Walkthrough:Final Fantasy IX/TH/Part 22

Terra

You know nothing, and that is all.

Garland

Zidane will meet the guy who was on board the Invincible earlier. You'll need to choose your team now. If you encounter the Mover enemy, focus on one at a time using your strongest moves. Now, Go right to see a young girl. Instead of following her, go down the stairs on the left. Jump across the platforms for a Coronet, and continue across the other platforms for a Dragon Wrist. Return to where you saw the girl, and now follow her. On the next screen, you will find an Elixir in the chest to the left. Following the girl's lead once more, Go up the slope and across the bridge-like platform leading to an area strewn with bright glowing webs. Climb down the webbing to the right, and once more down webbing on the right-hand side if you want the Remedy found in the chest below. Back on the middle floor of the webbed structure, move to the left, and hop over the next webbing for a Mythril Racket within a hidden chest. Choose to go down the gap you just hopped over to get a Demon Vest, and to further pursue the mysterious girl.

After crossing the glowing bridge, Use the first set of stairs, then go left into the wall to where you're obscured from view. Push up and right to move around the obscured spiral walkway, continuing down below for a Minerva's Plate. Now back at the top of the first set of stairs, continue your journey upwards.

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Bran Bal

Talk about a let-down. Who would've guessed that the home I've yearned for would be a dump like this. No wonder I never found it. It's not even on Gaia!

Zidane

When you have control after the cut scene, go left to see two people similar to Zidane. Head for the house on the left side so Dagger can rest. Eiko will attempt to talk to people around here, but will only get a response from one of them. Leave the house and enter the one to the north, then using the stairs to the right to go down and talk to the girl to learn more about Zidane. Grab the Elixir in front of the red pot, between the screen and the stairs. Then go back up the stairs to talk to the girl again.

Dagger asks Eiko to go and look for Zidane. Watch a few ATEs as you move from the resting place to where you saw Quina and Zidane in the Active Time Event, "Place to Call Home". Once here, your presence triggers another ATE. Talk to Quina, who'll join your party. leave and go to the house on the right (the one the girl comes from). Examine the blue vase to set the Moogle free, SAVE and take Moorock's letter, addressed to Mozme. He's never heard of mognet! Buy items if needed, and open the chest for a Wing Edge. Leave and talk to Vivi, then follow the path around to the left and talk to Amarant on the next screen. Walk into the green light emanating from the arch. Talk to the girl and she'll inform you that Zidane left of his own free will to see Garland and find out the reason for his existence. Eiko will go back to tell Dagger what she knows.

Pandemonium

Alright... Time to teach this tyrant a thing or two...

Zidane

Here Zidane will speak to Garland. Follow him across the staircase and across the seashell patterns, and Garland will talk some more. Just keep following him, jumping when necessary to learn more about Zidane's purpose. It seems he was created as an 'Angel of Death' and to succeed Kuja once his strength was superior. Kuja, jealous of his new successor, dumped Zidane on Gaia hoping to destroy him in the Mist Continent War. Kuja's hatred seems to stem from Garland's creation of a 'better' version of himself. Zidane decides to take on Garland, but collapses.

Now for my favourite part of the game!

Eventually you'll be woken by Eiko and Vivi. Acting way out of character Zidane insults them both and locks them in a room. Stumbling alone he is soon attacked by a monster, but you should be strong enough just to keep attacking it. Freya and Amarant will soon join the battle, use Chakra and Reis' Wind if you need to heal and then just pummel the best to death. Once the monster is defeated, Zidane moves along to the next area (acting very Squall-like) and assists Steiner and Quina in their battle, use White Wind if there's a need and try to Eat the monster if you're confident in your strength. Zidane once again heads off on his own. Whilst in battle with a gigantic creature, Dagger comes to his aide, healing him with Curaga. Together they face the beast, which should be easy now that you have Dagger, a moderately effective healer on your side. Zidane will start to snap out of his depression.

After the apologies and motivational speeches go right to where Zidane sat and regroup. Talk to the Moogle to SAVE and buy items. Get his letter and raise your levels You should be at least level 50 (the moogle has everything you need, remember to use Vaccine if someone hits you with Virus or else you won't recieve EXP).

From Zidane's chair get the Holy Mitre. Now go all the way left to some pots. The switch will turn on the lights, and a timer will begin to count down. The trick is to stop before all the lights and wait for them to change, just don't get impatient (as I often do). Head to the bottom left corner and across the bridge to a console, which requires you to set a heading. Choose 3 then go left.

This is very confusing. Follow the slope to the middle dark platform and ride it up high. Walk along the upper right path (where you can't go further, try walking towards the screen) and at the very end a field icon will appear. The platform will be called and Zidane will try to jump to it but will be blocked. Go round and ride the step to a chest with 20007 gil. Return to the console and change it to 4. Come back and walk along the nearest path tap X when the field icon appears. The lift will take you up. Now run all the way around to the very top and the left platform (the one you were blocked at earlier). Call the pad and go up a floor, then go north-east to a teleporter, and follow the paths for a Carabini Mail and Elixir. Then go back and this time take the south path that takes you to a teleporter. Go up another floor.

Dreading this aren't you? Walk along the path and right at the junction, follow this path for some Battle Boots. Return and this time go left at the junction to another transporter, then use it and the one afterwards (below the moogle), Give Mozme the letter and SAVE. Equip Man Eater and fine tune your other abilities, take off level up for example, equip Zidane's Master thief and Locomotion on all characters. Note my party of choice is always Vivi, Steiner, Garnet and Zidane so i will be advising how to use these characters the best way I know how, However i will still try to explain what attacks other characters have at thier disposal.

Silver Dragon

Boss Fight

Silver Dragon

Average HP: 24,000

Items held: Kaiser Knuckles, Dragon Mail, Elixer

The creature only has 24,000 hit points and so poses very little threat. Thunder Magic works especially well here so Thundaga with Vivi and Ramuh from Garnet (unless she's healing). Steiner's Magic Sword would be good here two. Zidane's thievery/Physical attacks should make short work of it.

No time to rest as Garland enters the fray!

Garland

Boss Fight

Garland

Average HP: 40,728

Items held:Ninja Gear, Battle Boots, Dark Gear

As you can see Garland is a bit more dangerous then the Dragon, have your healer on stand-by ready to respond and set Zidane to work stealing armor. Vivi should be using stronger spells now, Water or Flare or even Meteor. Steiner or Amarant can pummel him with physical attacks. Freya should cast Reis Wind before using Lancer and physical attacks. Eiko's Holy would be brilliant now. Anyway you can see he has an annoying habit of 'stopping' characters so have some Remedies ready and try to keep your health topped up at acceptable levels, once Zidane has stolen the items blitz your strongest attacks on the Lord of Terra.

Kuja

Boss Fight

Kuja

Average HP: 42,000

Items held:Light Robe, Carabini Mail and Ether.

You're probably starting to feel the strain by now, Vivi was running out of Mp as was Dagger on my game, don't be afraid to throw up some Elixirs - you should have plenty. Providing you have Zidane's stealing abilities enhanced try to nick his amour, then atttack physically. If anybody hasn't got Auto-Reflect enabled Kuja will single them out and attack with magic, so have your healer ready to respond. Magic against Kuja will do half it's normal amount (he has shell enabled) so go all out with offensive spells, Flare just might save you here.

[Player note: To avoid his single-target spells, I used auto-reflect on the entire party. this turned out to be a horrible decision, and every single one of Kuja's turns, he used Flare Star which caused about 2000-2500 damage to each of my party members. I was lucky to defeat him, and only because I had auto-life to revive my team as they fell. Auto-life only works once per battle [unless cast again], so again, I was very lucky. Near the end of battle, he killed all four of my team members, and Steiner came back to life with his auto-life. using an elixir, i was able to turn the tables and defeat him with only Steiner alive. I recommend sacrificing one party member's auto-reflect to at least lower his chance of using Flare Star.]

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Once you've dealt enough damage he'll go into trance mode and cast Ultima, knocking your team to the floor.

Kuja gloats and sends Garland to his death, but before he perishes, Garland tells Kuja his lifespan is limited and that he'll die leaving Zidane to take his place. Kuja reacts violently. Realizing his time is near, it only fuels his ambition to destroy Gaia and suddenly Kuja decides to bring Terra down with him.

When you get control go down the path and step on the pad to create a bridge. Run across the teleporter with many evil eyes (eerie!) and Zidane will try to say something to Dagger but is interrupted. Get the Genomes out of here.

A fitting finale to Disk 3 with many questions answered at last, but still there's more! After all you can't let a madman run around destroying the world now can you?

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