FFX-2 Walkthrough

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Walkthrough



Luca
After the intro movie, there will be a short battle between Paine and Rikku against Yuna and two of her cronies. This should be an easy battle early on. Get used to the ATB system and the changes made. Defeat the two cronies and Yuna to advance. The scene will change and you'll be in control of Rikku as you chase after Yuna. You'll have to meet up against a few more goons that should be easy to take down. There's also a Moogle to the left of this area that can heal your HP if it's needed. Once you've been in two or three battles, two men named Ormi and Logos will corner you, and a battle will ensue. Just keep attacking and you should win without any problems. After this, Yuna (the real one) will show up, while the Yuna you've been chasing all this time will transform to Leblanc. Another battle will ensue here. You'll need to follow the instructions and change Yuna into a different class to win. It might be a good idea to change Rikku into a Warrior class to make this battle go faster. Defeat Leblanc and her henchmen and you'll finish the first mission!

Mount Gagazet
After your first mission you'll be back on your airship, the Celsius. Take this time to get familiar with your surroundings.

Make sure you visit the Engine Room to pick up some goodies from the treasure chests inside. After you've made your rounds, go to the Cabin and talk to Barkeep. Choose the option to take a rest. Once you have taken a rest, the airship will be alerted to a situation going on at Mount Gagazet. Head to the Bridge to find out what's going on. This will begin Mission 2, and hopefully you've remembered to stock up on items before leaving!

Once you have reached your destination, follow the trail given to you and go down the stairs. You'll see a blue switch on the wall, turn it on and you'll descend. Make your way down the cliff by jumping off, and remember to grab the treasure chest on the far right of the screen. This is where you'll also start climbing up. Once you have finished your climb, you'll meet up with the Leblanc Syndicate again. Time for another fight!

Boss: Leblanc Syndicate
Leblanc (HP/MP - 120:320)
Ormi (HP:MP - 130:10)
Logos (HP:MP - 100:25)

This is an easy battle for you. Just like the first encounter with these guys, switch any of your characters to Songstress and cast Darkness Dance on them. This will make them miss all of their physical attacks due to the Darkness disability. Keep attacking with your two other characters (it's also a good idea to use Power Break once in a while if the trio keeps doing damage to you) and you should win without any effort.

Once you have finished this fight, you'll have to race the Leblanc Syndicate up to the top of the mountain in order to grab the sphere you're both looking for. Follow the Leblanc and her goons to get the general idea of where to go in the early part of this race. Grab the treasure chest early on and then turn back. Don't climb up the pillar here, rather jump onto the platform to get over to the next tower by pressing the Circle button. Head onto the entrance here. You'll have to fight Logos and his group. Defeat them and head into the tower.

Now go into the tower and activate both the switches inside. This will lower the platform for you to climb on, and you'll be able to continue your chase after Leblanc. You should be in the open area now after exiting the tower. Go around the tower and jump on top of the fallen pillar, then jump across to the other section. Ascend the tower and use the save point. You'll meet up with Leblanc again but luckily for her you won't have to do battle. Grab the treasure chest and head up for the sphere!

Boss: Boris (HP:MP - 480:0)
Like the Leblanc Syndicate, Songstress' Darkness Dance will come in handy here to reduce the overall damage you'll take from this boss. Assign one character to be the primary attacker (Paine), another for an attacker/healer (Rikku or Yuna) and the other as the Songstress support with Darkness Dance. Boris has two attacks that you can't stop with Darkness Dance. The first is a static web that casts Stop on your party, and the other is a physical attack where he swallows you. Just follow the strategy above to beat him with ease, you shouldn't be in too much trouble here.

Now that you have finished off the big bad spider-man, you can finally claim your prize. Congratulations, the Prologue is complete! Your prize for finishing the mission? The Black Mage Dressphere!

Chapter 1

Besaid Island - Hotspot!
You're in Yuna's hometown now, so it'd be a good idea to stop by and check up on your old friends. Head over to the second hut to your right to find Lulu. After a short conversation with her, she'll walk out of the hut. Follow her and start another conversation. After this, a cutscene will occur and she'll give you a sphere. Once this happens you'll be back in Besaid village. Go talk to Lulu one more time and choose the first option she gives you. She'll walk out again (she really gets around for a pregnant girl, doesn't she?), so talk to her once more. Your mission will start. Find Wakka!

Wakka is hiding in a secret cave that can be found in the area before the beach area in Besaid. However, you'll need to enter four digits in order to open the door. From we gather, the numbers change every game, so we'll just give you the locations. You can tell where each number is by a shining light emanating from its location. Why these numbers are glowing, we don't know, but at least they're easy to spot!

The first number can be found where Lulu first gave you that sphere. Press X near the monument and you'll get the number. Head towards the beach. Right after the area with the monument, your next number can be found on your right as soon as you enter the area. Climb the rubble with the Circle button and get the number. The third number is a little trickier to find. When you initially enter the beach area, start walking to your left. You'll see a kid near the wall. You can jump up here with the Circle button. Make your way to the structure behind them, the third number is there. The final number can be found near the house on the beach. Like the third number, you'll have to climb up onto the ledge here to grab it. Once you have done that, go back to the door and enter in the four numbers in order of their appearance.

Once you head inside, you'll find Wakka. After a brief conversation you'll go spelunking for spheres. Luckily this dungeon is very easy. Once you hit the fork in the road, head north to claim your booty, but not without a fight!

Boss: Flame Dragon (HP:MP - 980:84)
If you've been powering up your Black Mage Dressphere that you received earlier on, this enemy shouldn't be a problem. He's immune to fire but weak against ice, so have one character transform into a Black Mage to start casting that, have another turn into a Songstress to cast Darkness Dance so that all of his physical attacks miss you, and then your final character can be your power hitter, being either a Gunner or a Warrior. Keep at it and heal with necessary, and this fight shouldn't be hard at all.

After you get the sphere, you can go back to Wakka. This will complete the mission, and you'll get the White Mage Dressphere, Besaid Sphere and a Garment Grid for your efforts.

Zanarkand Ruins - Hotspot!
Sadly, the once mysterious Zanarkand Ruins have been turned into a little theme park by a couple of individuals that you'll meet soon enough. You can't go into the ruins just yet, so make your way up the hill to your left. Here you'll meet Isaaru from FFX. When he asks if you remember him, choose the second option. Once you have finished chatting, head into the ruins. Before you enter the ruins, there will be a couple of merchants selling their goods. If you haven't stocked when you were on the Celsius, this is a good time to do it. Just before you enter the ruins, you'll run into a group called the Kinderguardians, led by Paace, whom you may remember as one of Isaaru's bodyguards in FFX. Follow the kids into the ruins, and you'll eventually meet up with a couple of Leblanc's flunkies. Fight them off and continue deeper into the ruins.

Once you have reached the lift at the end of the ruins, head down and you'll find Rikku's daddy, Cid. Talk to him and then to his buddy, and then continue on your way. Does this place seem familiar to you? A cutscene will occur here, and a voice will demand a keyword. Since you already know the keyword, there's no need to say what it is, right? Go ahead and say it. YRP smells something fishy here, and suspects it might be someone they know. Choose the second option to bring out Isaaru. After he comes out of hiding, he'll give you a Garment Grid. Once you have parted ways, head towards the stairs and go down. Go straight and you'll eventually meet up with the boss.

Boss: Guardian Beast (HP:MP - 2886:1000)
Like earlier bosses, switch someone to Songstress to use Darkness Dance. Don't bother with using a Black Mage here since magic does minimal damage. It's recommended that you use Yuna and Paine as your attackers while Rikku backs them up with Songstress since they do better damage with their default costumes. It'd also be a good idea to use Paine's Break abilities as a Warrior to lower this boss' offense and defense stats.

Kilika Island - Hotspot!
This is a pretty straightforward mission to get through, and it's fairly short too. However, you'll have to finish the first two Hotspots on your map before this pops up. Head towards the gate that leads to Kilika Temple. You'll find that the Youth League and New Yevon are at each other throats (don't worry, this happens often), but you need to find a way to get in there in order to grab that precious sphere. From the save point in the forest, head left and then take the small northern route. You'll be able to avoid all of the New Yevon guards this way. Continue to head north and you'll eventually run to a dead end, but you'll see some New Yevon groupies on the other side. Choose the option to listen in on their conversation and listen carefully to the explanation on how their passwords work. Basically you give them one password if there is an even number of guards, and another password if there is an odd number of guards.

If you happen to get the answer wrong when you're confronted, you'll have to fight them, so it's no big deal, but you get items for every successful answer. You'll have to go through this five times, with each question getting progressively harder. The first two are easy, as it's even, then odd. The next three will be tougher, as guards will show up a few seconds later after you're able to select your answer. The best thing to do here is to wait a good 5 seconds before giving your answer. The correct sequence after the first two groups of guards is even, odd, even, odd, odd. If you answer all of the questions correctly, you'll get another Garment Grid. Head to towards Kilika Temple, and you'll have to fight yet another boss.

Boss: YSLS Zero (HP:MP - 1935:0)
Another easy battle, if you use the same tactics in previous boss fights. Get your weakest attacker to change into Songstress and cast Darkness Dance every time. Since this boss has no magical powers, most of its attacks will miss when it's blind. You do need to watch out for its abilities though, specifically Blast Punch, as it can do serious damage to one character. Use your two other characters as Gunners or Warriors for physical attacks, and you should beat this machine in no time.

After an extremely funny cutscene, you'll eventually grab your prize, another sphere! The Celsius will then fly off, and Chapter 1 is complete!

Chapter 1 Sidequests

Like we said at the beginning of the walkthrough, it's probably a good idea to go through these sidequests before hitting the first Hotspots. Note that Kilika Island doesn't become a Hotspot until you finish the first two Hotspot locations, so what you'll want to do is visit Kilika Island first, so that you don't lose the opportunity to gain whatever you need to at that location. By going through all the sidequests you'll not only gain valuable accessories and story completion points, but you'll be able to level up as well.

Luca
When you enter Luca, you'll immediately enter into a cutscene detailing what exactly happened during that lovely concert that Leblanc put on while she was masquerading as Yuna. When the mission starts, you'll only have Yuna… in a Moogle suit. We can't make these kinds of things up, folks. Luckily this mission is extremely easy. You won't fight any monsters here, so don't worry about that. The only objective in this mission is to hand out balloons to 10 people in the square. All of your targets can be found within the area you start. Most of them are in plain view, but there are also two of them in a little control room below the big screen. Press X to open up the window to the control room and then give them their balloons. Once you have finished this mission, you'll get a Garment Grid.

You can also find out about FFX-2's minigame here. Go to the stadium and then to the lower basement on the right side to find Rin. He'll take you through a short tutorial of how Sphere Break works. He'll then give you a couple of coins to start off with so you can practice. You can find people to play by going to the lower basement on the left side.

Mi'hen Highroad
Nothing much to do here. Use this as a training ground if you need to level up, since the monsters here are fairly strong.

Mushroom Rock Road
Head onto the Mushroom Road and you'll eventually encounter some members of the Youth League.

Apparently they've let Ormi and Logos by, so naturally you'll be following them. A mission will start here, with your objective being to follow Leblanc's goofs. This should be extremely easy, even though you do have to fight some monsters along the way. Once you have cornered them, you'll receive a Crimson Sphere. Getting all of the Crimson spheres is necessary to opening that cave wall you see in front of you. Once you have gotten that sphere, head back from where you came from, and then head towards the lift. You'll go up and meet some more Youth League members. Mission complete!

Moonflow
Alright, this is one of those special locations where you can't possibly do everything at once, so either way you'll have to come back to this place during your New Game+ run to complete the other objective. In this chapter head to Moonflow and then head right of where you land. You'll see a squat little man named Tolbi near the corner. Talk to him and he'll ask for your help to escort one of his men back to the Moonflow with some very valuable luggage. After accepting the mission, head south towards the crossroads between Moonflow, Mushroom Road Rock and Djose Temple. Eventually you'll meet up with Tolbi's carrier. The mission will start right now. Basically what you need to do is protect the cargo from incoming bandits. These guys are pretty easy to catch, but you need to make sure you take down all of them if you want the best result. Each bandit will fight you as soon as you make contact, but they're all very easy to take on. Once the cargo has reached Tolbi, he'll give you his thanks and give you the Gun Mage Dressphere. Mission complete!

Djose Temple
When you enter this location, you'll notice a long lineup going into a tent. You'll find out that this lineup is for volunteers to help excavate Bikanel Desert. You'll have to wait in line here, so talk to people while the lineup shortens. Once it's your turn, enter the tent and then talk to the man at the front and volunteer your services. He'll allow you to enter the temple, and there you'll meet Gippal. Talk to him and then he'll leave the temple and head down to the crossroads. Talk to him again and then choose the first option. He'll give you a letter of introduction that you can use at Bikanel Desert.

Guadosalam
Not much to do here. You can't enter the mansion that once belonged to Seymour Guado because the Leblanc Syndicate have taken it over. Try approaching the Farplane and you'll also be denied access.

Thunder Plains
This is another location where you don't have to do much (although it'll become an important place later on in the game). Simply walk in, get the cutscene to add to your story completion rating, and walk out.

Macalania Forest
Here you can acquire the first Special Dressphere in the game, Paine's Full Throttle. To find out how to use it, check the Dressphere/Garment Grid list found in this guide. To get it, visit Tromell Guado, who can be found somewhere in the forest. He should be easy to find though. His hiding spot is just before Macalania Lake, where you would've found the first Jecht Sphere in Final Fantasy X. If you haven't played that game, simply follow the crystal road from where you start. Once you get off that road, head north and it'll be the first right turn you see, just before the Travel Agency.

Speaking of the Travel Agency, head over there once you have received the Full Throttle Dressphere. You'll find a bunch of Al Bhed goons starting trouble for O'aka, whom you may remember from FFX. O'aka will run back into Macalania Forest, and you'll have to try and catch him.

Once you return to the forest, go back to where you were originally dropped off by taking the crystal path back to the beginning of the forest. You'll find O'aka, but he'll just run away again. Follow him and then take the northern path. O'aka will be hiding on top of a tree, so move Yuna towards him and you'll be able to spot him and finally catch up. He'll ask for your help to clear his debt, so allow him to come back with you onto your airship. You'll have to help him clear his debt of 100,000 gil by purchasing items from him. Once you have done this, the mission will be complete.

Bikanel Desert
Before you go here, you'll have to make sure that you visit Djose Temple first to get a letter of introduction from Gippal. Once you have done that, head over to the desert and you'll see someone talking to Rikku and Paine, then talk to the man in front of the hovercraft, and then to the two men behind him. Once you have done that, Nhadala will return from her trip. You can then talk to her and give her the letter of introduction from Gippal. She'll set you up to do some excavating for her. Talk to the man in front of the hover vehicle again and your mission will start. The objective here is to find the treasure on the map. You're looking for a yellow icon on the map, so ignore all of the other treasures and head for that one. After you have gotten it, return to the hovercraft and get back to base. Head over to Nhadala and you'll be given another Garment Grid.

Bevelle
The only thing to do here is to head towards the headquarters of New Yevon and meet Baralai, the new leader.

Calm Lands
These two missions take a long time to complete. In fact, it'll probably take you the entire game! Don't be intimidated, just know that it will take you quite a while to beat them, and even if you do complete them, there's not a lot of reward in doing so. Head to the Calm Lands and visit any of the mini-game stations, and choose Publicity. There are two companies in the Calm Lands, Argent and Open Air, and both need your assistance in getting more fans in the stands. Your mission here is to travel around Spira to tell people about one of the companies, whoever you choose to talk to. By pressing the Square button instead of the X button to talk to a person, it will open up another menu. Choose an answer out of the five given to you and the person you will be talking to will react accordingly. Depending on your answer, you will get a different amount of PR points. Collect 400 PR points and the mission will be complete.

The other mission to undertake is that in the Travel Agency in the Calm Lands. It seems that his son is a bit of a homebody (re: loser), so you'll have to help him find a bride. Yup, Yuna is going to play Cupid between this guy and an unlucky wife. It's the exact same as the PR mission. Press the Square button to talk to a prospective wife (or husband… yes, you can do that!) and choose one of the lines to give your victim. In this mission you'll have to gain over 80 points to finish the mission.

Here are the total number of people you'll find in each location for both missions.

Besaid Island
PR Campaign: 6
Marriage Campaign: 2

Kilika Island
PR Campaign: 6
Marriage Campaign: 1

Luca
PR Campaign: 8
Marriage Campaign: 5

Mi'hen Highroad
PR Campaign: 13
Marriage Campaign: 5

Djose Temple
PR Campaign: 8
Marriage Campaign: 4

Moonflow
PR Campaign: 5
Marriage Campaign: 3

Guadosalam
PR Campaign: 5
Marriage Campaign: 0

Mount Gagazet
All you need to do here is talk to Kimahri. He'll tell you of some Ronso youths that have run away from the mountain. A mission will start, so you'll have to go and find them. You can find them at the Travel Agency in the Calm Lands. A cutscene will occur when you meet them, and then they'll run away again. You'll be able to catch up with them again at the Thunder Plains.

Chapter 2 starts off with a cute little scene with Yuna dancing for the rest of the Gullwings. In order to pull off your performance, you'll have to get some musicians first. Luckily, Brother picked a couple of them up, they can be found in the Cabin. Talk to the large fellow with the drums, which will start a small game where you'll have to push all three musicians to the elevator. If you didn't go to Moonflow during Chapter 1, Tolbi will also be present. You'll have to push him onto the elevator if he's there, but if you do you get the Cat Nip accessory, one of the most useful items in the game (if you know how to handle it). After you have gone through this, talk to Shinra and you'll be able to watch the sphere that you just took from New Yevon/Youth League at Kilika Island. After you watch it, you'll have the choice of choosing between giving the sphere back to New Yevon, or giving it back to the Youth League. Deciding either side doesn't make that much of a different, but it contributes to your completion rating for the story. If you chose New Yevon, you'll have an active link in Bevelle for Chapter 3, while choosing the Youth League will have an active link in Mushroom Road Rock instead.
Once you have chosen which side to give the sphere back to, the scene will change from the Celsius to whatever side you chose. When you get back to your airship, you'll discover that Leblanc and her goons have snuck on board and have stolen the sphere that you found! It's time for some payback, and so your main mission for the chapter starts! Head to Guadosalam, the headquarters of the Leblanc Syndicate, and you'll find out that you can't enter unless you have a couple of uniforms to disguise yourselves with. Back on the Celsius, you'll have to visit various locations in the hopes of finding the uniforms you need.

Mount Gagazet - Uniform #1
Once you arrive at the mountain, talk to Kimahri and choose the first option, then talk to him again and choose the first option again. Head to the transporter behind him and you'll find yourself near the summit of the mountain. If you want, you can also climb the mountain without using the transporter in order to level up.

In any event, head up from your location in the cave and you'll eventually exit it and find two of Leblanc's soldiers wandering about before they spot you and run away. Start chasing them and you'll eventually find a save point. Save here and continue the chase. There are actually two paths you can choose from here. The first would be to follow the soldier after the save point. If you do this, a scene with the two soldiers will occur, and then you'll have to fight them and Ormi.

The other path you can choose is to continue climbing up the mountain by not taking the path that the female soldier took, and instead going where she first came from. Eventually you'll reach a point where you can see the hot springs from a distance. A much better cutscene will happen here, and you'll get the uniform you were looking for. However, on the way down the mountain you'll have to fight Ormi and the two soldiers anyways, so choose the second option for a cheap thrill.

Boss: Ormi (HP:MP - 1350:22)
This is another easy boss battle, and much like your other run-ins with the Leblanc Syndicate, you can choose the Songstress job and use Darkness Dance to greatly decrease the amount of damage dealt here. Beat Ormi and you get your uniform and another Garment Grid.

Djose Temple - Uniform #2
Head over to Djose Temple and then towards the crossroads that allow you to access the temple, Moonflow and Mushroom Road Rock. Talk to the hover operator and he'll tell you that the Leblanc Syndicate have taken over all of his rentals, so you'll have to walk by foot to Mushroom Road Rock. Walk in that direction and you'll eventually encounter two female Leblanc Syndicate soldiers. Follow them and eventually you'll find a sphere lying on the ground to acquire Yuna's Special Dressphere, Flora Follal . Pick that up and Ormi and Logos will show up to give you a fight.

Boss: Leblanc Syndicate
Ormi (HP:MP - 1150:22)
Logos (HP:MP - 1030:48)
This fight is a tad tougher than the fight to get the first uniform, only because both Ormi and Logos have special physical abilities that cannot be countered with Songstress' Darkness Dance ability. In any event, you shouldn't have any trouble here. Have one character switch to Songstress and use Darkness Dance to cancel out their normal physical attacks, and allow your two remaining characters to gang up on either one of your opponents to bring them down. It's probably best to take out Logos first here because he gains the Roulette ability, which can kill one of your characters in one shot. He also has this ability in subsequent battles.

Bikanel Desert - Uniform #3
Note: If you didn't visit Djose Temple or Bikanel Desert during Chapter 1, please reference the Djose Temple, Chapter 1 section of this guide to initiate this final quest.

After you have gotten your second uniform, head to Bikanel Desert. Talk to Nhadala. She'll ask you to investigate a situation at an oasis in the desert. Then talk to the operator of the hover to get to the oasis itself. Once you have gotten to the oasis, you'll find a sphere in clear sight. Pick it up to receive Rikku's Special Dressphere, Machine Maw. After you have done this, Logos and two henchwomen will appear. Time to get your third uniform!

Boss: Logos (HP:MP - 1220:46)
These goons don't learn, do they? Again, change one character into Songstress and use Darkness Dance. Have your two other characters take out the 2 female soldiers since they're unaffected by darkness. Then finish off Logos for your third uniform.

Guadosalam - Hotspot!
Now that you got uniforms for all of your characters, head back to Guadosalam. Approach the Leblanc Syndicate mansion and then change into your uniform. The mission starts now, you have to look for the sphere that Leblanc took from you, but where is it?

Walk into the mansion and you'll find Leblanc and Nooj talking. Nooj you say? Yup, the leader of the Youth League. After their scene together, Leblanc will head upstairs. Head into the room on the main floor (you'll remember this as the place that Seymour asked Yuna to marry him in FFX). You'll find Ormi and Logos talking amongst themselves, and then you'll be ordered to go upstairs. Head upstairs to Leblanc's bedroom and she'll ask for a massage from you. Yeah, I know what you're thinking.

The 'Lesbian Massage Mini-game' is fairly easy to beat. Basically you're looking for the 'hotspot' on Leblanc's body that will give you the most amount of points so that you can continue on your mission. You'll have to navigate through a 3 x 3 grid to find it, and the locations of the spots are random. If you hit a spot and you get a blue icon, that means you're cold. Get a yellow icon and you're getting warmer. Hit the red one and you've struck gold! After the mini-game, Leblanc will be satisfied with your attempts to soothe her, so head back down to the main floor room. Find the switch in the room, it's near the left-hand door. This will open up a secret passage. As soon as you enter this secret area, you'll have to do battle with Ormi and two goons.

Boss: Ormi (HP:MP - 1640:40)
Use the same strategy that you've executed in earlier fights. You shouldn't have any trouble here.After the fight, continue on into this secret area. Near the save point there's a room with an accessory, so grab that before moving on. Once you have done that, hang a right and then straight into the room ahead of you. Grab the sphere in this room to get a Crimson Sphere, and be prepared to fight once more.

Boss: Leblanc SyndicateOrmi (HP:MP - 1344:45)
Logos (HP:MP - 989:70)
Use the same tactics that you did when you first encountered these guys on the crossroads. Songstress with Darkness Dance is still your friend.Once this fight is over, walk out of the room and go to your right. You'll see a ledge that you can jump onto. Climb it with the Circle button and then drop down. You'll see a switch on the wall. Activate it and then climb up the next ledge. Drop down and activate that switch. Climb up the last ledge and you'll see the last switch on the wall… only it's not a switch. Damn booby traps! Start jumping over the previous ledges and then wait for the wall of spikes to comes towards you. Don't worry about avoiding it, just let it come into contact with you. Once it has, you'll end up in a room that has the final switch. How this works I have no clue, but it does. Activate the final switch, drop down and then cross the other ledges and then unlock the secret door. Follow the path and enter the first room that you see. You'll enter the Leblanc meeting room, where you'll have yet another run-in with the Leblanc Syndicate.

Boss: Leblanc Syndicate
Ormi (HP:MP - 1344:45)Logos (HP:MP - 989:70)
Leblanc (HP:MP - 1380:70)
This fight will be the toughest one you'll have to go through with these clowns, but you can run into some trouble here if you're not careful. Take out Logos first because he has the lowest HP and an instant kill ability with Roulette. By taking him out, you also negate Leblanc Syndicate's ability to use their delta attack. Once you have taken out Logos, take out Leblanc herself and then Ormi, since his attacks are the weakest out of the three.

Bevelle - Hotspot!
After the scene with the Leblanc Syndicate, you'll have to make your way to Bevelle. If you haven't done any of the sidequests before Guadosalam, you're out of luck, as your trip to Bevelle will occur automatically after facing off with Leblanc. Once you enter Bevelle, go to the New Yevon headquarters and then to the room on your right. Activate the switch here by climbing onto it. Now go to the room to your left and activate the hologram on the ground. Go back to the main hall and enter the lift. Instead of going up, it will not go down. To get to the next area, go down the path on your left side, but first go to the right and get the treasure chests laying there. Head down the path on the left and get the treasure chest, then follow the red icon to the exit. Take the lift down to the second level and go right.
Go to the corridor and a cutscene will occur with the Leblanc Syndicate. After that, head up to the upper section of the screen and Yuna will slide down the chain to the main area. There are a bunch of security towers in this area, and you'll need to activate them in a certain order to get to the next area. You need to activate every other tower in order to proceed, so go to the first tower that you see, then skip the next one and activate the one after that. Do the same for the next tower and you'll have accessed the next area. But first, it's time to fight a boss!

Boss: Precepts Guard (HP:MP - 3680:9999)
For the first time in the game, Songstress is generally useless in this fight. This boss mainly deals with spells with the occasional attack, so what you'll want to do is take his magic power down with the Warrior's Mental Break, which lowers magic power. Warriors are also effective here since they have the highest attack power of any class you'll have at the moment, unless you have the Gun Mage. This boss is immune to a lot of status changes, so don't bother with any attacks like that. Instead, time your attacks between all three of your characters so that you get chain combos to maximize your damage.

There's another boss that you can fight here in order to gain the Ribbon accessory, which protects the user from all status ailments. In order to get to this accessory, you'll have to activate the towers that you didn't use. Once you have done this, you'll be able to see a small treasure chest just below the room you'll have to enter to progress. But of course, there's that small matter of the other boss.

Boss: Georapella (HP:MP - 4420:9999)
This boss is a different version of Precepts Guard, so use the same tactics that you did on him with this guy. Use Mental and Power Break a lot, since they do a good job of keeping the damage he deals to a minimum.

Jump down the platforms and enter the room here. Proceed until you get to a fork in the road and then head right to get a Garment Grid. Go back and then take the left turn instead. You'll come to an area with a ledge and two towers. Jump on one tower to activate it, and then from that tower jump over to the other tower to get to the next area. In this area you'll see a blockade in the middle of the screen. You can control it by using the switch that's in the same area. Once you have lowered the blockade, head onto the next section. The next section is a little puzzle that involves three of the lifts you've seen before. It's also where you can get what's arguably the best Dressphere in the game.

The correct sequence is as follows. Take the left lift up to the next floor, then from that starting point head down and you'll drop down to the previous floor. Now take the middle lift up and you'll come to a place where you can activate a switch. Take the middle lift back down and then take the right lift up. From here, head left and you'll be able to take the left lift back down. Now take the middle lift back up again and you'll be in another area with another switch. Take the middle lift back down again and take the left lift up. Head up and activate the upper lift by climbing on top of the ledge. Now take that lift up and you'll be able to cross the platforms to get to the treasure chest containing the Dark Knight Dressphere!

Cross back and onto the main path. It's best to save before going any further, since the next two fights will be pretty vicious. Turn the corner and you'll run into Baralai, the leader of New Yevon. Time to get it on!

Boss: Baralai (HP:MP - 3380:540)
The leader of New Yevon is a fierce combatant, one that you really need to be careful around. He's extremely fast, and most of his attacks are physical, so Songstress and her Darkness Dance will be a help here to keep damage at a minimum. Use one of your characters in Warrior and use Power Break to bring down his damage as well. If you can, it's a good idea to use one character as a secondary attacker who can heal other party members when necessary. Baralai does have one attack that hits the entire party and can't be stopped, so watch out for it as it's not particularly flashy, but does a good deal of damage. He also has other attacks that are not stopped by Darkness Dance. One of which is an instant kill attack, while the other takes away all of your MP and casts Stop on you at the same time. React accordingly and you should be just fine.

After Baralai, Yuna and company will run into the last area of Chapter 2. And what better opponent to finish off the chapter than the master himself, Dark Bahamut?

Boss: Dark Bahamut (HP:MP - 8400:9999)
If you want the best results in this battle, make two of your party members Warrior and start whooping him with Power Breaks, Mental Breaks and Armor Breaks. By the time he tries his Megaflare Overdrive attack, his regular attacks should do almost nothing to you. The third member should turn into a Thief and start using all the Star and Lunar Curtains available, as they cast Protect and Shell on the entire party. Once you have used about 2 or 3 of each, Bahamut's attacks will do somewhere in the neighborhood of 10 - 20 HP each, while his Overdrive will do 60 HP at the most.

After a lengthy cutscene, chapter 2 will be complete! Now, onto the next chapter!

Chapter 2 Sidequests

Besaid Island
When you arrive on the island, the Besaid Aurochs will be practicing for the start of the Blitzball tournament with a member of the Youth League named Beclem. He's quite the arrogant guy, and after a few choice words with Yuna he challenges you to a little mini-game. If you accept, you have a couple of minutes to pass his high score, and if you happen to get over 1000 points, he'll give you an extra prize. The controls for the mini-game are laid out for you at the beginning, so let's get down on how to overcome this challenge, shall we? Basically what you want to do is rack up a lot of points by chaining kills together. The more kills you chain together, the more points you get. If you get hit, then your chain counter resets to zero, so do everything you can to maintain your chain. The smaller wolves take about 6 shots to kill, while the purple wolves take about 8. The flying enemies take 10 shots to kill, so use your Death shot on them. It's important to remember when to cycle through your shots. If you have a flying enemy and a wolf coming at you, kill off the flying one with a death shot, and then switch over to a single shot for the remaining enemy. You'll have to make it to the beach in order to succeed, but before you do, make sure you keep one Death shot handy for the last enemy before the beach, as he takes a lot of damage before he goes down. It's much easier to just use a Death shot and get it over with.

Luca
Go to the square and you'll spot Shelinda, whom you may remember from FFX. She's now a TV reporter, and wants to get a couple of words in with you. Answer the questions she asks you and at the end of the whole thing she'll give you a Garment Grid. Hooray for Shelinda!

Mi'hen High Road
Go to Rin's Travel Agency and you'll find yourself having to help a girl named Calli get a chocobo. Choose to start the mission, and you'll have to chase down a Chocobo. Rikku will be leading the chase, so follow her. When she stops and asks if you want to follow her advice, say no. This will occur a couple of times, so always say no. She really sucks at giving advice, after all. Eventually you'll corner the Chocobo, and you'll have to guess which direction it will run to by using the directional pad. Correctly guess it 3 times and you're on your way to the next section. Once again, follow Rikku. Eventually the Chocobo will escape your clutches, so go talk to the girl beside the machina, and ask for her help. After a little chase, you'll have to fight a boss!

Boss: Chocobo Eater (HP:MP - 2350:230)
Songstress' Darkness Dance doesn't work here, but Black Mage's Fire/Fira/Firaga is good, since he's weak against that element. If you have a Fire Gleam, equip that since it adds fire elemental to your physical attacks. You'll get a Garment Grid for your troubles here.

Head back to the Travel Agency and you should see Calli with a Chocobo as well as Clasko. Invite them onto the Celsius!

Mushroom Rock Road
Note: This scene only occurs if you choose to hand over the sphere from Chapter 1 to Bevelle instead of the Youth League.

Go to Mushroom Rock Road and talk to Clasko, who is standing beside some Youth League members. You'll be challenged by the Youth League, so you'll have to go through their ranks and beat some sense into them. At the end, you'll have to fight one of the Youth League elite warriors.

Boss: Elma (HP:MP - 1640:450)
Elma is a relatively easy boss to beat. Use a Remedy or the White Mage's Dispel if she casts Slow on you, and just pound her into the ground using the Gunner or Warrior class. She'll go down without much of a fight.

After the fight, proceed to the lift. You'll get a Garment Grid for winning. Also, make sure to go down to the secret dungeon where you first got a Crimson Sphere from Ormi and Logos. You'll find Nooj there, and he'll hand over a Crimson Sphere to Paine.

Moonflow
The mission here is to sell tickets for Tolbi's big show, so help him by talking to people in and around the Moonflow to see who wants to buy a ticket. The amount that each person will buy a ticket for varies depending on the person, and is anywhere from 1000 to 2000 gil. Obviously you want to sell your ten tickets to those who are willing to pay the maximum amount, so here's a list of those people who will buy your tickets for 2000 gil.

Zanarkand Ruins
The only thing to do here is to enter the Chamber of the Fayth and talk to Isaaru.

It seems like with all the chaos going on around Spira, the Gullwings have come up with a plan to try to unite the people, a concert! Yup, Yuna is going to put on a concert, in the Thunder Plains of all places. But you need to convince everyone to come to your concert, and that includes the people from New Yevon and the Youth League. That's going to be quite the chore, isn't it? Chapter 4 represents the end of most of your freedom that you've enjoyed in the game thus far. Chapter 5 is a little better in this regard, but if you want to finish up everything in the game, we suggest that you do it before Chapter 4 starts.

Using the CommSphere
If you happened to visit every area of Spira in Chapter 3, you'll have the great opportunity to visit all of these areas without leaving the comfort of the Celsius, thanks to Shinra's Commspheres. He installs these little cameras whenever you visit an area in Chapter 3. If you didn't visit an area, then he doesn't install one. Sometimes a particular Commsphere doesn't work, but you'll get the opportunity to visit every location using these devices.

Once you start Chapter 4, head up to talk to Paine on the deck of the Celsius. Then after your conversation, talk to Shinra on the Bridge. Choose to look at the Commspheres and you'll be able to visit some areas. There are only a few that are operational from the beginning, but you should visit Besaid Island, Kilika Island, Mushroom Rock Road, and Bevelle. Those locations will provide you with a lot of scenes that will fill in some of the story for you. There are other locations that also give you some scenes, but the majority of them will either be non-functional or have nothing useful for you to use.

Once you are finished looking at the Commspheres, talk to Buddy and you'll get a rundown of the mission ahead of you. After that, talk to Shinra again and look at the Commspheres once more, as a lot of them will have new content for you to view. Remember, watching these Commspheres actually progress your story completion rating, so make sure to view every location at every opportunity you get. The most important one that you'll want to watch is the Commsphere on the Mi'hen High Road. Visiting this sphere will activate a sidequest, known as Rin's Investigation.

Rin's Investigation
Rin's Travel Agency has asked Yuna for her help in solving the mystery behind the machinas going berserk on the High Road. If you happened to visit this location in Chapter 2 or 3, you'll understand what's going on. Basically, Rin wants you to switch between the seven cameras he has setup along the High Road in an effort to catch the culprit and bring him or her to justice. The controls for the camera are easy enough, and they're given to you on the screen. Your mission is to look for weird or suspicious activity in every area, and then call on Rin so that he may begin an investigation of the area. What constitutes suspicious activity? Usually if you see a person or an object that's moving on the screen that means something is wrong.

Unlike the other sidequests in the game, this particular quest will always be the same, no matter how many times you play through it.

The correct order you want to view the cameras is as follows: 2, 4, 3, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 3, 1, 5

Saving Tolbi!
The Gullwings decide that they need the services of Tolbi in order to pull off a great concert, so head over to the Moonflow in order to find him. You'll notice that there's a group of guys after Tolbi, so you'll just have to chase him along with the rest of the pack. This mission is actually quite simple. All you have to do is follow Tolbi and his pursuers wherever they go. Soon, they'll head back into the Moonflow. You'll have some guy run past you, chasing Tolbi. Follow him and you'll end up back where you started this mission - then you'll have to go back to the Moonflow. Tolbi has escaped, but you can ride the Shoopuf across the Moonflow to follow him.

Go towards Guadosalam and you'll find him once again. Walk into the entrance of Guadosalam and you'll encounter Tolbi and his crew of workers. After a short conversation, he'll agree to help you and give you a Garment Grid for your trouble. Mission complete! Or is it? Once you have Tolbi on your side, make your way to his office in Guadosalam (it's underneath the entrance to the Farplane) and open the treasure chest there. You'll receive an accessory called Key to Success, a very powerful accessory for any of your characters, as it boosts attack power, hit points and luck, giving you a much better chance at dealing critical hits.

Time For A Rehearsal!
After rescuing Tolbi, go back to Shinra on the Celsius and view all of the Commspheres again. Visit every location you can in order to up your story completion rating. Once you have done this, go over to the Cabin and meet up with Rikku. It's time for Yuna to start practicing for her concert! You only get one shot at this mini-game, so make it count! All you have to do is press the buttons according to what's on Rikku's side of the screen. It's sort of like Dance Dance Revolution, but somewhat easier. The higher score, the better your chances of getting a better accessory.

After your rehearsal head back to the Bridge and talk to Shinra for some new scenes via the Commspheres. This time around, every location has something new, so make sure to visit all of them. The only ones you don't have to visit are the Calm Lands, Bikanel Desert, Bevelle and Luca. For some fun, check out Mount Gagazet's hot springs, as you'll see just about everyone there relaxing before the big concert!

Thunder Plains - Time to Slay the Dragon!
Before you can start your concert on the Thunder Plains, you're going to have to deal with a little monster problem that's popped up. A giant dragon has appeared on the plains, and for the sake of having everyone not eaten, it's up to YRP to go and take out the bad guy. Follow the red icon to the lair of the dragon, and then enter the dungeon. When you enter the dungeon, head left, and grab the treasure chests. You'll need to climb up to the middle route, which is used to find the dragon. Once you find him, it's time for a fight!

Boss: Zalamander (HP:MP - 7120:143)
This enemy is a lot like the boss you faced on Besaid way back in Chapter 1. In fact, it's exactly the same, only this time he's a lot stronger. Use a Songstress to cast Darkness Dance on him, and then use some Break powers to lower his defense and damage. Our recommended setup for this fight is to have a Songstress, Warrior and Dark Knight around, with the Songstress switching to a Dark Knight once you have lowered his defense and offense statistics to a point where his attacks do very little to you.

Once you have defeated this boss, you'll be back on the airship. It's almost time for the concert, so talk to Shinra, and then talk to Tolbi. Enjoy the wonderfully created FMV sequence. After the cutscene, you'll talk with Maechen on the Celsius. Once he has finished talking, head to the engine room to find the Leblanc Syndicate waiting for you. Leblanc will personally hand over a Crimson Sphere to you. Once you have talked with Leblanc, head to the Bridge and talk to Shinra. That's the end of Chapter 4!

This chapter represents the last leg of Yuna's journey in the game. Every location in Spira will end with an "Episode Complete" message if you were able to finish off every event in that area, which by the way, isn't possible until you start over with New Game Plus. However, it's probably a good idea to go to every area in the game one more time, as there are a lot of secrets to uncover around here.

The Depths of the Farplane - Part 1
After a funny scene with Brother, Buddy and the rest of the Gullwings, you'll descend into the depths of the Farplane to figure out just what's going on. This automatically happens when the chapter begins, so make sure that you're properly equipped. You have a choice of going down to the Farplane via one of the four temples. Bevelle Temple is the hardest, while Besaid and Kilika are the easiest. You should probably do yourself a favour here and choose Besaid or Kilika. Make your way down until you see a large platform. Before you jump onto this, equip yourself with any NulIce equipment or anything that will give your physical attacks Fire elements.

Boss: Dark Shiva (HP:MP - 14800:9999)
Like in previous Final Fantasy games, Shiva is an Ice-based warrior, so a lot of her spells are ice based. NulIce works well to keep you protected, and a Fire Gleam helps you do more damage with your physical attacks. She has a very high speed rating compared to the other Aeons, so have one of your characters change jobs into a Warrior and use your Break abilities, while another is a Dark Knight (or Samurai) and deals regular damage with attacks. Have your third character as a supporting character who can switch between a support job like a White Mage and an attacker with Dark Knight. Shiva isn't a very hard Aeon to beat, even though she's one of the final ones you'll face, but she does attack often enough that she can pose a problem at times.

Once you have defeated Dark Shiva, a save point will appear. Now, you have two options here. You can choose to continue doing into the Farplane, or you can head back to the Celsius and complete the rest of your missions. Since the next two fights (and the fights afterwards) are going to be a doozy, take the time to complete the other missions and get some more levels.

The Depths of the Farplane - Part 2
Once you have finished any sidequests that you wish to partake in, get on the Celsius and talk to Brother. Choose the option to go back into the Farplane, choosing any dungeon you wish. You'll start off at the beginning of the dungeon again, so process past the save point and deeper into the dungeon. Once you have reached another large platform, stop and prepare yourself again for another Aeon fight!

Boss: Dark Magnus Sisters
Mindy (HP:MP - 9788:9999)
Sandy (HP:MP - 10330:9999)
Cindy (HP:MP - 12240:9999)
Ah, the trio of sisters that everyone knows and loves are back, and once again they're out for your blood. As with any fights where you have to deal with more than one enemy, focus on one of the sisters to take them out. This also makes sure that they can't use their Delta Overdrive on you, which they will use at least once in this battle if you let them. We recommend that you take out Mindy (the little girl) first as she attacks the most, and her attacks generally do the most damage on top of that. Once you have taken her out, the fight becomes a hell of a lot easier for you. Once you have taken her out, take out Cindy next, then Sandy. Leave Sandy for last because she her attacks are generally much weaker than her sisters.

Once you have finished off the sisters, it'd be a good idea to go and save. Once you have done that, go back and prepare for your final Aeon fight, Dark Anima!

Boss: Dark Anima (HP:MP - 36000:9999)
Seymour's old Aeon is a lot easier than the Magnus Sisters, only because he's slower to attack than the previous Aeons. Use a trio of Dark Knights (or Samurais, if you don't have Dark Knight) and continually attack him. Make sure you have a couple of X-Potions and Mega Potions with you to heal you up, as well as a lot of Remedy items. Anima will use Pain on the entire party, causing multiple status ailments. Use Remedy here to cure everyone, and then heal up because he'll use his Oblivion Overdrive as his next move. You shouldn't have any trouble here if you're good about bringing the right amount of items with you.

After defeating Dark Anima, a cutscene will occur. After that, you'll be in the same spot as you were in Chapter 3, the only difference is that the Leblanc Syndicate will be there too. After a quick talk, you'll be able to move around. You'll notice a portal to the left of the area, and obviously that's where you need to go next. Make sure to buy any items you need from the Leblanc Syndicate before you go though.

Once you have gone through the portal, you'll notice a blue plate on the floor. Stand on it and a melody will be played. Go to the piano structure on your left and then play the exact same melody that you just heard. This will deactivate the barrier in front of you. If you try to get past the barrier (and subsequent barriers) without completing the melody correctly, you'll have to face a nearly indestructible monster. Run past the barrier, minding the other barriers that intermittently go on and off, since they take away some HP when you come into contact with them. Once you are past the barriers, take the left rout and step onto the blue plate again. You'll hear another melody, but it isn't complete. From that location, head south to find two more blue plates. One is directly south of your location, while another is located on a separate route that you can jump onto on your way to the second plate. Once you have found these plates, go back to the first plate and head for the piano. Play the complete melody to deactivate the barrier.

Now, after the second barrier you'll have to find yet another set of blue plates to complete the melody. The first two plates are very close to each other. From the first fork in the road, take the right path and then jump down to find a blue plate, then head up to the top of the fork in the road to find the other one. The last blue plate is close to the piano. Now go to the piano and enter in these last couple of notes. Before you leave though, make sure you write down the melody in the order that they appear on the screen, it's very important for the upcoming puzzle.

After finishing the final puzzle, YRP will find Gippal on the ground. Then the Leblanc Syndicate will join up with you. Gippal will give Paine a sphere, and all of you will watch it. After watching the sphere, you'll be in another area with a puzzle that you must complete in order to advance to the next section. This puzzle involves you jumping on platforms according to the melody that you just played to get by the barriers earlier in the area. The melody is So, Mi*, Re*, Do*, Ti, La, So, Fa, Mi, Fa, So, Do. If you try to get past the barrier without completing the melody correctly, you'll have to face a nearly indestructible monster. You don't want any of that, right?

When you start off in this area, there are two platforms you can jump onto, one to the left of the save point, and one to the right. Take the one to the left first. Jump on that platform and three notes will play, then jump onto the next one on your right. Now jump up onto the platform above it, and two notes will play. From there, head back to the save point. Take the platform to the right of the save point, and then jump up to the platform above you. That will take you to another platform for you to jump on, which will play one more note. Head back to the platform to the left of the save point again. Jump on that platform, and now jump left. Now jump right to the next platform and it will play a note. Now jump back to the previous platform and you'll be able to reach another platform with a treasure chest. That platform will play 2 notes. Now make your way back to the save point, and then jump back to that platform to the left of it. Jump to the left platform, then left again. Now go back to the platform to the right of the save point, and jump down (not up) to the next platform. Now head back to the barrier and it should deactivate. If it doesn't… try again.

After solving the puzzle, save and then head towards that big globe. Jump onto the platforms you'll find in the next area until you reach Vegnagun. You'll also meet Nooj there. After a couple of conversations, Leblanc, Gippal, Nooj and YRP decide that they oughta be able to take down Vegnagun themselves. So while Nooj, Gippal and the Leblanc Syndicate deal with the other body parts, it's up to YRP to take out… the tail? Okay then.

Boss: Vegnagun's Tail (HP:MP - 34200:9999)
The tail starts things off with a powerful sweep that hits all characters for about 1000 HP. Use whatever you need to heal up, and then start using physical attacks. The only other attack the tail uses is a laser attack that's directed at one character, and doesn't hit for a lot of damage. Since this is the first part of the boss that you'll have to face, it's also the easiest. You should be able to defeat it in no time.

After defeating the tail, head over to the other platforms towards the Leblanc Syndicate. They're having trouble with the legs, so they leave the clean up work to you. Let's go!

Boss: Vegnagun's Leg (HP:MP - 18220:9999)
Several orbs that can only be hit with ranged attacks or magic accompany Vegnagun's leg. Thing is, you don't even need to kill those off to beat the leg, so don't worry about them. Use the Dark Knight class for all three characters and you shouldn't have any trouble here. Periodically the orbs will cast some magic on you or the leg, but it shouldn't hinder your plans at all.

Defeat the leg, and then run up to find Ormi and Logos, exhausted. Run past them to find Nooj, Leblanc and Gippal fighting the body. Seems like they're not having any luck with this fella. Step in and close the deal!

Boss: Vegnagun's Body
Body: (HP:MP - 33040:9999)Left Arm: (HP:MP - 3000:9999)
Right Arm: (HP:MP - 3000:9999)
The arms of Vegnagun are used for casting offensive and support magic, so use the Dark Knight (or Samurai if you don't have Dark Knight) to clean them off in one or two hits, if you're at a high enough level. If you are using the Dark Knight job, use Darkness twice to kill both arms as well as deal a hefty amount of damage to the body. Once the arms are gone, hit the chest with everything you got. The arms will regenerate once or twice in this battle, but you can kill them off easily. We're getting close to the end here, one more fight, this time with the head!

Boss: Vegnagun's Head
Head: (HP:MP - 38420:99999)Left Tusk: (HP:MP - 2500:99999)
Right Tusk: (HP:MP - 2500:99999)
This fight is the same as the previous one. Destroy the tusks quickly so Vegnagun can't use his most powerful attacks, then continue hitting the head. When the tusks regenerate, kill them off again, and repeat.

Once Vegnagun has been defeated, a cutscene will occur with Yuna trying to coerce Shuyin into leaving. Unfortunately, her plan backfires and now you'll have to defeat him.

Boss: Shuyin (HP:MP - 23850:210)
Shuyin has a predictable pattern to him. He'll start off with a regular attack, and then use a special ability (one of Tidus' Overdrive attacks from FFX) immediately after. At the start of the fight, use Protect on everyone. Fortunately for you, only one of his attacks has the ability to do any real damage on you, and since he cycles through all of his abilities, you'll only have to see it two or three times. Obviously, the ability we're talking about here is the Terror of Zanarkand attack. If you use Protect on your party, he shouldn't be any trouble though.

Once you have finished off Shuyin, sit back and relax, you've just finished the game! If you were able to activate the special ending, you'll be asked whether you want to be reunited with Tidus again or not. If that happens, congrats again, you've just acquired the special ending to the game!

Chapter 5 Sidequests

The sidequests in Chapter 5 tie up all of the loose ends in the story of Final Fantasy X. Everything from Wakka and Lulu having a child to the battle of the Cactaur Nation is covered here. Since you'll want to be at your strongest to fight Vegnagun, take the time to explore the rest of the world before the game ends.

Besaid Island
The first time around, you won't have to do a lot. Wakka will approach you, informing you that Lulu has finally given birth to their child. Talk to Wakka at the temple, and afterwards head into Besaid Temple. Enter the room on your right for a treasure chest that will get you a radar device that you will need to find some spheres. Simply press the Circle button to activate the radar. There are four spheres that you will need to find. The first is located in the village to the left of the temple. The next sphere will be near the save point outside of the village. The third will be just before the waterfall on your way to the beach, and the fourth will be on the cliff that you can reach by using the alternate path instead of going to the beach.

Once you have gotten all four digits, head to the dungeon from Chapter 1. You'll find a panel that you can enter in the digits you have found. This will open up another section. Make your way through here and you'll get yourself a Garment Grid. Once you have finished this little mission, head to the beach to find Beclem. Enjoy the conversation and the antics that follow. Afterwards, head back to the village and walk to Wakka. There will be a lengthy cutscene, and afterwards the episode will be complete!

Kilika Island
Visit Kilika Temple and you'll see a group of people wanting to get in. Eventually everyone will be reunited, even Barthello and Dona. Aww. You get a Garment Grid for your trouble, and the episode will be complete!

Luca
All you have to do here is flag off the first game of Blitzball for the season. Note that you don't actually have to play Blitzball in order to accomplish this. Once you have done that, head towards the entrance to the Mi'hen High Road. Yuna will enter into a little mission by herself. All you have to do is follow the flying moogle wherever it goes. It's basically all flashback stuff from Final Fantasy X. Once you have reached the harbour, the episode will be finished!

You can return to Luca at any time in order to play Blitzball, but it's much different from Final Fantasy X. You don't actually play in the game, so it may not be worth your while.

Mi'hen High Road
Once you get to the High Road, you'll automatically enter into Rin's investigation that he started back in Chapter 4. He'll basically reveal who the criminal is. If you don't follow the sequence given in Chapter 4, you might be able to pin the crime on someone else, even one of your own party members!

Mushroom Rock Road
Note: This event only occurs if you chose the Youth League in Chapter 2 instead of New Yevon. You'll be greeted by Lucil, Elma and Yaibal as soon as you arrive. They want you to help toughen up the Youth League, so take them up on their challenge. This is basically the same as some of the other missions you've had to complete in the area, so go for it!

Boss: Elma (HP:MP - 4882:870)
Easy fight here. Take out her guards and then cast Blind or Darkness Dance on her. She'll be a goner.

Boss: Lucil (HP:MP - 7324:370)
This is even easier than the first fight. Gee, I guess this is why the Youth League needs your help so badly, right? After the fight, Lucil will give a little speech and the episode will be complete. Head back to the Youth League base afterwards to get a sphere from her.

If you've collected all ten of the Crimson Spheres, you can unlock the Mushroom Rock Road cavern. Simply approach it with all ten spheres and it will open up. You'll enter a dungeon, but it's pretty simple to navigate. Just follow the red icon on the radar. Once you reach it, a scene will occur. You'll have to fight a total of five boss fights in a row to get out alive. It's not easy, but then again, you're the one who opened up Pandora's Box, so to speak.

Boss: Rikku (HP:MP - 7800:92)
Rikku and Paine are the easiest of the bosses you'll face here. They're both susceptible to Break as well as Blind, which basically nullifies everything they can throw at you. Use that to your advantage and take them down.

Boss: Paine (HP:MP - 9200:92)
Break and Blind are your friends here, so use them whenever you can. This should be an easy fight. Make sure your character's health is near its maximum in preparation for the next fight though.

Boss: Baralai (HP:MP - 12220:720)
You had to fight this guy once already, so you should know the deal here. Use your Break abilities to minimize the damage he does and use Blind whenever you can so that he misses most of his attacks. He does have attacks that deal damage to the entire party, so watch out. Like the fight with Paine, make sure your HP levels are high for the next fight.

Boss: Gippal (HP:MP - 14800:235)
Gippal is a lot like Baralai in combat, but he's a lot slower, thankfully. He also has attacks that hit the entire party, so watch out. As always, use Break to take down his damage potential and smack him around with physical attacks.

Boss: Mevyn Nooj (HP:MP - 23260:720)
Since he's the last boss, it's only fitting that he's the most troublesome, right? You're going to need all your resources to take out Nooj, because he's one tough customer. Like Baralai and Gippal, he has a couple of attacks that damage the entire party, so it's advisable that you have one character act as a support and constantly heal while providing secondary offense. A Dark Knight with White Magic capabilities works very well to meet this need. Nooj can use status ailments on you too, so it's a good idea to have everyone as a Dark Knight, since they are protected against almost every status ailment once you have mastered them.

Moonflow
Talk to Tolbi at the Moonflow, and you'll be able to party with him and his group. Nothing much you can do here, but at least you get an Episode Complete for your trouble.

Djose Temple
Head to the Chamber of the Fayth and you'll have to do battle with the Machine Faction's new weapon of destruction, er, protection. The catch in defeating this machine is that it grows stronger depending on how many successful excavations you performed in Bikanel Desert. If you didn't, then this boss will be a piece of cake. However if you happened to do some intense searching in the desert to help out the Al Bhed, it may be a very tough battle. The highest level it can reach is Level 5, so we've provided the stats for that particular level. Once you have beaten this machine, the episode will be complete.

Boss: Experiment Level 5 (HP:MP - 18324:0)
This boss is tough if you don't come prepared. Make sure to cast Protect whenever you can to lower the damage sustained, as it has a lot of attacks that hit your entire party for some serious damage. Otherwise, go with the Dark Knights and club away at him. Don't use Break abilities here because they don't work at all.

Guadosalam
Talk to Tromell Guado twice in order to get your Episode Complete. If you haven't, you can also get a Crimson Sphere here by entering the underground passage in the Leblanc Syndicate headquarters. The room is to the left of the save point in the area. Just jump onto some wooden boxes to reach it. If you didn't stop Garik on Mount Gagazet during Chapter 3, you'll notice that the Guado are not here, therefore you cannot get an Episode Complete. However, you can get a powerful accessory called Key to Success in Tolbi's office. It raises attack, defense, luck, experience and HP by 100%. It is a tradeoff though, so you'll have to weigh your options.

Bevelle
Head to Bevelle Temple. You'll have a conversation with a couple of people, including Isaaru and the Kinderguardians. After your conversation, you'll get a Garment Grid from Maroda. Enter Bevelle Temple and head to the right. You'll find the Kinderguardians again. Take the portal down to Bevelle's secret dungeon. You'll find an old man here, and after he leaves you'll find a Crimson Sphere. Pick that up and follow him. Keep fighting until you get to the 20th level, where you'll encounter a miniboss. After defeating him, you'll find another Crimson Sphere. If you were able to get all the Crimson Spheres before, this will be the last one that you need. Head to Mushroom Rock Road to unlock the secrets of the cavern!

Thunder Plains
Seems like there's a disturbance in the area, and fiends are occupying all of the lightning towers. It's time for another mission! You'll have to defeat fiends at every temple. Don't worry though, it's the same fiend each time, so it won't get progressively harder. You'll have to beat nine of these guys, so remember that there are also fiends after you get to the Travel Agency. After you've defeated the nine fiends, one… really big fiend will show up. Time for a boss fight!

Boss: Humbaba (HP:MP - 27772:785)
This guy is tough, especially if your levels are low. You won't be able to use any Break abilities on him, so don't even bother going into Warrior here. Your best bet is to make all of your characters Dark Knights (or whatever class has the highest defensive rating) and assign one to be a supporting attacker/healer. Have your other two characters just pound the hell out of him. His attacks are powerful, but if you heal up every other round, you shouldn't be in too much trouble. One thing you'll have to remember is that once he dies, he casts Meteor on your entire party. This usually does around 2500 - 3000 damage per character, so make sure that your characters are healthy before you finish him off.Once you have defeated this boss, it will leave a giant hole in the ground. You can choose to jump in or not, but either way you'll need to go down there eventually in order to complete the episode. It'd be a wise move to heal up first, though. Once you're ready, head down the hole and into… a dungeon. Just follow the read icon and you'll find Rikku's daddy, Cid. He's got a surprise for you!

Boss: Machina Panzer (HP:MP - 30500:1247)
This boss comes equipped with three other machinas, but they can be taken care of so easily it's not even worth the effort to list their stats. Simply using Dark Knight's Darkness ability to wipe them out in one hit. Or you can just kill them the long way. The machina that Cid has for you is a total pushover, despite having better stats than the previous boss. Why? Simple, just use Break abilities to make sure it does no damage to you at all. After you have finished this off this boss, the episode will be complete!

Macalania Forest
Please note that the only way you can get an episode complete in this area is if you erased O'aka's debt before Chapter 3. If you weren't able to do it, you cannot get an episode complete here. Why, you ask? Because you need to visit O'aka at the Travel Agency in Macalania in order to get the episode complete. It's pretty impossible to do that if he's not there, right? On top of that, once you visit him, you'll be able to buy some very cool items from him.

Calm Lands
If you managed to get 400 PR points for the companies in the Calm Lands, visit this area. The event will occur automatically. Tolbi will come by and a conversation will occur. The episode will now be complete. Please note that you don't have to find that poor sap at the Travel Agency a wife in order to finish this episode completely. Thank god.

Bikanel Desert
You can start this mission while you're in Chapter 3, but you can't finish it until the end of the game. You'll be asked to start diplomatic ties with the Cactaur Nation. Yes, we're serious. It seems that the Cactaurs are having a bit of trouble. A group of very powerful fiends are about to be unleashed, so the Cactaurs need to find the ten Gatekeepers in order to summon a protector called Haboob. The ten Gatekeepers are scattered around Spira, so you'll have to find them. Unlike the PR and Marriage campaigns from the Calm Lands, this mission is actually enjoyable. Here are the locations of the Gatekeepers:

Bikanel Desert: Go to the Oasis and you'll find him
Besaid: You can find him on the beach
Guadosalam: Go to Leblanc Headquarters and you'll find him in a treasure chest in one of the rooms in the underground passageway.
Calm Lands: You'll find two here, near the cave where Yojimbo resided
Thunder Plains: You'll find him in the same location as you found Lian and Ayde during Chapter 3.
Kilika: Head into Kilika forest and go straight until the second intersection, then go right. You'll be able to jump onto a tree here, and you'll find your Gatekeeper
Mount Gagazet: Head up the mountain, you'll eventually find it in an open area
Kilika: Check Dona's house
Bikanel Desert: Once you have gathered 9 of the Gatekeepers, they will break the seal on the cave in the background. You'll be able to find your last Gatekeeper there.

Once you have retrieved all ten Gatekeepers, you'll receive a Garment Grid… if you were able to win all of the minigames that you had to partake with each Cactaur. Now that your little fetch quest is done and over with, it's time for a major boss fight!

Boss: Jumbo Cactaur (HP:MP - 22222:1111)
He's like any other Cactaur… only he hits a lot harder. He's actually not that hard to beat, so just keep pounding away at him and he won't get a chance to attack. Be sure to take out the two little Cactaurs with him though, since they can do some good damage on you.

Boss: Angra Mainyu (HP:MP - 333444:9999)
This guy is next to impossible if you don't go into this fight prepared. He's a real monster, with high HP and defense, so it'll take a long time to take him out. If you want to take on this behemoth, make sure you're around level 70 or 80 before you even think of doing so. This boss is made up of three parts, two arms and the body. One arm will use physical attacks, while the other casts some extremely powerful magic, such as Flare. Obviously you want to minimize the damage dealt to you here, but since this boss is immune to Break abilities, you'll have to think of another way to do it.

You can use the Shining Mirror Garment Grid to give yourself the Auto-Reflect ability, so try that. Start everyone off as a Thief, and then switch to your most powerful attacking class, such as Dark Knight. Doing so will allow you to use Auto-Reflect. This will nullify any damage that the magic-casting arm can do to you. Unfortunately you won't be able to heal with magic either. That's okay, you can use X-Potions or Mega Potions for that. In order to get rid of the two arms, use the Dark Knight's Darkness ability. That should get rid of them temporarily until they're revived. Other than that, the only thing you have to do is keep pounding away at the guy until he falls. Yeah, we make it sound very easy, don't we?

Celsius
Note: To get this event, you have to talk with Cid in Chapter 2 on the Thunder Plains.

Head into the engine room and then head back out. A cutscene will occur. Afterwards, go to the Deck of the Celsius to find Cid. Another talk will go down, and then you can head back to the cockpit. Yet another scene. After this, both Buddy and Brother are not on the Bridge. Go to the Cabin and you'll find the whole Al Bhed gang there in deep discussion. Talk to Cid, and then head to the deck of the Celsius yet again to talk with Buddy, Brother and Cid. After that, the scene will be over.

Mount Gagazet
Tensions are flaring between Kimahri and Garik, and they're going to settle their differences. Unfortunately nothing cool happens. A lot of talk, some punches thrown, nothing too exciting. Afterwards, you'll see a monument built in honor of Kimahri. You can also get a Garment Grid from Lian and Ayde if you return to Gagazet after the episode is complete.

On top of that, you can also choose to have a monument to Yuna instead of Kimahri. The way to do this is to answer all of the Ronso questions during the game. You can't do this during your first run through the game though, it can only be done on your second run. For the correct answers, just choose the second option given for the male Ronsos and the first option for the female Ronsos.

Zanarkand Ruins
Talk to Maechen here, and the episode will be complete.