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• When leveling up your characters they will all recieve the same AP from battle, so if a battle gives you 500AP each character that participes in the battle will recieve 500AP.
  
  
• Fire deals x1.5 damage to Ice and Vice Versa, Electric deals x1.5 damage to Water and Vice Versa.
  
  
• Different sections will have the same elemental fiends, so if you dont have an ultimate weapon or an uber weapon created by yourself remember to switch weapons to make it easier on yourself.(E.g if your running into alot of fire type fiends, put ice weapons on or fire wards)
  
  
• Don't ignore blitzball, you need to play it to get most of Wakka's items (Overdrives, Ultimate Weapon, achievements etc)
  
  
• Make sure you do the destruction spheres in all the Cloister of Trials, this will get you the items needed for your Ultimate Weapons. If you miss them, when you go back there will be a Dark Aeon waiting for you that you'll have to get passed first.
  
  
• Shortly after getting your Aeon you'll meet a woman called Belgemine, she'll offer you an Aeon fight, make sure you defeat her for a better item.
  
  
• If you use Yunas 'Grand Summon' Overdrive on an Aeon that already had a full overdrive, you can use the Aeons overdrives twice.
  
  
• Dont bother trying to do the 'dodge 200 lightning bolts' in the Thunder Plains when you get there, wait till you have a 'No Encounters' weapon then go back there on Cid's Airship.
  
  
• When entering a new section which seems tough, run around near the save sphere leveling yourself up, get around 10 levels for each charater then continue on your way.
  
  
• When you get to the Calm Lands sell all your unwanted weapons, then use the money to buy Yojimbo.
  
  
• Upgrading Celestial Weapons with crest will allow your Aeons to break 9999 limit.
  
  
• Over killing enemies (especially bosses) will give you more items or much better items after the battles.
  
  
• Remeber this new version allows you to speed the game up (F1) and turn encounters on and off (F3) so you can do side quests quickly without interruptions.

https://youtu.be/yuMZuRbpJrs


https://youtu.be/TZA5RPQ1j1Q


https://youtu.be/7C1AOAM_mzU


https://youtu.be/-BwnpKx9md4


https://youtu.be/FW4pCRSK1Xw
Towards the end of this trial I wanted to turn right but kept missing the arrow.


https://youtu.be/7TRpp8DDXIQ

Zanerkand Destruction sphere (has to be done when you go back to Zanerkand after defeating Yunalesca)

https://youtu.be/PWjvcvlfVx4

*NOTE There are 4 that if you miss on your game you can never get them (unless you start a new play through) I'd recommend making sure you get these ones 19, 20, 21 & 22. The others can be collected whenever you want.

1. Salvage Ship Deck (Back of the ship)


2. Crusaders Lodge (in Besaid with Latteu)


3. Ship to Killika (in the engine room)


4. Killika (Pub/Bar when heading back to the ship)


5.Ship to Luca (Captains room/Bridge)


6. Luca Stadium (2nd Basement)


7. Luca Theater (on the stairs when you walk in)


8. Rin Mi'ihen Travel Agency (Can't be missed)


9. Mi'ihen Highroad (After u-bend)


10. Mushroom Rock Valley (Before last lift)


11. Djose Highroad (Last pillar on the right)


12. Moonflow (After riding the Shoopoof)


13. Guadosalam (Up the left slope)


14: Sanubia Desert (if missed in Thunder Plains)


15. Macalania Lake Road (Hidden to the right)


16. Macalania Travel Agency (Outside)


17. Sanubia Desert (Turn left at 3rd sphere)


18.Sanubia Desert (North Central far end)


19. Outside Al Bhed Home (Left of Save Point)


20. Al Bhed Home Living Quarters (Room on the left of narrow corridor)


21. Al Bhed Home Corridor (Turn right at the junction)


22. Bevelle Priest's Passage (Before save sphere)


23. Calm Lands (North west along the edge)


24. Outside Remiem Temple (Behind Chocobo)


25. Cavern of Stolen Fayth (Left of Save sphere)


26. Omega Ruins (Central circle with 4 treasures)

• Make sure you change your play type to MANUAL A (pressing select on game pad when you have the ball) This way you can control the offense part of the game and leave the defending on auto.
  
  
• Its upto you if you want to hire new teammates further in the game, but i prefer to keep the Besiad Aurochs squad (even though Letty and Datto are just terrible to begin with)
  
  
• Tip for leveling up your characters, to begin with just use Tidus to shoot and score. Once he's leveled up enough to score very easily (around level 15) this is when you begin to level up your other charaters very quickly, in all the rest of the games use Tidus to score 4-5 goals in the first half then spend the second half just passing the ball between Letty, Datto, Jassu and Botta and just taking random shots, they will level up very quickly, Also when there contracts run out there very cheap to renew them for 99 games (around 4000 gil each)
  
  
• Leveling up is based on 'Successful Passes, tackles, blocks, goals and saves

Whatever position you prefer to put your players in, i'd recommend keeping them in those postions it just makes it easier to know whos where, what they look like, strenghts, weaknesses etc.





This is where you can equip your skills for your players, you either win them in the league or tournements or via Techcopying them off other characters you play against. (Apart from Jecht Shot, which you earn on the ship before Luca)





There are 2 steps to Techcopying, firstly during the match setup in the 'Set Mark' section you need to set each of your players to a BLUE worded enemy move, E.g If 'Venom Shot' is in white, that player cannot learn that move yet, but if its written in blue the player can learn the move.



The second step is during the game, whenever an enemy uses his ablitly (if you have assigned one of your players to it) the word Techcopy will appear in the top left and flash between the colours white and blue, you need to press your 'B' button when its blue to copy the technique. If done successfully you will be notfied in the bottom left. You can equip the move either at half time or before the start of the next game (Dont worry if you missed it the first time, you can try again next time the enemy use the ability)




They basically tell you what they do when you equip them on the players but here is a couple of things you might need to know...

• Jecht Shot 2: Can only be aquired after Tidus is level 28+ has learned Jecht Shot 1 and Anti-Vemon 2
  
  
• Golden Arm Lowers the drop rate of your shots and passes.
  
  
• Each player can equip upto 5 techniques, once you reach level 30 you will unlock your 5th slot
  
  
• During 'Tackle Slip' your player can get disoriented and forget a technique, you will have to re-equip it at half time or the start of the next game.

If a player is poisoned by venom, they can not use any techniques until the poison has worn off.

• HP 'Health Points' is used up during 'dribbling' and using Techniques, if you can't use a certain Technique its probably because you dont have enough health or you are poisoned
  
  
• EN 'Energy' Is how much damage you can take before you loose the ball, use this to calculate how many players you can break through before shooting, passing or dribbling. It is your EN vs their AT (beware your not always going to take the exact amount stated, it varies sometimes you'll take less damage and sometimes more) EN can be increased with leveling up your players, successful breaks and use of Tackling Techniques.
  
  
• SH 'Shoot' is what you need to score, every second it takes the ball to reach the goal keeper your shot reduces, then its whats left of your 'shot' vs the goal keepers CA 'Catch' (beware even if your SH is higher than the keepers CA, the keeper still might save it) SH can be increased with leveling up your players, scoring goals and use of Shot Techniques.
  
  
• PA 'Pass' this is used up during passing the ball, every second it takes the ball to reach your teammate this will deplete, if it reaches 0 before it gets to your teammate your teammate will drop the ball. (It is your PA vs thier BL 'block'. PA can be increased with leveling up your players, successful passes and use of Pass Techniques

• AT 'Attack'This is the amount you can 'potentionally' take off the opponents EN when defending, it can be increased with leveling up your players, successful breaks and use of tackling techniques.
  
  
• BL 'Block' Is used to stop passes, it is not always guaranteed that amount but can take enough off for others to stop it or the catching player to drop it. This can be increase with leveling up your players, Successful blocks and use of passing techniques.
  
  
• CA 'Catch' is for the goal keepers, a higher catch might not stop a lower SH from point blank range, you'll need about a 9 point gap for a guaranteed save. This can only be increased by leveling up your players, successful catches or a small number of techniques.

• SP 'Speed' This is how fast you can swim around, It is only shown when either viewing your own players stats or hiring a new player, this can only be increased with leveling up your players...Ronso's have very slow speed.

https://youtu.be/tYnyTGCcgmI

• Most people in Spira play Blitzball, just walk upto people and press 'X' on them, this will bring up there Blitzball Stats.
  
  
• The more games you win the higher your 'Scout' level will be for hiring players, you'll get max level 7 scouting after about 30 wins

You do not have to solve the riddle in order to enter the passwords. Just talk to Cid on the bridge of the Airship to bring up the destination list. Select the “Input” option in order to enter the passwords. The coordinates dont have to be precise, just in the general region.

The three Al Bhed Passwords are:

GODHAND
VICTORIOUS
MURASAME

Baaj Temple (X14, Y57)

Battle Site (X41, Y57)

Besaid Falls (X31, Y75)

Mi’ihen Ruins (X35, Y57)

Omega Ruins (X72, Y35)

Sanubia Sands (X15, Y42)

First you will need to get the Cloudy mirror from Remeim Temple in the Calm Lands, win the Chocobo Race at the temple, then you will need to go to Macalania Woods and speak to a woman and a child (their Father is missing) find him somewhere in the woods, then go back to the woman and child, speak to them and they will tell you the child is now missing, find him up the Crystal path and the Cloudy Mirror will turn into the Celestial Mirror.

Each weapon requires 3 parts, the 'Weapon' a 'Crest' and a 'sigil' all located through out Spira.

Weapon
Found at the back of the Calm Lands down a slope, Can only be aquired after completing all of the Chocobo Training in the Calm Lands.

Sun Crest
Found in Zanerkand after defeating Yunalesca, head to the back and go down the stairs, you will be 'warpped' to another set, now just run to the back again and the treasure chest will be there.

Sun Sigil
In the Calm Lands beat the Chocobo Trainer race with a time of 0.0.0.

Weapon
Found in Luca Cafe with the barmaid once you have complete enough blitzball games

Jupiter Crest
Found in the Besaid Aurochs locker room Luca, head up the right staircase then the last door on the left, search the locker for it.

Jupiter Sigil
A prize in Blitzball, but first you need to win his 'Attack Reels' & 'Status Reels' Overdrive during blitzball.

Upgrading the World Champion with the Jupiter Crest will allow Ifrit to break the damage limit.

Weapon
Found in Thunder Plains, pray to 3 glowing stone Qactuar Statues then follow the ghost Qactuar to a brokes lightning rod and pray at the rod.

Saturn Crest
Found after the boss fight with Seymour at the top of Mt Gagazet, follow the path till you get to stone pillars and the chest is between the pillars on the left.

Saturn Sigil
Found in Macalania Woods, you will see a Blue Butterfly near some guy playing a harp, touch it then complete the side quest (catch 7 blue butterflies) a chest will appear when done, then head to the next section and do the same there, a 2nd chest will appear when you have completed this one with your sigil in it.

Upgrading the Spirit Lance with the Saturn Crest allows Ixion to break the damage limit.

Weapon
Collect the 'Rusty Sword' from a small path outside the 'Cavern of Stolen Fayth' (Where Yojimbo Lives) Then take the sword to Djose 'Mushroom Rock Road' and the end take the north west passage and give the sword to the statue.

Mars Crest
Found near the entrance to Mushroom Rock and the end of the Mi' ihen High Road, at the end of a series of narrow paths.

Mars Sigil
Found with the beast master in the Calm Lands, you need to collect 10 of every monster in the game to unlock it.

Upgrading the Masamune with the Mars Crest will allow Yojimbo to break the damage limit.

Weapon
In the Calm lands talk to the Beast Master in the Monster Arena on the far right, then buy weapons from him and capture 1 of each fiend in the calm lands then go back and talk to him.

Moon Crest
Back at the VERY start where you met Wakka on a beach, there is an alcove just to the side.

Moon Sigil
You must have collect Aeons 'Yojimbo & Anima' then go to Remiem Temple and defeat all of Belgemines Aeons she will give you a Flower Sceptre, then capture 1 of every fiend from Mt Gagazet, return to the beast master and he will give you the Blossom Crown, now go back to Belgemine and open the doors behind her. Once you have the Magus Sister Aeon fight Belgemine's Magus Sisters then send her.

Upgrading the Nirvana with the Moon Crest will allow Valefor to break the damage limit.

Weapon
Type GODHAND into the airship and then travel to the location unlocked.

Mercury Crest
Found in a sand whole in the final section of the Sanubia Desert.

Mercury Sigil
Found in the sand storm of the Sanubia Desert, to access it you need to click on the stone cactuar on the edge of the storm then find 10 Cactuar and play 'Whats the time Mr Wolf' (all locations are in the side missions section)

Weapon
Found at Baaj Temple, jump into the water (kill the giant fish) then head to the south east towards a dark whole.

Venus Crest
Found in Guadosalam in the 'Farplanes'

Venus Sigil
Go to the Thunder Plains and dodge 200 conceutive bolts WITHOUT leaving the area, if you leave or get struck you have to start over...and you have to count them. Once done the treasure is waiting at the Thunder Plains travel lodge.

Upgrading the Onion Knight with the Venus Crest will allow Shiva to break the damage limit.

Spiral Cut (Start with)
Slice and Dice (Perform 10 Overdrives)
Energy Rain (Perform 30 Overdrives)
Blitz Ace (Perform 80 Overdrives)


Element Reels (Start with)
Attack Reels (won in bliitzball)
Status Reels (won in bliitzball after 250 battles)
Aurochs Reels (won in bliitzball after 450 battles)


Gather the Jecht Spheres to get all of Auron's overdrives.

Dragon Fang (Start with)
Shooting Star (1 Jecht Spheres)
Banishing Blade (3 Jecht Spheres)
Tornado (10 Jecht Spheres)


Ronso Rage - Jump
Start with

Ronso Rage - Seed Cannon
Part of Kilika cant be missed

Ronso Rage - Fire Breath:
Dual Horn - located at the Mi'ihen Highroad
Yenke Ronso - Boss at Mt. Gagazet

Ronso Rage - Self Destruct
Bomb - Mi'ihen Highroad

Ronso Rage - Aqua Breath:
Chimera - located in Macalania Woods
Yenke Ronso - Boss at Mt. Gagazet

Ronso Rage - Bad Breath:
Malboro - located in the Calm Lands

Ronso Rage - Doom:
Biran Ronso - Boss at Mt. Gagazet
Ghost - located in the Cavern of the Stolen Fayth

Ronso Rage - Mighty Guard
Behemoth - Mt. Gagazet
Biran Ronso - Boss at Mt. Gagazet

Ronso Rage - Nova
Nemesis - "final boss" of the Monster Arena
Omega Weapon - Boss at the end of the Omega Ruins

Ronso Rage - Stone Breath
Basilisk - Djose Highroad
Anacondaur - Calm Lands

Ronso Rage - Thrust Kick
YKT-63 - Bevelle
Biran Ronso - Boss at Mt. Gagazet

Ronso Rage - White Wind
Dark Flan - Mt. Gagazet
Spirit - Omega Ruins


There are over 200, so only going to note the best ones

Hyper Mighty G
Items Needed: Healing Spring + Wings To Discovery,

Hyper NulAll
Items Needed: Hypello Potion + Hypello Potion.

Mega NulAll
Items Needed: Dream Powder + Light Curtain.

Super Mighty G
Items Needed: Arctic Wind + Lunar Curtain

Trio of 9999
Items Needed: Door To Tomorrow + Gambler's Spirit

Ultra NulAll
Items Needed: Healing Spring + Healing Spring

This section is for the items needed to make the best armour and additional weapons to the Cesetial Weapons. Of course its entirely upto you what you put on to create your equipment so i have made a list of the better things you can get, whats needed and where to find them.


Break Damage Limit Dark Matter x60

Triple Overdrive Winning Formula x30

Double Overdrive Underdog's Secret x30

Triple AP Wings to Discovery x50

Double AP Megalixir x20

Overdrive to AP Door to Tomorrow x10

Gillionaire Designer Wallet x30

One MP Cost Three Stars x30

Half MP Cost Twin Stars x20

Magic Booster Turbo Ether x30

Deathstrike Farplane Wind x60

Deathtouch Farplane Shadow x30

There are many more but these are amonst the best....take your pick


Ribbon Dark Matter x99

Break HP Limit Wings to Discovery x30

Break MP Limit Three Stars x30

Master Thief Pendulum x30

Auto Phoenix Mega Phoenix x20

Auto Med Remedy x20

Auto Potion Stamina Tablet x4

Auto Regen Healing Spring x80

Auto Haste Chocobo Wing x80

Auto Protect Light Curtain x70

Auto Shell Lunar Curtain x80

Again there are lots more but these are amonst the best.

Collect all 10 for Aurons overdrives and the achievement. They will only appear after you have collected the first sphere (Story related) then you can go about collecting the others when you like.

1. Given to you in Macalania Woods after killing the blue blob boss

2. In Besaid next to the temple



3. Outside the Besaid Aurochs locker room



4. Found in the captains room of the the ship from Besaid to Killika



5. Thunder Plains next to a lightning rod



6. Moonflow south pier



7. Mi'ihem old road



8. Macalania Woods next to the woman



9. Mt Gagazet near the top along a small passage



10. Mushroom Rock Road at the very end up the last lift

You need to do them one at a time, once you have got one of the spheres you need to take it back to the stone statue and place it, then go and find the next Cactuar. You get 3 trials at each one, it doesnt matter if you fail them, either way you will get a sphere.

*Note you can capture these Cactuar making your life a little easier for the Beast Masters side mission.

Make sure you either use a 'No Encounters' weapon or press F3 and turn encounters off, otherwise you'll get very annoyed at the random battles.

1. Oasis - to the right of the save sphere.

2. Sanubia-East - running around a treasure chest in the northwestern alcove.

3. Sanubia West - read the signpost that advertises a "20% off sale". The cactuar will then appear.

4 & 5. Sanubia Central - running back and forth in the northwestern ruins. Leaving Sanubia West via the exit opposite the Cactuar Village takes the player straight to that particular area.

6. Sanubia East - touch the save sphere in the tent. The cactuar will then appear.

7. Sanubia Central - inside a treasure chest in the southwest corner.

8. Sanubia West - in a shifting sand pit. To make the cactuar appear, the player must leave the area after delivering the sphere from Robeya and return.

9. Oasis - the cactuar will use the save sphere to teleport onboard the airship. The player must board the airship and go to the top deck to find him.

10. Sanubia West - appears behind the player once the spheres from the first nine are all taken back to the stone.

These are the toughest things in the game, (other than Nemisis & Pennance) the only way to beat them is cast Auto Life on your party then Overdrive, Overdrive and Overdrive some more, pull out an Aeon to die when the Dark Aeon's overdrive is full. Other than that i can only give you thier locations...

Valefor Besaid Village, where you first began.



Ifrit Sanubia Desert West, last area to the left in a whole.



Ixion Thunder Plains, after the Travel Agency. (Have to fight twice)



Shiva Outside the entry to Macalania Temple.



Bahamut Zanerkand, where you fought Yunalesca.



Yojimbo Chamber of the Stolen Faith. (You need to go back into the chamber of faith first)



Anima Mt Gagazet. (You need to go to the end of the cave and redo the blitzball thing first)



Magus Sisters Start of Mushroom Rock Road.

An arduous task, you can only buy your capture weapons from the beast master in the calm lands, my only recommendation to make your life eaiser is to either make sure your on a very high level or put Deathstrike or Deathtouch on your capture weapons, you'll need 10 of each fiend and it will tell you at the top of the screen when you have reached your capture limit for that certain fiend.

If your strong enough i'd recommend putting Auto attack on 'F4' and x2 or x4 speed 'F1' then just walk back through the game, it will make things go alot quick and all you have to do is walk in between battles.

Once you have captured all of the fiends head back to the beast master and kill all the fiends he has created to unlock Nemisis & Penance, then kill these two for your achievements. Be warned....they are even harder than any Dark Aeon you have faced.

https://youtu.be/QnoLnxdogyk


Create these weapons and armours for all your characters, then run around the Omega Ruins, you'll have it in no time



*NOTE you need to fully complete the sphere grids empty nodes as well, so to shorten the game by around 500 hours i'd recommend getting this achievement last and using the new 'change parameters' to get 99 of every item.


Easy enough just make sure you have around 500,000 gil once you beat sin then head to Luca and buy all the spheres from the theatre.


Just select the 'Eternal Calm' when you next load FFX


Once you unlock bribe on the sphere grid (probably buy Rikku first) just chuck 100.000 and the next fiend that crosses your path.