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    Shipbound Exploration
Enemies:
Items: Sonic Knuckles, Kenpo Gi, Serpent Sword, 1,000 Gil (x6), 1,500 Gil (x2), 100 Gil (x2), Fire Staff, Ice Staff, Mage Robe, Toad Spell, Killer Bow, Light Arrow, Fire Arrow, Medusa Arrow, Ice Arrow, Scholar Robe, Book of Light, Book of Fire, Book of Ice
Once you have your ship, you can explore an entirely new part of the world you were previously unable to. Look around freely, but be warned - the enemies you will encounter are wholly tougher than anything you've thusfar faced, and you'll want to save often and be weary when exploring new areas. Generally, you shouldn't be able to access anything at this point in the game that you can't handle, but stay on the safe side nonetheless. If you want the major non-story based points of interest before moving on with the story, simply read the following paragraphs. It's at this time that you can get more information on the storyline and, even more importantly, buy some new goods, et cetera.

In the Village of the Ancients, which is located in the southwestern corner of your map on the circular-shaped landmass, you can talk to the residents and invest in any goods you might need. There is a weapon shop, armor shop, and magic shop in the small village, and an item shop within the village's inn (which you should naturally visit if you need to restore your party to full health). Otherwise, however, there's sadly little to do here.

Another point of interest, a small village called Tokkul (located due east across the desert from the Village of the Ancients). There's not much to do here. Many of the townspeople will run away from you when you try to talk to them, while others will give you some information of various varieties. The in-tact house to the north of the village, in a town otherwise completely destroyed, has a few treasures in the basement that are of interest. In the jars, you can find some Sonic Knuckles, while in the two treasure chests, you can uncover a Kenpo Gi and a Serpent Sword. If these weapons are applicable to anyone in your party, you'll naturally want to equip them on the appropriate people at this point (as you'll also want to do with anything you may have purchased from the Village of the Ancients, including of course magic).

When you're done with Tokkul and the Village of the Ancients, jump back in your craft and head towards the jutting peninsula at the northwest corner of the enclosed body of water. Depart your ship near the castle you come across - this castle, called Castle Argus, is chock full of Gil and other items that'll be quite useful on your quest. Start by going through into the second room of the castle, where four candles adorn the walls. Hit the rightmost candle of the four to create a secret opening that'll lead you to a series of treasure chests. Within, a total of 9,200 Gil awaits. Proceeding further into the castle from this route, two yellow (and hence sealed) doors will be found. You can use a thief in your party to unlock the two doors. In the room to the left, a Killer Bow, as well as a Light Arrow and a Medusa Arrow can be found in a secret room to the right (hit the bookshelf to open it). In the room to the right, a Book of Light, Fire Arrow, Book of Fire, Book of Ice, Scholar Robe, and Ice Arrow can be found in treasure chests. Otherwise, there's little else to do here.

Leaving the castle, you must now head west to a cave entrance, which will lead to an area called the Gulgan Gulch. At the Gulgan Gulch, you will find wise old men who are blind but quite wise and full of knowledge for which they see clairvoyantly. You can talk to everyone you find here in the small gulch, but the primary person you want to watch is the man at the center of the Gulgans on the lower floor, who will give your party the spell called Toad. Using this spell is the only way to proceed. If you explore south of this area via a hidden passageway, you can also find a small cache of equipment - a Fire Staff, an Ice Staff, and a Mage Robe can be found in treasure chests there.

With all of this, we're now ready to proceed with the quest. Heading north on the continent to a large tower, called the Tower of Owen, is what must be done now. This tower can also be easily accessed by sea; it's directly adjacent to the whirlpool that's currently keeping the ship trapped in the body of water its currently in.

    Tower of Owen
Enemies: Pugman, Fury, Blood Bat, Petit Mage, Aughisky, Far Darrig, Medusa (boss).
Items: Echo Herbs (x3), Spark Dagger, Bomb Fragment, Sonic Knuckles, Salamand Sword, Flame Mail, Zeus's Wrath.
If you came to the Tower of Owen before visiting the Gulgan Gulch and grabbing the Toad spell, you might have been confused. With the spell in hand, however, things will be much easier. In the initial watery area of the tower, head to the left, then south, and then rightward. At this point, a cutscene will automatically take place, alluding to needing to be turned into a toad in order to proceed. Make sure the white mage in your party has learned the spell, and use it on all four members of the party. Exit the menu thereafter and proceed rightward. While in toad status, doing this will bring you to the next part of the tower.

In this next area, immediately cast Toad on everyone in the party again (or use Maiden's Kiss items) to restore all members of the party. Then, head southward, westward, and northward to the next staircase. Here, go southward over the bridge, then bear rightward towards the treasure chest which contains Echo Herbs for your inventory. You'll notice that this is all quite linear, so you should be fine here without getting lost. As you proceed, another mysterious voice will talk to the party (this happened once at the beginning already). Hereafter, go southward along the series of bridges, rightward to grab the Spark Dagger from the treasure chest, then leftward to another staircase.

Go leftward here. Another game-catalyzed cutscene will take place. After it does, look for a small pathway jutting northward towards the wall. Face this pathway and press the action button to hit a switch that will lower a wall behind you. You can now access the area to the south, so do so. Head left all the way to the wall and northward to find more Echo Herbs, then head up the staircase to your right. Then, loop around this next area to yet another staircase leading even higher up the tower.

On this floor, you'll have a choice. First, head upward and to the right. A Bomb Fragment and more Echo Herbs can be found in the two treasure chests you'll run headlong into. Then, head leftward, following the winding path as it leads upwards and to another staircase. Go rightward along the bridge in this next area, and then up to a split. Go right at the split to find some Sonic Knuckles, then go leftward and towards, you guessed it, yet another staircase. In this final stretch, simply follow the winding, but linear, passageways. Just be sure to collect the three treasures en route to the final staircase - Zeus's Wrath, some Flame Mail, and a Salamand Sword. Proceeding from here into the next area, simply run northward and run right into this area's boss. Get ready to fight!

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