final fantasy 8 cheats
No random battles
Use the following methods to never have any random battle
outside of towns: rent a car for 3,500 gil, walk on train
tracks, walk on paved roads, or get Diablos' No Encounter
ability.
Free Potions
You can get free Potions in Timber Town. Get Rinoa in
the party, then go to the bridge where you saw the guards.
Keep returning until a man appears. Talk to him, then
talk to him a second time to receive a Potion. Leave the
screen and return until he appears again and repeat.
Easy Ability Points
Go to Cactaur Island and earn 20 AP for each Cactaur that
is defeated in battle. Cactaur Island is the small island
covered by a desert.
Easy Experience Points
Display the world map and travel to the left-most island.
It contains powerful monsters that can easily level up
your characters after battles.
SeeD written test answers
After the assault on Dollet, a "Test" option
will become available. Use the following answers to the
corresponding test level to answer all questions correctly
and raise Squall's SeeD ranking. The higher Squall's ranking,
the more cash he will receive each pay period.
SeeD level Answers
1 Y, N, Y, Y, Y, N, N, Y, N, N
2 Y, N, Y, Y, Y, N, Y, Y, N, N
3 N, N, Y, N, Y, Y, Y, N, Y, N
4 N, Y, Y, Y, N, N, Y, Y, N, N
5 N, N, N, Y, Y, N, N, Y, Y, Y
6 Y, N, Y, Y, N, N, Y, Y, N, Y
7 Y, Y, Y, Y, Y, Y, N, Y, Y, N
8 N, Y, N, N, Y, Y, N, N, Y, N
9 N, Y, N, N, N, N, N, N, Y, Y
10 Y, N, N, N, N, N, N, N, Y, N
11 Y, Y, N, Y, Y, N, Y, N, N, Y
12 N, Y, N, N, Y, N, Y, N, Y, N
13 Y, N, N, N, Y, N, N, N, N, N
14 Y, Y, Y, Y, N, Y, Y, N, Y, N
15 Y, Y, N, N, N, N, N, Y, N, Y
16 Y, N, N, Y, N, Y, N, N, Y, N
17 Y, N, N, N, Y, N, N, Y, N, N
18 Y, N, N, N, Y, N, N, N, N, N
19 Y, N, N, Y, N, N, N, N, N, Y
20 Y, Y, N, Y, N, Y, Y, Y, N, N
21 Y, Y, Y, Y, N, N, Y, Y, Y, N
22 N, N, N, Y, N, N, N, Y, Y, N
23 Y, N, N, N, N, Y, Y, Y, Y, Y
24 Y, Y, N, N, Y, Y, N, N, N, Y
25 Y, N, Y, Y, Y, N, N, Y, N, N
26 Y, Y, N, Y, N, Y, N, Y, N, N
27 N, Y, N, N, N, N, Y, N, Y, N
28 Y, N, N, Y, Y, Y, N, Y, N, N
29 N, N, N, Y, Y, N, N, N, Y, N
30 N, Y, N, N, N, N, Y, N, N, N
Guardian Force locations
Quezacotl, Shiva
Squall's desk computer.
Ifrit
Defeat Ifrit.
Siren
Draw from Monster after fighting Biggs and Wedge.
Brothers
Defeat Sacred and Minotaur in Tomb Of The Unknown King.
Diablos
Before going to Timber, talk to headmaster Cid until you
get the Magic Lamp. Save the game, use the lamp, and defeat
Diablos. Draw and store Demi then cast it. Do not draw
and immediately cast, as he will not cast Curaga on your
character.
Carbuncle
Draw from Statues attacking Rinoa at end of Disc 1.
Leviathan
Draw from NORG after destroying his pod.
Pandemona
Draw from Fuijin in the battle with Fuijin and Raijin.
Cerberus
Draw from Cerberus during the Galbadia Garden invasion.
He is at the center glowing circle near the entrance.
Bahamut
Go to the island in lower left corner of the map. Walk
only when light is not flashing. Go straight until the
message "you have perceived the resonance" appears.
Go to opening at flashing object, fight Ruby Dragon (you
have no choice). If you are in bad shape, answer "Yeah,
there's nothing we can do". If not, answer "Never".
With luck, Ruby Dragon will not use its Breath attack,
as your characters will die. When you win, select "Cancel",
then "Accept". Watch out for Bahamut's Mega
Flare.
Tonberry
Defeat Odin. Then fight 20 Tonberrys at top of elevator
or open place, not at torch lit place at its base. You
will fight the Tonberry King.
Cactuar
Use Ragnarok to fly to the island on the outside of a
desert; you will see a cactus teleporting around. Walk
up to it. Be careful, as its 10,000 needles do 100,000
damage.
Doom Train
Get the Solomon Ring from the Esthar Sorceress Memorial
at end of Disc 3. Laguna will have talked about defeating
Ultimicia. You need six steel pipes and other items. He
will appear without a fight.
Eden
Draw from Ultima Weapon. Bahamut must have already been
defeated. Give one pressure spot all the time you can.
If you do not, reset at the first steam pressure spot,
put Zell in you party and let him "tinker" with
the machine demanding four pressure; you will get away.
Since you lose four pressure the first time you reset,
it is as if you did not make a mistake (only, a lot of
strong monsters will flood the area). Set the Move/Find
ability to find the final save spot.
GF Compatibility items
The following is a list of GF compatibility items, which
raise the speed of your GF's summon time:
GF Item Dropped by
Quezacotl Dynamo Stone Cockatrice, Blitz
Shiva Northern wind Thrustaevis
Jumbo Cactuar Cactus Thorn Cactuar
Pandemona Windmill,Shear Feather Thrustaevis, Death Claw
Cerberus None (not elemental) (none)
Brothers Dino Bone T-Rexaur, Sacredcard
Diablos None (not elemental) (None)
Alexander Moon Stone Elnoyle, Torama, Imp
Leviathan Fish Fin Fastitocalon-F, Fastitocalon
Bahamut Dragon Skin Anacondaur, Red Dragon, Blue Dragon,
Hexadragon
Tonberry Chefs Knife Tonberry
Rare card locations
PuPu
Look for UFOs to pass by during a battle in the following
places (you must have Diablos' "Enc-None"):
1. Outside Winhill Town
2. Mandy Beach, northeast of Timber
3. Heath Peninsula, east of Trabia Garden
4. Kashkabald Desert
After sighting all four, fly the Ragnarok to the rocky
cliffs above the Chocobo Shrine. Encounter a UFO and defeat
it. Then, head to the crater where Balamb Garden used
to be. You will encounter a PuPu. Feed him five elixirs
and you will be rewarded. Its only a level 5 card, but
is definitely the hardest card to find.
Fat Chocobo
Man in front of Balamb Library (Queen of Cards Quest).
Angelo
Watts, on Forest Owl's train.
Gilgamesh
CC King.
MiniMog
Boy running laps around Balamb Garden.
Chicobo
Summon four Large Chocobo at all six Forests, then proceed
to the Chocobo Shrine.
Quezacotl
F.H. Mayor Dobe.
Shiva
Trade "Girl Next Door" to Zone.
Ifrit
Defeat Ifrit.
Siren
Card Master on second floor of the Dollet Pub.
Secret and Minotaur
Defeat Brothers.
Carbuncle
CC Heart.
Diablos
Defeat Diablos (Use the Magical Lamp obtained from Cid
to find it).
Leviathan
CC Joker.
Odin
Defeat Odin.
Pandemona
Zell's neighbors.
Cerebrus
Defeat Cerebrus.
Alexander
Piet in Lunarside Base.
Phoenix
Esthar presidental assistant (Queen of Cards quest).
Bahamut
Defeat Bahamut.
Doomtrain
Timber Pub bartender (Queen of Cards quest).
Eden
Defeat Ultima Weapon.
Ward
Dr. Odine in Esthar.
Kiros
Man in black suit in Deling shopping area (Queen of Cards
quest).
Laguna
Ellone in Lunarside Base.
Selphie
Selphie's best friend in Trabia Garden.
Quistis
"Trepe Fan Club" in Balamb Garden.
Irvine
Flo (QoC quest).
Zell
Zell's mom in Balamb town.
Rinoa
Lose the Ifrit card to Gen. Caraway in Deling City. Win
it back from Marlene in F.H.
Edea
Edea at her house.
Seifer
Cid at Edea's house.
Squall
Laguna at Esthar.
Card mods
Abbys Worm: 1 for 1 Windmill
Adamatoise: 3 for 1 Turtle Shell
Anacondour: 1 for 1 Venom Fang
Angelo: 1 for 100 Elixers
Bahamut: 1 for 100 Megalixers
Belhelmel: 1 for 1 Saw Blade
Bite Bug: 1 for 1 M: Stone Peice
Blitz: 1 for 1 Dynamo Stone
Bomb: 1 for 1 Bomb Fragment
Cactuar: 1 for 1 Cactus Thorn
Cocatrice: 1 for 1 Cocatrice Pinion
Creeps: 1 for 1 Coral Fragment
