Subject: FF2 Cheats Document From: Luke Drelick Reply-To: star@ocean.com Newsgroups: alt.games.final-fantasy Final Fantasy 2 - Hint Sheet by Luke Drelick Duky@worldnet.att.net = http://www.chocobo.org/~butz [INDEX] 1. Thanks [a] Who wrote this? [b] Who offered insight? [c] ATTENTION!!! 2. The Tricks [a] Perfect Stat Increasing Trick [b] Avoid an enemy encounter [c] World Map [d] Chocobo in FF2 [THANKS] a. This document was written by Luke Drelick as a brief hint sheet for FF= 2. These are some strategies to make your characters into walking deities= , and make life through this challenging game much easier. b. I'd like to give thanks to a number of friends right now, who all made= this info file possible. Brian Pacula - Providing lots of help on actually playing through FF2, an= d is currently writing a great FF2 FAQ. Demi, Flobbasko, BigWierd - For doing a fantastic job on the FF2 Neo tran= slation, which, when released, will give this document a burst in popular= ity :) Ben Krause - For being the stupid ass who always asks me the "Frioniel ke= eps dying!!!" question on IRC :) Greetz to - Aerisu, Barret_Wallace, cygnus, Forneus, FredTC, Guyver, Henn= ig, Highwind, Kairu, Lord_Cie, MeRCeNaRy, Nemmers, Sytem, TheChocobo, VeR= TaiS, WeirdMan, xBig_D, Zenogias c. ATTENTION! If you have ANYTHING to add to this document, email me at "= duky@worldnet.att.net" right away! If you want to use this document on yo= ur web page, go right ahead, but please email me first to inform me, and = don't change the content of this document around. [THE TRICKS] a. Here we go, the ultimate FF2 cheat! This is a way to turn your charact= ers into walking gods in about an hour. You can do any variation of this = cheat, but here's my preference. First and foremost, buy a "Cure" spell f= or the 3 main characters, as the 4th character you get could leave the pa= rty at any time. Second, make sure you have about 500+ gil (it all depend= s on how powerful you are). Now, get into a battle against real weak enem= ies (Goblins, Leg Eaters, Hornets), and start pounding on your own guys. = Keep on pelting your guys with damage, until they're all in their "low HP= " position. Save your game after every round, if you're using an emulator= , just in case somebody dies. Win the battle, and your guys should gain s= ome HP, and possibly Strength points or Defense points. Enter another bat= tle, and constantly cast "Cure" magic on your guys, who should have low H= P. Once all their HP is full, or all their MP is used up, win the battle,= and you'll gain more MP. I've noticed that the amount your Max HP/MP goe= s up increases when your Max HP/MP gets very high. My Frioniel has 1600 H= P, and every time his HP goes up, it increases 60+ points! Finally, after= completing these steps, go to an Inn, rest up, then repeat as necessary.= It's helpful to be at extremely high HP, due to the complexities of the = game's dungeons. Don't power up that many spells, only Cure, Fire, Ice, a= nd Bolt, or whatever spells you use constantly. Weapon points go up as yo= u kill enemies, and when they reach 100, the character becomes more adept= at using his/her weapon, allowing for greater hits. Build up the weapon = levels while fighting the strongest possible enemies you can at whatever = stage you're on. b. If you're playing FF2 through an emulator (which is very likely, due t= o the rarity of the actual cart), you probably know that the number of st= eps it takes to get into an encounter is determined as soon as you enter = the level. The same holds true with FF1 and 3, but strangely, not with th= e Dragonquest games. In case you're extremely lazy, are using an emulator= with a save state function, and don't want to get into a battle, do this= trick. Walk, and after every step, save the game. Keep doing this until = you get attacked. Load the save game RIGHT before you get attacked. Now, = go to the Status Screen and cast the Cure spell on one of your party memb= ers. Exit the Status Screen, save your game again, then continue walking,= until you get attacked again. Then, repeat. Unfortunately, for this tric= k to work, one of your characters needs to have gotten damaged, with HP l= ower than the max. c. Like in FF1, you are able to view the complete world map. When you're = on the world map screen, hold "B", and press "Select". This will bring up= a screen with a giant globe in the middle of it. Press a button on the d= irection pad to rotate the globe in that direction, but be wary, as the r= otation proceeds extremely slowly. The flashing brackets indicate the par= ty's current position, and any flashing dots indicate important locales, = such as towns, caverns, or castles. Note that this trick only works on th= e world map, and AFTER you've gotten the Ship (although you don't need to= be on the Ship to see the map). d. As a fact, I know that there is a Chocobo in FF2. When you go to "Patt= ern Edit" in NESticle, on the world map, you can see the sprites for the = Chocobo in there. I also recall that once, back last year, Demi (of FF2 N= eo fame) sent me a savegame with the character riding a Chocobo. The char= acter was near the giant desert southwest of Bofsk, where extremely power= ful antlions and other creatures lurk. If you know where to get the Choco= bo in FF2, PLEASE email me right away, so I can add it to this document! --------------45E21865A0--