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OFFICIALS TRATEGGYU IDE
CHAnAcTERS 003
GARMENT GRIDS & DRESSPHERTS 010
BATTLE SYSTEM 046
AccEssoRIEs 054
Itpus alr Irnnr Suops 058
WAIKTHRoUGH 064
Chapter 1 064
Chapter 2 707
Chapter 3 1,54
Chapter 4 189
Chapter 5 202
100%oC ompletion Guide 249
MrNr Galrns 257
SphereB reak 258
Lett Go Digging! 263
The Calm Lands 267
ChocoboR anch 287
Gunner'sG aundet 285
Lightning Rod Towers 287
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The Great Mi'ihen Mystery 291,
Blitzball 295
Learning the A1 Bhed Language 374
RENDS AND ENEMIES
The daughtero flord Braska,Y una is the high sum-
moner who defeated Sin and brought about the
Eternal Calm. She lived most of her life by a strict
code of ethics directed by the teachings of Yevon.
She alwaysb elievedt hat shew ould one day sacrifice
herselft o defeat Sin, but through the love and faith
of her guardian she rea.lizedt hat it was possiblet o
deliver to the peopleo fSpira, an eveng reaterg ift by
defeating'Sin forever. After this great victory, Yuna is
now attempting to explore and enjoy the life she
thought she would have to forsake.A .long with her
cousin Rikku and the Gullwings-a group of -A1
Bhed sphereh unters-she scoursS pira in searcho f
valuables pheresc ontaining recordso f the long for-
gotten history before Sin. While her main desiresa re
to exploret he wodd, meet new people,a nd havef un,
Yuna also seekst o answert he mysteriess urounding
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Rikl<u is Yuna's cousin and an Al Bhed. The Al
Bhed are a race of people in Spira who speak a
different language,w hich can be deciphered by
obtaining the Al Bhed Primers.A 1 Bhed enjoy tin
kering with machines,o r "machina,"a nd they have
starteda n excavationi n Bikanel Desert to unearth
ancient machina to study in hopes of improving
their cufient use and one day make their own. The
Gullwings' airship,t he Celsius,i s a unique pieceo f
machina. Rikku and her brother, appropriately
named "Brothcr," have tumed the machina into a
first-classf lying machine.R ikku was one ofYunat
guardiansi n the fight againstS in and aided her in
bringing about the Eternal Calm. Now that Yuna
has left her village in searcho f fun and adventure,
Rikku is dedicated to helping her cousin find
excitement,e vena t the risk ofgetting into trouble!
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The mysteriousf emale warrior called Paine,j oined
the Gullwings bcfore Yuna came along. No one
knows much about he! exceptt hat shei s rather quiet
and.generally keeps to hersell Paine is extremely
tough and loves a good fight, but she is also reason-
able enough to smel1 trouble a mile awav. Paine
reveals little about her past, except that she has
always wanted to fly on an airship and hunt for
spheresc ontaining records of Spiras past. No one
knows ifperhaps some of theses pheresm ay contain
recordst hat are pcrsonalt o her...
FINAL FAATUS{ X 2 features a new, Spherechangeis l strategicm ove to use
uniquc systemo f characterd evelopment in b,Llllef.o f in.ldnLLo, "(. , Threr' rer .
and combat calledt he dresspheres ystem. irem. .nd ti''.,. S:r ir'rr .r eneny.v ou
Dresspheresa re small spheres that fit mar u;nt t".uit l- ro r dre..phereth ar
into a Grrment Grid. When a character will be more useiirl in defeating the
equips a Garment Grid, she can then enemrr.L ikewisc, if a Black Mage runs
cquip any of the dresspheresp hced on out of MP and doesn't knorv the "MP
the grid. A characterc an also perlorm a Dra;n abrl;ryr r' be* to .w.r.h thrt
'tpherechmge"
during battle. Each drcs- charactert o a dresspherein which they
spheree nablest he charactcrto play a unique role in the plrrry While a char can perform ph1,sical rttacks that do
rcter has a dresspheree quipped,s he will learn a speci:1s et ofabilities tai not require MP
lored to thc tunctions ofthe dressphereU. pon leffning a1lt he abilities ofa
dresspheret,h e characteri s said to have" Mastered" the drexphere. / ,^ .t< ai a-
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EALriP PrhtGG ARMENT When a character switches fion one
drcssphcret o another, a glowing, blue
GiTI$S AND D RESSPHERb]S line is drawn between the two
drexphereso n thc Garment Grid.Ifthis
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a': must first equip a Garment Grid. To gate,t he characterg ains rn addeda bility
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': equip a Garment Grid, at leasto ne node or statusb onus. Such effectsc an include
on the grid must be set with a dres rhF xbLlry ro .a.r a pelJo r a Srrengrh
tJ) sphere.T o prepare a Garment Grid for increase.N ote, however,t hat the effect only lasts until the end ofthe cur-
.J) use,p resst he Tiiangle button to open the rentbanle. Checkthe descriptiono feach Garrnent Grid to determinew hrt
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.'i main menu. Open the "Garmcnt Grids" effect a gate on rhe grid will provide when you pax through it during a
.t sub+creen md selecta grid lrom the list spherechange.
of acquiredG arrnent Grids.
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.J) A list of availabled resspheresa ppearso n
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the left side of the screen.S elect dres By completing ccrtain objectives or
.('ti spheresa nd set them in the nodeso n the quests during the game, the pffty will
Garment Grid. You can speed up this find speciald resspheresth at cm only be
: ' processb y using the'Auto" option nt the utilized by one of the three characters.
r1l bottom ofthe list to automaticallyp lace Yuna'ss peciald ressphereis Flord Falld,
a set of dressphereso n the grid. The Rikkut n Machina Maw and Paine! is
.I'j "Rearrange"o ption enablesy ou to switch FullThrottle. Speciald resspherersr e not
-( the location ofxnyspheres alreadl'p laced equipped on Garment Grids. The char
q on the grid. To rcmove a drexphere and leavea n empty nodc, movet he cur- acter can alvar-st ransform into a special
sor to the dresspherea nd prex the Triangle button. The "Remove A11" dresspheren o rnatter which Garment
option enablesy ou to instandl'c leara Garment Grid.This is a handy option Grid is equipped.
if you want to reset the grid with all new dressphereso, r ifyou no longer
want to usc the Garment Grid and want it to be gral.edo ut when equipping For a charrcter to spherechangei nto a
special dressphere,y ou must change to
every dressphereo n rhe Cffment Grid
When you change the dressphereso n a during r brttle. After changing into
Garment Grid that is already in use by every dressphere on a fully loaded
characters,y ou must then Garment Grid a1lt he drexphercs on the
equip the chuacters with a dressphere grid should be connected by blue lines.
from the new conliguration. Ifyou equip Prex the L1 button to acccss the
a character with a different Garment sphercchangem enu, then press thc R1 button to accesst hc character's
Grid, you must also choosea dressphere speci dresspherec ommand and pressX . A speciald resspherec hange can
belore exiting the menu. Each character only be made ifthe plaler changesi nto all the dressphereso n a Garment
must always be equipped with a Grid. This merns thrt a dresspherem ust be placed in every node on the
Garment Crid and a dresphcre. grid. A Garment Grid rvith fewer nodes, such as Unerring I'ath, makes
translorming to the speciaLd rexphere much easierd uring combat.
3 F}i'IERgCF{ANGE
When a character transforms into her
When battle begins,r charactera ppearsd ressedr ccording to the dressphere speciald resspheret,h e other two charac-
shc is equippcd with. During battle, you can use a character'sc ombat turn ters leave the banlefreld. Each special
to perlorm a "spherechange.P" resst he L1 bufton to accessth e chaJacter's dressphere consists of thrce scctions,
G.rrment Grid. Use the cursort o selectt he dresspherey ou want to change each ofwhich receivesa combat turn to
into, then presst he X bunon. After doing so, the charactcr changcsf rom perform an action. In essence,it 's still
the previous dresspheret o the new one with a spectaculart ransformation like a three character parry Special
sequenceI.f 1.ou don't want to view the transformation sequenceo, r ilyou drexpheres acqune AP just ljke normd
prefer to view a shortened version, you can set such preferencesi n the dresspheresa,n d the characterwill learn new abilitics and becomem ore for
"Conlig" sub screeno f the main menu. Regardlesso f this sening, the tu1l midable in combatwhile wearing a speciald ressphereH. owever,u dike nor-
transformation sequencew iJl play whenevert he player changesi nto a dres- mal dresspherest,h e special &esspheresr equirc "key items" to be lilly mastred.
suheret hev havent used before.
