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- Final Fantasy IV Any% (Diehard%)
- Updated Strategies and Notes
- Catastrophic4
- Game Starts, things occur
- When gain control, go south one room, get far right treasure chest (tent)
- Proceed to Cecil's room, sleep, proceed with long scrolling text
- When gain control, menu, set Battle Speed to 1, Battle Message to 1 (and change window color to glitch settings if you wish)
- Walk to chocobo forest, catch chocobo, run to mist cave, proceed through cave
- BOSS: Mist Dragon
- (K) Jump
- (C) Attack
- (C) Attack
- (K) Jump
- (C) Attack
- (C) Attack
- (K) Attack
- Dragon turns to mist. You will want to select jump about 8.5 seconds after he finishes transforming
- during that transition, (C) Parry
- (K) Jump (8.5 sec)
- During "Get ready to fight" message, duplicate Cecil's shield (select position under tent, select shield, select empty left hand, select position under tent)
- (C) Attack
- (K) Jump
- (C) Attack
- (C) Attack
- (K) Attack
- (C) Attack
- (K) Attack
- Exit mist cave, walk towards mist. Perform mist skip/event trigger skip. To perform skip:
- Stand with one spot in between you and mist (So, its Cecil, Blank, Mist, Mist, Blank)
- Walk right one tile, and while walking right, hold left and hold menu. (You will see that right before the menu opens, Cecil will have turned left.) Use tent. Now you will be next to Mist.
- Walk right onto the first tile of mist. While walking right, hold right and hold menu. (It will be more difficult to see, but Cecil will take a step right one frame before you enter the menu.) Save, reset, walk right past mist then enter mist from the right side.
- Walk to weapon shop, enter menu, unequip Kain's Iron Gauntlet, equip Cecil's shield, unequip shield (shield will disappear into your inventory).
- Talk to weapon salesman, select sell, select the empty spot in the inventory where the shield should be. Sell that spot, earn like 6.5 million GP. Buy 10 Dancing Daggers
- Walk to Rydia's house (northern most house), get tiara (Chest on left in fireplace), get change rod at end of hidden passage
- Walk to scenario trigger tile, activate mist sequence
- When gain control, walk NE to kaipo, fight soldiers (just hold attack). When only general remains, allow him to escape.
- After gaining control, walk to NE most house and talk to Rosa. Exit house, enter menu, move Cecil up one position, equip Rydia with Tiara.
- Exit Kaipo, walk NE to Underground Waterway
- Proceed through waterway, get Tellah. In last room of first section of waterway, head south from the exit and pick up chest on left (Darkness Sword). Exit through exit to the north.
- Proceed through second part of cave
- BOSS: Octomamm
- (C) Equip Darkness sword, Attack
- (T) Lit 1
- (R) Equip Dancing Dagger, DD as item
- (C) Attack
- (T) Lit 1
- (C) Attack
- (R) DD as item, repeat process until Octomamm dead. (When Octomamm has 3-4 tentacles left, you can cast stop if you want on Tellah to slightly increase overall DPS). Heal as necessary throughout fight (Ideally, Rydia needs to survive this battle).
- Exit mist cave, walk to Damcyan (Damcyan clip if you wish), proceed with cutsce(YOU SPOONY BARD!!!)ne
- When gain control, take hovercraft east over shoals to antlion cave.
- Proceed through antlion cave. (On second floor, chest directly in path has a life potion, pick this up if Rydia is dead and use it on her). Head to bottom of cave
- BOSS: Antlion
- (C) Parry
- (E) Equip Dancing Dagger, DD as item
- (R) DD As item
- (C) Parry
- (E) DD as item
- (R) DD as item
- Exit cave, board hovercraft, return to Kaipo using shoals southwest of Damcyan
- Park outside of Kaipo, enter town, take Sandruby to Rosa, talk to rosa and use ruby on her
- Fight miniboss (sahagin) - Just hold attack for the whole fight
- Exit Kaipo, take hovercraft to Mt Hobbs (East of Antlion Cave).
- Park Hovercraft directly left of Mt. Hobbs entrance, enter mountain.
- Walk through northeast door to find Yang fighting imps. Hope that he kills them quickly.
- BOSS: Mombomb
- You need to do 800 damage to make mombomb switch forms. Ideally he will do this in one round of turns
- (E) DD as item
- (C) Attack
- (Y) Attack
- (Ry) DD As item
- (Ro) Cure if edward or rydia took damage, attack if not but mombomb not at 800 damage, parry otherwise)
- Once mombomb changes form, Parry to yang's turn
- When you see the "exploding message" - Count to two, then
- (Y) Kick
- BOSS: 3 Bombs, 3 Gray Bombs
- (Ry) DD top grey bomb
- (E) DD bottom grey bomb
- (Ro) Aim at red bomb that took 28+ damage
- (C) Attack front red bomb
- (Y) Attack front red bomb,
- (Ry) DD remaining grey bomb
- (E) DD or attack remaining bomb
- (Y/C) attack if needed
- Exit Mt Hobbs, follow path to Fabul
- Enter fabul, walk straight north, talk to king, agree to help
- Battle gauntlet begins; in all battles, use "can't run" strat if you know how to execute it
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- If you will be doing alternate/newer buying strat in Mysidia, be sure to unequip fireclaw at some point during fabul battles
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- Solider Battles:
- (E) DD Top Solider,
- (C) Attack Bottom Solider
- (Y) Attack Bottom Soldier - While general runs, adjust inventory
- Monster Battles:
- (E) DD Weeper
- (C) Attack Sahagin
- (Y) Attack Imp
- (E) Attack remaining enemy, if needed
- Gargoyle Battle:
- (E) DD Weeper - while attack animation going, adjust inventory
- BOSS: Kain
- Die. Have cecil attack himself to speed it up.
- Exit Fabul, board ship
- After washing shore and gaining control, walk to Mysidia
- Shopping time! Purchase:
- 10 Gaia Hats
- 10 Gaia Gear
- 10 Silver ring
- 10 Paladin Shield
- 10 Paladin Gauntlet
- 79 Life
- 79 Cure 2
- 79 Heal
- 89 x 6 Ether1
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- Updated buying strats:
- Alternatively, you can purchase the following:
- 10 Gaia Hats
- 10 Gaia Gear
- 10 Silver Rings
- 10 Paladin Shields
- 10 Paladin Guantlets
- 58 Life
- 58 Cure2
- 58 Heal
- 58 x 2 Ether1
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- Walk to northern-most building, talk to elder, get Palom and Porom
- Exit Mysidia, walk east and follow path to Mt. Ordeals, enter mountain.
- Follow path through to the summit, obtaining tellah along the way
- Once at summit, Rearrange party (not necessary, but you will have to rearrange later anyway, so might as well) to be Tellah, Palom, Cecil, Porom, Blank, cecil and tellah in front row. Equip Tellah with Gaia Hat, Silver. Equip Palom with Change Rod, Gaia Hat, Gaia Gear, Silver. Equip Cecil with Death/Black Sword. Equip Porom with Gaia Hat, Gaia Gear, Silver. Move cure 2 to top left position in items.
- BOSS: Milon
- (C) Cure 2 -Zombie
- (T) Cure 2 Different Zombie
- (Pa) Cure 2 Different Zombie
- (Po) Twin
- (C) Cure 2 Remaining Zombie
- (T) Parry (can adjust inventory while twin is casting.
- (C) Attack if twin damage was 800ish or greater, parry otherwise.
- (T) Parry
- (Pa) Twin
- (C) Attack if Twin damage 800ish or greater, otherwise parry.
- (T) Parry
- (Pa) Twin.
- (C) Attack
- After boss, heal everyone HP to max and MP to max using Cure 2 potions and Ethers. Switch rows.
- BOSS: Milon Z
- (C) Attack
- (C) Attack
- (T) Cure 2 on Milon
- (Pa) Cure 2 on Milon
- (Po) Twin
- (C) Attack/Cure 2 on Milon
- (T) Use heal on poisoned party member or Cure 2 on Milon
- (Pa) Cure 2 on Milon
- (Po) Twin.
- Repeat process until Milon is dead.
- Walk to Paladin room, become paladin
- BOSS: D. Knight Cecil
- (C) Equip Dancing Dagger, DD As item
- (C) DD
- (C) DD
- (C) DD
- Walk down mount ordeals, walk south from mt ordeals to chocobo forest, pick up chocobo, head back to Mysidia.
- Talk to elder at mysidia, read a nice poem
- Head to eastern house to warp to Baron.
- Once in baron, walk to Inn. Walk up to find Yang. Talk to yang
- BOSS: Guards
- (C) Cover Tellah
- (T) Virus
- (Pa) If alive, unequip change rod and equip dancing dagger
- BOSS: Yang
- (C) Parry
- (T) Equip change rod (if unequipped in last battle); After Yang Kicks twice,
- (C) Attack (to end battle)
- After gain control, walk north to Equipment shop (use key to enter)
- Purchase:
- 10 Headband
- 10 Karate
- 10 Iceclaw
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- If you did alternative buying in Mysidia, instead purchase:
- 10 Headband
- 10 Karate
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- Exit shop, walk west, enter door (using key)
- Walk through passage. On second screen, use the secret passages to the right of each small room to walk directly across
- After reaching baron castle, Unequip Palom's change rod if needed and equip to Tellah. Equip Cecil with Paladin Shield, Headband, Karate, Paladin Gauntlet. Equip Yang with Ice claw (or fire claw if you use alternate buying strats and did not buy ice claw in Baron), headband, karate, silver. Use MP Underflow glitch on Tellah. To execute:
- Enter menu, enter tellah's white magic. Use cure 4 until you have only 10 MP left.
- After this, move cure 4 to be left of cure 1. Select cure 4, hit right (so now one cursor is on cure 4 and the other on cure 1). Hit left and "A" simultaneously. This will force the game to cast cure 4 even though you don't have enough MP. Tellah's MP will look funny now.
- Head toward middle room in castle
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- From this point forward, you will have to decide if you want to have Kain at level 18 or 19 by the time you get to the Valvalis boss fight later in the run. The level 19 strat is overall faster, but the level 18 strat might feel more manageable if you are learning. To get to level 19, you will need to Kill off yang/cecil (probably better to pick yang) for two of the four next boss fights. These boss fights are Baigan, Kainazzo, Dark Elf, and Magus Sisters. In addition, you can kill off yang for Flamedog fight in Tower of Zot to give yourself a boost in exp.
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- BOSS: Baigan - (note we want both twins dead at the end of the battle)
- (C) Cover Tellah
- (Y) Parry
- (Pa) DD Porom if needed
- (T) Meteo
- (C) DD Palom if needed, Parry if Palom still alive
- (Y) Parry
- (Pa) DD Palom
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- For level 19 Kain, kill off Yang using (C) DD Yang
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- After battle, heal HP using cure 2 potions if HP is low (would recommend healing if below 60%)
- Walk North
- BOSS: Kainazzo
- (C) Attack (equip legend if needed) or Parry
- (Y) Attack or Parry **or still dead if you killed him during Baigan**
- (T) Lit 3
- (C) Attack.
- If Lit 3 kills him, great, if not, parry to tellah's turn and cast bolt 3 again
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- For level 19 Kain, kill off yang using (C) DD Yang or keep him dead if he died during Baigan
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- After gaining control and airship, fly Northwest to Troia
- Enter Castle, walk north and west to Edward, obtain Twinharp
- Use Ether on Tellah to fix MP, Cast exit
- Walk north to chocobo forest, catch black chocobo
- Fly east to Magnetic Cavern, enter cave
- Follow main path to Dark Elf Room
- In Crystal Room, swap Cid and Tellah position (now formation is Cid, Tellah, Cecil, Blank, Yang)
- Equip Cid with Headband, Karate, Iron Gauntlet
- Talk to dark elf, lose battle immediate, cutscene occurs.
- Talk to dark elf again
- BOSS: Dark Elf - you want to go fast enough that he transforms before casting "Whisper"
- (Ce) Attack
- (Y) Parry
- (Ci) Attack
- (T) Virus on Cid
- (C) Attack
- (Y) Attack
- (C) Attack (should cause dark elf to change forms)
- (T) Weak
- (Y) Attack
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- For level 19 Kain, if Dark Elf uses Weak on Yang, kill him with a physical attack; if not, do not use this battle to level Kain
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- Get crystal, walk out of crystal room
- Cast exit
- Mount chocobo, fly back to chocobo forest, get yellow chocobo
- Ride back to Troia, HOPE FOR LEFT HYPE CHOCOBO!
- Enter troia castle, walk to northern most room, after cutscene cast exit
- Board ship, fly to Tower of Zot automatically
- In tower of Zot, always follow the perimeter, this will lead you directly to the end
- In second room of Tower of Zot, treasure chest contains Fire Sword. Before opening chest, heal Cecil, Tellah to max HP.
- Flamedog:
- (C) Attack
- (Y) Attack
- (T) Ice 1
- (C) Attack
- (Y) Attack
- Continue following perimeter until approach Magus sister's fight. Before fight, underflow Tellah MP, heal up (keep cid dead).
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- If Yang/Cid are both dead;
- (C) Cover Tellah
- (T) Ice 2
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- BOSS: Magus Sisters
- (C) Cover Tellah
- (Y) Parry **or keep dead if died in Dark Elf/Flamedog**
- (T) Meteo
- (C) When Meteo casts, enter menu, select and open spot in the menu and unequip legend sword.
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- For level 19 Kain, kill off Yang using (C) DD if you have time and if Yang is weak enough
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- Head north, watch long cutscene (run to restroom, get some water, etc - you have a little time here).
- After *SPOILERS*, talk to Kain, save rosa, reunite party.
- When gain control, menu, Equip Cecil with Fire sword (will show he has 2 on). Equip Cecil With Dancing Dagger. Equip Kain with Fire sword, headband, karate. Equip rosa with headband, karate, silver. Switch formation to Cid, Cecil or Rosa, Kain, Cecil or Rosa, Yang (I use Cid, Cecil, Kain, Rosa, Yang). Heal everyone to max, walk one step down. Write down how much GP you have.
- BOSS: Valvalis (Kain @ Level 18 Strat) - this boss is tough and takes practice so that you can get a feel for what is going on. If the turn order ends up different due to Stone/Death/Levels etc, make necessary adjustments
- (K) Jump
- (Y) Cure2 Cecil if Weak, parry otherwise
- (Ce) DD
- (R) Slow
- (Ci) Attack
- (Y) Attack
- (K) Jump
- (Ce) DD
- (R) Slow
- (Ci) Attack
- (Y) Attack
- (Ce) DD
- (K) Attack
- (R) Cure 2 cecil or heal stone from anyone
- (Ci) Attack
- (Y) Attack
- (Ce) DD
- (K) Jump
- (R) Cure 2 cecil or heal stone from anyone
- (Ci) Attack
- (Y) Attack
- (Ce) DD
- (R) Cure 2 cecil or heal stone from anyone
- (Ci) Attack
- (K) Attack
- (Y) Attack
- (Ce) DD
- (R) Cure 2 cecil or heal stone from anyone
- (Ci) Attack
- (K) Jump
- (Y) Attack
- (Ce) DD
- (R) Cure 2 cecil or heal stone from anyone
- (Ci) Attack
- (K) Attack
- (Y) Attack
- (Ce) DD
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- BOSS: Valvalis (Kain @ Level 19 Strat)
- *Use "can't run" buffer while selecting certain attacks, such as Cecil-DD, to give yourself extra time, if needed*
- --Don't worry if your turn order is a little different. Regardless of the order, you pretty much will always (K) Jump, (Ce) DD, (Ci) Attack, (Y) Attack, and (R) Cast slow or use cure2/heal--
- (K) Jump
- (Ce) Cure 2 cecil if weak or DD otherwise
- (R) Slow
- (Ci) Attack
- (Y) Attack
- (K) Jump
- (Ce) DD
- (R) Slow
- (Ci) Attack
- (Y) Attack
- (Ce) DD
- (R) Slow or Cure 2 cecil or heal stone from anyone
- (K) Jump
- (Y) Attack
- (Ci) Attack
- (Ce) DD
- (R) Cure 2 cecil or heal stone from anyone
- (K) Jump
- (Y) Attack
- (Ce) DD
- (Ci) Attack
- (R) Cure 2 cecil or heal stone from anyone
- (Y) Attack
- (Ce) DD
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- While mashing through cutscene, calculate [(GP Before Valvalis +19500) - 1073407] (if you did the older buying route in mysidia) or [(GP Before Valvalis + 19500) - 5267711] (if you did the newer, alternate buying route). If the number is positive, divide it by 150 and round that answer up to determine how many life potions you will need to buy later. If the number is negative, divide it by 75 and round that answer up (rounding a negative number down really rounds it to the front integer - for example, if you get -4.965, rounding that "up" would be "-4") to determine how many life potions you will need to sell later.
- After leaving baron castle, if last chocobo didn't go left, catch another one and send him left.
- Fly south to Agart, enter town, walk north
- Drop magma in well
- Board ship, land in the crater
- After cutscene, change party formation to Cecil, Blank, Kain, Rosa, Yang
- Walk to left room and buy/sell the amount of life potions you calculated earlier.
- Walk into kings room and begin counting at "5" for glitch (begin counting at "3" if you didn't have to buy or sell anything)
- Walk back and forth into middle room and king room until you have gone from "5" to "63".
- Walk north, talk to the king, Cutscene ensues
- BOSS: Cal x3, Brena x3 - Another battle where your timing is important. You want to kill the last remaining blue and red doll within 1-2 turns of each other to minimize chance of fighting big doll. Practice is the key.
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- Note: At level 19, Kain can do 1000+ damage per jump. This means he can one shot a blue doll. Be careful that you don't accidently kill all of one color of a doll due to your attacks redirecting to a doll in which you did not intend to attack
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- (K) Jump Back Blue Doll
- (C) DD Front Top Red Doll
- (Y) Attack Front right doll or Top Red Doll
- (R) Slow all dolls
- (C) DD Back Blue Doll
- (Y) Attack front right doll
- (K) Jump Top Blue Doll
- (R) Cure 2 cecil or Cast Mute on Party
- (C) DD Top Blue Doll
- (Y) Attack Bottom Right doll
- (R) Cure 2 cecil or cast mute on party (mute must be established before battle is over)
- (K) Jump bottom left doll
- (C) DD Bottom left doll
- (Y) Attack front right doll
- (C) Attack
- (K) Attack
- (Y) Attack
- * If Cecil doesn't kill a doll from a DD, you will need to adjust this a bit to have Yang follow up and finish it off
- BOSS: Golbez
- As soon as Kain's turn comes up, Try to run, While it says "can't run",
- (K) Jump.
- While Golbez is talking, equip Fire Sword on Cecil
- When Cecil said "And you, Cecil",
- (C) Attack
- (K) Attack
- (C) Attack
- After battle, heal mute from cecil, adjust window color to 64 floor hierarchy glitch settings, cast "warp" with Rydia, obtain crystal.
- Perform 64 Floor glitch through the end of the game. Notes for this glitch are available at various sources .There are at least three different variations of the glitch that are available for review. Please ask myself (catastrophic4), the_roth, or nocashnocash for the notes if needed.
- My notes for the glitch can be seen at http://pastebin.com/GjHqijwn
- Kain at Level 19 Notes: https://www.dropbox.com/s/okyci8glxxeh9uu/Kain%20Level%2019%20EXP%20calc.xls?dl=0
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