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Contents
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1-1 Opening ~ Evil Forest
1-2 Mist Continent ~ Lindblum
1-3 Lindblum ~ Qu Marsh
1-4 Gizamaluke ~ Burmecia

2-1 South Gate ~ Cleyra
2-2 Alexandria ~ Conde Petit
2-3 Black Mage Village ~ Iifa

3-1 Alexandria ~ Treno
3-2 Treno ~ Alexandria
3-3 Alexandria ~ Oeilvert
3-4 Desert Empress ~ Ipsen
3-5 Terra ~ Pandemonium

4-1 Last Dungeon
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1-1 Opening ~ Evil Forest
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Max Time: 1:00:00

PrimaVista
-After skipping thru the opening FMV, once you gain control of Zidane,
go to the menu configuration screen and quickly set both Battle and
Message speed to Fastest.

-Decide Zidane name by pressing START+Confirm button. You'll go into
your first battle.

-MAN WITH MASK, HP:188, Things to Steal: MageMasher
Have everyone in your party to steal from the masked man until you get
the magemasher, which'll be very important later. Once you've got it in
your hands, target all attacks on him. If you think you took too long,
reset.

-Meeting will start regarding Garnet's kidnapping. Be careful when you
skip thru the dialogue. After Blank has spoken 2 text boxes, be ready
to choose the 2nd option.

(FMV Skip)
Alexandria

-Control Vivi. Run all the way to the ticket booth in the Townsquare
and talk to the vendor. After getting cards from him, go take the
'PHOENIX PINION' hidden on a cart between the Inn and Castle Gate.
Pinions sell for big money!!

-Proceed towards the left and you'll meet a Rat-boy. Just press
'Confirm' rapidly and run off together with him.

-In the Bell Tower, retrieve 'TENT' and 'POTION' in the grass patch on
both sides of the building. Then climb the ladder.

-Follow the Rat-Boy on the roof, ignoring all treasures hidden there.

(FMV Skip)
Theater

-The battle of Lea King is insignificant. Just get over with it

Alexandria Castle

-Once inside the castle, equip the Magemasher on Zidane. Walk up the
stairway and you'll meet a girl. Just skip thru all the dialogue.

-Control Steiner. Walk northwards once you control him, and proceed
down the grand stairway. Exit the castle and run to the Left tower. Run
up the tower and don't talk to any of the guards.

(FMV Skip)

-Control Zidane. Follow the girl into the room on the right and talk to
Ruby. Once the girl sneaks down the stairs, follow her. The gang will
escape thru the Engine Room.

-STEINER, HP:165-176, To Steal: Leather Hat, Silk Robe
The battle will end once Zidane attacks Steiner twice. So use your
'TRIANGLE' Button to skip character and steal the required items before
going on. But these items are not compulsory, thus you can skip it if
it takes too long.

-Vivi runs up to the stage and creates chaos. Another battle with
Steiner ensues. This time the battle will end after Zidane attack and
Vivi's Fire spell on him, ignoring his 2 guards.

(FMV Skip)

-STEINER with BOMB.
Have Zidane, Vivi and Marcus kill themselves off, leaving Garnet
behind. This cuts down the number of rubbish spoken in the battle and
speeds up the battle. The Bomb growth rate will quicken too.

(FMV Skip)

-Barg loses control of PrimaVista.

(FMV Skip)

-Queen shows her anger.

(FMV Skip)

Evil Forest
-Do the necessary equipping and the compulsory ATE. Go downwards thru
the trunk to enter the Evil Forest. You should have 1 encounter for
Zidane to go to Level 2.

-PRISONCAGE, HP:512
Just attack the base of the monster, taking care not to target Garnet.
Using Trance Zidane's FREE ENERGY twice will end the battle. Take note
NOT to use Tidal Flame!!

-PRISONCAGE, HP:532
This time just concentrate on the plant base as in the previous battle.
With Vivi's help, this battle is a piece of cake.

PrimaVista
-After talking to Barg and taking the Bronze Gauntlet beside him, go
down the stairs and head to the righthand room and talk to Vivi. After
exiting the room, choose to help Garnet and proceed to the storeroom of
the ship. Take all the treasures along the way too.

-BARG, HP:202, To Steal: Iron Sword
Choose 'READY' after talking to Barg and enter into this battle. If
possible, try to steal the Iron Sword from him. But do not try too
hard. You should beat him in about 3 turns.

-After the battle, go recruit Steiner and Vivi, and save the game
outside the Ship. TARGET TIME 00:49:00

Evil Forest
-In the forest, a compulsory ATE will occur when you reach the spring
pond. Save your game. TARGET TIME 00:51:00

-PLANTBRAIN, HP:458
Suicide Zidane, and Blank will appear. Vivi cast Fire, Steiner does a
Fire Sword and Blank normal attack will finish the battle very quickly.
Remember to revive Zidane after the battle once you have control of
your team again.

-Unequip Silk Robe and Leather Hat from Blank. You'll go into a
compulsory battle with 2 to 4 Plantspiders. Kill off Blank and let Vivi
cast Fire on all at once. With Blank dead, you'll gain more experience.

(FMV Skip)

-Compulsory ATE. After going thru 3 boxes of text from the moogles,
press 'CANCEL' followed by 'CONFIRM' to skip.

Mist Continent
-As you are exiting the forest onto the world map, run all the way
southward to the Ice Cavern while the name label appears on the screen.
There are no encounters while the label is there, so take advantage of
it.
TARGET TIME 01:00:00


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1-2 Mist Continent ~ Lindblum
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MAX TIME 1:59:00

Ice Cavern
-Avoid touching all the blowing mist inside the dungeon. If you still
do not have the magemasher, there is one in this cave. There is a ice
log in the midst of the dungeon. Get the treasure chest on the top
first and a ! mark will appear on the log. After an event with Vivi,
the log will provide a way down to reach the Magemasher treasure below.

-Save the game at the left path where the mist is not blowing.

-BLACK WALTZ 1/CYLION, HP: 228+472, To Steal:MythrilDagger from Cylion
Try to steal the Mythrildagger from Cylion while waiting for your
Trance bar to fill. Your trance bar may only react to BW1's magic and
not to Cylion's. In the worst case scenario that your trance never
fills up, reset the game. But if it does, make sure your HP is above
130 and use TIDAL FLAME twice.

-Exit the Ice Cavern onto your way to Dali. TARGET TIME 1:16:45

Dali Village
-Control Zidane after resting in Inn. Head to the following places in
order. CornField, Enter Bar, Exit Bar, Enter Bar again, Exit Bar. Go
talk to Vivi after this.

-Head to the weapon shop near the entrance. Try to buy 1 Iron Sword,
some Feathered Hats and Leather Bangles if you don't have them already.
Sell your Phoenix Pinions if you don't have enough cash. Head on back
to the Inn and talk to Garnet.

-Go to the spot where Vivi once was and an event takes place. Go into
the windmill and open the hatch near the entrance. Take the Gil in the
chest once in the basement and the Iron Helm (on the box stack during
birds eye view after the save point). Remember to save your game here!

Watch Tower
-Control Steiner. You'll need to wait for the old man to descend down
the stairway before you enter his house. So in the meantime, retrieve a
HIPOTION and some GIL hidden around the area. Once the old man is about
6 or 7 steps from the bottom, you can enter his house.

-BLACK WALTZ 2, HP:1030
Try not to use any magic from Vivi as BW2 will counter back with his
magics. Rely mainly on Zidane and Steiner's Fire Sword, while Garnet
heals. The game will be over if Garnet is left surviving and cast to
sleep by BW2, so be careful.

-After the battle, skip thru the dialogue, taking care not to choose
'RETURN TO VILLAGE' in the midst of the dialogue.

(FMV Skip)

Cargo Ship
-Go up the stairway at the end of the room and talk to Steiner.

(FMV Skip)

-A strange figure descends to wreck havoc.

(FMV Skip)

-BLACK WALTZ 3, HP:1138
Vivi uses his W-Magic with Fire, Steiner uses Fire Sword and Zidane
normal attacks. If BW3 floats up, Zidane will change to Stealing.

(FMV Skip)x2

Lindblum
-After the events following the entrance to Lindblum, save in the Inn
after Zidane wakes up.

TARGET TIME 01:59:00