/¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯/ /¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯/ /¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯\ |¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯| | ______/ | ______/ |__|¯¯¯\ | |____ ____| | / | / | | | | | \ | \ | | | | | F ¯¯| | F ¯¯| |¯¯ 3 | | J | | __| | __| |__ | | | | / | / | | ____ | | | | | | | | \ \_| | | | | | |¯¯|___/ | \ | \______/ \______/ \__________/ \_______| -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Final Fantasy 3j Weapon/Armor/Magic/Item/Key Item Upgrade Trick FAQ By David J. Rivera Version 1.50 2003 Final Fantasy 3 is copyright 1990 Square(c) This FAQ is copyright CyberPlanet Industries Consumer Affairs Dept. OnionKid2002 http://cyberplanet.ath.cx:99/ timekeeper2021@fastmail.fm -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Table of Contents I Intro to Upgrade II Basics III List of Items IV Advanced V Credits -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I Intro to Upgrade What is the upgrade trick you ask? Well, it might be the single best thing in the entire universe! Okay, maybe not THAT good but it is handy little trick. Basically by following the intructions in the next chapter, you will be able to get any quanity of any weapon/armor/item/magic or any key item. The way this works can be proven in different ways. But I will show you the fool-proof one I use that never fails and some alternate ways with slightly different results. Now, I have two theories as to why this in the game. One theory is that this was a cheat used by Nasir (the programmer of FF3j) to cycle through the 255 items, et cetera but was never removed. My other theory I will share is that Square put this in intentionally when they realized how hard encountering a Grey or Yellow Dragon is in getting the Onion Equipment legitimately. How did I find it out for myself? Well, I don't mean to brag but I'm the best at RPG's in the world! >_> No, I actually found it out on the GameFAQ's Message Board of FF3j. However, their method of upgrading was slightly wrong so after tweaking their instructions, I found a way to do it perfectly. In the following sections, you will find my perfect way of doing the trick with no added side effects, the list of items in the game so you know what will upgrade into what, and the advanced section which contains alternate upgrade methods, their side effects, legends of upgrade gone wrong, and of course challenges to which you can use this trick to your advantage. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- II Basics To perform this trick you will need: 99 Potions 21 Other Items/Weapons/Armors/Magics (is that a word?)/Key items An Airship Now make your items menu look like this: Legend: (xx)= "other items" Potions included here (00)= blank space (A)= Item to be upgraded (B)= MUST BE EMPTY FOR THE LOVE OF HUMANITY! (xx) (xx) (xx) (xx) (xx) (xx) (xx) (xx) (xx) (xx) (xx) (xx) (xx) (xx) (xx) (xx) (xx) (xx) (xx) (xx) (xx) (A) (00) (00) (00) (00) (00) (00) (00) (00) (B) (xx) Now, with your items like this, hop on the airship and head back to Ur. Go to Altar Cave and run around and fight monsters. You will need to receive a potion after fighting them. While all of the monsters here can give potions, Goblins are the most relible. You can find them in the first room of Altar Cave. If you receive a potion the item in slot (A) will be upgraded. So, for example, if (A) contained a Leather Helm, it would now be an Onion Helm. Refer to the full list in section III for all the possible upgrades. Of course, not every monster gives you a potion. So after each of the battles in which you didn't get a potion, the item will NOT be upgraded and you will be forced to re-place your items in the correct order as they are refreshed after each battle regardless of getting a potion or not. Don't give up! It takes me a good 15 minutes to get the thing I want in a few upgrades. State saving works as a good solution if you do not care to re-place items after an unsuccessful upgrade. Simply statesave before each and every battle with the items set up correctly and reload after an unsuccessful upgrade. Q: I haven't gotten a potion in over 100 battles, what gives?!?!?!? A: Well, try to kill them in different ways. Try defend, magic, death followed by life, et cetera. Just don't hold the A button down for an hour and expect to get potions. Q: What if I don't want to fight Altar Cave enemies and I don't want to use potions? A: You can indeed use items other than potions and fight enemies that drop said "items other than potions". However: 1) Potions are cheap and relatively easy to find. 2) Enemies that drop other items are either rare monsters themselves, in areas that might be inconvenient to reach, or their item drop rate is worse than the Altar Cave enemies. Just use potions and fight enemies in Altar Cave. *** Note: The above trick does _not_ work in the very beginning of the game (before getting Cid's first airship). *** -------------------------------------------------------------------------- III List of Items Note: This list was supplied by EmeraldThunder21 (evolutionrise@hotmail.com) To upgrade an item, you must find the nearest item you can find (preferably cheapest) ABOVE the the one you want. Example: you want Onion Armor. Leather Armor is above it, it's cheap and easy to find, you buy it, upgrade it and BOOM: you got it. 1. Nothing** 2. Kaiser Claw 3. CatClaw 4. Dragon Claw 5. Elven Claw 6. HellClaw 7. Nunchuck 8. Tonfa 9. 3-Part 10. Mithril Rod 11. Flame Rod 12. Ice Rod 13. Light Rod 14. Ultimate Rod 15. Staff 16. Burning Staff 17. Freezing Staff 18. Shining Staff 19. Golem Staff 20. Rune Staff 21. Eldest Staff 22. Hammer 23. Thor Hammer 24. Battle Axe 25. GreatAxe 26. M. Star Axe 27. Thunder Spear 28. Wind Spear 29. Blood Spear 30. Holy Spear 31. Knife 32. Dagger 33. Mithril 34. M. Gauche 35. Orialcon 36. AirKnife 37. Long Sword 38. W. Slayer Sword 39. Shiny Sword 40. Mithril Sword 41. Serpent Sword 42. IceBlade 43. Tyrving Sword 44. Salamand Sword 45. King Sword 46. Tomahawk 47. Ancient Sword 48. Ashura 49. Blood Sword 50. Defender Sword 51. Triton Hammer 52. Kotetsu 53. Kiku 54. Break 55. Excalibur 56. Masamune 57. Ragnarok 58. Onion Sword 59. Flame Book 60. Ice Book 61. Inferno Book 62. Light Book 63. Illumina Book 64. Boomerang 65. Full Moon 66. Shuriken 67. Blizzard Book 68. Giyaman 69. Earth 70. Rune 71. Madora Harp 72. Dream Harp 73. Lamia Harp 74. Loki Harp 75. Bow 76. GreatBow 77. Killer Bow 78. Rune Bow 79. Yoichi Bow 80. Wooden Arrows 81. Holy Arrows 82. Iron Arrows 83. Bolt Arrows 84. Fire Arrows 85. Ice Arrows 86. Medusa Arrows 87. Yoichi Arrows 88. Nothing 89. Leather Shield 90. Onion Shield 91. Mithril Shield 92. Ice Shield 93. Hero Shield 94. Demon Shield 95. Diamond Shiled 96. Aegis Shield 97. Genji Shield 98. Crystal Shield 99. Leather Helmet 100. Onion Helmet 101. Mithril Helmet 102. Carapace Helmet 103. Ice Helmet 104. Headband 105. Scholar Helmet 106. DarkHood 107. Chakra Helmet 108. Viking Helmet 109. Dragon Helmet 110. Feather Helmet 111. Diamond Helmet 112. Genji Helmet 113. Crystal Helmet 114. Ribbon 115. Cloth Robe 116. Leather Robe 117. Onion Armor 118. Mithril Armor 119. Carapace Armor 120. Ice Armor 121. Flame Mail 122. Kenpo Armor 123. Darksuit 124. Wizard Robe 125. Viking Armor 126. BlackBelt 127. Kinght Armor 128. Dragon Armor 129. Bard Robe 130. Scholar Robe 131. Gaia Robe 132. Demon Armor 133. Diamond Armor 134. Reflect Armor 135. White Robe 136. Black Robe 137. Genji Armor 138. Crystal Armor 139. Rusted Armor 140. Copper Ring 141. Onion Glove 142. Mithril Glove 143. Mithril Ring 144. Thief Glove 145. Gauntlet 146. Power Ring 147. Rune Ring 148. Diamond Ring 149. Diamond Glove 150. Protect Ring 151. Genji Glove 152. Crystal Glove 153. Magic Key 154. Carrot 155. Horn 156. Eye 157. Time Gear 158. Eureka Key 159. Wind Fang 160. Fire Fang 161. Water Fang 162. Earth Fang 163. Lute 164. Sylx Key 165. Midget Bread 166. ? 167. Potion 168. HiPotion 169. Elixir 170. FenixDown 171. Soft 172. Maiden Kiss 173. EchoHerb 174. Luck Mallet 175. Eyedrop 176. Antidote 177. Otter Head 178. Bomb Shard 179. South Wind 180. Zeus' Rage 181. Bomb R. Arm 182. North Wind 183. Gods' Rage 184. Earth Drum 185. Lamia Scale 186. Gods' Wine 187. Turtle Shell 188. Devil's Sigh 189. Black Hole 190. Dark Scent 191. Lilith Kiss 192. Imp's Yawn 193. Split Shell 194. Paralyzer 195. Mute Charm 196. Pillow 197. Bomb Head 198. Barrier 199. Chocobo Rage 200. White Scent 201. Flare 202. Death 203. Meteo 204. W. Wind 205. Life 2 206. Holy 207. Bahamut 208. Quake 209. Break 2 210. Drain 211. Cure 4 212. Heal 213. Wall 214. Leviathan 215. Fire 3 216. Bio 217. Warp 218. Aero 2 219. Soft 220. Haste 221. Odin 222. Bolt 3 223. Kill 224. Erase 225. Cure 3 226. Life 227. Safe 228. Titan 229. Break 230. Ice 3 231. Shade 232. Libra 233. Confuse 234. Mute 235. Ifrit 236. Fire 2 237. Ice 2 238. Bolt 2 239. Cure 2 240. Exit 241. Wash 242. Ramuh 243. Bolt 244. Venom 245. Blind 246. Aero 247. Toad 248. Mini 249. Shiva 250. Fire 251. Ice 252. Sleep 253. Cure 254. Pure 255. Sight 256. Chocobo ** Nothing has a quantity of 99 so by upgrading a blank space, you'll get 99 Kaiser Claws. Again, I DIDN'T MAKE THIS LIST! EmeraldThunder21 did. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- IV Advanced In this section, you will find some real interesting tips and tricks if you are bored with the basic Upgrade Trick. This will include challenges, alternate methods, and side effects. Most of this was inspired/created by the guys and gals at the GameFAQ's FF3j Board. Our first section comes from Sir Bahamut. Here's his alternate way of upgrade: You'll need: 99 Potions 10 Other Items Airship (optional) Patience (lots of it) Legend: (xx) = Other Items (A) = Item to be upgraded (B) = Potions (C) = Must be empty (00) = Empty (00) (00) (00) (00) (00) (00) (00) (00) (00) (00) (00) (00) (00) (00) (00) (00) (00) (00) (00) (00) (xx) (xx) (B) (xx) (xx) (xx) (xx) (xx) (xx) (xx) (C) (A) Now, with the items arranged in this fashion, go out fight monsters within Altar Cave and each time you find a potion, the item in (A) will be upgraded. But this method is very aggravating since you must move each item one-by-one into the correct position over and over again and again until a potion is found. On the bright side, you can perform this upgrade trick at the beginnning of the game because it doesn't require as many items. Which comes in handy when trying out some challenges. SIDE EFFECT: Unlike the other method I provided, Sir Bahamut's way has an alternate... effect. In my method, receiving 1,2, even 100 potions will always just provide you with the upgrade and nothing more. Sir Bahamut's method is different; if you receive 1 potion the item is upgraded normally. But beware! Receiving 2 or more potions in this method will not only upgrade your item but also your first character. The first thing you will notice is that the first character's name will be "upgraded". For example: If it was named Guy, It would now be called Huy. So the first letter value is given a +1 value. Next, if you now go to the status of that character, you will notice it will have: 9999999 exp 999L999 to next level But these stats are misleading. The truth is that after every battle, that character will level up! YEAH! So for the sake of your beautifully crafted, witty name, you will be level 99 in under 100 battles. This is really handy in the challenges. Our second section comes both from LesOop of the FF3J message board and one Eco who e-mailed me. LesOop's Method: You'll need: 99 Potions 28 Other items Everything should be arranged as so: Legend: (xx) = Other Items (B) = Potions (00) = Empty (xx) (xx) (xx) (xx) (B ) (xx) (00) (xx) (xx) (xx) (xx) (xx) (xx) (xx) (xx) (xx) (xx) (xx) (xx) (xx) (xx) (xx) (xx) (xx) (xx) (xx) (00) (00) According to him, if you are to get 2 or more potions with this arrangement, the class of the first character in the party will get "upgraded". In other words, will change to the next class in order. I really haven't proven this to be 100% true, but who am I to go against someone's word? Eco's method: You'll need: 99 HiPotions 28 Other Items Everything should be arranged as so: Legend: (xx) = Other Items (A) = Item to be Upgraded (B) = HiPotions (00) = Empty (xx) (xx) (xx) (xx) (xx) (xx) (xx) (xx) (xx) (xx) (xx) (xx) (xx) (xx) (xx) (xx) (B) (xx) (xx) (00) (xx) (xx) (xx) (xx) (xx) (A) (xx) (xx) (xx) (xx) According to him, gaining one more HiPotion after battle will upgrade the item in slot A. Also, the class of the first character will be upgraded as with LesOop's method. Again, I haven't proven this but he would have no reason to lie about such things. I just thought these last two methods were worth mentioning. CHALLENGE A Submitted by your's truly Get Fully Equipped Onion Kids (FEOK's) in the beginning of the game! Requirements: [About 15000 Gil for the Potions] 99 Potions 4 Leather Helms 4 Leather Armours 4 Copper Bracelets 8 Long Swords TONS AND TONS OF PATIENCE AND LUCK! Following Sir Bahamut's method above, upgrade all the items into Onion and enjoy. But it is MUCH harder than it sounds. A 4x Hit will do 2000 off, however, which is enough to kill any monster or boss early on. By beginning of the game, I mean before you receive the Airship. So before you set foot on Cid's workmanship, you must be all FEOK's. Refer to my up and coming FAQ with Sir Bahamut for more information. CHALLENGE B Submitted by Sir Bahamut No Class Change Challenge Just as it says. After receiving the classes from the Wind Crystal, choose the ones you want and stick with them to the end. Sir Bahamut has an in-depth guide to walk you through this difficult challenge. Check it out! CHALLENGE C Submitted by your's truly Beat Nepto! If you remember, Nepto is the dragon that blocks your way unless you complete his dungeon. If you kill him though, you still have to complete his dungeon. Unlike the other unbeatable bosses (Bahamut, Cloud of Darkness) You can kill Nepto. But the game puts you back one step back so that you must step forward and fight Nepto again. It's never-ending. But the point is to beat the unbeatable at least once. Rewards: 300 Gil 1500 Exp. No items CHALLENGE D Submitted by Various members of the FF3j Message Board Solo Game Choose one character. Kill the others and leave them dead throughout the entire game. But to make it ever the more challenging, combine this with the No Class Change Challenge. It'll be tough, but what an accomplishment! Magus999 has a Solo game FAQ/Walkthrough out and Sir Bahamut has a Solo No Class Change game FAQ/Walkthrough. They're both worth looking into and the Upgrade trick is handy and in some cases necessary to complete them -------------------------------------------------------------------------- V Credits This guide wouldn't have been completed without the help of: Sir Bahamut kristian.strommen@c2i.net EmeraldThunder21 evolutionrise@hotmail.com LesOop Eco adbelcher@attbi.com Poryhedron poryhedron@hotmail.com If you know something I don't or you want to comment e-mail me at timekeeper2021@fastmail.fm. Copyright Cyber Planet Industries 2003 Consumer Affairs Dept. OnionKid2002 David J. Rivera Timekeeper2021@fastmail.fm http://cyberplanet.ath.cx:99/