FFVIII Help Thread

[khmaniac101]

thak you soooo much i've actually gotten the pulse ammo turns out ruby dragons drop em and bahamut sicks 2 of em on ya. also I have the stratagy guide and blue dragons drop dragon fangs most of the time even on LV100 so I'll go find some thanks alot

[Martin]

thak you soooo much i've actually gotten the pulse ammo turns out ruby dragons drop em and bahamut sicks 2 of em on ya. also I have the stratagy guide and blue dragons drop dragon fangs most of the time even on LV100 so I'll go find some thanks alot

Oh no problem dude, I help out when I can.

Ever have any more problems post them on here or PM me, I'll be glad to try to fix them for ya

[Omega Weapon]

FFGuru89....Excellent

However, To get Lion Heart you need these items:

Dragon Fang ( 4 )
Pulse Ammo ( 12 )
Adamantine ( 1 )

Just like FFGuru89 mentioned, You can get Dragon Fangs by defeating Blue Dragon.

Dragon Fangs can be won as a result of battle from Blue Dragons if you have the Rare Item Ability on. I remember hearing somewhere that if you use GF Tonberry's Lvl Down on it (lower than lvl 10 I think) you don't need Rare Item. You can find them near the Shumi Village or on the Island Closest to Hell.

Correction: You can get Dragon Fang by defeating Blue Dragon only, You don't need to use Rare Item or Lvl Down.

Pulse ammo will be harder to get though. There are only two places in the game (that I know of) where you can fight Elnoyles - they drop Energy Crystals. One was the bridge in the middle of Esthar City, but as you can't now get there that's a knock-off. The other is in the Lunatic Pandora. I don't think you can get there either...

Correct, In this situation, I would recommend you to get Energy Crystal by defeating Ruby Dragon [ It drops Energy Crystals ] . This monster can be found at hilltops of Esthar or at Island Closest To Hell.

Or...

You can change Laser Cannons or Energy Generators into Pulse ammo but they're also pretty rare.

You can get Power Generation by mugging Blitz at Centra, Make sure that Rare Item is not equipped.Each Power Generator can be refined into 20 Pulse Ammos.

The last item is Adamantine, You can simply get this item by refining Minotaur into 10 Adamantines.

Good Luck

[Martin]

Correction: You can get Dragon Fang by defeating Blue Dragon only, You don't need to use Rare Item or Lvl Down.

Correct, In this situation, I would recommend you to get Energy Crystal by defeating Ruby Dragon [ It drops Energy Crystals ] . This monster can be found at hilltops of Esthar or at Island Closest To Hell.

Or...

You can get Power Generation by mugging Blitz at Centra, Make sure that Rare Item is not equipped.Each Power Generator can be refined into 20 Pulse Ammos.

All that, I didn't know...

Thank's for the compliment OW and thanks for putting me straight. I honestly didn't know that Blue Dragon's dropped the fang regardless. I guess I just assumed because I had the ability on at the time, and Lvl Down worked for me. And I didn't know Blitz had Power Generators either.

A very knowledgeable colleague sir

Regarding Ultimecia khmaniac101

Well here's how I beat her...

I don't try to even out all six characters, after all she puts in three randomly at the beginning. So focus on your three main characters, and kit them up. Now here's the fun bit, if she doesn't summon the three you want, simply *bump off* the ones you don't want, which keeping alive the ones you do! Suicide!

After you get the party you want, then start plugging away. As you've got to the final form, I won't go into the other three stages...

If you can survive Apocalypse and Hell's Judgement then this won't be too much of a problem. Still, if you have any Heroes or Holy Wars, you could use them for this bit. Then plug away with Renzokuken (Aura or low health, whichever you choose though if you're going for the 'Invincible' option then Aura is a must). Your chance of a decent finisher to a Renzokuken depends on how many times you use the trigger, and how successful you are with it. I find that the ones with only four slashes tend to give me nothing or either Rough Divide/Fated Circle, whereas the six/seven slashes gives me Lion Heart more often. It may just be me, but I seem to get Lion Heart more often when I'm at low health, but that could just be random.

My personal recommendation is to use Zell (if you've read issues 1-5 of Combat King), Irvine (Exeter and Pulse/AP ammo can be particularly useful) and obviously Squall. I don't think there's any real strategy you can employ, other than a nice stock of Full-Life, the occasional Meltdown (which works on everything it would seem) and plenty of limits. Luck can play a factor too.

Having said that, good luck

[khmaniac101]

thanks guys I have the lionheart now and I gave ultimecia another try and I got to her final form but the lion heart limit didn't come trough and I died if I can muster the moral I'll try again tomorrow thanks again


yay lionheart

[khmaniac101]

well since you helped me so much I'll post this. and I know I should use PM but anyway.

I beat her today it was a long hard battle and she even got rid of squall in her 3rd form but zells and rinoas limits beat her I had 2 heros and I used them on zell and rinoa whn they had 1 health so they were free to use limits and after about a half hour I was able to finally strike her down so thanks everyone couldn't have done it without ya

[Shadow Of Darkness]

ok, I need Holy War.
I know how to get i t but...F**k Gilgamesh....does anybody know where to get it else?
or hero drink so I can refine it.
THX
SoD

[Omega Weapon]

Let me see...

I believe that there are only three ways to get Holy War in FFVIII:

1 - You can refine Gilgamesh Card to get 10 Holy-Wars and this is by far one of the easiest ways to get this item.

I know how to get i t but...F**k Gilgamesh

Forget about it!

2 - You can get 1 Holy War by mugging it from Seifer in the end of disc 3. ( Rare )

3 - Goto Menu > Ability > Med LV Up, You can get 1 Holy War by refining 10 Holy War Trials.

Remember: To get 10 Holy-War Trials, Refine Laguna's card to 100 Heros, each 10 Heros can be refined to 1 Holy War Trials.

Hope that was useful

[Hell's-sword]

Is there anypoint in collecting all of the magazins inclooding the timber manicks?

[Polk]

Is there anypoint in collecting all of the magazins inclooding the timber manicks?

Weapon's Monthly issues tell you about the newest weapons that you can upgrade to. If I remember correctly, you don't have to collect them to get them all in order to get the ultimate weapons, though.

Combat Kings give you new moves for Zell's duel limit break, mostly finishers. However, if you, like me, simply use the Duel Abuse Trick, then you use nothing more than Booyah and Punch Rush.

Pet Pals give you new moves for Rinoa's Angelo based Limit Breaks.

Girls Next Door is essentially useless, as it can't be sold, but if you give it to Zone on the white SeeD ship, he'll give you the Shiva card.

Occult Fans clue you in to side quests going on in the world. They can also be sold for a lot of gil, which is nice early on, since you can get one before the Fire Cavern.

Timber Maniacs, I believe give you access to more scenes with Laguna late in the game.

[Tiger Lily]

Timber Maniacs, I believe give you access to more scenes with Laguna late in the game.

They don't do anything for extra scenes as far as I know (and I've played the game many times on both incarnations). Collecting Timber Maniacs will let you see little articles on Laguna though.

When you go into the 2F Classroom in Balamb Garden and log onto the study panel you can see more about Laguna on Selphie's webpage. I think it's under Garden Festival Committee? I don't remember. Anyway, the more you've collected the more there is about him. Little pictures of places he's been and information on things he's done or been commemorated for. All tied in with Selphie's obsession, of course. Quite cute, I've been through it a few times. ^^

And as to the rest of the magazines...

Weapons Monthly gives you information on the stuff you need to upgrade their weapons at a Junk Store. Useful things, really. Unless you're a veteran and you know everything as you don't have to have them to get the ultimates. You just need the stuff. But even if you know the items you need, collecting is advisable; try reading them in a special order before going into Ultimecia Castle... >.>

Occult Fan gives you little snippets and a bit of insight as to what to do with Pupu, Doomtrain and the like. Not the full thing, 'cause that would be too easy. But enough to get you on your way. So if you're into sidequests, tips and noncompulsory GFs it's probably worth a look. Kind of fascinating in its own right although it hasn't any use in regards to the main quest.

If you're interested in Rinoa's limit break collecting Pet Pals is a little more than advisable as each issue you read lets you teach Angelo, her dog, a new ability.

Combat King, like Pet Pals is used for limit breaks. In this case, Zell's. It teaches you new combinations to do during Duel.

Girl Next Door? Useless. You're too young to read it, or so says the game. Sell it to Zone on the White SeeD ship. Easy money there.

So, in short, Weapons Monthly, Combat King and Pet Pals will assist you in the quest, helping you pwn the monsters more easily while Timber Maniacs, Girl Next Door and Occult Fan are interesting and sell-able but not quest-furthering.

Yay for wasting time re-iterating James' post in more detail. Well, I was just going to correct the scene thing, but I got carried away. xD

[Hell's-sword]

Thanks for the info im sure it will come in handy. My friend keeps telling me about a GF called doom train, whats he on a bout? i've played the game a few times but cant fined it please help.

[Polk]

They don't do anything for extra scenes as far as I know (and I've played the game many times on both incarnations). Collecting Timber Maniacs will let you see little articles on Laguna though.

Gah, you're right. I knew it had something to do with Laguna though. Maybe I need to play FF8 more. But you win (For now at least. Muahaha?).

As far as levelling goes, Island closest to Hell was mentioned. This is the optimal levelling spot. Bring along Quistis in yellow HP with her degenerator attack, or just take Doomtrain with someone with a high compatibility. My caompatibility was 1000 with Zell after going through the Deep Sea Research Facility, so that worked out well. Both ways are very good and reliable, but Doomtrain is safer, as it doesn't require you to have a/some character(s) in yellow HP.

[Omega Weapon]

My friend keeps telling me about a GF called doom train, whats he on a bout? i've played the game a few times but cant fined it please help.

Yeah, Doomtrain is an amazing GF, To summon this GF, You need to find a ring called Solomon's Ring at the Tears Point in Esthar. Also you must gather the following items

Steel Pipe X6 :
You can get this item by mugging Wendigo which is probably the easiest way.

Malboro Tentacle X6
You can get this item by defeating Melboro.

Remedy+ X6
You can get this item by refining Remedy x60 using an ability called Med LV-UP
each 10 remedies can be refined to 1 Remedy+

Now, Goto to your items, select the item Solomon's Ring and Doomtrain will accept the items you gathered (Steel Pipes, Melboro Tentacles, Remedies +) and join your party.

[Martin]

As always Omega is completely right

All that I would add is the locations of the Occult Fan Magazines which list the clues regarding Doomtrain

Occult Fan I: This is found in the Library in Balamb Garden, close to the first bookshelf. Just look at it and press the button, you'll find it.

Occult Fan II: Often overlooked, this issue is found in the pub in Dollet. I'd recommend that you get it when you can go back to the place after the initial SeeD mission.

Occult Fan III: This is found at Fisherman's Horizon from the Master Fisherman.

Occult Fan IV: This is the one I often found hardest to get, you get it from the Esthar Presidential Aide. I think but I may be wrong that you have to have spoken to Laguna first.

And it's very useful when taking on Omega Weapon believe me

[Hell's-sword]

i allways trane on the beachs but as you probably no you get 6 dp on average and dont get that much exp. Where is the best place to train up?

[Omega Weapon]

i allways trane on the beachs but as you probably no you get 6 dp on average and dont get that much exp. Where is the best place to train up?

Hmm..Let me see..There are really some great places to raise your party a level with each battle:

The Island Closest to Heaven and the Island Closest to Hell.
They are a little hard to find at first..These islands contain very powerful creatures, and killing them is guaranteed to raise your party a level with each battle. They may be too tough to take on if you're below level 60 or so.

Island Closest to Hell:

Location: This island is located southwest of the Galbadian Continent.
Monsters: Ruby Dragons, Malboros, Hexadragons, T-Rexaurs, Blue Dragons and Grendel.

Island Closest to Heaven:

Location: This island is located northeast of Esthar, amongst the archipelagos.
Monsters: Malboro, Ochu, Chimera and Tri-Face.

Good Luck!

EDIT: You can't land on any of these Island if you don't have Ragnarok!

[Treize]

Those are really good places to level up, but sometimes I like to level up at the Deep Sea Research Center. Also if I'm trying to get AP I would go to the Cactuar Island. That is probably the best place because the cactuars there are pretty easy to defeat and you get 10 AP for each one you defeat. Also you need to Ragnarok to go to both of these places. If you want to train before you get the Ragnorok, you can go just about anywhere. There isn't really a place that jumps to my mind that would be much better than any other place.

[Tiger Lily]

Also with getting limit breaks, you can use an Aura if you've got any. These are pretty good to junction with, so you may need to run around the Islands closest to Heaven and Hell with Enc None on to restock later. But it's worth it for an almost guaranteed limit break. ^^

If you can be bothered with it [or play on PSX], you can also use Selphie's Rapture or The End which can be found under her Slot limit break. If time's a problem and you use the PSX, just pop open the disc cover while you search for it. That way you don't cop any damage.

I've never actually tried Doomtrain, I guess the reason being that after I got everyone's ultimate weapon. I just used the GFs for the abilities and junctions. Aura + Island = win. Though Doomtrain + Aura + Islands = epic win. What with his "Bwahaha-I-killz-your-enemy's-defence" and all. =D

[Omega Weapon]

Also if I'm trying to get AP I would go to the Cactuar Island. That is probably the best place because the cactuars there are pretty easy to defeat and you get 10 AP for each one you defeat

Small correction! You get 20 AP for each one you defeat.

If you want to train before you get the Ragnorok, you can go just about anywhere. There isn't really a place that jumps to my mind that would be much better than any other place.

There is a place in Timber ( Not the city of course hahaha! ) where you can fight Vysage, I don't know exactly where but after defeating all three parts (including Lefty and Righty), you get 12 AP and more than 650 EXP..such a great place to train in Disk 1 and Disk 2.
Also, Vysage drops some useful items such as Life Stones, Regen Rings, Lightweights, Rune Armlets and Wizard Stones.

Bring along Quistis in yellow HP with her Degenerator attack, or just take Doomtrain with someone with a high compatibility. My caompatibility was 1000 with Zell after going through the Deep Sea Research Facility, so that worked out well. Both ways are very good and reliable, but Doomtrain is safer, as it doesn't require you to have a/some character(s) in yellow HP.

Good idea, I have always enjoyed defeating my enemies using Degenerator.
Doomtrain, It is not recommended to use this GF against Melboro, Hexadragon and Ruby Dragon, however, It is very effective against Grendel, T-Rexaurs and Blue Dragon.

For more, Odin was my hero, This GF is great, Nothing can stand against him. he will randomly appear and defeat all of your enemies.

[Demonica]

Hey all, I'm having issues defeating Adel whilst she has Rinoa captive and i saved beforehand- I am also finding the monsters in the area are giving me next to no EXP and I cant leave as I saved before the third disk...will I have to restart the game?

[ZantetsukeN]

Hey all, I'm having issues defeating Adel whilst she has Rinoa captive and i saved beforehand- I am also finding the monsters in the area are giving me next to no EXP and I cant leave as I saved before the third disk...will I have to restart the game?

Focus on junctions. Here's what I use for bosses like these.

HP- Curaga or Full Life
Str- I normally have a good number of Flares or Ultima by now. If not use Firaga, Blizzaga or Thundaga
Vit- Regen
Speed- Haste

All of these get nearest to 100 spells for each. For the other attributes junction anything.

BTW when fighting adel, never use GFs (apart from Cerberus), or most limit breaks (actually, the only limit I would use is a few of Quistis's).

[Secret Weapon]

Does somebody mine telling why I can't get the Gilgamesh card? I beat every CC Card member and I rebeat Joker. I did all what I was supposed to do to play King but their still not letting me. Do I have to beat all of the members (in total) x15 times or something?

ARRGGGAHHHH !!! WTF is it?!

[Axeman]

In order to hallenge Cc club King you:
a) need to have beaten all the other Cc club members
b) need to NOT be in the middle of any storyline progressing mission
c) need to speak to Dr Kadowaki (challenge her to a game)
d) finally you need to go to your dorm and take a nap. King (aka Quistis in uniform) will wake you in the middle of the night for a game (ooerr!).

beat her and she can be challenged at any time on the bridge of the Garden, so you should have no problem relieving her of any good cards she carries.

[Treize]

There is a place in Timber ( Not the city of course hahaha! ) where you can fight Vysage, I don't know exactly where but after defeating all three parts (including Lefty and Righty), you get 12 AP and more than 650 EXP..such a great place to train in Disk 1 and Disk 2.
Also, Vysage drops some useful items such as Life Stones, Regen Rings, Lightweights, Rune Armlets and Wizard Stones.

That sounds like a pretty good place to level up. I forgot all about that place. Thanks for the info. I will need to go there next time I play.

Hey all, I'm having issues defeating Adel whilst she has Rinoa captive and i saved beforehand- I am also finding the monsters in the area are giving me next to no EXP and I cant leave as I saved before the third disk...will I have to restart the game?

Here you really don't need to level up. Remember that in Final Fantasy VIII when you level up, the enemies get stronger also. What you should be more worried about is what you have junctioned to your characters. This will make the biggest difference. For the battle I would first cast Regen on Rinoa so that you don't have to waste as many turns healing her. Next I would cast meltdown on Adel to weaken her defense. Then just attack her. You can really do much else because all of your powerful attacks will hurt Rinoa too. You can use some limit breaks though. Just make sure that they don't hit Rinoa too. So just switch it up between attacking and healing when necessary. Finally make sure you keep Rinoa healed because if she dies you will have to start the whole battle over. That should do the trick. Just remember to junction your characters well. If you are going to attack Adel, make sure you put something good to your strength stat.

[Omega Weapon]

That sounds like a pretty good place to level up. I forgot all about that place. Thanks for the info. I will need to go there next time I play.

I have just re-installed FFVIII, The name of that place is Shenand Hills.
Check out this picture for more information about that place.

Anyway..

Here you really don't need to level up. Remember that in Final Fantasy VIII when you level up, the enemies get stronger also. What you should be more worried about is what you have junctioned to your characters. This will make the biggest difference. For the battle I would first cast Regen on Rinoa so that you don't have to waste as many turns healing her. Next I would cast meltdown on Adel to weaken her defense. Then just attack her. You can really do much else because all of your powerful attacks will hurt Rinoa too. You can use some limit breaks though. Just make sure that they don't hit Rinoa too. So just switch it up between attacking and healing when necessary. Finally make sure you keep Rinoa healed because if she dies you will have to start the whole battle over. That should do the trick. Just remember to junction your characters well. If you are going to attack Adel, make sure you put something good to your strength stat.

Exactly, Don't forget to cast Protect on her too, What about Shell? No, Don't cast Shell on her because it will lessen the effect of Regen.

Don't forget to start the battle by Mugging Samantha Soul for Adel, This item can be refined into 60 Pulse Ammos.

Now, If you really want to use some limit breaks then use Irvine's limit breaks, AP Ammo, Pulse Ammo and Demolition Ammo are your friends in this battle, however, I only recommend using AP Ammo because it has the ability to pierce your enemy's armor, very effective against high-VIT monsters are bosses. In the other hand, avoid using Fire Ammo and Shotgun Ammo because they will hurt Rinoa too.

Good luck.

[Treize]

Did you beat Dr. Kadowaki? I think you have to challenge her before you can face King. I had an easy time getting to King. You must have just forgot something... Good luck against King. I found it pretty easy if you have some good cards.

[jimbeamjunior]

secret my good friend gilgamesh is owned by quistis who is the card king. once u have beat every other person you have to go to your dormitory and rest or something. the card king will wake you up and challege you to a duel. beat her and you can play her as many times as possible.
try fiddling with the card rules (i.e going to certain regions until certain rules are dropped or put in) so that u get to chose your cards at the end of the duel. save your game first though cause beating her may result in you losing a few rare cards which is pointless
once u get gilgamesh refine immediately my friend for 100 holy wars which pretty much makes your party invincible for all time (ha ha ultimecia get it right up you, griever was useless against me )

[Bish]

There probably won't be any answer to this but here I go. Its been a long long time since I played FFVIII but occasional you just get that itch, so I popped in my old install disk into my laptop. I installed everything correctly and got the game set-up. Now when I start up the game it immediatly freezes, before displaying anything. I'm just staring at a black screen. I can't even Alt-Tab out of it. I end up having to use Ctrl-Alt-Del in order to get anywhere. Task Manager says FFVIII isn't responding. I've tried downloading an online copy (which I suppose is legal if you actually own the game) incase it was a disk or installation problem, no luck. I'm guessing the issue is most likely with the operating system (Vista) or my graphics chipset (Intel 945 Express Chipset). I've asked around at more than one place, but I haven't gotten a good answer yet. Please, Squall is counting on you to allow him save the world, so don't be shy with those answers even if your not sure they are relevant or useful in the smallest way.

[Omega Weapon]

There probably won't be any answer to this but here I go. Its been a long long time since I played FFVIII but occasional you just get that itch, so I popped in my old install disk into my laptop. I installed everything correctly and got the game set-up. Now when I start up the game it immediatly freezes, before displaying anything. I'm just staring at a black screen....

Check this thread out. Hopefully, it might provide some help.

Good luck.