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t. THE TEMPLE
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ITEMS IN THIS AREA: Trident, Mind Up, Silver Jewel Gun, Ether Turbo x2,
Rocket Punch, Lucky materia, Metamorphosis materia,
Princess Guard, Ribbon, Hou xx, Last Elixir, Nail
Bat, Dragon Bracelet, 'Summon Bahamut' materia,
Gigas Bracelet.
At the top of the temple is a black creature, similar to the ones you
met in Nivelheim. If you talk to it, it floats into the air in a flash
of light. Inside the temple, you'll find the Turk, Shon. He was badly
wounded by Sephiroth. He gives you the Kiiston so that you can go after
his attacker; examine the dais in the center of the room and you'll be
transported into the depths of the temple.
This area has a very confusing layout; it's a mass of stairs, walkways
and passages. There are chests everywhere, and a kooky old man in a
blue robe is also running around down here. From where you arrived,
head up, then left, then up again and go down the stairs to the ground
level. There's an opening just above you; go in it, turn to the right,
then climb down the vines clinging to the wall beneath you. If you
run underneath the long staircase nearby, you can reach a treasure chest
that has a Trident inside of it. From there, head right, go down the
stairs, then turn and climb up the wall using the vines. Head past the
opening (which you can't enter at this point, anyway) and go up the
stairs. The old man will dash away; ignore him for now and climb up the
vines to reach a platform. There's a shiny pink item here (Mind Up).
Take it and go down the stairs, then enter the door to your left to find
a room with a treasure chest and the old man. Inside the chest is the
Silver Jewel Gun. Talk to the geezer twice and he'll offer his servicesto you:
- Purchase Items - Restore HP and MP to maximum - Save your game* - Nothing
* Choose the top option to decline or the bottom option to accept and
save your game.
Outside, go back up the stairs and down the vines, but this time, head
down and to the left. You can pick up a green item here (Ether Turbo).
Then go down the long stairway. At the bottom, climb down the smaller
set of steps to your left, then work your way towards the southwest
corner of the screen. Ther's a small patch of vines here that you can
climb down. Be sure to open the nearby chest; there's a Rocket Punch
inside of it. Now, go down the stairs and walk northeast along the
path to find some more vines and the old man, who scampers away when
you get too close. Climb up the vines, then go up the stairs next to
you, go through the archway, turn east and go down the stairs, and
climb up the long stretch of vines on the nearby wall. Head left,
underneath the staircase, and you can nab a purple materia (Lucky).
Now, go back the way you came (go right, down the vines, up the stairs
and down and out through the archway so that you're back on the path
that the old man was standing on, just above the vines). Walk to the
east until the path stops, then head south and turn east again to enter
the nearby door. As you enter, the old man will dash away. There are
huge hollow boulders that are rolling down this walkway. To get past
them, time your dashes so that the hollow part will be directly over
you, causing Cloud to kneel as the boulder rolls over you. Then keep
going until you reach a side path that leads to a pool of water. Grab
the Metamorphosis materia near the pool, then continue along the
walkway, avoiding the boulders. Once you reach the end of the path,
they'll disappear for good, but remember that if you get hit by a
boulder, you'll be dragged all the way back to the beginning of the
path (ouch!) Alternately, you can wait until the boulders disppear and
then go back and pick up the materia after the sequnce with Sephiroth.
Once the boulders are gone, Aerith will sense a powerful prescence in
the chamber and return to the pool. Light will erupt from the surface
of the pool, and you'll be able to see what I presume is a flashback of
Shon and Iriina (both Turks) running around in the shrine. After Iriina
leaves, Sephiroth shows up and creates a double of himself. While he
busies himself with attacking Shon, the laughing double flies up into
the air. After this sequence is over, Sephiroth's double will descend
into the pool and then fly away (is this supposed to mean anything?)
When you return to the end of the passage, the old geezer will be
waiting for you, and will once again offer his help:
- Restore HP and MP to maximum - Save your game - Nothing
When you're ready, go down the stairs. There's a huge room here with
twelve doors labeled I to XII. In the center of the room is the ever-
annoying talking clock. I was ready to use my FF7 discs as frisbees
by the time I figured out how to solve this little 'mini-game'. Here's
how it works:
If you press O (Roulette), the hour and minute hands move around very
quickly. Even when you press O again to stop the hands, they'll both
move three more spaces in the direction they were traveling.
If you press T, you're given two options: one in blue, one in green:
BLUE: This gives you four _more_ options, one in blue, one
in green, one in red, and one in white.
- BLUE The hour hand moves ahead by one space.
- GREEN The hour hand moves ahead seven spaces.
- RED The hour hand moves ahead by 17 spaces.
This invariably sets the minute hand ahead
by at least one space.
- WHITE This does nothing.
GREEN: This gives you _another_ four options, in blue,
green, red, and white, respectively.
- BLUE The hour hand moves back by two spaces.
- GREEN The hour hand moves back by ten spaces,
setting the minute hand back by one.
- RED The hour hand moves back by 20 spaces.
This makes the minute hand decrease
by at least one space, too.
- WHITE This does nothing.
If you press X, the damn clock shuts up and you're free to move onto
the hands of the clock (providing you've aligned them properly). You
can only walk on the hour and minute hands of the clock.
Isn't this fun? Well, there are twelve passages (labeled I to XII),
and you get to explore them by setting the clock to various positions.
Here's a list of what's in each passage:
I - When you open up the chest, you'll be attacked by
monsters. You won't get anything for beating them,
either.
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TIPS: JEMINISUMII LV: 24 HP: 800 MP: 80
POIZUNFUROGGU LV: 26 HP: 500 MP: 100
POIZUNFUROGGU LV: 26 HP: 500 MP: 100
The Poison Frogs are weak against Reiki, so use cold-based attacks/spells
on them. Their attacks will turn you into a frog, but they attack so
often that it's better for you to wait until they hit you again (turning
you back into a human) instead of wasting a Virgin's Kiss or other
restorative item. The woman (Jeminisumii) is weak against Poison, so
use one of the Bio spells on her for good results. The only point in
fighting this battle is if you want to learn Song of the Frog from the
frogs (providing you have a Techniques of the Enemy materia equipped).
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II - This passage is blocked off by rocks. You can't
do anything here, so return and pick another path.
III - A treasure chest. It contains monsters, too.
You won't get anything for defeating them.
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TIPS: HEKUTOAIZU LV: 30 HP: 500 MP: 220
HEKUTOAIZU LV: 30 HP: 500 MP: 220
Both of these red, multi-eyed monsters are weak against Poison, so use
the best Bio spell you've got, or simply attack to dispatch them. If
you've got Metamorphosis equipped, you can morph both of them into
Magic Up items, which is really the only point in fighting this battle.
Although weak, either enemy can drain _lots_ of HP from you (around 1200-
1400 points!)
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IIII - Shouldn't this be IV? Anyway, there's a chest
here, and Aerith's Ultimate Weapon, the
Princess Guard is inside.
V - This passage leads outside to the gold chest you
could see but not normally reach. Inside it is
a Ribbon.
VI - Read below to find out what to do here.
VII - There's a chest here. A weapon for Cait Sith,
the Hou xx, is inside it.
VIII - You can get a Last Elixir from the chest in
this room.
IX - A passage blocked by fallen rock.
X - This is where you came in, bud!
XI - Yet another blocked passage.
XII - What a creepy room! You'll be seeing more of
it soon enough.
At some point, you should stand on the hour or minute hand and let the
second hand approach. When it passes over you, it will knock you down
into the pit below. When you land, you'll find yourself in a room with
a treasure chest. Before you can open it, you'll be ambushed by twomonsters.
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BOSS TIPS: ENSHYANTODORAGON LV: 34 HP: 2400 MP: 450
ENSHYANTODORGAON LV: 34 HP: 2400 MP: 450
(weak against Gravity)
Using Gravity or some Summon Materia will kill these dragons quickly.
Even physical attacks work well. Either enemy can only attack for about
500 points of damage, or use a Sazankurosu (Southern Cross) attack that
hit's one enemy for the same amount of damage, so they don't pose too
serious a threat. You can also control them, even though they're bosses.
You'll win an Ether Turbo for defeating both of them.
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In the chest is the Nail Bat, the strongest weapon Cloud can get during
Disc 1. Take it and leave the room. You'll find yourself back at the
door you couldn't enter earlier (in the area with the vines and
staircases. Simply work your way back to the talking clock, and pick
up any items you might have missed the first time around.PASSAGE VI
Before going down this passage, make sure you've cleared out the other
rooms since you won't be able to go back to them after the next event.
When you step out into the open, the bouncing old man will see you and
run away. When Aerith asks you a question, pick the bottom answer if
you want to return and explore more of the clock puzzle room (NSS), or
choose the top answer if you want to hunt down the old man. To find
him, simply go through the passages; you want to end up going into a
passage that he plans to come out of. You can go down to another set
of passages by going to the left end of each ledge and pressing the O
button to jump down a level. The passage entrances and exits are
random, but you can catch him without too much difficulty. Don't forget
to take the chest lying on the lowest level; there's a pair of Army
Cotton Gloves inside. As usual, beat the old man at his own game and
he'll help you in return: - Restore HP and MP to maximum - Save your game
- Nothing
Now that you've caught the old man, the large door on the top level will
open. Go inside and head to the right. You'll encoutner Sephiroth four
times. Up to his usual evil, Sephiroth talks about the energy within
the temple as he as swings his sword around, his every motion trailed by
the double that he made earlier. After disappearing, Cloud will suffer
from some sort of fit (something about the Materia taking over his body?)
After coming to his senses, the party examines a mural on the wall which
shows a meteorite speeding towards the people of the earth. Aerith talks
about the spell 'Meteo' which Sephiroth is planning to cast, when the
party hears Sephiroth's voice. The temple starts to shake, and a large
red dragon appears and attacks the allies.
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BOSS TIPS: REDDODORAGON LV: 39 HP: 6800 MP: 300
Slow the dragon and Haste yourself to gain the upper hand. Some Summon
Materia will also even the odds, but don't use Kujata since it will heal
the boss by about 2100 points. Also, Gravity won't work against it.
Limit Breaks and physical attacks should do the trick. You'll win a
Dragon Bracelet should you win the battle.
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Pick up the summon materia that's left behind (Bahamut). Then go back
and examine the floating gold object on the dais. Aerith refers to it
as the 'Kuro Materia' (Black Materia) but it's _gold_...in any case,
Aerith will then ask you a question. It doesn't matter which answer
you choose. At this point, if Cait Sith isn't in your party, you'll
here a ringing sound and Cloud will answer the PHS phone. Cait will
talk to him through the phone. If he is in you party, then he starts
hopping around and talking to you. When he finishes, leave this
chamber, let the old man heal you if you need it, then go back to the
clock room. The only direction you can go in is straight up through
passage XII. When you examine the door in the room beyond, yet another
boss appears to finish you off.
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BOSS TIPS: DEMONZUGEITO LV: 45 HP: 10000 MP: 400
The bad news is that the boss can hit for lots of damage. The good news
is that most of his attacks (especially the earthquake and body slam
attack) quickly max out your Limit bars. Now's a good time to try out
the Bahamut materia, but most other Summon materia don't do much damage.
Make good use of Aerith's B1/1 and Cloud's B2/2, and you'll want to
Barrier and Haste yourselves. Luckily, this boss can't instantly kill
you as a similar boss in FF2 could. You'll win a Gigas Bracelet from
this boss if you're victorious.
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Once the boss is defeated, Cait Sith will have an animated conversation
with your party. If he's not in your group, then he bursts out of the
door and starts talking. He'll then return to the chamber where the
Black Materia was and take it. Afterwards, the entire temple vanishes!
In the following scene, Cloud and Aerith go down into the foundation
of the temple and retrieve the Black Materia, but Sephiroth shows up
and forces Cloud to give the Materia to him. During this time, you
control a ghostly image of Cloud as a child. If you stand in Cloud's
path and keep talking to him, you'll prevent him from approaching
Sephiroth, but there's no point in doing this since Cloud will continue
to advance until you give up. After Cloud gives Sephiroth the Black
Materia, he will attack Aerith (and you can't do anything about that,
either). Cait Sith will show up (actually Cait Sith 2--the same person,
but with a new robot body since the first one got trashed when the
temple was destroyed. He sure got there fast, huh?) Then your other
party member will leap down and prevent Cloud from killing Aerith.
After what I take to be a dream sequence, you'll awake in, of all
places, the inn at Gongaga Town, with Barett and Tifa by your side.
Answer Barett's question any way you like, then go outside. Tifa and
Barett will join your party, but you don't have to keep them as
permanent members. Look for the Tiny Bronco on the southern shore near
Gongaga Town.
Also, Aerith has left your party for good. However, you'll have all of
her weapons, equipment, accessories and materia in your item menu. Now,
you need to go to the forest that you saw in Cloud's dream. First, get
in the Tiny Bronco. |