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FINAL FANTASY 8CHARACTER SETUP GUIDEby: Vice President Treill [email protected]

=================Version History=================

Version 1.0-Completed the whole fact and submitted it. Minor errors on

info regarding myself and the people who helped me.

Version 1.1-Revised the informations and my email address.

Version 1.2-Put up some additions regarding devouring secrets

TABLE OF CONTENTS I. DISCLAIMERII. CREDITIII. INTRODUCTIONIV. WHY A CHARACTER SETUP GUIDE? V. PROCEDURE

A.BASIC JUNCTIONING B.HOW TO DEVELOP YOUR CHARACTERS B.1. FIRST/SECOND DISC GUIDE B.2. THIRD DISC GUIDE C.MAXIMIZING YOUR STATS D.MISCELLANOUS JUNCTIONING E.WHERE TO GET YOUR MAGIC F.MISCELLANOUS ABILITIES/COMMANDSVI.OUTRO

==========DISCLAIMER==========

You may not use anything from this faq whatsoever for your own or claimit as your own. If you want to use some info within my faq, then emailme or at least give me credit on your work. I don't demand you to emailme for the permission. This faq is for free distribution and I didn'tmake this for any other purposes aside to distribute what I know. Sofeel free to ask me permission or to get info from this but give mecredit. Well better off to email me at least I know who got my info.You know what would happen to you if you ever plagarize any faq.Please do not make any profit with this. If any of you got thisthrough any kind of payment then you have been had for this faqis for free. You may print this as long as it stays the same,meaning no alterations whatsoever. Also if I may add lastly foremphasis...DON'T DO ANYTHING WITH THE CONTENTS OF THIS FAQ

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*that is if you have time. tnx!======CREDIT======These are thanks for those who helped me with this faq. Withoutthem, this would never have been a success.


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marleone: ([email protected])For helping me out mostly in the game. Thanks for leveling upmy characters when I'm too drowsy to do so. ^_^

rm2k: ([email protected])For telling me how to defeat Malboros while watching your favoriteTV show. For telling me about the Rosetta Stone hidden in Cheryl'sShop.

Smoon: ([email protected])For the information on Obel Lake Mystery and Shumi Village Sidequest2.

Scott Ong: ([email protected])For the information on the organ at Ultimecia's Castle. I've beendyingto know what's it for.

Cjayc: (www.gamefaqs.com)For maintining a beautiful treasure trove of gaming info. Also forposting my faq.

Square: (www.squaresoft.com)

For developing a great game.

ahiya elster:([email protected])For telling me about the Devouring system============INTRODUCTION============Hi! I'm Vice President Treill Hearmiton (vpth for short) and this ismy first time ever to write a faq so please...please bear with me.This guide is all about how to setup your favorite character in finalfantasy 8 (or all of them) from magic to junction to weapons. Wellfor some it would seem to be out of hand but I saw that there aremany people out there who just played the game, leveled every

character to 100 (which is so damn easy; I mean you could get tolevel 100 even if your still at disc one and even before your firstever mission as a SeeD) and junctioned magics to stats and becontented with it. Also there are people who just play it straightout. Well this guide will help players to achieve the bestcharacter he can create with the best stats that the game canoffer. I hope you all find this very helpful.============================WHY A CHARACTER SETUP GUIDE?============================There are many reasons why I wrote this guide and these are:[1] To help FF8 players build up their chracters to their liking[2] To cover many questions on how to get CERTAIN items (not all;

I'm not going to list them all)[3] Taking care of GF's (which also means powering you up)[4] To laugh at Ultima and Omega Weapon (well Ultima is a piece ofcake really but if you want to laugh...)

=========PROCEDURE=========This is similar to powering up with pluses (i.e. Str Bonus Vit Bonus)but the difference is that you can do this even if your characters are


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at the maximum level. Also you can have magic junctioned at every statsand I mean EVERY stats including the speed, luck and even evasion! HitJunction you really don't need especially with Squall as his gunbladesalways has 255% hit and it comes in three GF's namely Diablos,Pandemona, and Eden. Now...onwards!----------------------------------------------------------------------------BASIC JUNCTIONING----------------------------------------------------------------------------STRENGTH JUNCTIONStrength junction means you junction a magic (i.e. Ultima) to yourstrength and thus increasing its value. They come with GF's:=Ifrit=Shiva=Pandemona=Brothers=CerberusYou can also use the Str-J scroll that can be bought in petshops.

VITALITY JUNCTIONVitality junction is the ability to junction magic in your vitalityincreasing your defense. The higher the vitality, the lesser thephysical damage will be inflicted on your character. Vit-J abilitycomes with the GF's:=Quezacoatl

=Shiva=CarbuncleOr you can use a Vit-J Scroll to learn this ability. Vit-J Scroll canbe bought in petshops.

MAGIC JUNCTIONMagic juction is an ability that enables you to junction a magic to youmagic status. Increasing the value of your magic is important as theyaffect two things namely: the strength of your spells and the successrate of the draw command. The higher the magic the more spells that youcan draw. For example, Squall has a magic of 80 and Zell has a magic of22. Squall can draw successfully from an enemy almost always getting 9of the spell while Zell has a slim chance of being successful and if he

is successful, he'll only acquire a measly 1 or 2 of the said spell.Now Mag-J comes with GF's:=Quezacoatl=Siren=Diablos=Carbuncle=Leviathan=CerberusOr you can use a Mag-J scroll available only at petshops.

SPIRIT JUNCTIONSpirit Junction is an ability that allows your character to strengthenhis/her spirit by equipping (junctioning) a magic on the slot. Spirit

is the Defense against the Dark Ar..errr, defense against magic. Theycome from the GF's:=Shiva=Brothers=Leviathan=Cerberus=AlexanderMan! It's really boring to type and type the same phrases. Well: Spr-J,buy, petshops...Yahoo! (makes sense?). Well if you've found Str-J scrolland you can't find this one, you really shouldn't be playing the game.


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SPEED JUNCTIONCare to guess what it does? Anyway this great ability comes from theGF's:=Pandemona=Cerberus=EdenOr you can use the very rare Spd-J Scroll. These scrolls are rare(well not as rare as the Aegis Amulet). One you can get by muggingCerberus when you fight him and one from the the Lunatic Pandora. It'sin the screen where Laguna accidentally pushed a rock on an Estharsoldier (not the bombing incident). In Zell and Squall's scenario, it'sin the screen below the save point (use move-find ability; before themechanical boss). There's a hole on the left sidewall. Examine it to get the scroll.

EVASION JUNCTIONWell, pretty easy to guess. The higher the amount, the higher thechance to avoid enemy attacks. I don't know if this also includesmagical attacks. Could someone please tell me. My email [email protected]. Tnx. Anyways, an evasion of 25%-30% is highalready as it will evade most attacks though not 100% guaranteed.And this is the only stat that cannot be boosted up to 255% becausethere are no items that increases the value of this. The only GF's

that has this wondrous ability are:=Cactuar=EdenYou can also use the very rare, though not hard to acquire, AegisAmulet. To get this material, encounter the UFO and defeat it beforeyour last encounter to get the Pupu card.

HIT JUNCTIONHit junction is an ability that enables you to increase your hit rateby equipping magic on it. Hit-J comes with the GF's:=Diablos=Cerberus=Eden

There are no items that will give you this ability so I suggest thatyou never remove this from your GF's.

LUCK JUNCTIONLuck junction is an ability that allows magic to be juinctioned toyour luck. Luck may seem to be useless for most players but as thisguide's purpose is to FULLY EQUIP your characters with all the stats,it is compulsary in my side that I write it down here (hey! maybe I canconvince you that luck is somehow useful). Well, for one thing, luckdetermines the ofteness that Odin and Gilgamesh would appear. The higherthe luck, the more often Odin and Gilgamesh would appear. Also luckdetermines the items that you get after battles. Well, allover, luckis at a 50-50 situation in usefulness. You would really want to get a

Power Generator from Blitz but you don't want Odin or Gilgamesh ruiningyour every battle? GF's that has this ability are:=Cactuar=EdenOr of course you can use a Luck-J scroll. Like the Spd-J scroll,Luck-J scroll cannot be bought from a petshop or any other shop.You can only get this by Mugging Odin and by doing the otherObel Lake Mystery.This info I learned from Smoon. Thanks a bunch.Go to the Eldbeak Peninsula north of Balamb continent. There you'll


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see a stone which reads TRETIMEASUREATMINOFFDEISLE. If you removethe word TIME OFF from this gibberish, you'll get Treasure at MindeIsle! Now fly over to Minde Island south of Esthar and wander aroundto get a Luck-J scroll.

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FIRST/SECOND DISC GUIDE

This is how to boost your characters' stats before getting all theGF's. Why before getting all the GF's? You need the later GF's(i.e. Doomtrain and onwards) abilities to forge the materials youwill be needing for powering up your characters. Here's how it goes:=Basically, you need to stay as low leveled as possible (man! I coulduse a Degenerator trap from FF Tactics). How to be low leveled is asfollows:***do not engage in battles that will give you experience. Examples areRandom battles. To learn GF abilities without Exp, go to Cactuar Island.If you're still in the first disc learn only the necessary ones likeMug, Str Bonus, Mag Bonus, HP Bonus. Do not use the same characters asthey will surely gain Exp and thus level up. Nothing you can do withthe main character but don't worry, we have a plan for him later.

***if in disc 2 and you want to learn say, Recover or Tonberry's ShopAbilities, Call Shop, Haggle, Familiar, Sell-High; a measly 700 APall in all (*pant*pant*), go to the training center of Balamb gardenand encounter with a T-Rexaur [you could really tell that it's him withthat smile on his face =)]. Equip the LVL Down ability from GF Tonberryand level him down to level 1 and the kill him. You get a measly exp butthe AP is still 10. You can also do this with other enemies.***the true development of your character begins when you gain controlof Balamb Garden. But this is much better if you're in disc three andgot a hold of Ragnarok. Just in case you want to pound off your enemieslike hell, then do this:With the access to almost every part of the map (except of course theislands closests to heaven and hell and the Esthar Region), you can

boost your characters'stats even before your battle with Fujin andRaijin, though not to the maximum. You can't max out your stats tilldisc three. Here's what you do:[1] Get Odin and Tonberry. Stock on Death, Triple, and Full-Life spellsfrom these GF's. This is the best way to get them easily. For Odin andTonberry to have these spells in their draw inventory, Squall wouldhave to be at least level 30. Don't worry with his level. As I havesaid, we have a plan for him.[2] Now that you have these two GF's, go master the bonuses (Str Bonuses,Vit Bonuses, Mag Bonus, Spr Bonus, and HP Bonus using the strategy abovein developing GF abilities)[3] Equip your desired stat to increase. There are five bonuses and themaximum ability slots that you can get here is up to three only. I

suggest that you use Str Bonus, Vit Bonus/Mag Bonus, and Spr Bonus. HPBonus will be easy later so don't bother.[4] At disc 2 (before the whole Balamb incident), you must have theGF's Shiva, Quezacoatl, Ifrit (man! if you can't get this GF, mightas well play Mario again), Siren, Diablos, Carbuncle, Brothers,Leviathan, Odin and Tonberry. Now you have all the GF's that have thebonuses, with Stat-Atk-J and Stat-Def-J2x, Elem-Atkand Elem-Def-J2x.[5] Equip all the GF's on ONE character and let that character killthe remaining two.


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[6] Junction magics to your stats: ==Full-Life to HP ==Triple to Strength ==Meltdown to Vitality ==Any strong spell to Magic ==Any strong spell to Spirit ==Haste to Speed ==Any magic to Hit ==Death to Stat-Atk ==Any spell on Stat-Def (say, life and esuna or reflect) ==Elem-Def and Elem-Atk: doesn't really matter as you alreadyhave death but you could use Blizzaga on Elem-Atk to strengthenyourself against T-Rexaur[7] Now go to the training center and level up your character fromthe very easy opponents (Grat and T-Rexaur). With your weapon,dealing instant death almost a hundred percent, this will be a pieceof cake. Your HP would not go down that easy since you've gotFull-Life equipped (remember, from the very kind Tonberry King). Youcould also get death from Tonberries (not the king) instead fromOdin. Focus on drawing Triple from Odin. You can also go to otherparts of the map which you find suitable enough for your levelingprocess. You could go to Trabia Region and fight in the forests there.Sometimes you'll encounter a Snow Lion. You'll get large exp and 10AP for defeating him but I think the death junction won't work on

him. Or you can go to the Centra and fight in forests there.Sometimes you'll encounter Ruby Dragon there, though at a lower level,he'll give a decent amount of exp and 14 AP![8] Now I suggest that you level up first your other characters. KillSquall first as the level of the monsters depend on his level.[9] If you don't want to powerup now, then go on with the story, donot gain levels (don't do this whole scam), and proceed till you're atdisc three with Ragnarok. If you want to power up early on, then followthis guide. You'll all get to maximize your stats in the end.

DISC THREE GUIDE

This whole is about on how to maximize your character to the fullest,

not just powering him/her up. First things first on maximizingyour characters:

=Get the Solomon's ring in Tears Point before going to Lunar Base.This is very important. If you don't have this, then don't read anyfurther.=Have Raganarok. Get on with the story and when you have Ragnarok...it's show time!!=Get GF Cactuar. To get him, go to the Cactuar Island South East partof Esthar and East of Edea's house. You'll find it very easily. It'san island near the wide desert (Kashkabald Desert) south of Esthar.There you'll see a green thing popping out of different locations onthe island. Go to where he comes out and an encounter starts.

=Get Bahamut. Your main character's level should be the basis ofBahamut's level so no need to worry, unless Squall is at level 100and your other characters are still at a very low level. You'llreally have a hard time. But anyway, if you feel like you can't takeon Bahamut, get the Rosetta Stone from the Esthar shop (the one thatnever opens; just keep on going in there [persistent costumer eh!]and they'll eventually give you Rosetta Stone. note: you don't haveto leave the store to get the stone) and use it on of your GF's tolearn the Abilityx4. That's the purpose of getting Bahamut.=Get 6 Malboro Tentacles, 6 Remedy +, and 6 Steel Pipes. To get these:


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Malboro tentacles You need to steal it from them or win it from them. But the problemis you need to be sane (unBAD BREATHED) to mug him, much more kill him.Malboros at level 100 have high HP amounting to about 140,000 to160,000! So how do you kill him without calling Odin for help orGilgamesh? Read on:Basically, almost all status ailments can be inflicted to a characterwho has been Bad Breathed. You have confuse, sleep, poison, and evenpetrification. To prevent these annoying ASSETS you need to do thefollowing:[1] Learn Stat-Def-J4x from GF's Cerberus and Doomtrain. Learn themwithout gaining exp from Cactuars.[2] Get Pain spells, Confuse spells, Break spells, and Sleep spells.Confuse spells can be drawn from Belhemel in the regions of Galbadia.Break spells can be drawn from Cockatrices on cliffs of Grandidi Forest(the huge forest North of Esthar). Sleep spells can be drawn from Gratat the Training Center of Balamb. Pain spells are rather hard to findbut they can be Refined from Curse Spikes. 1 will yield 5 Pains. Butif you want, you could draw them from Elnoyles (monsters that have acloseness to Elvoret). These monsters are hard to find in randomencounters in Esthar region (note: must have finished the Lunar Cryincident) but in Esthar City, you can find him and can always encounterhim as much as you want. To find Elnoyle in Esthar City, land Ragnarokon the Esthar Hangar and continue to the next screen. Here you'll meet

some Esthar people, one who is laughing due to insanity and the otherstalking about what happened to Esthar. Go to the right. Here you'llsee a save point and a place where you can heal. Continue to the righttill you reach an intersecrtion of four. It should somehow look likethis:

Left: passableRight: Going to Elnoyle==: broken airway |= =|

|= =|left |= =| right

|= =|=================================== =============================

----------------------------------- ----------------------------- from Ragnarok to Shopping Mall----------------------------------- -----------------------------

heh heh! My younger sister could have done better but its the bestthat I can afford to do. Anyways, go to the right and then you'll reachanother screen. When you reach this screen, you'll find a T formedintersection. Go right and you'll see a black man sitting by thecorridor. Talk to him and he'll say "Hee hee hee!" Then you'll fightElnoyle.In your fight with this joker, draw Pains from him and Holy! At leastyou don't have to go to the Islands closest to heaven and hell and draw

them there (hooo! *sweat* *sweat*). If you Mug him, you'll get aMoonstone which is necessary for creating weapons later. If you defeathim, he'll drop an Energy Crystal. No sweat! Unlike if you battle aRuby dragon, you'll have to survive his damn attacks (especially Breath!Damn! **encounter, Ruby, breath, toasty!!!**) and he seldom drops anEnergy Crystal. Well, Elnoyle maybe devastating in some aspects but atleast an instant death attack can be used on him (remember the deathmagic junction to Stat-Atk-J?). With that you'll have no problem withhim. He gives large exp especially at level 100 and 18 AP! (but notclose to cactuars). Anyway, now that you have all the necessary


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spells, it's time to fight Marlboro, I mean Malboro.

DEFEATING MALBOROJunction Pain, Sleep, Confuse, and Break on your character with theStat-Def-J4x. For the other one with only Stat-Def-J2x, junction Painand Confuse. Now encounter with Malboro. He'll usually have the firstturn as his speed is great. He'll initially cast Bad Breath first.When he casts Bad Breath the character not junctioned with sleep instatus defense will fall asleep and be counted for petrification.The other two will only be berserked and slowed. Just let the twoattack. Berserk increases your strength thus dealing major damage toMalboro. Now, equip Auto-Haste with the one who has Cerberus and hewon't be slowed down. That character will be so fast that Malborowon't have another turn to attack. I equipped Squall (at level 100with strength of 180) with Cerberus, Auto-Haste, and the statusdefenses. I didn't even have to trigger the R1 button coz mygunblade's attacks deal 9999 damage! I didn't even lift a finger orpress a button to kill Malboros. With this setup, you'll be getting100 Malboro Tentacles in no time, get the Blue Magic Bad Breath,create Quistis's ultimate weapon (Save the Queen), and get Doomtrain.Remedy +To get these, you need to learn Alexander's Med LVL up ability. BuyRemedies from shops and convert them to become Remedy +.Steel Pipes

To get these, mug a Wendigo (headless green and flesh monsters thatdreams of being a player in NBA) in the forests of Galbadia and inthe District Prison. Or you can refine them from Elastoid cards.1:1 is the ratio.=Get Tonberry if you still haven't got him. You will need his shopskills to be able to maximize your stats.=Get Eden. Draw him from Ultima Weapon in the Deep Sea Deposit. You'llbe needing his GFAbl Med RF. You can choose to get Eden later whenyou're at level 100 or you may want him early on. But if you want agood fight with Ultima Weapon, then, level up to 100.==========================================================================Now that you have all that you need for maximizing you characters, let usbegin the set-up.

==========================================================================First thing that you need to do is junction Bahamut to the characteryou want to powerup. Let's take Squall for our sample.Junctioned GF's Junctioned Magic=Shiva HP=Full-Life Spd=Triple=Carbuncle Str=Ultima Eva=Haste=Cerberus Vit=Meltdown Hit=None (already 255%)=Cactuar Mag=Holy Luck=whatever (Aura)=Tonberry Spr=Reflect=Bahamut

Commands: Abilities:Attack Str Bonus

Item Vit BonusDraw Mag Bonus

Spr Bonus

Junctioned Magic to Elements Junctioned Magic to StatusElem-Atk=Blizzaga Status-Atk=DeathElem-Def=Thundaga Status-Def=Pain

Firaga Sleep Confuse Break


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With this setup you can easily grind almost every enemy in the Islandclosest to hell. Why Island closest to Hell only? Well, the enemieshere are far better than the enemies in Island closest to Heaven.They give better exp, better AP, and you can get some of the materialsyoull be needing for learning Blue Magic and remodeling weapons.The idea of this setup is to powerup your character (in this case it'sSquall) with the help of the bonuses. The spells junctioned are quitehard to find unless you want to roam around the two islands (heavenand hell) drawing pitiful 3 or 5 spells each. I will explain laterwhere to get them without having the trouble of drawing from thedraw points. And you don't have to waste 5,000 gil to draw Ultima!(well, it's not a waste really but the time that you use to go backand forth to Shumi Village...). The purpose of Ultima in the Strjunction is for your character to have the best strength stat thathe can have at this point of the game. You cannot add Bahamut'sStr+60% to his abilities since you need every slot for the Bonuses.Full-Life has the same purpose as Ultima but obviously, its forboosting up your HP. Same for Meltdown since it is the second bestvitality junction spell next to Ultima. Holy is not the best bet foryour Magic Stat but you need the other spells for stats that areimperative to boost as high as possible. Do not junction Pain herethough its value would increase at least by 30 points. You need itfor Status Defense Junction. Reflect is the best for Spirit(meaning next best to Ultima; since Ultima is the best for all the

Stats, except HP). Triple is for boosting up your speed. You can useit on Evasion or Speed. Speed is needed to get a higher chance ofgetting the first turn. Your ATB will be so fast you'll feel thatyou're the only one who has a turn. You can interchange Speed fromEvasion depending on your needs and wants. If you wantto avoid most attacks, then boost up your evasion with Triple. Ifyou want to gain speed, then junction Triple on your speed.Blizzaga's purpose is for the dragon type enemies (well, not allof them are dragon types and not all of them are weak with cold;actually it's just the T-Rexaur that's the aim of Blizzaga). Sincedragon type enemies such as Hexadragon and Ruby dragon absorb fire,and Grendels are strong against thunder. So Blizzaga or otherElements can junctioned here but I found Blizzaga to be the most

suitable because enemies here are either weak or damaged normallywith this spell. As for the other elements, I have still not testedthem yet. Firaga and Thundaga for Elemental defense is necessary forthose attacks based on these elements. Most of the enemies here attackwith these elements (i.e. Grendel's Breath are thunder based so Thundagawill nullify them; Hexadragon attacks with Firaga so Firaga on Elem-Defwill nullify it). These are for precautionary measures so that you'llonly have to deal with physical attacks and non-elemental spells andattacks, such as Meteor, Ruby's Breath and Hexa's Breath. The statusattack Death deals almost a hundred percent. Junction 100 Deaths onyour Status Atk to get a higher chance of sending your enemies tooblivion. There are 6 types of enemies found in the Island closest toHell and these are:

Ruby Dragon=cute red dragons that likes to toast your party first thenteaches you astronomy by raining you with meteors.Malboro=again, cute green plant like monster with a big mouth(and I do mean BIG!) that never brushes its teeth. I think even adrum of mouthwash won't even get rid of that Bad Breath.Hexadragon=uncute, gray, six-legged dragons that likes to stare atyour party (not much a threat unless you stare back at him and lethim squash your party)Grendels=much like a cross-breed between a frog and dragon. Comes inone or two. Two can deal major damage to your party especially if your


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Vitality is not that high but not much of a threat.Blue Dragon=green deformed dragons that is very gentle to your party(believe me! He's the easisest).T-Rexaur=dinosaurs ready for a Kodak moment. Strong especially thatdamn tail of his. Can be easily killed withDEATHpunch/blade/whip/bullet/nunchaku/projectile. Strong but not muchof an opponent. Start praying if you don't have a healer and yourDEATHpunch/blade/whip/bullet/nunchaku/projectile doesn't take effectin about five to seven turns, as he can kill a whole party with twoswipes of that monstrous tail of his.

Of the six monsters given, three of which are affected by Statusattack junction:Death. These are T-Rexaur, Blue Dragon, and Grendels.The purpose of this junction is to eliminate enemies in an instant,granting instant victory and an easy way to gain levels. Though, theother three are not affeceted by this instant death method, it is notnecessary (though you wish you could just kill them all in one blow ^_^).Hexadragon are not that hard to beat. You'll only have a hard timemincing a 60,000 HP dragon. But all in all, he's not lethal. Unlike Rubyand Malboro. Ruby Dragon, you'll have to kill him normally or use limits(*cough...cough...de...cough...gen...tor...cough*).Malboros are not thathard. Being protected from that annoying Bad Breath is the key to win abattle with Malboro. That is the purpose of the Status Defense setupabove. Once you have this, just wait how Malboro will wish for his

death.With all that said and done, level up your characters likethere's no tomorrow!

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The Key to maximizing your stats lies on four main GF's: Carbuncle,Doomtrain, Tonberry, and Eden. That's why it is very important toget the Solomon's Ring from Tear's Point before going to theLunar Base. You cannot get it after Lunatic Pandora lies on top ofTear's Point. Now what you have to do:=Learn Tonberry's Haggle, Sell-High, Call Shop, and Familiar. Haggle

is for discount at shops, Sell-High is pretty obvious, Call Shopis for your convenience and Familiar is for buying rare items at shops.=Learn Carbuncle's Recover Med-Ref=Learn Doomtrain's Forbid Med-RF. You'll see why.=Learn Eden's GFAbl Med-RF. Later I'll explain.This method I'm going to write is only for HP stat up to Spirit stat.Speed and Luck has a different and tedious method (I think tedious isan understatement). Anyway here's how it goes:

[1] Buy Tents from shops and use the Recover Med-RF ability to convertthem to Mega-Potions.[2] Sell the Mega-Potions at shops (7500 gil a piece)[3] Repeat steps 1 and 2 until you have gotten the desired amount of

money that you need.[4] With the new found business of buy and sell and after beingrich in no time, buy from Esthar Petshop any of these:Giant's RingPower WristForce ArmletMagic CrownVit-J Scroll(note: Orichalcon, Vit+40%, cannot be bought and can only be acquiredthrough refinement of Vit-J Scroll)


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[5] Buy your choice of stat booster (stat booster corresponds to thestat that you want to maximize; i.e. if you want to maximize strengthfirst, buy Power Wrists, for HP, buy Giant's Ring etc). Get 100 ofthis (YES! You got it! 100. And it doesn't stop there).[6] Refine them into their higher versions using Eden's GFAbl Med-RF10 Giant's Ring=1 Gaea's Ring10 Power Wrist=1 Hyper Wrist10 Force Armlet=1 Magic Armlet10 Magic Crown= 1 Hypno Crown10 Vit-J Scroll=1 Orichalcon10 Orichalcon=1 Adamantine[7] Now that you've done this, refine these new items into permanentstat booster using Doomtrain's ForbidMed Ref:10 Gaea's Rings=1 HP up10 Hyper Wrists=1 Str up10 Magic Armlets=1 Spr up10 Hypno Crowns=1 Mag up10 Adamantines=1 Vit up[8] Repeat this process until you've reached the maximum or yourdesired statistics for your characters.

Obviously, you'll be needing a lot of money for this powering up. Justto give you a hint on how much money you're going to spend here: Eachitem that you need to refine (Giant's Ring, Power Wrist etc.) costs

15000 gil a piece except Vit-J Scroll which costs around 5000 gil.To get a single stat booster, you'll be needing 15000000 gil. Toget to maximum you'll be needing more than a hundred of these.If you want your base stat to be at 255, meaning 255 Strength,255 Magic etc you'll be needing over 500 of one stat booster forall characters. I haven't done this for all my characters but Ihave done this for my best three characters namely Squall, Irvineand Zell. If you find this not necessary (boosting up yourcharacter's stat to maximum) then just boost them up till you canachieve 255 of the stats with a junctioned magic (i.e. boost yourcharacter's to a point where you'll only have to equip a magic toadjust it to 255. No more [stat name here]+20/40/60/80% on yourability). With this you can have all the slots on your ability for

other necessary abilities such as Mug, Auto-Haste, and the lot.Note: the purpose of powering up your characters from the start orupon getting Cactuar GF and using the bonuses is to save time andmoney for this tedious work. Imagine boosting up your character witha base stat below 100! I mean, you'll really going to have to sit along time raising your money._________________________/Speed and Luck boostings/

To Boost up your Speed and Luck, you'll be needing a lot of patience,hardwork, and time to achieve this. Alright, if you don't want to bestuck up on this game for a long time, I don't recommend that you dothis as these are not that imporant unlike the offensive and defensive

stats. But if you want to brag about having these at high values, wellit's much of a crowning achievement. I have only done this for threeof my characters (again they are Irvine, Squall, and Zell). They arenot maxed to 255 (I still have sanity) but my speed is at 207 for Squall,187 for Irvine and 190 for Zell. Now my Luck I didn't bother to increasebut there is a method of increasing. This is one of the most tiring, timeconsuming and well, insane (but not as insane as to creating a Holy War).Now for the insanity process:#Speed ups#These can be refined using Doomtrain's Forbid Med-RF. There are several


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little bit harder than the Hundred Needle method. Why do I say thatit's a little bit tiring than Hundred Needle? Read on.(I'll give it step by step)Luck up acquiring method:[1] Win or Mug Curse Spikes from Tri-Faces. You can also win them fromMalboros. Forbidden also drops them by twos.[2] Refine 100 of them using Siren's Tool-RF ability into Dark Matter(Siren must be at level 100 to be able to do this).[3] Refine a Dark Matter into a Luck-J Scroll using Eden's GFAbl Med-RF.[4] Refine a Luck-J Scroll into one Luck up using Doomtrain'sForbid Med-RF.Note: This is much more difficult than Hundred Needles because you willhave to steal from Tri-Faces in order to get a Curse Spike at a higherrate. If you just kill a Tri-Face without mugging it, the chances ofgetting a Curse Spike is very low. You'll get Poison Powders instead.Note 2: You can fight Tri-Faces in the first screen beyond the SteamPressure Machine (where a save point lies). Like the Behemoth, theyare encountered at fixed points in the room.

So that's it! That's all there is that is needed to know of creatingstat boosters which will max up your characters statistics.

OTHER STATISTICS JUNCTIONING

There are statistics that only a few GF's cover. These are Speed,Evasion, Hit and Luck. Among these, Evasion is the rarest as it isonly given by Cactuar. Luck is comes with the GF's Cactuar and Eden.Speed comes from Pandemona, Cerberus and Eden while Hit is given bythree GF's: Eden, Pandemona and Diablos.It would be a shame to your characters if they can't have all these.So here's how you can get them:

Spd-J ScrollNo problem with this since you can easily mug this from Cerberus andget it from Lunatic Pandora. But let's say that you forgot to mugCerberus and didn't get a Spd-J Scroll at Lunatic Pandora and you'realready in Disc 4. Here's what you'll do. Encounter with Cactuars in

Cactuar Island and stock up on Cactus Thorns. Get 100 and refine it toa Hundred Needles using GFAbl Med-RF. Then refine it to Spd up usingForbid Med-RF. Then convert it to Spd-J Scroll using GFAbl Med-RF.You need 2 Spd ups to get 1 Spd-J Scroll.

LuckAgain no problem with this since you can get two of this. The first,you can Mug from Odin. The other one is the clue to Minde Island(see above for details). Even if you forgot to Mug Odin, you can stillget one with the side quest. If you want it the hardway then refine aDark Matter with GFAbl Med-RF and you'll get a Luck-J Scroll.

Hit

This cannot be acquired through any items so don't let your GF's forgetthis or else it will be lost forever.

EvasionThe sole stat that can only be acquired from only one GF: Cactuar.Anyway, this allows your caharacter to dodge enemy attacks moreefficiently. I'm telling you, an evasion of 25%-30% is high alreadyas most enemies will have a slim chance of hitting you. Don't dreamof raising it to 255%. It is impossible. Anyway, the item to get anduse in order for your other GF's to learn this is the Aegis Amulet


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which is dropped by the UFO? (NOT PUPU!; he drops Pupu card if yougive 5 Elixirs or an Acclerator if you kill him). You have one sothat's two GF's each with Evasion junction. To get another AegisAmulet, stock 50 Barriers dropped by Behemoths. Refine these into1 Aegis Amulet using GFAbl Med-RF.

So that's it you have all your statistics maxed or raised to yourwill, every one have junctioned magics to each of the statistics.What's missing?

ELEMENTAL/STATUS DEFENSE JUNCTIONING

This may not be that useful but if you just want your characters tohave every single slot for magic to be junctioned (like me!) thenyou can do this.

Elemental defense is quite important especially when dealing withstrong enemies like Ruby Dragon, Hexadragon, or other Bosses. Thiscan minimize the amount of damage incurred to you by elementalattacks. Also with this, you will only have to focus on defendingagainst some unblockable spells (such as Ultima or Meteor), strongattacks (such as Ruby's Breath or Tiamat's Dark Flare) and Physicalattacks. Sometimes, if you're really in trouble, elemental defensesaves you by letting you absorb the element you are junctioned with.

I remember when I was battling Ruby Dragon and he Breathed on me.Squall was way low on HP (about 900)and my other characters were KO'd.Then Ruby cast Firaga on Squall. I was relieved that it healed mearound 4000+ HP because his next attack after that was Meteor. Well,I didn't manage to kill Ruby coz I was afraid he would breath on meagain and I remembered that I haven't saved for quite a while beforethat battle. Lucky me! =)

Status DefenseStatus defense is your sole ally against those annoying confuse, break,blind, poison ailments. These can be very serious especially if you'renot that ready. You could end up killing your own characters. Or youcould end up helpless against an enemy ("Hahahahaha!", says Malboro).

Actually the only things that you should worry about these ailmentsare poison, confuse, break, sleep, sudden death and stop. These canbe a major problem. They can cause you to kill your other partymemebers, forbid you to act, kill you instantly, or kill you slowly.You'll be needing this especially when fighting Malboros. You'll beneeding his tentacles and to get his tentacles, you'll need to creamhim (unless Odin showed pity on you).

WHERE TO GET THEM

Actually they come from several GF's. But what you really need isthe StatDefx4 and ElemDefx4. They come from three GF's only. Cerberuscarries St-Def-Jx4, Alexander carries Elem-Def-Jx4 and Doomtrain

carries both. Upon acquiring all the GF's, you will have two ofeach equipped for your characters. Where will you get another oneof those?

Elem-DefJx4

This can be acquired by using an item called Elem-Guard. Elem-Guardcan be acquired by defeating Krysta, the boss from Ultimecia Castle.You only get one without refining. If you are the type of playerthat wants to complete all (and I mean all!) and don't want to waste


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your one and only Elem Guard because you keep it as a collection thendo not fear. You can still get one but I'll tell you, it's damn hard!First, battle with Snow Lion in the regions of Trabia. Do not mug himas he will only give you Healing Mails. You must acquire from him anitem called Silver Armor. This item is it's rarest dropped. The mostfrequent is the North Wind, the next is Healing Mail and thenSilver Mail. Equip Rare-Item to increase you chances of getting this.Once you have acquired 10 Silver Armors, refine them into a Gold Armorusing GFAbl Med-RF. Well, after that, this going to be bloody*sweat sweat*, acquire 10 Gold Armors and refine it to 1 Diamond Armor.Get 5 of these pain in the @$$ and refine it to one Elem Guard. YAY!Well, would you sacrifice your sole Elem Guard or stick to your pride?I say, TO HELL WITH PRIDE!

St-Def-Jx4

This is quite easy than Elem Guard. I think Square did this becauseyou can't refine practically anything in the game into a Status Guard.The only way to get this is to have a PocketStation, play it, get aRibbon, then refine it to 1 Status Guard. Well, there are two easyways of getting this one. First defeat Tiamat at Ultimecia's Castleor do the second Shumi Village Sidequest. This is quite harder thanthe first one. You'll have to go in and out of the village.Also this info I learned again from Smoon. Again, super thanks!

When you go back to the village (after receiving a lousy Phoenix Pinion)you'll find the attendant of the Elder working on the Laguna's Statue.He'll be asking for some other assistance. So go to the Elder. He willsuggest for the Moomba outside. Go and talk to the Moomba. Then go tothe Elder and he will say that they will need another hand. Go to theartisan whose house is next to the pond beside the workshop. He willstubbornly refuse so you'll have no choice but to leave. Now you needto convince the artisan to work. Remember Grease Monkey at FH? He usedto work with the artisan. So go to FH and go to the extreme right ofthe town. There you'll find Grease Monkey. The moomba doll there willrespond to you since you came from Shumi Village. Grease Monkey willthen be amazed and starts to ask you about what's happening in ShumiVillage. You'll then relate about the artisan not working on the

statue. Grease Monkey will then hand you the Moomba doll. Go back toShumi Village and go to the artisan's house. The Moomba doll will startto speak with Grease Monkey's voice scolding the artisan about hisattitude. After that talk to the artisan and he will be convinced towork on the statue. See them at the workshop if you want then go tothe Elder and he will then hand you a Status Guard.

------------------------------------------------------------------------WHERE TO GET YOUR MAGICS------------------------------------------------------------------------

There are many spells that can be junctioned to your statistics.Examples are the elements: Fire, Blizzard, Thunder. Some are of higher

versions of these simple spells. Other powerful spells that you oughtto get are Ultima, Meteor, Triple, Holy, Flare, Tornado etc. Simplespells can be easily acquired by drawing form enemies or by refiningthem from items. However, powerful spells such as mentioned above arevery hard to acquire especially stocking up to 100 for your characters.There are free spells roaming arouind the Islands Closest to Heaven andHell but you wouldn't want to get 3 or 4 of the spells. Well unless yourup to drawing spells from draw points on the isalnds then go for it.This is just an alternative method for stocking up spells more easily andefficiently. Start! ^_^


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What Spells would you want to have?Among the magics that you would want to get are those that are trulydevastating and a real stat booster. Here is a list of advanced spells:

Flare=non-Elemental damage damage against one enemyHoly=the only holy magic in the game (aside from GF Alexander).Deals holy to one enemy (obvious isn't it)Tornado=wind damage against all enemies. Stronger than Aero.Quake=earth damage against all enemiesMeteor=non-elemental damage against all enemies. Hits multiple times.Ultima=big non-elemental damage against all enemies. Strongest spellin the game.Aura=enables you to use Limit Breaks more often even outside thecritical condition.Full-Life=revives a fallen character and restores him/her to full HP.Pain=inflicts Darkness, Poison, and Silence status.Triple=enables you to cast 3 spells in one turn.

These spells are found in the Islands closest to Heaven and Hell exceptPain. The other spells that are available in the game are not as strongas these here in the list. Ultima is the best bet for every statisticsexcept for Speed and Evasion. Triple is best for these. While for the rest,it is Ultima, you may want to have more plans for it to strengthen

yourself more. One purpose of this guide is to allow you to junctionUltima to other stats aside to your strength stat (or you choice butoccassionally, players place Ultima to their strength). With themethod of maximizing your stats, you can control your magic junctioningnot always inclining on using your powerful spells to your stats. Ofcourse you'll be needing this, but wouldn't you want to junction Ultimato your Elemental defense? It is a great help really. You can nullifyall elemental attacks and with your high vitality (because of Vit ups)and high Spirit (because of Spr ups), enemy attacks are a joke(well, don't expect Gravija; it's evil!). It may seem pointless to somelike drawing your magic, stocking them up to 100 then not using them forjunction. Again, these spells may lead you to your desired maximum stats.If you don't want to tire yourself on maximizing your characters base

statistics (meaning even w/o a spell junctioned, your stats are stillat 255), then you can junction them to get 255. As I have suggestedabove, you can power up your characters up to a point that when youjunction one of your spells, you can reach 255. Let me give an example.I have Rinoa with a base strength of 180. Normally, without the aid ofthe Str Bonus and the Str ups, my base strength would be around 70-90(I didn't check but it is around this value). With a base of 180, if Ijunction a Meteor here, I will have an exact 255 strength. See. Yourspells are of great use to you especially to those who doesn't want togo to the whole ordeal of maximizing every single stat of a character(even with a single character, it's tiresome. But not as tiresome asthat of FF7 getting sources).Anyway, here are the ways of acquiring your spells (easier methods

than drawing them from draw points on Islands Closest to Heaven andHell).

FlareThis may seem difficult to you but you'll have to bear this. Actuallyit's not that hard. There are many ways of acquiring them:[1] Refine them from Flare stones. 1:1 using Ifrit's F Mag-RF[2] Refine them from Inferno Fangs usually dropped by Ruby Dragonsor seldom dropped by Hexadragons. Ratio is 1:20 through F Mag-RF[3] This is quite risky but it is the easiest way. Your Magic stat


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must be at least 90 here to be faster and easier. First engage anencounter with Ruby Dragon. With regards with the dragon's firstattack will be the cue whether you should run or stay. If he breathson you, then you're history. But if he uses Firaga or Meteor, thenstay. Oh! And junction 100 Firagas on your elemental junction toavoid Firaga. After his first attack (or whoever comes first; you orhim) immediately summon Doomtrain. This will inflict several statuseson the dragon making him asleep, confused, darkened, Vit 0 and viloa!You can draw from him without him knowing ^_^.

HolyWow! This even easier than flare. And you don't have to worry aboutpesky breaths. Any way here're are how:[1] Refine them from Holy Stones using Siren's L Mag-RF[2] Refine them from Moonstone again with Siren's L Mag-RF. Ratiois 1:20[3] Holy can be drawn from Elnoyle. Elnoyle is one of the monstersthat have extreme amounts of HP (I think they have over 90,000 ifat level 100). Also Elnoyles are very rare to encounter from randombattles. You may think that it is difficult. Think again! Rememberwhere you got Pain magics? Go back there and encounter him(in Esthar. see the diagram above). Elnoyles are a piece of cake.Aside that you can draw from him Holy, you can also Mug from himMoonstone. Get the idea? Draw, mug and you'll have Holy magics

faster than you can say Quid...

TornadoWell, not much of a strong spell but it raises your stats pretty wellat the beginning of the game. Here are the methods on how you can get it:[1] Refine from Windmill using Quezacoatl's T Mag-RF. Ratio is 1:20[2] Refine from Aeros using Alexander's High Mag-RF. Ratio is 10:1[3] Draw them from Thrustaevis found on the continent of Galbadianear Deling City.

QuakeStrong earth based magic that affects all enemies. Doesn't work againstflying critters. Like Tornado, it is a great stat booster early in the

game. Here are the ways of acquiring it:[1] Refined from Dino Bones dropped occassionally by T-Rexaur.Ratio is 1:20[2] Draw them from T-Rexaur. Put him to sleep first by junctioningsleep on your status attack then draw from him.

MeteorThis can only be gotten from refining by Bahamut's Forbid Mag-RF or bydrawing. Not very easy to acquire. Here's how:[1] Refine Star Fragments seldom dropped by T-Rexaurs and Iron Giants.Ratio is 1:5.[2] Well, pretty much the same with Flare. I don't want to repeat itagain so just refer to the strategy above on how to acquire Flare from

Ruby Dragons.

AuraThe only enemy that you'll encounter who has this spell is Seifer inyour last battle with him in Lunatic Pandora (Fujin talked normallythere! I found it cute). Anyway, to obtain this spell:[1] Refine them from Aura stone using Leviathan's Supt Mag-RF.Ratio is 1:1.[2] Refine them from Fury Fragments dropped seldom by Blue Dragonsand Grendels. Ratio is 1:5


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[3] To acquire Aura stones easier, buy Power Wrists, Hypno Crowns,Force Armlets from the Esthar petshop and convert them to Aura Stones.Ratio is 1:10. Then refine them into Auras.[4] Steel Pipes refine into 1 Aura Stone. Refine it to Aura.

Full-LifeThe best raising spell and the second best to Ultima on HP junctioning.This one is quite hard to get from refinement but easier from drawing.Read on:[1] Refine Regen Rings dropped by Toramas on the regions of Esthar, byMesmerize on Trabia region and by Chimeras on Island Closest to Heavenusing Siren's L Mag-RF. Ratio is 1:20.[2] Refine Phoenix Spirit using L Mag-RF. To get a Phoenix Spirit,refine 20 Phoenix Pinions using GFAbl Med-RF. To create a Phoenix Pinionrefine 3 Mega-Phoenix with Tool-RF. Mega-Phoenix can be bought atJohnny's Shop in Esthar.[3] Draw from the Tonberry King. Squall must be at level 30 and abovewhen you battle him because the spell won't be availabe unless TonberryKing's level is at 30 and above. Enemies consider Squall's level as thebasis of their level. If Squall is at level 100 then the enemies wouldbe at level 100 also.This is the easiest method of acquiring Full-Lifespells early in the game since you can acquire him once you get BalambGarden to be mobile and thus battle with him. Regen ring is hard toacquire from Mesmerizes as they drop Mesmerize Blades more often.

PainNot much of a devastating spell but it is a good magic to junctionespecially on Magic as it even surpasses Meteor. It inflicts Darkness,Silence, and Poison on a target. It is better off to be at your statusdefense. Here's how you can acquire it:[1] Refine a Curse Spike using Diablos's ST Mag-RF.[2] Draw from Elnoyles. Refer to method on how to defeat Malboros above.[3] Draw from high level Granaldos. It was the boss at the trainingsystem after the SeeD ball. You'll see him again when the factionincident occurs in Balamb Garden. There are instances that you can drawfrom him Pain but I think it considers your level. You can also meethim in Ultimecia's Castle.

TripleA real speed and hit booster. It is the only spell in the game whichsurpasses Ultima in a certain statistic. Triple can be acquired from:[1] Refine Rocket Engines (hell yeah! Like I'm going to do it!) usingDiablos' Time Mag-RF. Ratio is 1:50.[2] Refine Three Stars (again, hell yeah!). Ratio is 1:100.[3] Draw from Cerberus. This is not a really good option. He can bepretty annoying since he casts three spells all at once when he hastriple status. Also he casts berserk leading you to attack him thandraw from him. Also you would want to focus on mugging the very usefulSpd-J from him than drawing Triple. Just follow method no. 4 below.[4] Draw from Odin. Well this is the, what can I call it--most

practical way to get Triple as you won't have to sacrifice your gooditems for the spell. Anyway, the reward for refining Three Stars aregood but, you would't want your hard earned precious non-refinableitem just be transformed to a spell that can be acquired throughanother easier and lesser hassle method?

UltimaPractically the most powerful spell and the best magic to junction toany of your stat that you want to raise. Ultima is very hard to earnand quite expensive (5,000 gil per draw at the Shumi Village). The


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only ways to acquire Ultima (aside from drawpoints allover the world) are:[1] Refine from Ultima Stones using Forbid Mag-RF. Ratio is 1:1.[2] Refine from Energy Crystals dropped often by Elnoyles or seldomdropped by Ruby Dragons. Ratio is 1:3.[3] Refine Dark Matters. Ratio is 1:100.[4] Draw from Ultima and Omega Weapons. (really, would you be doingthis? I mean the whole point of being strong is to defeat these monstersand you're going to get from them what will make you strong?Pointless if you get what I mean)Note: I prefer method number two since Elnoyles are very easy to defeatand you're guaranteed to get at least 2 to 3 Energy Crystal after everybattle. Unlike Dark Matter which you'll have to refine from 100 CurseSpikes, you'll have to find Tri-Faces (as they are main sources of this),mug them and if not the first try, the second or the third. Usually theywill give you 6 of these but that amounts only to 1 Ultima per Curse Spike.Also Tri-Faces are hard to locate at the Island closest to Heaven.If you want, you can find Forbiddens in Grandidi Forest but I doubtyou'll get it easily as they seldom drop it. Also try Malboros. But theyoften drop Malboro Tentacles. So your best bet is the Energy Crystalrefinement method. You'll get large exp with defeating the Elnoyle,huge AP (18) plus the other spells that you can get from him(Holy and Pain).

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MISCELLANOUS ABILITIES/COMMANDS------------------------------------------------------------------------Aside from these junctionings and powering up, you may want to get acouple of abilities that are very helpful in your battles. Some ofthese occur only on one or two GF's. Or some, none at all. You maywonder what are these for. Some of these abilities are not that goodsince you won't be needing them after powering up your characters.What you'll be needing are those that can really help you with yourbattles. Some of the examples of these are Auto-Haste, Recover, Revive,Devour etc.

Where to get these:

Auto-HasteIt is one of the most useful ability that can be equipped in yourability slot. Haste will double your speed up thus making your ATBfill faster. With this speed, plus your strength (tnx to your powering up),you don't have to select any other option again but attack and justpress X button hold it down and see how enemies fall to their doom(hehe ^_^). Also the good thing about Auto-Haste is that it cannot beprevented by its counterpart spells, such as slow and stop. The onlything that can make Auto-Haste disappear is Dispel. Auto-Haste last solong as your battle lasts. Not like an ordinary haste spell that wearsoff within a few minutes. This will enable you to attck at least 3 timesin a row with Omega Weapon and 9 attack turns for all your characters.I remember when I was battling him, he only had the turn to cast a Meteor,

a Medigo Flame and a Terra Break with this speed. I was lucky I hadone last person standing up on Terra Break. Well, Omega didn't shoothim enough to get killed. HEHEHE!Auto-Haste comes only from Cerberusby learning all his speed junction abilities. The other way of gettingan Accelerator is through refinement. Refine 100 Lightweights with theuse of GFAbl Med-RF. Lightweights can be acquired from Vysages(enemies who comes with Lefty and Righty. They can be found in theGreat Salt Lake before your first time of going to Esthar. But I don'tknow if that place is accessible after getting Ragnarok or if at Disc 4.Anyway, there's an alternate place where you can encounter this trio.


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Fly your Ragnarok in Timber or Winhill. If you're near Winhill flyover there, if at Timber then go to Timber. When at Winhill, just flyover the cliff going towards Timber. You'll see a terrain that isbetween the cliffs forming a V shape. Wander there and you'll fight thetrio 100% (stay on the non-grassy land). From Timber, go a little wayssouthwest and you'll find this spot. Anyway, you'll have to mug Vysageto get Lightweights 100%. Of course it drops it but scarcely. Not toworry, he gives 6 of these.

ReviveAnother useful ability especially if fighting against tough bossessuch as Ultima and Omega, or other tough opponents such as Ruby andothers that can almost kill one or two character in one or twoconsecutive attacks. Revive from the name itself revives a fallencharacter and gives back his/her full health. Much like Full-Lifebut the goodness is no magic wasted! YAY! Anyway, Revive comes fromAlexander for 200 AP. This can also be acquired through refining andfor the first time, it's not hard! You don't have to fight enemies.You don't have to mug enemies. You don't have to spend 15000000 gilfor one. You don't have to sit there, hours and hours trying to getone by luck. All you need to do is buy, refine and refine. That's it!You'll be needing Tonberry's Familiar for this, Call Shop forconvinience and a little bit of patience. Patience is for waiting forJohnny's shop in Esthar to open for you. Call Shop is for easy access

for the shop. Johnny's shop, even though opened for you once, will nobe opened forever if your at the Shopping Mall. But with Call Shop,Johnny can't do a thing but sell you his goodies. Anyway Familiar isthere so that you can buy his rare products one of which is theMega-Phoenix. Buy 3 of these and refine them to get 1 Phoenix Pinionusing Tool-RF. Then refine 20 of the Phoenix Pinion to get aPhoenix Spirit which will enable you to learn Revive.

RecoverAfter sitting comfortably on your chair while creating a PhoenixSpirit, another major pain comes along. But though, this is quitehard, you'll want it badly because the reward is something veryvery useful. Recover is an ability that enables your character to

regain full health again without any expense. This comes only fromthe GF Leviathan. Again, I am warning you that this is quite a task.You can choose not to worry about this if you will. You have beenwarned for about 3 times now. What you'll be needing to learn thisfantastic ability is an item called Healing Ring. The item soundsvery familiar and too common but it's not. You can't get thisanywhere free. Unlike Status Guard or Elem Guard that can be won inthe boss fights in Ultimecia's Castle. This little tyke can only beacquired from refinement. Okay, what you need to get a Healing ring isjust one type of item: Whisper. Now, it would seem to be okay still.Whisper can be acquired from Adamantoises (those cute tortoises alongthe beaches of Long Horn Isle). Well, the problem is they rarely appearthere and when they do appear, there are chaces that you'll get another

item instead of Whisper. You can mug him if you want but he'll likely togive you an Orichalcon. If he gives you a Whisper, he'll drop two of it.The best way to get this is to level down these heck of a tortoise usingLVL Down then Mug or defeat them. Remember, encounter with this is veryrare and I advice you not to engage with it if you don't feel that it'snot worth your time.

TreatmentAn instant Esuna for everyone. Treatment comes from the GF Siren. Notreally handy but in times, it can help as much. To get this ability,


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collect 100 Dragon Fangs from one of your consistent fans in the IslandClosest to Hell: Grendel. He drops this mostly so you won't have trouble.Just leveling up your characters to 100 and you'll have the same time100 of these. Anyway, refine these to get Med Kit using GFAbl Med-RF.

DevourWell, a pretty handy ability if you don't want to go through all thosebuying and refining for power ups (but I would still recommend you tojust refine for power ups. Why? read on). Devour enables you to havea bonus point on a certain stat if you have devoured the right enemy.I don't know which enemy to devour or not to devour. So if any ofyou knows, please tell me *^_^* I will give you credit for it.Devour comes with the GF Eden.NOTE: The enemies that you have to eat are the following:1) T-Rexaur for Strength2) Ruby Dragon for HP3) Adamantoise for Vitality4) Malboro for Spirit5) Behemoth for MagicAuto-ReflectNot much of a useful ability. By the time you have this, you'll belaughing at spells that can be reflected. It cannot reflect those otherpowerful spells such as Ultima an Meteor (since when did Ultima becamereflectable?). Not much of a use and a waste of slot for your GF

abilities. anyway to get this trough refinement, collect100 Dragon Skin and refine it to 1 Glow Curtain. Or get 20 Magic Armletsand refine them to get one. This comes with GF Carbuncle.

Auto-ProtectAgain, not much of a use especially if your vitality is high already.A waste of slot for your GF's and on your abilities. To get this youneed a Steel Curtain. To get one, refine 20 Adamantines. This comeswith the GF Bahamut.

Auto-ShellNot much of use. Comes from GF Doomtrain and can be refined bycollecting 100 Malboro Tentacles and convert them to 1 Moon Curtain.

Moon Curtain allows you to learn Auto-Shell and is quite useful formagic based enemies. But all in all, not really useful.

CoverAn ability that enables your character to cover another one beingattacked and sustain the damage. Not much of a use except for Omega'sTerra Break. Well I like better cover in FF VII as it coversautomatically. You don't have to command them. To get this, well thisis insane I'm telling you. To get this refine 5 Holy Wars!!!!!!!I don't know why Square would do something like this. I'd rather gofor the 5 Holy Wars than a lousy Knight's Code. Anyway you can getthis from Brothers.

CounterComes with Carbuncle and as for the description, the name says it all.To get this through refinement, Get 2 Glow Curatains and refine themto 1 Monk's Code. But I like Counter-Attack from FF7 better(I think I'm beginning to be very biased).

Ability4xA very useful ability and doesn't need to be equipped to function.Ability4x comes only with the GF Bahamut. He's the only GF that hasthis and it's a shame that not all your characters can have this


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wonderful bonus; not if you know what you're going to get. One ofthe hardest things to acquire in this game through refining but if youknow where to find a free one (2 actually) then you won't have tosit your butt again refining. One you can get from Cheryl's shop(again, the one that never opens). Just talk and talk and talk to theshop and you'll eventually be given a gift. Note that the only giftyou'll be given is the Rosetta Stone. If somehow you got another kindof item then maybe your at Johnny's or there is another gift that Cherylgives. But as far as I know, that's the only thing you can get. Theother one can be gotten from Ultimecia's Castle after solving thefloodgate mystery and the purpose of the Organ. To see the details,see Scott Ong's FF8 faq. Tnx to him I learned about this.So check out his faq.

OUTROWell, that's about it! Now that you've maximized almost all of yourcharacters statistics, got every slot of junctionable magicjunctioned already with the most powerful spells, got the bestabilities in the game, then maybe you'll be quite proud of yourachievement (I know. I am too). Anyway here ends my faq and hopefully,it was of great help to you all people out there. Thanks fortaking time to read my faq.

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