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Final Fantasy 9

Two player battle
Go to the main menu, select "Battle Control", highlight "Custom", and press X. Then a screen featuring every character that you have and some controllers will appear. Move a controller to the second slot for the person that you want player two to control.

Bonus endings
End the game with the "Zeus Hammer" in your inventory to get additional endings.

In-game reset
Hold L1 + L2 + R1 + R2 + Select + Start while playing.

Black Jack mini-game
Finish the game normally and allow the credits to complete. Then press R2, L1, R2, R2, Up, X, Right, Circle, Down, Triangle, L2, R1, R2, L1, Square(2x's) at "The End" screen. A sound of an item being used will verify proper entry. Then press Start to play the Black Jack mini-game.

Jump rope mini-game
Have Vivi draw near the girls jumping rope near the ticket both in Alexandria. Talk to them and they will let Vivi join them. Press X when the symbol appears over Vivi's head to jump. Keep jumping without messing up to get Gil, rare cards, and other items as listed below.

20: 10 Gil
50: Cactaur card
100: Genji card
200: Alexandria card
300: Tiger Racket card
1000: King Of Jump Rope (key item)

Unlimited MP
Have Amarant in your party and make sure he has learned the Chakra skill. Also, the minimum MP needed for this trick to succeed is 4 MP. Enter a fight and have Amarant cast Chakra on himself. For 4 MP, he will restore MP equivalent to about 20% of his maximum MP. Constantly cast it until you have obtained your maximum MP. Since you can do this to other characters in the party as well, you can end up will everyone with maximum MP.

Easy experience
Use Quina's level 5 Death spell against the level 60 Grand Dragons on the outside of Gizamalike's Grotto for roughly 8800 experience per person. Equip the quick level gain support ability (level up) for even more. Also, remember to take Coral Rings to protect against the Dragon's Thundaga spell.

Locate a Dracozombie. In Disc 4, you can find them on the small green patches of land near the Ipsen's Castle on the world map. You must have Zidane, Dagger or Eiko, Amarant, or Quina in the fight against Dracozombie (you can use others character if you need). Have Dagger or Eiko use the Silence ability on Dracozombie, because it can cast the Lv 5 Death spell. Keep defending until all your characters are affected with the Zombie spell, then kill it. Use Magic Tag to cure the character that you want to level up rapidly. Equip the Quick Level Gain support ability (Level Up) to make your character obtain more experience. You must disable the Auto-Regen and Auto-potion support ability on every character which is affected by the Zombie spell. You cannot use items to cure or use spell such as Cure, Cura, Curaga and White Wind on the affected character. Amarant's Chakra skill is essential, since it still works on the affected character.

When you are done beating the plant brain, right after you go out the door stay in the same spot. Do not move and the creatures well keep appearing. They are easy to beat and give a decent amount of EXP and AP.

Battle the monster called Yan or Chimera. When you fight this monster, keep defending until it drops or bites your party member and gives them viruses. Cure the person that you want to level up. Then fight a monster that has a lot of experience such as Grand Dragon, Iron Man, Vepal or Worm Hydra. Fight until the party member that was cured from the virus hase leveled up.

Once you are on Disc 4 and have the Invincible Airship or a Gold Chocobo, go to the island southwest of the Iifa Tree. It is a long, thin island with a mountain and a forest. On this island (called Vile Island), you will battle enemies called Yan in groups of three usually. These enemies are really difficult, but each group of three will give each character 28,000 EXP (more if a character is "snorted" off the screen or killed). To survive these battles, try to have all your characters equipped with Auto-Reflect, Auto-Haste, and make their Magic-Defense as high as you can. Note: If these creatures "snort" all your characters off the screen, the game will be over. Make sure you have a bunch of Tents, Vaccines (to counteract Virus Powder), and save between battles. Note: This is the same island to find the final friendly monster, the Friendly Yan, in the forest.

In the fight against the masked man, steal the Mage Masher. At the opera scene, keep encoring with a high score and get a couple thousand Gil. After the opera ship crashes, fight in the first area that you can do so, and steal every fight for a Potion or High Potion. Use these to heal when critical. Repeat this until you gain a few levels it will pay off.

On Disc 4 by the Chocobo Forest, you will locate one or two Mistodons that are fairly easy, but require a few attacks to kill them. Equip Shadow absorbing items. One of their attacks called Mist will heal you about 1000 to 2000 HP. If you beat two, your entire party gets 12138 experience, 3 AP, and 4,000 gil.

Go outside of Lindblum with just Zidane and train during your first visit. You can get lots of experience when he is alone. Make sure to equip well, or you could be killed in the forests, where Bombs that have large amounts of experience can be found.

Easy AP
Walk around in the darkness for awhile in the field and forests around the town that has the Auction House and lady who gathers the zodiac signs. You will encounter a ghost. Give it some ore and you will win the fight, resulting in 10 AP.

Proceed to the forest west of the mountain path when going to the Lifa Tree. It is the only forest there. Walk around in the forest until you come across a friendly monster called "Ladybug". Give it some Ore and it will reward you with 30 AP.

With the Invincible, proceed to Popo mountains where the grand dragons are located. Walk around in the forest until you locate a Garuda. He will ask for Lapis Lazuli. If you give it to him, you will win the fight and get 40 AP.

When you arrive at the Lost Continent, somewhere around Esto Gaza, you will encounter a friendly Feather Circle. Give him a Moonstone and you will get 50 AP.

Catching frogs

Frogs	Items
2	Ore
5	Ether
9	Silk Rode
15	Elixir
23	Silver Fork
33	Bistro Fork
45	Battle Boots
99	Battle Master Quale to receive Gastro Fork

 

Hints & Tips

Ragtime Mouse
If you find the Ragtime Mouse (it resides in wooded areas) and correctly answer its questions, you can earn some extra Gil. Answer by choosing either "True" nor "False." The mouse will then give you Gil in return for each proper answer, as well as keep track of your percentages. Some locations the Ragtime Mouse have been known to inhabit include Gunitas Basin, Lindblum Plateau, Bentini Heights, Lucid Plains, Pualei Plains, and Alexandria Plateau. The rewards for correct answers in a row are these:

Question 1: 1,000 Gil
Question 2: 1,000 Gil
Question 3: 1,000 Gil
Question 4: 2,000 Gil
Question 5: 2,000 Gil
Question 6: 3,000 Gil
Question 7: 3,000 Gil
Question 8: 4,000 Gil
Question 9: 4,000 Gil
Questions 10: 5,000 Gil

Some of the questions the Ragtime Mouse have been known to ask include these:

The 15th Lindblum War started in 1600? (False)
Chocobo Forest is located between Lindblum and South Gate (False)
The Theather Ship Prima Vista was built in Artania Shipyards (False)
"I Want to Be Your Canary" was written by Lord Afon (False)
Lindblum Castle is larger than Alexandria Castle (True)
Lindblum's air cabs operate around the clock (True)
Some Mus are friendly and don't attack (True)
Berkmea Cable Cars have been running for eight years (True)
Fossil Roo is a tunnel that connects Treno and Alexandria (False)
Theater Ship Prima Vista uses Mist as its source of energy (True)

Stallazio coin locations

Dali windmill.
Behind item shop in Treno.
At entrance to Treno, throw Gil in fountain 13 times.
Beside an overturned cart near the entrance to Burmecia.
Near Netune statue in Alexandria,
Black Mage Village Inn.
The right side of the fountain in Maiden Sari.
Below the HP/MP restoring spring in Quan's Dwelling.
Left of the pickle cart in Lindblum.
Water right of the entrance to Daguerro.
The right chest at Ipson's Castle.
Chest inside the Invincible.
Where Scorpio was located in Quan's Dwelling.

Chocobo Evolution locations

River Chocobo: Healing Shore
Mountain Chocobo: Dawn Lagoon (requires River Chocobo)
Ocean Chocobo: Green Plains (requires Mountain Chocobo)
Golden Chocobo: Get all six Chocograph pieces

Friendly creature locations

Near Treno
Between ice cavern and Dali
Forest around Black Mage Village
Biggest Forest around Madain Sari
Forest directly east of Oeilvert
East forest on plateau above Gizmaluke's Grotto
Forest on Vile Island (in West continent)

Dali: Treasure chests
When you first visit the Village of Dali, go to the room next to the Mayor's house and climb up the ladder. You will see two treasure chests. Zidane will say he that cannot get them while the windmill is turning. The mayor is in charge of the Windmill. On Disc 3 when they return to Alexandria, you will see the Mayor from Dali in the Inn at Alexandria no one is taking care of the windmill in Dali. Afterwards, Zidane, Vivi, Freya, Amarant, and Eiko will go to Treno. When they arrive, before entering the card tournament, get out of Treno through the south gate and return to Dali. Go to the room next to the Mayor's house and climb the ladder. The windmill is off, and you can now get the chests. One has an Elixir in it.

Beating Hades
Produce a party consisting of Zidane, Garnet, Steiner, and anyone else (Amarant for example). Everyone needs to have their final weapon, with the exception of Steiner who should have at least the Ragnorok. Also have Auto-Regen/Auto-Haste on. Everyone must have armor that protects against Shadow. Hades will cast Doomsday. Have Zidane be higher than level 55, Garnet higher than level 50, and Steiner and your other character between 45 and 50. Also, prepare for all status effects. Hades will perform curse about three rounds into the battle. When this happens use Remedies or the Mini spell to get rid of the Mini status. Cure any other status effects. Hades will then use Heave and Doomdays to leave you in bad shape. Let Auto-Regen do the healing. Do not worry if you cannot get ready quick enough. Have Steiner use 5 to 6 rounds of Shock and Hades will not be able to hit you with Curse or Doomsday again. Use Dagger for healing and attack with full force. Hades will then let you Synth some of the best items. You can go back without having to battle him again.

Beating Ozma
If you encountered all the spirits in Gaia and have satisfied their requests go to Chocobo Aerial Garden (you will need a Gold Chocobo and a Dead Pepper). Examine the stone on the second platform and choose the third option, then the first option to battle Ozma. To beat Ozma, put Zidane, Dagger, Quina and Eiko in your party. Have Quina use Magic Hammer three or four times to steal all Ozma's Magic Points from now on it cannot use any spells. Then, have Zidane and Quina attack and Dagger and Eiko heal (do not use summons, you need a large amount of MP in this battle). With some of patience you should beat Ozma.

Have Zidane, Dagger, Steiner, and Quina in your party. Equip all character with armor that protects against or absorbs Shadow damage before the battle. Make sure Quina and Steiner have a lot of MP, and it is preferable that Zidane has the Long Reach ability. First, have Quina use Magic Hammer roughly four to five times while Steiner is using Shock. Then, if Zidane has the Long Reach ability, attack; or if he goes into Trance use Grand Lethal. Use Dagger to heal using Cura or Curaga when necessary and you should come out of the battle unhindered.

Use a party that has Zidane, Freya, Steiner, and EIko in it. Next, equip armor that dodges shadow, Zidane with the Ultima Weapon, Freya with the Dragons Hair (obtained in the Choco Quest). and Steiner with the Ragnorak (also obtained in the Choco Quest) As the battle starts, have Eiko cast Reflect on everyone and have Freya and Steiner attack with DragonCrest and Shoch, respectively. Reflect will bounce back all of Ozma's magic attacks, including the dreaded Curse. Note: This same tactic will also work on Hades, Kuja, and the final Boss.

The four items you can steal from Ozma are the Elixer, Robe of Lords, Dark Matter, and the Pumice Piece. In the fight, you should steal the Pumice Piece. When you are victorious, you will obtain a Dark Matter and Pumice Piece. The Dark Matter teaches Dagger the summon Odin. You can combine the two Pumice Pieces when you defeat Hades. In Memoria, in the room where Quina tries to swim, search among the coral to fight him. Hades will synth the pieces to make the Pumice, which teaches Dagger her strongest summon, Ark. Ark uses Shadow to harm its opponents.

Beating the Lifa Tree
When fighting the Lifa Tree, simply cast "Life" on it and it will die instantly. It is an "undead" creature, so "Life" is essentially "Death".

At the battle of the Lifa Tree, there is an easy way to make it through this area with very little effort with the Stroupers (the little tree-like creatures). Use Soft on them. Because they are made of stone, they will become too soft to live. This trick also works at Ispen Castle against the Gargoyles and the Epithats. Use Life against Dracozombies Phoenix Down has no effect. You can use Life or Phoenix Down against Zombies. Against the Soulcage and the bottom of the Lifa Tree, have Eiko or Dagger cast Life upon it to win at once. Also, do not throw away any of your weapons. They will be needed at Ispen Castle, where your strongest weapon will do the least amount of damage and vice versa. At that place, Zidane's Angel Bliss and Dagger will do the most damage.

When you battle the Lifa Tree, use Ekio or Dagger's white magic and cast Life on it.

When battling the Soul of the Ancient Tree of Life, never use a Fire spell. If this is done, it will counter-attack your whole party with this Fire magic or do an attack that can deal over 700 HP of damage. Sometimes he may even use it two times in a row that can instantly end the game. Instead, use others spells such as Ice 2 or Bolt 2, which can do some very heavy damage on him.

Beating Gilzamaluke
Begin by putting a Tent on him to find out if he is affected by that Item. If not, restart and try again. If it does, he will not use magic, and about 50% of the time his attacks will miss.

Beating Steiner
For battle one, Cinna should steal on each turn. Attack with Zidane and Blank only. For battle two, have Vivi cast Fire. Use the rest to attack him. For battle 3, use the same strategy as battle two. Steal with Vivi and have him cast Fire.

Beating Trance Kuja and Necron
A suggested party would have in it Zidane, Steiner, Amarant, and Dagger. Participating members should be at level 81 or higher. To beat Trance Kuja, have Dagger act as a medic for the party. All the best weapons, armor, and headgear must be obtained and equipped before the battle. Dagger has to learn Curaga by this time. Zidane, Steiner and Amarant must have the MP attack and their best weapon for this to be a swift battle. Trance Kuja has under 56,000 to 57,000 HP and his MP is 9999. Let the others concentrate on Kuja while Dagger acts as a healer. If any character is in Trance mode, just use physical attacks. Everyone's attack must damage Kuja for 9999 damage. In roughly four to five turns, or until the Trance meter is exhausted, Kuja should die.

Beating Bosses
Have Vivi learn Reflect x 2 and Eiko use Carbunkle or Dagger use Reflect on everyone. Then have Vivi chant the strongest spell available and it will always do 9999 damage on any Boss.

Use this if you are stuck on any Bosses from Disc 2 and onwards. Use a Dark Matter (the orb that teaches Dagger Odin) on the Boss. It is a very effective trick, as it does 9999 damage on every enemy and boss, but beware it costs a lot to buy a new one from the Auction House in Treno. This works well on the later and last bosses (Chaos Guardians, Trance-Kuja, Necron, Deathguise, Ozma, etc.)

Gilgamish
Once you have finished the Chocobo side quest and found all of the treasures, go to Daguerreo. Talk to the four-armed man. He should say something about an "S-Rank" and run off. Follow him and talk to him again. He should give you the S-Rank Medal, and disclose his true self (Gilgamish).

Quadruple magic attack
When you obtain a reflect ring, have the four characters you regularly have in your party learn "Auto Reflect". When they all have it turned on, cast a reflective party spell, such as Bio or any of the elements, at yourself, This will effectively quadruple the power of the spell on a single target. However, this is only helpful for lower levels and is virtually no good if you have great spells.

9999 damage with Atomost
The formula For Dagger's summon Atomost is this:

Full Animation: (30+ Party's number of Amethysts)% of enemies HP.
Short Animation: 2/3 of Full Animation formula.

For example, if you have 70 Amethysts, it takes 100% of the enemies HP off, with a limit of 9,999. This means an enemy with 12,000 health will lose 9,999. This is useful while training against Yans, Grand Dragons, and other not so easy enemies.

Change Airship altitude
Put the Airship on auto-pilot, then press Up or Down to alter its altitude while flying to your destination.

Early Lowell Autograph
After seeing the Lowell Fans rant over him at his theater, go straight to the Artists House in the Theater District and talk to Lowell. He will ask you not to tell anyone, and give you an autograph (key item).

Early Emerald
In Cleyra as Freya, you can go into the cathedral and talk to the high priest to get the Emerald.

Cargo ship model
Mr.Morrid's coffees can be found at these locations. Give all three to Mr. Morrid to get the cargo ship model (key item).

Moccha coffee: Near the entrance of south gate.

Kirman coffee: On Eiko's back porch in Madin Sari.

Burman coffee: Get to the treasure chest in the windmill in Dali Village. You will get 30,000 Gil. Check the chest again to find the Burman coffee.

Excalibur
Purchase the Magic Fingertip from the Auction House and go to Duguerro. Give it to the old man that was looking for a book about Edions. He will give you Excalibur.

Excalibur 2
Get to Memoria within 12 game hours to be given the Excalibur 2. You can learn Climhazzard with this.

Early Grand Dragon
When you first go to Gizamaluke's Grotto on Disc 1, notice the ladder to the outside in the room with the Moogle couple. Once outside, it leads to an area with a fight involving a Grand Dragon, which definitely raises your level.

Beating undead creatures
When battling a creature of the undead type, use an anti-KO item and it will immediately "kill" them.

Beating stone creatures
Use a Soft on stone enemies, such as Gargoyle, to immediately kill them. This trick will not work well with the spell Stona.

Scan Bosses
To scan Bosses, use a tent. It will restore one half of its HP. Multiply that by two to have an accurate HP total for the Boss. Note: This will work only until the middle of Disc 3, since all your enemy's HP are out of range and will just show 9999. This works if you want an accurate stealing.

Early Iron Sword
While battling Baku in the destroyed Prima Vista, steal a Broadsword and beat him. When you defeat the Plant Brain in Evil Forest and get Blank in you party, go to Equip on Blank and trade the stolen Broadsword for Blank's Iron Sword. Equip Steiner with it.

When battling the plant-thing that captures Vivi, steal from it. You will eventually get an Iron Sword. When you get Steiner in your party, equip him with it.

Early Mythril Dagger
When battling the Masked Baku, Steal from him. You will get the Mythril Dagger eventually.

Early Ruby
When you are answering Baku, say "That's when I capture Queen Brahnne, Right" 64 times. Ruby will storm in.

Early Quina
On Disc 1 when you are playing as Steiner in Alexandria castle rounding up the Knights of Pluto, go downstairs in the main hall (with a painting of Queen Brane on the stairs). Go through the door on the left, then take the next door also on the left to get to a kitchen. Walk over to the cooking pots to see Quina. When you address her however, it only shows the name as "Head Chef". You cannot get Quina in your team until after your first visit to Lindblum, even if you see her in Alexandria.

Knights of Pluto
On Disc 3, when Bahamut and Alexander fight, Queen Garnet must deploy the Knights of Pluto and assign them to different tasks. The proper order is: Have Kohel and Blutzen gather information. Have Haagen and Weimar protect the townspeople. Have Breireicht and Laudo contact Lindblum for reinforcements. Lastly, have Mullenkedheim and Dojebon prepare to fire the cannons. Beatrix and Steiner will praise you for your excellent performance and reward you with Angel Earrings.

Quan's Dwelling
Go to Quan's Dwelling with Quina in your party in Disc 4. Go to the room after the cave and Quina, Vivi, and Quina's master will meet Vivi's grandfather (that died).

If you have a Chocobo and some Dead Peppers you can go to Quan's Dwelling and go to the room that is outside. Go to the edge and a "?" will appear over Zidane's head. He will say that he sees foam in the water. It will automatically put you on the world map if you agree with Zidane. Press Triangle and feed the Chocobo the Dead Pepper. It will jump into the water and locate a sunken treasure chest. It contains some ores and a Red Rose card. Red Rose is the ship Beatrix is in when you go to the Lifa Tree on Disc 4.

Go to the room in Quan's Dwelling and check the clock. A "!" will appear. Inside the clock are Running Shoes.

Eiko: Summons skills
Eiko has only four Eidolons to summon. but if you equip those items on her, you can use different skills.

Eidolon	Item equipped	Result	Effect
Carbuncle	Moonstone	Pearl Light	Cast Shell on all ally
Carbuncle	Emerald	Emerald Light	Cast Haste on all ally
Carbuncle	Diamond	Diamond Light	Cast Vanish on all ally
Fenrir	Maiden Prayer	Millennial Decay	Wind Elemental attack

 

Freya: Countering Death Sentence or Gradual Petrify
If an enemy casts Gradual Petrify or Death Sentence on Freya, have her use Jump until the battle is over. Jump will stop the countdown from the time she jumps until the time she lands.

Steiner: Peeking
When you reach Alexandrian territory as Steiner, he will be carrying a bag of rotten stuff. That is actually Dagger. When he goes to the corner of the alley, she will think of switching into her costume while he is looking forward. You will get an option for roughly five seconds to either keep looking or go to the other side. Within those five seconds, if you have good reflexes, you can also choose to look the other way.

Vivi: Chased by monster
Beat most of the monsters of Lindblum during the Festival Of The Hunt and go to the Business Center. You will see Vivi being chased by a very weak monster.

Vivi: Stronger MAGIC with Carbuncle
Summon Carbuncle and then cast Fira or something reflectable. Usualy Vivi's Fira will do 500 damage. With everyone with reflect it will do 2000 and so on.

Zidane: Easy kills early in game
Get the beast/bird/dragon/etc. killer. When you go to Lindblum the first time, you will probably have a Mage Masher. Go to the weapons shop and instead of purchasing the Mythril Dagger, purchase another Mage Masher. Go to the synthesis shop there and get an Ogre Sword. Equipping the killer with the Ogre Sword for Zidane can be lethal (about 400 to 700 for critical hits) until Disc 1 is passed.

Winning the Festival of the Hunt
If you want Zidane to win the Festival of the Hunt, make sure to equip him with The Ogre. One hit should be enough to kill any monster in town. First, go to the end of the Theater District, wait in front of the barrels for a moment, then kill the Fang that appears. Next, go to the Business District and go north. Kill the Fang on the left side of the screen, then head down the right-hand path. You should see the Zaghnol. If not, exit and re-enter until it does appears. When you go to kill it, Freya should appear to help you. Use her jump skill and have Zidane attack. If Zidane kills the Zaghnol, he will be catapulted into the lead. After winning, you will get 5000 Gil. If you want Freya to win, just kill Zidane. She will receive a Coral Ring.

If you want Vivi to win, these instructions listed  need to be done exactly as listed. As soon as you step off the tram, immediately get back on and head to the Business District. Head north, fighting as few monsters as you can, and take the left path into the church area. Kill the Fang that is there, then head back out. Vivi should run by, chased by a Fang. Kill the Fang that is chasing Vivi, then head to the right-hand path, where the Zaghnol is located. When you battle the Zaghnol, just have Zidane and Freya kill each other. With luck, Vivi should win the Festival and obtain a Theater Ship card.

Alexandria card
Wait until Alexandria is destroyed by Invincible (the big eye in the sky) at the begining of Disc 3. Go to the center of the town and press Square to challenge the little girl who is chasing the boy. She will say "Here, I found this card in the rubble. You can have it." She will give you the card.

Hades Card
Work your way into the Time Portal (the area with the broken clock and the view of space) in Memoria. Go up the stairs and an exclamation point will appear above Zidane's head. Press Square to challenge Card Master Empress to a card duel. Keep winning card games and eventually she will use the Hades card.

Lindblum card
After Lindblum is attacked in Disc 2, go north of the inn until you enter another screen. Go to the wreckage that blocks the path to the north. The Lindblum card will be lying around in that area.

Namingway card
At the Treno Card Tournament in Disc 3, view all of the ATEs. When Vivi is trying to decide whether or not to head home, tell him not to. The next ATE with Vivi in it will show Mario acquiring a Namingway Card. In the second round of the tournament, you will face Mario, and he should have multiple (probably two or three) Namingway Cards along with other cards. Beat him to receive a Namingway Card before Kuja's Palace.

Oglop card
It is possible, though not easy, to get an Oglop card as soon as Disc 2. On the mountain path from Conde Petite to Madain Sari, there are little yellow-orange spots running around. Those are Mountain Oglops. Catch one by pressing X (no ! or ? will appear, just keep pressing the button) and give it to the dwarf outside the item shop in Conde Petite (the male one, Brian Rootrunner). He will give you an Oglop card.

Ramuh and Shiva cards
When you begin Disc 3, go to the church with the bell and the Save Mog. Save, go onto the ladder, and pull the rope. You will get a Goblin, Fang, Ramuh, and Shiva cards.

Card battle with Phantoms
In Memoria, whenever you see an exclamation point pop up, press Square to have a card battle with Phantoms, who have a lot of rare cards. The battles are fairly easy, using weak cards such as Flan or Ironites.

Card symbols
Each card has a letter in its symbol at the bottom this is either an M, P, or X. M stands for Magic, P for Physical, and X for a special rare type. When battling cards, always attack Ms with Ps and vice versa. This will give you a greater chance for winning. Only use an X card to attack; if you use it to defend, you will almost lose every time.

The first number is the attack power of the card. If the card is an M, it attacks the third number, if it is a P, it attacks the fourth. X may attack the weakest of the third and fourth numbers. Attack and defense power is 0123456789ABCDE (0 is lowest, E is highest). For example, if you had card BM06 and your opponent had card AP07, you are more than likely win. All of this information is available in the south of the shop in Dali on Disc 4.

The first number is the card's attack power and can be between 0 and F (0 is the lowest, F is the highest). The next letter is what type of attack they do (M-magical, P-physical, X-special, A-special). The last two numbers are defense. If a card is a magical type it will attack the fouth number on the card. If it is physical it will attack the third number on the card. If it is X-special, it will attack the lower of the last two numbers. If it is A-special it will attack the lowest number on the whole card; it will also attack for whatever the highest number on its card is.

Getting more game cards
At the begining of Disc 3, after the FMV sequence when you become Vivi, go right down the row of houses and talk to the "Hippolady". She will object about her son playing too many cards and will ask you to race him. Answer yes, beat him, and she will thank you. Redo this two other times and she will thank you, say that her son is in better shape and will give you a game card. Keep repeating this process (it will take longer to get the cards each time) to gain even more cards.

Changing names
You must have the Namingway card. Go to Daguerreo and go to the inn. There is a ladder behind the library. Descend and go left. Talk to the man on the left and he will offer you to change your names if you just show him the Namingway card.

Easy Gil
Win items in the Chocobo Hot & Cold game in Chocobo Forest, then sell them.

When you get a key item at the auction, look for someone who wants to purchase it. When they ask you if you will sell it to them, answer "No". They should say "Fine" and pay you more Gil. Note you can only do this once per person.

Finding items and Gil
Whenever there is an explanation point (!) over the character's head, there is usually items or Gil.

Early abilities and easy levels
After leaving Lindblum when Garnet and Steiner have left, go to the Chocobo Forest. Get all of the Chocographs you can. Obtain all the ones nearby. Go through Gizamaluke's Grotto and head west to reach a beach with some Chocobo tracks. Call Choco and locate the treasure chest nearby. Now you have the River Chocobo. Go back through the Grotto and to Chocobo's Forest. Call Choco and head to the island south of you. Obtain the chest there and go northwest past Lindblum. There is an island west of the continent you can reach for the Bird's Eye Lagoon Chocograph.

When Garnet, Marcus, and Steiner go to Treno, watch the Treno Tradition ATE. Then go to the Synthesis Shop's hallway and talk to the thief. He will give you an add-on he purchased with the stolen money. Then, get Garnet from the Auction House. Purchase all the add-ons you can, especially the Reflect Ring. Go outside to learn as many abilities as you can. Note: the Friendly ghost can be located near the entrance to South Gate. Go back into Treno and synthesize any add-ons that you need. Synth two Coral Rings (only get one if Freya won the Hunt). If you need materials, go through South Gate to Dali. Go to Quan's Dwelling near Treno and take the Stellazzio coin there. Get the prizes for the Stellazzio. Take off the add-ons before getting the Supersoft.

When you get control of Zidane again, take the time to let Vivi and Quina learn Auto-Reflect. Go into the room with the two Mogs and save the game. Give Zidane and Freya Coral Rings. Equip everyone with the Antibody skill. Equip Auto-Reflect on Quina and Vivi. Now, the only attack from the Grand Dragons that can hurt you is Poison Claw, because it is a physical attack. Put everyone in the back row and have Freya Jump, Zidane Attack or Dyne, Vivi use Bio and Quina use Potions or High Potions as needed. The Grand Dragon gives each character 8800 experience if everyone survives (which is not likely the first time).

13th Zodiac coin
After you locate all 12 Zodiac coins and bring them to the Queen in Treno, she will say that it feels like there is something missing. Agree with her, and she will send you on a quest to find the 13th Zodiac coin. You can discover this coin in Quan's Dwelling at the same location that you found the Scorpio Zodiac coin. Bring it back to her. She will thank you and give you a "hammer" to help synthesize special weapons and items.

Second Pedriot
You can get a second Pedriot if you beat the Grithen at Fossle Roo near the man that gives you directions.

AP from ladybug
After you have found the ghost outside of Treno which gives you 10 AP, it says something about thanking a ladybug. The ladybug is outside of the Mage village near the forest area. The ladybug will ask you for some ores. Give the ores to the ladybug and she will say something about a Yeti, and give you 10 AP.

Hidden monster in book
On Disc 3 in Alexandria, you have to hunt for Eiko and Garnet (on the Eidion) inside the castle. Before you walk up the tower to save her, make sure you go to the castle's library. On the third shelf you can see a book. When the "?" appears above Zidane's head, you will have two choices Listen or Ignore. Choose "Listen" and the book will respond "Challenge me if you dare". Challenge it and you can steal a few good items including Elixer, Silver Fork, Devil Mail, and Ether. The book is not the real enemy there is a creature hidden in one of the pages. After every hit the book changes pages with the monster hiding in one of them randomly. This is when you are supposed to attack him with a strong attack, and he will hide once again.

See Amarant's full face
To see Amarant's full face, beat him at Madain Sari. When he is shown giving up, the view will pan from the ground looking upwards at Amarant's face.

Use Amarant for gil and weapons
If you have Amarant in your party, fight to earn money. Once you have this money, purchase extra weapons. In a Boss battle you can do a lot of damage by throwing these weapons. Some examples are: Gladius, Zorlin Shape, Rune Tooth, etc.

Legend Of Legaia reference
The names of the Ra-seru in Legend Of Legaia appear during the game. The planet Terra is the same as Noa's Ra-seru, and the optional Boss in Chocobos Air Garden is called Ozma, the same name as Gala's Ra-seru. The one exception is Vahn's Ra-seru, which name is Meta.

Xenogears reference
One of Eiko's Eidolons is called Fenrir. This is also the name of Doctor Citan Uzuki's Omnigear in Xenogears.

Porom reference
There is a reference of one of the twins from Final Fantasy 2 when you visit Lindblum for the first time. When you go into the Business District, walk near the Card Freak's house. Approach the cart and an "!" should appear over Zidane's head. Press X and the game will refer to Porom's Action Figures.

Cereal reference
When you go through Gizamaluke's Cavern the first time, after getting the Holy Bell from Moguta, he will ask for more Kupo Nuts, saying that he is "Kupo for Kupo Nuts", just like Sonny is "Cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs."

Star Trek reference
When looking for the potions to turn Cid into a human again, talk to the supervisor near the lazy worker. Ask about the potions to get Bones McCoy's catch phrase yelled at you.

Saved game Moogle
When at the load or save menu, press Select to make the Moogle appear. The Moogle will tell you the levels of all four possible characters, as well as HP status.

Moogle help tip
Press Select while in any fight or at an in-game menu. This will bring a Moogle to help guide and help you in battle or in the menu.

Water Shrine reference
This is also known as the Tower of Waltz. It sank into the ocean long time ago when the evil forces destroyed the Water Crystal.

Holy Lance reference
You can steal the Holy Lance from Ark in Oeilvert or simply purchase it in Daguerreo. This was the ultimate weapon for Cain/Kain, in Final Fantasy 4. It was sealed in the underground of the Second Moon. It can be used by Freya.

Reis Wind reference
This is the second ability of Freya. Reis was the ancient Holy Dragon. This type of dragon can assume the shape of a human, like in Final Fantasy Tactics (human form but it is a dragon).

Parasite Eve gunsmiths reference
When you get to the Synth Shop in Lindblum, there are two men there. One's name is Torres and the other is named Wayne. These two names are the names of the two gunsmiths in Parasite Eve.

Final Fantasy 3 King Edgar reference
In the area on the World Map just outside Chocobo's Forest, go onto the menu. It will state that this area is called the "King Ed Plains".

Final Fantasy 3 music
Purchase Une's mirror and Doga artifact at the Treno Auction House. Go to the Black Mage Village. Enter the inn and talk to the Black Mage in front of the music box. You will hear a very old song until you stay in the village.

Final Fantasy 4 Rattail reference
In Final Fantasy 4 there is an item called Rattail for which you can trade some Adament ore. In Final Fantasy 9, it is a quote said by Baku, which can be traded for some gil, or kept as a key item.

On the listings for references of items gotten at the Auction House, there is another reference for the Rattail. It was used in Final Fantasy 1 to promote your character classes when given to Bahamut. For example, Fighter to Knight, Black Mage to Black Wizard, White Mage to White Wizard, Red Mage to Red Wizard, Thief to Ninja, and Martial Artist to Black Belt.

Final Fantasy 6 Locke reference
In one of your first travels to Linblum early in the game, next to the cab station is be a man named Locke.

Final Fantasy 7 music
After you crash the airship into the evil woods at the start of the game, go inside to hear a band play the music from Final Fantasy 7, during the parade for Rufus. This is the Active Time Event called "Orchestra in the Forest". Wait roughly ten seconds after dying to hear music from Final Fantasy 7.

Final Fantasy Tactics reference
Quina's ability, Reis' Wind refers to Reis the Holy Dragon in Final Fantasy Tactics.

Cloud and Squall reference
After you finish the game with either ending, you will watch part of a play. The line "Neither Cloud nor Squall shall stop me." can be seen.

Cloud reference
In Lindblum's weapon shop, Zidane will get a (!) over his head and mention something about a guy with spiky hair that had a sword just like the one on the wall.

Kain's Lance reference
In Memoria on Disc 4, go past the save spot at the entrance and head for the door. Before you reach it, stick to the right against the wall. You will go in and locate Kain's Lance. This Lance belongs to Kain from Final Fantasy 2. A powerful weapon sealed in Memoria, owned by Cain/Kain, the Dragon Knight of Baron. It is the seconnd strongest weapon for Freya.