13th Zodiac Stone
To get the 13th Zodiac Stone you must go
into the Deep Dungeon (Found in Chapter
4 in Warjuliis Trade City.) After you defeat
the final boss, a Byblos will join your team.
He has awesome abilities and the 13th
Zodiac Stone!
Submitted by Xemorph Smorg
(Arbjuan@AOL.com)

Best Combination
One of the best combinations of characters
in the game also needs good skills and
equipment. Your main team should always
have: Ramza, Orlandu, Agrias, Beowulf,
and Mustadio.

For Ramza, make him master the monk
class, then turn him into a lancer and master
that class, too.

For Orlandu, you can try making him a
monk. just make him have the 'equip sword'
ability. He can kickass with his monk
abilities, even better than Ramza. Make
Orlandu learn all of these skills and then
turn him back into a holy swordsman. use
the monk skills as a secondary skill.

For Agrias, fo the same thing you did for
Orlandu, except that her monk skills aren't
as strong as everybody else.

For Beowulf, make him learn all of his
temple knight skills and then turn him into a
samurai. Learn all of the skills, and then turn
him back to the temple knight. The skills
should be useful, especially the 'kiyomori'
sword skill.

For Mustadio, do the same thing you did
with Ramza. At the start of the game,
though, you might want him to learn all of
the snipe skills and then become a master
chemist. this is a good combo for early
stages.

Note: When using Orlandu, Agrias, and
Beowulf, make sure you duplicate the
Excalibur sword and give one to each of
them. It will give them the ability to go first
plus hurt more with their attacks.
Submitted by Crono2058

Chicken Trick
For this you'll need either a mediator or an
oracle. A mediator is best. First learn any
skill that lowers brave points. Then all you
have to do is lower someone's brave points
below 10. They'll turn into a chicken. They
can't attack, they just run away.

NOTE: They gain 1 brave point every turn,
so keep it under 10 or they'll turn back.
Submitted by Ziggy
(uncler@voicenet.com)

Deep Dungeon "Lights On" Trick
If you have been to the Deep Dungeon in
chapter 4, you will notice there are no
lights. In order to turn them on follow this
procedure:

1.destroy all but one enemy and keep him n
stop or sleep.
2.keep choosing "Wait" for all of your team
3.pretty soon, the defeated enemies will
turn into crystals and will light up the room.

Defeat Velius
To defeat Velius, bring along at least one
summoner that knows Lich, a chemist with
a Mythril Gun, and anyone with a strong
attack (like a knight or a ninja.)

First, move within four spaces of Velius and
use wave fist. Then you should get another
turn. Use wave fist again and then jump
across the water on the right.

I think Velius gets his turn next and he'll use
Cyclops. While he's charging, move your
guys away from the target. If he targeted a
certain person, attack him directly with that
person. Hopefully, you'll have a summoner
left. Cast Lich (It'll hit him for around 500,
and he has 1000hp)

By now he should be almost dead. Just use
anything you can to finish him off
Submitted by Luke Nuken
(swailes@gte.net)

Defeat Wiegraff
To defeat Wiegraff at Riovanes Castle,
become a monk and learn WAVE FIST,
CHAKRA and MOVE-HP UP. A Bracer
will help as well.

Start out by getting as close to him as you
can. Then use wave fist. He will then use
Lightning Stab and run away. DON'T
FOLLOW HIM. Run back to where you
started and use chakra. He will then move
to where he started. Now repeat all this
until he's dead.
Submitted by Luke Nuken
(swailes@gte.net)

Defeating Balk
Balk is a difficult enemy to beat. At first
glance, this battle in Murond Death City
looks fairly simple: Balk is standing in the
midst of four monsters (one of each of the
following: Behemoth, Hyudra, Hydra, and
Tiamat). You find out pretty quickly that
this battle isn't going to be one of the easy
ones.

Here's my take on how to beat Balk and his
crew of beasts.

First, use the sword duping trick to make a
number of "Excalibur" and "Save the
Queen".

Change Ramza's job to Knight if you don't
have him there already, and equip both the
swords stated above (must have the Two
Swords ability from the Ninja job class
[900 JP]). This will automatically put him in
[Haste] and [Protect].

Have whatever ability you want for your
secondary action ability. Use Blade Grasp
for your Reaction ability, Two Swords for
Support ability, and Move-HP UP for
Movement.

NOTE: This combination of abilities and
items works well with ANY character, but
you may not have spent enough time with
everyone, having Ramza the only one
capable.

For the rest of my team, I included
Mustadio as an Engineer (with Mythril
Gun), Orlandu as Holy Swordsman (with
Excalibur and Save the Queen if possible),
Agrias as Holy Knight, and a Ninja.

Equip the best armor you have (Reflect
Armor works OK here). The Defense
Armlet is the best accessory to have (so
Balk can't use his Snipe skills on you), but
Rubber Shoes (accessory) are useful when
Balk tries to shoot you with his
Lightning-aligned Blast Gun. Use whichever
is handy, but equip the Defense Armlet(s)
on your best character(s).

Use Mustadio's "Snipe" ability on the
monsters to paralyze them. Pick each one
off in turn with Ramza and the Ninja going
up close with Two Swords, while Agrias
and Orlandu get them with Lightning Stab
(or the best skill you have).

Note: You can just attack the Behemoth
until its health is "Critical". It'll leave you
alone. The three other monsters can hit you
with their firey breath (and from fairly far
away), so make sure you kill them off
completely.

You can't paralyze Balk, so you have to
concentrate on surrounding him. He runs
away easily and can hit you with his Blast
Gun, so go after him quickly (once you've
eliminated the monsters). Try to break his
Blast Gun first with Orlandu's Hellcry
Punch. After that, he's easy to defeat with
ANY ally. Good luck!
Submitted by Foremole1@aol.com

Duplicate Weapons
Set the Ninja "Two Swords" skill on
anyone. Equip a shield in their right hand,
and the item you want duplicated in their
left. Nnow go to a shop that sells the items
you want duplicated, choose "BEST FIT"
and buy them. Next, go to the formation
screen and remove the items. You should
now have two of the item you had in the left
hand.

For example, to duplicate Excaliber, go to
Lionel castle's shop. You'll get a second
Excalibur for only 10 gold!
Submitted by Adam Lanthier and Mark
(tiger123@concentric.net)

Easy Level Gain
In any battle, kill all of the enemies but one.
Form a circle around him to prevent his
escape, then proceed to attack your own
party. This is an easy way to gain
experience as long as you don't kill your
own people.
Submitted by visocchi@writeme.com

Easy Level Gain and Job Points
Before you can do this you'll need to learn
ACCUMULATE and (if possible) the
JP-UP skill. You also need at least one
monk with the CHAKRA skill for this to
work.

Walk across any green dot until you are
attacked, then kill all but one enemy. Next,
find five squares that form an + and are on
the same height level. Have the monk stand
in the center with all other characters in the
adjacent squares. Use accumalte over and
over and when your attacked just use
chakra to gain back your health. Repeat as
desired.
Submitted by Kaos
(rhammond@erols.com)

Equipment Tip
When fighting battles against other humans,
be sure to check their equipment.
Sometimes they have items not available in
stores. Use a mediator to invite them into
your party and strip them after the battle, or
use a thief to steal their belongings.
Submitted by Noah Cushing
(noah@wpi.edu)

Gain 5 or more Levels in One Fight
You know how you get exp with one hit?
What if your character is so strong, it kills
with one hit. What if you can hit someone
over 20 times without your guidence and
safely return home. What you need is a
wizard, and an oracle or mediator.

What you do is you turn your enemies into
frogs. It is time consuming, but it is worth it.
(You can increase chances by using oracle
"pray faith." Once that is done. and I know
this sounds weird, turn your strong
character into a frog. Then with oracle or
mediator, put him into berserk. This will
allow him to fight on auto-battle without
running away. Keep your character well
healed. Then move the rest of your
characters far away from the fight. Frogs
VS Frogs. Put them on auto battle in "Run
like a rabbit" mode so they don't interfere.
They shouldn't interfere.

Leave it on over night. By morning that
character will rise 5-10 levels, and have
over 2000-5000 jp points.
Submitted by Heather Easley
(Velocity1@aol.com)

Get Cloud
This tip must be done during Chapter Four.
Not that you should have about six empty
spaces in your formation screen before
attempting this.

1.Go to Zeltennia Castle and listen to
the rumor called "Cursed Island"
2.Buy a flower from Aeris at Zarghidas
Trade City then go to Goug machine
city with Mustadio. The screen will
fade and go to a scene of Mustadio,
Ramza and a steel ball.
3.Go to the bar in Goland Coal City
and listen to the rumor of the "Ghost
of Colliery"
4.After this, go to Lesalia Imperia and
the screen should shown a scene of a
bar. When you leave, invite Beowulf
to join your party.
5.Now that you have Beowulf, go to
Goland Coal City and you will fight 4
battles here and save Reis. After you
save Reis you will get a Zodiac
Stone that will trigger the steel ball.
6.Return to Goug Machine City again
and add the Robot to your party.
7.Now that you have the robot, go to
Nelveska Temple. You will fight
another robot kill him and you will
recieve a stone that will bring Cloud
to your world.
8.Now go back to Goug Machine City
and you will trigger the time portal
machine and it will suck Cloud from
the future bringing him to your world.
9.Now go to Zarghidas Trade City and
save Cloud from the thieves that are
punking Aeris. Note: if this part
didn't work make sure that you killed
Dycerag and his Zodiac Soul
Adramelk.

When Cloud joins your party all he can do
is defend and attack. You'll need to find his
Materia Blade so that he can use all of his
limit attacks from Final Fantasy VII.

The Materia Blade is located in the
Bervania Volcano. Set your party's on
Move-Find Item Then go to the highest tall
rock and go to the top of it.
Submitted by Stephen Pastor

How to get the Chaos Blade
On level nine of the Deep Dungeon you
should fight a team of ninjas. Ready your
CATCH ability. If you're lucky, one of the
ninjas will throw a Chaos Blade at you. If
you catch it you get to keep it!
Submitted by Sean Wilson
(mwilson@ecscape.ca)

Immortal Female
To have a female that cannot turn into a
crystal or treasure box, you must have the
Chantage perfume (stolen from Meliadoul in
Chapter 4) and a character skilled as a
ninja, or have a Vanish Mantle as an
accessory.

Put the Chantage perfume on any female
character, and make sure the Ninja has the
reaction skill of Sunken State (or equip
him/her with the Vanish Mantle)

Go into battle, and hit the Ninja until he
uses Sunken State (unless he has a Vanish
Mantle) then make your Ninja run away
after it is transparent (not acting!)

You will notice that your female character,
after dying will be revived as soon as her
AT reaches 100. This will happen every
time she dies! It is better to have someone
like Agrias use this technique!
Submitted by rv6dd@mindspring.com

Instantly Kill Undead
To instantly kill an undead (ghouls,
skeletons, etc), simply throw them a
Phoenix Down. You will never miss and
they'll die instantly!

Warning: When you kill undead this way a
timer will appear. If you don't finish the
game before the timer reaches 0 the undead
will rise again.
Submitted by Rebel1031@aol.com and
Xemorph Smorg

Mime Job
The requirement for the job mime is level 8
item user, level 8 beginner knight, level 5
summoner, level 5 talker, level 5 Fu-sui-shi
(Element user) and level 5 dragon knight.
Submitted by Hiro Kanno
(kanno@ix.netcom.com)

Mini-Games - Japanese
Sometimes when you go to the bar and
accept a mission, you will get a book. You
can use that book to play a little mini game.
There are four books in all.

Note: This tip only works in the Japanese
version.
Submitted by Hiro Kanno
(kanno@ix.netcom.com)

More Powerful Ramza
For a more powerful Ramza, have him
master the squire class then switch him to
the ninja class and have him master that too.
Then return him to the squire class and
equip him with the two swords ability.
Because of his special squire abilities he can
wear heavy armor and helmets. Because of
his natural H.P bonus in the squire class his
max H.P should go up almost 100 H.P!
This tip works best in late ch.3 to ch.4.

NOTE: When you get T.G Cid at the end
of the 3rd. chapter, duplicate his excalibur
and put one in each of Ramza's hands. If he
is at a good level and has a high attack
power, he can attack for 350+ points of
damage each hit!
Submitted by J.J. Zillion

Music Test - Japanese
In the Japanese version, enter your name as
B-G-M-Ki-Ki-Ta-I to access the Music
Select screen.
Submitted by Y.Kanno
(kanno@ix.netcom.com)

Quick Level Up and Job Points
To level up fast, first learn the squire skill
"accumulate" for 300 jobpoints. Then learn
the job skill "jp up", then go into a battle.
You can re-enter monster battles and keep
fighting them as long as you want, just find a
green dot on the main map and walk over it
until you fight. Once you have the battle
under control, kill all but one enemy. Then
use the "accumulate" skill over and over
again until you have your desired level.
Submitted by Mark
(tiger123@concentric.net)

Raise Bravery Permanently
When you reach chapter two, purchase the
Square ability CHEER UP for Ramza.
Once you've acquired it, go into battle and
use it on everyone on your team. It will
temporarily raise their BRAVE by 5 points,
and provide a permanent 1-point increase.

You can get your Brave up to 97. This
works great if you have the Blade Grasp
skill because the enemies will only have a
three percent chance of hitting you!
Submitted by Sean Wilson
(mwilson@ecscape.ca)

Ultimate Summon
After beating the battle in the holy land of
Myurond, go to the seaport Wo-jirius.
Following an short event you can go into
Dieve dungeon, and from the tenth floor of
the basement you will be able to learn the
ultimate summon (equivalent to Knights of
the Round from FFVII.)
Submitted by Hiro Kanno
(kanno@ix.netcom.com)

Weigraf and Velius: Two Birds with
One Stone!
When you encounter Weigraf for the last
time(just before he becomes Velius) you
cankill him easily by following these
instructions:

Make sure Ramza is a Squire with two
sword ability or a Ninja with HP Restore
and the support skill Guts equipped.

When you start the battle it's just you
(Ramza) and Weigraff. Don't attack him,
instead keep away from him and use Yell
and Accumilate repeatedly when it's your
turn.

Eventualy this will raise your speed and
level high enough that you don't have to
worry about his Lightning Stab or Earth
Slash attack.

When you are getting 3 to 4 consecutive
turns in a row (Check the AT list) wait until
the beginning of the next cycle then attack.
Your two-sword ability should kill Weigraff
in one turn and Velius will be dispatched
before anyone else even gets a turn.

This should make what was the hardest
battle in the game quite simple. Good luck!
Submitted by Steve Kilpatrick
(Plank@swbell.net)

Zodiac Stones
Aries, acquired after defeating Wiegraf.

Taurus, Found hidden in Goug Machine
city.

Gemini, acquired after beating Duke
Elmdor in Limberry castle.

Cancer, acquired after beating the steel
giant.

Libra, in the possession of thunder god Cid.

Scorpio, acquired after vanquishing
Draclau.

Sagittarius, The high priest gives this stone
to Meliadoul.

Capricorn, Acquired after defeating
Dycedarg.

Aquarius, found in the deep coal mine in
Goland.

Pisces, given to Alma by Izlude while he
was dying.

Leo, Elidibs has it in the last deep dungeon
level.

Virgo, Altima possess the last stone in the
Graveyard of Airships.
Submitted by Mark
(tiger123@concentric.net)