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Urbeth

The Merchant City of Urbeth.

It's hard to believe now, but Urbeth was once a city of faith, where men treasured their souls more than their gold.

Urbeth resident

Urbeth (ウルペス国, Urupesu-kuni?) is a large city with many kinds of shops in Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light. One of the shops can upgrade the party's equipment. The city is divided into four regions, each ruled by a Merchant Lord: Thauzand, Trylion, Mylion, and Bylion; and each district has a "theme" to its shops: for example, one district sells accessories. In the center of the city is the Sky Tower, built to reach the heavens.

Story[]

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Jusqua arrives in Urbeth with the cat he believes is Princess Aire, in hopes that the local sorcerer can dispel the curse (the real Aire, however, is elsewhere). After seeking work from the Merchant Lords around the city, Jusqua earns 10,000 gil to pay the sorcerer, and the cat is turned in for the night. Jusqua runs into Yunita and convinces her to help him save the princess.

In the middle of the night the city is attacked by monsters transformed from various dolls the sorcerer had given to the citizens. Jusqua and Yunita clean up the city, but amid the chaos the sorcerer escapes taking the cat with him. Thauzand thanks them and readies a ship to sail to the north to pursue the sorcerer. Jusqua feels it is his responsibility to rescue Aire, and not wanting to involve the princess's bodyguard any further, he leaves Yunita in the night and sails alone to get the sorcerer.

When Yunita learns she has been abandoned again, she sets out to solve matters on her own. Taking Thauzand's advice, and after acquiring a pair of Rainbow Boots, she travels up the Tower to the Sky and arrives at Spelvia hovering above Urbeth.

Following events in Spelvia, the darkness in Rolan's soul is released and spreads out into the world. After the party is sent back in time, they discover Urbeth was once a city of faith, the four Merchant Lords were the four Priests, and the people are under a plague sent by Beelzebub. The only known cure is the Hi-Elixir, a type of medicine owned by an apothecary who charges a high price for it and the citizens who cannot afford the medicine pray to the gods for salvation. The heroes discover Thauzand's daughter, Elith, is infected with the plague and try to buy a Hi-Elixir from the apothecary merchant to heal her, but he says he has run out of stock and needs to fetch more flasks from the dangerous Hunting Caves. The party journeys into the Hunting Caves and recovers a flask of the Hi-Elixir, which they give to Elith.

The next day, they return to Thauzand's residence to discover his daughter hadn't been cured. She says that "the goddess is weeping", which prompts Thauzand to climb the Tower of the Sky to pray alongside the other priests, as they haven't prayed in some time. The party follows him to the Tower of the Sky and discover that the apothecary is the demon Beelzebub who cast the plague upon Urbeth to take money from the populace. The party defeats Beelzebub and restores the city, lifting the plague.

Upon victory, the Crystal calls the four youths to praise them for their deed, and grants them the Alchemist crown.

Spoilers end here.

Quests[]

The Shopkeeper Game[]

If you recommend a certain item, it'll sell even faster, so it's a good idea to recommend whatever you REALLY want to sell.

Sales associate

Talking to the man next to the counter in the Weapon Shop allows the player to set up shop for the day and place any items from storage onto counter space and attach limited and preset price tags. Various customers will come and purchase items for 30 seconds. At the end of the day the player is told what is the next item type in is demand. E.g. "all the people are buying swords".

The Seamstress crown can be obtained by having a 20,000 gil day, i.e. the maximum amount. An easy way to do this is to sell items until Spellbooks are in demand and save the game, and then sell spell books purchased in Urbeth—the magic shop is open at night—at the same prices. It may take a couple of tries reloading the saved file until it works.

The Shopkeeper Game is the primary way for the player to earn money. Selling two Ethers on a single counter at 5000 gil is simple, fast, and profitable. The player can cancel and restart the shop to get better counter space.

Shops[]

Before Darkness[]

Items (Bylion's Shop)
Item Cost
Potion 20 Gil
Hi-Potion 40 Gil
Torch 10 Gil
Dragon Wing 60 Gil
Antidote 20 Gil
Animatic Tonic 30 Gil
Eye Drops 20 Gil
Ether 1000 Gil
Items (Lower West Shop)
Item Cost
Potion 20 Gil
Hi-Potion 40 Gil
Antidote 20 Gil
Gold Needle 50 Gil
Echo Herbs 20 Gil
Animatic Tonic 30 Gil
Eye Drops 20 Gil
Alarm Clock 20 Gil
Cross 50 Gil
Remedy 400 Gil
Weapons (Thauzand's Shop)
Weapon Cost
Steel Sword 200 Gil
Hatchet 255 Gil
Steel Spear 330 Gil
Knife 220 Gil
Bolt Sword 700 Gil
Blue Shot 580 Gil
Encyclopedia 285 Gil
Cyclone Staff 295 Gil
Burning Harp 970 Gil
Ice Pick 640 Gil
Armor (Mylion's Shop)
Armor Cost
Traveler's Garb 150 Gil
Black Robe 350 Gil
White Robe 350 Gil
Bandit Gear 350 Gil
Poet Tunic 350 Gil
Wood Shield 130 Gil
Flame Shield 350 Gil
Rock Shield 350 Gil
Darksteel Shield 450 Gil
Accessories (Trylion's Shop)
Accessory Cost
Power Ring 500 Gil
Intellect Ring 500 Gil
Spirit Ring 500 Gil
Giant's Ring 500 Gil
Star Earring 500 Gil
Turtle Shell 500 Gil
Black Ring 500 Gil
Confuse Cape 250 Gil
Poison Cape 250 Gil
Stun Cape 250 Gil
Magic
Spell Cost
Fire Tome 500 Gil
Fira Tome 1500 Gil
Firaga Tome 5000 Gil
Water Tome 500 Gil
Watera Tome 1500 Gil
Waterga Tome 5000 Gil
Cure Tome 500 Gil
Raise Tome 1500 Gil
Shell Tome 1000 Gil
Protect Tome 1000 Gil

After Darkness[]

Items (Bylion's Shop)
Item Cost
Potion 20 Gil
Hi-Potion 40 Gil
X-Potion 400 Gil
Dragon Wing 60 Gil
Remedy 400 Gil
Ether 1000 Gil
Torch 10 Gil
Items (Lower West Shop)
Item Cost
Potion 20 Gil
Hi-Potion 40 Gil
Antidote 20 Gil
Gold Needle 50 Gil
Echo Herbs 20 Gil
Animatic Tonic 30 Gil
Eye Drops 20 Gil
Alarm Clock 20 Gil
Cross 50 Gil
Remedy 400 Gil
Weapons (Thauzand's Shop)
Weapon Cost
Steel Sword 200 Gil
Mutsunokami 10000 Gil
Hatchet 255 Gil
Book of Ifrit 770 Gil
Burning Harp 970 Gil
Encyclopedia 285 Gil
Magic Staff 95 Gil
Steel Spear 330 Gil
Horne's Bow 190 Gil
Harp 220 Gil
Armor (Mylion's Shop)
Armor Cost
Merchant Tunic 550 Gil
Salve-Maker Robe 500 Gil
Fighter Gi 550 Gil
Scholar Gown 700 Gil
Party Host Gear 600 Gil
Hero Armor 750 Gil
Paladin Armor 850 Gil
Flame Shield 350 Gil
Great Tree Shield 280 Gil
Accessories (Trylion's Shop)
Accessory Cost
Power Ring 500 Gil
Intellect Ring 500 Gil
Spirit Ring 500 Gil
Giant's Ring 500 Gil
Star Earring 500 Gil
Turtle Shell 500 Gil
Black Ring 500 Gil
Confuse Cape 250 Gil
Poison Cape 250 Gil
Flash Cape 250 Gil
Magic
Spell Cost
Fire Tome 500 Gil
Fira Tome 1500 Gil
Firaga Tome 5000 Gil
Cure Tome 500 Gil
Cura Tome 1500 Gil
Curaga Tome 5000 Gil
Regen Tome 1000 Gil
Esuna Tome 1500 Gil
Raise Tome 1500 Gil
Arise Tome 5000 Gil
Magic (Locked Shop)
Spell Cost
Drain Tome 1500 Gil
Confuse Tome 500 Gil
Poison Tome 500 Gil
Break Tome 2500 Gil
Silence Tome 500 Gil
Suppress Tome 2000 Gil
Flash Tome 500 Gil
Curse Tome 2000 Gil
Sleep Tome 500 Gil
Death Tome 5000 Gil

Multiplayer Prize Shop[]

Item Points
Mammon's Spear 3630
Gae Bolg 4290
Trident 7200
Worker's Clothes 1000
Silver Suit 1000
Red Jacket 1000
Trylion's Coat 1000
Gem Collector 4000
Fortune Egg 3000
Hermes Sandals 6000

Enemies[]

Town, Sorcerer's Attack

Musical themes[]

"Commercial City Urbeth" (商業都市ウルペス, Shougyoutoshi Urupesu?) is the background theme played during the day. There is also a "nighttime" (, Yoru?) version. Both tracks can be found in the original soundtrack as Tracks 19 and 20 respectively, and are composed by Naoshi Mizuta.

While under Beelzebub's curse, the city's theme is changed to "Cursed Town" (Track 30).

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