potion        |
|       3         | Elixir        |
|       6         | Megalixir     |
|      8-9        | Friend Sphere |
-----------------------------------

Once you have inserted all the spheres into the stones, the sandstorm
in front of you will stop revealing the Cactuar Village. Search in
the village to find a lot of cactuar, so it will be easy for you to
level up there. You can also find two chests, one with a Mercury Sigil
and the other varies with the chart I've putted before. Once you have
picked up both chests, the mini game is completed.

======================================================================
Music/Movie Theater in Luca

Party : Tidus, Yuna, Wakka, Lulu, Kimahri, Auron, Rikku
Items : None
Equipment : None
Key Items : None
======================================================================

To complete this Side Quest, you need a lot of money. Return to the
Luca Theater by the time you get your Airship. Talk to Cid inside your
Airship and head to Luca. From the Save Sphere, head south to the next
area, then head north at the T-Intersection. Continue north to the next
area, then north again to the next area. You will see three important
persons there. Talk to the guy on the right to buy Movie Sphere. You 
can buy a total of 50 Movies from him. He can also explain you what
is a Movie Sphere. This item allows you to play previous movies you
have seen in your game. So you can actually see Tidus's Blitzball
Movie or all of Sin's appearances. Talk to the guy on the left if you
want to buy Music from him. There is a total of 70 songs that you
can buy from him. He will also tell you that music spheres allows 
you to listen to all the songs you have heard in the game. Finally,
talk to the lady behind the counter to listen/see the spheres you
have bought.

There is a total of 50 Movies you can buy, it will cost you about
250 000 Gil to see all of them. It cost 5000 Gil for one movie.

There is also a total of 68 Songs you can buy, it will cost you 
about 136 000 Gil to see all of them. It cost 2000 Gil for one track.

I won't bother listing all the songs/movies to you, maybe in the next
update!


======================================================================
OMEGA RUINS 

Party : Tidus, Yuna, Wakka, Lulu, Auron, Kimahri, Rikku
Items : None
Equipments : None
Key Items : Al Bhed Primer Vol. XXVI
======================================================================

Mega Thanks to Dan Grubbs, danielgrubbs@hotmail.com for this section :

"This is a brief and underdetailed guide to the Omega Ruins in FFX.  
It's not much, but it'll make a decent replacement for the excuse you 
have in its place now.
 
 
Rule #1 about the Omega Ruins:  USE IT TO YOUR ADVANTAGE.  The keeper of 
the battle arena in the Calm Lands says something about fighting in the 
Omega Ruins saying it "builds character". Sage advice. The stuff here, 
while dangerous, will make super-characters out of everyone. Some of the 
monsters you'll encounter:
 
Master Tonberry :
---------------
  
Don't pass the chance to fight these guys. Open with Demi or a shadow 
gem or two, and follow up with your best magic attacks. It's also a 
good idea to Hastega the crew, as it'll delay Master Tonberry's advance.  
Each turn he waddles toward your party, until he's close enough to attack.  
(this never happened to my party, as they always iced him before he got the 
chance)  But even if it's not his turn, Master Tonberry will always counter 
your attacks, and always with Karma. It deals damage based on how many 
kills that character has made. It's got a good chance of insta-death if hit 
hits a real slayer with not much HP. Be sure to steal the tetra gems from 
him, too. They pay off big with the AP, so they're definitely worth the 
fight.
 
Wraith :  
------

These are the ghost looking' fellows that haunt Omega, and they're really 
tame, actually. Just scan it first off to see what it's vulnerable too.  
Every Wraith in the dungeon is weak to different elemental attacks, so 
make sure you know what it's weak too before you give an icy one a 
9999-health-giving-Blizzaga.  They only have 22,222 Hp, however, and 
they only really attack with Doom, which isn't a problem because it's not 
hard to dispose of them before the countdown ends if you know which attacks 
to use, or just use non-elemental like Flare or Ultima.
 
Demonlith :
---------  

Now these guys can be a problem.  They immediately counter each attack with 
Pharoah's Curse, which inflicts poison, silence, and curse. Sometimes 
berserk and darkness, too. It's pretty nasty. Plus on their turns, they use
their breath weapon which can petrify your entire party, ending the game 
and wasting your time. Be sure you pack something with Stoneproof. There's 
no shame in running from these if you don't have the magic to take 'em on, 
and there's always Bahamut, I guess...
 
Adamantoise :
-----------  

Huge freaking' tortoise. Easy. First off, put a Bio or a Poison Fang on it,
then Mental Break, then get out the mages to use their best NOT FIERY 
attacks. (Flare's Ok, of course.) It's immune to Demi and Death, and it
actually rolls with a lot of Hp, but if your mages hit for 9999, and the 
Bio in effect, you should be able to chip away at 'em.  Armor Break works 
as well, but start off with Mental Break and Hastega. Its attacks, breath
and earthquake, are nothing to really be afraid of, though it can quake 
several times in a row. If your characters are still kinda lower, protect 
is a pretty good idea.
 
Puraboras :
---------  

Ok, more bombs. Just run from 'em unless you can doublecast ultima. Demi 
is a good idea early on, but it only goes so far, and these are the first
bombs whose self-destruct can really cause some damage. High level physical 
attacks or Flares or Blizzagas will pick up well where the Ultimas and 
Demis left off. Be sure to steal the ever-so-useful Fire Gems, cause they 
have lots.
 
Varuna :  
------

Not as hard as you'd think. Just Dispel straight off, and use your best 
attacks. It'll doublecast elemental magic on you, and haste itself, but 
if you have doublecast and quick hit, you can take these things out before
they even get in a turn.
 
Zaurus:  
------

Cast Death on 'em. EZ. (watch out for petrification) (mug 'em for 
petrification grenades)
 
Floating Death : 
--------------

Another floating eyeball...  Just have Wakka bash 'em as usual, cause they 
have high magic defense. (Though a good Ultima or Flare will waste 'em 
anyway.)
 
Spirit :  
------

With just over 9999 hp, these guys can be a pain.  They always come with 
company, too. Watch out for it's poison mist counter, which you'll most 
likely be hit with. Poison, confusion and other status effects are no fun.  
Thunder attacks are a no with these guys. They cast Thundaga on 
themselves when they're feeling low.
 
Black Element :  
-------------

Use Holy, Flare or Ultima. One good 9999 hit and they're out.  Make sure to 
take 'em out quickly, though, because they can berserk your whole party, 
and then cast all kinds of foul stuff on you.
 
uhhh... another shell critter :  
-----------------------------
Man, I dunno... just kill it like you did all those other shell critters...

---------------------- 
Omega Dungeon strategy :
----------------------  

Before you go trudging through the darkness, just spend some time by the 
sphere running around, leveling up, hitting the sphere for health and 
saving often. Once your feel you're ready to start mapping the place 
(I'd recommend having Quick Hit, Doublecast and Ultima before going 
anywhere), stick to the walls and keep your eye open for treasure.  
The first fork in the road gives you a choice:  left or right. The one 
to the right is a dead end, and has two treasure areas. The one to the 
left is much longer, leads to Ultima and Omega weapon, and has three 
treasure areas. Take down the right area first. One treasure chest in a 
short dead end off the southeast wall.  The other is at the far end of this 
right path. It's a clump of chests. These are tricky, though, and two other
sites in the ruins work like this. Three or four chests set up in a 
seemingly random selection. Open one, maybe it's treasure. Another, and you 
might get in a fight. This sucks. For two reasons. One: you have fight yet 
another Zaurus and Mimic. Second, the other chests you haven't opened in 
the cluster disappears. So, if there's a way to know which is a fight and 
which ones are treasure, I don't know about it and, having played them a 
few different times, it seems random. But- if lady luck smiles on you, 
you'll end up with those essential level 4 key spheres and special weapons 
and armor. So, cross your fingers and go with your greedy gut instinct.       
The left path is longer and will keep you from the sphere longer. Only go 
down here if you're confident in your characters. Immediately off the left 
is a little room with a treasure cluster. Further down is a crossroads, 
marked near a glyph. Keep that glyph in mind. The left path is another 
treasure cluster and another way to the elevator, and the right goes 
straight to the elevator. This takes you to Ultima weapon, and later to 
Omega weapon. If you pass this up and keep heading down the path, you'll 
loop around and come back to the original path. Hug the wall in this loop 
and find a narrow path that will take you to a small room with a glyph on 
the wall. Touch the glyph and you can now activate the other one at the 
crossroads, which will make a little bridge to a treasure chest.

Other tips :
----------  

Be sure to equip everyone with poison, petrification, and confusion 
preventative stuff. This is easily the best place in the game to level up 
at. It has the hardest monsters in the game, and they really pay off with 
the AP. Especially the Adamantoises, Master Tonberrys, Varunas and Defender 
Z's. They're the easiest for sheer leveling up. Also, I highly recommend 
equipping Double AP weapons here. They'll make the character earn about 2 
S. Levels a fight, it seems. Plus there's plenty of good weapons, armor, 
and spheres to be found and stolen. Definitely spend lots of time leveling 
up here.
 
--- >  LOKI"


Here's what thgink999@netscape.net (Darryl Knight) got to say about the
random items in the Omega Dungeon.

"I've playing around with the chests in Omega ruins and found that you get
the same items randomly scattered in the chests, and the order of opening is
also random. What I did find though, is that if you open ALL the chests 
without a single fight, the last chest contains Warp Sphere x99, which acts 
like a Teleport Sphere, you can move to anywhere on the Sphere Grid! Here's 
the list of Items in the chests as I opened them starting from the small 
room on the right of the Save Point and proceeding clockwise on the map. 
Each time the order will be different EXCEPT the last chest.

1)  Lv.4 Sphere x1
2)  Defending Bracer
3)  Turnover
4)  Lv.3 Sphere x2
5)  Defending Armlet
6)  Friend Sphere x1
7)  Lv.4 Sphere x1
8)  Phantom Ring
9)  Cactuar Wizard
10) War Monger
11) Teleport Sphere x2
12) WARP SPHERE x99 !!
--"

Once you have defeated Ultima Weapon, you will be in a linear
arena, go to the left first and pick up the chest at the end for a
Friend Sphere. Next, follow the path at the north. Each time you
reach a circle like area, you will fight some tough monsters. Here's 
the list of every monster you will fight in order.

Varuna, Adamantoise, Master Tonberry, Defender Z (X2), Demonolith (X2), 
Demonolith (X2) and Wraith (X2).

Once you have completed those fights, head to the north and get ready
for Omega Weapon. Note : Once the weapon is defeated, return to the area
you defeated him to pick up a treasure chest with a Magic Sphere. Here
are some strategies sent in by the readers.

======================================================================
OMEGA RUINS --- OMEGA & ULTIMA WEAPONS STRATEGIES 
======================================================================

======================================
Strategy From T.J., Tknoles2000@cs.com
======================================

In the Omega Ruins, to easily defeat the Ultima and Omega weapons, first 
go to Remiem Temple and get the Aeon's Soul item by defeating the 
summoner there, then fight her some more to get some Mega-Potions. Use 
these and other items to teach Curaga, Haste, and Protect to Bahamut. Now 
go to the Omega Ruins,(I would suggest running in circles for a while near 
the Save Sphere so you can increase your stats) and work your way through 
until you get to a platform that looks like one of those Warp Points from 
Mt. Gagazet. Step on it, and it will rise out of the floor, allowing you 
to jump over to the ledge. Now, make sure that Yuna and Tidus are in your 
party, and go through into a large room, and now you will fight the Ultima 
Weapon. Start out the battle by having Tidus cast Hastega on your party 
(if you don't have Hastega by now, then I'm surprised that you've made it 
this far) then, have Yuna summon Bahamut. Now have Bahamut cast Haste, then 
Protect on itself. Now attack the Ultima Weapon with normal attacks, casting 
Curaga on yourself when Bahamut's HP gets around 2000-2500, and use Mega 
Flare whenever possible. It shouldn't take too long to defeat the Ultima 
Weapon (I killed it with an Overkill bonus after two Mega Flares and about 
10 turns worth of attacks). After the battle, Auron says that you've only 
fought the shadow of the Omega Weapon, so heal up as much as you can and 
step on the warp tile. Now go to the right, there are no random battles here, 
but every time you walk out into an open space, you encounter a fiend, unless 
you've already passed through that space. when you get close to the fortress, 
heal up from the battles you've fought and prepare for another fight. 

This time, start off the battle without casting Hastega( doing so will 
allow Omega to attack you, and that's a bad thing), instead, start out with 
Valefor, and just go on an all-out offensive, but don't use the aeon's 
special abilities, they will cost you a turn. Use their Overdrives whenever 
available, and for the elemental Aeons (Ifrit, Shiva, and Ixion), if their 
damaged at all, cast one of their on elemental spells on them, it will heal 
them. If the battle lasts long enough to force you to use Bahamut, then 
just repeat the same strategy as the last battle. if you run out of Aeons, 
just use the normal party members the same way, healing and hitting. 

================================================
Strategy from Dave O'Hearn, daveoh77@hotmail.com
================================================
 
Ultima Weapon might be the most important battle in the game. If you do it 
right, you'll get Master Thief for 3 of your characters, and Overdrive -> 
AP for all of them, letting you get tons of AP and customization materials. 

First, to make getting there easier, do the Baaj Temple before the Omega 
Ruins. The big fishy (Geosgaeno) always drops a weapon with No Encounters; 
you can use this to walk all the way to Ultima Weapon without a fight. Now, 
Ultima Weapon is actually pretty easy to kill, but killing it is not what 
you want. If you have Sensor on in the fight, you'll notice it says "Give 
it all you got!" Square means this literally: bribing Ultima Weapon with 
1,400,000 gil will get you 99 Pendulums. If you don't have that much gil, 
keep killing Mimics until you do. This is your only chance to get that many 
Pendulums that cheap, so don't pass it up. 

And before you bribe the sucker, you want to steal from it too; you'll get 
either 10 or 20 Doors to Tomorrow each time. Steal from it until it doesn't 
have anymore, then just fight out two or three rounds of combat, using Luck
and Jinx a few times if it's holding out on you. Then try stealing more, 
and repeat this until you have 70 of them. This is the easiest way to get 
the 70 Doors to Tomorrow you'll need to get Overdrive -> AP for all your 
characters. Once you've stolen 70 doors, go ahead and bribe it to get your 
pendulums. 


======================================================================
THE MONSTER ARENA

Party : Tidus, Yuna, Wakka, Lulu, Auron, Kimahri, Rikku
Items : None
Equipments : None
Key Items : None
======================================================================

I said there are no Items, but there are a lot of them, they are just 
pretty hard to get and it will take you a lot of time and practice to
get them. First of all, I'll tell you about how the Monster Arena works. 

On the east side of the Calm Lands, you will be able to meet the Monster
Arena Owner. He will ask you to capture the monsters on the loose and 
you will be able to buy weapons with the Capture Ability from him. With
those Weapons Equipped, you will Capture every monsters that you fight.
There are exceptions though, since you can't Capture Bosses and Mechanical
Monsters. You can capture a maximum of ten monsters and once you have
captured specific monsters in different areas, you will unlock Special
Bosses to fight at the Arena. Make no mistake about it, those bosses are
hard to defeat and it will take great characters to defeat them. You 
should hit more than 50,000HP with your characters, it will make those
fights a lot easier. Now, here's the list of every enemies you can capture 
in the game and the area where you can capture them and how many Gil it
will take you to fight them. For more information on those monsters, look
in the Bestiary at the end of the FAQ. 


                            ---------------
                             BESAID ISLAND
                            ---------------

Monster               Gil
-------               ---

Dingo                 24
Condor                18
Water Flan            27


                               --------
                                KILIKA
                               --------

Monster               Gil
-------               ---

Dinoxix               40
Killer Bee            34
Yellow Element        49
Ragora                72


                            --------------
                             MI'IHEN ROAD
                            --------------

Monster               Gil
-------               ---

Mi'Ihen Fang          49
Ipiria                69
Floating Eye          66
White Element         72
Raldo                 63
Vouivre               90
Bomb                  105
Dual Horn             157


                         --------------------
                          MUSHROOM ROCK ROAD
                         --------------------

Monster               Gil
-------               ---

Raptor                72
Gandarva              93
Thunder Flan          75
Red Element           82
Lamashtu              108
Funguar               63
Garuda                210


                            ------------
                             DJOSE ROAD
                            ------------

Monster               Gil
-------               ---

Garm                  132
Simurgh               109
Bite Bug              93
Snow Flan             139
Bunyip                145
Basilisk              187
Ochu                  780


                          ----------------
                           THUNDER PLAINS
                          ----------------

Monster               Gil
-------               ---

Melusine              162
Aerouge               216
Buer                  198
Gold Element          160
Kusariqqu             168
Larva                 495
Iron Giant            900
Qactuar               4000


                         -----------------
                          MACALANIA WOODS
                         -----------------

Monster               Gil
-------               ---

Snow Wolf             288
Iguion                207
Wasp                  213
Evil Eye              307
Ice Flan              282
Blue Element          270
Mushussu              247
Mafdet                258
Xiphos                330
Chimera               1455


                          ----------------
                           SANUBIA DESERT
                          ----------------

Monster               Gil
-------               ---

Sand Wolf             337
Alcyone               360
Mushussu              405
Zu                    1800
Sand Worm             1500
Cactuar               4000


                            ------------
                             CALM LANDS
                            ------------

Monster               Gil
-------               ---

Skool                 630
Nebrios               480
Flame Flan            672
Anacondour            1125
Shred                 552
Coeurl                1650
Ogre                  1170
Malboro               1650
Chimera Brain         1500


                           -------------
                            MT. GAGAZET
                           -------------

Monster               Gil
-------               ---

Bandersnatch          1320
Ahriman               975
Dark Flan             1620
Grenade               810
Grat                  780
Grendel               1095
Bashura               1095
Mandragora            1800
Behemoth              2025
Splasher              300
Achelous              630
Maelspike             495


                               -----
                                SIN
                               -----

Monster               Gil
-------               ---

Exoray                1260
Wraith                1605
Gemini                1666
Demonolith            2205
Great Malboro         2250
Barbatos              2325
Adamantoise           3300
Behemoth King         2775


                    ----------------------------
                     CAVERN OF THE STOLEN FAYTH
                    ----------------------------

Monster               Gil
-------               ---

Yowie                 720
Imp                   915
Dark Element          780
Nidhogg               903
Thorn                 795
Valaha                1080
Epaaj                 1425
Ghost                 1215
Tonberry              3000


                            -------------
                             OMEGA RUINS
                            -------------

Monster               Gil
-------               ---

Zaurus                1425
Floating Death        1897
Black Element         1560
Halma                 1545
Puroboros             1455
Spirit                1950
Machea                2175
Master Coeurl         3045
Master Tonberry       3600
Varuna                2670


                          ======================
                              Area Creations
                          ======================

This is where it gets a little harder. Those monsters are created by
the Monster Arena Owner. To unlock those bosses, you need to capture
at least one of each monster from each areas. That means that if you
want to fight the Besaid Boss, you need to capture every enemies in
the Besaid area. Use the chart at the beginning of this section to 
see which monsters you need to capture. Now, here's the list of every
bosses that appears with their statistics.


1 : Besaid Island : 1
---------------------

Boss : Stratavis
HP   : 320 000
AP   : 8000

Gil Cost : 6000 
Steal    : Smoke Bomb (x3), Stamina Tablet
Win      : Amulet (x4)

Prize    : Stamina Tonic (x99)

This boss is pretty easy, it doesn't happen often, but this one is easy!
Just use your most powerful attacks and Overdrives. To make the fight a
lot easier, just bring your aeons and let them use their Overdrives to 
do the dirty job. If you're character hits a lot, use Hastega on your 
group and take care of him fast. Stratavis attacks are not really 
powerful, so just use a Mega-Potion when you're HP is low.


2 : Kilika : 2
--------------

Boss : Malboro Menace
HP   : 640 000
AP   : 8000

Gil Cost : 6000
Steal    : Magic Spring, Magic Spring (x2)
Win      : Magic Tonic (x4)

Prize    : Poison Fang (x99)

This is a Malboro and this is hard. At the beginning of the battle, you
are ambushed and if you aren't lucky, Malboro will use his Putrid Breath
on you. That hurts and it do a lot of Bad Status effects on all of your
characters, so be sure to be protected against Poison, Confusion, Silence.
If you are protected against those status, the fight will be a lot easier.
Just bring an healer in your party and use the two other characters to 
attack the boss. This may be long, but Malboro Menace should go down after
a while...


3 : Mi'Ihen Road : 3
--------------------

Boss : Kottos
HP   : 440 000
AP   : 8000

Gil Cost : 6000
Steal    : Stamina Tablet (x4), Soul Spring (x2)
Win      : Dark Matter (x4)

Prize    : Soul Spring (x99)


This boss can be hard because he will counter every of your attacks. I
hope you can deal a lot of damage, because if you deal only 10 000 HP,
the fight may be really long for you. Use a healer, yet again, to heal
your party and the two other characters to attack this boss. Just be
sure to deal enough damage on him and he will go down within a small
amount of time.


4 : Mushroom Rock Road : 4
--------------------------

Boss : Coeurlregina
HP   : 380 000
AP   : 8000

Gil Cost : 6000
Steal    : Farplane Wind (x2), Blessed Gem (x3)
Win      : Dark Matter (x2)

Prize    : Candle of Life (x99)


This one is easy, just hit him and beware of is combine attack that 
deals confusion, doom and curse on your party. Be sure to have 
Confuseproof to evade that attack. Keep hitting him and use your
Overdrives to take care of him. 


5 : Djose Road  : 5
-------------------

Boss : Jormungand 
HP   : 520 000
AP   : 8000

Gil Cost : 6000
Steal    : Three Stars, Three Stars
Win      : Supreme Gem (x4)

Prize    : Petrify Grenade (x99)


Don't let is high HP discourage you, with Hastega, this boss is easy.
Be sure to have Stoneproof for this fight, because he can petrify your
characters. Keep hitting him until he is out.


6 : Thunder Plains : 6 
----------------------

Boss : Cactuar King
HP   : 100 000
AP   : 8000

Gil Cost : 6000
Steal    : Chocobo Wing (x2), Designer Wallet
Win      : Blessed Gem (x6)

Prize    : Chocobo Wing (x99)


This boss is really hard. One of his attack is called 100,000 Needles 
and that attack deals 99,999 HP of damage on one character, thus kill
one of your character with one blow. Since he has only 100 000HP, use
any powerful Overdrive (Wakka's Attack Reels) to take care of him 
with one single attack. 


7 : Macalania Woods : 7
-----------------------

Boss : Espada
HP   : 280 000
AP   : 8000

Gil Cost : 6000
Steal    : Farplane Shadow (x4), Farplane Wind
Win      : Rename Card (x2)

Prize    : Shining Gem (x60)


Espada can be hard if you don't know how to defeat him. He can counter
every attacks with a Death Attack thus, there is one character going 
down. Use your Aeons to do the job for this fight. This may be long,
but after a while he will go down.


8 : Sanubia Desert : 8
----------------------

Boss : Abyss Worm
HP   : 480 000
AP   : 8000

Gil Cost : 6000
Steal    : Lightning Gem (x4), Stamina Tablet
Win      : Stamina Tonic (x2)

Prize    : Shadow Gem (x99)


I hope you deal a lot of damage, because this fight can be really long.
Be sure to cast Hastega on everybody and keep attacking him. His attacks
aren't too powerful, so you should be able to take care of him without
too much problems.


9 : Calm Lands : 9
------------------

Boss : Chimerageist
HP   : 120 000
AP   : 8000

Gil Cost : 6000
Steal    : Magic Spring (x2), Stamina Spring (x2)
Win      : Return Sphere (x2)

Prize    : Farplane Wind (x60)


You have no choice, but to fight this boss in the first place since you
need to capture every fiend in the Calm Lands area before going anywhere
else. He is pretty easy though, he only has 120 000 HP so use Hastega on
your party. Beware of his Aqua Breath and his Medigo Flame since it can
deal a lot of damage on you. Use your Aeons if you need them and keep 
using your physical and Overdrives on him. Don't forget to heal too :).


10 : Mt. Gagazet 10 :
---------------------

Boss : Catoblepas
HP   : 550 000
AP   : 8000

Gil Cost : 6000
Steal    : Healing Spring (x3), Stamina Tonic (x2)
Win      : Three Stars (x2)

Prize    : Blossom Crown


First of all, cast Shell on your party at the beginning of the battle,
use Hastega too. Keep attacking him and heal your character when you
need them. Again, use Wakka's Attack Reels to do major damage on him,
that is if you get three X2 with Wakka's Overdrive. Once you see that
the boss is low on HP, heal yourself to full health and kill him with
one finishing blow. He will cast Ultima on your party and this is when
Shell becomes useful.


11 : Sin : 11
-------------

Boss : Abadon
HP   : 380 000
AP   : 10 000

Gil Cost : 6000
Steal    : Purifying Salt (x3), Shining Gem
Win      : Magic Spring (X2)

Prize    : Lunar Curtain (x99)


Beware of his Pharoah's Curse, it deals Poison, Curse and Darkness on
your party. Also, beware of it's Flare attack, use Hastega on your 
party. Your goal here is to survive, so don't rush things. Keep 
healing your characters and don't take any risks. He should be down 
after a while.


12 : Cavern of the Stolen Fayth : 12
------------------------------------

Boss : Don Tonberry
HP   : 480 000
AP   : 8000

Gil Cost : 6000
Steal    : Candle of Life (x2), Designer Wallet
Win      : Farplane Wind (x6)

Prize    : Silver Hourglass (x40)


This one is hard! Each time you attack him, he will counter with a 
powerful attack called Karma. This will kill one of your character
with one blow, so be prepared. Since he has a lot of HP, this will
probably be a tough fight. Use Wakka's Attack Reels and use Hastega
on your party. Keep using Entrust on Wakka to make him use is Attack
Reels often. It will probably take you more than one shot to defeat
this tough boss, so good luck.


13 : Omega Ruins : 13
---------------------

Boss : Vorban
HP   : 630 000
AP   : 8000

Gil Cost : 6000
Steal    : Healing Spring (x2), Stamina Tablet
Win      : Friend Sphere (x2)

Prize    : Designer Wallet (x60)


Again, don't let is high HP discourage you. Cast Hastega on your party
and use Auron's Banishing Blade on him, since it works great. I hope 
your character can do more than 40 000 HP of damage in this fight. If 
that's not the case, keep using Wakka's Overdrive Attack Reels on him. 
This boss can Counter sometimes so keep that in mind and don't forget 
to keep your HP high. Keep using that strategy and he will go down 
after a long fight!


                          =====================
                            Species Creations
                          =====================

This is getting a little harder. To fight those tough bosses, you need
to capture each monsters with the same species. I'll list which fiends
you need to capture in order to do that, so just use the chart at the
beginning of the Side Quest to know where to capture them. Good luck!


1 : Wolves : 1
--------------

Boss : Fenrir
HP   : 850 000
AP   : 10000

Gil Cost : 8000
Steal    : Chocobo Feather (x2), Chocobo Wing (x2)
Win      : Agility Sphere (x2)
Capture  : Dingo (x3), Mi'Ihen Fang (x3), Garm (x3), Snow Wolf (x3), 
           Sand Wolf (x3), Skoll (x3), Bandersnatch (x3)

Prize    : Chocobo Feather (x99)


This is a tough boss since he has a lot of HPs. Use Hastega, because this
boss is really fast and you won't be able to hold for a long time if you
don't have Haste. Beware of it's attack since he is really powerful and
use all of your skills to defeat him.


2 : Lizards : 2
---------------

Boss : Ornitholestes
HP   : 800 000
AP   : 10000

Gil Cost : 8000
Steal    : Rename Card, Chocobo Wing
Win      : Gambler's Spirit (x2)
Capture  : Dinonix (x3), Ipiria (x3), Raptor (x3), Melusine (x3), 
           Iguion (x3), Yowie (x3), Zaurus (x3)

Prize    : Stamina Spring (x99)


This boss can Poison you, so keep that in mind. Yet again, you should cast
Hastega to have a lot of turn before the boss can attack. Don't worry about
this fight, it's pretty easy if you are at a high level. Don't forget to
use Wakka's Attack Reel Attack on him!


3 : Birds : 3
-------------

Boss : Pteryx
HP   : 100 000
AP   : 10000

Gil Cost : 8000
Steal    : Smoke Bomb (x4), Candle of Life
Win      : Dark Matter
Capture  : Condor (x5), Simurgh (x5), Alcyone (x5)

Prize    : Mega Phoenix (x99)


Don't let is low HP fool you if you are at a low level. If you are at a high
level, simply use Wakka's Attack Reels to take care of him. This boss can
curse you so bring some Holy Water in the battle. Cast Hastega on your party
and you should be fine.


4 : Bees : 4
------------

Boss : Hornet
HP   : 620 000
AP   : 10000

Gil Cost : 8000
Steal    : Poison Fang (x4), Purifying Salt (x2)
Win      : Accuracy Sphere
Capture  : Killer Bee (x5), Bite Bug (x5), Wasp (x5), Nebrios (x5)

Prize    : Mana Tonic (x60)


This one is hard, because he has a high speed, a high evade rate and he can 
kill your character with one blow. He can also Poison you, so keep that in
mind. It's almost impossible to defeat him at low levels and you can't win
without Hastega in this fight. Use Wakka to attack the Boss and bring your
Aeons if you need them, good luck though, you're gonna need it!


5 : Floating Wizards : 5
------------------------

Boss : Vidatu
HP   : 95 000
AP   : 10000

Gil Cost : 8000
Steal    : Lightning Gem (x4), Magic Tonic
Win      : MP Sphere (x2)
Capture  : Gandarewa (x5), Aerouge (x5), Imp (x5)

Prize    : Mana Spring (x99)


This boss his easy, since he has low HPs, bring Wakka and do your Attack
Reels (Overdrive) on him. He should go down with one attack. 


6 : Floating EyeBalls : 6
-------------------------

Boss : One-Eye
HP   : 150 000
AP   : 10000

Gil Cost : 8000
Steal    : Lunar Curtain (x3), Blessed Gem
Win      : Magic Defense Sphere (x2)
Capture  : Floating Eye (x5), Buer (x5), Evil Eye (x5), Ahriman (x5)
           Floating Death (x5)

Prize    : Stamina Tablet (x60)  


You need the First Strike Ability for this battle, because you need to 
have the first turn. Equip this ability to Wakka and be sure that he 
got is Overdrive. Once you get your turn, unleash your Attack Reels to
kill him with one blow. If you don't have the first strike ability, 
One-Eye will use a powerful attack that will kill all your characters
with one blow. So be sure to have the First Strike ability.


7 : Flans : 7 
-------------

Boss : Jumbo Flan
HP   : 1 300 000
AP   : 10000 

Gil Cost : 8000
Steal    : Lunar Curtain (x3), Magic Tablet 
Win      : Magic Sphere
Capture  : Water Flan (x3), Ice Flan (x3), Snow Flan (x3), 
           Thunder Flan (x3), Dark Flan (x3)

Prize    : Twin Star (x60)


This boss his really hard, to be frank with you, I've never been able to
defeat that boss. Don't bother using physical attacks during this battle
since you won't do a lot of damage on him. Don't bother using Magic Spells
too, since it won't hurt him. The best way to deal a lot of damage is to
bring your aeons in the battle, but they won't last long, so have them 
use Curaga on themselves. Use Anima's Pain Attack on him, that hurts him
a lot too! If you are lucky enough, after a while, your Aeons will defeat
him. This can be a long and painful fight.


8 : Elementals : 8
------------------

Boss : Nega Elemental 
HP   : 1 300 000
AP   : 10000

Gil Cost : 8000
Steal    : Star Curtain (x4), Twin Stars
Win      : Twin Stars (x2)
Capture  : Yellow Element (x3), White Element (x3), Red Element (x3), 
           Gold Element (x3), Blue Element (x3), Dark Element (x3), 
           Black Element (x3)

Prize    : Star Curtain (x99)


Again, this is a hard fight, so be sure to cast Shell and have some 
characters with a high Magic Defense attribute. You can't deal physical
damage on him because he will cast Ultima on your party, so if you have
casted Shell, you may be able to survive its attack. Use Wakka's Attack
Reels on him and that should deal a lot of damage on him, then he will
counter attack with Ultima. Heal yourself again then use your Entrust
Ability on Wakka and make him use is Attack Reels again, repeat the 
process and he will go down after a while.


9 :  Moles : 9
--------------

Boss : Tanket
HP   : 900 000
AP   : 10000

Gil Cost : 8000
Steal    : Light Curtain (x4), Lunar Curtain (x4)
Win      : Defense Sphere (x2)
Capture  : Raldo (x3), Bunyip (x3), Murussu (x3), Mafdet (x3), 
           Shred (x3), Halma (x3)

Prize    : Gold Hourglass (x99)


This is a pretty easy boss, you shouldn't have a lot of problem to 
defeat him. Be sure to use Weapons with the Piercing ability and you
will be more than fine. Keep in mind that he can Berserk you characters
too. 


10 : Dragons : 10
-----------------

Boss : Fafnir 
HP   : 1 100 000
AP   : 10000

Gil Cost : 8000
Steal    : Light Curtain (x4), Lunar Curtain (x4)
Win      : Light Curtain (x40)
Capture  : Vouivre (x5), Lamashtu (x5), Kusariqqu (x5), Mushussu (x5),
           Nidhogg (x5)
 
Prize    : Purifying Salt (x99)


Again, this is a boss with high HP, so prepare for a long battle. Be sure
to have Wakka use his Attack Reels and you can summon the Magus Sisters
and use Mindy's Passado Attack on him, because it works well. Also, you 
should cast NulAll Spells on your party members to nullify its Breath
Attack. Use this strategy and the battle should end after a while.


11 : Plants : 11
----------------

Boss : Sleep Sprout
HP   : 98 000
AP   : 10000

Gil Cost : 8000
Steal    : Poison Fang (x4), Farplane Wind
Win      : Teleport Sphere (x2)
Capture  : Funguar (x5), Exoray (x5), Thorn (x5)

Prize    : Healing Spring (x99)


This boss is easy if you hit hard, because if you deal more than 98,000
HP of damage with one blow, he goes down. If you don't hit that hard, be
sure to have Wakka use his Attack Reels on him. Also, if you attack him
and he don't die, he will counter attack will a powerful powder that deals
a lot of damage + status abilities to all of your characters. Be sure that
you can finish him off with one blow.


12 : Bombs : 12
---------------

Boss : Bomb King
HP   : 480 000
AP   : 10000

Gil Cost : 8000
Steal    : Shining Gem, Farplane Wind
Win      : Door to Tomorrow (x2)
Capture  : Bomb (x5), Grenade (x5), Puroburos (x5)

Prize    : Turbo Ether (x60)


This is the same as the bomb you have fought previously. If you aren't 
able to defeat him in three blows, he will counter attack you. This
time, he won't do Self-Destruct, he will cast Ultima. Be sure that you
cast Shell to all of your party members and that you have a high Magic
Defense. Attack him with your most powerful characters until and if he
does cast Ultima, heal your character and hit him again. Keep using 
that process until he goes down for good.


13 : Horned : 13 
----------------

Boss : Juggernault 
HP   : 1 200 000
AP   : 10000

Gil Cost : 8000
Steal    : Lunar Curtain (x4), Shining Gem
Win      : Strength Sphere (x2)
Capture  : Dual Horn (x5), Valaha (x5), Grendel (x5)

Prize    : Light Curtain (x99)


This boss his easy, be sure to have characters with the Fireproof ability.
Juggernault always lose one turn to charge it's Fire Breath attack and 
when he does it, it will do no damage at all to your characters. Now cast
Hastega on your party and keep attacking him until he goes down.


14 : Giants : 14
----------------

Boss : Ironclad
HP   : 2 000 000
AP   : 10000

Gil Cost : 8000
Steal    : Light Curtain (x4), Stamina Tablet
Win      : HP Sphere (x2)
Capture  : Iron Giant (x10), Gemini(1)(x10), Gemini(2)(x10)

Prize    : Mana Tablet (x60)


This one is hard, he has a lot of HP and you can't do Armor Break on him,
well there is always a little cheat ^_^. I hope you have learned Banishing
Blade with Auron. If you haven't learned it, look in the Overdrives Section
to learn how. Anyway, do that Overdrive on him and the Armor Break will
work. From now on, he is a piece of cake. Be sure to have a healer in your
party (Yuna) and cast Protect on everyone, also you can cast Hastega on 
your party. Keep using that strategy and he will go down in no time. 


                          ======================
                            Original Creations
                          ======================

This is where the real fun begins, those are the toughest boss in the 
game. You can get them by capturing all the monsters in an area or 
all the monsters of one species. I'll tell you below how to get all
of them. So good luck! I am also accepting strategies for those bosses.
Please send them at stonekotr@hotmail.com and put Monster Arena as the
topic.


1 : Earth Eater : 1
-------------------

Boss : Earth Eater
HP   : 1 300 000
AP   : 50000

Gil Cost : 15 000
Steal    : Gambler's Spirit, Lv.1 Key Sphere
Win      : Fortune Sphere (x2)
Capture  : Capture all ten of each monsters in two areas.

Prize    : Three Stars (x60)


There isn't much to say about that boss. Just beware of its Megaton
Punch Attack. It is wise to cast Protect on your party. Hit him hard
enough and he will fell on his back, you should cure yourself when
he is in that position and cast Hastega too. Again, use Wakka's Attack
Reels on him.


2 : Greater Sphere : 2 
----------------------

Boss : Greater Sphere
HP   : 1 500 000
AP   : 50000

Gil Cost : 15 000
Steal    : Gambler's Spirit, Return Sphere
Win      : Luck Sphere (x2)
Capture  : Capture all ten of each monsters in two different species.

Prize    : Supreme Gem (x60)


Be sure to cast Shell on all your characters, because this boss counters
with some powerful Magic Attacks like Ultima. Hastega isn't a bad thing
too. Use Wakka's Attack Reels and be sure to keep your character near 
full health. You never know what is going to happen.


3 : Catastrophe : 3
-------------------

Boss : Catastrophe
HP   : 2 200 000
AP   : 50000

Gil Cost : 15 000
Steal    : Gambler's Spirit, Lv.2 Key Sphere
Win      : Designer Wallet (x2)
Capture  : Capture all ten of each monsters in six different areas.

Prize    : Door to Tomorrow (x99)


Use Hastega at the beginning of the battle. Again, cast Protect and
Shell on everybody and be sure to have Poisonproof and Confusionproof
Armor. Next, this boss will be in its shell for a long time so use
that opportunity to prepare yourself for the next part of the battle.
Well, keep hitting him with all you got and he will go out of it's 
shell after a while. Continue hitting on him and beware of its Demi
Attack. This can be a long fight, but you shouldn't have any problem
to defeat him.


4 : Th'uban : 4
---------------

Boss : Th'uban
HP   : 3 000 000
AP   : 50000

Gil Cost : 15 000
Steal    : Gambler's Spirit, Teleport Sphere
Win      : Underdog Secret (x2)
Capture  : Capture all ten of each monsters in six different species.

Prize    : Gambler's Spirit (x99)


This boss is really easy, hehehe... Well, be sure that you have learned
the Doom Overdrive with Kimahri. Next, bring him in the battle and do
his Overdrive on him. Now, all you got to do is hold on until the 
countdown reaches zero and the battle will be over. 


5 : Neslug : 5
--------------

Boss : Neslug 
HP   : 4 000 000
AP   : 50000

Gil Cost : 15 000
Steal    : Gambler's Spirit, Friend Sphere
Win      : Pendulum (x2)
Capture  : Capture one of each monsters around Spira.

Prize    : Wining Formula (x99)

This boss can be really hard if you don't hit 99 999HP of damage with
each characters. Now, make sure everyone has learned Entrust and make
sure that everyone got their Overdrives. This can be long, but this
is the best strategy since you got to defeat him before he goes inside
is Shell. Now, cast Hastega on the party and have Wakka use his Attack
Reels. Next, use the other character to Entrust is Overdrive to Wakka
and make Wakka use his Attack Reels again. Next, use Tidus's Blitz Ace
attack on the boss and he should be near death after that. Now, bring
yet another character and use Entrust on Wakka. Make Wakka use his
Attack Reels yet again... repeat the process until he goes down! You
need a lot of luck for this fight.


6 : Ultima Buster : 6
---------------------

Boss : Ultima Buster 
HP   : 5 000 000
AP   : 50000

Gil Cost : 15 000
Steal    : Gambler's Spirit, Lv.3 Key Sphere
Win      : Dark Matter (x2)
Capture  : Capture five of each monsters around Spira.

Prize    : Dark Matter (x99)


First of all, start the battle with Tidus, Yuna and Wakka. Make Tidus
use his Hastega on the party and have Yuna cast Shell and Protect on
everybody. Next, attack him, but beware of it's attacks, it can easily
take out any party members, but Shell and Protect should help you a 
lot. Keep hitting him with your most powerful attacks and you should
win after a long battle.


7 : Shinryu : 7
---------------

Boss : Shinryu
HP   : 2 000 000
AP   : 50000

Gil Cost : 15 000
Steal    : Gambler's Spirit, Three Stars
Win      : Wings to Discovery (x2)
Capture  : Capture three of each monsters in the Mt. Gagazet area.

Prize    : Megalixir (x30)


You have no choice but to use Wakka, Rikku and Tidus for this battle. Be
sure that you have all of your Overdrives for this battle. Have Tidus 
cast Hastega then use its Blitz Ace and Wakka use its Attack Reels to
take care of that boss. If he isn't dead, beware of its petrification 
attack and his Claw attack since it can do major damage on your party. 


8 : Nemesis : 8
---------------

Boss : Nemesis 
HP   : 10 000 000
AP   : 50000

Gil Cost : 25 000
Steal    : Lv.4 Key Sphere, Warp Sphere
Win      : Warp Sphere (x2)
Capture  : Capture ten of each monsters

Prize    : Master Sphere (x10)

=========================================================================
STRATEGIES FOR NEMESIS (OMEGA GOLD WEAPON)
=========================================================================
As you may already know, you can fight this boss if you capture ten of
each monsters and fight all the bosses in the monsters arena. I ain't
to advanced yet in my game, BUT if you got there, you may be the first
to send strategies about this big bad boss. He got 10,000,000 HP so he
is pretty hard.

Anyway, to submit your strategies, send them at stonekotr@hotmail.com with
NEMESIS as the topic.

===================================
Strategy from CB!, circe@san.rr.com
===================================
First of all, you don't need high HP or even Reraise to defeat 
Nemesis, all you'll need is to be able to hit for 99,999 damage, and an 
agility stat of at least 170 to pull this off in a reasonable amount of time -
220+ is ideal. If you don't, stop reading this strategy right now and go 
slaughter Fenrir until you do. ...Done? Good. Nemesis counters Overdrives, 
but nothing else. Using whomever you like, cast Hastega at the beginning of 
the battle. Use Quick Hit until Nemesis' turn comes up, and swap someone out 
for Yuna, who will immediately summon an Aeon to act as a sacrificial lamb. 
(If you're already using Yuna as one of your three characters, even better.) 
One hit from Nemesis will probably kill your Aeon, but this is okay, because 
doing so will bring the turn to move back to you, even if Nemesis had two or
more turns in a row after your Aeon! At 220+ agility, you should be getting 
18-20 Quick Hits between each of Nemesis' turns. Seven dead Aeons later, 
Nemesis will turn into pyreflies and that sweet "Overkill" will appear on 
your television. Congratulations, you've just beaten the "hardest" boss in 
Final Fantasy X. The moral of the story is, HP size doesn't matter, it's the
motion of the Quick Hit ocean. I'm not claiming this is the end-all be-all 
strategy for defeating Nemesis, but it IS the only way that's worked 
consistently for me. Best of luck to you!


                        ===================
                         VI. Blitzball FAQ
                        ===================

A) Introduction
   ------------

Blitzball is the national sport in Spira and Tidus plays Blitzball for a
team called the Zanarkand Abes. Even a thousand years after the destruction
of Zanarkand by Sin, Blitzball is still as popular than ever before. 
Blitzball is kind of a distraction for the people in Spira, they make
them take off their mind about Sin and they feel safe and happy watching
that sport.

B) Basics of the Mini-Game
   -----------------------

Blitzball is a complex mini-game in FFX and it's not a lie to say that
it is the hardest mini-game to understand compared to previous Final
Fantasies. Each players have their own levels and stats, they grow
differently with different abilities, but they are things in common
with each player, those things are called Attributes. Here's the list
of every attributes and an explanation of them.

NORMAL ATTRIBUTES :
-----------------

   HP (Hit Points) :
This attribute represents the stamina of a player. Each action you take
with a character consume HP, even moving. So if you want to shoot,
pass, use abilities, you will need to spend HP. Don't worry through,
the player HP regenerates when you are not in possession of the ball.

   SP (Speed) :
This attribute represents how the player can move from a point to 
another with a given time. A player with a high speed can move a 
lot faster and thus, you can have breakaways and less encounters.
A player with not a high speed will have a lot of encounters and
he will be a weakness to your team.


ATTACK ATTRIBUTES :
-----------------

   EN (Endurance)
This attribute represents how the player can resist tackle from
other enemies. A player with a high endurance attribute will be
able to pass through several encounters with a lot of defenders.
A player's endurance is measuring with the Attack attribute of
the player from the other team. A player with a small Endurance
Attribute won't be able to block those attacks and you will most
likely lose the ball to the other team.

   PA (Pass)
This attribute represents how the player can do a pass from a
distance point to another. If a player has a high pass rating,
the ball with be thrown farther and the other player will be
able to catch the ball. If you attempt to do a pass in an
Encounter, the pass attribute will be measured with the Block
attribute of the player from the other team. If a player has
a low pass rating, it is not a very good player since the
other team will be able to get their hands on the ball easily.

   SH (Shoot)
This attribute represents how the player can shoot with 
speed and power. The Shoot Attribute is measured with the
Catch Attribute of a goalie and the Block attribute of the
defenders. Let's make an example :

Let's say you're character as a Shoot of 12 and you're in
encounter against a defender with a Block Attribute of 
3. The goalie as a catch ability of 10.

So you shoot : 12 - 3 (Block Attribute) = 9
               9 - 10 (Catch Attribute) = -1
Your shot will be blocked because you're at -1. If you're
shot as a higher number than zero, you will score automatically.


DEFENSE ATTRIBUTES :
------------------

   AT (Attack) 
This attribute represents how the player can do damage to an opponent.
A high Attack attribute will most likely make your opponent lose the
ball in an encounter and your team will take control of the ball. The
Attack attribute is measured with the Endurance attribute of an
attacker.

   BL (Block)
This attribute represents how the player can intercept pass and shoot.
A high block attribute is a key factor to have a good defenseman.

   CA (Catch)
This attribute represents how the goalie can block incoming shoots. Its
a little like the Block attribute, except it is for goalie. Anyway,
if you want to have a good goalie, he must have a high Catching attribute.


SALARY :
------

Each Blitzball players ask for a little amount of money to play in your
team. When you hire players or when their contract expires, you will
need to pay them in other to make them play in your team again.


*** The following is made possible to Michael Gallant, 
    mike_692@hotmail.com. If you have any question about Blitzball, you 
    should ask him. ***


C) BLITZBALL GAME MODES :
   --------------------

    EXHIBITION
You're playing a game versus the team of your choice. You can learn new
techniques but you can't boost your players stats. This mode is good if
you want to learn your players new techniques without having a lose in 
your season. You can forfeit the game by pressing the triangle button
but only when you're losing.

    LEAGUE	
You're playing 10 games versus the five other teams playing in the league.
Once you've played your 10 games, if you finished in the first 3 places,
you'll get a prize. Plus, if one of your player is the top scorer of the
league, you'll get another prize. The prizes can be items or techniques
you can equip when playing Blitzball. Your team players can get experience
points which will boost your players stats. If you win, you'll get 3 points
on the ranking. A tie game gives you 1 point. If the game is tied after 2 
halves, you go in overtime. A lose don't give you any points. 

    TOURNAMENT
In this mode, you're playing as long as you're not losing. The top 3 teams
are getting a prize and the top scorer too just like in the league mode. Your 
team players can get experience points which will boost your players stats.
If the game is tied after 2 halves, you go in overtime until one team is 
winning after the overtime.

D) MOVEMENT :
   --------

    AUTO
The player carrying the ball moves automatically. The only thing you have to
do is passing and shooting. This type of movement is not very useful cause
your player will sometimes go right into the opponents players.

    MANUAL A
You have the control of the player carrying the ball. Your player movement
correspond to the mini map in the lower right corner. Moving left will make
your player go towards the opponent goal while moving right will lead your
player to your own goal.

    MANUAL B
You have the control of the player carrying the ball. Your player movement
depend of the camera angle. Moving left won't always lead you to the opponent
goal so watch closely. It can be a frustrating mode if you're not used to the
camera angles.

Note : You can change your movement mode by pressing the triangle button while
       playing Blitzball.

E) ACTIONS :
   -------

To get in the action menu, you must be carrying the ball. Once you have it, you
just have to press the square button and a small menu will appear.

    PASS (PA)
Your player will pass the ball to one of his team player. Before doing a pass, 
you should look closely where your team member is. If he is far, your pass will
take more passing. So, if someone has only 5 or 6 of passing, he will only be 
able to do short passes. If your passing (PA) reach 0, then the player receiving
the ball will fumble and any player in the sphere can claim the ball after this.

    SHOOT (SH)
Your player will make a shot on the opponent team goal. Before doing a shot, your
player should be near enough to the opponent goalie to perform a good shot. 
Once again, look carefully at your shooting (SH) before doing it. If your player
have a low shooting, then you better pass to one having a high shooting. When you
shoot at the goal, check the goalie catching (CA). If the catching of the goalie
is higher than your shooting, the goalie will usually block or catch the ball. The
catching is randomized between 50 and 150 percent. So a goalie having a catching
of 8 can actually have from 4 to 12 of catching. So be careful about this.

    DRIBBLE
Your player will just move in the sphere depending on what type of movement you
chose. Dribble gradually decreases your HP, but don't worry cause it's not taking
a lot of your HP.

F) ENCOUNTERS :
   ----------
When you encounter an opponent, a menu screen will appear and will leave you with
2 choices.

     NO BREAK
If you choose this action, the standard action menu will appear but this one won't
include dribble. From now on, you have to pass or shoot. Whether you shoot or pass,
check your opponent BLOCK (BL). The block work like the goalie catching (CA) which
means that the block points are randomized between 50 and 150 percent of the player
BLOCK points. If your action pass through the guard, the action will keep going. If
your action points get to 0, the opponent get the control of the ball. Be careful, 
even if your opponent do not intercept the ball, your action will probably have lost 
some points. 
Note : More than one person can rush towards you.
 
Example : 10 PA     vs      6 BL       your PA might be about 4 after the BLOCK.

     BREAKTHROUGH
Before doing this action, check your opponent ATTACK (AT) and also your ENDURANCE
(EN). The ATTACK works like the goalie CATCHING and the BLOCK. The ATTACK points
are randomized between 50 and 150 percent of the player ATTACK points. Once you've
selected breakthrough the standard action menu will appear. You will have to choose
between PASS, SHOOT or DRIBBLE. If your ENDURANCE stay above 0, you will be able to
do your action. But if it gets to 0, the opponent will get the control of the ball.

Note : You can break through more than one opponent, you just have to sum up their
ATTACK points.

G) STATUS AILMENTS :
   ---------------

     POISON
Poison can be inflicted to an opponent when he tries to block your pass or your 
shot and it also work on the goalie. When you are affected by poison, your HP is 
decreasing faster than usually while his HP recovery is slower. If you are afflicted 
by Pile Venom, you will lose your shooting techniques at first, then your tackling 
techniques and your passing techniques.

     SLEEP
Sleep can be inflicted by using a nap technique. It works the same way as the poison.
When you are affected by sleep, your arrow on the mini map will turn black. Your player 
will wake up automatically after some time. It will also wake up after a goal is scored
or if you throw a pass at him. If you throw a pass at him he won't catch the ball and
the opponent will probably take control of the ball but at least it won't be a 5 on 4
game.

TIPS : Try to put the goalie of the other team. That way, it will be a lot easier to 
       score and if you have Volley Shot equipped on one of your player, he might
       perform a shot right after the goalie fell asleep.

     WITHER
Wither can be afflicted by any Wither technique. The Wither ailment reduced one of 
your stat by half. Only your HP cannot be affected by the Wither ailment. If you are 
affected by Wither, the stat that is reduced will appear in blue instead of appearing
in yellow.

H) STARTING A GAME :
   ---------------

     POSITION IN THE SPHERE
Left Forward (LF)  : You should put someone with a high shooting stat here.
Right Forward (RF) : You should put someone with a high shooting stat here.
Midfielder (MF)    : You should put someone with decent endurance, passing and 
                     attacking.
Left Defense (LD)  : Definitely someone with high passing, attacking and
                     blocking.
Right Defense (RD) : Definitely someone with high passing, attacking and
                     blocking.
Goalie (GL)        : You just have to put a guy with a lot of catching.

     SET TECHNIQUES
Once your players are at level 3, they can set techniques that will make them do
special attacks, passing and shooting. As their levels get higher, you will have
the possibility to equip up to 5 techniques. To equip these techniques, choose
one of your player. If he can equip any techniques, you should see a dotted line, 
press X button to access another menu that will show the techniques this player
has learned so far. There are 2 pages with different techniques that can be 
learned. You just have to go on next page to see the other techniques that you
have learned so far.

     SET MARKS
The mark mode is used if you want to learn new techniques for your players. 
Select one of your players, the opponent team will now be on the right side of 
the screen. If one player of this team has a techniques that can be learned, this
technique will be in blue. The techniques in white cannot be learned. You shouln't
have more than one guy trying to learn the technique of the same opponent cause
only one of your player will be able to learn it.

     TECHCOPY
Techcopy is used during a Blitzball game. Once you have set your marks, the game
starts. Then, when an opponent use a technique that one of your player wants to
learn, look carefully in the top left corner of the screen. When you see the word
Techcopy, press the X button on your controller. You should learn the technique
if you've been quick enough. Also, your player might not be able to learn the
technique if his level is not high enough.

     KEY TECHNIQUES
If you want to be able to learn more techniques for your players, make them learn
their key techniques. After that, new techniques will become available for your
players to learn.

     USING TECHNIQUES
If you want to use one of your technique during a Blitzball game, you just have to
do an action and if you can use a technique, a new menu will open automatically 
showing you the techniques you can use. When the opponent has the ball and that he
is trying to break through, if you have a technique you can use a menu will appear
and you will have to select between the normal attack or the technique you have
learned.

Note : All the techniques in the Blitzball game take some HP from your player. If 
       your player doesn't have enough HP to perform the technique, he won't be 
       able to do it.

I) BLITZBALL TECHNIQUE :
   -------------------

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Technique   : Anti-Drain
HP Used     : 10
Description : You have 50% of chance that your HP won't be drained.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Technique   : Anti-Drain 2
HP Used     : 50
Description : You have 100% of chance that your HP won't be drained.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Technique   : Anti-Nap
HP Used     : 40
Description : You have 50% of chance that your player don't fall asleep.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Technique   : Anti-Nap 2
HP Used     : 210
Description : You have 100% of chance that your player don't fall asleep.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Technique   : Anti-Venom
HP Used     : 5
Description : You have 50% of chance of not being poisoned.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Technique   : Anti-Venom 2
HP Used     : 50
Description : You have 100% of chance of not being poisoned.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Technique   : Anti-Wither
HP Used     : 30
Description : You have 50% of chance that your player won't get his stat 
              reduced.
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Technique   : Anti-Wither 2
HP Used     : 200
Description : You have 100% of chance that your player won't get his stat
              reduced.
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Technique   : Auroch's Spirit
HP Used     : 600
Description : Your shooting is up by 10. The original Aurochs'SH is added
              to Wakka.
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Technique   : Brawler
HP Used     : 10
Description : You have 60% of chance to participate in encounters even if
              you are farther away.
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Technique   : Drain Tackle
HP Used     : 30
Description : Absorb HP but don't increase your attack though. HP must be
              over 30, 40% of chance.
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Technique   : Drain Tackle 2
HP Used     : 150
Description : Absorb HP but don't increase your attack though. HP must be
              over 150, 70% of chance.
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Technique   : Drain Tackle 3
HP Used     : 500
Description : Absorb HP but don't increase your attack though. HP must be
              over 500, 100% of chance.
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Technique   : Elite Defense
HP Used     : 5
Description : You can find and intercept the ball carrier from farther 
              away.
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Technique   : Gamble
HP Used     : 300
Description : Your player stat randomized by pressing the X button, 50%
              chance.
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Technique   : Golden Arm
HP Used     : 30
Description : SH and PA decrease slower than usually when passing and
              shooting.
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Technique   : Good Morning!
HP Used     : 80
Description : 50% of chance that your player powers up after waking up.
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Technique   : Grip Gloves
HP Used     : 30
Description : Raises your goalie catching.
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Technique   : Hi-Risk
HP Used     : 300
Description : 50% of chance of getting all your stats reduced by half, but 
              double your experience points.
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Technique   : Invisible Shot
HP Used     : 220
Description : SH +3, 60% of chance that the ball disappear on his way to
              the goal, you can control it with the left stick.
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Technique   : Jecht Shot
HP Used     : 120
Description : SH +5, knock 2 opponent out of your way and then perform a
              shot.
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Technique   : Jecht Shot 2
HP Used     : 999
Description : SH +10, an invisible shot and it knock away 3 opponent out of
              your way.
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Technique   : Nap Pass
HP Used     : 40
Description : PA +3, 30% of chance of putting your opponent to sleep.
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Technique   : Nap Pass 2
HP Used     : 200
Description : PA +5, 60% of chance of putting your opponent to sleep.
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Technique   : Nap Pass 3
HP Used     : 510
Description : PA +7, 100% of chance of putting your opponent to sleep.
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Technique   : Nap Shot
HP Used     : 45
Description : SH +3, 40% of chance to put the goalie to sleep.
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Technique   : Nap Shot 2
HP Used     : 80
Description : SH +5, 70% of chance to put the goalie to sleep.
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Technique   : Nap Shot 3
HP Used     : 350
Description : SH +7, 100% of chance to put the goalie to sleep.
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Technique   : Nap Tackle
HP Used     : 40
Description : AT +3, 40% of chance to put the opponent to sleep if his EN
              is reduced to zero.
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Technique   : Nap Tackle 2
HP Used     : 90
Description : AT +5, 70% of chance to put the opponent to sleep if his EN
              is reduced to zero.
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Technique   : Nap Tackle 3
HP Used     : 180
Description : AT +7, 100% of chance to put the opponent to sleep if his EN
              is reduced to zero.
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Technique   : Pile Venom
HP Used     : 30
Description : Cumulate poison effects.
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Technique   : Pile Wither
HP Used     : 70
Description : Cumulate the effects of Wither.
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Technique   : Regen
HP Used     : 50
Description : You recover your HP faster.
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Technique   : Sphere Shot
HP Used     : 90
Description : SH +3, Randomize your shooting point, press X button to stop.
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Technique   : Spin Ball
HP Used     : 30
Description : Puts some spin on the ball which is making it harder for the
              goalie to catch.
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Technique   : Super Goalie
HP Used     : 30 and more
Description : 60% of chance to add a random amount of CA to your goalie,
              press X button to stop.
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Technique   : Tackle Slip
HP Used     : 40
Description : 40% of chance to evade a tackle, your player might be 
              disoriented after this.
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Technique   : Tackle Slip 2
HP Used     : 170
Description : 80% of chance to evade a tackle, your player might be
              disoriented after this.
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Technique   : Tech Find
HP Used     : None
Description : Prize : Unlocks any of the slots in a character's technique
              list.
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Technique   : Venom Pass
HP Used     : 40
Description : PA +3, 30% of chance to put your opponent to sleep.
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Technique   : Venom Pass 2
HP Used     : 120
Description : PA +5, 60% of chance to put your opponent to sleep.
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Technique   : Venom Pass 3
HP Used     : 250
Description : PA +7, 100% of chance to put your opponent to sleep.
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Technique   : Venom Shot
HP Used     : 20
Description : SH +3, 40% of chance to put the goalie to sleep.
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Technique   : Venom Shot 2
HP Used     : 35
Description : SH +5, 70% of chance to put the goalie to sleep.
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Technique   : Venom Shot 3
HP Used     : 100
Description : SH +7, 100% of chance to put the goalie to sleep.
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Technique   : Venom Tackle
HP Used     : 30
Description : AT +3, 40% of chance to poison your opponent.
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Technique   : Venom Tackle 2
HP Used     : 70
Description : AT +5, 70% of chance to poison your opponent.
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Technique   : Venom Tackle 3
HP Used     : 160
Description : AT +7, 100% of chance to poison your opponent.
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Technique   : Volley Shot
HP Used     : 10
Description : 50% of chance to shoot the ball without being blocked.
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Technique   : Volley Shot 2
HP Used     : 40
Description : 75% of chance to shoot the ball without being blocked.
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Technique   : Volley Shot 3
HP Used     : 250
Description : 100% of chance to shoot the ball without being blocked.
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Technique   : Wither Pass
HP Used     : 40
Description : PA +3, 30% of chance to reduce the opponents EN, AT or BL.
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Technique   : Wither Pass 2
HP Used     : 180
Description : PA +5, 60% of chance to reduce the opponents EN, AT or BL.
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Technique   : Wither Pass 3
HP Used     : 440
Description : PA +7, 100% of chance to reduce the opponents EN, AT or BL.
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Technique   : Wither Shot
HP Used     : 30
Description : SH +3, 40% of chance to reduce the goalie BL and CA.
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Technique   : Wither Shot 2
HP Used     : 180
Description : SH +5, 70% of chance to reduce the goalie BL and CA.
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Technique   : Wither Shot 3
HP Used     : 390
Description : SH +7, 100% of chance to reduce the goalie BL and CA.
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Technique   : Wither Tackle
HP Used     : 8
Description : AT +3, 40% of chance to reduce the opponents EN, AT and BL.
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Technique   : Wither Tackle 2
HP Used     : 80
Description : AT +5, 70% of chance to reduce the opponents EN, AT and BL.
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Technique   : Wither Tackle 3
HP Used     : 250
Description : AT +7, 100% of chance to reduce the opponents EN, AT and BL.
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   HOW TO GET JECHT SHOT
This is one of the best technique in the Blitzball. If you want to get it,
you must go the S.S. Winno which is located in Luca Harbor. You go on the
bridge of the boat. There, you will see a blitz ball. From now on, you just
have to press the directional button + the X button in the direction of
Tidus's memories. If you are fast enough, Tidus will perform the legendary
Jecht Shot. If you are too slow, he will just miss the ball and you will
have to start over.

   HOW TO GET JECHT SHOT 2
If you want to get this technique, you will have to get the Jecht Shot 
before. Once it is done, you will be able to get this technique in a 
tournament. But that would be too easy. You must also have learned all the
key techniques of Tidus. Here they are : Venom Tackle, Drain Tackle and
Anti-Venom 2. If you don't have all his key techniques, when you will win
the tournament, a message will say that none of your players can learn this
technique.

J) RECRUITIING AND SCOUTING :
   ------------------------
When you are able to play Blitzball on save points, you will be able to 
recruit new players for your team. These player can be found all over Spira.
If you want to know if someone is playing Blitzball, press the SQUARE button
when you're facing him. If he is a Blitzball player, some of his stat will
appear, like for which team he is playing and the lenght of his contract.
If he is not playing for any team at the moment, the lenght of his contract
will be 0 games. You'll be able to take him in your team if you want to. Of
course, if you want to recruit someone, you'll have to pay him. Their salary
can varie depending on how good the player is. Some Blitzball players might
also be free agents, which mean that they are not playing for any Blitzball 
team at that moment. These players salaries are usually lower than the one 
already playing for a team. After a couple of wins, your team level will go
up and new players might become available. You also have a scouting level. If
this level is going up, every time you will want to recruit someone for your
team, other stats will appear.

NOTE : You can only have 8 player for your team, so choose your player wisely.

   SCOUTING LEVEL
Level 1 : Name of the player.            Level 2 : You can see his attributes
          Level of the player.                     AT, EN, BL, CA, SH, PA.
          Team he is playing for.
          Lenght of his contract.
          The salary you must pay him.

Level 3 : You can see the techniques     Level 4 : You can see all the techs
          that are equipped on this                he has learned so far.
          player.


K) TEAM PLAYERS AND FREE AGENTS LIST
   ---------------------------------

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Name           : Tidus
Playing Team   : Besaid Aurochs
Key techniques : Venom Tackle, Drain Tackle, Anti-Venom 2
Location       : None
Comments       : Good player in the early game, lot of EN and SH.
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Name           : Jassu
Playing Team   : Besaid Aurochs
Key techniques : Wither Tackle, Wither Tackle 2, Nap Tackle 2
Location       : Luca Stadium in Aurochs locker room
Comments       : Good defense with decent AT and PA.
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Name           : Datto
Playing Team   : Besaid Aurochs
Key techniques : Wither Shot, Anti-Venom, Wither Shot 2
Location       : Luca Stadium in Aurochs locker room
Comments       : Not a good player in the early game but can be a
                 good forward with a lot of speed when boosted.
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Name           : Botta
Playing Team   : Besaid Aurochs
Key techniques : Venom Shot, Venom Pass 2, Nap Tackle
Location       : Luca Stadium in Aurochs locker room
Comments       : Not a very good player in the early game but he 
                 has a lot of BL when boosted.
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Name           : Letty
Playing Team   : Besaid Aurochs
Key techniques : Wither Tackle, Nap Pass, Venom Pass 3
Location       : Luca Stadium in Aurochs locker room
Comments       : Nice player in the early game with a huge PA.
                 Good overall man.
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Name           : Keepa
Playing Team   : Besaid Aurochs
Key techniques : Super Goalie, Volley Shot, Anti-Wither
Location       : Luca Stadium in Aurochs locker room
Comments       : Your goalie in the early game. Not the best
                 goalie but has 99 SH when at level 99.
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Name           : Bickson
Playing Team   : Luca Goers
Key techniques : Wither Shot, Nap Pass, Anti-Nap
Location       : Luca Harbor in the number 3 dock
Comments       : One of the best at the very beginning but will
                 become one of the worst at the end.
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Name           : Doram
Playing Team   : Luca Goers
Key techniques : Wither Tackle, Nap Tackle, Volley Shot
Location       : Luca Harbor in the number 3 dock
Comments       : Good AT at the very beginning of the game but 
                 will become one of the worst.
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Name           : Abus
Playing Team   : Luca Goers
Key techniques : Grip Gloves, Venom Tackle 2, Venom Shot 3
Location       : Luca Harbor in the number 3 dock
Comments       : Big SH and EN in the early game but not that
                 good once he is boosted.
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Name           : Balgerda
Playing Team   : Luca Goers
Key techniques : Nap Tackle, Anti-Wither, Drain Tackle
Location       : Luca Harbor in the number 3 dock
Comments       : Big AT and PA in the early game but will become
                 useless at the end of the game.
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Name           : Graav
Playing Team   : Luca Goers
Key techniques : Venom Pass, Tackle Slip, Drain Tackle 2
Location       : Luca Harbor in the number 3 dock
Comments       : Good PA and EN in the early game but not very
                 good at the end of the game.
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Name           : Raudy
Playing Team   : Luca Goers
Key techniques : Grip Gloves, Gamble, Tackle Slip
Location       : Luca Harbor in the number 3 dock
Comments       : Good goalie in the early game but not one of the 
                 best at the end.
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Name           : Larbeight
Playing Team   : Kilika Beasts
Key techniques : Wither Shot, Anti-Nap, Tackle Slip 2
Location       : Kilika Port docks
Comments       : Not the best offense in the early game but he is 
                 surely one of the best at the end with huge EN
                 and SH.
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Name           : Kulukan
Playing Team   : Kilika Beasts
Key techniques : Drain Tackle, Nap Pass, Venom Tackle 3
Location       : Kilika Port tavern
Comments       : Good defense in all the game with decent AT and
                 huge passing.
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Name           : Isken
Playing Team   : Kilika Beasts
Key techniques : Wither Pass, Wither Tackle, Wither Tackle 2
Location       : Kilika Port house
Comments       : Good EN but not a big SH in the early game. One
                 of the best once boosted though.
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Name           : Deim
Playing Team   : Kilika Beasts
Key techniques : Venom Tackle, Wither Pass, Pile Wither
Location       : Kilika Temple great hall
Comments       : Not good at the beginning but has a huge BL at 
                 the end of the game. Not a big AT.
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Name           : Vuroja
Playing Team   : Kilika Beasts
Key techniques : Wither Tackle, Nap Pass, Anti-Nap
Location       : Kilika Port docks
Comments       : One of the best overall player in the game with
                 99 of PA, good BL and great EN at the end. Not
                 that good at the beginning though.
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Name           : Nizarut
Playing Team   : Kilika Beasts
Key techniques : Venom Shot, Anti-Wither, Anti-Nap
Location       : Kilika Temple great hall
Comments       : Not the best goalie in the early game but great
                 goalie at the end though.
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Name           : Eigaar
Playing Team   : Al Bhed Psyches
Key techniques : Venom Tackle, Spin Ball, Volley Shot
Location       : Airship corridor
Comments       : He has great EN, BL and SH in the early game.
                 But he is not good at the end of the game.
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Name           : Judda
Playing Team   : Al Bhed Psyches
Key techniques : Anti-Nap, Wither Tackle, Anti-Wither
Location       : Airship corridor
Comments       : Good defense in the early game with good AT and
                 BL. Not a big AT at the end though.
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Name           : Blappa
Playing Team   : Al Bhed Psyches
Key techniques : Elite Defense, Drain Tackle, Nap Shot
Location       : Airship corridor
Comments       : One good guy at the beginning but not good at 
                 the end.
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Name           : Lakkam
Playing Team   : Al Bhed Psyches
Key techniques : Venom Tackle, Nap Pass, Tackle Slip
Location       : Airship corridor
Comments       : Good defense in the early game but not enough AT
                 once boosted.
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Name           : Berrik
Playing Team   : Al Bhed Psyches
Key techniques : Venom Tackle, Wither Tackle 2, Elite Defense
Location       : Airship corridor
Comments       : Decent player in the early game but not a good
                 player at the end.
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Name           : Nimrook
Playing Team   : Al Bhed Psyches
Key techniques : Venom Tackle, Venom Tackle 2, Anti-Drain
Location       : Airship corridor
Comments       : The best goalie of the entire game. You must
                 have this goalie in your team. With Super Goalie
                 and Anti-Nap, he is untouchable.
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Name           : Basik Ronso
Playing Team   : Ronso Fangs
Key techniques : Nap Shot, Venom Tackle, Invisible Shot
Location       : Luca Harbor in number 4 dock
Comments       : Good offense man with huge SH and EN at the end
                 of the game.
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Name           : Nuvy Ronso
Playing Team   : Ronso Fangs
Key techniques : Venom Tackle, Volley Shot, Tackle Slip
Location       : Luca Harbor in number 4 dock
Comments       : Great defense with big AT but not enough BL and
                 with a decent PA during all the game.
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Name           : Argai Ronso
Playing Team   : Ronso Fangs
Key techniques : Wither Tackle, Venom Pass 2, Anti-Drain
Location       : Luca Harbor in number 4 dock
Comments       : Good offense man with huge SH and EN at the end
                 of the game.
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Name           : Irga Ronso
Playing Team   : Ronso Fangs
Key techniques : Pile Wither, Wither Tackle 3, Super Goalie
Location       : Luca Harbor in number 4 dock
Comments       : Good defense the whole game with huge AT and PA
                 and a good BL.
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Name           : Gazna Ronso
Playing Team   : Ronso Fangs
Key techniques : Venom Pass, Drain Tackle, Volley Shot 2
Location       : Luca Harbor in number 4 dock
Comments       : The only thing this guy can do is breaking 
                 through everything in the early game. One of the
                 worst of this game.
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Name           : Zamzi Ronso
Playing Team   : Ronso Fangs
Key techniques : Spin Ball, Super Goalie, Invisible Shot
Location       : Luca Harbor in number 4 dock
Comments       : Not the best goalie of the game but he is still
                 a decent goalie.
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Name           : Giera Guado
Playing Team   : Guado Glories
Key techniques : Venom Shot, Nap Shot, Pile Venom
Location       : Guadosalam
Comments       : Two words to describe the Guado : HUGE SPEED.
                 That's the only advantage of this guy though.
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Name           : Auda Guado
Playing Team   : Guado Glories
Key techniques : Anti-Venom, Anti-Nap, Anti-Wither
Location       : Guadosalam
Comments       : Huge speed again and one big BL too. Good
                 defense the whole game but don't have enough AT.
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Name           : Zazi Guado
Playing Team   : Guado Glories
Key techniques : Anti-Venom, Wither Shot 2, Anti-Venom 2
Location       : Guadosalam house
Comments       : High speed with decent PA and SH the whole game.
                 Not one of the best though.
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Name           : Pah Guado
Playing Team   : Guado Glories
Key techniques : Drain Tackle, Venom Tackle 2, Gamble
Location       : Guadosalam house
Comments       : Good defense with decent AT and PA in the early
                 game. Huge BL at the end.
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Name           : Navara Guado
Playing Team   : Guado Glories
Key techniques : Drain Tackle, Super Goalie, Nap Tackle 2
Location       : Guadosalam
Comments       : Good PA the entire game with a HUGE BL at the
                 end of the game. Not enough EN though.
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Name           : Noy Guado
Playing Team   : Guado Glories
Key techniques : Anti-Nap, Wither Pass 2, Elite Defense
Location       : Guadosalam
Comments       : Decent goalie to have in the early game but is
                 surely one of the worst at the end of the game.
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Name           : Brother
Playing Team   : Free Agent
Key techniques : Wither Tackle 2, Nap Tackle, Sphere Shot
Location       : Airship bridge
Comments       : Very good in the early game but won't be of any
                 use after that.
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Name           : Kyou
Playing Team   : Free Agent
Key techniques : Venom Pass, Volley Shot, Nap Tackle 2
Location       : Djose Temple
Comments       : Good goalie in the early game but will soon
                 become useless.
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Name           : Wedge
Playing Team   : Free Agent
Key techniques : Nap Tackle, Wither Tackle, Anti-Venom 2
Location       : Luca Stadium main gate
Comments       : Good SH and EN in the early game and he will
                 become one of the best goalie once he is level
                 99.
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Name           : Zalitz
Playing Team   : Free Agent
Key techniques : Anti-Venom, Venom Pass, Tackle Slip
Location       : Luca Theater
Comments       : Good AT and BL in the early game but will soon
                 become useless.
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Name           : Kiyuri
Playing Team   : Free Agent
Key techniques : Wither Shot, Sphere Shot, Volley Shot 2
Location       : S.S. Winno deck
Comments       : Not good in the early game but will become a
                 very good defense with lot of PA and AT.
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Name           : Shaami
Playing Team   : Free Agent
Key techniques : Wither Shot, Wither Pass, Venom Pass 3
Location       : Luca Harbor bridge
Comments       : Bad player in the early game but will have a 
                 huge SH and a good EN once she is level 99. 
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Name           : Shuu
Playing Team   : Free Agent
Key techniques : Venom Tackle 2, Anti-Venom, Pile Venom
Location       : Luca Seaport caf
Comments       : DON'T take this player. He is surely the worst
                 Blitzball player of the entire game.
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Name           : Zev Ronso
Playing Team   : Free Agent
Key techniques : Volley Shot, Anti-Wither, Pile Venom
Location       : Luca Harbor in the number 5 dock
Comments       : Good SH and EN in the early game but I don't
                 recommend you this one.
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Name           : Jumal
Playing Team   : Free Agent
Key techniques : Spin Ball,Tackle Slip, Tackle Slip 2
Location       : Luca Seaport in the square
Comments       : Huge CA in the early game but he is not very
                 good once he is boosted.
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Name           : Tatts
Playing Team   : Free Agent
Key techniques : Nap Tackle, Venom Tackle, Nap Tackle 2
Location       : Kilika Port docks
Comments       : Good EN and PA the whole game. Not a bad player.
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Name           : Svanda
Playing Team   : Free Agent
Key techniques : Nap Shot, Venom Tackle 2, Regen
Location       : Calm Lands
Comments       : Big SH, EN, AT and BL in the very beginning but
                 she will soon become useless.
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Name           : Durren
Playing Team   : Free Agent
Key techniques : Nap Pass 2, Nap Pass, Anti-Nap
Location       : Calm Lands in the Gorge Bottom
Comments       : You have no use of taking this guy even if he 
                 has a decent CA in the early game.
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Name           : Nedus
Playing Team   : Free Agent
Key techniques : Volley Shot, Volley Shot 2, Anti-Wither
Location       : Luca Harbor in the number 1 dock
Comments       : Good EN and SH the whole time he is boosting.
                 It's a decent player.
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Name           : Vilucha
Playing Team   : Free Agent
Key techniques : Tackle Slip, Volley Shot, Anti-Venom 2
Location       : Besaid Village in a house
Comments       : Huge SH and EN at the end of the game with a lot
                 of HP too. Good player.
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Name           : Naida
Playing Team   : Free Agent
Key techniques : Wither Shot, Nap Tackle 2, Spin Ball
Location       : Calm Lands shop
Comments       : Huge speed with a good BL and PA the whole game.
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Name           : Mifurey
Playing Team   : Free Agent
Key techniques : Nap Pass, Super Goalie, Wither Tackle
Location       : Thunder Plains in the Travel Agency
Comments       : Good EN and PA. Not a very good player.
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Name           : Biggs
Playing Team   : Free Agent
Key techniques : Wither Shot, Nap Tackle 2, Spin Ball
Location       : Luca Stadium at the main gate
Comments       : Good SH and EN the entire game. Not a very good
                 player though.
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Name           : Miyu
Playing Team   : Free Agent
Key techniques : Super Goalie, Gamble, Hi-Risk
Location       : Moonflow in the North Shoopuf Wharf
Comments       : The worst goalie of this game. Even Keepa is 
                 better than that so DON'T recruit this one.
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Name           : Mep
Playing Team   : Free Agent
Key techniques : Anti-Drain, Drain Tackle, Pile Venom
Location       : Kilika Temple
Comments       : He has the highest BL at the beginning but it 
                 last only until level 5 or so. Don't take him in
                 your team.
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Name           : Rin
Playing Team   : Free Agent
Key techniques : Venom Pass, Anti-Venom, Venom Tackle
Location       : Airship Corridor
Comments       : At first he is not very good but once he gets to
                 level 99 he has a good BL. Not that good though.
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Name           : Yuma Guado
Playing Team   : Free Agent
Key techniques : Venom Tackle, Nap Tackle 2, Anti-Wither
Location       : Guadosalam in a house
Comments       : Not a very good goalie. I don't recommend this 
                 one to you.
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Name           : Ropp
Playing Team   : Free Agent
Key techniques : Nap Tackle, Venom Pass 3, Anti-Venom 2
Location       : Mi'ihen Highroad at the Travel Agency
Comments       : Not a bad defense. If you boost him to level 99
                 he will have a huge PA and a decent AT.
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Name           : Linna
Playing Team   : Free Agent
Key techniques : Nap Shot, Nap Tackle, Drain Tackle
Location       : Macalania Temple on the Frozen Road
Comments       : Huge PA and SH the entire time you're boosting
                 her. The only problem : about no EN. Good player
                 though.
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Name           : Wakka
Playing Team   : Free Agent
Key techniques : Wither Shot, Drain Tackle, Tackle Slip
Location       : Airship Brige
Comments       : Yes, you can get Wakka back in your team. He has 
                 high SH and EN. With him and Tidus in your team,
                 you're gonna score a lot.
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Here is my personal dream team (everyone is level 99) :

LF : Tidus
RF : Wakka
MD : Vuroja
LD : Kulukan
RD : Irga Ronso
GL : Nimrook

Note : If you want, you can send me your dream team at :
       mike_692@hotmail.com


                        Final Fantasy X FAQ/Walkthrough
                                 By StoneKotr
                      Copyright 2002 All rights reserved
                               Part One of Two

|End Of Part One|
