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Final Fantasy IX (2000)

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|__ inal Fantasy IX (Evil Forest)
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After you land in the Evil Forest you'll get
a quick tutorial on Active Time Events which
are basically just optional scenes you can
watch if you want (though some aren't
optional.) With control of Zidane once
again speak to the Moogle. You can't do
anything with Mognet but you can save your
game, so do that. Above the Moogle beside
the corpse you can find a 'Phoenix Down' on
the ground. Run down through the log at the
lower right corner. I would recommend you
level up in this area to approximately level
four and stay on this screen while doing it.
It doesn't take very long and you'll be
happy you did. Assuming you stole the items
from the previous bosses you can upgrade
Zidane's equipment with the Mage Masher and the Silk Shirt. After leveling up
return to the Moogle, save your game and heal then head right past the area
where you were leveling up to find a large enemy on the next screen.

There's a couple of Active Time Events to watch after the battle is won. Open
the treasure chest beside Baku to get a pair of 'Bronze Gloves.' Also check
the chest at the bottom of the stairs on the left to get a 'Wrist.' Enter the
room on the right and speak with Vivi. There's a chest at the top containing
'Ether,' and up the ladder on top of the bed is '116 Gil.' After leaving the
room say that you want to go look for Garnet. Head through the left door and
open the chest below you to get 'Ether.' In the room downstairs in front of
Marcus you'll find a 'Rubber Helm' at the top. Check the room on the right to
find Baku. Before leaving the room open the chest below you containing
'Potion.' Speak with Baku when you're prepared to enter a battle.

After the battle ascend the stairs and go through the door that is no longer
being guarded by Marcus to recruit Steiner into your party. Go back into the
room after getting him and open the chest for an 'Ether.' Return to Vivi's
room and recruit him as well. Leave the ship through the door below where you
fought Baku, Blank will give you some of 'Blank's Medicine' before you go.
Take Baku's advice and set each of your character's abilities. Enter the
menu, select ability and then equip. The number beside the green orb on your
character's profile is the total amount of
abilities they can hold, each ability has a
different value depending on how good it is.
At this point each of your characters can
probably equip all of their abilities.
Speak with Cinna and you can make some
purchases if you wish. Speak with the
Moogle and ask about Mognet, you should get
a letter from him. Follow the path down
into the forest. It remains pretty straight
forward until you reach another Moogle. If
you examine the water stream your HP & MP will be recovered back to maximum.
Speak to the Moogle in the tree stump, you finally found Monty, the Moogle you
have the letter for. After reading the letter once read it again and he'll
show you a letter from Stiltzkin. This is a recurring theme in the game,
after reading a letter for the first time you should always read it again in
case something else happens. Save your game and continue along the path.
You'll probably want to get Steiner and vivi to at least level three before
you proceed any further after the cutscene. Prepare for a boss fight.

You're not out of woods yet (pardon the pun), a number of plant spawn will
begin to chase you down. Run as fast as you can to avoid battles with them.
When you get into a battle you can defeat them all relatively easy and
quickly. Select Vivi's Fire spell and press R1 to target all enemies, this
should defeat every one of them in a single turn. Keep running and a scene
takes over. In the morning you can read through a little tutorial about the
new stuff that's available now, but you've got most of the basics down
already. The most important thing to note is that you can call for a save
Moogle on the world map using the square button thanks to the 'Moogle's
Flute.' Directly South of you there is a kind of blue door in the side of the
mountain, when you approach it the words "Ice Cavern" appear and you can press
X to go inside, this is your next destination so you might as well go in.

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