To do so you need to head to a place called The Castle of Ordeals. The best time to do this is after you get the airship. The castle is located in a marsh west of the north east continent. Once you find it find a spot to land the airship and procead inside. Talk to the old man then head for the throne room and click on the throne to be wisked away to a labrynth. Click on the pillars till you find the right one to precead to the next tiny room. However if you pick the wrong one you have to start over. So try and memorize which one is the right one or if you’re like me, write it down on a piece of scrap paper. Keep doing this till you get to the end. Before you touch the last piller get the Zues Gauntlets which let you cast lit2 in battle. It’s located in the upper right room. The next part of the labrynth isn’t difficult to navigate through. This time don’t forget the Heal Staff which casts Cure 1 on everyone in battle. It’s located in the upper right room. The upper left room contains a nice Ice Sword. Now for the main item you need here. The rat tail which is located in the bottom left of the map. Don’t think it’s just that simple however. You need to kill a few zombie dragons before you can open the chest. I suggest useing any cure, harm or fire spells you have since they’re undead. After you dispose of them you are free to open the chess and continue on to the end. Touch the throne to be wisked outside. Now for part two.
Get in you airship and fly to group of islands in the north-center part of the world. Go to the southern cave of the lagest of the islands. It should be forested. Enter and speak to Bahamut to get your class upgrades. Congratulations you are now done.
Excalibur is always a sword worth getting. The same information applies to all variations of Final Fantasy 4 (DS - GBA - SNES). First of all, you need to get the Rat’s Tail. Wondering what it is? Good question. Just joking. In order to get this item, you need to goto the Cave of Summons in the underground world. You can find it in one of the treasure chest when you first enter the city (not where the shops are, but where there are just monsters and several chest). Once you have that, goto the upper world and goto Silvera with your hovercraft.
Land next to Silvera and get into yourcraft. Go southeast from there (the youtube video is good to watch for this). You will land next to a small cave and you go in there. You will see a little man and he will trade you the rats tail for the Adamant Ore. Now go back to the underworld and travel DIRECTLY south. You will see a town named Tomra. Look for a blacksmith that is east of the town. Give him the Adamant ore and guess what? He makes Excalibur. Just to piss you off, you have to wait nearly 20 minutes, so go enjoy a burger and coke while waiting for this. After 20 minutes, you will receive the legendary sword - Excalibur.
Final Fantasy VII brings with it some of the most rememerable characters of any Final Fantasy. Final Fantasy VII is also the first to not have any jobs. It instead uses crystal sphears called materia. At the same time, however, they managed to make each character unique. To be continued.
Cloud Strife
JOB Mercenary (ex-member of SOLDIER)
AGE 21
WEAPON Sword
HEIGHT 5′7″
BIRTHDATE August 19
BIRTHPLACE Nibelheim
BLOOD TYPE AB
Description
The main character of Final Fantasy VII. Origionally a member of SOLDIER, he is now a mercenary who will take any job. After being hired by AVALANCH, he gradually get caught up in a massive struggle for the life of the planet. His enormous sword can cut almost anything in two.
Aeris/Aerith Gainsborough
JOB Flower Merchant
AGE 22
WEAPON Rod
HEIGHT 5′3″
BIRTHDATE February 7
BIRTHPLACE unknown
BLOOD TYPE O
Description
Young, beautiful, and somewhat mysterious, Aeris met Cloud while selling flowers on the street of Midgar. She decided to join him soon after. Her unusual abilities enable her to use magic, but she seems interested in the deepening love triangle between herself, Cloud and Tifa.
Tifa Lockheart
JOB Bar Hostess, AVALANCH member
AGE 20
WEAPON Glove
HEIGHT 5′4″
BIRTHDATE May 3
BIRTHPLACE Nibelheim
BLOOD TYPE B
Description
Bright and optimistic, Tifa always cheers up the others when they’re down. But don’t let her looks fool you, she can decimate almost any enemy with her fists. She is one of the main members of AVALANCH. She and Cloud are childhood friends, and although she has strong feelings for him, she would never admit it.
The Cave of Summon Monsters is an important quests if you want to receive the more powerful summons for Final Fantasy 4. The same information applies to the FF4 DS version also. In order to get there, you are required to take the Falcon and go in the Underground World. To find the location, search for a remote island in the middle left western side of the map. You should find an entrance.
When in there, you will notice that there is lava. I myself had managed to get through the cave… struggling, taking damage from walking over the lava… but this is not suggested. To get around that, take Rosa and haver her cast “Float”. When completing that next step, you will notice that you can walk over the lava trails without any problems. It’s also good to use for any enemies (that I recall) that cast earthquake.
Proceed deeper inward the cave and there are about three or four levels that you will go through. On that final level, you will notice there is a spot to teleport; step on that. You will be transported to the town within the Cave of the Summon Monsters. Before doing anything, go around the town, talk to the townsfolk, get the rat-tail (for another quest), and save your placement. After you save, search for the Library that is west of the twon. Head inward and you will notice a series of staris. Go down the stairs. You will do this twice. Suddenly, you will be in a room with an old man and woman sitting in charis. If you saved, you will be fine. Don’t be like me and accept the battle without saving (because you will be pissed going through the cave again). The first person you will talk to is Queen Asura.
Queen Asura
Queen Asura is not difficult at all. The key to beating here is casting Wall (Reflect - Nintendo DS Version) on her. She will attempt to cure herself. If you cast Wall(Reflect) the cures will bounce and hit you. Keep fighting her until she is defeated, but cast Wall(Reflect) when it wears down. Beating her will result in Rydia having the ability to summon Queen Leviathan.
King Leviathan
One of the important keys to beating Leviathan is that you enough life to withstand his attacks in the first place (large wave is the killer). Anyways, if you find yourself constantly dying before having the ability to do anything, go back out and gain several levels. Once your ready to fight, focus your attacks by using lighting on him. Cast shell on your characters and keep yourself constantly healed. Beating him will result in Rydia having the ability to summon King Leviathan.
YouTube Video - FF4 Queen Asura Battle (FF4 Advance Version)
YouTube Video - FF4 King Leviathan Battle (FF4 DS Version)
Adamant Armor is insanely strong and is worth getting, but is lengthy and difficult due to luck and chance invovled. First you need to get the Pink Tail from the Pink Puffs in the Lunar Subterrane’s B5F; it is in a tiny room. There’s only one problem involved, they are rare and hard to bump into and it’s insanely rare (hope you have lots of time). Even when the Pink Puffs appear, there is only 1 / 64 chance of receiving a Pink Tail. So if you take the rare encounter factored by the rare drop, you will find it very difficult to receive this item.
Once you have the Pink Tail, you need to use the hovercraft and proceed to the direction on Silvera (located on earth). Head in a southeastern direction to a small cave by several rocks. When you find yourself inside, there is a tiny figure inside and you give him the Pink Tail. Once you give him this item, you will receive the Adamant Armor.
