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1-3 Lindblum ~ Qu Marsh
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MAX TIME 02:32:00

Lindblum
-Control Zidane. Hurry to the Combine Shop and Weapon Shop to get your
necessary purchases. The most important being OGRE NIX, YELLOW SCARF
and GLASS BANGLE. Proceed to the tram station and go thru a compulsory
ATE with Vivi. At the tram station, choose to head toward Theater
Sector. Go inside the Clock Tower and an ATE occurs. Get all the Gil in
that room and head back to Linblum Castle.

Lindblum Castle
-Proceed to the guest room to talk to Steiner. The elevator will be
blocked by the guard, so talk to the Chief Guard in Red near the
stairway outside the guestroom and steal his costume to get past the
guards. Take the Elevator to the topmost floor.

-Take the left path, followed by a series of stairs to meet Garnet.

(FMV Skip)

-Go thru the Telescope with Garnet and locate, 2 mountain spots, South
Gate, Marsh, Chocobo Forest and a River.

Hunting Festival
-The hunting festival will start but first take the GLASS BRACELET and
ETHER in the guestroom before saving your game. Fight your way around
town and eventually battle a Wildboar with Freija. Steal the NEEDLE
FORK from the boar before letting Freija defeat the monster.

Alternatively, you could skip getting the NEEDLE FORK and instantly
kill off Zidane at the start of the festival and Freija automatically
wins, saving lots of time! Freija will receive the CORAL RING.

Lindblum Castle
-After events, head to the Earth Dragon Gate by taking the elevator to
the basement. Save your game.

TARGET TIME 2:22:30
Qu Marsh
-Head toward Qu Marsh slightly north from the gate. Catch 1 frog and
give it to Quina to recruit him.

-Exit the marsh. Bring Freija to the front row and adjust your
equipment and abilities. Make sure Freija has the CORAL RING on her and
Quina equips YELLOW SCARF to increase Gil amount after every battle.
Save your game.


Chocobo Forest
-Next head to the Chocobo Forest and get a Gryshal Green to catch a
chocobo back into the forest. Buy 2 more Gryshal Greens from the moogle
and leave. Save your game.

Mist Continent
-This is optional but useful for Quina if you have spare time. To the
northeast of the Chocobo Forest is a small cluster of forest. Try to
get an only encounter with the Radish-Heads. If you don't get a first
encounter with them, reset. If you do, have Quina to DEVOUR one to
learn his Blue Magic 'LIMITGLOBE', which deals 9999 damage whenever
Quina's HP goes to 1. It will prove to be very useful later on.

Gizamaluke Grotto
-Head North toward Gizamaluke Grottoes. Save your game.
TARGET TIME 02:32:00


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1-4 Gizamaluke ~ Burmecia
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MAX TIME 03:05:00

Gizamaluke Grotto
-After opening the door with the bell from the dead soldier on the
right, you'll go into battle with 2 sets of Mages. After getting the
bell from the second set of Mages, open up the biggest door at the
center. Get the bell inside the Giant Bell after releasing the moogle
and open the right-hand door. Talk to the moogles and SAVE your game.

TARGET TIME 02:38:00

-Open the left-hand door with the HolyBell and prepare to fight the
next battle.

-GIZAMALUKE, HP:3200, To Steal:ICE ROD, POINTED HAT
The best scenario to defeat it is to first use a TENT on the
Gizamaluke. It'll have a 50% chance of causing a load of status effects
on it.
Next, have Zidane to steal the ICE ROD and POINTED HAT from it, while
killing off Quina. Use a Phoenix Down on Quina and hope that his HP is
1. With his HP on 1, use his 'LIMITGLOBE' to end the battle.

This battle is a 'hard' one, to get the above results requires a lot of
trial and error and luck, especially getting Quina's HP to 1 using a
Phoenix Down, so expect to reset a lot here!

South Gate
-Control Steiner. Once inside the pass, retrieve the Maltina Racket
hidden near the left side of the entrance. Talk to the mutant, next
talk to the old lady til she runs away and talk to the young man on the
right til he runs away too. After a series of events, ride on the
Berkmea cable car.

Gizamaluke Grotto
-Control Zidane. The scene shifts back to Zidane's gang. Save the game
once exited. TARGET TIME 2:48:00

-Head north to Burmecia, hopefully with no encounters, otherwise you'll
know what to do... If you haven't learnt the limitglobe yet though,
Quina could still learn it by Devouring the AxeBeaks.

-Save just before entering Burmecia.

Burmecia
-Try to get one encounter with the MagicVisp and have Quina to devour
one to learn his Blue Magic 'MAGIC HAMMER'. Otherwise, try and try
again.

-You'll get into a battle with a pair of Mages. They are easily
defeated with MANEATER ability set and Vivi use Blizzara.

-Head toward the right and walk across the 'bridge' to get the
Kelmina's Boots. The 'bridge' will collapse. Backtrack outside and
choose the left path this time into the house. Jump across Balcony.
Talk to the dying soldier and get the Bell hidden at the back of the
room. Return back again to the right-hand path and use the Bell on the
locked door. Enter the room at the bottom for some events, and then
proceed on by exiting and taking the steps on the right.

-After certain events, continue on and entering the left room to
etrieve the MYTHRIL SPEAR if you have time. Otherwise, go to the right
room, get the THUNDER ROD and buy stuffs from Stilskin. Save your Game!

TARGET TIME 02:57:00

(Up to this point, you can tolerate up to 3 encounters inside Burmecia,
any more than that warrants a reset.)

Inner Burmecia
-When Freija squats to detect for activity, choose the second option
for the event to continue.

-BEATRIX, HP:3630, To Steal: MYTHRIL SWORD, CHAIN PLATE
The key is to survive a certain number of turns or dealing the stated
amount of damage above. Dealing damage is faster than waiting for the
set number of turns to pass. Stealing the above items are not necessary
but useful. The shortest method though is to use Quina's LIMITGLOBE
again, as in same case as the battle with Gizamaluke. Reset if
necessary.

(FMV Skip)

-Disc 1 End. TARGET TIME 3:05:00


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2-1 South Gate ~ Cleyra
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MAX TIME 4:12:00

South Gate
-Control Garnet. Equip the MYTHRIL SWORD on Steiner and MALTINA RACKET
on Garnet if you have them. Set 'MANEATER' ability for Steiner too.
Proceed inside the Rest Area -> Talk to Station Master -> Exit Rest
Area -> Talk to Marcus, Shina then Steiner in that order -> Enter the
Cable Car -> Talk to Marcus inside the Cable Car.

-BLACK WALTZ 3, HP:1292
Have all 3 members deal physical attacks on him for a quicker battle,
healing only when necessary.

-Take the Right Path after disembarking, remember to take the GIL in
the treasure chest after the broken bridge. Upon exiting the South Gate
to the World Map, save your game. TARGET TIME 03:12:30

Treno
-Control Steiner. If you have time, activate the first ATE option
involving Garnet. Head towards the Combine Shop (Bishop's House) and
catch the 4-Armed Man, he'll hand over the POWERBELT.
Next, head to the Auction House to get Garnet back into the team. Don't
forget to take the hidden GIL to the left pillars outside the Auction
House.

-At the Weapon Shop, buy 2 MYTHRIL SWORDs (if you haven't had one), 1
BANDANNA and a CHAINMAIL (2 if you can afford).

-Head to the Bar and talk to Marcus. When you are in control of Garnet,
ignore all Steiner's plea and talk to Barg below. After a series of
events, go to the LEFT TOWER on the extreme left-side of town. Retrieve
the MYTHRIL DAGGER from the chest there and enter the tower. Dr. Tod
will bring party down to Gargant Rul.

Gargant Rul
-Save Game. TARGET TIME 03:22:45

-Activate the Lever on the left path, then the handle deep inside the
right path, then to the feeding lever outside. The Crawlers in this
dungeon gives good EXP so you can beat 1 or 2 of them if time permits.

-LARUVA LARVA, HP:2296, To Steal:MYTHRILFORK
Steiner and Garnet attacks, while Marcus concentrate on stealing and
attacking thereafter. Make sure Steiner and Garnet had their
POISONGUARD ability activated before the battle.

Cleyra Trunk
-Control Zidane & Co. Save game outside the Trunk. TARGET TIME 03:33:00

(FMV Skip)