In Albrook, talk to the people to learn of the World of Ruin. You'll hear about the 8 dragons, Phunbaba, and Doom Gaze, as well as Kefka's reign of terror. Buy new equipment (you'll need it) and sleep at the inn. When you leave town, head north past Kefka's Tower and through a desert. Eventually you'll reach Tzen. Save outside, and when you enter, a disaster hits. Go the inn for HP and MP if you must, then go up to Sabin. Enter the house, taking the treasures, and head to the left. Go downst- airs, and up to the long landing. The child should be above the fireplace. Take it outside, and Sabin will join you. Buy equip- ment for him if you must, and save outside. Go north-west and find a small forest. In the middle, rent a Chocobo and go south. Go east across a bridge and follow the green trail that was once the Serpent Trench to Mobliz. There, sleep at the house and talk to Terra. You'll fight Phunbaba, who can be stopped by strong ice spells, the poison and bio spells, and the Suplex Blitz. Terra won't join you, but you can't give up now.

After the fight with Phunbaba, head south to a forest where you can rent a Chocobo. Follow the Serpent Trench past the Fan- atics' Tower and to the town of Nikeah. Talk to the thieves at the inn, and, when they leave, go outside and talk to Gerard (he looks like Edgar). Follow Gerard into the ship, and, at South Figaro, locate him at the inn. Buy new weapons, armor, relics, and items at the town, and go to Figaro Cave to the north-east. Follow Gerard, the thieves, and the Sigfried impostor to the Recovery Spring. Remember that opening on the other side? Jump on the turtle and enter it. It leads to Figaro Castle. If you search the cave, you may find Sigfried, but he runs away. Go to the engine room and down the stairs that you couldn't enter before. Collect the treasures, and find the engine. Gerard will reveal himself, and you'll fight the Tentacles. It is good to have relics protecting you from poison and berserk, and some Running Shoes. Have Celes cast Regen on everyone. Each Tentacle gets injured by different magic. Have Edgar use the Chainsaw, Flash, or Drill, Sabin use the Aura Bolt, and Celes use magic to cure or runic. When you win, go through the door and press A by the statue for the Soul Sabre. Go back the way you came, and the engineer will make the castle go to Kohlingen. Buy the new items and tools at half price by putting Edgar or Sabin at the front of your party, and head out for Kohlingen.

When you find Setzer in the cafe of Kohlingen, he'll join you. Buy new equipment from the shops. Equip Setzer with either the Dice or the Trump. Go to Darill's Tomb and save outside. From the beginning, go down stairs and to the right. Go up thr- ough the door, and press A on the tombstone. A door will open, which you should go through. Flip the switch at the top of the room and the water will go down. Return to the main hallway and go down. Keep going and collect the treasure chest. Once again go to the main hallway, only go all the way to the left and down (if you REALLY want to solve the tombstone puzzle, go down the center twice, and read each of the tombstones. Go to the main hallway, into the upper-left door, and put in THE WORLD IS SQU- ARE backwards). Go down the next set of stairs and collect the chest to your right. Move against the right wall and you'll find a hidden passage that leads to a treasure chest that con- tains the valuable Experience Egg! Go back through the passage, and in the door to the north. Walk across the water and flip the switch. You'll see a door open. Return to the main hallway and go down through the center door. Flip the switch, then jump on the turtle. It'll take you to the door, which you should go through. Open up the right chest, than use a tent and save your game. You'll have to fight a dangerous enemy in the left chest, but, once defeated, he yields 1 or 2 powerful Fire Claws for Sabin. Save your game again, and go through the northern door. Walk up to the casket to fight Dullahan. Have Sabin use Blitzes and the Fire Claw, Setzer uses the Dice and Slot, Celes casts Fire and Cure spells, and Edgar uses the Chainsaw or Drill. It shouldn't be to hard. When done, go up through the door, and enjoy the cinema scene. You'll take off in the airship and fol- low a bird to Maranda.

When you first take off in the new airship, you'll see a bird, and follow it to Maranda. In the house in the upper-right, a girl says she's been receiving letters from her love in Mob- liz, but you know that he's dead. The handwriting on the letter is that of Cyan, so you follow the pigeon back to Zozo. There, talk to the man that told the truth the first time (he's up and to the right of the big tower), and he'll give you info and Rust-rid. Go into the Cafe and find the rusty door, which will become unrusted. Go through to end up on Mt. Zozo. Make your way through the first room, making sure to collect the trea- sures. In the second room, use a tent and save your game, then step on the switch to your upper-right. This will release one of the 8 dragons from a treasure chest. Fight it using your strongest abilities. You should win. Continue climbing the moun- tain until you find Cyan. Enjoy the cinema scene! When it's done, you can go to where Cyan was and get the key to open his treasure chest, open the chest, and take his books, although they don't do anything. Make your way out of Zozo or use a Warp Stone (or Warp magic), and fly back to Maranda with Cyan in your group. Talk to the townspeople again.

It's time to check back on Terra in Mobliz. When you do, you'll notice that she's gone. Go into the house where Duane is, and follow the dog into a secret passage behind the book- case. There's an Elixir hidden in one of the pots. You'll have to fight Phunbaba again, so make sure that you're healed up. Use the same tactics as when you fought him before. Midway thr- ough, Terra will morph and join you in the fight. It should be easy with her magic skills. Terra will rejoin the party, and you can now continue your adventure.

Short chapter! Anyway, all you have to do is fight a battle in the Veldt with 3 people in your party. Gau will rejoin you, and will have learned a few new Rages. If you wish, you may take him and Sabin to the house in the north-west. There, Gau will meet his father. It's both funny and a tear-jerker.

Note: You can only save Shadow if you waited for him back on the Floating Continent!!!

This is a split scenario. If you waited for Shadow on the Floating Continent, he will be waiting in the Veldt Cave. Go there and follow Interceptor. BE SURE to open EVERY treasure chest in the cave, or you may miss the valuable Striker!!! Even- tually you'll find Shadow lying on the ground (it's after a save location). Be ready, because you'll have to battle two powerful Behemoths! Use Ice magic, and you shouldn't have trouble. How- ever, get ready! Just after beating the first, its ghost will trap you from behind! This one is easy. Just use the item `Revi- vify' on it to kill it. When you do defeat it, you'll take Sha- dow to Thamasa. After sleeping at the inn, he'll disappear, having gone to the Coliseum. Make sure to search the left wall of Strago's house (upstairs) for another Memento Ring. You'll hear about a man dressed in black searching for a Striker. Bet the Striker (you should have found it in the cave), and you'll fight Shadow (even though it says Shadow Chupon). You'll easily defeat him, and he'll join your party for good!

No matter what, Relm will end up at Owzer's House (at the top of Jidoor). Go there, and, after trying to go up the stairs, read Owzer's Diary. Press A on the lamp (near the stairs), then go up. If you wish, fight the flower portrait. Look at the pic- ture of Geshtahl twice for a clue about the Phoenix Cave. Then look at the woman's portrait. When you defeat the enemy, enter the door. Follow the path (some of the portraits do things, so watch out), and, when you find 3 doors on 1 wall, walk behind the wall and press A for the valuable Relic Ring (makes Doom/ Poison cure, and Cure/Life injure). Go through the left-most door. If you wish, stand under the floating chests to fight an enemy. You have to go to each one in a certain order. Then go through the door. Save your game, and go through the right door (the left is a trap). Fight the Spirit Chadarnook, using strong fire attacks on the demon form. You may want to cast Regen on everyone, because one of his moves damages everyone over time. He'll transform, and, in doing so, change what he takes damage from. After winning (it may take a while), Relm will join your party.

Having saved Relm, take her to the Fanatics' Tower. A very confused Strago will be marching with some Kefka Worshippers, but will snap out of it when he sees Relm. Take both of them to Thamasa, and, after a cinema scene, buy some equipment and head to Ebot's Rock. Enter the cave and talk to the chest. Using the transporters, find 22 or more pieces of coral, then bring them back to the chest. The chest will move out of the way, and you can face Hidon. Take Strago along, and kill off the little Hido- nites first, and Hidon will use Grand Train (which Strago will learn afterwards). Keep attacking with Fire and Cure attacks, and eventually Hidon will fall. Hopefully you got him to cast Grand Train, which is one of Strago's best Lore attacks. Enjoy the cinema scene. If you DIDN'T learn Grand Train, fear not; all is not lost! Talk to Gungho in Thamasa until he says, "Hidon has appeared at Ebot's Rock again!" Go back to Ebot's Rock, feed the chest, and you can face Hidon again! Do this as often as you want!

Remember the Moogle Village? Well, return there by going through the Narshe Caves. Mog will be there, and he'll join you. Search where he was standing for the Moogle Charm (avoids random enemy fights)! Take Mog with you, and, in the snowy area, fight the Ice Dragon. Use Fire attacks. Fight another enemy in the area and you'll learn the Snowman Jazz. Go to the frozen Esper and fight it. Use strong weapon attacks and Fire magic. When you thaw it out, you will receive its Magicite, and the cliff will break. Have Mog in your party, and jump off. Follow the cave's route, and you'll eventually reach a room with a bone carving. Take the Magicite from it, and Umaro the sasquatch will fight you. Defeat him with powerful attacks, and, after beating him, Mog will forcibly make him join your party! KUPO!!! Fly to the Opera House, where you will hear of a dragon on the stage! Go to the switch room and flip the third switch from the left. When you fight the dragon in the Opera House, equip everyone with a Cherub Down relic (which you can buy in Jidoor).

Having Mog in your party, take him to the Phoenix Cave. Put him in one of your parties and equip him with the Moogle Charm. You may also want to have Umaro, because of his immunity to fire attacks. Follow the maze's twists and turns, and notice how most of the chests are empty. Look carefully at the ground for diff- icult-to-see switches. You'll eventually end up at a dragon (make sure to save your game). Fight the dragon, or, if you're weak, leave it for later. Use strong ice attacks. Afterwards, go back up and stand on the switch to make the rocks appear. Have the other party leap across using the rocks, then head down with both parties. Have each stand on one of the 2 switches, and the raised land will lower. Follow the path, and you'll find Locke! Enjoy the cinema scene, then take Locke to Narshe. Search the weapon shop and the northern shop for the Ragnarok Sword/Esper and Cursed Shield. I suggest you take the Esper, and read the Secrets section for another way to learn Ultima.

Go to the Fanatics' Tower with your strongest magic users (or, if you wish, include Umaro). You may wish to learn a lot of magic before entering, and make sure that everyone knows Osmose. Equip someone with the Siren Esper, and have somebody know Life3. Berserk also helps. It is also suggested to know the Ultima spell, as it will wipe out even the toughest of en- emies in a few attacks. Equip strong magic-defending equipment, such as Force Armor and the Force Shield. Use the Siren Esper to perform an almost 100% working Mute attack! Fight your way to the first treasure room, and take the treasure. Then move to the right of the chest, walk up, and press A. You'll here a noise. Go out the room and downstairs to the new door. Enter and take the Air Anchor (one of Edgar's Tools). Then continue your journey up the tower. If you fight a Magic Barrel, DON'T KILL IT! Instead, let it heal you until it runs away. You'll fight a Dragon, which should be easy with the Ultima spell. At the top of the tower, take the Gem Box and equip it on the strongest magic user. When you fight the Magi Master, cast Life3 on as many people as possible (but at least one). The Magi Master changes what he can be hurt by magicwise, but, if you have the Berserk spell, cast it on him to keep him from changing. It will be a tough, long battle. However, if you have the Ultima spell, USE IT NOW!!! If you cast Life3 on somebody, then you'll win after he uses Ultima. Now head back down the tower (easier said than done, unless you have the Moogle Charm equipped).

You should be able to make it as far as the Three Dream Stooges on your own. Kill the flying one first, as that one can cast Life on the others. Once he's down, the rest should be easy. After that, you'll continue through Cyan's mind. When you find the Lump of Metal, go up to the moving chest and press A to put the metal in the chest, stopping it (you won't lose it, though). Flip the switch and study the chests. When you find another group of six chests later, enter the same pattern and flip the switch to move on. In Magitek Armor, go down, then to the right. Enter the cave, than walk outside. Fall through the bridge. In Doma Castle, save your game, and feel free to walk around, witnessing Cyan's memories of his family. Head to the throne room and fight Wrexsoul. When he enters someone's body, either kill each other off one at a time until he appears, or use Life3 on everyone and kill the party. After that, use Van- ish/X-Zone or use strong fire attacks. DON'T use X-Zone if you want to collect a valuable Pod Bracelet! Either way, you'll end up with a nifty Aura sword for Cyan, and he'll learn the final few SwdTech attacks! Go back the throne room when you wake up and collect the Alexander Esper.

Take your strongest party and fly off to Figaro Castle. Inside, you should rest and buy supplies, then ask the engineer to submerge the castle. On your way back to the large desert, you'll bump into something. Tell the engineer that you'd like to stop and search, then head to the jail. Enter the open jail cell, and you'll be in a large cave. Be sure to pick up the treasures in the first room, then enter the right-most door near the bottom of the screen. Open the treasure chest and be ready to fight the Master Pugs! If you win, you'll get the powerfull Graedus sword! After winning this battle, head to the left and through the wall (it is fake), then down a ladder below you. Head left, and keep walking along the bottom of the room, then climb up a ladder. Go up and to the left through a doorway. Search the bottom of this new room for two treasure chests, then go down the set of stairs. Save at the save point, and continue left and up. Enjoy the sequence that reveals the past about the Ancient Castle, then enter the main doorway. Fight your way to the throne room, and walk to the very top of the screen. Talk to the stone statuete of Odin for his Magicite. Enter an archway (the first one on the left), and open the chest for Umaro's valuable Blizzard Orb! Go back into the throne room and head to the right and down into a hidden doorway. Press A next to the sparkling image on the shelf for a book. The man in Figaro's library will tell you to go 5 steps down from the queen's throne in the Ancient Castle. Do so, and press A. You'll hear a noise. Go back to the right and into the Ancient Castle library, and see a new staircase. Go down it, and talk to the queen's statue to transform the Odin Magicite into Raiden! Fight the dragon, go to the castle courtyard. Walk left and into the double doors. Open the treasure chest and fight a tough enemy for the awesome Offering Relic! Go back into the courtyard, but this time go right. Walk into a crack in the wall and open the chest. Now you can FINALLY get out of here! :-)

When on Triangle Island, fight the Zone Eater (the only enemy there), and have everyone be engulfed. You'll be in a cave. On the bridges, don't touch the green guys or you'll be knocked off (although there are some handy treasures down th- ere). Make sure to get the Fake Mustache (changes Sketch into Control). Work your way past the deadly falling ceiling room (stand under the small openings to avoid being crushed), and you'll eventually find Gogo.

The best place for Gold AND Magic Points is in the desert south of Maranda. There you fight the Cactrot, which gives you 10 Magic Points and 10,000 GP!!!

In the forest north of the Veldt (where you fight Tyranno- saurs), you'll occasionally fight the dangerous Brachosaur. This fearsome beast can cast Ultima! However, when you defeat it, there's a chance of receiving the VERY valuable Economizer! This awesome relic lowers all spells (and that includes Lore attacks) to only 1 MP!!!

To learn Sabin's Bum Rush Blitz, bring Sabin to Duncan's House.

If you're looking for Umaro, look in the "Mog Lives!" sec- tion. For Gogo, look under "Tastes Like Gogo."

Check Gogo's Status. Press to the right, and you can pick 3 skills that you want him to use! That means he can not only mimic the attacks of his comrades, but he can also use Blitzes, Items, Tools, you name it!

Taking the Ragnarok Esper allows you to learn the powerful spell Ultima! It has the power of FF2's Meteo, if not stronger! Or, take the Ragnarok Sword. Wager it at the Colloseum for the Illumina, the Legendary Sword! This is probably the best sword in the game (unless you count the Atma Weapon with 9999 HP)!

To face Doom Gaze, you must fly around in your ship until he attacks. Remember that he can't regenerate his HP after battle, so if you keep fighting him, he'll eventually die! DO NOT use Vanish/X-Zone on him, or you won't get the Bahamut Esper!!! Vanish/Doom is just fine.

Many people wonder where the Megalixer is. Well, there are 3 that appear normally throughout the game: one after beating the Magi Master, another in Kefka's Tower, and one when you steal from Kefka. However, to get unlimited Megalixers, try casting Stop on the scorpion beastes in the desert of the Sol- itary Island, then stealing from them.

To un-curse the Cursed Shield, fight with it in 255 battles. I suggest using a Ribbon to stop most of its dangerous effects. After the battles it will become the Paladin Shield, which is the most powerful shield in the game! It absorbs all elemental attacks, has a near 50% evade rate, a VERY high defense rate, and even teaches you Ultima! Of course, you can also trade the Cursed Shield in for a Cursed Ring at the Coliseum. After 255 battles with this, you will get a Hero Ring. DO NOT underesti- mate its powers! Raise your Stamina a little with certain Espers and it will boost your powers way up!

So, how do you get the Cursed Ring without losing the Cursed Shield? Well, try fighting the Veterans or the Didalos of Kef- ka's Tower! They can be found in either of the rooms where you fight the 2 dragons! It may take a while, but you'll get a Cur- sed Ring!