Secret Locations

There are a number of secret locations in FFX that you can access by searching the world map with your airship, or by simply entering passwords.

Airship Coordinates
Use the following coordinates on the airship world map, then press X when you've found the spot. These coordinates are approximates, so move the cursor around a little and press X repeatedly to find the hidden areas.

• Baaj Temple -- X:14 Y:60 (find Lulu's Onion Knight and Anima here)
• Sanubia Desert: X:15 Y:41 (find Tidus's Ascalon)
• Omega Ruins: X:74 Y:36 (battle Ultima Weapon, steal items, and find spheres)
• Besaid Falls: X:31 Y:73 (find Kihmari's Dragoon Lance)
• Mi-I'hen Ruins: X:34 Y:58 (find Rikku's Sonar here)
• Battle Site: X:42 Y:57 (find Lulu's Phantom Bangle here)

 

Airship Passwords
You can also input passwords to uncover secret locations. These passwords are hidden throughout the game in Al Bhed -- but if you can't read it, here they are (note that they have to be entered in all caps):

• GODHAND -- Let's you go to lower Mushroom Rock Road where you will find Rikku's legendary weapon.
• VICTORIOUS -- Enter this to access a secret area in the ruins of Besaid. Climb the tree to get your hands on Rikku's powerful Victorious armor.
• MURASAME -- Another secret area in the ruins of Besaid. You will find Auron's Murasame (ability: One MP Cost) here.

 

Hidden Aeons

Don't stop with Bahamut. There are three more aeons that you can find in Final Fantasy X that are not required to finish the game -- but that make beating tough fiends a whole lot easier.

Yojimbo
Fans of the Kurosawa movie of the same name will get a kick out of the fact that there's an aeon named Yojimbo hidden in this game. But he comes at a price -- so save up at least 200,000 Gil before you go hunting for Yojimbo. To find Yojimbo, get your butt to the Calm Lands, go to the northeastern exit and pass underneath the bridge to go the area at the end of the gorge (this is where you fought Defender X -- in case you've forgotten). Here, you will find a save point and the entrance to the Cavern of the Stolen Fayth. Inside, walk deep into the cavern until you bump into the ghost of a dead summoner -- who will call upon the aeon known as Yojimbo. Defeat him using your aeons (in overdrive) and your most powerful magic attacks. Before you leave the cavern, use the warp pads to the left and right to get your hands on some helpful items, such as the Flexible Arm and X-Potions. When you're done, go to the Chamber of the Fayth.

 

Talk to Yojimbo and you will find out that this aeon doesn't work for free. Answer "To defeat the most powerful of enemies" to his question to get the lowest asking price, then offer Yojimbo half of what he's asking for plus 1 Gil. He will make a new offer and you should respond by raising your bid. Do this until he accepts your offer. Yojimbo's asking price and final price differ -- sometimes he'll turn down your offer, sometimes he'll entertain it. Don't worry if Yojimbo turns you down -- you can always repeat the procedure. You will probably end up paying as little as 200,000 or as much as 250,000. Note that you can get some valuable Teleport Spheres from Yojimbo if you offer him triple his asking price. Sure, it's expensive, but they allow you to warp to "greener pastures" on your sphere grid -- so it may be worth your money if you want to strengthen a character.

Anima
You've seen this chained bad boy before -- now it's time to claim the powerful aeon as your own. First, make sure that you have solved all the destruction sphere puzzles in each of the previous five Cloisters of Trials. If you're unsure whether you left some of them unsolved, go back and do them now. Note that the monks won't let you into the temples unless you have spoken to Maester Mika on High Road. If you've solved all the puzzles, enter the coordinates for Baaj temple (X:14 Y:60 -- move around a bit and press X to find the location) in the airship and make your way to the underwater temple entrance. Geosgaeno awaits. This is a tough fight, so be sure to equip anti-stone/death armor if you have it -- or stock up on Soft items if you don't. Use elemental magic and overdrives to win the battle (Geosgaeno is immune to almost everything else), then enter the temple. You will find six statues that correspond to the six Cloisters of Trials in Spira. Five of them will now activate, but you still need the last one. To get it, go to Zanarkand Dome and look for the white floor panels. Step on all seven of them (there are three in the first room and four in the large hall) to open up a Destruction Sphere in the first room. Grab it and put it into the hole in the large room right next to the monitor to make it blow up. You will get the Magistral Rod as a reward. It's time to go back to Baaj Temple.

 

All six statues are now active and you can enter the Chamber of the Fayth to claim the incredibly powerful Anima.

Magus Sisters
The final hidden aeon is actually a returning favorite from Final Fantasy IV.

 

First, get your hands on the above to aeons, then complete the Monster Arena side quest in the Calm Lands and capture all the fiends from Mt. Gagazet. You will receive the Blossom crown as a reward. Next, go to Remiem Temple, which is hidden in the mountains east of the Calm Lands. Here, you can challenge Belgemine and fight against any aeon that you have unlocked so far. Beat her Bahamut and you will get the Flower Scepter. You still have to defeat Yojimbo and Anima. Once you have beaten all the aeons, use your Blossom Crown and Flower Scepter to open the locked door ahead and get the final aeon in FFX.

 

Don't forget to fight Belgemine's Magus Sisters again for an additional reward.

Celestial Weapons

Each character in FFX can get his or her hands on an all-powerful weapon that makes defeating fiends a snap. However, just owning the weapon isn't the whole story. You also need to find two items that unlock each weapon's true powers and removes its "No AP" ability. Below, you will find a listing of all these legendary weapons, complete with locations and required items. Once you have found both items for a weapon, go to Macalania Woods and use the Celestial Mirror to upgrade the weapon to its full power.

To open treasure boxes containing legendary weapons, you will need the Celestial Mirror, so complete the following mirror sidequest first:

Cloudy Mirror: Go to Remiem Temple in the mountains east of the Calm Lands. To get here, go to the Calm Lands and get yourself a chocobo from the rider. Continue on to the south (close to the entrance from Macalania Woods) and go to the broken bridge on the eastern plateau. See the chocobo feather on the ground? You can use these to fly. Simply press X and you'll instantly get to the bottom of the area, which leads to Remiem Temple. Go to the left side of the temple, examine the sphere and then enter the chocobo race by talking to the chocobo to the right. Use as many shortcuts as you can and don't bump into poles to win the Cloudy Mirror.

Celestial Mirror: Now head back to Macalania Woods to get the Celestial Mirror. Look for the mother and son close to the save spot in the south of the woods. They will tell you that they're looking for daddy -- so head out and find the man (along with some other people) at the campsite. Talk to him to reunite him with his folks, then head south to find a path made from glowing fog and light leading up. Go up to find the son standing in front of a large crystal. Talk to him, then use the Cloudy Mirror on the crystal and it will change into the Celestial Mirror.

With that out of the way, you can go hunting for the legendary weapons. Good luck.

Caladbolg
Character: Tidus
Required items: Sun Crest, Sun Sigil
Abilities: Break Damage Limit, Triple Overdrive, Evade & Counter, Magic Counter

Caladbolg: Go to the Calm Lands and become a chocobo trainer by talking to the female chocobo rider (leave the area and come back in on foot if she's not there). You will have to complete four training exercises. The first one, Wobbly Chocobo, requires you to cross the finish line with 12.8 seconds or less on the clock. Once you win it, you can ride chocobos for free in the Calm Lands by talking to trainers, so remember that. The second challenge -- Dodger Chocobo -- has you dodging blitzballs, the third one -- Hyper Dodger Chocobo -- has you dodging blitzballs and birds, and the final Catcher Chocobo challenge has you race the trainer with all the obstacles in place. Win the final race and you can access the northwestern end of the Calm Lands where you can get your hands on Tidus's legendary weapon, Cadalbolg. You can only pass if you have the Celestial Mirror, so be sure to complete that quest first. Caladbolg causes more damage when Tidus's HP is at maximum.

 

Sun Sigil: Getting the Sun Sigil is a pain in the butt and may take some time, so take the afternoon off. To get this item, you have to win the Catcher Chocobo challenge with a total time of 0,0,0 (the balloons, it's all about the balloons!). It's possible, as this screenshot shows.

Sun Crest: Go back to the Zanarkand Ruins. You will find the Sun Crest in Zanarkand Dome where you originally fought Yunalesca.

Nirvana
Character: Yuna
Required items: Moon Crest, Moon Sigil
Abilities: Break Damage Limit, Triple Overdrive, Double AP, One MP Cost

To get Nirvana, talk to the owner of Monster Arena in the eastern portion of the Calm Lands. He will ask you to catch his escaped fiends. Walk around the Calm Lands and capture at least one of each type (using the weapons the arena owner sells you) and return once you have all nine to claim your prize. The treasure box containing Nirvana can only be opened once you have the Celestial Mirror. Once upgraded, Nirvana will do more damage when Yuna's MP are at maximum -- and it enables Valefor to cause higher damage than "just" 9,999.

Moon Crest: Go to the Isle of Besaid. Swim east from the beach and look for a small alcove on the map. You will find the Moon Crest inside the treasure chest on that beach.

Moon Sigil: Once you have gotten all aeons (including the Magus Sisters), go back to Remiem Temple (in the mountains east of the Calm Lands) and challenge Belgemine. Defeat all of the aeons and send Belgemine to win the Moon Sigil necessary to upgrade Yuna's legendary weapon.

Masamune
Character: Auron
Required items: Mars Crest, Mars Sigil
Abilities: Break Damage Limit, Triple Overdrive, First Strike, Counterattack

After your encounter with Defender X in the Calm Lands, walk over to the cliff in the east and look for a sword stuck in a rock to the left. Grab it. It may just be a Rusty Sword, but it is the key to Masamune, the legendary Samurai blade. With the sword and the Celestial Mirror in hand, go to Mushroom Rock Road and use floating rock (marked in green on your map). Put the Rusty Sword in front of the statue of Lord Mi'ihen. A glyph will appear -- turn around and you will be the proud owner Masamune. Masamune performs best when Auron's HP are low. It also enables Yojimbo's attack damage to be greater than 9,999.

Mars Crest: Go to Mi'ihen Highroad and continue north until you get to Mushroom Rock Road. Take Oldroad and go south from here to get to a treasure chest that contains the crest.

Mars Sigil: Getting the Mars Sigil is a time consuming task. You need to unlock 10 Area Creations or Species Creations monsters at the Calm Lands Monster Arena. To do this, capture 10 different monsters in 10 different regions for the Area Creations or 10 monsters of each of the 10 species for Species Creations. Once you have done this, talk to the trailer until he gives you the Mars Sigil.

World Champion
Character: Wakka
Required items: Jupiter Crest, Jupiter Sigil
Abilities: Break Damage Limit, Triple Overdrive, Double AP, Evade & Counter

After you've gained control of the airship and you've gotten the Celestial Mirror, talk to the bartender in Luca Café. If you've won five or more Blitzball games she will hand over the weapon. Remember that you can play Blitzball at any save point -- and yes, Blitzball can be a pain in the ass so we don't blame you for complaining at this point. As a reward for your trubles, know that the World Champion weapon enables Ifrit's attack damage to exceed 9,999. Like some of the other legendary weapons, World Champion deals more damage when Wakka's HP is full.

Jupiter Crest: You can find this item in Luca Stadium. Go into the locker room of the Besaid Aurochs and check the lockers.

Jupiter Sigil: The Jupiter Sigil is a random prize you can win in the Blitzball league matches. However, it will only appear if Wakka has learned the Attack, Status, and Aurochs Reels -- and it could take a long time, so again, we hope you like Blitzball.

Onion Knight
Character: Lulu
Required items: Venus Crest, Venus Sigil
Abilities: Break Damage Limit, Triple Overdrive, Magic Booster, One MP Cost

Lulu's legendary weapon takes you back all the way to the beginning of Tidus's quest. Remember when that nasty fish thing was trying to eat you for dinner? Well, it's payback time. Go to Baaj Temple and dive into the water, swimming to the doors at the northern end of the area. You will now face Geosgaeno. Beat the fiend and a treasure chest will appear underwater. Find it by swimming to the south and searching the circular area underwater. You won't be able to open it unless you've got the Celestial Mirror, so please keep that in mind. Note that the Onion Knight does more damage when Lulu's MP is at maximum. It also enables Shiva's attack damage to exceed 9,999.

Venus Crest: Go to the Farplane at Guadosalam after you're done with this area. The Venus Crest is located in a new treasure chest that wasn't here before.

Venus Sigil: Dodge lightning 200 times in a row. You can check the amount of times you dodged lightning by looking in the book in the Travel Agency. Don't save or leave the area, though, as this will reset your counter. Once you've done this, go to Rin's Travel Agency and open the treasure chest.

Spirit Lance
Character: Kihmari
Required items: Saturn Crest, Saturn Sigil Abilities: Break Damage Limit, Triple Overdrive, Double AP, Evade & Counter

The quest to get Kihmari's Spirit Lance takes you back to the Thunder Plains. Look for the large stone monuments, called Quactar stones. Stand in front of each one of the three in this area to pray and release a spirit. After the third one, head south to find a Quactar ghost flying around. Follow it and you'll get to a broken lightning tower embedded in the rock wall to the east. Pray here once more and lightning will strike and reveal a hidden treasure chest with the Spirit Lance inside. As always, you can only open it if you've already gotten the Celestial Mirror. Note that the lance will deal more damage when Kihmari's HP is at maximum -- and Ixion's attack damage will be able to exceed 9,999 damage.

Saturn Crest: After you've battled Seymour you can find a treasure chest on Mt. Gagazet hidden between the pillars to the west. Open it to get the Saturn Crest.

Saturn Sigil: Once you've got the airship, return to Macalania Woods and compete in the butterfly challenge. You can do it earlier, but you won't get the same prize (and the challenge will be less difficult). You have to chase down seven blue butterflies in 30 seconds. Avoid the red butterflies or you will have to fight and lose valuable time. Once you catch all seven a treasure chest appears. Beat both challenges and you get the Saturn Sigil.

Godhand
Character: Rikku
Required items: Mercury Crest, Mercury Sigil
Abilities: Break Damage Limit, Triple Overdrive, Double AP, Gillionaire

Getting Rikku's Godhand is easy -- but the two items you need to unlock its powers are a bit tougher to acquire. But first things, first. To get the Godhand, simply input the following password once you have control over the airship: GODHAND. This will let you go to a secret spot close to Mushroom rock. From here, go north and use the Celestial Mirror on the rock wall to get it. Once you unlock its true powers, the Godhand weapon will cause higher amounts of damage when Rikku's HP is full.

Mercury Crest: After you get the airship, go back to Sanubia Desert and walk to the area just before Home (the one with pits in the sand). Go to the northwest to find a treasure chest containing the crest.

Mercury Sigil: The second item is also hidden in Sanubia Desert, but it takes a bit longer to find. Look for the rock with the Cactuar picture on it. Examine it to get info about 10 Cactuars that hide throughout the desert. Find each Cactuar and you will be able to play a game of Red Light Green Light against them. If you reach the Cactuar before the timer runs out you will be able to battle it. The prize for battling is a Cactuar sphere. If you happen to lose three times, you will get a Sphere del Perdedor. Whenever you get a new sphere, go back to the Cactuar rock and place the sphere into the stone. Perdedor spheres will work fine as well, but the more Cactuar spheres you get, the better the treasures you will get in the secret area that follows (get eight or nine Cactuar spheres and you will find a Friend Sphere, for example). After you have placed nine spheres in the rock, you will be able to get into Cactuar Village (which was previously obscured by a sandstorm). Inside, you will find the Mercury Sigil.

Cactuar Locations:

• Oasis close to the first save point.
• Eastern Sanubia Desert (north of the tent with the save sphere)
• Western Sanubia Desert (near the 20% discount sign)
• Central Sanubia Desert (near the ruins in the west)
• Central Sanubia Desert (also close to the ruins)
• Eastern Sanubia Desert (close to the save point under the tent)
• Central Sanubia Desert (inside a treasure chest in the west)
• Western Sanubia Desert (inside a sand whirpool)
• Oasis (on the airship, outside deck)
• Sanubia Desert (stand in front of the Cactuar statue and the last one will appear behind you)

Al Bhed Language

Wondering what the Al Bhed are saying? Well, here's a key to their language. But there's of course an easier way to understand Al Bhed -- and that's learning the language by collection Al Bhed primers that are hidden throughout the game.

• A=E
• B=P
• C=S
• D=T
• E=I
• F=W
• G=K
• H=N
• I=U
• J=V
• K=G
• L=C
• M=L
• N=R
• O=Y
• P=B
• Q=X
• R=H
• S=M
• T=D
• U=O
• V=F
• W=Z
• X=Q
• Y=A
• Z=J

 

Here are the Al Bhed primer locations. Each volume teaches the corresponding letter of the alphabet (with I being A and XXVI being Z):

• Volume I: Al Bhed Ship (right side of the ship's deck)
• Volume II: Besaid Village (in the soldiers barracks)
• Volume III: S. S. Liki (power room)
• Volume IV: Kilika (tavern)
• Volume V: S. S. Winno (control room)
• Volume VI: Luca (in the basement level B of Luca Stadium)
• Volume VII: Luca (Luca Theater)
• Volume VIII: Mi'ihen Road (get from Rin in travel agency)
• Volume IX: Mi'ihen Road (northern New Road)
• Volume X: Mushroom Rock Road (near cliff)
• Volume XI: Djose Highroad (right side)
• Volume XII: Moonflow (North Wharf, above O'aka)
• Volume XIII: Guadosalam (inside house)
• Volume XIV: Thunder Plains (Rin's travel agency, speak to Rikku, then choose the top answer)
• Volume XV: Macalania (road branch close to save spot)
• Volume XVI: Macalania Lake (in front of travel agency)
• Volume XVII: Sanubia Desert (northwest from third save sphere)
• Volume XVIII: Sanubia Desert (north from third save sphere)
• Volume XIX: Home (left side from entrance)
• Volume XX: Home (south from second save sphere)
• Volume XXI: Home (east from second save sphere)
• Volume XXII: Belvelle (road leading to temple)
• Volume XXIII: Calm Lands (northwest)
• Volume XXIV: Remiem Temple (left, near Chocobo)
• Volume XXV: Cavern of the Stolen Fayth (east of save sphere)
• Volume XXVI: Omega Ruins (continue left and north from save sphere)

Overdrives

Tidus
Tidus learns new Overdrive techniques simply by using his old ones. You have to successfully pull off an Overdrive for it to count.

• Spiral Cut (available from start)
• Slice & Dice (perform 10 Overdrives)
• Energy Rain (perform 30 Overdrives)
• Blitz Ace (perform 80 Overdrives)

Yuna
Yuna's Overdrive lets her summon an aeon with its Overdrive gauge completely filled. She is not able to learn specific techniques like the other characters.

Auron
Collect the Jecht, Auron, and Braska spheres that are hidden throughout Spira to teach Auron new techniques.

• Dragon Fang (available from start)
• Shooting Star (find one sphere)
• Banishing Blade (find three spheres)
• Tornado (find all 10 spheres)

Locations:

• Jecht Sphere: Macalania Forest (after Spherimorph fight)
• Jecht Sphere: Besaid Village (next to temple)
• Jecht Sphere: S.S. Liki (on the bridge in Besaid)
• Jecht Sphere: Luca Stadium (basement level A)
• Jecht Sphere: Mi-ihen Highroad (southern Old Road)
• Auron's Sphere: Mushroom Rock Road (cliff)
• Jecht Sphere: Moonflow (South Wharf)
• Jecht Sphere: Thunder Plains (southern part)
• Jecht Sphere: Macalania Woods (southern area)
• Braska's Sphere: Mt. Gagazet (Mountain Trail)

Kihmari
Kihmari can learn new techniques from his enemies by using the Lancet ability. Try this move on every fiend you meet (or switch Kihmari in whenever one of the following attacks is used on you) to build up his repertoire of Overdrives. Be sure to learn his most powerful move, Nova, from the Omega Weapon.

• Jump
• Fire Breath
• Seed Cannon
• Self-Destruct
• Thrust Kick
• Stone Breath
• Aqua Breath
• Doom
• White Wind
• Bad Breath
• Mighty Guard
• Nova

Wakka
Wakka is a Blitzball player, so it's only fitting that his new techniques are unlocked by playing Blitzball. By winning in the League and Tournaments you can expand your repertoire to the following overdrives:

• Element Reels (available from start)
• Attack Reels
• Status Reels
• Aurochs Reels

Lulu
Lulu's Fury Overdrive allows her to cast any black magic spell multiple times in a row without losing MP. Rotate the right analog stick clockwise as fast as you can to increase the number of attacks.

Rikku
Rikku's Overdrive ability allows her to mix two items together for devastating attacks or helpful potions.

Jecht Shot
To teach Tidus his father's signature Blitzball move, look for a ball on the deck of the S.S. Winno. Press the circle button and you will be challenged to a quick button-pressing exercise. If you didn't get it on your first trip to Luca, don't worry. You can always go back once you get the airship and repeat the challenge. You can win more powerful Jecht Shot moves by winning Blitzball tournaments.

:: Bribe ::

First,you need to learn "Bribe" ability (usually,Rikku will learn it first because it's on her sphere grid area).To bribe items,you need to pay the monsters for some ammount of GIL and they will escape,PLUS,they will give you an item after the battle :) Here's some important item that you can bribe from the enemies.

[ Items Name - Ammount of Item you'll get - Monsters Name - (Monsters Location) ]

Door Of Tommorow X1 or X2 (if you lucky,you can even get 3) for 74.000 from Mech Leader (at Mt.Gagazet)

Note : You need to steal 10 of this to learn AP OVERDRIVE ability,which can be used for AP trick to level up faster.For example,after you learn this ability to a weapon,equip it and set the overdrive mode to Stoic or Comrade.All the hits you receive will be converted to AP after the battle.For More details,read AP TRICK FAQ By CronoRye.I think this only works for USA / INTERNATIONAL version.

Lvl. 3 Key Sphere x40 for 900,000 gil from Demonolith (at Omega Ruins/Inside Sin)
Lvl. 4 Key Sphere x2 for 196,000 gil from Chimera Brain (at Calm Plains)
Skill Sphere x2 for 360,000 gil from Zu (At Bikanel Island)
White Magic Sphere x2 for 256,000 gil from Dark Flan (at Gagazet MT Cave)
Black Magic Sphere x2 for 152,000 gil from Black Element (Near the save point at Omega Ruins)
Mega Phoenix x2 for 8,600 gil from the Alcyone (at Bikanel Island)
Special Sphere x6 for 1,088,000 gil from Adamantoise (Inside Sin.Omega Ruins)
Chocobo Wing x60 for 360,000 gil from Machea (at Omega Ruins)
Wings to Discovery x4 for 540,000 gil from Malboro (at Calm Plains)
Pendulum x99 for 1,400,000 from Ultima Weapon [1 TIME ONLY] (at Omega Ruins)
Remedy x80 for 92,980 gil from Lord Ochu (at Jyoze Road? )
Remedy x8 for 15,600 gil from Ragora (at Kilika Island)
Supreme Gem x20 for 260,000 from Halma (at Omega Ruins)
Winning Formula X15 for 900,000 from Sand Worm (at Bikanel Island)
Stamina Tablet x50 for 188,000 from Ogre (at Calm Lands)
Mega Elixir x20 for 1,120,000 gil from Varuna (Near the save point at Omega Ruins)
Return Sphere x3 for 36,000 gil from Dark Element

Tips :

If you already captured these monsters before,you can just go back to the monsters arena and fight them.This way,you don't have to spent more time for searching the monsters again and again.(Just remember that some type of Robots like Defender Z,Mech Leader,etc,cannot be captured)

Tips #2 (Easy Money) : Sometimes,when you walk around the save point at the Omega Ruins,you'll find one enemy guarding Treasure chest.If you steal the treasure chest (Don't MUG),it will gives you items like Turbo Ether or Mega Potion,but if you lucky,a secret monster will appears instead(Mimic).Just beat this monster to get 50.000 Gil,if you have Gillionare ability (from Rikku's ultimate weapon),you'll get 100.000 Gil for each fight ;)