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Dragons Den
The Dragon's Den becomes available after you defeat the legendary dragons. It is located to the north of the Colosseum. When
you go in, it will be like entering Kefka's tower. You will have to choose three parties of up to 4 people.
Being of gigantic
size, I have chosen to provide maps for the Dragon's Den on a separate page. You can find them here at the
Dragons Den Maps
Getting Prepared
Before you even try to enter the
Dragon's Den, you had better be prepared to the hilt. First you should get all your party members above 85. Me personally,
I took them all the way to level 99. Make sure you learn Curaga, Arise, Reraise, and Ultima. Leveling everyone up, there should
be no problem getting all the spells for everyone. Be sure to have Hi-Potions, and Phoenix Downs. As far as relics, you should
have 4 Ribbons at least. You should have 3 already. One comes from the passage Locke and Celes escaped South Figaro in. The
second comes from the Phoenix Cave, and the third comes from Kefka's tower. The other Ribbon will either need to be stolen
from a Brachiosaur, or morphed from a Coco. You will also need 2 Genji Gloves. If you refused to help Banon 3 times, you got
the first one right off the bat. The second and third ones can either be gotten in Cyan's dream, or the Cave at the Sealed
Gate.
If you want an easy time fighting, you should beat the game 3-5 times. When you get to the final tier of the end
fight, you should have Locke steal a Ragnarok from Lady, and a Ultima Weapon from Rest. This will give you the ammo you will
need for the den. You will definitely want at least 3 Celestriad relics. This will make healing and using Ultima a lot easier.
You can win these from Brachiosaurs, or you can steal them from Galypdes. You can also wager the Soul of Thamasa relic for
it, but you might want to keep that. Also for a single fight, you will want 4 Angel Wing relics.
This was my set-up for
when I went in:
Terra...LV=99
Ultima Weapon
Genji Helmet
Force Armor
Paladin Shield
Celestriad
Soul of Thamasa |
Celes...LV=99
Ultima Weapon
Oath Veil
Minerva Bustier
Force Shield
Celestriad
Sprint Shoes |
Edgar...LV=99
Ultima Weapon x2
Royal Crown
Force Armor
No shield
Genji Glove
Master's Scroll |
Locke...LV=99
Ultima Weapon x2
Black Cowl
Red Jacket
No shield
Genji Glove
Celestriad |
Sabin...LV=99
Tiger Fang
Red Cap
Red Jacket
Ice Shield
Dragoon Boots
Dragon Horn |
Strago...LV=99
Gladius
Circlet
Behemoth Suit
Aegis Shield
Celestriad
Sprint Shoes |
Setzer...LV=99
Death Tarot
Crystal Shield
Crystal Armor
Crystal shield
Gold Hairpin
Ward Bangle |
Shadow...LV=99
Kagenui
Black Cowl
Black Garb
Thunder Shield
Sniper Sight
Dragoon Boots |
The third party really does not matter. It should be the weakest of your parties, and you should equip Mog with the Mululu's
Charm, and sprint Shoes. The third party was not used in any of my boss fights, so the equipment should be reserved for the
other two parties. But in this party, I placed Cyan, Relm, and Gogo with Mog.
Going In
When you arrive in the Den's entrance, you will notice two doors. Take party 2 & 3 into the door on the left. When inside,
take party 2 to the door on the left and party 3 should go right. Walk them both through the lava area, until the get to a
switch. Have them stand on the switches. Then switch over to your main party.
The main party should enter the right entrance. Once inside, go all the way to the right, and into the larger area. Pass the
stairs that are currently blocked, and head to the top. Here you will find your first Boss Fight.
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| Ice Dragon x4 |
| The Ice Dragon has been accompanied by two others in this fight. For a fast win,
have Edgar and Locke bash them with their Ultima Weapon/Master's Scroll combo, and have Terra and Celes devote their time
to casting Curaga. If you are level 99, Edgar should be doing 79992 damage each turn, and Locke should be tacking on another
39996. With this, the Ice dragon herd will fall pretty fast. If you feel things are going really well, have Terra cast Ultima
on the dragons for some severe hurt. For winning this battle, you will get the Final Trump for Setzer. |
Once you are done with your first dragon, the Ice Barriers will vanish. Continue their course up the stairs, and into the
door on the left side. Here you will enter the lava area. Go to your left, and press the switch. Now return to party 2. Have
party 2 jump across the first set of stones, then jump across the second set. Here in the center island you will fight the
Storm Dragon.
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| Storm Dragon |
| With more HP, you would think the Storm Dragon would be more difficult than his
brothers you just fought. But he is not. To begin, have Strago cast Mighty Guard, Sabin use his Phantom Rush, while Shadow
and Setzer Attack.Keep this going, while Strago heals with Curaga, or White wind. If things get a bit tight, have Shadow and
Setzer become healers too. If Sabin is hitting for 9999 with Phantom Rush, he can take it down in 7 turns alone. When you
knock the wind out of the Dragons wings, you will get the Longinus Spear for Edgar. |
After defeating the Storm Dragon, the wind seals will be broken. Jump back over to the left, and step on the switch there.
Change to party 3, and have them jump over to the center, and then to the other side above. Grab the chest containing a Elixir.
Then head into the next area. Go to the right, until you find a switch next to the wall on the south. Step on it, and it reveals
a bridge. Then change to party 2, and have them go through the doorway to the left of them. In the next area, head directly
in front of the door, and climb the stairs. Here you will find the Earth Dragon. Before you go into combat, equip each party
member with the Angel Wing relic. Then face the dragon.
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| Earth Dragon |
| The Earth Dragon uses a plethera of Earth based spells and attacks. His favorite
seems to be quake. But if you are wearing Angel Wings, that cast float continuously, you have little to fear from these. However,
this does not mean you need a healer or two, to counter his powerful physical attacks. Just have Sabin use Phantom Rush, Strago
use Mighty Guard, and heal, and have Setzer and Shadow attack and heal when needed. When you drop this dragon, you will get
the Godhand for Sabin. |
With the defeat of the Earth Dragon, head back down the stairs, and all the way to the right, until you come to party 3. When
you get there, switch back to the main party. Have them return to the place you fought the Ice Dragon. Rather than cross the
bridge, head back towards the dens entrance. There in the middle of the area is a set of stairs previously blocked. Climb
them, and go into the next area. Here, head to the north, and call the turtle. Take it across the water, and head north. Here,
you will see a wall switch, and two sets of stairs. Press the switch, and you will view a dragon being released. We will get
to him shortly. Go up the stairs, and find the Blue Dragon waiting for you.
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| Blue Dragon |
| Since we are with the main party, this should be easy. Have Edgar and Locke beat
the tar out of the dragon, and have Celes and Terra use Curaga and Ultima. Try not to set anything like Haste or Protect on
your characters. Blue Dragon has the ability to switch status with a character. You really do not want to help him. Otherwise
this battle is very easy. When he falls, you will get the Save the Queen for Celes. |
With the defeat of Blue Dragon, return to the bridge that your other party made, and cross it. Take the time to heal and save
in the room above, if you need to. Then take your main party, and head down the path to the right of the bridge, and into
the next area. Head down the small stairs to the left, and up the stairs left of that. Here you will fidn the dragon you released.
Make sure you are using your main party for this one.
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| Red Dragon |
| When this battle begins, cast Reraise on everyone, and then have everyone cast
Curaga, or defend. You can do nothing to harm this guy. When the fight begins, he will use his Life Force to strengthen himself.
Then he will lay in with the nasty spells like Flare, Meltdown, and such. The amount of times he attacks is set. When he hits
the final time, he will cast Ultima followed by Flare. If you survive this, you will win. With Reraise in place you are safe.
For winning, you will get the Apocalypse for Terra. |
With the defeat of the Red Dragon, head back down the stairs, and go all the way to the right. Here, you will find two switches
you can get to, and one you cannot. Hit the switch at the bottom, and switch to party 3. Have them come to the same place,
and step on the switch above party 1. Then change to party 2, and head past party one, to the newly opened area. Change to
party 1, and have them also go into the newly opened area. Go into the next room. Here you can go all the way to the top,
and enter the save room. Save, and head back down the way you came. About half way down, you will find a path to the right.
Go down the path, and across the bridges. You will eventually come to a ledge with a door that is blocked, and a bridge going
left. Take the bridge. You will quickly see familiar people wandering across the string of bridges you have to cross. It is
like Gogo's cave. You get hit by one, and you will fall off. If you do, you will land in a new area. Here you must go through
the path. You will see blue flames going through the paths. If you hit them, you will have to fight the boss. There are 5
total bosses here. You should fight each one, just to get a complete bestiary. They are as follows:
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| Earth Eater |
| The first boss you will encounter is Earth Eater. Everytime you attack him, he
retalliates with Megaton Punch. This kills you instantly. The best way to avoid this, just have Edgar attack. With his equipment,
he will hit Earth Eater 8 times for 99999 damage/ strike. Earth Eater won't get to hit you back. But for some reason, if you
have changed your equipment, it is still pretty easy. Have one person attack, and the next person cast Arise on the attacker.
Do this over and over, until he falls. |
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| Gargantua |
| Gargantua is also pretty easy. He uses- ++a lot o4f earth magic, but you should
be able to counter that pretty well. Just attack and heal, and he will fall pretty quickly. |
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| Malboro Menace x4 |
| This fight will begin with just a single Malboro Menace. After you hit him, he
will divide into 2. When you hit him next, the two parts will try to kill you with Blaster. Also being Malboros, they love
to use Bad Breath. Eventually you will be dealing with four of them. Just keep everyone healed, and revive fallen members,
and eventually you will overcome them. |
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| Abyss Worm |
| This is a easy fight. Abyss worm is similar to its Slagworm cousin. Just beat
the tar out of it with Edgar, and he should fall in one attack. |
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| Dark Behemoth |
| When the battle begins, cast Reraise on everyone. Then attack and heal normally.
When you defeat the Behemoth, he will cast Ultima. With Reraise, you will come through. |
When you get to the end of this area, you will see a light. Step into it, and you will be teleported back to the bridges.
Make your way across them, and go right of the blocked door. You will eventually come to a set of stairs going up. Before
heading up, equip your characters with Ribbons. Head up, and prepare for the weirdest of fights.
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| Skull Dragon |
| You might think you have to attack this bad guy to win. Well, think again. If
you do defeat him by normal fighting, you will get a message saying the dragon cannot die until his magic is empty. Hopefully
everyone knows Rasp. Just keep casting rasp on this deadbeat, until he falls. Skull Dragon has a plethora of nasty status
attacks to hinder you, but the Ribbons will prevent anything from happening. He does attack physically too, so you might have
to stop and heal here and there. If you run out of MP, cast Osmose on him. Not only will you get magic back, but you also
hurt him too. When he finally dies again, you will get the Scorpion Tail for Gogo. |
When the Skull Dragon is defeated, a set of stairs going down will appear. (It would seem the folks at Square were nice enough
to prevent you from having to jump the bridges again.) Return the party to the save room, and switch to party 2, and have
them go there as well. Before continuing, Switch to party 3. Have them go north, through the door to the next area. go up
and around to the right, and stop at the ledge. Take party 2, and have them enter the door to the left. In the new room, go
to the left, until you see a switch. (you should also see party 3.) Step on the switch to create a way for party 3 to come
across. Change to your main party, and have them go into the same room. Instead of going left, have them go right, then up
and to the left. There will be a weight above a switch. Push it over the edge. Continue to the left, veering up past the door,
until you see two pools that look like eyes. In the center, hit the a button, to trigger a hidden switch. Now return to the
door, and enter the next area. In this area, go to the right, and you will find another dragon.
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| Holy Dragon |
| If you use your main party, this will be an easier fight. Every time you strike
Holy Dragon, he will use Curaga. But only one time/attack. So if you hit him with Edgar's Genji Glove/Master's Scroll, and
2 Ultima Weapons, (he should actually die) he will only use Curaga once. Just keep doing higher damage than his Curaga heals
him, and he will eventually fall. For defeating him, you will get the Zanmato for Cyan. |
When you defeat Holy Dragon, you will need to use teleport, and warp out of the dungeon. There is another way to do this,
but it calls for completely backtracking two parties to where you fought Ice Dragon. Trust me it is easier to teleport. When
you return to the den, keep your parties the same, and have party 1 and 2 enter the right entrance. Have them go to the area,
where you use the turtle. Have them both cross the turtle to the other side. Take party 2 and have them go up the stairs,
and to the right side. There should be a blank tomb. Stop here, and change back to the main party. From the turtle, head to
the right, and into a room with tombstones. Be sure to read each one as you progress. When you get to the back of this room,
you will meet your last dragon.
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| Gold Dragon |
| If you are a major magic user, this fight will be difficult. All spells cast
will be absorbed by Gold Dragon. So you will have to stick to Attacking, and healing items. If Edgar and Locke don't get hit
in the first round, they should be able to knock him out before round 2. For defeating him, you Will get Locke's Zwill Crossblade. |
With the defeat of the Gold Dragon, you can go after Kaiser. But there is a bit more to do, if you are looking to get everything
in Dragon's Den. To do so, have party 1, meet party 2 at the tombstone. Change to party 2, and have them examine the tomb.
If you read all the stones on the way to fight Gold Dragon, you should get a list of jumbled words. You need to place them
in correct order, like you did in Daryl's Tomb earlier in the game. The correct phrase should be "THE
KING OF DRAGONS". A door will open in front of you. Take party 2 inside. Here you will see a series of stairs. Begin
by going down to the left, then right, pass the chest, down left, right, left. This should bring you to the bottom. Go up
the next stairs to the right, over, and down the stairs. Go up the next set of long stairs, and enter the door. In this room,
just go right, down and right to find a warp point. warp to the next room. In this room, you will find four chests. The two
on the right contain a Ribbon, and Umaro's Bone Wrist relic. The other two chests contain Relm's Angel Brush, and Mog's Gungnir.
However there is also a boss fight for each chest.
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| Plague |
| Being that this boss has very little HP compared to most bosses in the den, you
should be able to wipe him out pretty quick. He loves to cast doom, so you only need to out last the countdown. If it gets
too close to the end of the count, cast Reraise on the character(S). Just keep inflicting damage, and he will go down real
fast. |
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| Neslug |
| This is similar to the Ymir and Angler Whelk fights from before. You should only
attack the head. If the shell is hit, it counters with Megaton Smash. Focus on hitting the head with Firaga magic, and heal
when it retracts into the shell. Overall, this is a pretty easy fight. |
With these bosses gone, head south a bit, and collect the Stardust Rod for Strago. no return to the 4 chests, and continue
right to the next warp. Go right in the next room, and hit the warp point. Now in this room, go right, then up. You will see
a warp point, but don't hit it. It will only go to a room with nothing in it. Instead go to the left of the warp, and head
through the doorway on the south wall. Once outside again, head through the area, until you come to a ledge to the right of
a blocked door. Here you should see a darkened spot on the ground. Stand on it, and it will open a doorway to the right of
you. You cannot reach it, so switch over to your main party.
Have your main party go inside the cloister. Instead of following the second party's path, head over to the second set of
stairs, and go down to the left, then down left again. Pass the chest, and go down the stairs to the right. This should bring
you to the door your other party opened. Head inside, and go to the warp point. In the next room, you will see three chests.
The left contains a Ganji Glove, while the top contains a Crystal Orb. Before opening the chest on the right, equip everyone
with Ribbons. The chest on the right, contains Shadow's Orobozuki, and a boss fight.
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| Flan Princess x5 |
| Being flans, these creatures are almost immune to physical attack. Their first
attack is always Mega Berserk, which will berserk you without the Ribbons. Use lots of Firaga and Ultima, and the Flans will
not last long. Also the ultima Weapons will do their regular damage no matter what. |
After de-throning the Princesses, head over and south past the warp to find one more chest. This contains a Dueling Mask for
Gau. Once you get this, there is nothing more to do. take both parties out of the cloister, and back to the Beginning This
time, instead of riding the turtle, go to the right and around that way. Now when you get to the other side, call the turtle
once. This will bring it back to the center of the platforms. Leave it there for now. Now, you need to get everyone back to
the save room where the bridges are. (I know, we are almost done.) Ok, take party 2 and 3 into the room to the left of the
save point. Here, have party 2 push the weight over again. then go down to the switch left of the way you came in, and hit
it. Have party 3 find their way back across the stones, until they are in the bottom most section of this area. Now head to
the north, and save at the save point. Go into the room left of the point, and enter. Walk up the path, and hit the switch.
Leave them alone (for good), and change back to party 2.
Have party 2 return to party 1. from here, go over to the doorway,
before you jump the bridges. Enter, and ride the turtle across to the right. Now head up, then left to the switch. Climb the
stairs, and enter the center area. Save your game at the save point, and switch to the main party.
Have your main party
join party 2. But instead of going to the center room, have them go to the right room, where you enter the cloisters. There
on the left side of the room is the dark spot on the floor. hit it, and have party 2 enter the new door. Here walk up the
path to the switch. You are now done with party 2. Change back to party one, and head to where you fought the Skull Dragon.
From here, head left across the ledges and bridges, until you get to a door. On your first venture to get the Skull Dragon,
this door was blocked. you can now enter, and head to the switch.
*NOTE* The last party to hit
one of the three switches, is the one who will fight Kaiser. Be sure it is your main party!
When you activate all three switches, you will be teleported to a new room. In front of you stands the lord of all dragons...Kaiser!
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| Kaiser Dragon |
| One of the first things you should do with a caster, is cast Float on everyone.
Kaiser loves to change his attacks, and there could be a chance of it hitting earth-based. If this happens, a single Quake
spell could wipe you out. Afterwards, Cast Reraise on everyone. Kaisers final attack is Ultima. You want to be able to outlast
that spell.Once that is done, simply have Edgar and Locke attack, while Celes and Terra continuously heal, and raise everyone.
This battle might take a bit of time, but you should be able to come out easily with the stats and weapons suggested. |
When the lord of dragons finally dies, you will see a Magicite Shard appear in front of you. Grab it, and you will get the
Diablos Magicite. You will then be told of the Soul Shrine. If you have beaten the game, you can head there, and try it out.
If not, you have to defeat Kefka first.
You might think you are done with the Dragon's Den huh? Well, if you leave, and come back to where you fought Kaiser Dragon,
you will find that someone got missed! And this guy is as difficult as he has been in every Final Fantasy, with the exception
of IX, and the original VI release, since Final Fantasy V. That is right, it is none other than Omega Weapon!
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| Omega Weapon |
Omega would have easily killed Kaiser...if you hadn't done so first. His attacks
are more frequent, and very brutal. I would suggest placing Ribbons on all four characters. Yes sacrafice Edgar's Master Scroll.
The Ribbons will keep your party from his Delta Attack, which freezes and causes Stone, as well as Frezzing dust. He also
uses Fallen angel, Grand Delta, Level 3 Confuse, and Level 5 Death. His ultimate attacks are Foresaken, and Omega Drive. Both
these can wipe you into the wall.
Have not only Celes and Terra as healers, but make Locke do so as well. In the first
round, have two cast Reraise, and the other two cast Curaga. Repeat this in the next round. Once everyone has Reraise in place,
have one caster cast Hastega, Edgar attack, and the others cast Curaga. Once that is done, simply have Edgar attack, and the
other three serve as medics. This is a difficult fight, and will take a long time to complete. You might die a few times also.
(I did 3 times) But do not give up. Eventually this Final Fantasy veteran will go down. For winning this fight, you will get
the Murakumo, which is Cyan's ultimate weapon. |
With the defeat of Omega, you have finally finished everything there is to do in the Dragon's Den. Head out, and you can either
finish the main game, or if that is done, you can go over, and test your skills in the Soul Shrine. Congratulations on your
Victory!!!
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