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"Is someone out there? Are they hiding from us?"

The Sylph Cave (シルフのどうくつ, Shirufu no Douketsu^?, lit. "Sylph's Cave"), also known as Sylvan Cave, is a location in the game Final Fantasy IV and its sequel, Final Fantasy IV: The After Years. It is located at the northwest corner of the Underworld, and it is the home of the Sylph fairies.

Like the Passage of the Eidolons, the floors of the Sylph cave are Damage Floors that can hurt characters as they walk across. As such, Rosa should cast Float each time the party changes floors to avoid this. In Final Fantasy IV: The After Years, the floors no longer damage the party and can be walked on normally.

StoryEdit

During Final Fantasy IV, when Cecil and his friends investigate this cave, they discover that the Sylphs are caring for a wounded man. That man just happens to be Yang Fang Leiden, Cecil's old friend who was presumed dead after the Super Cannon incident. The Sylphs will not let Cecil disturb Yang and when Cecil comes back with a frying pan, he wakes Yang up with it.

Yang insists on helping, but the Sylphs insist that he cannot due to his condition. In return, the Sylphs offer their power to Rydia as a summon. In the DS remake, Yang will also give the player a certain number of his augments, depending on how many other augments the player gave him while he was still in the party.

In Final Fantasy IV: The After Years, the cave becomes an optional dungeon for the player to visit.

LocationsEdit

Teleporter

By jumping down the hole located in B2, the player must head North and go through the secret passage, to the left to find the room. The teleporter is located on the other side of the room blocked by the trail of treasure chests, and it leads to the Sylphs' Cache.

Sylphs' Cache

The cache is located on B3, accessible from the hole in B2, then the teleporter through a secret passage found in the dead-end. The room contains six monsters-in-a-box, and stairs that lead out of the cave.

Sylph Home

The Sylph Home is located on the section of B3 accessible from B2. The entrance is still a battle field, and the player is not safe until he reaches inside. Yang and the Sylphs, who look after him and are healing him, are found here.

Sylph Home - B2

B2 is accessible from the stairs back from the first floor. If the player has spoken to the Eidolon in the Feymarch and has agreed to play the minigame, an Eidolon will be found in this room, talking to a Sylph. The room also has a set of stairs leading out of the cave.

QuestsEdit

Eidolon Search SidequestEdit

Main article: Eidolon Search Sidequest

In the iOS version of Final Fantasy IV, the player can embark on a quest to find eidolons scattered around the world. The fourth eidolon is inside the Sylph home (the second floor) in the Sylph Cave, and is talking to a Sylph.

TreasureEdit

Final Fantasy IVEdit

6,000 accumulated gil
Hi-Potion x5
Mega-Potion
Ether x2
Elixir
Remedy x4
Cabin
Charm Rod
Poison Claw
Cat Claw
Elven Bow
Fire Arrows x10
Ice Arrows x10
Lightning Arrows x10
Charm Arrows x10
Monster-in-a-box: Fight Bog Witch and Bog Toad x6 for a Mute Dagger
Monster-in-a-box: Fight Evil Dreamer x6 (three encounters, yield Elixirs in the Super NES version, yield a Red Fang, Blue Fang and White Fang in all other versions)
Monster-in-a-box: Fight Undergrounder x2 for Medusa Arrows x10
Monster-in-a-box: Fight Malboro x2 for an Avenger Sword
Monster-in-a-box: Fight Malboro x2 and Elder Treant x2 for a FullMoon

The After YearsEdit

Enemy formationsEdit

Final Fantasy IVEdit

SNES	PS	GBA
Molbol x2	Malboro x2	Malboro x2
Molbol x3	Malboro x3	Malboro x3
Molbol x2, DarkTree x2	Malboro x2, DarkTree x2	Malboro x2, Mammon x2
Molbol, Ghost, DarkTree	Malboro, Ghost, DarkTree	Malboro, Evil Dreamer, Mammon
Molbol, Ghost, DarkTree x2	Malboro, Ghost, DarkTree x2	Malboro, Evil Dreamer, Mammon x2
Ghost x4	Ghost x4	Evil Dreamer x4
Ghost x3, DarkTree x2	Ghost x3, DarkTree x2	Evil Dreamer x3, Mammon x2
ToadLady, TinyToad x3	ToadLady, TinyToad x3	Bog Witch, Tiny Toad x3
ToadLady, TinyToad x6	ToadLady, TinyToad x6	Bog Witch, Tiny Toad x6
Centpede, Molbol x2	Centpede, Malboro x2	Undergrounder, Malboro x2