Welcome to yet another one of our extensive guides. This time it's for the legendary Final Fantasy V!

Only the first/easiest appearance of Monsters will be listed in the guide; repeats might be mentioned but only for rare encounters.

The following achievements are missable:

• Legendary Treasure Hunter: Collected treasure from 100% of the chests.
  
• Item Detector: Obtained all hidden items.
  
• Field Research- Professional: Completed 100% of the Bestiary entries.
  
• Learning- Genius: Learned all kinds of blue magic techniques. ← due to unobtainable blue magic once you hit MAX level. You would have to purposely try to miss it though.

...but all that is covered in our walkthrough!

We won't list time-limited or missable locations as most of them actually are. We will mention when a dungeon is one-visit only and add checkpoints at the points of no return, though.

Controls:

• Hold Backspace to run.
  
• Press Q to auto-play during battles.
  
• Press Q to open the map and TAB to switch between locations. Chest progress can be also checked here.
  
• Bestiary progress can be only checked from the main menu: Extras → Bestiary.

There are two types of collectibles in this game:

• Chests (225 in total): referenced with []
  
• Hidden Items (44 in total): referenced with {}

There are also two other types of kinda-collectibles:

• Pianos: 8 in total (not missable?)
  
• Blue Magic: 30 in total (missable if you hit max level before obtaining LV2, 4, and 5 Magic)

Achievements

• There's one achievement for mastering all Jobs with at least one character. You can get all the other related achievements cumulatively by mastering jobs on different characters, but the one for mastering all requires Freelancer, which is only mastered upon mastering all other jobs on the same character. Thanks, Puzzlemint for the correction.
  
• There's also one achievement for reaching level 50 with all your party members, but this will probably come naturally while progressing through the story.
  
• The achievement for visiting all locations is NOT missable? (needs confirmation)

Recommendations:

• Use a different job for each character and switch to a different one as soon as you hit master level.
  
• Save at least 5 Elixirs for collectibles near the end of the game (Phoenix Tower).
  
• Try to hunt for bestiary entries as soon as you reach a new location to reduce grinding later.
  
• Level up the Beastmaster job as soon as you get it. It will be required to fetch some blue magic.

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Overworld

After a relatively short introduction, you'll be thrown into the overworld with no indication of where to go.
Ride your Chocobo east and enter the meteor.

Tycoon Meteorite

Go north through the linear path and fight both weak goblins.


After winning, name your character (we will use default names for this guide, Bartz in this case) and sit through more scenes. Here you will meet Lenna, our second party member.

Once you regain control, head southeast to find a secret path. Follow it and open the chest to find a Phoenix Down. [1/225]


That's all treasures for this location. 1/1 chests and 0/0 items.

Exit the secret passage and head northeast to find an old man lying on the floor. Speak to him.
This is Galuf. Our third party member (and my favorite too!).
After some more scenes, make your way back to the entrance and ride Boko, your Chocobo.
Leave the location.

Overworld

Head west and then try to go north to trigger a cutscene.
Once you regain control, ride Boko and head north defeating the Goblins as they show up.
Some more scenes will take place here.


After the scenes, head north and enter the cave.


Cave - Entrance

Continue north and enter the cave for real this time. Boko sadly can't go with you...

Cave - 1F

Random encounters will start happening from this point on.


Go north past the arch to notice a spring.
Continue west and enter the recovery spring to heal, remove all status ailments, and revive all your KO'd party members. We'll see many of those throughout the game.
After healing, head north through the opening.

Cave - 2F

Follow the linear path north, then east to find a pirate opening a secret passage. Don't go there. Instead, head east and open the treasure chest containing a Leather Cap. [2/225]


Trivia: For some reason, if you press Q → TAB, you will notice that this location has 0 Chests listed. This seems to be an error as we just opened one, right? Well, this chest will be listed in the next location so don't worry about it.
Anyway, that's all the collectibles for this place.
Feel free to equip the Leather Cap on any of your characters (do this every time you get new equipment as they won't help you in any way by collecting dust in your inventory).
Head north and interact with the skull switch on the right side to open a secret passage, then go through it.

Cave - 3F

Go all the way north to watch a cutscene (how is that ship sailing when the wind is so weak?).
You can exit through this opening, but there's nothing outside so let's continue exploring the cave.
Head west and follow the linear path to the next opening. Go through it.

Pirate's Hideout

There are three extra chests in this place, but we can't get them yet.
Sneak north and go across the eastern bridge to enter the ship.

Pirate Ship

Go north and try to steer the wheel to trigger yet another cutscene.
After some more scenes, Faris will join you, finally completing our party!

Overworld

Note: There are currently no random encounters in the sea.

Sail north past the mountains to trigger a cutscene.
Answer with 'No' to control the ship yourself, then head northwest to find a town.


Go inside.

Tule

Head north to watch the pirates get a drink from the Pub.
Now once you regain control, go east and through the small alley by the Inn to find a barrel.
Search the barrel for 150 Gil. {1/46}


Backtrack to the entrance and go north past the Pub to find some boxes and barrels.
Search the top left box for a Tent. {2/46}


Now search the barrel at the opposite side to find a Potion. {3/46}


Go across the bridge to find Zok's house, but don't head inside yet. Instead, go west around the house to find a secret passage.
Inspect the bush at the top of the house for a Phoenix Down. {4/46}


Now do the same thing but at the east side this time. Search the box at the very top for Leather Shoes. {5/46}


Make your way back to the entrance of the town and head west to find a building.
Go inside.

Greenhorn's Club

Speak to the receptionist and answer with 'Yes'.
Search the pot for a Potion, the barrel for a Phoenix Down, and the box for a Tent. {8/46}


Also, open both chests for an Ether and 100 Gil. [4/225]
Note: Left chest is only reachable through the secret passage shown in the screenshot.

Now go upstairs and open the lone chest on the west side for a Monsters-in-a-box encounter. Don't worry. It's just a Goblin.


After defeating that monstrosity, you will be rewarded with Leather Shoes for such a feat. [5/225]
Don't forget to upgrade your party's equipment.
That concludes all collectibles for this location. However, we're still missing something important in this town so don't leave just yet. Leave the building though.

Tule

Enter the Pub

Tule - Pub

Sit at the stool by the stage to make the dancers dance for you. This will make them get out of the path to the piano (which is our objective).
Go up the stage and play the piano. [Piano Maestro: 1/8]


Note: This step is required for the Piano Maestro achievement.
Optional: Head upstairs and sneak into Faris bedroom to trigger a funny cutscene.

Exit the Pub.

Tule

Now go shopping spree if you desire. Just remember that you can't use magic yet.






Once you are ready to go, leave the town.

Overworld

Hop on the ship and head northeast to find a temple. This is the Wind Shrine.


There's three new encounters here. Feel free to update your bestiary.


Once ready, head inside.

Wind Shrine - 1F

Note: This floor has no random encounters.
Go north through the door and and enter the western room.
This will trigger a cutscene.

Speak to the NPC left of the pot to receive 5 Potions!
The pot itself is a healing point. Feel free to use it whenever you need to restore your party HP/MP/status ailments, or KO.
Now exit the room and go east to find the stairs leading up. Head up.

Wind Shrine - 2F

Note: Random encounters resume here.


BM is Blue Magic. We'll explain that later.
Mani Wizard seems to spawn more frequently on 4F.
Head left past the split and open the chest for a Tent. [6/225]


Backtrack to the middle and go southwards. Enter the room.
In this room, you will find a consecrated circle. Here, you can use tents, cottages, or even save your game. Unlike older versions of this game, you can quick-save anywhere, but only save in the Overworld or points like these.

Exit through the south door.

Head east and go up the stairs.

Wind Shrine - 3F

Open the lone chest here for Leather Cap. [7/225]


Return the way you came from.

Wind Shrine - 2F

Go west past the middle door and take the western stairs leading up.

Wind Shrine - 3F

Follow the counter-clockwise path to reach two doors and a boss. You can also cut path by pushing towards the left door for a shortcut.
Go through the left door for a chest containing a Broadsword. [8/225]


Exit the room.
Heal up and quick-save, then interact with the boss by the stairs leading up.


Extremely easy boss fight. Auto-attack with all your party members and heal up with potions if needed. You probably will take the boss down before having to use a potion at all.
After defeating the boss, head upstairs.

Wind Shrine - 4F

Go around the structure, then head southeast and push against the bottom wall to reveal a secret passage.


Open the chest at the end for a Staff. [9/225]
And that is. 4/4 chests for this dungeon.
Now return to the middle area and go through the door.

Crystal Room

Head through the door to trigger a cutscene and receive your very first set of Jobs.
Jobs unlocked:

• Knight
  
• Monk
  
• Blue Mage
  
• Thief
  
• Black Mage
  
• White Mage

Ok. First things first. Open menu → Jobs → and give one of your characters the Blue Mage job. I chose Bartz.
The other three jobs are up to you. Keep in mind that there's several achievements related to jobs:

• Job Trainee: Mastered one job.
  
• Senior Worker: Mastered 5 kinds of jobs.
  
• Lead Operator: Mastered 15 kinds of jobs.
  
• Management Laborer: Mastered all jobs.
  
• Learning- Elementary: Learned 10 kinds of blue magic techniques.
  
• Learning- Genius: Learned all kinds of blue magic techniques.

All these are related to only one character, thankfully. Bartz will be my guinea pig for this.
Also this is my Job setup:

• Barts → Blue Mage
  
• Lenna → White Mage
  
• Galuf → Black Mage
  
• Faris → Knight

But play however you want. Only try to bring a blue mage to start collecting magic right away.
Also don't forget to put your weak jobs (such as Mages) in the back row: Menu → Formation.
Leave through the warp pad at the back of the room or exit through the south door to collect some blue magic.

The following entries have blue magic:
Goblin → Goblin Punch
Moldwynd → Aero. Getting this is kinda annoying as the enemy runs out of MP after one use... Also the ability is pretty devastating so be careful if you get in an encounter against three of them.

Note that blue magic is learned differently from white and black magic. To learn a blue spell, the monster has to cast it on someone with the Learning Ability equipped, A.k.a. a Blue Mage, then you have to win the battle. If done correctly, you will see the following screen:


Easiest method to learn blue magic is to kill all but the teaching enemy, then defend with everyone else until learning the spell. You can also kill all your but your blue mage to ensure the target, but that might be a bit too much for this point of the game.
Once you're ready, leave the dungeon.

Feel free to watch or skip the jobs tutorial.

Overworld

Hop on the ship and make your way back to Tule (southwest from Wind Shrine). Head inside.

Tule

Go all the way north and enter Zok's House.

Zok's House

Head north and approach to Zok to trigger a scene with important story plot.
During the scene, you will receive the key item 'Canal Key'.
Once you regain control, attempt to exit the town.
A scene will play. Faris joins the party for good while the other pirates return to the hideout.

Overworld

Hop on the ship to trigger yet another important cutscene.
After the scene, go back to the Pirate's Hideout: Dock between the mountains and then head north to find the entrance of the cave.


Cave - Entrance

Boko's footprints... but where did he go!?
Enter the cave.

Cave - 1F

Follow the linear set of caves to reach the Pirate's Hideout. While doing so, make sure to grab the 'Vampire' blue magic from Steel Bat.


Pirate's Hideout

From the entrance, go west and flip the skull switch to open a secret passage somewhere else.


Talk to one of the pirates near the bridge to receive 8 Potions!
Now enter the westernmost room and open all three chests inside for a Tent, an Ether (don't waste, we will need it later), and 300 Gil. [12/225]


That's finally 4/4 for this location.
Make your way back to the overworld through the caves.

Overworld

Board the ship and sail to the Torna Canal straight east from Tule.


Dock at the small piece of land by the entrance to find a new creature.


Once ready, enter the Torna Canal.

Torna Canal

Head east and interact with the door to use the key.

WARNING: This is a one-visit location.

Summary of Missables:

• All bestiary entries: Sucker and Octokraken

Note: enemies here only target female characters.
Follow the linear path to reach the monster of the canal!


Have your white mage heal the party at all times while your black mage spams Thunder. Auto-attack with the rest. The battle should be over within a few turns.

After the battle, watch the scenes where Syldra gets absorbed by the whirlpool.... NOOOOOOOOO! followed by some more scenes.

Your ship won't be able to sail anymore...

Ship Graveyard


Undead Husk and Mindflusher start appearing further inside the second deserted ship. We will mention it whenever that happens.

Feel free to use the bed at the deck below the starting ship to refill HP/MP.
Head east and then immediately south to find a path of rocks.


Jump over the rocks to reach a chest containing Flail. [13/225]


Return the way you came from and continue east to reach a second abandoned ship.
Head north and go through the door.

Ship Graveyard - Sunken Shipwreck

Once inside, go east and take the stairs leading down.

From the stairs, head immediately west and enter the middle room.
Open the chest for a Tent. [14/225]


Exit the room and head back to the stairs.
From here, go south and through the door, then continue southwards to trigger a cutscene.
Enter the water and head west to find a one-tile staircase. Take the stairs down.

The vision here is kinda blurry due to the water effect.
Undead Husk starts appearing from this point on.
Anyway, go west and down the stairs, then interact with the skull box for 990 Gil. {9/46}


Trivia: This item is for some reason not shown in the statistics screen. However, it might be required for completion so better safe than sorry.

Head northwest up the stairs, then go through the north door.
Go west and down the stairs, then open the chest at the bottom for a Phoenix Down. [15/225]


Head back up and exit through the south door.

Back at the previous room, take the south door.

Head south down the stairs and take the one-tile staircase to the next floor.

Go left and around the middle structure to find a chest bottom-right of the stairs. Open it for a Potion. [16/225]


Take the stairs leading up.

Head south and go through the southern door to reach a safe room.
Note: Try to avoid stepping on any of the cracked tiles as they break on contact, returning you to the previous floor... They might not be visible at all, but one of them is just to the left of the southern door (I fell through this one too many times!).

Anyway, as soon as you enter the safe room, you will be greeted with a revealing cutscene.

After regaining control, go through the northeastern door.
This area has a consecrated circle, so save your progress if you desire, and then head up.
Note: You can always rest for free in the room just before the save point.

Mindflusher starts appearing here.
Go up another two sets of stairs to exit the ship.

Head east across the mast, then go south at the split, jump over the rock, and jump onto another ship.


Go through the door.

Pick up the key item 'World Map', which is ironically the same thing as pressing Q → TAB...


Now go east and head down the stairs.
This is a simple room with three whooping treasure chests! Open all for Antidote x2 and Phoenix Down. [19/225]


That's pretty much all collectibles for this place. 8/8 chests and 1 non-counted item.

Make your way back out of the ship, then head east and jump across the rocks to reach one final abandoned ship.


Open the chest at the other side to raise the ship from underwater. This chest is NOT counted as a collectible.

After raising the ship, head north, and before jumping over the rocks, heal up and quick-save as another boss battle is happening really soon.
Once you feel prepared, jump over the rocks!
Immediately as you step on land, a cutscene will take place, followed by the previously mentioned boss fight...


This boss alternately switches between two states.
Normal form is immune against magic attacks but weak against physical hits.
Undead form is weak to elemental attacks (more specifically fire-based spells) but resistant to physical hits. This form is also weak to healing, so feel free to throw the boss any healing stuff you have been holding in your inventory.
After the battle, go through the north opening to exit the location.

Overworld


Finally back at the overworld!
Head east, then immediately south, east again, and follow the path one more time south to spot a town in the distance. This town is Carwen.


Head inside.

Carwen

Go north past the entrance arch, then go under the second arch on the right and search the second barrel for an Antidote. {10/46}


Continue east, then head south and stand between the two boxes.


From here, go all the way south until hitting a wall, then west until hitting another wall, south, west, and south until seeing your character again.
Inspect the left box for a Frost Rod. {11/46}


Backtrack to the entrance of this secret passage and head north to find some stairs leading up.
Go up and enter the Pub.

Carwen - Pub

As we did in the very first town, play the piano to get progress towards the related achievement (I wish learning to play the piano was that easy). [Piano Maestro: 2/8]


Now head to the southwestern corner of the Pub to find two white pots.
Push leftwards while standing under them to reveal a secret passage.


Follow the only possible path and search the top pot for 1000 Gil. {12/46}


That concludes the collectibles of this location for now. 3/4 items. (the last item is available during the merged world)

Now it's time to go on a shopping spree if you desire. I'll list the shops below.






After upgrading your equipment and stocking up on items, exit the town.

Overworld

Back at the overworld, farm just west of Carwen the following encounter (refer to the screenshot below for the exact location):



Once done, head east from Carwen, then north and take the woods all the way north until reaching the entrance of the mountains.


Head inside.

North Mountain

Go north and enter the cave.

North Mountain - Cave


Cockatrice shows up further into the dungeon.
Headstone has the blue magic 'Flash'. Remember the Ether I mentioned you to save ages ago? well, It's time to use it.
Get into a battle against Headstone, then use an Ether on it to get them to cast Flash on your party. What's the reason of using an Ether? well, they have the spell but no MP to use it. Thanks Square, we love you.


Anyway, head west, then follow the linear path south to reach a chest. Open it for a Phoenix Down. [20/225]


Trivia: Not sure if it's just me, but there's an odd square that stands out to the eye just below the chest... Silly Square Enix devs.

Backtrack to the entrance and go north, then west to a split and immediately south to find a chest containing a Gold Needle. [21/225]


That sums all the collectibles for this location. Just 2/2 chests.
Go back north and take the western exit.

North Mountain - Mountain Path

Follow the linear path north and enter another cave.

North Mountain - Cave

Head east, down the stairs, east again and exit through the opening.

North Mountain - Mountain Path

Cockatrice starts appearing here.
Warning: Don't step on the purple flowers or your whole party will get poisoned... If you do, cast Poisona with your White Mage.

Head east, then north through the bridge, and finally west into another cave, always avoiding the purple flowers (unless you feel like poisoning your party a bit, if that's the case, then step on all the flowers!).

North Mountain - Rest Area

This cave features a consecrated circle. Here you can use a Tent to heal your party up and save your progress.
Anyway, once ready, take the southern exit.

North Mountain - Mountain Path

Go west to trigger a scene, followed by the respective boss fight.


Lenna starts the battle poisoned, so start by casting Poisona on her to remove the status ailment.
After that, attack Magissa but don't kill her. Instead, keep attacking with low damage until she summons Forza. Make sure to keep your party healed at all times.


There's two ways to win this. One is throwing them everything you have, and the alternative is using Frost Rod to insta-kill both, but the weapon will break after use. Choose wisely!
After the relatively easy boss fight, head west and enter another cave.

North Mountain - Mountaintop

Go north and watch the scenes.
Why doesn't Lenna uses Poisona on herself to cure her poison after stepping on the purple flowers? Makes no sense!

Overworld

Back at the overworld, we will notice something different. Yes, we're now on Hiryu's back!
Hiryu can fly, but not too high so mountains are still an obstacle. Also he can only land on plains, forest patches and deserts are excluded.

Before progressing with the story, I highly recommend paying a visit to Tycoon Castle.
It's south-west from our current position (just above the first meteor).


Land outside the castle and then head inside.

Castle Tycoon

Talk to the guard and then go north into the castle.
You'll meet the Chancellor which will turn in some major plot-revealing scenes.

Castle Tycoon -

Guess they forgot the name of this room, that or it's called ' - '.
Anyway, after the scenes, we're finally able to fully explore the castle.
Leave this weirdly named location, then go downstairs to reach 1F.

Castle Tycoon - 1F

Inspect the rightmost pot to find a Hi-Potion. {13/46}


Exit through the southern door.

Head north into the throne room.

Castle Tycoon - Throne Room

Now head northeast and go through the door.

Castle Tycoon - 2F

Make your way up the stairs to the fourth floor.

Castle Tycoon - 4F

Search the following pots:


Third pot: Ether. {14/46}
Fourth pot: Elixir. {15/46}
Fifth pot: Phoenix Down. {16/46}
Sixth pot (rightmost): Maiden's Kiss. {17/46}

Backtrack to the throne room and go south to the main hall.

Castle Tycoon - 1F

Head east and go through the door, then take the stairs leading up.

Castle Tycoon

Go north and enter another ' - ' room.

Castle Tycoon -

Search the barrel and the pot to the right of the entrance for Cottage and Ether. {19/46}


Now go to the other end and inspect both barrels for an Elixir and a Phoenix Down. {21/46}


Feel free to speak to the person here to learn about something really interesting...

Make your way back out of the castle and to the main courtyard.

Castle Tycoon

From the entrance, head east and walk behind the trees to go through a secret passage (refer to the screenshot below for the exact location).


Enter the tower.

Castle Tycoon - Eastern Tower

Head upstairs to reach the storage room.

Castle Tycoon - Storehouse

Open both chests for two Cottages. [23/225]


Backtrack to the courtyard.

Castle Tycoon

Back at the courtyard, head southwest and take the stairs down, then go under the arch and follow the linear path to a door. Head inside.

Castle Tycoon - Storehouse

Flip the switch on the wall, then go through the opening to find a secret passage with three chests at the end.


Open both reachable chests for Shuriken and Ashura [25/225]


Now talk to the Chancellor to receive a Healing Staff, which will also make him move out of the last chest.


Open the last chest for a Diamond Bell. [26/225]


And that is for this location. 5/5 chests and 9/9 items.
Leave the location.

Overworld

Hop on Hiryu and fly a little northeast (you must go around the mountains, of course) to find our next destination.
Refer to the screenshot below for the exact location.


This location is Walse and it's divided into two areas. The left one is the castle and the right is the town. Head into the town first.

Walse

From the entrance, head west and take the stairs leading to the water.
Swim west and enter the westernmost house.

Inspect the white pot to find Silver Specs. {22/46}


That's the only collectible here. Feel free to visit the shops to purchase anything you want.






Some great stuff in the Magic Shop. Make sure to get everything if you can.
Once prepared, leave the town and head into the castle.

Castle Walse

Go north and enter the castle.

Castle Walse - 2F

Head northeast and go through the door.

Once at the new room, go north and then take the south-eastern staircase leading down.

Castle Walse - Storehouse

Search the left barrel for a Tent and the right barrel for a Phoenix Down. {24/46}


Now search the second crate for 490 Gil. {25/46}


Backtrack to the main hall and take the eastern stairs leading down.

Castle Walse - 1F

Exit through the southeastern door.

Castle Walse

Follow the linear path until you reach the water, then go north and straight into the waterfall.


Walse Tower - 1F


This area has random encounters.
This area has no collectibles.
Make sure to grab the Blue Magic 'Pond's Chorus' from Elf Toad.

Take the stairs down into the water, then head north.

Walse Tower - 2F

2F and 3F have the exactly same layout, so make your way to 4F.

Walse Tower - 4F

Walk towards the middle of the room and quick-save/heal up, then interact with the orb.




This is a tough battle.
If you have the blue magic 'Flash', this is a good time to make use of it. Ice Commanders' are not resistant against Darkness status and doing that can pretty much null all their devastating physical attacks.
Make your Black Mage (if you have one) spam fire-based spells on Shiva until taking her down. Yes, start with her as she can become extremely annoying with her Blizzara attacks.
As with the White Mage, heal your party on all turns, one by one if possible as healing all at once can be counterproductive if the enemies are focusing on just one of your characters.
The rest of the party can attack with anything you have. Just try to stick to the correct order: Shiva → Ice Commanders.

After winning this difficult fight, you will be rewarded with the powerful summoned monster Shiva!
If you're having issues winning this battle at this time, you can wait until our next visit here to give it another go.

Anyway, now that we're done here, backtrack to the main hall of the castle (walk south of the orb for a shortcut outside the waterfall) and then head into the throne room.

Whatever you do, DON'T free the Lone Wolf as that will get future treasure chests stolen, an action that may void the 'open all treasure chests' achievement...

Watch the scenes to set your next objective!
Exit to the overworld.

Note: We're purposely skipping a section of this dungeon since it's way too hard for this point of the game. We will come back later when we are stronger!

Overworld

Pay a visit to Walse's Inn if you need to refill your HP/MP.
From Walse castle, head directly north to spot the meteorite between some mountains.
From here, go west and disembark near the large building. This is the Tower of Walse.


Head inside.

Tower of Walse - 1F

WARNING: This is a one-visit location.

Summary of Missables:

• All treasure chests
  
• Wyvern and Pas de Seul bestiary entries

This dungeon is very straightforward.
From the entrance, head north, go through the door and take the stairs leading up.

Tower of Walse - 2F

Go around the structure and up another set of stairs.

Tower of Walse - 3F

Go around the structure and head upstairs.

Tower of Walse - 4F

Here you will find the King of Walse in a deplorable state.
Feel free to talk with him, then take the left stairs to the water and climb up the vines.


Tower of Walse - 5F

Open the chest for a Silk Robe. [27/225]


Drop down the hole to return to 4F.

Tower of Walse - 4F

Exit the water and take the stairs leading up.

Tower of Walse - 5F

There's a consecrated circle here. Feel free to save/rest.
Now while standing in the circle, walk directly east to reach a chest containing a Maiden's Kiss. [28/225]


Continue your way to the top through the linear floors up to 8F.

Tower of Walse - 8F

As soon as you enter this room, you will spot three vines.
Ignore the middle vine for now and take the northwestern one to find a chest containing Silver Armlet. [29/225]


Jump down back to the previous floor.

Back at 8F, climb up the northeastern vine this time.

Tower of Walse - 9F

Open the chest here for an Ether. [30/225]


And with that, we're done with the collectibles for this dungeon. 4/4 chests.
Take the stairs leading up.

Crystal Room

Before moving, heal up and quick-save.
Then, once prepared, go north to trigger a cutscene and the next boss fight.


Easiest way to win: Keep using the blue magic 'Pond's Chorus' to turn Garula into a toad. The boss will cast toad on itself to recover from status, but won't do anything else and that turn will be considered wasted. Continue casting Pond's Chorus to waste all boss turns while the rest of the party focuses on attacking with anything you have.
In older versions, you could cast Silence on the boss to make it stop using Toad, but that doesn't seem to work here.

After the fight, watch the short scene and collect the crystal shards from the floor.

Jobs unlocked:

• Summoner
  
• Red Mage
  
• Berserker
  
• Mystic Knight
  
• Time Mage

The last crystal shard is sadly unreachable.
The tower will start shaking, so leave through the back opening before it crumbles.

Watch the scenes...

Overworld

After the tragic scene, you will be back at the overworld near the meteorite we saw earlier.


Head inside.

Walse Meteorite

Go north and enter through the hole.

Walse Meteorite - Interior

Follow the linear path to its end, then step on the warp pad.

Karnak Meteorite - Interior

Woah, we spawned in a new place!
Exit the meteorite and the location.

Overworld


Wild Nakk spawn in the forest area.
Zu spawns near Karnak.

From outside the meteorite, go west and follow the woods north to reach a split.
At the split, head southwest and follow the linear path to reach a castle and a town. This is Karnak.


Enter the town.

Karnak

From the entrance, head northwest and enter the Pub.

Karnak - Pub

Play the piano to get progress towards the related achievement. [Piano Maestro: 3/8]


Exit the Pub.

Enter the Weapons/Armor shop and speak to any of the attendants. You'll get arrested, wtf?

Karnak Castle - B4

You'll wake up in a cell.
Approach the jail door to trigger a cutscene. BOOM!

Speak to the old man to meet Cid! Hell yeah! and watch some more scenes.

Once regaining control, go north through the open jail door and up the stairs.

Karnak Castle - B3

Continue north and go up another set of stairs.

Karnak Castle - B2

Walk around the middle structure and through the door.

Karnak Castle - B1

Head north and up the stairs.

Karnak Castle - 1F

We're finally in the main hall. Exit the castle through the southern door.
Note: Don't bother by trying to loot anything, most of the castle is blocked by fire at the moment. We will return later anyways.

Karnak Castle

While exiting the castle, you'll watch a short scene with the wolf we decided not to free in Walse. I'm pretty sure we'll meet again with that peculiar character in the near future.
As for now, exit to the overworld.

Overworld

Re-enter Karnak (the town).

All shops are now open and free to explore, so it's a good time to upgrade your spells and equipment!




Make sure to get Gravity. It might help us a lot during the next boss fight.





That's all we can do in the town for now.
Exit to the overworld.

Overworld

Board the ship just below Karnak Castle.

Fire-Powered Ship

Go across the bridge to trigger a scene where Cid guides you into the ship.

Fire-Powered Ship - Below Deck

Head right and downstairs.

Go south and downstairs again.

Fire-Powered Ship - Engine Room


Crew Dust has the blue magic 'Flash' in case you missed it earlier.
SC: Spawn Condition. Motor Trap only spawns if a Defeater was your your last kill during a battle.
Motor Trap also holds the blue magic 'Missile', but that only can be obtained by controlling the creature with a Beastmaster (we don't have that job yet).

Go through the nearby door (with a red arrow on it) to find a chest inside. Open it for Mythril Gloves. [31/225]


Go back to the engine room.
Head up the left stairs, then go west and head up another set of stairs.

Follow the catwalk east to reach a door. Go through it.

Open the chest for an Elixir. [32/225]


Backtrack to the engine room.
From the stairs leading to the catwalk, head all the way north until hitting a wall, then take the west stairs leading down to find a chest containing a Cottage. [33/225]


Go back upstairs and head all the way east.
Here, take the stairs leading down and the one-tile staircase down again.
Open the chest here for an Elixir. [34/225]


Go back up.
Back at the engine room, go north up the stairs and up some more stairs to find a door at the very top of the room. Go through it.

Fire-Powered Ship - Elevator

Flip the red lever to activate the elevator.
Exit the elevator through the southern stairs.

Fire-Powered Ship - Engine Room

We're back at the engine room, but on a higher floor.
Poltergeist start appearing here.
Open the chest just east from the door for a Phoenix Down. [35/225]


Follow the catwalk west and go north through the door.

Fire-Powered Ship - Elevator

Oh yes, that's another elevator.
Flip the red lever to active it.
Exit through the southern stairs.

Fire-Powered Ship - Engine Room

Was it that hard to change the room names, Square? this is getting confusing...
Head north-west and enter the vent, then follow it until reaching a door.
Go through it.

Fire-Powered Ship - Elevator

Another elevator. You already know the drill. Red lever → exit through the southern door.

Fire-Powered Ship - Engine Room

We're now in a room with three doors at the top and four vents at the bottom.


Go through the 3rd vent. What's this madness!?
Okay. You will end in the floor below.
Open the chest here for Thief's Gloves. [36/225]


Now step on the green conveyer belt.
Guess what? Yes. We gotta make our way back to the room with the three doors and four vents. So do that.

Once at that room, go through the 4th vent.

You will end in a new location. A chest with a conveyor belt on the left side, a door next to it, and a vent on the right end of the corridor.
Go through the vent and follow the linear path to reach a treasure chest. This is the same treasure chest we spotted earlier. Open it for Green Beret. [37/225]


Now step on the conveyor belt to return to where we started and go through the door.

Fire-Powered Ship - Elevator

Activate the elevator and then exit through the southern door.

Fire-Powered Ship - Engine Room

Back at the doors/vents hall, go through the 2nd vent.

Remember this location? okay, go northeast and take the stairs leading up.

Walk one tile up and flip the lever, then go through the door that just opened.

Open the chest inside for a Moonring Blade. [38/225]


Backtrack to where we started and go through the door.

DON'T step on the conveyor belt yet. Instead, go through the left door to find a consecrated circle. Feel free to rest and save.
Once ready, go through the north door.

You'll end in a confusing room with many platforms and levers.
Head north and flip the lever.


Now flip the northmost lever..


..followed by the westernmost lever.


Go across the platform and flip both levers on the eastern side.


Head south and stand on the big platform, then flip the last lever to get to the other side.


Go northwest and open the chest for an Elixir. [39/225]


We're finally done with this location. 9/9 chests.
Go through the northeastern door.

Fire-Powered Ship - Engine Room

We're now in the boiler room.
Before heading north to meet the boss, I highly recommend switching jobs so you have a Time Mage and a Summoner in your party. The reason? Simple. The next boss has lots of health and we can bring that down quickly by casting Gravity and summoning Shiva (if you got that before).

I switched my Bartz to Time Mage (he was Blue Mage, but you can keep the 'Learn' ability equipped since that job is already highly leveled up) and switched Galuf from Black Mage to Summoner.
Don't forget to put weak characters in the back row.

Anyway. Heal up and quick-save, then head north to trigger a short scene followed by the boss fight.


This boss has three forms.
Human: Casts blaze on your party for relatively low damage and Rush for physical damage against one member.
Hand: Casts Ray (causes Paralysis) and Fira (deals insane amounts of damage to a single character). Also casts Fira on itself to heal HP. Nulls all magical damage.
Tornado: Counter-attacks with magnet to switch character row. Not much else, I think?

Strategy: Open the battle with Gravity to remove a whooping 1500 HP from the boss, then depending on which form it changes, cast another Gravity (if it's not the Hand) or deal physical damage if it's the hand. Try to use at least 3x Gravity to remove most HP of the boss, then finish it off with Shiva/Physical damage.

After such a challenging battle, head north through the vent to reach the crystal room.

Crystal Room

Approach the crystal to trigger a rather sad cutscene...

Karnak Castle - B5


WARNING: This is a one-visit location.

Summary of Missables:

• All treasure chests
  
• All bestiary entries
  
• Sergeant: If you don't defeat it during a random encounter (the one at the forced encounter won't count towards the bestiary)
  
• Iron Claw: if you defeat Sergeant first during the forced encounter

Gigas holds the 'Aera' blue magic. If you see yourself with lots of extra time, feel free to give it a chance to get it now. If you don't, then don't worry as we will have more opportunities later.

After the scenes, you will be thrown back at the Karnak Castle with only 10 minutes to escape!
Don't worry, that's enough time to escape and grab all the chests on the way (if you follow my directions, of course).
Note: timer runs even on battles, it will only pause in menus and dialogue.
Another note: Most chests in this dungeon have monsters-in-a-box encounters, and they're usually randomized from the following pool:

• Gigas
  
• 2x Cut Nakk, Sorcerer
  
• 2x Sorcerer

Not sure if there are any more encounters, but that's all that I personally got through multiple attempts.

Save your progress at the consecrated circle and then go through the north door.

Karnak Castle - B4

Head north and enter the eastern cell to find a chest. Open it for 2000 Gil. [40/225]


Now exit the cell and head north in a clockwise direction towards the exit at the northeastern portion of the room, but don't go up yet. Instead, enter the cell just below to find an unopened chest with a monsters-in-a-box encounter.


You will get an elixir after winning the battle. [41/225]
Head up the stairs.

Karnak Castle - B3

Go east and open the northeastern chest for a monsters-in-a-box encounter.


You will get rewarded with Shuriken after defeating the foes. [42/225]

Head to the opposite side of the room and open the chest for another monster-in-a-box encounter.


You will be rewarded with Ribbon. [43/225]

Now backtrack to the middle of the room and head up the stairs to the next floor.

Karnak Castle - B2

This room is empty, so quickly go around the structure and enter the southern door.

Karnak Castle - B1

Go up the north staircase.

Karnak Castle - 1F

We're at the main hall.
Go through the door just to the right from where we came from and up the stairs to 2F.

Karnak Castle - 2F

Open the chest just in front of you for 2000 Gil. [44/225]


Now go immediately west and follow the stairs all the way to a small room. Open the chest here for a monsters-in-a-box encounter. I'm pretty sure this encounter is fixed against a Gigas.


You will get an Elven Mantle after winning the battle. [45/225]
Backtrack all the way back to the room filled with chests.

Open the chest on the top right corner for a monsters-in-a-box encounter.


You will receive an Elixir as a reward. [46/225]
Head down and open another chest near the southern exit for yet another monsters-in-a-box encounter.


That's another Elixir for us. [47/225]
Exit from the south and enter the door right next to you.

Open the bottom right chest for a monsters-in-a-box encounter.


Another Elixir. Woohoo! [48/225]
Now open the chest just in front of the door we came from for another monsters-in-a-box.


Yes sir. That's exactly another Elixir! [49/225]
Head north and open the chest at the end of the corridor for a monsters-in-a-box encounter (aren't you tired of all these forced encounters? because I am).


Take another Elixir! [50/225]
From the chest we just opened, go east and open the chest by the pillar for 2000 Gil (finally a clean chest, holy s***). [51/225]


Now take the staircase right of the pillar and follow it all the way to find a chest with yes... another monsters-in-a-box encounter. This encounter seems to be fixed against a Gigas like the one at the opposite tower.


Defeat the enemy to receive a Main Gauche. [52/225]
Make your way back to the main hall (1F). Basically, go back to the room with many chests and exit south through the first door you see.

Karnak Castle - 1F

Go south towards the exit of the castle (finally) but don't leave yet.
Instead, open the chest on the left side for a monsters-in-a-box encounter.


The reward will be Esuna. [53/225]

Now open the chest at the opposite side for the last monsters-in-a-box encounter.


The prize is a Lightning Scroll. [54/225]
At this point, double-check that you have 15/15 chests and then exit through the southern door.
Make sure you have 15/15 though, we won't be able to return to this place ever again...

Karnak Castle

Head south and just at the steps of the castle, you will get yourself into a forced encounter against 3x Cur Nakk and 1x Sergeant. But there's something strange about that Sergeant...

Defeat the Cur Nakks and then wait for the Sergeant to convert into an Iron Claw. This is a MISSABLE bestiary entry. So make sure to get it before leaving.


You can try to get the Death Claw ability from the boss, but don't stress yourself too much if you don't as there will be many other chances in the future.
Anyway, after the battle, leave the castle for good and watch the scenes.
The next set of jobs will be available here.
Jobs unlocked:

• Beastmaster
  
• Geomancer
  
• Ninja

Overworld

Back at the overworld, switch the job of any of your characters to Beastmaster (I chose Bartz and set 'Learn' as ability) to start leveling it up ASAP. We will need the 'Control' ability which unlocks at level 2 to make the job of getting some of blue spells a little easier.
Now re-enter the Fire-Powered Ship.

Fire-Powered Ship

Talk to Cid so he leaves the ship.
Exit the ship too.

Overworld

Enter Karnak.

Karnak

Make your way to the northeastern portion of the town and go up the stairs.
Follow the path west and search the barrel at the end for a Flame Rod. {26/46}


That's the only collectible for this location! 1/1 items.

Now visit the pub at the northwestern corner of the town and head upstairs for a scene with Cid.
Leave the town.

Overworld

From Karnak, head west past the now broken wall and then southwest until you reach a desert area. Heal up and quick-save, then walk around until triggering the following encounter:


This creature is strong and deals massive amounts of damage, but also holds the powerful blue magic 'Aqua Breath', so try to get it now.

After getting or not getting the blue magic, continue southeast and go through the woods to find a temple.


This is the Library of the Ancients. DON'T ENTER YET. Instead, farm encounters outside to get your Beastmaster to at least level 2 (to learn the 'Control' ability which we will be using a lot to learn blue magic) and your Blue Mage character (or anyone that has the Learn ability) to a level divisible by 5 (you should be around level 15 or 20 at this point). Just make sure that not all your characters have a level divisible by 5 or you're gonna have a bad time.


For example, I'm using Bartz and I train him to level 20 around this area (Yeah, I missed my opportunity at level 15.... ).
Use the pot at 2F in the Library of Ancients to restore HP/MP/Status, or even revive KO'd characters (yes, you can enter but try to avoid exploring further yet).

You will need 60 ABP to reach level 2 (10 to level 1 and 50 to level 2). You will also grow your party stronger to speed through future areas, so go all in if you're up to the task.

Once done, enter the temple.

Library of the Ancients - 1F

Nothing much to do here besides talking to the scholars, so do that if you desire and then head through the north door.

Library of the Ancients - 2F

You probably already know the healing pot if you were farming levels as suggested, so no presentations are really necessary. Heal up and then climb up the ladder in front of the entrance to continue.

Library of the Ancients - Roof

Quick-save here and switch your Blue Mage/Beastmaster character (if you have both in the same character) to Blue Mage and set 'Control' as the ability.
Now, interact with the third book to get into a battle against a ever changing creature.


Page 32 holds Aera, so learn it now if you didn't against Gigas in Karnak Castle.
Page 64 holds Level 5 Death, which is the reason why we have been farming to get a level divisible by 5 (just make sure not all your characters meet the requirement or you will be OHKO).

Both pages also show up in the next dungeon so don't worry if you don't get the abilities right here.
After the battle, make your way back to the very first floor.

Library of the Ancients - 1F

Once at the first floor, go west, then down the stairs, then through the door.

Library of the Ancients - B1

Walk up and push the staircase out of the way.
Head to the northwest corner and attempt to enter the gap to move more bookshelves.
Continue east and go through the gaps to reach the ladder at the very bottom.
Climb up the ladder and head north to make the large bookshelf move, then walk over it past the ladder to reach the right wall.
The large bookshelf will return to its original position.
Climb down the ladder and interact with the bookshelf above the black mark on the floor.


Enter the hole.

Random encounters resume here.


Getting Off-Guard from Page 256 is among the most annoying blue magics to unlock. The reason? Well, there are multiple reasons. Firstly, this enemy's actions are scripted and abide by the following pattern: Turn 1: Attack → Turn 2: Moon Flute (inflicts Berserk to your whole party). If you aren't quick enough, you will lose your opportunity. Secondly, this enemy is very rare. You will get a lot of encounters against the other three pages, but not many against this one. Lastly, 'Control' ability has only a 40% chance of working, but in practice, it feels like that percentage is way lower. But that could be just me being unlucky. I don't know.
So what's your best bet? Well. I'd start by having a Beastmaster ready at all times. I can't count the number of missed chances because I wasn't ready when the enemy spawned and it ended using Moon Flute before I was able to act. Also, be patient. That's the golden rule when grinding anything that involves RNG.

Walk down then immediately right at the split to reach a chest. Open it for an Ether. [55/225]


Backtrack to the split and then follow the west path to exit through the southern door.

Library of the Ancients - Passage

Head south down the ladder, then go west past the door and interact with the book.


Go through the passage and follow it until a small room with a book.


Heal up and quick-save, then interact with the book.


This is actually an easy fight. Really. Way easier than the one we had against Liquid Flame.
Since this boss is weak against water/ice elements, keep summoning Shiva, use Aqua Breath (if you got that from Dhorme Chimera in the desert area) and maybe Frost Rods if you have any equipped.

After the battle, you will be well rewarded with the summoned monster Ifrit!

Now make your way back to the passage (where you climbed the ladder to get here) and go through the door nearby.

Library of the Ancients - B2

Attempt to go through the gap between the bookshelves to trigger a scene where Ifrit will allow you to reach the other side.

From here, head left until the wall, then go south through the hole and take the stairs leading down.

Library of the Ancients - Passage

Open the chest here for a Ninja Suit. [56/225]


Return to the previous room.

Library of the Ancients - B2

Now go through the north hole.

Library of the Ancients - Passage

Walk down the stairs, then go left at the split and south at the next split to reach a chest. Open it for a Phoenix Down. [57/225]


Backtrack to the previous split and follow the right path.

Go through the right hole.

Library of the Ancients - B3

Go west, then all the way north to push the bookshelf.
Once it has moved, go east and examine the bookcase up the stairs.


Walk south and then all the way east to find another ladder. Climb it up and examine the bookcase for a forced book battle (page 32 and 64).


Trivia: If you defeat the book, then exit and re-enter through any of the doors, the book will respawn like nothing happened.

After the fight, go through the path.

You'll reach a room with a consecrated circle.
Rest and save if you desire, then take the staircase leading down.

Library of the Ancients - Passage

Head west and go through the lone door.

Library of the Ancients - B4

Heal up and quick-save, then approach the kid to trigger a cutscene, followed by the respective boss fight.


Ok. This boss holds the blue magic 'Magic Hammer', so start by learning that. It randomly uses it against one of your party members, so keep skipping turns or attacking lightly to avoid killing the boss too fast.
Once done, spam all your fire-based spells/summon Ifrit and repeat until taking it down. Ifrit and Fira are your safe bets here.
But don't let this boss' friendly appearance fool you. It hits hard. And some of your characters may die during this encounter, but let your dedicated White Mage do its thing and keep your party healed/alive at all times and I assure you that the battle will be over before s*** gets real.

After the battle, head north and talk to the kid. This is Mid, grandson of Cid.

After the scenes, you will be back at the entrance of the Library of the Ancients. Exit to the overworld.

Overworld

Now that we have the 'Control' ability and we're a little stronger, it's an excellent time to clean up any missed blue magic.



You can also pay a visit to the Library of the Ancient's basement to continue your blue magic hunting if you have any business left there.

Once you feel prepared, head back to Karnak but DON'T GO INSIDE THE TOWN YET. Instead, enter the Fire-Powered Ship and make your way to the engine room.

Fire-Powered Ship - Engine Room

Farm battles until getting a Defeater, then leave it as your last kill to spawn a Motor Trap.


Once spawned, control the Motor Trap with any Beastmaster and use Missile on your Blue Mage.
Congratulations, you learned another elusive blue magic!
For Self-Destruct, cast any lightning-based spell on the creature to make it counter-attack with this ability.

We should be halfway through the blue magics if you've been following this guide thus far.
Now exit the ship and enter Karnak.

Karnak

Head northwest and enter the pub.

Karnak - Pub

Go upstairs and watch the inspiring cutscene.
Once you regain control, exit the town.

Overworld

Get onboard the Fire-Powered Ship for an important plot cutscene.
After the scenes, head south and talk to a sleeping Cid.
Woohoo! We have a working ship to explore the seas once again!

Unlike the first ship we had, this one can trigger random encounters. Here's a summary of what you can encounter while sailing the seas:


From Karnak, sail south until the open sea, then head all the way southeast to reach a crescent-shaped island at the southeasternmost point of the map.


DON'T DOCK OR ENTER THE VILLAGE YET. Instead, sail southwest two islands to reach the following location:


Dock at this area and then quick-save/heal up.
Now walk around to trigger a battle against a nasty creature named 'Prototype'.


This disgusting enemy has insanely high defenses which render most if not all your attacks useless.
But we aren't looking to defeat the creature yet. Our main business here is to get the 'Flame Thrower' blue magic. For this, you will have to survive as many turns as it takes for the enemy to cast the ability on your Blue Mage or character with the 'Learn' ability equipped. This can range from a few to many, many rounds. It's all based on the player's luck.
Controlling ain't an option either as this spell isn't accessible from the Control menu.

A good strategy to get this ability relatively quickly is to keep only your Beastmaster (with the Learn ability equipped) and White Mages alive, then keep healing with the White Mage until the enemy decides to bless you with its grace. Then once you get it, cast 'Control' on the creature and use self-destruct on itself to get out of this nightmare.

This lovely creature also holds Missile (which we should already have ♥♥♥♥♥♥ at the Fire-Powered Ship) and Self-Destruct (which can be ♥♥♥♥♥♥ through Control), but I don't recommend going for any of these now for obvious reasons.

Here's a screenshot to tease you:


Godspeed. You got all my good vibes on you!
Once you're done with the previous task, return to the crescent island and dock near the village, but again, DON'T GO INSIDE YET. Instead, farm the following encounters to update your bestiary:


Black Flame holds the 'Dark Spark' blue magic which halves opponent levels. This ability is very useful and will lead to interesting combinations later on, so try to grab it ASAP.
Now that we're done with the bestiary-hunting, head inside the village.

Crescent

Upon arriving, you will be greeted by an unexpected earthquake.
Try to leave the village to witness the depressing demise of our brand-new ship... damn, all that hard work went down the drain... but don't be sad. We will fix that soon!

Anyway, we're now free to fully explore the town.
This location holds no collectibles, so feel free to go shopping spree if you desire.






Once finished with your purchases, make your way to the southeastern corner of the town and enter the house.


Crescent - Minstrel's House

Play the piano to yield progress towards the related achievement. [Piano Maestro: 4/8]


We're halfway there. Woohoo!
Now talk to the person roaming the house to learn the song: Mighty March!
Leave the house and the town.

Overworld

Head south and enter the forest.


Black Chocobo Forest

Walk a few steps north to trigger a short cutscene.
Catch the black Chocobo to trigger a hilarious scene.

During the scene, you will receive the following jobs:

• Bard
  
• Ranger

Weren't you wondering what the songs we got in Crescent were for? well, the Bard job is the answer you were looking for.


Overworld

The black Chocobo can fly over almost anything, with the exception of high peaks (snowy spots in mountains). It can also only land on forests, so don't be overhyped as we can't explore the whole world map yet.

First of all, make a stop at the Library of the Ancients.


Library of the Ancients

As soon as you enter, you will communicate the bad news about the ship to Cid and Mid, but it seems that they don't care one bit about it. Odd. Then they will tell you about the whereabouts of the King Tycoon which will give us a hint on where to go next.

Overworld

Ride the Chocobo and make your way to the northwesternmost corner of the map to find a waterfall, a large forest, and a town.


The town is Istory. Head inside.

Istory

Another town with no collectibles...





This town features no Armor or Weapons shops. However, this town holds one of the most interesting shops in the game: The Accessories shop!
Its products might seem a bit expensive for this point of the game, but I can assure you that they will be extremely useful in the latter stages. If you have the money, go ahead and purchase one, two, or even, all.
If you don't, just remember the location and return later.

Once done with your purchases, head to the northwestern corner of the town to find a small garden with eight flowers.


Step on all of them to trigger a secret.


A toad will pop out of the ground and drop the Toad spell!


Trivia: This secret was the bane of the existence of the FINAL FANTASY V (Old ver.)[steamdb.info] players due to it being the only non-chest collectible counted for the Treasure Hunter achievement. That version also didn't have a counter for each location like this one. Sad times.

Now make your way to the northeastern corner of the village and enter the farm.
Stand behind the top left sheep and press the interaction button to get kicked to the other side of the wooden fence.


Talk to the bard and answer with 'Yes' to learn: Romeo's Ballad!
Now follow the path between the trees to exit the town.

Overworld

Back at the overworld, switch the job of any of your party members to Time Mage, then quick-save and heal up if you didn't rest at the Inn of Istory.
Once done, walk around the forest area.
You're looking for an encounter against...


This boss is kinda annoying if you don't handle it with caution.
The best strategy is to open the battle with 2x Gravity (first should deal 2000 and second 1000), then throw anything you have to finish it off (2x Ifrit does wonders). Make sure to keep your party healed at all times to prevent unexpected outcomes.

You will be rewarded with the 'Ramuh' item for your feat. Unlike other summons, you will have to use this one from the menu to unlock it in your summons (Menu → Items → Use → Ramuh).
Congratulations. You now have the powerful Ramuh in your summoning arsenal!
Note: Discarding this item will result in permanently losing the summon.

Feel free to update your bestiary before leaving the area.


Black Flame makes another appearance here in case you missed the 'Dark Spark' blue magic in the Crescent area.
Stone Golem is highly resistant to all damage and only spawns on the grass area.
Mini Dragon is highly resistant to physical damage and only spawns in the forest area.

Once prepared, make your way to the west end of the southern islands and disembark at the forest (refer to the screenshot below for the exact location).



Now on foot, head west from the forest and follow the path all the way to a village (ignore the cave for now).


This is Jachol. Head inside.

Jachol

Again, another town without collectibles... However, there's a Piano!
So, head to the pub and play the piano (was just me, or did the end notes sound a bit weird?).


That should be the fifth piano. [Piano Maestro: 5/8]
Feel free to speak to the dancer for a hilarious cutscene.

Now as with every town, go shopping spree.






There's nothing much else to do in here, so exit the location.

Overworld

Switch any character job to Ninja. We will need it for the next dungeon.
Head north and enter the cave we ignored earlier.


Jachol Cave - B1


This dungeon is filled by the weak Nutkins and an apparently unbeatable Skull Eater. Well, the truth is that Skull Eater is easily beatable by throwing him anything with the Ninja (and it grants nice ABPs).

Note: Geomancers also work great here. Ignis Fatuus sometimes deals more than 0 damage. Wind Slash and Stalactite also work against Skull Eaters.

Ignore the skull-switch by the entrance and head south to find another skull-switch at the bottom. Interact with that one.


Go through the now-open path towards the bottom and stand still in front of the row of switches. Wait a bit and press the one that doesn't disappear.


Go back north and head east at the split, then continue north to find an empty chest.


Examine it and choose to flip the hidden switch.
Go through the metal door.

Jachol Cave - B2

Follow the path all the way north to reach a split, then head west to find two chests.


Open the top chest for a Shuriken. [58/225]
Walk in a clockwise direction to reach the bottom chest, then open it for a Tent. [59/225]
That's supposedly all collectibles for this location. 2/2 chests. But wait, isn't that a chest up there?

Backtrack to the split and go east this time.
Follow the path to another split at the top area, then go southwest to find a chest containing Blitz Whip! [60/225]


Yeah. This location has three chests, not two as indicated by the hud. Guess someone forgot to do proper testing... That's 3/3 chests for this area.

Anyway, head north and climb up the wall to reach the top exit.

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This is just a dead end. Not sure if this is required for anything but better safe than sorry.


Re-enter the cave and make your way back to the entrance, then leave through the proper exit.

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Back at the overworld, head to the southeastern forest and ride your Chocobo.

From your current position, fly all the way northeast to find an isolated town, surrounded by mountains and forest (refer to the screenshot below for the exact location).


This is Lix. Hometown of Bartz. Go inside.

Lix

Another town without collectibles. We're on a roll!

This town features three interesting cutscenes related to Bartz's past. Here's a list of all:

• Rest at the inn.
  
• Talk to the scholar walking near the pond.
  
• Examine the pink/purple music box at Bartz's House (which is located at the west side of the town).

After the music-box cutscene, speak to the person living in Bartz's House to learn the song: Alluring Air!
Now visit the shops and stock up on anything you want.



A shop that sells Ethers? that's new! It seems that some of the items here are half-price. This may be due to the 3 cutscenes mentioned above. Feel free to stock up on Tents and Ethers if you want.



Mostly Ninja stuff.
Once done, exit the town.

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Ride your Chocobo and make your way back to the Library of the Ancients.


Disembark at the forest and head through the passage between the mountains until spotting the desert area.


This is actually an explorable location. Head inside.

Desert of Shifting Sands


Desert of Shifting Sands holds one of the highest random encounter rates of the game, so be prepared for a lot of battles.
This place has no collectibles.

Walk to any of the shifting tiles to notice that you can't get through as they all lead back to the entrance. However, Cid and Mid come to the rescue!
If you're ready for a boss fight, answer with 'Yes'. If not, answer 'No' and prepare your party, then talk to Cid or Mid again and answer 'Yes'. Bring your Blue Mage if you want to end things quickly.



Wait for the Sandworm to spawn. Ignore the holes and focus on the Sandworm. This boss ain't really hard. It can get annoying with Quicksand which drains your HP continuously and Gravity which halves your HP, but that's nothing a White Mage can't fix. Gravity won't work here, so you will have to resort to other methods.
Remember I told you a Blue Mage works great here? well, that's because it does. A single use of Aqua Breath can deal 5000 points of damage to this boss, decimating it in just two turns. Isn't that amazing?
If you decide not to use a Blue Mage (I don't know why you wouldn't want to do that), then a Ninja is a great choice, as you can use the Shurikens you've been collecting thus far (that isn't as effective as Aqua Breath but still takes around 2000 points of life).

Trivia: I think HP and MP values are swapped in this version of the game, as 3000 points of damage won't kill the boss.

Anyway, after the battle, you will be able to cross the first portion of the shifting sands.
So head across the bridge until its end, then walk east.


You should reach this location:


From here, go to this place:


And walk down. You will end here:


Walk one tile left and one tile down, then go down through the sand.


You will reach this place:


Now walk west until spotting the sands leading down.


So walk down. You'll end at this place:


Go immediately south to reach the exit.


Then continue south to exit to the overworld.

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Follow the linear path south with familiar random encounters until reaching a village.


This is Gohn, the Town of Ruin. Head inside.

Gohn, the Town of Ruin

Walk north to trigger a short cutscene.
Continue north and try to walk up the stairs just to be interrupted by another scene (I'm pretty sure we've seen that person before...)
DON'T GO UP THE STAIRS. Instead, head west and approach another set of stairs for yet, another cutscene.

Head up the stairs and follow the path until reaching the middle stairs we ignored before. Try to go down for the next cutscene.

Walk north and enter the destroyed structure for one last scene...

Gohn, the Town of Ruin - B1

Just kidding. There's another scene at the bottom of the pit!

Anyway, once regaining control, head west and go through the door.

Once in the new room, go north and stand on the large platform. Wow, what was that? You are teleported back to Crescent!
Watch the scenes.
Phew. That was close!

Catapult - Passage

Once you regain control, go east and walk up the stairs.
Head up another set of stairs.

Catapult - Living Quarters

What is this place?
Before pressing the switch by the northern door, head south and exit through the southern door.

Enter the middle room and rest if you desire.
Now after waking up, examine the rightmost plants to find a note:
"Read the notepad in the room on the right..."


Do as the note says and examine the notepad in the eastern room for more instructions:
"Check the urn."


Head to the western room and examine the left urn under the top-left bookcase.


A toad will show up and knock a book off the top-right bookcases. Read the book:
"Go down 6 and right 4, then pull what's there!"

Alright. Do that.


The wall blocking your path to the chests will disappear! Go ahead and open all three chests for Shuriken x2 and Mini. [63/225]


And that concludes the collectibles for this mysterious location. 3/3 chests.
Exit this area back to the room with the staircase we came from.

Push the switch by the northern door for a scene.

After the scene, go north through the newly-open door.
This room features a consecrated circle, so save if you want and then head through the north door.

Go east and down the stairs.

Catapult - Hangar

Is this... the Fire-Powered Ship we lost ages ago? What the hell is it doing here?
Anyway, walk across it and through a bridge to find... a replica of our ship with propellers?
Watch the scenes.

Once you regain control, head down inside the ship.

Catapult - Below Deck

Go down again and in the new room, talk to Cid.
Watch the scenes.

Airship


Woah, an airship?
Sadly something is weighing us down. Heal up and quick-save (you probably know what's coming), then talk to Cid to check what's going on.


This boss is a joke. Throw two Shurikens with a Ninja and the battle will be over. If you don't have a Ninja, attack with your best abilities and the result will be the same. My Ramuh was doing over 1000 points of damage, so you can get an idea.

After the battle, watch some more relevant scenes.

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The airship is at your disposal now. We're finally able to explore the whole world the way it's meant to be explored!
The airship can fly over anything, unlike the Black Chocobo. However, it can only land on normal land and not in forests or deserts. It can also turn into a ship if needed (just Disembark anywhere in the ocean).

Once we're ready, make your way back to Castle Tycoon.


Land nearby and head inside.

Castle Tycoon

Enter the castle to speak to the Chancellor, then choose the stay the night.
Watch the scenes.
Now make your way out of the castle.

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Board the airship and head back to Gohn, just to trigger a scene as you get closer.


Wait, what was that? Did the whole town just fly away?
Oh well. Go back to Crescent and descend to the catapult.


Catapult - Hangar

Approach the bridge and watch the scenes.
After the scenes, interact with the wheel to depart.

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Fly northeast to the first meteor, just below Tycoon Castle.


Disembark and head inside.

Tycoon Meteorite

Make your way to the meteorite to trigger a scene where Galuf opens it for you. What a nice guy!
So what are you waiting for? get into the meteorite.

Tycoon Meteorite - Interior

The warp pad is disabled, so head north and take the crystal from the wall. Obtained Adamantite!


Heal up and quick-save, then try to exit the meteorite... (bring your Blue Mage if you want to finish the battle really fast).


There are two ways to defeat this little friend.
The cheap way is to cast 'Level 5 Death' which will OHKO the enemy, and the non-cheap but still easy is to throw everything ice-based you have. Shiva, Blizzara, Frost Rods, etc. Anything that resembles ice should work.
Either way, leave the meteorite and the location after winning the battle.

Overworld

Board the airship and fly back to the Catapult (next to Crescent).

Catapult

Approach the bridge to inform Cid about your triumph.
Watch the scenes.

Overworld

Now head to your favorite town so you can rest whenever required (Lix is recommended as the Inn is free) and press the action button to Boost/Disembark. This time, we want to boost, so choose the top arrow.

Ronka Ruins - Floating Fortress

WARNING: This is a one-visit location.

Summary of Missables:

• All treasure chests
  
• The following bestiary entries: Enchanted Fan, Archeotoad, Hydra, Lamia, Ra Mage, Stone Mask, and Ghidra

Know how each Final Fantasy Game has a remarkable mid-game dungeon where you feel that 'this is where s*** gets real' sensation? Well. This one falls under that category.

Head up to find a big flying structure that resembles Gohn (so this is where it went...).


We notice that we can't enter the ruins yet. To be able to enter, you first have to disable its defense system. For that, approach one of its sides and run into the cannons to engage in a fight against...


Inner cannons trigger a 2x Rocket Launcher encounter while Outer trigger a 2x Flame Thrower encounter. There are two cannons on each side.
It's also important to remark that Rocket Launchers are another great opportunity to snatch the 'Missile' blue magic (if you don't have that yet), as well as the Flame Throwers are for the blue magic with the same name.
All are weak against lightning-based spells, so use Ramuh, Lightning scrolls, or anything related.

After defeating all side cannons, the main cannon will make a majestic apparition.
Feel free to leave the location and rest at any Inn before going further. Remember that Lix Inn is free.

I recommend bringing blue magic to the next battle.
Once ready, approach the huge cannon at the center of the structure to engage yourself in a boss fight...




This is an annoying boss if you don't handle it with care. Especially the two side Launchers which spam missiles like there's no tomorrow.
Thankfully, there's an easy way to win. Open the battle with 'Level 5 Death' to take both Launchers down without any effort, then cast 'Dark Spark' to half the boss' levels and spam all lightning-based to finish it off. Shurikens are also good here.
It's gonna be a relatively long fight so make sure your White Mage is in good shape to keep the team up at all times.

After winning, you will open the path to ENTER the dungeon. LOL.
We haven't even started here.

Feel free to rest at the Inn and refill your ninja stuff if you're parked near the Lix area. I recommend getting 99x Lightning Scrolls if you can afford them.

Once prepared, approach the newly-opened hole to reach the dungeon entrance.

Ronka Ruins - Airship

Head south and go through the bridge to enter the actual dungeon.

Ronka Ruins - Level 1


Where to start...
Archeotoad and Lamia start appearing at level 5.
Hydra and Ghildra start appearing after the second consecrated circle (very deep into the dungeon). Don't use any lightning-based spells as they absorb that element.
Archeotoad holds 'Pond's Chorus' in case you missed that in Walse Tower.
Enchanted Fan holds Aera (which we should already have) and White Wind (which we should get through Beastmaster's Control ability).
Lamia holds '1000 Needles' blue magic which can be only obtained through Control. Be aware that 1000 Needles deal exactly 1000 points of damage, so be prepared to revive your Blue Mage after using it.
Ghildra holds 'Level 4 Graviga' which can only be learned by a Blue Mage (or someone with Learn ability equipped) whose level is divisible by 4. This ability is only cast upon the creature's death. Ghildra can't be controlled.

From the entrance, head south through the door, go around the gap, and head north through another door. Take the stairs leading down.

Ronka Ruins - Level 2

Down here, go east across the invisible pathway to the other side of the room.


Now go south across another invisible pathway to reach a chest.


Open it for Golden Armor. [64/225]


Head downstairs.

Ronka Ruins - Level 3

Walk left and step on the bottom-right tile of the left area to reveal another invisible pathway.


Walk through it to reach the bottom area.
Proceed west and then north to reach a 4-way fork. Go through the third option to reveal a passage and open the chest at the end for an Elixir. [65/225]


Backtrack to the fork and take the first option to reach the top area.
Now go all the way east path the stairs to find a chest. Open it for a Phoenix Down. [66/225]


Take the stairs leading up if you want to find a consecrated circle to save/rest.
Continue east from the chest and follow the path downwards to find more stairs. Head down.

Ronka Ruins - Level 4

Follow the path around and go upstairs.

Ronka Ruins - Level 3

Go east and north across an invisible pathway to reach a chest.


Open it for Golden Shield. [67/225]


Make your way back to the previous chest (outside the room with the consecrated circle) and go west past the stairs to reach another split.


Go north and take the stairs leading down.

Ronka Ruins - Level 4

Head east and go up the stairs.

Ronka Ruins - Level 3

Go west and down the stairs.

Ronka Ruins - Level 4

Go south and down the stairs.

Ronka Ruins - Level 5

Archeotoad and Lamia start appearing here.

Head east, go south through the door and take the stairs leading up.

Ronka Ruins - Level 4

Proceed north and open the chest for a Hi-Potion. [68/225]


Now go east and take the stairs leading down.

Ronka Ruins - Level 5

Follow the linear path south and go up the stairs.

Ronka Ruins - Level 4

There are five whooping chests in here!
Watch out with the hole just in front of you, so go around and open all chests for 5000 Gil, Shuriken, Ancient Sword, Moonring Blade, and Power Armlet. [73/225]


Jump on the hole.

Ronka Ruins - Level 5

You'll fall near the stairs leading back to Level 4. Go south and up the beforementioned stairs.

Ronka Ruins - Level 4

Head northeast and instead of going through the stairs, head through the door to reach another staircase at the south end of the room.

Ronka Ruins - Level 5

Go around and head upstairs.

Ronka Ruins - Level 4

Head through the door leading south (watch out for the hole!) and follow the path through several doors to more stairs.

Ronka Ruins - Level 5

Ignore the door by the stairs and head south to find a lone staircase leading up. Go up.

Ronka Ruins - Level 4

There's a consecrated circle here. Use it for a well-deserved rest and return downstairs.

Ronka Ruins - Level 5

Go through the door we ignored earlier then head upstairs.

Ronka Ruins - Level 4

Hydra and Ghidra start appearing here, but Ghidra is more common in the next room.
Head through the door and down the eastern staircase.

Ronka Ruins - Level 5

Farm Ghidra here if you're looking for 'Level 4 Graviga'. Remember that the creature will only cast the spell upon death.
From the stairs, go all the way south to reveal an invisible pathway leading to two chests.


Open both chests for Cottage and Ether. [75/225]
That's all the collectibles for this exhausting dungeon. 12/12 chests.
Return upstairs.

Ronka Ruins - Level 4

Remember to learn 'Level 4 Graviga' before finishing the dungeon. Grind near the previous consecrated room if you need levels.

Once ready to continue, head south through the door and interact with the switch on the wall.
A path south will open. Go through it and head downstairs.

Ronka Ruins - Level 5

Bringing a Blue Mage is highly recommended for the next battle.
Heal up and quick-save, then head north and talk to King Tycoon.


This is a tough multi-stage battle, but not that difficult if you follow the following strategy:
Spam 1000 Needles with your Blue Mage, heal the party with the White Mage, and attack with everything you have using the other two party members. Repeat until defeating the first phase.
Once the first phase has been defeated and the boss revives, use Level 5 Death to finish it off.

After such a difficult battle, you will watch some scenes and then regain control.
Head north and go through the door.

Crystal Room

Enjoy the long and extremely important plot-revealing cutscenes...

Jobs unlocked:

• Samurai
  
• Dragoon
  
• Dancer
  
• Chemist

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Back at the overworld, try to disembark anywhere in the sea to trigger a cutscene.
Once you regain control, head to Catapult (next to Crescent) and disembark.

Catapult - Hangar

Go south and all the way west through the bridges.

Catapult - Living Quarters

Make your way to the bedroom area and enter the eastern room.
Read the note on the workbench.


"The adamantite left over from the airship renovations is dangerous. Gone to put it back."
That should give us a hint on where to go next. Exactly, to the Tycoon Meteorite!

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Tycoon Meteorite is again, northwest of the Catapult and below Castle Tycoon. Head there.

Tycoon Meteorite

Enter the meteorite and watch the scene.
Once you regain control, exit the location.

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Board the airship and head to Castle Tycoon. Go inside.

Castle Tycoon

Enter the castle to speak to the Chancellor, then choose the stay the night.
Watch the scene.
The next morning, leave the castle.

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Board the airship and fly to the Gohn meteorite.


Land on the plains, then head inside.

Gohn Meteorite

Go north and speak to Cid for a scene.
Both (Cid and Mid) will head inside. After some wait, you will notice that they're probably not coming back, so you and your party decide to investigate.
Enter the meteorite.

Gohn Meteorite - Interior

Heal up and quick-save (you probably know the reason), then head downstairs.
Note: The following boss holds Aqua Breath, which you already should have, but here's another chance for the brave.

You will find Cid and Mid wrapped around a purple thing, approach them to engage into the next boss fight.


Not a very difficult fight, even with only 3 party members. You can go cheap and bring a Ninja with 3-4 Shurikens, or use 1000 Needles until the boss is down. Either way, the battle should be over rather quickly regardless of the strategy you adopt.

Anyway, after the battle, enjoy some more scenes before regaining control.
First meteorite down. Two to go.
Now exit the location.

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Board the airship and set the Karnak meteorite as your destination.


Disembark and head inside.

Karnak Meteorite

Head north, talk to Cid, wait for the scenes, and then enter the meteorite.

Karnak Meteorite - Interior

Follow the linear path and head downstairs.
Head south and interact with the green orb to face another boss.


This boss hits hard, but at the same time, it barely has any health so the same strategy from the previous boss will do wonders here!
I personally used 2x Lightning scrolls + 2x 1000 Needles before the boss said no more.

You will receive the summoned monsters Titan for your efforts!
Second meteorite down. One to go.
Watch the scenes and once you regain control, exit the location.

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Our last stop is the Walse meteorite, so make your way there.


Disembark and head inside.

Walse Meteorite

You already know the drill. Speak to Cid and wait. This time you don't have to enter the meteorite as the boss will come for you...


Okay. This battle is a little different. The Purobolos will try to revive their fallen mates each time one of them dies. This is specially annoying if you don't have any group attacks, since the enemies will keep reviving infinitely or until they run out of MP. For this reason, there's two good strategies you could adopt to win without much hassle.
The first method is casting Silence on the bosses to circumvent the revive phase. This way you could kill one by one without having to worry about them getting revived all the time.
The second and my favorite, is bringing a Bard and a Ninja to the fight. The bard should sing Romeo's Ballad every turn in order to keep the creatures stopped, while the Ninja does the dirty job by spamming Lightning Scrolls until all enemies are out of combat. The choice is yours.

After winning, watch the scenes and notice the map showing your destination to progress with the game. However, we don't want to head there yet as there's unfinished business in this world.
For the time being, exit the location.

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Board the airship and head to Castle Walse, just south from the meteorite.

Castle Walse

We should have 0/1 chests and 3/6 items. I think we're strong enough to finally complete this location.

Head north and enter the castle.

Castle Walse - 2F

Go east and take the stairs leading down.

Castle Walse - 1F

Head through the northeastern door and go downstairs.

Castle Walse - B1


This enemy was so damn strong the first time we were here... and now it's just a little kitten... Not really, it's still pretty strong, but we have 'Level 5 Death' on our side, so use that to OHKO it.

Follow the linear path to a split, then go through the left door to find a chest. Open the chest for Elven Mantle. [76/225]


Backtrack to the split and head through the right door this time.
Search all three pots for 1000 Gil, Speed, and 1000 Gil. {29/46}


After ages, we're finally done with this location! 1/1 chests and 6/6 items.
Exit the castle.

Overworld

We're about to progress further with the game, so now it's a good moment to deal with any business you have left in this world. Get all treasure chests you missed, all blue magics, all bestiary entries. Etc.

Here's the first checkpoint checklist:

• Bestiary Entries
  
  
  • 001-069
  • 191-195
  • 229-253
  
  
• Blue Magic
  
  
  • Aqua Breath
  • Level 5 Death
  • Level 4 Graviga
  • Pond's Chorus
  • Flash
  • Moon Flute
  • Death Claw (don't worry if you missed this as we'll have more chances to get it again)
  • Aero
  • Aera
  • Flame Thrower
  • Goblin Punch
  • Dark Spark
  • Off-Guard
  • Transfusion
  • Vampire
  • Magic Hammer
  • Self-Destruct
  • ???
  • 1000 Needles
  • White Wind
  • Missile
  
  
• Collectibles
  
  
  • Chests: 76/225
  • Items: 29/46
  • Pianos: 5/8
  
  
• Summons
  
  
  • Chocobo
  • Sylph
  • Remora
  • Shiva (last chance)
  • Ramuh
  • Ifrit
  • Titan
  
  
• Songs
  
  
  • Mighty March
  • Romeo's Ballad
  • Alluring Air

Once you're ready to continue, head west from the Pirate's Hideout and step on the warp.

Congratulations. You just completed the first world! We're 1/3 of the game.
Enjoy the scenes.

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After the warm welcome, walk around until getting into a fight.


This enemy drops tents, in case you're interested in farming some. They're cheap so this isn't really necessary, but know the opportunity is always there.
Anyway, defeat at least one to update your bestiary.
Now, enter the forest north from the spawn point.


Save your game.
Answer with 'Yes' when asked about setting up a tent and resting.
During the middle of the night, you will be interrupted by...

WARNING: This might be a missable bestiary entry.


I'm not completely sure, but this creature had to be defeated in previous versions of the game in order to get credit for it in the bestiary. They probably changed that for this version, but I wouldn't take the risk if I was you. Reload your save if you lose the battle, as the game continues even if you die.

After winning, open the chest full of gas to continue with the story.
Watch the scenes.

What a beautiful re-arrangement they did to one of the best music of this game! Damn, I love this track!
Enjoy it here: https://youtu.be/6mdTgAZU3Vg

Castle Exdeath - 1F

WARNING: This is a time-limited location (it will morph in the future).

Summary of Missables:

• All bestiary entries: Tarantula and Shell Bear

After the scenes, you regain control over Galuf with the objective of rescuing your friends. So what are we waiting for? let's go!
Head through the north door to find a consecrated circle.
Save your game if you desire, then return to the previous room and proceed through the western stairs.

Castle Exdeath - B1

Go east and take the stairs leading down.

Castle Exdeath - B2

Head northwest and take another set of stairs down.

Castle Exdeath - B3

Heal up and quick-save, then follow the linear path to engage in a fight...


I wouldn't call this encounter a boss fight. Simply throw him anything you have and the battle should be over within 2-3 turns.

After such a stressful fight, our group will be reunited again. YAY!
Make your way back to the consecrated circle at 1F.
North of the circle is a room with a spring that restores HP/MP/Status/KO.
Go back to the main hall, then exit through the south door.

Overworld

Before exploring this world, I highly recommend you to update your bestiary and blue magics.
Here's a table of what you can encounter around this area:


Devilfish spawns in plains and marshes (brown spots).
Treant spawns in plains and forests.
Strapparer spawns in plains.
This is also the perfect place to grind the blue magic 'Death Claw' as 2/3 of enemies have access to the spell. You can even 'Control' any of the creatures to make the task much easier (I personally did it with a Strapparer).

Once you have finished, head northwest from the castle and enter the bridge.

Big Bridge

Here comes the favorite part of all Final Fantasy V lovers. The big bridge!
Come and enjoy this beautiful re-arrangement with me: https://youtu.be/8acSnOSMVq8
Square Enix did it again, people. It's time to forgive all bugs and enjoy the amazing job they did with this masterpiece!


WARNING: This is a time-limited location.

Summary of Missables:

• All bestiary entries

Anyway, this dungeon is a bridge, so don't expect anything more complex than a straight corridor. Literally. Go all the way north fighting the forced encounters until you reach the boss.


Long time no see, fellow! A little harder than the first encounter, but nothing that could pose a challenge to our experienced team.
Opening the battle with Silence is a good move as that prevents Gilgamesh from buffing himself. Silence seems to wear off after some turns, though, so be prepared to cast it again or be quick when defeating him.
1000 Needles is also a good ally here as it's 1000 points of unavoidable damage per turn. Throw some Shurikens if you have any left and make use of all our recently acquired summons (such as Titan). Bringing someone with access to white magic shouldn't even be mentioned at this point of the game. That's a MUST for all boss fights!

After defeating this now recurrent opponent, return to the first bridge and keep going back and forth until collecting all the bestiary entries for this location. Switch tiles if you're having issues finding any enemies (like hug the left or right walls instead of going through the middle).

Once done with this time-limited location, go all the way north to trigger a scene.

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Mandrake is more common in marshes.
After the previous events and once we regain control, head east past the mountains and go through the woods to reach a village.


This is Regole. Head inside.

Regole

As it's becoming usual, this town holds no collectibles. However, I heard that there's a hidden piano somewhere...

First and foremost, pay a visit to the Inn located at the northwest corner of town and choose to stay the night.
Watch the scenes.

Now enter the Pub just below the Inn and push towards the bottom left wall to reveal a secret passage.


Follow the path to the back of the Pub to find the mysterious piano we mentioned earlier.


Play the piano to get progress towards the related achievement (Damn, Bartz is really getting the hang of it!) [Piano Maestro: 6/8]

Exit the Pub.
Note: Dancing at the stage will yield you 100 Gil. This action can be repeated as many times as you want (infinite money, anyone?).

Now that we're done with the exploration phase, feel free to go shopping spreee!








Nice new spells! Get everything if you can. Trust me, they may come very in handy later in the game.
Once done with your purchases, exit the town.

Overworld

From Regole, head south until you reach a large forest (ignore the castle for now), then go east, north, and east again to reach a square-shaped forest.

Note: There's a nasty creature called 'Kuza Beast' roaming outside the castle area. If you run into it, ESCAPE. I mean, you can kill it now with some tricks, but I don't think it's worth the effort as we will have to come back to this place later anyway.


Once you reach the marked location, head inside.

Moogle Forest

Go east and try to speak with the Moogle. The poor creature will run off just to end up falling into a hole...
Well, we're the hero of this story and as such, it's our duty to keep everything in order. So follow the little fellow down the hole.

Underground Waterway

WARNING: This is a one-visit location.

Summary of Missables:

• All treasure chests
  
• All bestiary entries

Time to conquer another dungeon! (and rescue our little friend while we're at it)
Step into the water and let it transport you to solid ground.
Now head east and go down the stairs to get transported to another landing.

Head east and go through the narrow passage to find a chest. Open the chest for 4400 Gil. [77/225]


Step into the water and let the waterfall take you to the next section of this dungeon.
Now step into the water once again to reach the lower area.
From here, go west and open the chest for a Phoenix Down. [78/225]


And that concludes the collectibles of this location. 2/2 chests.

Next, head east and follow the linear path up the stairs to find our little friend.
Heal up and quick-save, then approach the skeleton to engage in a boss fight.


This is by far the easiest boss fight in the whole game. Not because the boss is weak or doesn't have any devastating attacks in its arsenal, but because you can end the battle with just one action. Yes. You read it right. Simple use a Phoenix Down on the creature and the battle will be over.
If you don't have any Phoenix Downs left to use (which is highly unlikely), then spam fire-based spells/summons until the boss is no more.

Either way, watch the aftermath scenes and pay attention to the path the Moogle is taking. Did you get it? Well, let me explain it for you. What the creature is trying to say, is that no matter what you do, don't ever step on the sand. There has to be a good reason for that, right?

Note: Don't leave the dungeon until you have collected all treasure chests and bestiary entries. This is again an one-visit only location and if you miss anything, you will have to start all over again in order to reach 100% completion.

Overworld

Remember the path the Moogle went through during the previous cutscene? Well. The summary is basically 'follow the plains and forests without ever stepping on the sand'. But we're completing the bestiary here so running away isn't part of our agenda.
So what to do? Well. Switch any party member to 'Mystic Knight', heal up and quick-save, then roam over the desert area to trigger the so-called dangerous encounter...


Cactus shouldn't be much of a problem. Simply cast any group attack and they will be out of combat really quickly.
The Sandcrawler on the other hand is the true boss of this location. However, if we brought a Mystic Knight, then the battle will last exactly two turns.
With the Mystic Knight, use Spellblade → Break during the first turn, then attack during the second to kill the Sandcrawler instantly. That's basically it. If you want to fight this overpowered creature the old-fashioned way, then it's all in your hands.

Once done with the previous task, follow the path the Moogle went through to reach the next location (It's just one step north from the screenshot below).


Moogle Village

Approach the group of Moogles near the entrance and they will run off.
Head to the northeastern corner of the town and interact with the Moogle for a scene. This is the Moogle we helped earlier! As a thank you, it will open the door to the nearby tree and invite you inside.
Open all chests here for Ether, Phoenix Down, 10000 Gil, 1 Gil, Dancing Dagger, and Cottage. [84/225]


Leave the house.

Head back to the entrance and enter the middle tree.
Interact with the Moogle costume and choose to wear it.
Exit and enter the tree just left of this one.

Speak to the moogle so it removes the lock from the chest for you.
Now open the chest for an Elven Mantle. [85/225]


And with that, we have 7/7 chests for this location.
Now that we're done with this place, go back to the first Moogle and speak to it.
Watch the scenes.
Krile comes to the rescue!