Cheat: 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. Now 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 castles shop. Youll get a second Excalibur for only 10 gold!
Hint: Gain Massive Levels
In order to make your characters unbelievably good follow these steps:
Find a degenerator trap a good one is in the first level of deep dungeon.
Change your job class to oracle once you have reached a high level.
Change your move skill to teleport and teleport onto the degenerator trap with the character you wish to improve, I suggest starting with Ramza.
Kill all monsters but the last one and use Beowulf to keep the last one asleep, you should also speed break this enemy to one speed.
With the character you changed to an oracle keep on doing failed teleports each turn you will lose one level.
Once the character is back to level one kill the last monster.
Change the characters job class to ninja before your next battle for speed and strength, or knight if you want mp as well but the improvement to speed and strength will not be as good.
Level the character up with the new job class (knight or ninja) back up, yell is great for this because if the rest of your party is high level you will level up about every other turn by using the skill on your allies.
Since you leveled down as an oracle the stat decrease is rather low, meanwhile leveling up as a better class makes for a huge increase in overall stats. Repeat as many times as desired, your party members will become unbelievable going 5 to 6 times before the monsters. Also, you will have max hp of 999 and all your attacks will do 999 damage after about 2 times through the process.
Hint: Fast Job Level Up
This requires one character that has the Knight Skills, "Speed Break" and "Power Break". Everyone else can be any class, but they must
have the Squire Skill, "Throw Stone". It may be good to equip them with the "JP up Ability" as well.
Enter an area where monsters are weak (like the Mandalia Plains) and leave one monster on the field, but wound it with the Speed and Power Break skills. This causes the monster to hardly take any action, leaving all your other members to throw huck stones at one another, and watch them become masters in no time!
Unlockable: 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 youre lucky, one of the ninjas will throw a Chaos Blade at you. If you catch it you get to keep it!
Unlockable: 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.
Unlockable: 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.
Go to Zeltennia Castle and listen to the
rumor called "Cursed Island"
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.
Go to the bar in Goland Coal City and listen to the rumor of the "Ghost of Colliery"
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.
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.
Return to Goug Machine City again and add the Robot to your party.
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.
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.
Now go to Zarghidas Trade City and save Cloud from the thieves that are punking Aeris. Note: if this part didnt 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. Youll 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 partys on Move-Find Item Then go to the highest tall rock and go to the top of it.
Unlockable: Music Test - Japanese
In the Japanese version, enter your name as B-G-M-Ki-Ki-Ta-I to access the Music Select screen.
Unlockable: 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.)
Hint: Drain Boss Health Quickly
Here is one of the easiest ways to defeat the bosses with insane amounts of health. Obtain the ghoul class monster and then breed it until you have the Revenant. One of this monsters main abilities is the Drain Touch, which siphons HP and is the only way to heal the undead creature. For some reason, whenever this ability is used against the big bosses, such as Hashmalum and Altima, the Revenant will drain 999 health points, thus shortening the battle with the bosses considerably.
Hint: Ultimate Magician
Have one character become a calculator. To level up the calculator, just have him do propositions seeing as the calculator is very slow. Once he has all the math skills learned, switch his job to summoner. Master the summoner and for the second skill equip math skill. He will be able to cast almost all spells. (Spells that are a must: Flare, Holy, Bolt3, Fire3, Ice3, Cure3.)
Hint: 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.
Hint: 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!
Hint: Chicken Trick
For this youll 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 someones brave points below 10. Theyll turn into a chicken. They cant attack, they just run away.
NOTE: They gain 1 brave point every turn, so keep it under 10 or theyll turn back.
Hint: 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 isnt going to be one of the easy ones.
Heres 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 Ramzas job to Knight if you dont 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 cant 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 Mustadios "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". Itll 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 cant 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 youve eliminated the monsters). Try to break his Blast Gun first with Orlandus Hellcry Punch. After that, hes easy to defeat with ANY ally. Good luck!
Hint: Deep Dungeon - Lights On (Alternate)
Another way you to turn the lights on in the Deep Dungeon is to have a character with the Teleport ability. When you click on the character (even when its not his or her turn) the field lights up.
When its not the Teleporting characters turn, press the X button with the Teleport spell.
Hint: 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 arent 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.
Hint: 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.
Serpentarious, Elidibs has it in the last deep dungeon level.
Leo, this stone is acquired by killing Vormav.
Virgo, Altima possess the last stone in the Graveyard of Airships.
Hint: 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 its just you (Ramza) and Weigraff. Dont attack him, instead keep away from him and use Yell and Accumilate repeatedly when its your turn.
Eventualy this will raise your speed and level high enough that you dont 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!
Hint: 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 Ramzas hands. If he is at a good level and has a high attack power, he can attack for 350+ points of damage each hit!
Hint: Crystal Abilities
When an enemy human character dies and turns into a crystal, and the ability command appears when you step on it. If you select ability and it gives you a list of abilities you can learn, (fire, fire 2, fire 3 etc, I discovered a way to get every ability there. When you select ability, and it gives you the list, go to the very bottom of the list and select the bottom ability listed. Then check the persons abilites that they can learn and you should have every ability that you could learn from the crystal.
Hint: Raise Bravery Permanently
When you reach chapter two, purchase the Square ability CHEER UP for Ramza. Once youve 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!
Hint: 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.
Hint: 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.
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 dont interfere. They shouldnt interfere.
Leave it on over night. By morning that character will rise 5-10 levels, and have over 2000-5000 jp points.
Hint: Instantly Kill Undead
To instantly kill an undead (ghouls, skeletons, etc), simply throw them a Phoenix Down. You will never miss and theyll die instantly!
Warning:
When you kill undead this way a timer will appear. If you dont finish the game before the timer reaches 0, sometimes the undead will rise again. You can also use the engineers Seal Evil ability to destroy undead without them ever reviving.
* - Only males can be Bards.
** - Only females can be Dancers.
Hint: Experience With Toad
If you have a Black Mage, have him or her learn the spell Toad. Then, transform all of the enemies on the field into toads. Kill any enemies that arent able to be turned. Then, you can attack and heal your own party to build experience and JP for as long as you want with no threat from the enemies. When youre done, you can then kill the toads for an easy victory.
Hint: Monk Experience and JP
Heres another great way to level-up easily. Have a party of five, with one of your characters playing as a Monk. Have that character learn the skill Chakra. Then, take them to a map where a "plus sign-shaped" area can be found. Have your five players stand in this area, with the Monk in the middle. Then, simply have them attack each other, using the Monks Chakra ability to heal everyone each round. This will rack up some easy JP and experience points if you have some patience.
