Luca
After the intro movie, there will be a short battle between Paine and Rikku against Yuna and two of her cronies. This should be an easy battle early on. Get used to the ATB system and the changes made. Defeat the two cronies and Yuna to advance. The scene will change and you'll be in control of Rikku as you chase after Yuna. You'll have to meet up against a few more goons that should be easy to take down. There's also a Moogle to the left of this area that can heal your HP if it's needed. Once you've been in two or three battles, two men named Ormi and Logos will corner you, and a battle will ensue. Just keep attacking and you should win without any problems. After this, Yuna (the real one) will show up, while the Yuna you've been chasing all this time will transform to Leblanc. Another battle will ensue here. You'll need to follow the instructions and change Yuna into a different class to win. It might be a good idea to change Rikku into a Warrior class to make this battle go faster. Defeat Leblanc and her henchmen and you'll finish the first mission!Mount Gagazet
After your first mission you'll be back on your airship, the Celsius. Take this time to get familiar with your surroundings.

Make sure you visit the Engine Room to pick up some goodies from the treasure chests inside. After you've made your rounds, go to the Cabin and talk to Barkeep. Choose the option to take a rest. Once you have taken a rest, the airship will be alerted to a situation going on at Mount Gagazet. Head to the Bridge to find out what's going on. This will begin Mission 2, and hopefully you've remembered to stock up on items before leaving!

Once you have reached your destination, follow the trail given to you and go down the stairs. You'll see a blue switch on the wall, turn it on and you'll descend. Make your way down the cliff by jumping off, and remember to grab the treasure chest on the far right of the screen. This is where you'll also start climbing up. Once you have finished your climb, you'll meet up with the Leblanc Syndicate again. Time for another fight!

Boss: Leblanc Syndicate
Leblanc (HP/MP - 120:320)
Ormi (HP:MP - 130:10)
Logos (HP:MP - 100:25)This is an easy battle for you. Just like the first encounter with these guys, switch any of your characters to Songstress and cast Darkness Dance on them. This will make them miss all of their physical attacks due to the Darkness disability. Keep attacking with your two other characters (it's also a good idea to use Power Break once in a while if the trio keeps doing damage to you) and you should win without any effort.

Once you have finished this fight, you'll have to race the Leblanc Syndicate up to the top of the mountain in order to grab the sphere you're both looking for. Follow the Leblanc and her goons to get the general idea of where to go in the early part of this race. Grab the treasure chest early on and then turn back. Don't climb up the pillar here, rather jump onto the platform to get over to the next tower by pressing the Circle button. Head onto the entrance here. You'll have to fight Logos and his group. Defeat them and head into the tower.

Now go into the tower and activate both the switches inside. This will lower the platform for you to climb on, and you'll be able to continue your chase after Leblanc. You should be in the open area now after exiting the tower. Go around the tower and jump on top of the fallen pillar, then jump across to the other section. Ascend the tower and use the save point. You'll meet up with Leblanc again but luckily for her you won't have to do battle. Grab the treasure chest and head up for the sphere!

Boss: Boris (HP:MP - 480:0)
Like the Leblanc Syndicate, Songstress' Darkness Dance will come in handy here to reduce the overall damage you'll take from this boss. Assign one character to be the primary attacker (Paine), another for an attacker/healer (Rikku or Yuna) and the other as the Songstress support with Darkness Dance. Boris has two attacks that you can't stop with Darkness Dance. The first is a static web that casts Stop on your party, and the other is a physical attack where he swallows you. Just follow the strategy above to beat him with ease, you shouldn't be in too much trouble here.

Now that you have finished off the big bad spider-man, you can finally claim your prize. Congratulations, the Prologue is complete! Your prize for finishing the mission? The Black Mage Dressphere!

Chapter 1

Besaid Island - Hotspot!
You're in Yuna's hometown now, so it'd be a good idea to stop by and check up on your old friends. Head over to the second hut to your right to find Lulu. After a short conversation with her, she'll walk out of the hut. Follow her and start another conversation. After this, a cutscene will occur and she'll give you a sphere. Once this happens you'll be back in Besaid village. Go talk to Lulu one more time and choose the first option she gives you. She'll walk out again (she really gets around for a pregnant girl, doesn't she?), so talk to her once more. Your mission will start. Find Wakka!

Wakka is hiding in a secret cave that can be found in the area before the beach area in Besaid. However, you'll need to enter four digits in order to open the door. From we gather, the numbers change every game, so we'll just give you the locations. You can tell where each number is by a shining light emanating from its location. Why these numbers are glowing, we don't know, but at least they're easy to spot!

The first number can be found where Lulu first gave you that sphere. Press X near the monument and you'll get the number. Head towards the beach. Right after the area with the monument, your next number can be found on your right as soon as you enter the area. Climb the rubble with the Circle button and get the number. The third number is a little trickier to find. When you initially enter the beach area, start walking to your left. You'll see a kid near the wall. You can jump up here with the Circle button. Make your way to the structure behind them, the third number is there. The final number can be found near the house on the beach. Like the third number, you'll have to climb up onto the ledge here to grab it. Once you have done that, go back to the door and enter in the four numbers in order of their appearance.

Once you head inside, you'll find Wakka. After a brief conversation you'll go spelunking for spheres. Luckily this dungeon is very easy. Once you hit the fork in the road, head north to claim your booty, but not without a fight!

Boss: Flame Dragon (HP:MP - 980:84)
If you've been powering up your Black Mage Dressphere that you received earlier on, this enemy shouldn't be a problem. He's immune to fire but weak against ice, so have one character transform into a Black Mage to start casting that, have another turn into a Songstress to cast Darkness Dance so that all of his physical attacks miss you, and then your final character can be your power hitter, being either a Gunner or a Warrior. Keep at it and heal with necessary, and this fight shouldn't be hard at all.

After you get the sphere, you can go back to Wakka. This will complete the mission, and you'll get the White Mage Dressphere, Besaid Sphere and a Garment Grid for your efforts.

Zanarkand Ruins - Hotspot!
Sadly, the once mysterious Zanarkand Ruins have been turned into a little theme park by a couple of individuals that you'll meet soon enough. You can't go into the ruins just yet, so make your way up the hill to your left. Here you'll meet Isaaru from FFX. When he asks if you remember him, choose the second option. Once you have finished chatting, head into the ruins. Before you enter the ruins, there will be a couple of merchants selling their goods. If you haven't stocked when you were on the Celsius, this is a good time to do it. Just before you enter the ruins, you'll run into a group called the Kinderguardians, led by Paace, whom you may remember as one of Isaaru's bodyguards in FFX. Follow the kids into the ruins, and you'll eventually meet up with a couple of Leblanc's flunkies. Fight them off and continue deeper into the ruins.

Once you have reached the lift at the end of the ruins, head down and you'll find Rikku's daddy, Cid. Talk to him and then to his buddy, and then continue on your way. Does this place seem familiar to you? A cutscene will occur here, and a voice will demand a keyword. Since you already know the keyword, there's no need to say what it is, right? Go ahead and say it. YRP smells something fishy here, and suspects it might be someone they know. Choose the second option to bring out Isaaru. After he comes out of hiding, he'll give you a Garment Grid. Once you have parted ways, head towards the stairs and go down. Go straight and you'll eventually meet up with the boss.

Boss: Guardian Beast (HP:MP - 2886:1000)
Like earlier bosses, switch someone to Songstress to use Darkness Dance. Don't bother with using a Black Mage here since magic does minimal damage. It's recommended that you use Yuna and Paine as your attackers while Rikku backs them up with Songstress since they do better damage with their default costumes. It'd also be a good idea to use Paine's Break abilities as a Warrior to lower this boss' offense and defense stats.

Kilika Island - Hotspot!
This is a pretty straightforward mission to get through, and it's fairly short too. However, you'll have to finish the first two Hotspots on your map before this pops up. Head towards the gate that leads to Kilika Temple. You'll find that the Youth League and New Yevon are at each other throats (don't worry, this happens often), but you need to find a way to get in there in order to grab that precious sphere. From the save point in the forest, head left and then take the small northern route. You'll be able to avoid all of the New Yevon guards this way. Continue to head north and you'll eventually run to a dead end, but you'll see some New Yevon groupies on the other side. Choose the option to listen in on their conversation and listen carefully to the explanation on how their passwords work. Basically you give them one password if there is an even number of guards, and another password if there is an odd number of guards.

If you happen to get the answer wrong when you're confronted, you'll have to fight them, so it's no big deal, but you get items for every successful answer. You'll have to go through this five times, with each question getting progressively harder. The first two are easy, as it's even, then odd. The next three will be tougher, as guards will show up a few seconds later after you're able to select your answer. The best thing to do here is to wait a good 5 seconds before giving your answer. The correct sequence after the first two groups of guards is even, odd, even, odd, odd. If you answer all of the questions correctly, you'll get another Garment Grid. Head to towards Kilika Temple, and you'll have to fight yet another boss.

Boss: YSLS Zero (HP:MP - 1935:0)
Another easy battle, if you use the same tactics in previous boss fights. Get your weakest attacker to change into Songstress and cast Darkness Dance every time. Since this boss has no magical powers, most of its attacks will miss when it's blind. You do need to watch out for its abilities though, specifically Blast Punch, as it can do serious damage to one character. Use your two other characters as Gunners or Warriors for physical attacks, and you should beat this machine in no time.

After an extremely funny cutscene, you'll eventually grab your prize, another sphere! The Celsius will then fly off, and Chapter 1 is complete!

Like we said at the beginning of the walkthrough, it's probably a good idea to go through these sidequests before hitting the first Hotspots. Note that Kilika Island doesn't become a Hotspot until you finish the first two Hotspot locations, so what you'll want to do is visit Kilika Island first, so that you don't lose the opportunity to gain whatever you need to at that location. By going through all the sidequests you'll not only gain valuable accessories and story completion points, but you'll be able to level up as well. Luca
When you enter Luca, you'll immediately enter into a cutscene detailing what exactly happened during that lovely concert that Leblanc put on while she was masquerading as Yuna. When the mission starts, you'll only have Yuna… in a Moogle suit. We can't make these kinds of things up, folks. Luckily this mission is extremely easy. You won't fight any monsters here, so don't worry about that. The only objective in this mission is to hand out balloons to 10 people in the square. All of your targets can be found within the area you start. Most of them are in plain view, but there are also two of them in a little control room below the big screen. Press X to open up the window to the control room and then give them their balloons. Once you have finished this mission, you'll get a Garment Grid.

You can also find out about FFX-2's minigame here. Go to the stadium and then to the lower basement on the right side to find Rin. He'll take you through a short tutorial of how Sphere Break works. He'll then give you a couple of coins to start off with so you can practice. You can find people to play by going to the lower basement on the left side.

Mi'hen Highroad
Nothing much to do here. Use this as a training ground if you need to level up, since the monsters here are fairly strong.

Mushroom Rock Road
 Head onto the Mushroom Road and you'll eventually encounter some members of the Youth League.

Apparently they've let Ormi and Logos by, so naturally you'll be following them. A mission will start here, with your objective being to follow Leblanc's goofs. This should be extremely easy, even though you do have to fight some monsters along the way. Once you have cornered them, you'll receive a Crimson Sphere. Getting all of the Crimson spheres is necessary to opening that cave wall you see in front of you. Once you have gotten that sphere, head back from where you came from, and then head towards the lift. You'll go up and meet some more Youth League members. Mission complete!

Moonflow
Alright, this is one of those special locations where you can't possibly do everything at once, so either way you'll have to come back to this place during your New Game+ run to complete the other objective. In this chapter head to Moonflow and then head right of where you land. You'll see a squat little man named Tolbi near the corner. Talk to him and he'll ask for your help to escort one of his men back to the Moonflow with some very valuable luggage. After accepting the mission, head south towards the crossroads between Moonflow, Mushroom Road Rock and Djose Temple. Eventually you'll meet up with Tolbi's carrier. The mission will start right now. Basically what you need to do is protect the cargo from incoming bandits. These guys are pretty easy to catch, but you need to make sure you take down all of them if you want the best result. Each bandit will fight you as soon as you make contact, but they're all very easy to take on. Once the cargo has reached Tolbi, he'll give you his thanks and give you the Gun Mage Dressphere. Mission complete!

Djose Temple
When you enter this location, you'll notice a long lineup going into a tent. You'll find out that this lineup is for volunteers to help excavate Bikanel Desert. You'll have to wait in line here, so talk to people while the lineup shortens. Once it's your turn, enter the tent and then talk to the man at the front and volunteer your services. He'll allow you to enter the temple, and there you'll meet Gippal. Talk to him and then he'll leave the temple and head down to the crossroads. Talk to him again and then choose the first option. He'll give you a letter of introduction that you can use at Bikanel Desert.

Guadosalam
Not much to do here. You can't enter the mansion that once belonged to Seymour Guado because the Leblanc Syndicate have taken it over. Try approaching the Farplane and you'll also be denied access.

Thunder Plains
This is another location where you don't have to do much (although it'll become an important place later on in the game). Simply walk in, get the cutscene to add to your story completion rating, and walk out.

Macalania Forest
Here you can acquire the first Special Dressphere in the game, Paine's Full Throttle. To find out how to use it, check the Dressphere/Garment Grid list found in this guide. To get it, visit Tromell Guado, who can be found somewhere in the forest. He should be easy to find though. His hiding spot is just before Macalania Lake, where you would've found the first Jecht Sphere in Final Fantasy X. If you haven't played that game, simply follow the crystal road from where you start. Once you get off that road, head north and it'll be the first right turn you see, just before the Travel Agency.

Speaking of the Travel Agency, head over there once you have received the Full Throttle Dressphere. You'll find a bunch of Al Bhed goons starting trouble for O'aka, whom you may remember from FFX. O'aka will run back into Macalania Forest, and you'll have to try and catch him.

Once you return to the forest, go back to where you were originally dropped off by taking the crystal path back to the beginning of the forest. You'll find O'aka, but he'll just run away again. Follow him and then take the northern path. O'aka will be hiding on top of a tree, so move Yuna towards him and you'll be able to spot him and finally catch up. He'll ask for your help to clear his debt, so allow him to come back with you onto your airship. You'll have to help him clear his debt of 100,000 gil by purchasing items from him. Once you have done this, the mission will be complete.

Bikanel Desert
Before you go here, you'll have to make sure that you visit Djose Temple first to get a letter of introduction from Gippal. Once you have done that, head over to the desert and you'll see someone talking to Rikku and Paine, then talk to the man in front of the hovercraft, and then to the two men behind him. Once you have done that, Nhadala will return from her trip. You can then talk to her and give her the letter of introduction from Gippal. She'll set you up to do some excavating for her. Talk to the man in front of the hover vehicle again and your mission will start. The objective here is to find the treasure on the map. You're looking for a yellow icon on the map, so ignore all of the other treasures and head for that one. After you have gotten it, return to the hovercraft and get back to base. Head over to Nhadala and you'll be given another Garment Grid.

Bevelle
The only thing to do here is to head towards the headquarters of New Yevon and meet Baralai, the new leader.

Calm Lands
These two missions take a long time to complete. In fact, it'll probably take you the entire game! Don't be intimidated, just know that it will take you quite a while to beat them, and even if you do complete them, there's not a lot of reward in doing so. Head to the Calm Lands and visit any of the mini-game stations, and choose Publicity. There are two companies in the Calm Lands, Argent and Open Air, and both need your assistance in getting more fans in the stands. Your mission here is to travel around Spira to tell people about one of the companies, whoever you choose to talk to. By pressing the Square button instead of the X button to talk to a person, it will open up another menu. Choose an answer out of the five given to you and the person you will be talking to will react accordingly. Depending on your answer, you will get a different amount of PR points. Collect 400 PR points and the mission will be complete.

The other mission to undertake is that in the Travel Agency in the Calm Lands. It seems that his son is a bit of a homebody (re: loser), so you'll have to help him find a bride. Yup, Yuna is going to play Cupid between this guy and an unlucky wife. It's the exact same as the PR mission. Press the Square button to talk to a prospective wife (or husband… yes, you can do that!) and choose one of the lines to give your victim. In this mission you'll have to gain over 80 points to finish the mission.

Here are the total number of people you'll find in each location for both missions.Besaid Island
PR Campaign: 6
Marriage Campaign: 2Kilika Island
PR Campaign: 6
Marriage Campaign: 1Luca
PR Campaign: 8
Marriage Campaign: 5Mi'hen Highroad
PR Campaign: 13
Marriage Campaign: 5Djose Temple
PR Campaign: 8
Marriage Campaign: 4Moonflow
PR Campaign: 5
Marriage Campaign: 3Guadosalam
PR Campaign: 5
Marriage Campaign: 0

Mount Gagazet
All you need to do here is talk to Kimahri. He'll tell you of some Ronso youths that have run away from the mountain. A mission will start, so you'll have to go and find them. You can find them at the Travel Agency in the Calm Lands. A cutscene will occur when you meet them, and then they'll run away again. You'll be able to catch up with them again at the Thunder Plains.

Besaid Island
When you arrive on the island, the Besaid Aurochs will be practicing for the start of the Blitzball tournament with a member of the Youth League named Beclem. He's quite the arrogant guy, and after a few choice words with Yuna he challenges you to a little mini-game. If you accept, you have a couple of minutes to pass his high score, and if you happen to get over 1000 points, he'll give you an extra prize. The controls for the mini-game are laid out for you at the beginning, so let's get down on how to overcome this challenge, shall we? Basically what you want to do is rack up a lot of points by chaining kills together. The more kills you chain together, the more points you get. If you get hit, then your chain counter resets to zero, so do everything you can to maintain your chain. The smaller wolves take about 6 shots to kill, while the purple wolves take about 8. The flying enemies take 10 shots to kill, so use your Death shot on them. It's important to remember when to cycle through your shots. If you have a flying enemy and a wolf coming at you, kill off the flying one with a death shot, and then switch over to a single shot for the remaining enemy. You'll have to make it to the beach in order to succeed, but before you do, make sure you keep one Death shot handy for the last enemy before the beach, as he takes a lot of damage before he goes down. It's much easier to just use a Death shot and get it over with.

Luca
Go to the square and you'll spot Shelinda, whom you may remember from FFX. She's now a TV reporter, and wants to get a couple of words in with you. Answer the questions she asks you and at the end of the whole thing she'll give you a Garment Grid. Hooray for Shelinda!

Mi'hen High Road
Go to Rin's Travel Agency and you'll find yourself having to help a girl named Calli get a chocobo. Choose to start the mission, and you'll have to chase down a Chocobo. Rikku will be leading the chase, so follow her. When she stops and asks if you want to follow her advice, say no. This will occur a couple of times, so always say no. She really sucks at giving advice, after all. Eventually you'll corner the Chocobo, and you'll have to guess which direction it will run to by using the directional pad. Correctly guess it 3 times and you're on your way to the next section. Once again, follow Rikku. Eventually the Chocobo will escape your clutches, so go talk to the girl beside the machina, and ask for her help. After a little chase, you'll have to fight a boss!

Boss: Chocobo Eater (HP:MP - 2350:230)
Songstress' Darkness Dance doesn't work here, but Black Mage's Fire/Fira/Firaga is good, since he's weak against that element. If you have a Fire Gleam, equip that since it adds fire elemental to your physical attacks. You'll get a Garment Grid for your troubles here.

Head back to the Travel Agency and you should see Calli with a Chocobo as well as Clasko. Invite them onto the Celsius!

Mushroom Rock Road
Note: This scene only occurs if you choose to hand over the sphere from Chapter 1 to Bevelle instead of the Youth League.

Go to Mushroom Rock Road and talk to Clasko, who is standing beside some Youth League members. You'll be challenged by the Youth League, so you'll have to go through their ranks and beat some sense into them. At the end, you'll have to fight one of the Youth League elite warriors.

Boss: Elma (HP:MP - 1640:450)
Elma is a relatively easy boss to beat. Use a Remedy or the White Mage's Dispel if she casts Slow on you, and just pound her into the ground using the Gunner or Warrior class. She'll go down without much of a fight.

After the fight, proceed to the lift. You'll get a Garment Grid for winning. Also, make sure to go down to the secret dungeon where you first got a Crimson Sphere from Ormi and Logos. You'll find Nooj there, and he'll hand over a Crimson Sphere to Paine.

Moonflow
The mission here is to sell tickets for Tolbi's big show, so help him by talking to people in and around the Moonflow to see who wants to buy a ticket. The amount that each person will buy a ticket for varies depending on the person, and is anywhere from 1000 to 2000 gil. Obviously you want to sell your ten tickets to those who are willing to pay the maximum amount, so here's a list of those people who will buy your tickets for 2000 gil.Moonflow:

• The man standing near the docks

Across the Moonflow, near Guadosalam:

• A man at the Shoopuf station
• Little girl at the Shoopuf station
• Lady near the musicians
• Man near the entrance of Guadosalam
• Lady near the announcement board at Moonflow

Once you have sold your tickets to these guys, you can pretty much sell them to anyone else. Once you have done that, go back to Tolbi and your mission will be complete. You'll get the Gun Mage Dressphere if you haven't done the mission back in Chapter 1 for Moonflow, as well as a Garment Grid.

Thunder Plains
Head to Thunder Plains and look out for Cid. He will be standing near Rin's Travel Agency.

Macalania Woods
Talk to the Guado near the save point, and then go to the place where you met Tromell Guado. Talk to the new person standing there, and he'll ask for your help in finding his friends, the musicians. These guys are relatively easy to find, since Macalania Woods is fairly small. Once you have completed this mission, you'll gain Paine's Full Throttle Special Dressphere if you didn't get it from Tromell Guado back in Chapter 1.

Calm Lands
Real simple area here. First you'll probably want to go to the Item shop in the center of the Calm Lands to find Lian and Ayde. Then you can find them again on the Thunder Plains. Once you have done that, go to the Monster Arena from FFX, it'll be on the east side of the Calm Lands for those who haven't played the game. Talk to Clasko here and he'll give you a challenge. You'll have to find the five real monsters in the dungeon. The rest are fake monsters, and it's easy to tell which one is the real monster because the ones that are real are facing in the wrong direction compared to the fake one. After you have done this, defeat the monsters in the arena and Clasko will give you the Alchemist Dressphere.

Mount Gagazet
All you need to do here is talk to Kimahri. He'll tell you of some Ronso youths that have run away from the mountain. A mission will start, so you'll have to go and find them. You can find them at the Travel Agency in the Calm Lands. A cutscene will occur when you meet them, and then they'll run away again. You'll be able to catch up with them again at the Thunder Plains

Zanarkand Ruins
Head to Zanarkand Ruins. Go straight into the ruins until you see Isaaru, then talk to him to start a mini-game. The objective of this mini-game is to match up the monkeys with their partners. You've got to look for one creature with a love symbol and pair it up with its partner. Fortunately for you this isn't random like the 'find the numbers' mini-game in Besaid Island, Chapter 1. There are six sections where you can find the monkeys. We've numbered them by section, the first being where you just talked to Isaaru, and the sixth being where you talked to Isaaru in Chapter 1.

There are several ways to figure out which monkey goes with its partner. The most obvious is to look at their names. The monkeys that are in love share a similar name in context to their partner. For instance, Spring and Autumn are in love, as are Peke (Peak) and Valli (Valley). Of course, you can just use simple trial and error too. Either way, finish this mini-game to get an accessory called the Soul of Thamasa. Click on the links to see pictures of each Section.

• Birch (Section 6) and Sequoia (Section 4)
• Spring (Section 5) and Autumn (Section 2)
• Dusky (Section 1) and Dawne (Section 6)
• Rosemary (Section 5) and Thyme (Section 3)
• Terran (Section 3) and Skye (Section 6)
• Minni (Section 5) and Maxx (Section 3)
• Summer (Section 4) and Winter (Section 1)
• Peke (Section 3) and Valli (Section 4)
• Canis (Section 5) and Felina (Section 1)
• Arroh (Section 3) and Quivrr (Section 1)
• Golde (Section 4) and Sylva (Section 1)
• Luna (Section 1) and Sol (Section 5)

Luca
The moment you get to Luca, a cutscene will occur. Seems like there's a big Sphere Break competition going on, so it's time for the Gullwings to clean up! You'll have to beat 3 opponents in order to proceed to the finals, and you can't lose 3 matches either. Before taking on opponents, check out the stats of their coins before accepting their challenge. There are quite a few that are easy picks for you and others that can be quite tough. Look not only at the quota that you have to meet, but also at how many turns you have to meet the quota. Easy opponents are the man walking around the square where you start off, the kid in the 'Spiderman' outfit in the square, and the old man sitting near the crossroads between the stadium and theatre.

Once you have beaten three opponents, your final match will be against none other than Shinra. He's a tough little cookie, but he can be beaten quite easily. The key to remember here is that the Echo Count is your best friend. Use an Echo Count of 3 or 4 coins to get your number, since it's a relatively easy mark to hit without losing too many coins in the process. Your reward for beating Shinra will be the Lady Luck Dressphere. It is possible to get the Dressphere later in the game by facing Shinra in Luca after Chapter 3, but his quota is much much higher, so do your best to beat him here.

Mi'hen High Road
Machina have taken over the High Road, so it's up to you and the Machine Faction to clean up the mess. In order to get the rewards from this mission, you'll have to beat the Machine Faction in the number of machina that you can disable. This is actually pretty easy, since the faction is slow in taking out enemies.

What you're looking for are machinas on the road, which can be spotted by the green icons on your map. Basically all you have to do is fight your way to Mushroom Rock Road in order to win. Also, you do not have to destroy more machina to get the reward, you can achieve a tie and still win. Once you have finished this mission, you'll receive 10,000 gil as well as a Garment Grid.

Moonflow
The only thing you need to do here is talk to Tolbi twice. A cutscene will occur that adds some points to your completion rating.

Guadosalam
Enter the Leblanc Syndicate headquarters and talk to Ormi and Logos on the main floor. Then go upstairs and talk to Leblanc herself. She seems quite depressed, doesn't she? After you attempt to talk to her, go back down to the main floor. You'll notice that the underground passage is now open. Make your way to Logos' room and a cutscene will occur. You'll get two new spheres from Logos (one of which shows just how much of a pervert he really is), and you'll be able to grab the other sphere on top of his dresser. Maechan will appear in the room and he'll tell you another story. Nothing changes with that guy, eh? You can also get a Crimson Sphere here. The room is to the left of the save point in the area. Just jump onto some wooden boxes to reach it.

Thunder Plains
You can get another Garment Grid by completing the various mini-games that are at each tower in this area. Talk to the guy who's working on the first tower twice in order to start the mini-game. There are three games in total. The first game will have you pressing a combination of buttons that appear on the screen.

The second game will make you choose between three buttons that are falling from the top of the screen, and the third will make you memorize a sequence of buttons to press. Each tower requires you to get a score of at least 28/30, which leaves you with very little leeway, especially since each game gets progressively harder. There's no secret in finishing this area, you just have to be quick with your fingers and your mind.

Macalania Woods
Quick note for this section: Make absolutely sure that you clear O'aka's debt of 100,000 gil before you venture into this area. Once you make it to O'aka's Travel Agency, you'll notice that the place is being attacked by fiends. Your mission here is to get through six consecutive battles. Out of the six battles that you'll fight, the most difficult ones are the first and fourth battles.

You'll definitely want at least two Mega Potions for this fight to use once you have gotten through the tougher battles. You shouldn't have a problem here though. Once you have finished the mission, you'll get a Garment Grid. Talk to the fallen Al Bhed outside the travel agency and you'll receive the Beserker Dressphere and another sphere. If you managed to clear O'aka's debt before entering the mission, he'll run into the travel agency and will sell you items at a vastly discounted price.

Bevelle
After you've defeated the Aeons in Besaid and Kilika Island, go to Bevelle and head to the area where you fought Dark Bahamut in Chapter 2. You'll see someone familiar on your way through this area. Head to the Chamber of the Fayth and you'll spot Nooj, Baralai and Gippal together. Something will happen to Baralai, and he'll summon a fiend to dispatch of you. You shouldn't have any trouble dealing with a fiend like this now. After the fight you'll find another Crimson Sphere on the ground. Pick it up, and you're that much closer to revealing the secrets of that cave in Mushroom Rock Road.

Calm Lands
Go to the area between the Calm Lands and Mount Gagazet, where you fought Yojimbo in FFX. For those who haven't played FFX, the area in question is found by taking the underpass instead of the bridge towards Mount Gagazet. Once you have reached the cave, you'll be asked to save numerous people who have been trapped in the cave, before they are taken out by fiends. If you played ICO before, you'll understand exactly what you have to do here. Basically, you'll need to find a group of people and lead them out of the cave. Once you have found a person, you'll be told certain traits, such as how many people that particular victim is comfortable being around, and in what order they like to be in. For the most part you don't have to worry about that.

The maximum amount of people you can escort out is five, so grab four of five people at a time and take them to the very first area of the cave. The first thirteen people can be found in the cave, but there are two others that require saving. You'll have to go outside of the cave and talk to the man near the cave entrance. He'll give you an item that will allow you to use the teleporters to get the last two survivors. Once you have rescued them, head back to the Chamber of the Fayth and get ready to fight!

Boss: Dark Yojimbo (HP:MP - 22000:9999)
Mr. Yojimbo is immune to all status changes, so the only thing you can do here is pound him into the ground with physical attacks. Because of this, the Dark Knight or Samurai classes work best in taking down his health. Dark Knight's Darkness ability works really well here, even though it saps some life out of the user. Make sure that you have a couple of people who can use Cura or Curaga so that you can heal up your party after he does his special attack that reduces everyone's HP to 1. Better yet, if you have a good supply of Mega Potions it's recommended that you use those, since it's faster to use items than it is to cast spells. Knock Yojimbo silly with physical attacks and eventually he'll go down. That's all there is to it, really. Yes, we're serious. Defeat Yojimbo and you get yet another Garment Grid

Mount Gagazet
It seems that the Ronso have decided to take matters into their own hands, much to the dismay of Kimahri. If you managed to talk to him in Chapter 1 and 2, he'll give you the Trainer dressphere. Either way, you'll have to climb Mount Gagazet without the use of the teleporter, since it's out of commission. Climb the mountain and head towards the summit. Instead of climbing up the cliffs, go left into the mountain. Once you are inside the mountain, head up and left towards the save point. Once you get outside, you'll find Garik, and he has some choice words for Miss Yuna. You aren't going to let him get away with talking that smack, are you?

Boss: Garik (HP:MP - 6880:238)
Ronso Warrior #1 (HP:MP - 6880:238)
Ronso Warrior #2 (HP:MP - 6880:238)
If there was any time that the White Mage Dressphere came in handy, this is it. It's absolutely necessary that you have learned Dispel for White Mage, or you don't stand a chance in this fight. First, change one of your characters into a Songstress and use Darkness Dance. This will make the large majority of the Ronso attacks irrelevant. It's probably a good idea to assign one character to be the support. Have that character switch between Songstress and White Mage. Use Darkness Dance until Garik casts Mighty Guard on his party. Once he does that, switch your Songstress to a White Mage and cast Dispel on whomever you want to attack to get rid of his status enhancements. Use your two other characters as your attackers, preferably with Dark Knight or Samurai. Repeat this process for all three enemies and hopefully you won't have any trouble with this fight.

Zanarkand Ruins
The only thing to do here is to enter the Chamber of the Fayth and talk to Isaaru.

Once you have defeated this boss, you'll be back on the airship. It's almost time for the concert, so talk to Shinra, and then talk to Tolbi. Enjoy the wonderfully created FMV sequence. After the cutscene, you'll talk with Maechen on the Celsius. Once he has finished talking, head to the engine room to find the Leblanc Syndicate waiting for you. Leblanc will personally hand over a Crimson Sphere to you. Once you have talked with Leblanc, head to the Bridge and talk to Shinra. That's the end of Chapter 4!

Chapter 5 Sidequests

The sidequests in Chapter 5 tie up all of the loose ends in the story of Final Fantasy X. Everything from Wakka and Lulu having a child to the battle of the Cactaur Nation is covered here. Since you'll want to be at your strongest to fight Vegnagun, take the time to explore the rest of the world before the game ends.

Besaid Island
The first time around, you won't have to do a lot. Wakka will approach you, informing you that Lulu has finally given birth to their child. Talk to Wakka at the temple, and afterwards head into Besaid Temple. Enter the room on your right for a treasure chest that will get you a radar device that you will need to find some spheres. Simply press the Circle button to activate the radar. There are four spheres that you will need to find. The first is located in the village to the left of the temple. The next sphere will be near the save point outside of the village. The third will be just before the waterfall on your way to the beach, and the fourth will be on the cliff that you can reach by using the alternate path instead of going to the beach.

Once you have gotten all four digits, head to the dungeon from Chapter 1. You'll find a panel that you can enter in the digits you have found. This will open up another section. Make your way through here and you'll get yourself a Garment Grid. Once you have finished this little mission, head to the beach to find Beclem. Enjoy the conversation and the antics that follow. Afterwards, head back to the village and walk to Wakka. There will be a lengthy cutscene, and afterwards the episode will be complete!

Kilika Island
Visit Kilika Temple and you'll see a group of people wanting to get in. Eventually everyone will be reunited, even Barthello and Dona. Aww. You get a Garment Grid for your trouble, and the episode will be complete!

Luca
All you have to do here is flag off the first game of Blitzball for the season. Note that you don't actually have to play Blitzball in order to accomplish this. Once you have done that, head towards the entrance to the Mi'hen High Road. Yuna will enter into a little mission by herself. All you have to do is follow the flying moogle wherever it goes. It's basically all flashback stuff from Final Fantasy X. Once you have reached the harbour, the episode will be finished!

You can return to Luca at any time in order to play Blitzball, but it's much different from Final Fantasy X. You don't actually play in the game, so it may not be worth your while.

Mi'hen High Road
Once you get to the High Road, you'll automatically enter into Rin's investigation that he started back in Chapter 4. He'll basically reveal who the criminal is. If you don't follow the sequence given in Chapter 4, you might be able to pin the crime on someone else, even one of your own party members!

Mushroom Rock Road
Note: This event only occurs if you chose the Youth League in Chapter 2 instead of New Yevon. You'll be greeted by Lucil, Elma and Yaibal as soon as you arrive. They want you to help toughen up the Youth League, so take them up on their challenge. This is basically the same as some of the other missions you've had to complete in the area, so go for it!

Boss: Elma (HP:MP - 4882:870)
Easy fight here. Take out her guards and then cast Blind or Darkness Dance on her. She'll be a goner.

Boss: Lucil (HP:MP - 7324:370)
This is even easier than the first fight. Gee, I guess this is why the Youth League needs your help so badly, right? After the fight, Lucil will give a little speech and the episode will be complete. Head back to the Youth League base afterwards to get a sphere from her.

If you've collected all ten of the Crimson Spheres, you can unlock the Mushroom Rock Road cavern. Simply approach it with all ten spheres and it will open up. You'll enter a dungeon, but it's pretty simple to navigate. Just follow the red icon on the radar. Once you reach it, a scene will occur. You'll have to fight a total of five boss fights in a row to get out alive. It's not easy, but then again, you're the one who opened up Pandora's Box, so to speak.

Boss: Rikku (HP:MP - 7800:92)
Rikku and Paine are the easiest of the bosses you'll face here. They're both susceptible to Break as well as Blind, which basically nullifies everything they can throw at you. Use that to your advantage and take them down.

Boss: Paine (HP:MP - 9200:92)
Break and Blind are your friends here, so use them whenever you can. This should be an easy fight. Make sure your character's health is near its maximum in preparation for the next fight though.

Boss: Baralai (HP:MP - 12220:720)
You had to fight this guy once already, so you should know the deal here. Use your Break abilities to minimize the damage he does and use Blind whenever you can so that he misses most of his attacks. He does have attacks that deal damage to the entire party, so watch out. Like the fight with Paine, make sure your HP levels are high for the next fight.

Boss: Gippal (HP:MP - 14800:235)
Gippal is a lot like Baralai in combat, but he's a lot slower, thankfully. He also has attacks that hit the entire party, so watch out. As always, use Break to take down his damage potential and smack him around with physical attacks.

Boss: Mevyn Nooj (HP:MP - 23260:720)
Since he's the last boss, it's only fitting that he's the most troublesome, right? You're going to need all your resources to take out Nooj, because he's one tough customer. Like Baralai and Gippal, he has a couple of attacks that damage the entire party, so it's advisable that you have one character act as a support and constantly heal while providing secondary offense. A Dark Knight with White Magic capabilities works very well to meet this need. Nooj can use status ailments on you too, so it's a good idea to have everyone as a Dark Knight, since they are protected against almost every status ailment once you have mastered them.

Moonflow
Talk to Tolbi at the Moonflow, and you'll be able to party with him and his group. Nothing much you can do here, but at least you get an Episode Complete for your trouble.

Djose Temple
Head to the Chamber of the Fayth and you'll have to do battle with the Machine Faction's new weapon of destruction, er, protection. The catch in defeating this machine is that it grows stronger depending on how many successful excavations you performed in Bikanel Desert. If you didn't, then this boss will be a piece of cake. However if you happened to do some intense searching in the desert to help out the Al Bhed, it may be a very tough battle. The highest level it can reach is Level 5, so we've provided the stats for that particular level. Once you have beaten this machine, the episode will be complete.

Boss: Experiment Level 5 (HP:MP - 18324:0)
This boss is tough if you don't come prepared. Make sure to cast Protect whenever you can to lower the damage sustained, as it has a lot of attacks that hit your entire party for some serious damage. Otherwise, go with the Dark Knights and club away at him. Don't use Break abilities here because they don't work at all.

Guadosalam
Talk to Tromell Guado twice in order to get your Episode Complete. If you haven't, you can also get a Crimson Sphere here by entering the underground passage in the Leblanc Syndicate headquarters. The room is to the left of the save point in the area. Just jump onto some wooden boxes to reach it. If you didn't stop Garik on Mount Gagazet during Chapter 3, you'll notice that the Guado are not here, therefore you cannot get an Episode Complete. However, you can get a powerful accessory called Key to Success in Tolbi's office. It raises attack, defense, luck, experience and HP by 100%. It is a tradeoff though, so you'll have to weigh your options.

Bevelle
Head to Bevelle Temple. You'll have a conversation with a couple of people, including Isaaru and the Kinderguardians. After your conversation, you'll get a Garment Grid from Maroda. Enter Bevelle Temple and head to the right. You'll find the Kinderguardians again. Take the portal down to Bevelle's secret dungeon. You'll find an old man here, and after he leaves you'll find a Crimson Sphere. Pick that up and follow him. Keep fighting until you get to the 20th level, where you'll encounter a miniboss. After defeating him, you'll find another Crimson Sphere. If you were able to get all the Crimson Spheres before, this will be the last one that you need. Head to Mushroom Rock Road to unlock the secrets of the cavern!

Thunder Plains
Seems like there's a disturbance in the area, and fiends are occupying all of the lightning towers. It's time for another mission! You'll have to defeat fiends at every temple. Don't worry though, it's the same fiend each time, so it won't get progressively harder. You'll have to beat nine of these guys, so remember that there are also fiends after you get to the Travel Agency. After you've defeated the nine fiends, one… really big fiend will show up. Time for a boss fight!

Boss: Humbaba (HP:MP - 27772:785)
This guy is tough, especially if your levels are low. You won't be able to use any Break abilities on him, so don't even bother going into Warrior here. Your best bet is to make all of your characters Dark Knights (or whatever class has the highest defensive rating) and assign one to be a supporting attacker/healer. Have your other two characters just pound the hell out of him. His attacks are powerful, but if you heal up every other round, you shouldn't be in too much trouble. One thing you'll have to remember is that once he dies, he casts Meteor on your entire party. This usually does around 2500 - 3000 damage per character, so make sure that your characters are healthy before you finish him off.Once you have defeated this boss, it will leave a giant hole in the ground. You can choose to jump in or not, but either way you'll need to go down there eventually in order to complete the episode. It'd be a wise move to heal up first, though. Once you're ready, head down the hole and into… a dungeon. Just follow the read icon and you'll find Rikku's daddy, Cid. He's got a surprise for you!

Boss: Machina Panzer (HP:MP - 30500:1247)
This boss comes equipped with three other machinas, but they can be taken care of so easily it's not even worth the effort to list their stats. Simply using Dark Knight's Darkness ability to wipe them out in one hit. Or you can just kill them the long way. The machina that Cid has for you is a total pushover, despite having better stats than the previous boss. Why? Simple, just use Break abilities to make sure it does no damage to you at all. After you have finished this off this boss, the episode will be complete!

Macalania Forest
Please note that the only way you can get an episode complete in this area is if you erased O'aka's debt before Chapter 3. If you weren't able to do it, you cannot get an episode complete here. Why, you ask? Because you need to visit O'aka at the Travel Agency in Macalania in order to get the episode complete. It's pretty impossible to do that if he's not there, right? On top of that, once you visit him, you'll be able to buy some very cool items from him.

Calm Lands
If you managed to get 400 PR points for the companies in the Calm Lands, visit this area. The event will occur automatically. Tolbi will come by and a conversation will occur. The episode will now be complete. Please note that you don't have to find that poor sap at the Travel Agency a wife in order to finish this episode completely. Thank god.

Bikanel Desert
You can start this mission while you're in Chapter 3, but you can't finish it until the end of the game. You'll be asked to start diplomatic ties with the Cactaur Nation. Yes, we're serious. It seems that the Cactaurs are having a bit of trouble. A group of very powerful fiends are about to be unleashed, so the Cactaurs need to find the ten Gatekeepers in order to summon a protector called Haboob. The ten Gatekeepers are scattered around Spira, so you'll have to find them. Unlike the PR and Marriage campaigns from the Calm Lands, this mission is actually enjoyable. Here are the locations of the Gatekeepers:

• Bikanel Desert: Go to the Oasis and you'll find him
• Besaid: You can find him on the beach
• Guadosalam: Go to Leblanc Headquarters and you'll find him in a treasure chest in one of the rooms in the underground passageway.
• Calm Lands: You'll find two here, near the cave where Yojimbo resided
• Thunder Plains: You'll find him in the same location as you found Lian and Ayde during Chapter 3.
• Kilika: Head into Kilika forest and go straight until the second intersection, then go right. You'll be able to jump onto a tree here, and you'll find your Gatekeeper
• Mount Gagazet: Head up the mountain, you'll eventually find it in an open area
• Kilika: Check Dona's house
• Bikanel Desert: Once you have gathered 9 of the Gatekeepers, they will break the seal on the cave in the background. You'll be able to find your last Gatekeeper there.

Once you have retrieved all ten Gatekeepers, you'll receive a Garment Grid… if you were able to win all of the minigames that you had to partake with each Cactaur. Now that your little fetch quest is done and over with, it's time for a major boss fight!

Boss: Jumbo Cactaur (HP:MP - 22222:1111)
He's like any other Cactaur… only he hits a lot harder. He's actually not that hard to beat, so just keep pounding away at him and he won't get a chance to attack. Be sure to take out the two little Cactaurs with him though, since they can do some good damage on you.

Boss: Angra Mainyu (HP:MP - 333444:9999)
This guy is next to impossible if you don't go into this fight prepared. He's a real monster, with high HP and defense, so it'll take a long time to take him out. If you want to take on this behemoth, make sure you're around level 70 or 80 before you even think of doing so. This boss is made up of three parts, two arms and the body. One arm will use physical attacks, while the other casts some extremely powerful magic, such as Flare. Obviously you want to minimize the damage dealt to you here, but since this boss is immune to Break abilities, you'll have to think of another way to do it.

You can use the Shining Mirror Garment Grid to give yourself the Auto-Reflect ability, so try that. Start everyone off as a Thief, and then switch to your most powerful attacking class, such as Dark Knight. Doing so will allow you to use Auto-Reflect. This will nullify any damage that the magic-casting arm can do to you. Unfortunately you won't be able to heal with magic either. That's okay, you can use X-Potions or Mega Potions for that. In order to get rid of the two arms, use the Dark Knight's Darkness ability. That should get rid of them temporarily until they're revived. Other than that, the only thing you have to do is keep pounding away at the guy until he falls. Yeah, we make it sound very easy, don't we?

Celsius
Note: To get this event, you have to talk with Cid in Chapter 2 on the Thunder Plains.

Head into the engine room and then head back out. A cutscene will occur. Afterwards, go to the Deck of the Celsius to find Cid. Another talk will go down, and then you can head back to the cockpit. Yet another scene. After this, both Buddy and Brother are not on the Bridge. Go to the Cabin and you'll find the whole Al Bhed gang there in deep discussion. Talk to Cid, and then head to the deck of the Celsius yet again to talk with Buddy, Brother and Cid. After that, the scene will be over.

Mount Gagazet
Tensions are flaring between Kimahri and Garik, and they're going to settle their differences. Unfortunately nothing cool happens. A lot of talk, some punches thrown, nothing too exciting. Afterwards, you'll see a monument built in honor of Kimahri. You can also get a Garment Grid from Lian and Ayde if you return to Gagazet after the episode is complete.

On top of that, you can also choose to have a monument to Yuna instead of Kimahri. The way to do this is to answer all of the Ronso questions during the game. You can't do this during your first run through the game though, it can only be done on your second run. For the correct answers, just choose the second option given for the male Ronsos and the first option for the female Ronsos.

Zanarkand Ruins
Talk to Maechen here, and the episode will be complete