From: Anthony Comberiate <comberia@wam.umd.edu>
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 1995 13:07:33 -0500
To: vestal@computek.net
Subject: Re: The UnOfficial Squaresoft Home Page

Okay, here it is!  Complete!  Unauthorized!  Untamed!  Uncalled for!
Its....

		T H E     C O M P L E T E L Y     B O G U S
		F I N A L   F A N T A S Y   3     F A Q ! !


Version 4.0 (Final Version)

INTRO:

Sometime in February of '95, Scott Tengelin started a thread on this
newsgroup involving hidden characters in FF3, which were made up.
Since there are so many people out there who have done everything
there is to do in FF3, yet still enjoy the game, the thread became
rather popular.  People not only came up with ideas for secret hidden
characters, but also places to get to from other video games and
exciting new endings.  I posted to the thread and suggested that
someone make up a Bogus FAQ, which would include all this humorous
and exciting stuff.  Then I decided, what the heck, why not me?
Scott and I gathered up all the stuff we'd saved from the thread's
postings, and I organized it, forming a 17K file, and posted it.
Lots of people posted more ideas to the thread and some sent me ideas
directly, so I continued to add them in, all the while organizing,
improving, editing, and adding lots more stuff.  In addition to the
original version, I posted Version 2 (45K), Version 2.5 (56K),
Version 3.0 (73K), and Version 3.5 (95 freakin' K), as well as this
version, which is about that size.  This is, in theory, the final
version of the FAQ (Version 4.0), and I'm finishing it up because it
takes waaaaaay too much time to write and edit one of these things.
(Though I am planning to hang on to it so I can repost or send copies
by request.)  I'd like to thank everyone I've listed under the
writers/ compilers section for sending me ideas to improve stuff and
more entries, mostly for the Hidden Characters section.  (I'd also
like to be thanked (or thank me) for fitting all this stuff in and
putting it together, fixing all or most of the spelling mistakes, and
adding a lot of neat stuff to some of the endings, even though it all
was, at least to a certain extent, a labor of love.)  Anyway, if you
see mistakes in the FAQ or anything, you can still write me at
comberia@wam.umd.edu so I can have them fixed in any repost or copies
I send out.  I'd also like to hear comments about what you liked or
didn't like about this FAQ, so go ahead and send them.  Again, I'm
not planning to add more new stuff or make any more big revisions;
this file is really long and really complex already.  (In fact it
takes an hour or two just to read through it, let alone edit it.)
Well, without further ado, the final version of The Completely Bogus
Final Fantasy III FAQ!!:


HIDDEN CHARACTERS:

Ultros: Take the Cross to the Colosseum. Bet the Fireball (don't
worry;you'll get it back) and you will fight Ultros.  He'll only
join you after thebattle _if_ you have the Cross.

ULTROS: "Blue... eight arms... sharp teeth... a smelly octopus with a
heart of gold."

Ultros's commands are:
Fight
Magic
Tentacle
Ink
Item

Low HP attack: X-Tentacles (Tentacles surround the enemy and attack
it.)


Kefka: To get Kefka to join your party, use the Illumina Sword on the
GemBox; it'll break open and reveal the Amulet of True Light.  Kefka
willsuddenly appear in front of you, repent for all he has done, and
head off to your airship.

KEFKA: "Once a follower of the dark, now a student of light.  His
laughstrikes terror in all."

Kefka's Commands are (to start):
Y-Fight
X-Magic
Special
Twin
Item

Y-Fight is similar to X-Magic; Kefka attacks once with a regular
blow, then attacks with a special weapon, which Muddles, Poisons, or
Dooms an enemy.  Special makes Kefka attack with Grand Chorus, which
gives all enemies a random status change such as death and quartr.

If you have Kefka and Kakef together in the same party, they can use
the Twin attack.  First, it rains 2 X-Meteos on the enemy party, then
it does a spell similar to Merton, and finally it casts a spell
similar to Ultima.  Unless _both_ twins have the Economizer equipped,
the spell costs them each 200 MP.

Kefka's status screen contains these hidden attacks/ special
abilities:
Call (randomly calls one of the 3 statues to attack enemies)
Havok Wing
Laugh
Rage
SwdTech
KefkaWave (similar to a Dark Knight's "Darkness" attack)
Light of Judgement
LeoZ (Kefka briefly morphs into Gen. Leo and does Shock.)

Laugh makes all enemies mindless slaves, and they either join you or
fight themselves for the rest of the battle.  He uses this
automatically in the Colosseum against party members you find there.

When you use the Light of Judgement, all targets take 9999 damage
regardless.  Unfortunately, this only works inside towers.

Kefka's X-Magic spells include:
Fallen One
Moo: Kefka turns opponents into cows.
You Lose: Doom spell for the whole enemy group.
Double: Kefka gets 2 turns, every turn, for the rest of the battle.

Kefka's Rages include:
Fighter: Powerful Pearl attack.
Bl.Belt: Multiple hits, not Magic related.
B.Mage: Does random Black spell from FF1.
W.Mage: Does random White spell from FF1.
Thief: Steals with a success rate of 100%.
R.Mage: Does totally random spell from FF1.

Kefka's SwdTechs are as follows:
Havok wing is Swdtech 9.
Revenger is Swdtech 10.
Kefka's Laugh is Swdtech 11.
Grand Chorus (also Kefka's Special attack) is Swdtech 12.
SwdTech 13 is a Dummy SwdTech, because it's been dummied out of the
game.
KefkaBolt is Swdtech 14.  It's like AuraBolt, but it does 9999 damage
8 times.
There is also an unnumbered SwdTech called God!.  Kefka can learn it
if you shoot the Black Gun at the White Gun.

Low HP attack: Magittack (Kefka dons Magitek armor and attacks all
enemies.)

Note: If Kefka joins your party, it obviously changes the ending.
You can still get the Sabin ending, the GoneGone ending, or the M.
Bison ending, but you can't get the Erdrick ending.  However, if you
don't try to get any of these you'll just end up with the
Espers-Don't-Die Ending, and you'll win after you kill the third tier
of the Final Boss.  (This is quite a letdown, but it's an easier way
to get the Espers-Don't-Die Ending.)


Kakef: (Kefka's good twin) You get Kakef on Gau's father's roof, but
you have to have Cyan or Celes fix his chair first.  There will be a
BIG reunion scene if you put him and Kefka in a party together.

KAKEF: "Is he familiar? A stranger? Or just another brother of
another character?  Who can say?"

Kakef's commands are:
Fight
Disappear (only with Invisibility Ring)
Magic
Twin
Item

Disappear works outside of battle, too.  Kakef is highly vulnerable
against magic after disappearing, but he can walk through walls
inside castles and some caves.

Low HP attack: Storm (Similar to Fallen One; Kakef knocks an enemy
down to less than ten hit points.)

Note: Depending on which ending you get, Kakef may or may not
actually be an imposter.  (See the Ultra Combo ending.)


Cid: Put Locke and Kefka in a party together, then go to the Solitary
Island and talk to Cid.  You'll fight Ol' Grandad.  Have Locke Steal,
and you will get the Razor.  Cid will grow facial hair, change his
clothes, and learn the Peep command.  He will then admit to building
the airships and blow himself up.  Go to the Dwarven underground and
find him by the nurse.

CID: "Technology is his servant, machines are his voice in the
world."

Cid's commands are:
Fight
Peep
Repair (sort of like Health, but it works much better on machines
thanpeople.)
Item

Low HP attack: Mecha Drop (Cid morphs into a cybernetic creature and
Suplexes an enemy.)


Baram: Use the Vanish-Fire28 (learned from Siggy Esper) trick on
Intangir to knock him out.  While he's unconscious use the Holy
Scissors to remove his mask (mentioned in the Book of Secrets).  It's
Baram!  If Shadow is in the party, he'll agree to join you as soon as
you feed him 22 pieces of coral.  If you sleep at an inn with Baram
in your party, he has four different fantasy dreams about Mog.

BARAM: "He comes and goes like the wind. His name is known, but his
past is hidden."

Baram's commands are:
Fight
Mock (becomes Insult when equipped with Paladin Loafers)
Steal (he's a thief, remember)
Item

The Mock command contains 12 insults which Baram learns with
level-ups.  You can change it to Insult if you equip him with the
Paladin Loafers, which increases its power.


Low HP attack: Red Spiller (Baram jumps at the enemy and attacks with
aknife; similar to Celes's Spin Edge)


Ken, Ryu, Jax, Akuma:
(Hard way): If you take Relm into the Colosseum and bet the Black
Belt, you get Ken.  But if you take Celes and do the same thing, you
get Ryu.  Jax appears in the cheap seats of the Colosseum after you
bet the RealMustache; you can fight him if you bet the Scorpion Doll.
To convince Jax to join you, send Kefka in when you bet the Scorpion
Doll, he'll use his Laugh command and Jax will join you.  Akuma is
also sitting in the stands, four rows down and two seats over from
Jax.  He'll challenge you to a Hadoken contest in the Colosseum if
you use Ryu as your fighter and bet the Purple Belt.  Win, and he
joins you.

(Easy way): Go to the Colosseum with Cid in your party.  Bet a weak
item to make Chupon appear.  The fighter will get sneezed out of the
arena.  Bet another weak item and fight Chupon again.  (Remember, you
_want_ to be sneezed.)  Finally, after five tries of this, Cid gets
disgusted and makessome cold medicine.  (It turns out Chupon only
had a cold!  That's why he's been sneezing!)  Send Cid into the arena
after he says he's made the medicine, and he'll give it to Chupon
automatically.  Chupon will be so grateful, he will become Cid's best
buddy, and he'll give Cid a big wet kiss.  Ken, Ryu, Jax, and Akuma
will become so angry at the whole business that they'll destroy the
Colosseum and then join your party.  (BTW, take Edgar and Cid into
the ruined Colosseum, and they'll rebuild it, also adding a trap door
which leads to the Esper Street Fight Arena.)

KEN and RYU: "A street fighter with an attitude... Shoryuuuuuu...
KEN!"

Ken & Ryu's commands are:
Punch
Kick
Shoryuken
Hadoken (only when equipped with Fireball)
Item

Low HP attacks: Super Combo (Just like their super combos, of course.
Works with either Punch or Kick.)


JAX: "An interdimensional cop, ready to stop all who break the law."

Jax's commands are:
Fight
Fatality (sort of like Doom, either it kills or it misses)
Ground Slam (hits all enemies on the ground)
Wave
Item

Low HP attack: Gotcha Grab (Same as in MK2, but always hits 4 times.)


AKUMA: "Perhaps just another powerful warrior, perhaps the devil
himself."

Akuma's commands are:
Fight
Uncurse (works outside battle too)
Mimic (particularly effective with Ryu or Ken)
Item

Low HP attack: Devil's Grin (The screen turns white and you see giant
eyesand a mouth appear vaguely.  You then hear Kefka's laugh, and
the screen returns tonormal.  Hits all enemies.)


Jago: If Sabin or GoneGone becomes the last guy, you'll be able to
get Jago.  (His purpose and location will depend on which last guy it
is.)
Sabin Ending:  You'll find Jago meditating on the top of Mt. Zozo.
Jago can get you straight to Sabin from anywhere in Sabin's Tower
with his spin kick.  Just get in a fight and have Jago cast Hangon.
Then have Jago Spin.  Poof!  You're at Sabin (after a nifty cinema of
flying by everything in the tower).
GoneGone Ending: Since you must be in the W.O.B., you'll find Jago
meditating on the top of Mt. Koltz.  Jago can get you straight to
GoneGone from anywhere in the W.O.B. with his spin kick.  In fact,
this is the only known way to reach GoneGone (except through the
Ultra Combo ending).

JAGO: "One combo-bustin' ninja with a serious attitude!"

Jago's commands are:
Fight
Combo (gets anywhere from 3 to 35 hits)
Spin Kick (instantly go to the boss of the area you're in)
Item

Low HP attack: Car Drop (Jago sits down and meditates, then a car
falls onone enemy.)


Luigi: Luigi is sitting on the third level of the Ancient Castle,
before you find Porom and Palom.  Talk to him, and he'll stop eating
his pasta and join you.  There is also a Dark Luigi, which you can
find and defeat in Wario's Castle in WarioLand.

Porom and Palom: They're standing in the Third level of the Ancient
Castle(the switch is 8 steps south of the King's throne).  If you
talk to them,they say something about a time warp.  (They don't join
your party.)  If you take the path on the right in the time machine,
you'll end up at the Mario search game, Mario is Missing.  If you
take the road on the left instead, you'll see Cecil's greatgrandson,
who will give you a clue about finding Cecil.  (He says that
gathering all the Paladin equipment will summon Cecil, and that Cecil
will be waiting for you in the Colosseum.)  Farther along the left
path is the entrance to Baron in the Overworld of FF2.

Mario: After you find Luigi, you will be able to play Mario is
Missing.  At the end, you will have Mario (duh).

MARIO: "A star in his own right, a plumber with power and an
attitude."

LUIGI: "A koopa-stomping plumber with an appetite for pasta!"

Mario and Luigi's commands are:
Stomp
Fireball (only if Fireball is equipped, of course)
Jump (also breaks ceilings)
Item

Low HP attacks: Hammer Toss (Works with Fireball command.  Mario
morphs from small Mario into Hammer Brother Mario and tosses hammers,
attacking 2enemies.  Luigi does the same thing.)


Toad: Really hard to get. Bet the Dirk at the Colosseum and beat
Chupon, Ultros, or Darth Vader.  You will win the Mushroom. Take this
to Gau'sFather's House with Edgar in your party. Fix his stove, then
use the Mushroom while in the house to bake a Mushroom Souffle (only
Edgar knows how to make this).  Take the Mushroom Souffle back to the
Colosseum, bet it, and you will fight Toad!  After the fight, he will
join you just like Shadow did.  (Note: If you destroy the Colosseum,
you can still get him after it's been rebuilt.)

TOAD: "He squeaks when stepped on, and has the strength of thirty
mushrooms."

Toad's commands are:
Stomp
Throw
Cook Souffle (heals party members)
Item

Low HP attack: Buddy Tosser (throws another party member at enemies;
throws himself when alone)


Cecil: To get Cecil, you will have to find and uncurse 8 cursed
items.  (Remember, there are two of each cursed item, and only one of
each can be uncursed.  Akuma's Uncurse command works well.)  The
uncursable cursed items you must find are:

Cursed Ring: Steal from creatures in Kefka's or Sabin's Tower.
Cursed Boots: Hidden in the Fanatic's Tower.
Cursed Helmet: Hidden in the cave to the Sealed Gate; use the Paladin
Boots to walk over the lava to get to it.
Cursed Armor: Hidden in Narshe.
Cursed Rod: In the third level of the Ancient Castle, near Cecil's
greatgrandson.
Cursed Sword: Hidden in the Cave after the Esper Street Fight Arena.
Cursed Loafers: Buy them in a hidden shoe store behind a painting in
Jidoor.
Cursed Emerald: After uncursing the other 7 uncursable items, you'll
be teleported to the crystal chamber on the moon.  The 8 crystal will
thenmerge, become cursed, and turn into an Emerald.  Once you
uncurse the Emerald, Cecil's ghost will return to life, and he'll
head to the Colosseum.  Go there and bet the Emerald.  Cecilwill
then join your party if you defeat him.

CECIL: "The hero of another age, one who has seen both light and
darkness."

Cecil's commands are:
Fight
Paladin Blitz (a powerful Blitz that doesn't require controller
motions)
Cover
White
Item

Low HP attack: Royal Break (Sort of a combo of Royal Shock and Tiger
Break.)


GesthalZ: After Kefka and Kakef's reunion scene, fly around in the
airship until you are attacked by GesthalZ, Gesthal's ghost.  Use one
Fenix Down or Revivify on him, and he'll come back to life and join
your party.

GESTAHLZ: "Once a powerful emperor, he, too, has seen both light and
darkness."

GesthalZ's commands are:
Fight
X-Magic
Command
Possess
P. Morph (morphs into a Phantom, similar to Terra's ability)

Command is a stronger form of control, in which GesthalZ does not
losecontrol of the target if it gets hit.  It only stops if he or it
dies.

Low HP attack: Magimasher (GesthalZ casts a powerful spell and the
screenturns black.  Hits all enemies.)


Zemus: With GesthalZ and Kefka both in your party, cross over into
the Overworld of FF2 through the time machine in the Ancient Castle.
Zemus joins your party as soon as you arrive, filling the new place
for a fifth party member.

ZEMUS: "Enemy of millions, he has seen the light AFTER the darkness!"

Zemus's commands are:
Fight
Big Bang
Black Hole
Black
White

Low HP attack: W. Meteo (Zemus jumps to the center of the screen,
looks tothe sky, and chants the spell.  Hits all enemies, usually by
9999.)

Warning: After you build your own airship from the parts at the
auction, remember to get the Crystal of Flight from under the statue
in the Ancient Castle so you can go to the Moon, or else the airship
will crash and you'll be stuck in the Underworld, and you'll lose
your chance to get Zemus here.  However, once you repair the Airship
and get the Big Whale, you can find him on the Moon.


Garland (from FFI): He'll appear once you enter WarioLand, on the
other side of the Esper Street Fight Arena.  You have stop him from
completing his 1000 year time loop. In order to do this, find the
Mind-Control Helmet that they used on Terra at the beginning (Look
around Narshe and tap "a" at various walls.)  Use it on him, and
he'll realize that he can't get back to the future, so he'll join
your team.  He can use the Elemental Orbs which are very powerful.

GARLAND: "The enemy of all, who was lost in time..."

Garland's commands are:
Fight
Warp (his time warp; it takes you back to the beginning of the
currentbattle)
Morph (into Chaos, of course)
Black
White
Elements (Elemental Orbs, used like Espers)
Item

Low HP attack: Cure4 (Similar to Zemus's.  Cures Garland completely.)


Meltdown: You can get Meltdown from the original version of KI in the
Cave to the Sealed Gate.  (You though they just renamed him Cinder,
rather than replacing him, didn't you?)  He's near the Cursed Helmet.

MELTDOWN: "He has left to find his freedom as a fire warrior..."

Meltdown's commands are:
Fight
Combo
Melt (works like the Fire3 spell)
Item

Low HP attack: Inferno (Meltdown kneels down and shoots a stream of
fire from his hands.  Hits one enemy.)


General Leo: Fight Platinum dragons, sometimes they give up a
Resurrection Potion when they die.  Take the potion to Leo's grave;
he'll return to life and join you.  Leo is always equipped with the
Offering and Atlas Armlet, so his attacks are much stronger than
expected.  You can also revive him with the powered up Phoenix Esper.

GEN. LEO: "Back with a vengeance (you thought he was dead!), on the
side of the right!"

Leo's commands are:
Fight
Shock
Burn (again, it helps to have the Fireball)
Item

Low HP attack: Earthquake (Sort of like a Shock super combo move.)


Maduin: Enter Kefka's Tower through the secret entrance in the back
with Cid in your party.  When you get to the remains of the Magitek
Research Facility, Cid will use the Tower's equipment to drain the
Guardian and put the energy back into Maduin.  (If you've already
beaten Guardian, don't worry, because we're talking about the other
Guardian, which is invincible.)  This revives him, and he then joins
your party.


MADUIN: "Yet another relative, with yet another tragic story, an
Esper with great power."

Maduin's commands are:
Fight
C. Wing (Chaos Wing)
X-Magic
Item

Low HP attack: Magicite (Maduin jumps to the center of the screen and
calls a random Esper.)


Sigma: After reviving Maduin, a Sentry 274 (Sigma) will appear and
challenge you at the exit of the room.  Once you wear Sigma down,
he'll call WarMech to help him.  If you defeat WarMech, Cid will
reprogram Sigma, and Sigma willjoin your party.  You'll also receive
the Dryad esper, which teaches you Mana Magic, Blaster, and Sleep.

SIGMA: "Forged of energy, strength of steel, a robot pal with power!"

Sigma's commands are:
Fight
L. Saber (Light Saber)
MagiTek
Item

Low HP attack: Takedown (Sigma calls his dog to attack.)

Note: To find the Tower's back entrance, you have to have a member of
your party equipped with the True Knight (or you can use Cecil's
Cover if you have him).  Walk in a circle around the Tower and you
will fight various enemies.  Make sure one of your characters is Near
Fatal, so the True Knight (or Cecil) will protect him/her.  When the
True Knight (or Cecil) blocks a blow, he will be knocked off screen.
Win the fight, and he'll come back with knowledge of the secret
entrance.


Mega Man: Leave Kefka's (or Sabin's) Tower after beating the dragons,
and go back to the Solitary Island.  Downstairs is Mega Man, sitting
where the raft used to be.  (He won't be there if Dr. Light has
already assembled X for you.)  If you use his megablaster on
Brachosaurs without charging it up, you'll get an Economizer each
time.  If you charge his blast up first, you can get a Gem Box or
Offering instead (50% chance of either).

MEGA MAN: "Skin of titanium, a rock-and-roll warrior of great
technology!"

Mega Man's commands are:
Shoot
Charge
Rush
Item

Using Rush calls Mega Man's dog, Rush.  It's similar to when Shadow
calls Interceptor.

Low HP attack: None.


Mega Man X: When going through the Magitek Factory, search for a
secretpassage (it involves jumping off one of the conveyors into a
bottomless pit) and you will be alone in a room with a chest.  Kill
the monster-in-a-box (Vanish X-zone works) and he'll give you a
Detached Arm.  Give this to Cid (after you revive him in W.O.R.) and
he'll give you a Rare item, the Textbookof Robotics.  (If Cid is in
your party already, you'll automatically receive it from him in a
short cinema scene.)  Let Gau's father read the Textbook (he won't
unless you fix his stove) and he gives you an Energy Tank and
suggests meeting his uncle at the Colosseum.  Go to the Colosseum and
bet the Detached Arm; you'll fight Dr. Light.  Beat him (it's tough
since magic doesn't work, but Edgar's Chainsaw and Air Anchor are
pretty good) and give him the Energy Tank.  He takes your Detached
Arm, goes into the back (storyline... sigh... tap tap tap tingity
ting ting ting... etc...) and Mega Man X will appear, telling you
that it was Kefka who took the arm off in the first place and that
he'd like to assist you in beating that psychopath, Kefka.  (Of
course, if Kefka is in your party, he'll try to kill Kefka right
there, but your other party members will convince him that Kefka has
reformed.)  Like the other robot characters, he's immune to the
effects of Ultima.

MEGA MAN X: "A robot with abilities as diverse as they are powerful."

Mega Man X's commands are:
Shoot
Device
Rush
Item

The Device command allows Mega Man X to use the abilities of the
bosses,such as Absolute Zero, S. Cross, N. Cross, etc.  Mega Man
will learn theability from a boss if he's in your party and he
survives the battle.  (After a boss fight, he goes up to the
disintegrating boss and pulls out some sort of sphere and plugs it
in.  Then he has the ability.)  Mega Man's WallChange is particularly
nice.  Gogo can use them too; if you find Mega Man and then go to
Gogo's status screen to set up his commands, you'll see the Device
command at the very bottom.

Low HP attack: None.

Note: You'll be able to get either Megan Man or Mega Man X, depending
on whether you find the Detached Arm in the chest or not.  If you
don't find the arm in the Magitek Factory, you'll have to find the
regular Mega Man in Cid's house.  You can upgrade him into X by
finding the four parts hidden all around WarioLand and taking them to
Dr. Light.


Luca: After GeshtalZ joins your party, you can go to the Underworld
in FF2and find Luca, who has become an incredibly powerful caller.
(She now calls Espers at will.)  She's in the throne room of the
Dwarf castle.

LUCA: "Mage with links to another world, all creatures heed her
call."

Luca's commands are:
Fight
Call
Call Collect (doesn't use MP, but sometimes the Espers refuse)
Item

Low HP attack: Moon Prism (similar to Relm's Star Prism)


Edge: First, get rid of the really rich guy in the Auction House,
then buy the Pencil for Relm.  Go back to the W.O.B. through the
Opera House with Relm and 2 other people in your party (don't bring
Gogo).   Head north and there will be 4 miniature Atma Beasts waiting
for you (they've grown up and flown away already if you try to find
them in the W.O.R.). If you can kill them, a secret passage to the
airship Falcon will appear.  Fly it to Triangle Island and fight
Intangir.  Sketch him while Relm is equipped with the Pencil.
Thegame won't crash like usual, but instead a whole pack of
Intangirs will appear on the screen.  (You'll see little penciled
outlines of them.)  Relm will yell for help, then Edge will come from
above and kill an Intangir with the Vanish-Sneak technique, causing
the rest to flee.  He then will join your party.  (Or he'll be in
your airship later if your party's full.)  Edge comes equipped with
two swords that give him a total of 5000 damage, and he knows lots of
nice Ninja spells.


EDGE: "A king, a ninja, a king-ninja, a ninja-king! What a guy!"

Edge's commands are:
Fight
Sneak (Becomes Capture when you equip the Thief's Glove.)
Throw (Becomes Throw Really Hard when you equip him with a javelin.)
Magic (Ninja magic, of course)
Item

Low HP attack: Royal Blitz (powerful ninja lightning attack)


Erdrick: This can be done near the very beginning of the game, as
well aslater on.  You must find the Turtle's Carrot in the desert
surroundingFigaro.  Take it to the turtle in the cave to South
Figaro before you fight Kefka.  (You can do it after you fight Kefka,
but if you do, you won't be able to kill Kefka at Figaro Castle).
Jump over to the door behind the spring and inside you will find
Erdrick.  The next time you meet Kefka, Erdrick will kill him, ending
the game.  Unfortunately, you can't actually use Erdrick in combat;
he just appears during any scene with Kefka.  (This automatically
gives you the Erdrick ending.)


Kappa: Let the man at the auction buy all 1,200 of the airship
pieces.  (Luckily, after 15 pieces, the auctioneer sells the other
1185 to him atonce.)  He builds a whole airship out of the pieces,
and flies away.  (You can also get rid of him by luring him and his
daughter out into an alley and beating him up.)  Thisleaves you to
buy whatever you want, including the Imp Robot, a.k.a. Kappa. You
can also now buy a Pencil for Relm, that she can use on Intangirs,
and another airship.

KAPPA: "A strange guy.  A really strange guy.  A really, really
strange guy.  A green guy.  An imp robot."

Kappa's commands are:
Fight
Mecha (Mechanical Attacks)
Magic (but he can only use the Imp spell)
Item

Low HP attack: Imp Rush (similar to Moogle Rush)


Grant: You can get Grant, the thief from Zozo, by taking Gogo to Zozo
and talking to the guy who says "Zozo?  Never heard of it."  Gogo
will Mimic him, and they will have a Zozo type conversation
(everything that is said is a lie).  When the conversation is over,
Gogo will have convinced him to join, and he'll tell you that his
name is Grant.  (Whether he's telling the truth now or not is
anybody's guess.)

GRANT: "A master thief and a convincing liar.  Good thing he's on
your side."

Grant's commands are:
Stab
Capture
Steal
Magic
Item

If you equip Grant with the Thief Glove, Steal turns into Rob, and
Grant can steal from the entire attacking group of monsters.

Low HP attack: Drop Blade (Works with Stab command.  Grant climbs the
side of the screen and across the top until he's right above an
enemy.  Then he dives at them, knife first.)


Boel: Get Boel, the merchant from South Figaro, by bringing Edgar to
the Cider merchant under the Cafe.  Boel will go on about how the old
man is too distraught about the world being ruined that he won't buy
his Cider!  He joins hoping that destroying Kefka will get the old
man to buy his Cider again.

BOEL: "A desperate merchant and a master salesman."

Boel's commands are:
Fight
Sell
Magic
Item

When you use Sell, Boel temporarily takes one of the monsters out of
the fight and tries to sell it something.

Low HP attack: M. Cocktail (throws a flaming drink at an enemy)



Scott: To find Scott, first take the Turtle's Carrot to the Chocobo
hut in South Figaro.  Give it to one of the Chocobos and he'll turn
into a Black Chocobo.  Jump on him and he'll fly you to a mountain
top near Narshe.  (In the background you can see the lights of
Narshe.)  Enter the hut on the mountain and there will be Scott!  And
is he ready for war!  He comesequipped with Paladin Armor, Paladin
Shield, Paladin Helmet, Paladin Boots, and the Paladin Pendant.  (And
no, you can't unequip them, and they don't count towards getting
uncursed items.)  The Pendant sets all evade, magicblock and stats
that are not covered by the other paladin items to max.  Fora weapon
he has the Paladin's Rubber Band!  That's right, a rubber band!
Unfortunately, he can't use magic, but his two commands, Snap and
Sting, areawesome.

SCOTT: "Who is this guy?  And why does he use a rubber band?"

Scott's commands are:
Snap
Sting
Item

Snap does 9999 damage with every hit, even with the Offering.

Sting paralyzes enemies with a stinging shot from the Rubber Band.

Low HP attack: Slingshot (similar to Umaro's rage attack, works with
Snap)


Anthony: In the Mario Is Missing world, as soon as you reach Paris,
sell all your Espers. The merchant will turn out to be Tony, the
compiler of the FF3 Bogus FAQ.  (Anthony's more than 6 letters long.)
He will try to destroy all the Espers you sold him, and you will
automatically fight him.  He's pretty tough, but you should be able
to beat him if you equip Shadow, Locke, or Luigi with the Offering
and Genji Glove.  (BTW, Vanish-Doom makes him impervious to weapons
and refills his hit points to max.)  Watch out for his Secret Cheese,
which he attacks you with when he runs out of hit points.  After you
beat Tony, you will see this big cinema scene about ten different
endings, with some comments about the secret endings.  He will then
join your party,and you'll get your Espers back.

TONY: "One mean merchant with the powers of the gaming gods..."


Tony's commands are:
Fight
Transform (Temporarily turns Tony into a random hidden character.)
Esper (Just like using Magicite; he harnesses the Espers' power.)
Edit
Item

Edit: Since he writes the game he can rewrite monsters too!  This
command transforms an enemy into a different enemy.  However, it
might transform them into a more powerful enemy, so use it carefully.

Low HP attack: Secret Cheese (kills enemy unfairly)


Siggy: Bet the Chupon Suit at the Colosseum, you will fight Sigfried.
Beat him, and he'll change his name to Siegfried, then he'll run off
to the Phantom Forest.  Now go to the Phantom Forest a third time (it
changes each time), and you'llbe able to find the Mana tree.  Use
the Chocobo Axe (or the Ultima Axe) on it to chop it down.  The
Sprite from Secret of Mana will show up and fight you. He's not too
tough, but the Vanish/X-zone/Doom trick doesn't work on him.
Anyway,when you wound him sufficiently, he will explode and take the
Mana Tree with him.  Siegfried will show up, plant a new one, and ask
you to water it.  Cast Aqua Rake or use a Water Skean on it and
Siegfried will change his name to Ziegfried and run off again.  Now
you'll find him stalking about on the Phantom Train.  You have to
fight him, and he will keep running away.  Use the Lead Weight on
him, and he won't be able to run anymore.  He'll finally give up and
join you, but first he'll change his name to Siggy, so it'll be less
than 7 letters long.  When you get him, he's equipped with the Siggy
Esper and the Siggy Sword.

SIGGY: "First Sigfried, then Siegfried, then Ziegfried?  Well, he's
finally joined you!"

Siggy's commands are:
Y-Fight
X-Magic
Uncurse

Item

Low HP attack: Sig Frier (Siggy will shoot a powerful blast of fire
out of his sword and fry an enemy.)


(The Hero, Sara, Nina, and Bleu are from Breath of Fire.)

Hero from B.O.F.: Bet the Bahamut Esper at the Colosseum, and, trying
to help another dragon, Hero fights you for it.  Beat him and he
joins you, like Shadow and Toad.

HERO: "A great hero, lost in an unfamiliar adventure, searching for
his friends..."

The Hero's commands are:
Fight
D. Morph (Dragon Morph, becomes Roast when in dragon form)
Magic
Item

Low HP attack:
Not Morphed: Dragon Blitz (calls more dragons for help.)
Morphed: MegaFlare


Sara:  To get Sara to join you, take the Hero from Breath of Fire to
the Fanatics Tower.  Defeat the White Dragon, and it will turn into
the Hero's sister, Sara.  She will release her part of the Crusader
seal, and join you.  (If you've already killed the White Dragon,just
fight it on the Veldt.)

SARA: "Sister of the great Hero, she will make any sacrifice."

Sara's commands are:
Fight
D. Morph (Just like Hero's.)
X-Magic
Item

Low HP attack:
Not Morphed: Dragon Punch
Morphed: MegaNuke


Nina: In the World of Ruin, after you get the airship, return to
theSolitary Island, get the Palidor Magicite, and wait for 5
minutes.  Nina will wash up onshore.  Take her to Cid's house to
heal.  Go out for a while, and come back.  She will have recovered
and will join the party.

NINA: "A magic master with the powers of a bird."

Nina's commands are:
Fight
Palidor (she turns into a bird and executes the move of the Palidor
Esper)
Magic
Item

Low HP attack: Wing Snap (powerful air attack)


Bleu: In the World of Ruin, have Nina cast Warp.  You will be
teleported to Wisdon.  Walk through the palace and fight Bleu's
guards.  Beat them, and Bleu will join you.  To get back, cast Warp
again.

BLEU: "Another magician, with the powers of a snake."

Bleu's commands are:
Fight
X-Lore
S. Magic (Snake magic.)
Item

X Lore is a stronger version of Lore, in which Bleu learns not only
Lore and regular spells, but Rage attacks too, like Wing Snap, Bite,
etc.  She'll learn any of Gau's Rages the same way she learns Lores.

Snake magic is used primarily for throwing big rocks at enemies, but
it also consists of a few powerful spells.  Snake Magic is magic that
only Bleu can use (with a few special exceptions).  She joins knowing
all of her Snake Magic spells.  They are as follows:
Meteo
W. Meteo
Meteor
X-Meteor
Merton
X-Merton

She can also learn ANY other spell by seeing it used.  If it is a
Lore or a special attack, it goes in X-Lore.  If it is a normal
spell, it goes in her S. Magic.

Low HP attack: Snakebite (VERY strong version of Poison)


Rydia: Go to the W.O.B., and head for the Serpent Trench.  Before
jumping in, equip one of your characters with the Paladin Sword.
Keep going right, and eventually you'll run into Leviathan.  The
character equipped with the Paladin Sword will go berserk and kill
Leviathan.  Now Rydia will appear, and your characters will convince
her to help you out.  Follow her through a cave; if you keep up with
Rydia then you will come to the exit of the cave.  Outside the cave
you find yourself in Eblan.  Enter the castle, and Rydia will be in
the castle's throne room with her husband Edge (unless he's already
joined you).  They'll throw a dinner party with lots of guests.
After the party, she'll join you, along with most of the guests.
Then you'll return to your airship through a door in the back of the
castle, bringing them all along.  You won't be able to control the
guests, but they'll follow you everywhere, like in Dragon Warrior.
Only Rydia will join you as a playable character.  (This also gives
you the special version of any of the endings.)

RYDIA: "A caller from the far, far past..."

Rydia's commands are:
Fight
Call
Magic (she can use white, black, and effect now!)
Item

Low HP attack: Bird Song (Rydia turns into a big green bird and claws
enemies.)


Zero (from Mega Man X): Bet the Radar Tracer at the Esper Street
Fight Arena (bet the Energy Tank here to get the Radar Tracer first).
You'll get the Airship Radar. Give it to Cid and he'll equip it on
the airship for you.  The next time you are on the airship, you'll
see three flashing dots at random locations on the small map in the
corner.  These are the locations of the X hunters from Mega Man X2.
Head to the cave or town that the light is pointing to and search for
the X hunter there.  Beat it, and you'll receive a Zero Part.  (The X
hunters locations change every time you get on the airship).  Once
you have all three parts, take them to the Colloseum.  Dr. Light will
meet you as soon as you go in.  He'll rebuild Zero, then Zero will
join your party.  Like Mega Man X, Zero can gain the powers of the
bosses.

ZERO: "Perhaps the finest Maverick of all time..."

Zero's commands are:
D. Shot
C. Beam
Device
Item

If you use Double Shot (D. Shot), Zero can shoot two high power
blasts at once.  He canchoose one target or two.  It can do 5000
damage to two targets or 9999 to one.

With Crescent Beam (C. Beam), Zero can use his sword to shoot a
crescent shaped beam at the whole enemy group.  It hits for 3000-5000
damage.

Low HP attack: None.


Draco and Ralse: When you get to the W.O.R., go to the Opera House
withUltros in your party.  He'll lead you through a secret pathway
to the 3rdfloor (where Celes walked with the flowers).  You'll see
Draco and Ralserehearsing.  They'll stop to attack Ultros.  Beat
them and they'll join you. While you're up here, look behind the
pillars and you can get the Sacrifice relic, which is a stronger
version of the Offering.

DRACO & RALSE: No quote, they just appear in you airship.

Draco's commands are:
Fight
SwdTech
Cover
Sing (Like Edward in FF2)
Item

Low HP attack: Deafener (Draco sings a really high pitched note.
Sounds like the Vacuum2 spell in 7th Saga.)


Ralse's commands are:
Fight
Duel
Item

When you use Ralse's Duel command, he jumps up to a single enemy and
hits it several times.  The command only works when he's equipped
with a sword.

Low HP attack: Convincer (Ralse convinces enemies to fight each other
after landing a powerful blow.)


Maria: To get Maria, fall through the trap door in the Opera house
25.5 times, then go to the Inn at Jidoor.  The person there will be
selling Tickets to the Opera.  Buy some Tickets, and take Celes to
the Opera House.  Go to the main desk and give the usher your
Tickets.  You will be escorted to your seat.  The Opera will start,
and show Maria singing.  Then the rafter rats will jump down and
attack the audience.  You will be drawn into combat, fighting some of
the rats.  When you beat a few groups of them, you'll fight Redrat,
who's much more powerful than the other rats (and also stronger than
Rattatooie).  After you knock off about 20,000 hit points, Redrat
will use Cheese Breath on you and blow away two of your fighters
(just like Phunbaba).  Now Maria will jump down from the stage and
join you.  With her help, you will be able to kill Redrat. (You won't
be able to control her, she attacks on her own, a la Cyan.)  After
after a short conversation with Celes, she'll officially join you.

MARIA: "She has grace, beauty, and a voice that will blow you away."

Maria's commands are:
Fight
Sing
Duet
Magic
Item

Duet is a stronger version of Sing, but she can only do it if one of
the following characters are in your party (the ones who can sing):
Celes, Setzer, Kefka, Kakef, Darill, Gaze, Draco, or Ralse.  It's
similar to a Twin attack.

Low HP attack: Sonic Song (Sound blasts all enemies.  Damages and
confuses.)


Darill, Vargas, and Doomgaze: First, let the man and daughter at the
Auction House buy the airship and fly away.  (You can also get rid of
them by luring the guy into a back alley and then pounding him
unconscious.)  Then get Kappa, and take him to Kohlinghen to where
the two people are planting trees.  Kappa will use analyze (Mecha),
and discover that the seeds they were using were Phantom Seeds.  The
people will replace the seeds, and then they'll give you the Phantom
Seeds.  Now, go to the Phantom Forest and throw the seeds into the
recovery spring there.  Theseeds will instantly grow into an
extension of the forest.  Go into the new section of the forest, and
you will end up at the train platform.  ThePhantom Train will come
by and drop off Darill and Vargas (as well as Shadow if he died on
the Floating Continent), you will join you or wait in your airship.
It'll remain stopped, so you can go inside and challenge Doomgaze.
Doomgaze will know some new spells this time, so he's harder to kill
than you might think.  He will often cast Deathgaze, which casts Doom
on everyone.  Make sure someone is wearing the Relic Ring.  After you
defeat him, Doomgaze will say, "You guys are strong!  I'm sticking
with you!"  After warning him not to double-cross you again, you let
him join.  (He changes his name to Gaze.)  Gaze always floats when
he's in your party.


DARILL: "She flew faster and farther than anyone else.  Now she's
returnedfrom the great beyond..."

Darill's commands are:
Fight
Summon
Magic
Item

With the Summon command, Darill may summon an Esper, and she can do
it as many times per battle as she wants.  The MP Cost to Summon are
half of what they usually cost, but she must know all the spells of
an Esper to Summon it.

Low HP attack: Blue Card (similar to Red Card)


VARGAS: "The great martial artist, son of Duncan."

Vargas's commands are:
Fight
P. Blitz
Magic
Item

P. Blitz (Phantom Blitz) is similar to Sabin's Blitz, but with a
twist of "ghost."  i.e.,Phantom Dance replaces Fire Dance, and uses
ghosts rather than people.

Low HP attack: Bummer (similar to Bum Rush but faster and longer)


GAZE: "An undead soul who roamed the heavens, searching for prey."

Gaze's commands are:
Fight
Flight (more powerfull form of jump)
X-Magic
Command
Possess
D-Magic
Escape
Item

D-Magic are Doomgaze's natural spells, so they don't cost MP.

When you use Escape, you can run away from things that cannot usually
be run away from, but not bosses.

Low HP attack: L.2 Doom

Note: There is a guy in Albrook that says, "I saw Doomgaze in the
sky.  I'd rather take an acid bath than fight that thing!"  Take Gaze
to him and he will have a heart attack.  Once he's unconscious, you
can steal some gold or a Tonic from him.  Give him a heart attack
enough times, though, and he'll go into the Cafe, and will be too
drunk to to be scared.  Talk to him, and he'll give random responses
which indicate that he's drunk.


Wedge and Vicks (if you let them die at the beginning): First have
Mega Man, Mega Man X, Sigma, or Zero bet one of their Energy Tanks at
the Esper Street Fight Arena (don't worry, you'll get it back).
You'll fight a giant Hard Hat (it's easy to beat).  Win and you'll
get the Radar Tracer.  Have Cid or Dr. Light equip it to Mega Man,
Mega Man X, Sigma, or Zero.  Head to Kefka's or Sabin's Tower with
Cid and the robot equipped with the Radar Tracer in your party, as
well as the Phoenix Esper.  Go to the part where it looks like the
old MagiTek factory.  The Radar Tracer will reveal a secret passage
that your robot will blast open.  Inside will be a hidden machine.
Cid will use the machine to drain energy from your robot's other
Energy Tank and restore the Phoenix Esper to full power.  (You'll
lose an Energy Tank, but it's worth it.)  Take the full power Esper
to the cave in Narshe.  The screen will glow and Wedge and Vicks will
appear back from the dead.  They'll join you, but, if either Kefka or
GesthalZ is in your party or on your airship, they will attack you,
blaming Kefka and Geshtal for sending them on the mission that led to
their deaths, and you'll have to beat them to convince them to join
you.  Otherwise they'll just join you.  (You can also use the powered
up Phoenix esper to restore Gen. Leo.)

WEDGE & VICKS: "The greatest soldiers of the Empire..."

Wedge and Vicks's commands are:
MagiTek
X-Magic
Item

Low HP attacks: None.


SPELLS:

Deathgaze: Gaze (a.k.a. Doomgaze) knows this spell when you get him.
It casts Doom on the entire enemy party.

Fire!!: Random effect, but it always has something to do with a fire.
Youcan learn this from the Siggy Esper.

Fire28: Use with Vanish to knock out Intangir.  Learned from Siggy
Esper.

Hangon: Jago has this spell when you get him.  Just have him cast it,
and the other characters will all hang on to him.  (You can now use
his Spin Kick to get to the last guy.)

Imp2: You become immune to the effects of Ultima.  The Bowser Esper
caststhis on your party when you use him.

Meteor2: If you use the Meteor Ring, it casts Meteor2.  It's
basically the same thing as meteor, but it has little firey people
instead of rocks (like Fire Dance).  This works well against Sabin.

Moo: Either turns people into cows or has a giant cow fall on them.
Kefkahas this spell when you get him.

Snake Magic: Snake Magic is the magic that, for the most part, only
Bleu can use.  She joins knowing all of her Snake Magic spells, which
include:
Meteo
W Meteo
Meteor
X Meteor
Meteron
X Meteron


Ultima2: Sabin will always cast Ultima2 right away and all of your
characters from the airship come to serve him, unless you equip Ryu
with the Fireball.  (Ryu will Hadoken him immediately to stop him
from casting the spell.)  It's basically a more powerful version of
Ultima, since it affects robot warriors like Mega Man and Kappa also.
You can learn this from the Chocobo Axe after 255 fights.  (It turns
into the Ultima Axe.)

Ultima3: You can Steal this spell from some of the really
powerfulcharacters.  Once you cast it, it morphs all of your party
members intoreally strong Paladins for the duration of the battle.
(Unfortunately, ituses 999 MP without the Economizer.)

Ultima4: You can learn this from the Siggy Esper, but you can't cast
it.  Exodus casts this when you defeat him.

Warp: Nina has this spell when she joins you.  It brings your party
to andfrom Wisdon, where you can get Bleu.  (Not to be confused with
Garland's Warp ability.)


ITEMS:
Airship Horn: You'll get this from the ghost at the Last Refuge.  Use
it next to Necrosaro's Volcano to call your airship.  (See the
Mystery Dragon Ending for the full explanation.)

Airship Radar: Bet the Radar Tracer at the Esper Street Fight arena.
You'll get the Airship Radar.  Give it to Cid and he will equip it on
the airship.  The next time you are on your airship, you'll see three
flashing dots at random locations on the small map in the corner.
These are the locations of the X hunters from Mega Man X2.

Amulet of True Light: Use the Illumina Sword on the Gem Box to break
it open, and you'll receive this.  Using it will cause Kefka to join
your party.  You can also use it on the FakeMustache to turn it into
the RealMustache.

Black Gun: Take the warp from the Opera House to the W.O.B., but,
whileinside, go to the secret side path rather than straight ahead.
If youcontinue to the left, you'll eventually find a
monster-in-a-box, Atma Armor.  Defeat him and you'll get the Black
Gun.  Use the Black Gun on the White Gun, and Kefka will receive the
God! SwdTech.

Cheese: Fight a group of enemies outside the Opera House in the World
orRuin, and cheese them by using the Vanish-Doom technique.  You'll
win theCheese.  Take the Cheese up to the rafters above the stage
and use it.  In a few seconds, a whole herd of rats will come out and
fight for the Cheese.  Challenge their leader, Rattatooie.  If you
beat him, you'll open up a secret warp to the W.O.B.

Chocobo Axe: Go to the Chocobo forest right outside Baron in the
FF2Overworld; in there you can choose between the Chocobo Esper and
the Chocobo Axe.  After 255 fights, the Chocobo Axe turns into the
Ultima Axe, whichteaches Ultima2.  Go back to the Phantom Forest the
third time (it changes each time you go there), and you'll be able to
find the Mana tree.  Use the Axe on it to chop it down and to get the
Sprite from Secret of Mana to fight you.

Chupon Suit: You can win the Chupon Suit by killing Chupon Behemoths.
Betthe Chupon Suit at the Colosseum and, surprisingly, you'll
challenge Sigfried instead of Chupon.  (This is the first step for
getting Siggy to join you.)

Cross: The Cross is found by uncursing the Cursed Rod.  Take it with
you to the Colosseum and bet the Fireball.  You'll fight Ultros, and
he'll only join your party after you beat him if you have the Cross.

Crystal of Flight: Search for this under a statue in the first floor
of the Ancient Castle.  You can equip this on Edgar's throne in
Figaro Castle or you can equip the Auction House airship with this.
Either vehicle will then be able to fly to the FF2 Moon.

Demon Ring: Get this at the Paladin Castle by showing the Demon Sword
to the guards.  After you receive this, go in the castle, and Kefka
will get down on one knee and propose to Celes.  He'll give the Demon
Ring to her as an engagement ring.

Demon Sword: This is in the fourth chest in Wario's Castle.  You can
get it after you fight the DarkLuigi.  The room with the chests can
be found by searching the north wall and pressing the "A" button.
Use this at the Paladin Castle to get the Demon Ring.

Detached Arm: Get this by defeating a monster-in-a-box in the
MagitekFactory.  Take it to Cid to get the Textbook of Robotics,
then take theTextbook to Gau's father (after you've fixed his stove)
to get an EnergyTank.  Bet the Detached Arm in the Colosseum to
fight Dr. Light; beat him and Mega Man X will join your party.

Dragon Crowns: You can get the 8 Dragon Crowns from the Greater
Dragon King if you send him the Note by pigeon.  Take the Dragon
Crowns with you to give to each of the 8 Dragons when you fight them.
(If you've beaten them already, they'll all appear on the Veldt as
soon as you get the Dragon Crowns.)  After you give out all 8 Dragon
Crowns, you'll fight the Great Flying Darth.

Dragon God Sword: Defeat Kakef inside the Black Hole Dragon to get
this. Kefka will automatically use it against GoneGone in the final
battle.

Elemental Orbs: Garland can use these at any time when you control
him.  They work like Espers (since he can't use Espers), and include
Lich, Kary, Kraken, and Tiamat.

Energy Tank: You can get one of these from Gau's father if you show
him the Textbook of Robotics after you fix his stove.  Take it with
you to the Colosseum when you bet the Detached Arm, and Dr. Light
will use it and thearm to revive Mega Man X.  Mega Man, Mega Man X,
Sigma, and Zero are alsoeach equipped with two of these when you get
them.  You can also bet it at the Esper Street Fight Arena to get the
Radar Tracer.  (Energy Tanks are Relics.)


Fireball:  You can obtain Fireballs easily by using the
Vanish-Fire28-Combo trick on Fireball Dragons.  (And you usually get
a Killer Combo from this trick, too.)  When fighting Sabin or
GoneGone at the end, equip Ryu with the Fireball, and he'll Hadoken
him at the start of the battle to stop him from casting Ultima2,
which forms a tower under Sabin or GoneGone consisting of all the
characters in your airship.

Flammie Drum: You can get this by beating the three characters from
Secret of Mana in Cyan's dream.  It only appears in the SUPER SUPER
SUPER SECRET ULTRA ENDING.

Holy Scissors: Take Locke back to the Barber Shop where Gau got his
hair cut before he went to see his father (It's in Jidoor). Have
Locke talk to the barber, and he will fight him.  ("I'm a
treasure-hunter, not a thief!  And I don't need a haircut!")  Just
Steal the Holy Scissors!

Iceball: Go to WarioLand with Baram in your party, and sleep in
Wario's bed.  You'll see a dream of Meltdown and Baram walking around
Wario's castle, and they'll hide a mysterious object in the castle
basement.  After you kill the Dark Luigi (who storms into the room
and wakes you up), look in that location to find it.

Invisibility ring: Uncurse the Cursed Ring that Kakef is equipped
with.  (The first Cursed Ring turns into the Paladin Ring.)

Kefka Suit: Fight Pink Pugs to get the Pug Tail, and equip it for
2.55battles to uncurse it and get the Kefka Suit.  Equip Kefka with
this and the Paladin Sword to get sucked into the Black Hole Dragon
and get the Ultra Combo ending.

M. Souffle: Take the Mushroom to Gau's Father's House with Edgar in
yourparty.  Fix his stove, then use the Mushroom while in the house
to bake aMushroom Souffle (only Edgar knows how to make this).  Take
the MushroomSouffle back to the Colosseum, bet it, and you will
fight Toad!  After thefight, he will join you just like Shadow did.
(Note: If you destroy theColosseum, you can still get him after it's
been rebuilt.)

Mega Armor: Find this in WarioLand; Cid can use it along with the
other three parts to convert Mega Man into Mega Man X.  The Armor is
hidden on the first floor of Syrup Castle.

Mega Boots: The boots are hidden in WarioLand, on the train in the
Parsley Woods Zone.

Mega Blaster: The blaster is hidden in WarioLand, in the Stove
Canyon.  You need either the Mega Boots or the Paladin Boots to walk
over the lava to get this.

Mega Helmet: The helmet is hidden in Warioland, on the S.S. Teacup.

Meteor Ring: Getting this is hard.  Go to Mysidia with Kefka, Baram,
and Shadow in your party.  Kefka will see Golbez, and they'll get
into a big argument and start mud-wrestling.  Kefka wins, but the
villagers tell you that you'll have to stay overnight at the Inn
while they clean Kefka up.  Since Baram and Shadow are in your party,
you'll see Shadow's sixth dream and your party will go inside
Shadow's soul for an adventure.  At the end of this you'll battle
Zemus's uncle Steve and his henchmen.  The best way to kill Steve is
to use the Slave Crown or Mind Control Helmet to give you control of
one of the henchmen.  Beat him and you'll get the Meteor Ring.  You
can use this ring to cast Meteor2, which works well against Sabin.


Mind Control Helmet (from beginning): Look around Narshe and tap "a"
atvarious walls.  Use it on Garland to convince him to join your
party.  (Works the same way as the Slave Crown.)

Mushroom: Bet the Dirk at the Colosseum and beat Chupon, Ultros, or
Darth Vader.  You will win the Mushroom.  Take this to Gau's Father's
House with Edgar in your party.  Fix his stove, then use the Mushroom
while in the house to bake a Mushroom Souffle (only Edgar knows how
to make this).  Take the Mushroom Souffle back to the Colosseum, bet
it, and you will fight Toad!  After the fight, he will join you just
like Shadow did.  (Note: If you destroy the Colosseum, you can still
get him after it's been rebuilt.)

Note: (The Note is an item, this isn't just another note about
something.)  You'll see this on the table in the Returner's Hideout,
and either you (Terra) or Banon will throw it away.  To get the
Mystery Dragon ending, take Cid back to the part of the Serpent
Trench in the W.O.R. where the Hideout was, and he'll find the Note.
Give the Note to a passenger pigeon in Maranda.

Pencil: Get rid of the rich man in the Auction House by letting him
buy a whole airship and flyingaway, or by luring him out into an
alley and beating him up.  Now you can buy whatever you want,
including another airship and a Pencil for Relm.  (If you get rid of
him by beating him up, no one else in the Auction House will ever
overbid you again.)  Take Relm, equipped with the Pencil, to
Intangir's island and Sketch an Intangir.  You'll draw a whole herd
of Intangir shapes, and Edge will save you and join your party.


Pug Tail: While on the FF2 Moon, go to Bahamut's Cave Subteranne 2,
where you can fight the Pink Pugs.  The Pink Pugs always give you the
Pug Tail if you beat them.  Equip this (it's cursed) and fight for
2.55 battles.  (It gets uncursed just after you've killed half the
bad guys in the third battle.)  It will turn into the Kefka Suit.

Purple Belt: Ryu, Ken, or Toad can win this from Intangir if they
kill him while he's visible.

Radar Tracer: Have Mega Man, Mega Man X, Sigma, or Zero bet one of
their Energy Tanks at the Esper Street Fight Arena (don't worry
you'll get it back). You'll fight a giant Hard Hat (it's easy to
beat).  Win and you'll get the Radar Tracer.  You can bet this at the
Esper Street Fight Arena to get the Airship Radar, but first have Cid
or Dr.Light equip it to Mega Man, Mega Man X, Sigma, or Zero.  When
equipped, the Radar Tracer will reveal a secret passage in Kefka's or
Sabin's Tower in the part where it looks like the old MagiTek
factory.

Razor: After you get Kefka, take him and Locke to the Solitary Island
tofight Cid.  During the fight, have Locke Steal or Capture; he'll
get theRazor (it's a Rare item).

RealMustache: Use the Amulet of True Light on the FakeMustache, and
it will become the RealMustache.

Resurrection Potion: You can win this after killing a Platinum
Dragon.  Takeit to General Leo's grave to revive him.


Sacrifice: Go up to the upper balcony in the Opera House.  Search
behind the pillars and you'll find the Sacrifice, a stronger version
of the Offering.

Scorpion Doll: The Scorpion Doll is buried with General Leo, you'll
get itwhen you bring Leo back to life with the Resurrection Potion.
Bet it at the Colosseum with Kefka as your fighter to get Jax.

Sealed Weapons:  At the top of the Cult Tower in the Timeless World,
you'll fight Cowkef and the soldiers from the Order of the Ebon Cow.
After you defeat them, you'll receive the 12 Sealed Weapons, which
you need to defeat Exodus.  They include:
Excalipur
Masamune
Doom Bow
Berserk Axe
Pink Pug Tail (whip)
Cow Bell
Excalibur
Love Bow
Cupid Arrows
White Wizard Sword
Moon Staff
Moon Rod
Go to the FF2 Moon and enter FuSoYa's cave.  Head down to the center
ofthe moon and equip all the Sealed Weapons.  Exodus will appear,
and you'llfight him.

Siggy Sword: Siggy is equipped with this when you get him.  When you
equip it, it increases your defense and magic defense as well as your
attack.

Slave Crown: This gives you control of an enemy character in battle,
much like Relm's Control ability.  You can win this from Rattatooie
or from some enemies on theFF2 Moon.

Textbook of Robotics: Take the Detached Arm to Cid in the W.O.R. to
get the Textbook of Robotics, a Rare item.  (If Cid is in your party
already, you'll automatically receive it from him in a short cinema
scene.)  Let Gau's father read it (he won't unless you fix his stove)
and he gives you an Energy Tank which you can bet at the Colosseum to
get Mega Man X to join your party.

Tickets: Fall through the trap door in the Opera house 25.5 times,
then go to the Inn at Jidoor.  The person there will be selling
Tickets to the Opera.  Buy some Tickets, and take Celes to the Opera
House.  Go to the main desk and give the usher your Tickets.  You
will be escorted to your seat.  (After completing the scene that
follows, you'll be joined by Maria.)


Turtle's Carrot: Find this in the desert near Figaro.  Give it to a
Chocoboto find Scott, or give it to the Turtle to find Erdrick.

Ultima Axe: If you equip the Chocobo Axe for 255 fights, it turns
into the Ultima Axe.  This teaches you Ultima2.

White Gun: Go into Kefka's or Sabin's Tower through the secret rear
entrance and head downward.  Eventually you'll go through a cave and
enter the Focus Tower.  Inside the Focus Tower you can find the White
Gun.  Fire the Black Gun at the White Gun and Kefka will receive the
God! SwdTech.

Zero Parts:  Bet the Radar Tracer at the Esper Street Fight Arena
(this is the only item you can bet here).  You'll get the Airship
Radar.  Give it to Cid and he will equip it on the airship.  Next
time you are on the airship you'll see three flashing dots at random
locations on the small map in the corner.  These are the locations of
the X hunters from Mega Man X2.  Head to the cave or town that the
light is pointing at and search for the X hunter there.  Beat it and
you will receive a Zero Part.  (Note the X hunters locations changes
each time you get on or off the airship).  Once you have all three
parts, take them to the Colloseum, and Dr. Light will rebuild Zero
for you.


CURSED ITEMS:

Note: there are two of every cursed item, but it's only possible to
uncurseone of them.  The best way to do this is with Akuma's Uncurse
command, though it doesn't work on some of the cursed items which
have particularly strong curses.  If you lose any cursed items, you
can find them in the FF2 Underworld, in the magma near the Dwarf
castle.

Cursed Ring: Kakef is equipped with one of these when you get him.
If you uncurse it, Kakef gains the Invisibility ability when equipped
with it.  You can Steal the other from enemies in Kefka's or Sabin's
Tower.

Cursed Helmet: Jax is equipped with the first Cursed Helmet when you
get him.  To get the other Cursed Helmet, you have to uncurse the
Cursed Boots so you can walk over the magma in the Cave to the Sealed
Gate.

Cursed Armor: Kakef is wearing one of these when you get him.  The
other one is hidden in Narshe, near the Mind Control Helmet.

Cursed Rod: One is found in a treasure chest in the third level of
theAncient Castle.  You can uncurse it in 255 battles.
Unfortunately, it casts Ultima on your party every time you use it,
so it is best to use Akuma's Uncurse command.  After you Uncurse it,
you'll get the Cross, as well as the Paladin Rod.  You can get the
other one from killing enemies in the FF2 Underworld.

Cursed Arrows: A character becomes equipped with this after being
brainwashed by the Ultima2 spell, and your characters can get
confused when they're hit by these.

Cursed Sword: One of these is hidden in a chest in the cave leading
from the Esper Street Fight Arena to WarioLand.  The other is
equipped by Zemus when you get him.

Cursed Loafers: Buy the first pair of Cursed Loafers from the hidden
shoestore behind the painting in Jidoor, and uncurse them with
Akuma's Uncurseability.  The second pair is equipped by the guy at
the end of Mario isMissing, Lemmy Koopa.  He'll give them up when
you beat him.

Cursed Boots: The first pair is hidden in Fanatics Tower, right
behind the third staircase from the top.  The second pair is equipped
by Jago when you get him.  (Don't unequip them, or he won't be able
to use his spin kick.)

Cursed Beret: The most mysterious cursed item of all.  If you equip
Gogo with any four cursed items, Gogo casts a Muddle spell on your
airship and all the characters in there will attack your current
party.  While you're fighting them, the moon from FF2 will crash
lands on one of your party members and FuSoYa and Golbez will attack
you with the White Meteo spell.  If you defeat them all, Golbez gives
you the first Cursed Beret.  Rayden (from MK2) flies out of the cave
where Umaro first appears if you return to Narshe after getting the
Ultros Esper.  He's wearing the second Cursed Beret, but, being a
thunder god, he won't give it to you.  (He just flies over to you and
says, "Ha ha.  I've got the second Cursed Beret and you can't have
it," then he flies off.)

Cursed Emerald: The first Cursed Emerald is hidden on the FF2 Moon.
Just enter the crystal chamber, and the 8 crystals will combine to
form the Cursed Emerald.  To get the other Cursed Emerald, get out
your Sonic & Knuckles cart for the Sega Genesis; the Lock-on
technology works for FFIII, too!  Just plug FFIII into Sonic &
Knuckles, and you will be able to find the Hidden Emerald Chamber.
If you collect 100 rings with Knuckles, you will win the Cursed
Emerald.


ESPERS:

Bahamut: In the SUPER SECRET SECRET SECRET ULTRA ENDING, you'll get
this in Bahamut's cave after you defeat Bahamut.  It teaches you
Nuke10 and Bio8.  If you play through regularly and get it by killing
Doomgaze, you can bet this Esper in the Colosseum, and you'll fight
and join up with the Hero from Breath of Fire.

Bowser: Challenge Bowser in the Esper Street Fight Arena, beat him,
andyou'll get his Esper.  Make sure to equip it on Luigi, because if
*anyone*else tries to use it (yes, including Mario and Toad) you'll
lose Relm --Bowser thinks she's Princess Toadstool.  (You can fight
Bowser if you really want her back.)

Chocobo: You can get this in the Chocobo forest outside Baron.  It
teaches you Vanish2, whichworks well against Sabin.  Warning: You
must choose between the Chocobo Esperand the Chocobo Axe, which
teaches you Ultima2 after 255 fights.

Dryad: Teaches you Mana Magic, Blaster, and Sleep.  You'll receive
this after defeating Sigma's WarMech.

Siggy: You'll get this when Siggy joins your party.  It teaches you
Fire28, Fire!!, Ultima4, Shock, Shock2, and Shuck.

Splitting up the Ultros/Odin/Raiden Esper: Take the Ultros Esper back
to the Esper village.  Talk to Madonna, after you have General Leo
resurrect her.  She will betray Maduin's love and fall in love with
Odin (Madonna is Odin's second secret mistress eluded to in the Odin
dream of Mog.  There was a secret mistress to Odin already, wasn't
there?).  Madonna will make love to Odin, and form _another_
half-esper child.  This one will fly away and turn into Raiden.
Madonna will be distraught and become an Esper herself.  Odin will
explode into three pieces; the Ultros Esper, the Odin Esper, and the
Raiden Esper.  (Odin was inside the Ultros Esper all along, which is
how he was able to communicate to Madonna.)  Note: To do this scene,
you first have to have transformed Odin to Raiden, then Raiden to
Ultros.

Statue Espers: Kefka can call these when equipped with the
appropriatecommand.

Ultros: You can upgrade Raiden to become the Ultros Esper in the
underwater cave.  If you equip Ultros with the Ultros Esper, it
teaches everyone the Tentacle spell, and it does a cinema scene where
Ultros realizes, for the third time at least, that he is just an
octopus.


HOW TO GET WHERE:
World of Balance: First fight a group of enemies outside the Opera
House in the World or Ruin, and cheese them by using the Vanish-Doom
technique. You'll win the Cheese.  Take the Cheese up to the rafters
above the stage and use it.  In a few seconds, a whole herd of rats
will come out and fight for the Cheese.  Challenge their leader,
Rattatooie.  If you beat him, you'll open up a secret warp to the
W.O.B.  Once there, head north and fight the four miniature Atma
Beasts.  If you kill them, a secret passage to the airship Falcon
will appear.  You can now use this airship to fly anywhere you want.
Points of interest include Intangir's island (where you can get
Edge), and the Cave to the Sealed Gate, where you can get Meltdown
and the Cursed Helmet.  You can go back through the warp to return to
the World of Ruin.
If you bring Gogo through the warp with you, he'll go crazy and
leave,changing his name to GoneGone, and you'll be stuck in the
W.O.B. and unable to save your game.  You can then find Jago if you
fly to Mt.Koltz.  Take him and your other three party members to
GoneGone with Jago'sspin kick.

FF2 Overworld: You can cross over to the Overworld of FF2 through the
time machine in the Ancient Castle, which is right past Cecil's
greatgrandson inthe third basement.  (Like the W.O.B., only four
characters can go at once.) If you have both GesthalZ and Kefka in
your party, Zemus will join you as soon as you arrive.  (He'll take
the 5th character spot, which you have whilein FF2, and he'll meet
you in your airship if you return to FF3.)  Otherwise, you'll fight
Zemus and he'll suck you back through the portal with BlackHole.
	After Zemus joins you, sneak up on the engineers and steal
the airship Enterprise, which you can use to fly anywhere.  Points of
interest: Drill through the mountain north of Agart to reach the
Underworld, or fly to Mysidia and get the Big Whale to go to the
Moon.  From the Moon, you can fly back to FF3 through some hole in
the Space-Time continuum to get your other party members.

FF2 Underworld: There are two ways to get here. 1. You can steal
theEnterprise while in FF2 Overworld, and drill down through the
mountain north of Agart.  2.  Build your own airship from parts at
the auction, then take off without attaching the Crystal of Flight.
You'll crash and end up in the Underworld.  However, once you find
Cid (if you haven't done the scene where he admits to building the
airships and blows himself up, it'll skip the scene and he'll appear
here anyway), he'll repair your airship.  If you take this route,
you'll lose your chance to get Zemus in the Overworld, but he'll
appear on the Moon later.  While here (by either route), you can join
up with Cid, as well as Luca.  You can also find any Cursed items
that you've dropped in the magma near the castle.

FF2 Moon: There are two ways to get here as well, but they depend on
your route to the Underworld.  1. Equip the Crystal of Flight on
either Figaro Castle (Edgar's throne) or on the airship you built
from the parts at the auction (don't worry, they sell a second one
after the guy and his daughter fly away), and you can fly to the FF2
Moon from anywhere by talking to the crystal.  (Afterwards, fly to
the FF2 Overworld and enter Baron with Kefka and GesthalZ in your
party to get Zemus.)  2.   If you crash the airship into the
Underworld, find Cid, so he can repair it.  After this, fly to
Mysidia and talk to the Elder.  The Elder and all his followers will
start wishing away, and eventually the Big Whale will rise out of the
water.  Once you enter the Big Whale, it'll show a cinema scene of
Zemus flying off to the Moon.  Follow him into Lunar Subteranne, and
he'll join your party.  (You'll need Kefka and GesthalZ to convince
him that you're bad guys.)
Note: If you find and defeat Bahamut, you'll get X-Morph for Terra.
When you use it, X-Morph turns her into a dragon like Bahamut (the
Fight command in battle is replaced by MegaFlare when morphed) and
lasts twice as long.

Esper Street Fight Arena: Take Cid to the Colosseum.  Have a party
member bet something cheap to make Chupon appear. The fighter will
get sneezed out of the arena.  Fight Chupon again.  (Remember, you
_want_ to be sneezed.)  Do this 5 times, and Cid will get sick of
this and makes some cold medicine.  (It turns out Chupon only had a
cold!  That's why he's been sneezing!)  Send Cid into the arena after
he says he's made the medicine, and he'll give it to Chupon
automatically.  Chupon will be so grateful that he will become Cid's
best buddy and give Cid a big wet kiss.  Ken, Ryu, Jax, and Akuma
(whether they're in the airship, in your party, or in the stands)
will become so angry at the whole business that they'll destroy the
Colosseum.  Now, you will need to take Edgar and Cid into the ruined
Colosseum.  They'll rebuild it in their own image (kind of a bizarre
mix between Castle Figaro and the Magitek Research Facility).  In a
trap door, there will be a special arena designed specifically for
the Street Fighter characters, Ken and Ryu, but you can take anybody
you want in there.  A whole bunch of Espers fly in there and take it
over, and it becomes the Esper Street Fight Arena.  (BTW, the New
Colosseum will work just like the old one, but Chupon will be
replacedwith Siegfried, or Ultros if Siggy joined you, or Darth
Vader if bothSiggy and Ultros joined you.  And no, you can't get
Darth Vader to joinyou!!!)  While in the arena, defeat Bowser to get
his Esper.

WarioLand: Go through the cave just past the Esper Street Fight
Arena; you'll appear in Wario's castle.  The castle will appear to be
vacant, but sleep in Wario's bed and you'll be attacked by the Dark
Luigi.  (You can also find the Iceball after you beat him.)  The shop
near Wario's castle is run by Tony, so you can get him here if you
missed him in Mario is Missing.

The restored world: Take the Crystal of Flight with you into Figaro
Castleand place it on Edgar's throne.  Now talk to the crystal and
Figaro Castle will fly through the air.  While on the Moon, go to
Bahumut's Cave Subteranne2, where you can fight the Pink Pugs.  The
Pink Pugs always give you the PugTail if you beat them.  Equip this
(it's cursed) and fight for 2.55 battles. (It gets uncursed just
after you've killed half the bad guys in the third battle.)  It will
turn into the Kefka Suit, the only suit in the game which can bring
the world back into balance.  To do this, first equip Kefka with both
it and the Paladin Sword, then go to Bahamut's Cave Subteranne 4,
where you fight the Black Hole Dragon (looks like a Zone Eater).  As
soon as the fight begins, the dragon will suck Kefka in and lights
will flash.  You'll then control Kefka alone inside a secret cave.
Go through the cave (it's similar to GoGo's cave) and you'll meet
Kakef at the end.  It turns out that's Kakef is really Reptile from
MK2, and he's just been disguised as your brother all along.  The
Paladin Sword with Y-Fight works well on him, but you can beat him
easily when he disappears by casting the You Lose spell.  After you
kill him, the dragon will spit you out along with the Dragon God
Sword. (If you fight the dragon without Kefka and the right
equipment, he'll die and return to life later.)  Pick the sword up,
and the World will be restored to Balance when you return.  As soon
as you land, GoGo will go berserk and turn into GoneGone, just like
if you brought him there the other way.  However, now it'll do a
scene where Kefka challenges GoneGone alone, equipped with both the
Paladin Sword and the Dragon God Sword.  Since Gonegone will
summonall of you other characters from the airship, the battle
against GoneGone and his tower will be a long hard one, but
fortunately GeshtalZ, Zemus, and Garland will join you as you fight.
(You heard me right; you use the _bad_ guys and you fight the _good_
guys.)  When you win, it does the GoneGone ending and the Bad Guys
Win ending.


Timewalk: Take the warp from the Opera House to the W.O.B., but,
whileinside, go to the secret side path rather than straight ahead.
If yougo to the left, you'll eventually find a monster-in-a-box,
Atma Armor.  Defeat him and you'll get the Black Gun.  If you take
the path to the right, you'll end up in the Timeless World, at the
entrance of the Paladin Castle.  Show the guards at the entrance the
Demon Sword, and you'll get the Demon Ring.  Inside the palace,
you'll see a scene between Celes and Kefka where Kefka gives her a
ring (presumedly the Demon Ring) and Celes promises to marry him.

Timeless World: Leave through the rear of the Temple of the Paladin
andfollow the path.  You'll reach the Cult Tower (not the Fanatics
Tower, but similar.)  Youcan't use magic or Espers inside, so it is
difficult to get through.  At the top of the Tower, you'll find the
cult's leader, Ishmu (he looks similar to Kefka).  When he sees you,
he'll order his general, Cowkef, to attack you.  He'll fight you
while assisted by soldiers from the Order of the Ebon Cow.  After you
defeat them,you'll rescue another character also called Cid, who is
from FF4 (FF7 in Japan).  You'll also receive the 12 Sealed Weapons,
which you need to defeat Exodus.

Focus Tower: Go into Kefka's or Sabin's Tower through the secret
rearentrance and head downward.  Eventually you'll go through a cave
and enterthe Focus Tower, from Final Fantasy Mystic Quest.  Inside
the Focus Tower you can find the White Gun.

City in the Clouds/ Necrosaro's Castle: Send the Note to the Greater
Dragon King by passenger pigeon, and he'll take you to the City in
the Clouds.  While here, you can find the 8 Dragon Crowns.  Give the
8 Dragon Crowns to the 8 Dragons and kill the Great Flying Darth.
You'll now return to the City in the Clouds.  Climb up to the top of
the highest cloud and jump off; you'll end up at the entrance of the
cave surrounded by mountains on Necrosaro's Island.  Go through the
cave to reach Necrosaro's Castle and the Last Refuge.  (This is
explained fully in the Mystery Dragon Ending.)


ENDINGS:
There are ten secret endings.  However, during the game, you can go
through a series of events which, when completed, changes your ending
slightly.  The events are as follow, and the ending changes are
listed below each ending (under Special):

SPECIAL ENDING EVENTS:
1. You'll need the Paladin Sword to start.  Equip it on any character

besides Gogo.  (See ending 3 for explanation.)  It also helps to
bring Mario in case you mess up.

2. Go to the Opera house with a party including Mario and the
character.
3. Fight the rats and warp back to the World of Balance.  (If the
rats areall gone, just cheese the bad guys outside the Opera House
by usingVanish-Doom.  You'll get the Cheese.  Use it on the rafters
to call morerats.)
4. Travel to the Serpent Trench.
5. Dive in, making sure that Mario is leading the party.
6. Go RIGHT at every decision point.
7. Eventually you will come to a dead end.  Instead of spinning you
aroundand making you go back like the game used to, it will stop.
After a fewseconds, Leviathan will attack.  Your character will go
berserk (apparently the Paladin Sword wasn't Uncursed completely) and
continually attack Leviathan with the Paladin Sword.  This should
kill Leviathan.
8.When Leviathan dies, Rydia from FF2 will appear.  She will be mad
and want to destroy you for killing Leviathan.  She tells you how her
parents were killed and all that good stuff.  She says, "You
murderers can't understand!" and is about to attack, but your
characters explain about their war against the Empire, about the
poisoning of Doma, etc., and she understands and accepts you as
friends.  She tells you to follow her.
9. This is hard.  You have to follow her through a cave, and if you
don'tkeep up with her you'll lose her and have to start right after
Leviathanagain.  Besides getting through the maze, the only way out
is to have Mario smash the ceiling, which puts you back out on your
airship.  (That is why you brought Mario.)
10. If you keep up with Rydia, then you will come to the exit of the
cave.  Outside the cave you'll find yourself right near Eblan, in the
FF2 Overworld.  (If you try to get here by the other way, the castle
will be locked.)  Enter the castle, and Rydiawill be in the castle's
throne room with her husband Edge.  They will invite you to dinner
with them that evening.  Accept the invitation, then sleep in one of
the castle beds.  The dinner will begin when you awake.  (Note: If
you've already found Edge, Rydia will host the dinner party herself.
If Edge is in your party, he'll welcome you to the castle, but he
won't leave to fight Intangirs later.)

There are many guests at the dinner party.
    They are:
	    Rydia
	    Edge
	    Pit (from Kid Icarus)
	    The Sprite from Secret of Mana
	    Diddy Kong
	    Ridley
	    Bill and Lance (The two guys from Contra)
	    Princess Zelda (She is a snob!)
	    Bubsy
	    Kirby
	    Ryu Hayabusa (from Ninja Gaiden)
	    Chewbacca


Lots of people!!  After the party, they'll all join you except Edge,
the Sprite, and Zelda.  (Edge says something about leaving to fight
Intangirs, a clue to finding him later.)  You won't be able to
control them, but they'll follow you everywhere, like in Dragon
Warrior.  You'll return to your airship through a door in the back of
the castle, bringing them all along.  At this point, Rydia will join
you as a playable character.


REGULAR ENDINGS:
1.      Sabin Ending: If you equip Sabin with any four Cursed Items
simultaneously (I recommend the Cursed Sword, the Cursed Armor, the
Cursed Shield, and the Cursed Helmet), Sabin turns to a Dark Knight,
KILLS Kefka,and takes over the world for himself.  Pretty cool.
Instead of fightingKefka at the end, you fight him.  He is almost
impossible to beat.  The Vanish and X-zone or Doom trick does not
work on him and almost nothing can hit him.  A good group of
characters to attack Sabin with are Ryu, Ken, Akuma, and any fourth
party member.  If you bring Ryum make sure he has the Fireball
equipped; he'll stuff Sabin at the beginning of the fight and stop
him from chanting Ultima2.  Otherwise, Sabin will always cast Ultima2
right away and all of your characters from the airship will form a
tower under him, just like in the GoneGone ending.  (Talk about an
impossible fight; they all have Cursed Arrows equipped!)

Special: You'll see the ending for the groups of friends all
together.  They all come out and each do a little move characteristic
of them while escaping from the Tower.  The Contra guys blast a hole
in a wall through which you escape, Pit flies over a hole and throws
a switch to extend a bridge and allow the rest to cross, etc.  I
don't want to tell you all of them; beat it and see for yourself.


2.      Bad Guys Win Ending: If you use Kefka, Kakef, GesthalZ, and
Zemus together to infiltrate Sabin's Tower and fight Sabin, you'll
get to see aspecial ending.  Kefka takes over the world and the
following scenes are really neat,but unfortunately Exodus kills him.
It also shows a scene of Garlandlaughing in some remote castle.

Special: No difference, except that you see the new characters get
killedtoo.


3.      GoneGone Ending: If you take Gogo back to the World of
Balance, he'll become GoneGone and proceed to take over the world.
After you do this, you'll be stuck in the W.O.B. and won't be able to
save your game.  Climb to the top of Mt. Koltz and find Jago, then
use his Hangon spell and his spin kick to reach GoneGone.  When the
fight starts, GoneGone casts the Figual spell (from Lufia) and
Muddles all the characters on your airship, which you then have to
fight tier by tier, just like Kefka's Tower of Monsters. (If you
equip Gogo with four cursed items at any point in the game, the same
thing happens.)  When you defeat them, you face GoneGone.  The best
characters to use against GoneGone are Kefka and Kakef (their Twin
attack works well), Akuma (just Uncurse GoneGone four times to defeat
him), or Leo (Burn works really well).  You also have Jago, because
it's impossible to get to GoneGone without the Spin Kick.  (Unless
you do the Ultra Combo Ending.)

Special: None.


4.      M.Bison Ending: Contrary to popular belief, it _is_ possible
to fight M.Bison at the end.  Put Ryu, Ken, and Akuma in your party,
and enter Tzen.  A warp zone will open up, and you'll find yourself
at M. Bison's stage in Thailand.  It'll switch to a one-on-one battle
of Akuma vs. M. Bison and the screen will turn white.  Use the Fight
command six times consecutively, and M. Bison will be dead (Akuma
does two 3 hit combos, just like in the arcade).  Though you don't
actually save the world from Kefka, Sabin, or GoneGone, the credits
now start rolling and you have to reset the game to keep playing, so
this is considered an ending.

Special: None.


5.      The Espers-Don't-Die Ending: If you find Meltdown, Leo,
Mario, and Baram, you can see a special ending.  Bring those four
characters (along with any others you want) into Kefka's Tower.  To
help you get through the tower, we recommend using the following
Character -- Esper pairs:

Meltdown -- Bowser      Gen Leo -- Alexandr     Kappa -- Starlet
Terra -- Chocobo        Gogo -- Maduin          Baram -- Raiden*
Locke -- Kirin          Ryu -- Tritoch          Luigi -- Zoneseek
Sabin -- Odin           Gau -- Ultros           Mario -- Dryad


* You have to separate the Ultros Esper back into the three parts to
get Raiden, Odin, and Ultros.
When you win the game, the Espers will not die, but change back to
living beings.

Special: Same as ending 1.


6.      Erdrick Ending: After finding Erdrick, a scene happens
immediately after the next time Kefka appears on screen.  (Note: Like
the Mega Man X Hadoken trick, you have to find Erdrick and do the
scene without saving it.)  Kefka and Erdrick warp to Mobliz and begin
fighting.  Kefka attacks with Laugh and Moo, but Moo hits just as
Erdrick is jumping, changing Erdrick into a cow.  For about 5
minutes, Kefka keeps casting spells until the cow falls on him.  The
credits roll and the cow breaks the ledge it's standing on.  With
Kefka under him, he falls into the lava.

Special: None, since this doesn't show your characters at the end.


7.      Mystery Dragon Ending: This ending is so secret, even the
programmers at SquareSoft don't know about it yet.  There's a Note on
one of the tables when you first visit the Returner's Hideout. If you
have Terra look at it, she has the option of throwing it away or
leaving it alone.  If she leaves it there, Banon will show up and
throw it away a little later.  In the World of Ruin, get Cid to join
your party, and take him back to where the Hideout would be in the
Serpent Trench.  Cid will dig up the Note.  Take it to the passenger
pigeons in Maranda, and send it off.  The Greater Dragon King will
show up, and take you to the City in the Clouds, where you get the
Eight Dragon Crowns.  Give the eight Dragon Crowns to all eight
Dragons.  (If you've already killed them, just wander around the
Veldt for a while and they'll fight you again.)  Once the last Dragon
gets its Crown, the sky will turn black and you'll fight the Great
Flying Darth.  Beat it, and the Greater Dragon King will appear and
once again carry you back up to the City in the Clouds.  Go to the
top of the highest cloud and jump off.  You'll end up on Necrosaro's
Island in Dragon Warrior 4, at the entrance of the cave blocked by
mountains.  Go through the cave and come out; you'll end up at the
Last Refuge and the entrance to Necrosaro's castle will be unlocked.
The ghost at the Last Refuge will give you the Airship Horn.  Go
through the castle and use the Airship Horn on the other side.  Your
airship will appear with all of your other party members, and it will
follow you like a wagon.  Climb the volcano to where Necrosaro stood
and you'll find Garland.  As you fight him, he'll morph into Chaos,
piece by piece, while you knock off 200,000 hit points.  When he
appears to be dying, he'll morph again and turn into Zeromus.  After
you take off about 106,000 more hit points, he'll turn into Exodus (a
giant tree).  Knock off about 50,000 more hit points, and he'll
finally turn into Kefka.  Now you only need to knock off about 65,000
more hit points to kill him.  He returns to his original form,
Garland, as he dies.  Though 421,000 hit points seems a little high,
you should be able to beat him easily if you have 30 or more secret
characters, in addition to the 14 original ones.  The ending shows
your characters in black and white as they climb out through
Necrosaro's castle and cave, then it takes you back up to the City in
the Clouds for a Dragon Warrior 4 type conclusion.

Special: It shows all the extra characters in the City in the Clouds,
and they each say a line or two.


8.      Ultra Combo ending: (This is tricky to do.  Note: All
characters except Kefka will appear in these scenes whether or not
they've joined you.)  Put Kefka in your party.  Take the Crystal of
Flight (from the Ancient Castle) with you into Figaro Castle and
place it on Edgar's throne.  Now talk to the crystal and Figaro
Castle will fly through the air and land on the FF2 Moon.  While on
the Moon, go to Bahamut's Cave Subteranne 3, where you can fight the
Pink Pugs.  The Pink Pugs always give you the Pug tail if you beat
them.  Equip this (it's cursed) and fight for 2.55 battles.  (It gets
uncursed just after you've killed half the bad guys in the third
battle.)  It will turn into the Kefka Suit, the only suit in the game
which can bring the world back into balance.
	Now, equip Kefka with both the Kefka Suit and the Paladin
Sword, and he'll be able to unlock the seal on the entrance to
Bahamut's Cave Subteranne 4.  Take him down there and you'll fight
the Black Hole Dragon (looks like a Zone Eater).  As soon as the
fight begins, the dragon will suck Kefka in and lights will flash.
You'll then control Kefka alone inside a secret cave.  Go through the
cave (it's similar to GoGo's cave) and you'll meet Kakef at the end.
It turns out that Kakef is really Reptile from MK2, and he's just
been disguised as your brother all along.  The Paladin Sword with
Y-Fight works well on him, but you can beat him easily when he
disappears by casting the You Lose spell.  After you kill him, the
dragon will spit you out along with the Dragon God Sword.  Pick the
sword up, and a scene will start where you flythe airship back to
FF3, but the World will be restored to Balance when you return.
You'll land outside the Opera House.
	As soon as you land, GoGo will go berserk and turn into
GoneGone, just like if you brought him here through the Opera House
warp.  Now it'll do a scene where Kefka challenges GoneGone, equipped
with both the Paladin Sword and the Dragon God Sword.  Since Gonegone
will summon all of your other characters from the airship, the battle
against GoneGone and his Tower of Heroes will be a long, hard one,
but fortunately the Dragon God Sword randomly casts Life3 on your
party while you fight, and GeshtalZ, Zemus, and Garland will join you
as you progress up the tower.  (You heard me right; you use the _bad_
guys and you fight the _good_ guys.)  Kill all the good guys, then
you'll face GoneGone.  Since you can't use Kakef, Leo, or Akuma
against him, he's harder to beat, but a good strategy is to use
Kefka's Double spell and keep attacking, GeshtalZ's PMorph and keep
attacking, Zemus's Big Bang repeatedly, and Garland's Morph and keep
attacking.  If you're about to lose, do Garland's Warp to start the
battle over again.
	After you win, it'll do a short scene in the basement of the
rich man's house in South Figaro.  Kefka and Celes will be walking
through, looking for Kefka's tux so he can marry Celes.  (This makes
sense if you did the scene in the Paladin Castle.)  They'll walk past
the second prison room and hear a muffled cry for help, then this
dialogue commences:
KEFKA: "?? What was that noise?"
CELES: "What is it, Kefka?"
KEFKA: "I thought I... what??  Could it be?" (He looks into the
prison room.)
CELES: "What?  What?"
KEFKA: "It's Kakef!  Kakef's in there!  Kakef!" (At this point, Kefka
rips the door from its hinges.)
KEFKA: "Kakef!" (Kakef is in shackles on the wall.)
KEFKA: "Brother!  Are you all right?" (Kefka unties and ungags
Kakef.)
KAKEF: "Re...  Reptile!  Where is that stinking lizard?  I'll tear
him to pieces!"
KEFKA: "He's gone, along with all the other bad guys.  This world's
going to be a fun place to live in again!"
KAKEF: "You mean you're a good guy now, too?  All right!  Who's
that?"
KEFKA: "This is my bride-to-be, CELES.  We're getting married as soon
as I find my tux.  Say, would you be my best man?"
	After the wedding, it shows the GoneGone Ending and the Bad
Guys Win Ending.  Then it shows the Espers Don't Die Ending, then the
Erdrick Ending, then the Mystery Dragon Ending, and finally the SUPER
SUPER SUPER SECRET ULTRA ENDING.  (Then the words "6 ending, 1
wedding ULTRA COMBO" appear on the screen, and it says
"Ultraaaaaaaaaa Combo!!"  That's why this is called the Ultra Combo
ending.)


Special: It does the special version of each of the 6 endings instead
of the regular version, and it writes "6 special ending, 1 awesome
wedding  ULTRA COMBO" on the screen at the end instead of the normal
writing.


9.      SUPER SUPER SUPER SECRET ULTRA ENDING: I bet nobody found the
SUPER SUPER SUPER SECRET ULTRA ENDING in FF3.  At the start of the
game, get Wedge and Vicks to level 59 before you find the Esper.
(Make sure you found all of the cursed items; just wait 2 hours in
front of the cave and Umaro will jump out and give them to you.)  The
Esper will kill Terra but spare Wedge and Vicks.  You'll then head
back to Vector where you'll get to control the Empire.  Gesthal has
wicked magic (just like GeshtalZ), and Kefka rocks, even before he
gets the statue powers.  Leo is good but you have to kill him when he
switches sides.  Head to the Opera House; Kefka and Gesthal will
start to sing a duet, and when the audience starts to boo they will
use their magic to destroy the whole place.  The Impresario will then
turn into Dr. Lugae from FF2.  Kill him to get the Bahamut Esper
(Teaches Nuke10 and Bio8).  Head to Doma and brainwash Cyan with
Kefka's Laugh.  Then head to every town and wreak massive
destruction.  (You'll fight Returners as bosses.)
	After you get bored of wreaking destruction, revive the
Floating Continent and destroy the world.  (Kefka will kill Gesthal,
but then he will have a tough fight against Wedge and Vicks.)  Now,
just use the Light of Judgement to destroy all the new towns until
you get bored.  When the heroes come, use Fallen One and Havok Wing
to destroy them.  Go find Gogo and Umaro and take them plus Cyan (who
is still brainwashed) to Doma and enter Cyan's dream.  Instead of
Larry, Moe, and Curley, you'll fight the Hero, Girl, and Sprite from
Secret of Mana.  Once you win, you'll get the Flammie Drum.  Call
Flammie and head to the fortress.  Use the time machine and head to
FF2, then use the fortress's power to make the moon crash into the
world.  The screen will go black and the game will become FF1 (only
you use Kefka, Akuma, Zemus, and GesthalZ as characters).  Play
through FF1, and when you win (Laugh works well against Chaos) a
really long ending will start.  I can't tell you what happens because
I always have to eat supper just when it starts.  That is how you get
the SUPER SECRET SECRET SECRET ULTRA ENDING.

Special: You can't possibly get the secret characters with this
ending.


10.     Ultimate Ending: First, get the Sealed Weapons from the
Timeless World by beating Cowkef.  Then go to the FF2 Moon in either
the Big Whale, the Auction House airship, or Figaro Castle.  Enter
FuSoYa's cave and head down to the center of the moon.  Equip all the
Sealed Weapons, which include:
Excalipur
Masamune
Doom Bow
Berserk Axe
Pink Pug tail (whip)
Cow Bell
Excalibur
Love bow
Cupid arrows
Paladin Sword
Moon Staff
Moon Rod

Exodus will appear, and you'll fight him.  When you beat him, he'll
cast Ultima4 and wreak havok across the W.O.R., FF2 World, and the
Timeless World, merging them into the World Beyond Ruin (W.B.R.)  A
lot of places will be gone now and Terra's Castle (Teratio) will
appear.  The screen will go dark, and you'll end up right outside
Teratio with only Terra, Cecil, Zemus, Kefka, and ????? in your
party.  ????? claims to be the last guy from FF4 (FF7 in Japan), and
you can't control him.  Go inside the castle and head up to the 7th
floor throne room.  Inside is Garland, who explains that the entire
FF series is just a time loop, and that your characters are actually
all good guys, and that he's been tricking you into fighting each
other all along.  (He says a little and takes a step back twice, just
like in FF1.)  Garland will then Morph into Chaos, and you'll fight
him.  The best strategy is to use Terra's Morph and Atma Weapon/
Excalipur attack, Cecil's Paladin Sword attack, Zemus's Black Hole
and Meteo spell, and Kefka's Double spell, followed by the R. Mage
rage.  ????? will attack and use some really strange spell called
Moogual, which works pretty well.  Garland has 200,000 hit points.
Once you beat him, you'll see the modified FF1, FF2, FFE, FF3 combo
ending, which is similar to the endings of the four games combined,
and goes on for over an hour.

Special: What, don't you think the ending is special enough already?


CREDITS:
Writers/ Compilers, and what they helped with:

main writer/editor: comberia@wam.umd.edu (Anthony Comberiate)
	Intro, How to get Where, Hidden Characters, Endings, (Items,
Espers, Spells,) and general editing of and additions to everything.

assisted by/co-editor: asstt@orion.alaska.edu (Scott Tengelin)
	Heading, original data, Hidden Characters, Items, character's
quotes idea, Endings.


also assisted by: bmartin@csugrad.cs.vt.edu (Benjamin S. Martin)
	Hidden Characters, Special Ending Events, misc.


as well as by: baraka@freenet.vancouver.bc.ca (Lee Darquin)
	Hidden Characters, Endings.

and even by: jrd@cube.handheld.com (Robbie De Arras)
	Hidden Characters, low HP attacks idea.


Other Contributors (as far as we know):

philyee@Ranma.stanford.edu (Phillip L. Yee)
yma@mtu.edu (Dark Knight)
mdrury@ucs.indiana.edu (Martin L. Drury)
aq512@freenet.carleton.ca (Biso Shrestha)
Dan_Posluns@magic.ca (Dan Posluns)
ax164@freenet.carleton.ca(Nicholas Yarymowich)
dante@rmii.com(Saul Resnikoff)