Final Fantasy IX: everything you can permanently lose

Alexandria Castle

• The Knights of PlutoMissableSources disagreesidequestBlutzen and Kohel are together near the moogle. Mullenkedheim is in the guest room, Laudo in the library, Haagen by the courtyard water, Weimar outside the west tower, Breireicht on the west tower stairs. Dojebon circles a walkway and has to be cut off rather than chased.Lost after: The castle segment ends when the ship leaves Alexandria, and it never reopens.Sources disagree: One guide says eight knights, two say nine. Both are right: Steiner himself is the first of nine, so there are eight others to find.
• Elixir (Breireicht)MissableitemFind every knight first, then talk to Breireicht on the west tower stairs and keep talking. He does not hand it over on the first conversation.Lost after: The castle segment ends when the ship leaves Alexandria.
• Moonstone (Queen Brahne)MissableaccessoryOne of only four in the game. Two separate steps, and the second is the one people miss: score 100 nobles in the sword fight, then find Brahne as Steiner and talk to her.Lost after: The castle segment ends when the ship leaves Alexandria. Scoring 100 is not enough on its own — you also have to go and speak to the Queen afterwards.
• Leather Hat and Silk Shirt (steal, Steiner)Copy missablereferenceLeather Hat is the first slot at 100% and the Silk Shirt the second at 25%. Published rates of 70% and 6% for this pair are wrong. Only the first of the three Steiner fights can be robbed.Lost after: The first Steiner fight. The two later ones have no steal list at all.Get another: Both are ordinary shop stock later; only this copy is tied to the fight.

The crash site

• Phoenix DownCopy missableitemIn the salvaged cargo piled up outside the wreck.Lost after: Leaving the forest, which happens once and cannot be undone.Get another: Bought from Cinna here, and in every shop afterwards.

Prima Vista wreck

• Bronze GlovesCopy missablearmourOn the bridge, beside Baku. Four guides say so and one puts it at the top of the spiral staircase; the field script settles it as the bridge.Lost after: Leaving the forest.Get another: Ordinary shop stock later.
• WristCopy missablearmourBottom of the stairs, on the left.Lost after: Leaving the forest.Get another: Ordinary shop stock later.
• Ether (cabin)Copy missableitemAgainst the back wall of Vivi's room.Lost after: Leaving the forest.Get another: Bought later.
• 116 GilMissableitemNot a chest. Examine the sheets on the top bunk of the bunk bed in the cabin.Lost after: Leaving the forest.
• Ether (south hallway)Copy missableitemThe room immediately south of the cabin.Lost after: Leaving the forest.Get another: Bought later.
• Rubber HelmCopy missablearmourA hidden pickup at the far end of the cargo room, not a visible chest. Three guides flag it as easy to walk past.Lost after: Leaving the forest.Get another: Ordinary shop stock later.
• Leather HatCopy missablearmourIn the entrance hallway. Three guides put it in the south room and a fourth on the ship's exterior; the field script puts it in the hallway, which is the placement only one publisher gives.Lost after: Leaving the forest.Get another: Ordinary shop stock later.
• Potion (meeting room)Copy missableitemSouthern side of Baku's room.Lost after: Leaving the forest.Get another: Bought here and everywhere after.
• Ether (instrument store)Copy missableitemBlocked until the Baku fight is over. Go back for it — this is the one people forget because the room only opens after you have stopped exploring.Lost after: Leaving the forest.Get another: Bought later.
• Iron Sword (steal, Baku)Copy missableweaponSecond slot, 25% — not the 6% widely printed, which is four times too pessimistic and has people resetting over it. It is a large upgrade for Steiner and it is worth having before the forest boss.Lost after: Baku is defeated.Get another: Bought later; it is not unique.

Evil Forest

• Broadsword and Leather Wrist (steal, second Prison Cage)Copy missableweaponFirst slot at 100% and second at 25%. Published figures of 70% and 23% for this pair come from a model of the steal formula that the game does not use.Lost after: The second Prison Cage is defeated.Get another: Both are ordinary stock later.
• Iron Helm (steal, Plant Brain)Copy missablearmourSecond slot, 25%, not 6%. Blank joins partway through the fight, so there is no reason to spend Zidane's early turns on anything else.Lost after: Plant Brain is defeated.Get another: Bought later.
• Blank's Silk Shirt (de-equip him)Copy missablearmourThe one genuinely non-obvious loss in the area. Strip him at the camp. An extra Silk Shirt immediately before a solo boss fight in an ice cave is worth more than it sounds.Lost after: The camp scene after the escape. Blank leaves wearing whatever is still on him, and he does not come back for a very long time.Get another: Silk Shirts are bought later; this is an extra, not a unique.

Prima Vista wreck

• The four optional Active Time EventsMissableSources disagreesidequestThey count toward the watch-everything achievement, and this is the first place you can permanently fall behind on it.Lost after: Leaving the forest.Sources disagree: Two sources say watching "Time to Escape" is what unlocks "My Little Baby"; a third says it gates two later events rather than one.

The first rooms

• TentCopy missableitemOn a ledge just above the floor of the entrance room. Jump up the steps.Lost after: Leaving Dali.Get another: Bought in Dali and afterwards.
• Ether (behind the first wall)Copy missableSources disagreeitemAn ice wall Vivi melts. The chest is behind it.Lost after: Leaving Dali.Get another: Bought later.Sources disagree: Jegged and Caves of Narshe put this wall on the right of the staircase; Gamer Guides puts it on the left. Game8 declines to say. Check both.
• Potion (behind the stairs)Copy missableitemTake the path to the right of the staircase, which loops behind it. This is the one pickup here with no prompt and no melting — the camera simply does not show you the route.Lost after: Leaving Dali.Get another: Bought anywhere.

Icicle Field

• Elixir (behind the back wall)Copy missableitemAnother wall for Vivi, at the back-left of the room. StrategyWiki and Caves of Narshe both call it a false wall; Jegged describes it as an ordinary obstacle.Lost after: Leaving Dali.Get another: Elixirs exist elsewhere but are never common. This is one of the earliest.
• Potion (lower level)Copy missableitemAcross the fallen pillar, on the lower part of the room.Lost after: Leaving Dali.Get another: Bought anywhere.
• Mage MasherCopy missableweaponReached through the path that opens when Vivi drops the frozen pillar. You almost certainly already have one — keep both. Gamer Guides is the only guide that says out loud not to sell it.Lost after: Leaving Dali.Get another: Ordinary shop stock.

The upper path

• Phoenix DownCopy missableitemRight at the fork.Lost after: Leaving Dali.Get another: Bought anywhere.
• Leather WristCopy missablearmourLeft at the fork, into what looks like a dead end, and another wall for Vivi. Equipping it teaches Vivi Blizzard, which Caves of Narshe and StrategyWiki both say and Gamer Guides does not.Lost after: Leaving Dali.Get another: Ordinary shop stock.
• Mognet: Mois's letter for GumoMissableSources disagreesidequestMois is the moogle frozen into the left fork. Vivi thaws him. He is also the save point and the second Mogster lesson.Lost after: Leaving Dali, and Gumo is in Dali.Sources disagree: One Steam guide says you can come back for it after the boss. No other publisher mentions backtracking, and neither dedicated missables FAQ lists the letter at all.

The waterfall

• Remedy and Silk Shirt (steal, Black Waltz 1)Copy missablearmourFirst slot 100%, second 25%. Published as 70% and 23%.Lost after: The fight ends.Get another: Both are bought later; neither is unique.
• Mythril Dagger (steal, Sealion)Copy missableweaponSecond slot, 25%. An Ether sits in front of it at 100%. Teaches Zidane Bandit, which makes every later steal easier.Lost after: The fight ends. Sealion cannot be fought again and no guide calls this missable, which it plainly is.Get another: Bought in Lindblum, so it is a head start rather than a loss.

Observatory Mountain

• 135 GilMissableitemBehind a rock towards the back-right of the screen.Lost after: Leaving the mountain for the village.
• Hi-PotionCopy missableitemHidden near the cart by the front entrance.Lost after: Leaving the mountain for the village.Get another: Bought later.

Dali village

• 120 GilMissableSources disagreeitemOn the village road, by the wheel near the equipment shop.Lost after: Leaving Dali.Sources disagree: One guide prints 137. Every other publisher says 120, and so does the game — the award is a literal 120 in the village-road script.
• Potion (inn)Copy missableSources disagreeitemLost after: Leaving Dali.Get another: Bought here.Sources disagree: Caves of Narshe lists two Potions in the guest bedroom. There is one. Every other publisher and the field data agree on one Potion and one Antidote.
• Antidote (inn)Copy missableitemLost after: Leaving Dali.Get another: Bought here.
• Aries (Stellazzio coin)Missablekey-itemGround floor of the windmill, behind the pillar. One of thirteen coins for a sidequest that pays out very late.Lost after: Guides disagree. Gamer Guides marks it missable; the long-standing GameFAQs missables FAQ does not list it at all. Take it now regardless.

The underground

• 156 GilMissableSources disagreeitemLost after: The underground seals when the crate sequence fires.Sources disagree: Game8 files this above ground, in the village. It is in the factory entrance, which is where Final Fantasy Wiki and Gamer Guides put it.
• Eye DropsCopy missableSources disagreeitemLost after: The underground seals.Get another: Bought anywhere.Sources disagree: GameFAQs omits this from its Dali underground list, giving ten items where everyone else gives eleven. The Eye Drops are real.
• Potion ×3, Ether, Phoenix Down, Phoenix PinionCopy missableitemScattered across the resting area, the machine room and the storage area. The Phoenix Pinion is the one worth going out of your way for.Lost after: The underground seals.Get another: All ordinary stock.
• Iron HelmCopy missablearmourStorage area, up the stairs. If you stole the other one off Plant Brain you now have two, which is exactly how many you want.Lost after: The underground seals.Get another: Bought later.
• Leather WristCopy missablearmourLost after: The underground seals.Get another: Ordinary stock.
• 95 GilMissableitemProduction area, by the large door.Lost after: The underground seals.
• Mognet: Kumop's letter for MogkiMissablesidequestKumop is hiding inside a barrel in the storage area. Deliver Mois's letter to Gumo at the inn first — that is the other half of the chain.Lost after: The underground seals.

The cargo ship loading area

• Steepled Hat and Leather Plate (steal, Black Waltz 2)Copy missablearmourFirst slot 100%, second 25%. Published as 70% and 23%.Lost after: The fight ends.Get another: Both bought later.
• Ether ×4 (drop, Black Waltz 2)MissableSources disagreeitemLost after: The fight ends.Sources disagree: Caves of Narshe prints "Ether x4" and everyone else prints one Ether. Caves of Narshe is right in a way it does not explain: all four drop slots hold an Ether, so you can come away with up to four.

Returning later

• Mayor's Key (key item)Missablekey-itemIn the Mayor's house. Search the desk until the child mutters, then the heater.Lost after: The window is during the Treno card tournament, before the final round. Miss it and the door behind the windmill never opens.
• 30,000 Gil and Burman CoffeeMissableSources disagreeitemThe largest single gil award in the game's field scripts. The coffee is the third of Morrid's three and completes that sidequest.Lost after: The Mayor's Key window closes.Sources disagree: Final Fantasy Wiki lists the gil as a separate find and does not gate it on the key; four other sources put both behind the key door. The field data shows the gil and a key item awarded at the same place, which supports the one-chest-searched-twice account.
• Cachusha and Elixir (windmill, second floor)MissableSources disagreearmourLost after: Unclear — see below.Sources disagree: Final Fantasy Wiki dates these to disc 2 once the windmill stops; Gamer Guides documents them only in its disc 3 chapter. Both chests exist in the data; the disc is not something the field scripts tell us.

Dali village

• The Dali Active Time EventsMissableSources disagreesidequestThey count toward the watch-everything achievement.Lost after: Leaving Dali.Sources disagree: Jegged counts five. Gamer Guides lists a sixth. Jegged's own page mentions the sixth in passing without counting it.

The deck

• Steepled Hat, Linen Cuirass, Silver Gloves (steal)Copy missableSources disagreearmour100%, 25% and 6.25%. Three filled slots is unusual for this stage of the game, and the third one is a real 6.25% rather than the 6% usually printed.Lost after: The fight ends, and it ends on a timer of its own.Get another: All three are ordinary stock in Lindblum.Sources disagree: RPGClassics prints "Silver Greaves" for the third. Every other publisher, and the game, say Silver Gloves.

Business District

• Javelin (buy one)Missableweapon880 gil. The only thing in Lindblum any publisher flags as buy-it-now, and only one does.Lost after: Entering Cleyra. It leaves the shop stock and Freya's synthesis path needs one.

Theatre District

• Autograph (key item)Missablekey-itemOne of only two permanent losses in the whole area, and the game gives no warning. One widely used walkthrough does not list it at all.Lost after: Entering the Tantalus hideout. Get it from Lowell — the fan club chairman blocking the street — before you go in.
• Moogle Suit (key item)Missablekey-itemIn Michael's studio, behind the red chair to the right of Lowell. Same window as the Autograph, same lack of warning.Lost after: Entering the Tantalus hideout.

The Festival of the Hunt

• Mythril Gloves and Needle Fork (steal, Zaghnol)MissableSources disagreeweaponFirst slot 100%, second 25% — published elsewhere as 70% and 23%. Both are well ahead of what the shops sell at this point.Lost after: The Festival ends, and it ends whether you reach Zaghnol or not.Sources disagree: Caves of Narshe's enemy database says Zaghnol has no steal list. Its own walkthrough tells you to steal from it, and eight other publishers list both items. The database entry is the wrong one.
• The Festival prize — 5,000 Gil, the Coral Ring, or the Theater Ship CardMissablesidequestZidane wins and you get 5,000 gil. Freya wins and you get the Coral Ring, which absorbs lightning and teaches her Lancer. Vivi wins and you get the Theater Ship Card, plus the achievement. Save before it starts.Lost after: The Festival runs once. You get exactly one of the three, decided by who wins.

Lindblum

• The Lindblum Active Time EventsMissableSources disagreesidequestLost after: Leaving for Gizamaluke's Grotto.Sources disagree: Jegged and Gamer Guides name the same five; Gamer Guides lists a sixth that Jegged mentions without counting. A Steam guide counts six including the forced synthesis tutorial, which does not count toward the achievement.

The grotto

• Moguta's Kupo Nut rewardsMissablesidequestDisc 1 the Holy Bell, disc 2 an Elixir, disc 3 an Extension, disc 4 an Aloha T-shirt. Every other delivery gives a Tent, a Phoenix Pinion or an Ether at random. The disc-4 shirt is the only one of the eight not obtainable from a chocobo dig.Lost after: Each disc gives a different fixed prize and you can only hold one Kupo Nut at a time. Miss a disc's window and that prize is gone for the run.
• Elixir, Magus Hat and Ice Staff (steal, Gizamaluke)MissableSources disagreeweapon100%, 25% and 6.25%. The third slot is a real 6.25%, not the 6% printed elsewhere and not the "rare" it gets called.Lost after: The fight ends.Sources disagree: Game8 lists only two steals and leaves the Ice Staff out.

The suburb

• Cancer (Stellazzio coin)MissableSources disagreekey-itemBehind the overturned cart on the first street.Lost after: Leaving Burmecia, on the reading that the chests do not survive the visit.Sources disagree: Three publishers flag it missable. The dedicated GameFAQs missables walkthrough does not list it at all.
• Soft ×2Copy missableitemOne in the first building, one hidden behind the stairwell on the lower floor. Keep them — the local wildlife petrifies you.Lost after: Leaving Burmecia.Get another: Ordinary shop stock.
• Germinas BootsCopy missableaccessoryThe one pickup in the area with a trap attached, and it is a movement trap rather than a routing one. Walk.Lost after: Running across the crumbling balcony instead of walking. The floor gives way and the chest is unreachable for the rest of the visit.Get another: Chocobo digs, much later.
• PotionCopy missableitemLost after: Leaving Burmecia.Get another: Bought anywhere.
• Protection Bell (key item)MissableSources disagreekey-itemUnder the bed — the far side, which is why it gets missed.Lost after: Leaving Burmecia.Sources disagree: Seven publishers list it. Jegged's item sequence omits it entirely.
• EtherCopy missableSources disagreeitemLost after: Leaving Burmecia.Get another: Bought later.Sources disagree: In the same bedroom, described as behind the shelves, on the left, in a hidden chest and behind the fireplace by four different guides.

Uptown

• Phoenix Down and TentCopy missableitemIn the courtyard as you come in.Lost after: Leaving Burmecia.Get another: Both bought.

The square

• Lightning StaffMissableSources disagreeweaponPicking it up is what brings Stiltzkin out.Lost after: Leaving Burmecia.Sources disagree: StrategyWiki calls it a Thunder Staff. There is exactly one, in the back chest behind the right-hand door — our own extraction read two and was wrong, because the script holds two copies of the same chest routine with a jump over the second.
• Stiltzkin's bundle — Soft, Hi-Potion, Ether for 333 gilMissableitemThe only thing the dedicated GameFAQs missables walkthrough flags in the whole of Burmecia.Lost after: The end of disc 1. This is the first of eight Stiltzkin stops and buying every one of them is what pays out.

Burmecia

• Talk to Wei and KalMissablesidequestTwo survivors in one room. Nothing marks it and it is not on the route. Gamer Guides is the only publisher that connects it to the achievement.Lost after: Leaving Burmecia. The scene gates an Active Time Event on the third Lindblum visit.

The palace

• Mythril Sword (steal, Beatrix)MissableweaponFourth slot — 0.39%, or one in 256, which is the same number three publishers print three ways. Phoenix Down sits at 100% and a Chain Plate at 25% in front of it. Ten turns is not many rolls.Lost after: Her tenth turn. There is no second attempt and she does not carry it in the later fights.

Bohden Gate

• Multina RacketMissableSources disagreeweaponA racket is not much use yet. It is a synthesis input later.Lost after: Leaving the gate complex.Sources disagree: Six publishers place it, and between them it is behind the barrels, in the lower-left corner, just left of the entrance, and near a barrel on arrival. One chest.

Bohden Station

• Potion (Bohden Station)Copy missableSources disagreeitemLost after: Leaving the gate complex.Get another: The station shop sells them.Sources disagree: Five publishers list it. Game8's South Gate page has only the Racket and the Gate Pass.

Summit Station

• Phoenix Down (Rest Stop)Copy missableSources disagreeitemLost after: Leaving the summit.Get another: Bought anywhere.Sources disagree: Bottom-left by two publishers, top-right by a third, "near the entrance" by a fourth.
• Lightning Staff and Flame Staff (steal, Black Waltz 3)MissableweaponSteepled Hat at 100%, Lightning Staff at 25%, Flame Staff at 6.25%. This is the only place either staff can be stolen, and it is where the claim that you can get a second Lightning Staff before Burmecia comes from — that steal is here, which is after Burmecia.Lost after: The fight ends.

Alexandria Station

• 1,610 GilMissableSources disagreeitemLost after: Leaving the gate complex.Sources disagree: Eleven publishers place this chest and they give it six different homes — on steps, on stairs, after a bridge, in a rickety-bridge offshoot, at Alexandria Station, after the boss. One of them rounds the figure to "around 1,600".

The arches

• Moccha Coffee (key item, Bohden Arch)MissableSources disagreekey-itemOne of the three rare coffees for the observatory sidequest, with Kirman and Burman. An Ether is in the same place.Lost after: One publisher says it goes when you reach Terra, which is very late and very far from here.Sources disagree: Spelled Moocha, Moccha and Mocha by three different publishers.

After the gate

• Elixir in the Dali crop fieldMissableitemTake the left fork on the way out. Five publishers list it.Lost after: One publisher calls it "your one and only chance at the treasure chest".

The Knight's House

• Griffin (arena)MissablebossLevel 16, 1,470 HP. One character fights alone. Rewards a Tonberry Card.Lost after: Leaving Treno on this visit. One publisher is explicit that a missed arena fight cannot be re-initiated.

Treno

• Seven Active Time Events, in orderMissablesidequestTreno Tradition, Pursuit, Confusion, Ambition, Meeting Place, Unexpected Visitor, Crime and Punishment. The first one gates the Power Belt. Four publishers print the same seven in the same order.Lost after: Leaving Treno. One guide states they must be watched in a specific order or the set is locked out.
• The weapon shop stock may not come backMissableSources disagreeUnconfirmedreferenceLost after: Progressing past this visit, according to the one source that raises it.Sources disagree: A single missables FAQ says Silver Gloves, Iron Helm, Air Racket, Chain Mail, Bandana, Chain Plate and Leather Plate all leave the stock after this visit. No other publisher mentions it. Lone source, flagged rather than endorsed.

The tunnel

• Chain PlateMissableSources disagreearmourLost after: Boarding the gargant.Sources disagree: Jegged and Caves of Narshe put both chests in the same south-west passage; GameFAQs splits them north and south within it; RPGClassics puts this one on the left path and the other in the central area. Game8's item table has this one and not the Phoenix Down.
• Phoenix DownCopy missableitemLost after: Boarding the gargant.Get another: Bought anywhere.

The entrance

• Mognet: Nazna's letter to MochosMissablesidequestMochos is the save moogle at the foot of the ladder.Lost after: Boarding. No publisher prints an explicit cutoff, but the area is not walkable again.

The ride out

• Bone Wrist and Mythril Fork (steal, Ralvurahva)MissablearmourFirst slot 100%, second 25%. Published elsewhere as 70% and 23%.Lost after: The fight ends.

The ride back

• Oak Staff (steal, Ralvuimago)MissableSources disagreeweaponPhoenix Down at 100%, Adaman Vest at 25%, Oak Staff at 6.25%. The staff is the one to want — it teaches Vivi a spell that matters a great deal later.Lost after: The fight ends, and there is no third trip.Sources disagree: Game8's steal table lists two items and omits the Adaman Vest that seven other publishers print.

Cleyra's Trunk

• The Trunk's chestsMissableitemPhoenix Down, Ice Staff, Ether, Needle Fork, Tent, Flame Staff, Mythril Vest, Desert Boots, Remedy, Mythril Gloves, Potion, Elixir, Hi-Potion and Gysahl Greens, plus the two below. Most are hidden behind trees, roots or camera blind spots rather than sitting in the open.Lost after: Leaving Cleyra.
• 900 GilMissableitemIn the whirlpool room with a Hi-Potion. Six publishers place it here. Do not confuse it with the settlement's 970 gil near the sandpit.Lost after: Leaving Cleyra.
• Magician Shoes ×2MissableSources disagreeaccessoryLost after: Leaving Cleyra.Sources disagree: Six publishers say one pair, three say two, and none says three. There are two: the screen holds four chests — Magician Shoes, Ice Staff, Silk Robe and a second Magician Shoes — and the publishers saying one are counting only what the normal climb reaches. Our own extraction read three, because the first pair is scripted into both states of that screen.
• Silk Robe and the second Magician ShoesMissablearmourVisible from the climb and unreachable on it. Watch both of Quina's Active Time Events in the settlement, then jump into the garbage pit beside the town entrance. One guide places this at the Antlion sandpit instead, which is a different pit.Lost after: Leaving Cleyra, and you cannot reach them at all without the trigger below.

The settlement

• Stiltzkin's bundle — Hi-Potion, Ether, Phoenix Pinion for 444 gilMissableitemHis second of eight stops. Buying every one is the whole point of the chain, so a miss here costs the payout at the end.Lost after: One guide says before the settlement entrance, another before the events at the top of the tree. Either way it goes with the city.
• The settlement pickupsMissableitem970 gil near the sandpit, 1,250 gil and an Echo Screen and Ether in the inn, Thunder Gloves by the water mill, a Yellow Scarf in the cathedral lobby, Gysahl Greens, Ore, Remedy and three Phoenix Pinions scattered around. Most are searched out of scenery, not opened.Lost after: Leaving Cleyra.
• Three pickups in the harp roomMissableitemAn Ore in the back wall, a Phoenix Pinion in the right wall, an Ether in the left pillar. Two publishers list them; the rest treat the harp room as a cutscene.Lost after: Leaving Cleyra.

The sandpit

• Gold Helm (steal, Antlion)MissablearmourAnnoyntment at 100%, Mythril Vest at 25%, Gold Helm at 6.25%. All six publishers agree on the items and none on the rates.Lost after: The fight ends.

The attack

• The evacuation choicesMissableSources disagreesidequestRight, left, cross the bridge to the right, then the fourth. Get them right and the survivors pay you.Lost after: The sequence plays once. Directing people wrongly costs the rewards below.Sources disagree: Two publishers name the achievement differently and print the fourth dialogue option differently — "Not Yet" against "We're not safe yet".
• The seven citizen rewardsMissableSources disagreeitemLost after: The attack ends.Sources disagree: Two publishers list seven, Jegged lists six and omits the Phoenix Pinion, and Game8 prints a different set entirely. The reward script holds seven — Ether, Phoenix Pinion, Remedy, Phoenix Down, Elixir and two cards — so the seven-item lists are right.

The cathedral

• EmeraldMissableitemGiven by the High Priest, not found. Four publishers flag it as missable and one adds that you must be playing as Freya.Lost after: Going to the town entrance. One publisher says it is lost once the party is far enough down the trunk.
• Ice Brand (steal, Beatrix)MissableweaponPhoenix Down at 100%, Thunder Gloves at 25%, Ice Brand at 6.25%. A far better window than the 0.39% Mythril Sword in Burmecia — this one is genuinely worth going for.Lost after: Her tenth turn.

Before you leave

• Take Quina's equipment offMissablereferenceExactly one publisher out of fifteen mentions this, and it is the most practically expensive thing in the area after Stiltzkin.Lost after: The escape. Quina leaves the party and whatever they are wearing goes too.

Cleyra's Trunk

• Three Blue Magic spellsMissableenemy-skillWhite Wind from a Zuu, Matra Magic from a Dragonfly, Auto-Life from a Carrion Worm. Quina has to eat them and Quina is about to leave.Lost after: Leaving Cleyra, unless the enemies appear elsewhere. White Wind in particular is worth stopping for.

The settlement

• Four Active Time EventsMissablesidequestTwo of them need Quina in the party, and those two are also what opens the garbage pit. Skipping them costs the Silk Robe as well as the achievement.Lost after: Leaving Cleyra.

Cleyra

• Two Mognet stepsMissableSources disagreesidequestAtla's letter to Monev in the Trunk, then Mopli's to Serino.Lost after: Leaving Cleyra.Sources disagree: Publishers put the second delivery in two different places — aboard the Red Rose, or in Cleyra during the attack.

The secret passage

• Ice BrandCopy missableweaponBehind the rotating platform below the Queen's chambers. Time the jump.Lost after: Leaving the castle on this visit — the passage is part of the timed sequence.Get another: Stolen from Beatrix at Cleyra, which one guide treats as the reason this chest is a fallback rather than a prize.
• TentCopy missableSources disagreeitemLost after: Leaving the castle on this visit.Get another: Bought anywhere.Sources disagree: Seven publishers say Tent. One says Phoenix Pinion. The script says Tent.

The prison

• Strip Marcus before he leavesMissablereferenceExactly one publisher states this plainly. It is the same trap as Quina at Cleyra, one chapter later, and almost nobody flags either.Lost after: He climbs the ladder and goes, wearing whatever you left on him.

The chapel

• Mognet: Mosh's letter for MontyMissablesidequestMosh is the save point. There are two letters to read as well. Monty is at Pinnacle Rocks, which is where you are going.Lost after: Leaving the castle.

The throne room

• Partisan and Stardust Rod (steal, Zorn)Missableweapon100% and 25%. Thorn carries Mythril Armor and Mythril Armlet at the same rates. Six publishers split the lists per jester and none of them swaps them, which is better than this corpus usually manages.Lost after: Either jester dies.

The castle

• Survival Vest (steal, Beatrix)MissableSources disagreearmourPhoenix Down 100%, Ice Brand 25%, Survival Vest 6.25%.Lost after: The fight ends.Sources disagree: Eight publishers say Survival Vest. One boss guide prints Thunder Gloves, which is what she carried in the previous fight.

The entrance

• Elixir and Phoenix DownMissableSources disagreeitemNear the creek at the front of the entrance screen. If a Disc 1 guide told you there were two chests "outside Lindblum by the creek", this is them.Lost after: The endgame, when the Iifa roots block the entrance. Not this visit.Sources disagree: Five publishers list these and six omit them entirely, including the ones that count "three chests" in the area. They are also reachable long before this chapter.

The lower area

• Mythril VestMissablearmourNear the moogle, at water level, under the root overhang.Lost after: Leaving the interior.

The upper area

• The OgreMissableSources disagreeweaponBehind the "Cooperation" apparition.Lost after: Leaving the interior.Sources disagree: Our own extraction read two. Twelve publishers list one, and a per-screen atlas puts exactly one on that screen.
• Mythril ArmletMissableSources disagreearmourFive publishers describe reaching it five different ways — jump off the pathway, a ledge after jumping, crossing the bridge, before a cave mouth, down from a cliff marker. One place, five descriptions.Lost after: Leaving the interior.Sources disagree: Our extraction read four; every one of twelve publishers lists one. It is also the only chest here reached by a jump off the path rather than a walk, which is the kind of place a script branches.

The lower area

• Mognet: Mosh's letter to Monty, and Stiltzkin's backMissablesidequestDeliver, finish the Ramuh sequence, then **go back to Monty** — he has a new letter waiting. That second step is the one people skip.Lost after: Leaving. One publisher is explicit that the second letter is gone once you depart.

Lindblum

• Three ATEsMissablesidequestShort, optional, and the only characterisation the city gets in this state. They cost nothing but the time.Lost after: Leaving for the Chocobo's Forest sequence.

Entrance

• ElixirMissableitemFirst screen, before anything else happens.Lost after: Leaving Fossil Roo.

Fossil Roo

• Stiltzkin's bundle — Phoenix Pinion, Remedy, EtherMissableitem555 gil for all three. Buy it. Unanimous across every publisher we checked, and worth more than he is asking.Lost after: Leaving Fossil Roo. This is his third stop; miss it and the achievement for buying from him every time is gone for the run.

The tunnels

• EtherMissableitemLost after: Leaving Fossil Roo.
• Fairy EarringsMissableaccessoryLost after: Leaving Fossil Roo.

Mining Site

• Lamia's TiaraMissablearmourLost after: Leaving Fossil Roo.

The nest

• Survival VestMissableSources disagreearmourThe item is not in doubt and the room is. Search the nest screens before you trip the switch that closes the area.Lost after: Leaving Fossil Roo.Sources disagree: Five publishers put it in one place, three in another and two in a third, and one of them contradicts itself inside a single page. One source calls it a "Survival Belt", which is a different item.

Mining Site

• Madain's Ring, from diggingMissableaccessoryComes out of the digging minigame with the mole, not a chest. If you skip the minigame you do not get it and there is no second source this run.Lost after: Leaving Fossil Roo. Permanently missable — it is on the wiki's permanently-missable list.

The Kirkboat

• "Nuptial Joy" — Vivi and Quina's weddingMissablesidequestEntirely optional and entirely a joke. You can also just sneak the pair past the guards. Four publishers cover it; nothing is lost either way except the scene.Lost after: Leaving the wedding scene. It only fires if you go back and talk to Vivi rather than walking on.

Conde Petie

• Five ATEs on the first visitMissablesidequestVivi and the Couple, Quina Accused, Quina Can't Communicate, Dagger and William, Hungry Bryan. Two publishers list the same five with the same titles.Lost after: Leaving for the Mountain Path.

The water mill

• Mogryo, and the letter to MocchiMissableSources disagreesidequestThe village's only moogle, near the water mill. Your satchel is at its three-letter limit around here, so deliver before you collect.Lost after: One publisher calls this specific hand-off missable and says to take it promptly. Missing it does not block the overall Mognet chain.Sources disagree: Publishers spell him Mogryo, Mogyro and Moguo, and disagree on whether he writes to Mocchi alone or to Mocchi and Kumool.

The Black Mage Village

• The village ATEsMissableSources disagreesidequestOne of them is the eavesdrop that unlocks the Black Belt, so these are not purely flavour.Lost after: Leaving the village.Sources disagree: One guide names six and no other publisher we checked lists them at all.

The roots

• Stiltzkin's bundle — Magic Tag, Tent, Ether for 666 gilMissableitemNear Suzuna. Seven publishers agree on the price and all three items.Lost after: Leaving the path. This is his fourth stop; the reward for buying at every stop is cumulative, so skipping one ends it for the run.

Madain Sari

• The ATEs, including Eiko's KitchenMissablesidequestVivi's Feelings, Dagger's Feelings, Eiko's Feelings and the two kitchen scenes. One publisher flags them as commonly walked past. They cost no items, only the scenes themselves.Lost after: Leaving the village.

The Outer Seal

• RubyMissableitemAt the entrance, before you go in.Lost after: Leaving the Iifa Tree. The entrance screens do not reopen.

The inner roots

• Phoenix DownMissableitemLost after: Leaving the Iifa Tree.
• Hi-PotionMissableitemLost after: Leaving the Iifa Tree.
• Healing RodMissableSources disagreeweaponLost after: Leaving the Iifa Tree.Sources disagree: Five publishers list it and two omit it from their item tables. It is in the script.
• EtherMissableSources disagreeitemLost after: Leaving the Iifa Tree.Sources disagree: Only three publishers of seven list an Ether here. The other four do not. Our field data carries it, so the three are right.
• RemedyMissableitemLost after: Leaving the Iifa Tree.
• Lamia's FluteMissableweaponEiko's, and she is not in your party yet.Lost after: Leaving the Iifa Tree.

The bottom

• BrigandineCopy missablearmourLost after: Leaving the Iifa Tree.Get another: Also a rare steal from Soulcage in the same area, which is the only other copy anyone documents here.
• ElixirMissableitemLost after: Leaving the Iifa Tree.

The inner roots

• Mocchi, on a lower branchMissableSources disagreesidequestSave point and Mognet, before the elevator.Lost after: Leaving the Iifa Tree.Sources disagree: One publisher's moogle database says his letter is from Mogryo; three walkthroughs describe a Stiltzkin letter at the tree. They may be describing the two different Mocchis, on the two different visits.

Main Street

• Hippaul Racing — eight prizesMissablesidequestBeat Hippaul repeatedly and his level climbs. Prizes at 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60 and 70 are cards; **level 80 gives the Athlete Queen key item**. Our field data shows seven card awards and one key item in this script, which is exactly that ladder.Lost after: Leaving for Treno. One publisher says it closes the moment you leave the city; a player report says it survives until the chapter ends.
• Athlete QueenMissablekey-itemThe level 80 Hippaul prize and the reason to keep going after the cards stop. Most players stop long before this.Lost after: Leaving for Treno.

The steeple

• Stiltzkin's bundle — Phoenix Pinion, Hi-Potion, Elixir for 777 gilMissableitemLost after: Leaving for Treno. His fifth stop, and the every-stop reward is cumulative.
• Shiva Card and Ramuh Card, from the bellMissableSources disagreecardPull the bell rope. **It silently fails if you are holding 100 cards** — clear space first or nothing happens and you will never know why.Lost after: Leaving for Treno.Sources disagree: One publisher and several player reports cover this and the larger guides do not mention it.
• Card players by the steepleMissableSources disagreecardTom and the boatman, per the one source that covers it.Lost after: Leaving for Treno.Sources disagree: One card-location FAQ names two opponents here. No walkthrough covers them. Our data shows a five-card block in this script, listed twice.

Main Street

• Card players on Main StreetMissableSources disagreecardMichelle and an old lady, separate from the Hippaul prizes.Lost after: Leaving for Treno.Sources disagree: Named by a single card-location FAQ and no walkthrough.

The weapon shop

• The Nero brothers' shell gameMissablesidequestCards as prizes, and nine wins in a row is an achievement in the re-releases. Two publishers cover it.Lost after: Leaving for Treno.

The Neptune statue

• Leo (Stellazzio coin)Missablekey-itemIn the room with the Neptune statue. Three publishers place it here, one is explicit that it is Disc 3 only, and our own id table independently predicted the fifth coin would be in this castle on this disc. **Of the thirteen Stellazzio this is the only one with a window** — the other twelve keep indefinitely.Lost after: The Disc 3 castle visits. **The castle interior never reopens** — on the last disc only the town is walkable, and the library and guardhouse are shut with it.

Alexandria

• Six ATEsMissablesidequestIt's So Big!, Long Time No See!, To Fly High, Artemicion, I Forgot!, and Clowns on a Dark Night. One publisher's achievement guide lists all six and marks none of them missable, which is not the same as saying they survive the chapter.Lost after: Leaving for Treno.

The Card Stadium

• The card tournamentMissablesidequestThree rounds. Win two to reach the champion, who is Cid in a disguise and who plays nothing but Oglop cards.Lost after: Leaving Treno for Alexandria. The bracket runs once.
• Rebirth RingMissableaccessoryThe champion's prize, and it teaches Auto-Life. Seven publishers agree on the prize with no dissent.Lost after: Leaving Treno. There is no second bracket.
• Namingway CardMissableSources disagreecardOnly dropped if round two pairs you with Mario, which depends on a choice made before you got here.Lost after: Locked in earlier than you would expect — by whether you let Vivi go home before the tournament.Sources disagree: Two publishers name the round-two opponent Mario and one names someone else entirely. A wiki resolves it as a branch on the Vivi choice rather than a contradiction.

The Bishop's House

• Chimera ArmletMissableaccessoryFrom the four-armed man, behind the "City People" ATE. Four publishers cover it. **He gave you a Power Belt on your last visit** — same man, same room, different item, and our field data shows exactly that.Lost after: Leaving Treno.

The Knight's House

• Catoblepas, and 15,000 gilMissablebossSix publishers agree on the 15,000 gil. No publisher anywhere prints HP for this version of it — the Knight's House monsters are retuned copies, so the field bestiary's numbers do not apply.Lost after: Leaving Treno. One publisher states flatly that each Knight's House monster can only be fought once and cannot be re-initiated.

Treno

• Ten ATEsMissablesidequestOne of them, "City People", is what unlocks the Chimera Armlet, so these are not purely optional viewing.Lost after: Leaving Treno.

Quan's Dwelling

• "Home Sweet Home" — the one thing you can loseMissablesidequestAn ATE, permanently lost by fetching Vivi at the wrong moment. Two publishers warn about it and a player report confirms losing it. It is the only permanently missable thing in the area.Lost after: Collecting Vivi from here rather than letting him go home in Treno, or coming here before the card tournament.

The castle

• The Knights of Pluto — four assignments, four rewardsMissablesidequest**Blutzen and Kohel gather information. Weimar and Haagen protect the townspeople. Breireicht and Laudo contact Lindblum. Dojebon and Mullenkedheim take the cannons.** Seven publishers give the same four.Lost after: The scene runs once and cannot be replayed. No publisher documents a way to back out and reassign.
• Angel Earrings — and the three consolation prizesMissableSources disagreeaccessoryNone right gives a Hi-Potion, one gives an Ether, two give an Elixir, all four give the **Angel Earrings**. **You cannot get exactly three** — three correct forces the fourth. Our field script carries exactly four award sites, which is why the table needs four rungs and not five.Lost after: The assignment scene.Sources disagree: Two publishers give the full four-way table. One states it as a simple pass or fail with an Ether for any mistake. Most say nothing about the wrong answers at all.

The library

• Tantarian — your last chanceMissableSources disagreeboss21,997 HP at level 41, weak to holy. Trigger it by examining a book on the bottom-left standing bookshelf. Hit it while shut until it opens to the middle pages, then it is vulnerable.Lost after: Leaving the library for the tower. There are only two Tantarian fights in the game and this is the second.Sources disagree: Publishers disagree on whether it absorbs or merely halves shadow, and on whether Bio or Fira is the spell to use once it opens.
• Running Shoes and a Ramuh CardCopy missableaccessoryGuaranteed from Tantarian. Four publishers list the Ramuh Card alongside them.Lost after: Leaving the library. This is the last Tantarian.Get another: Running Shoes have two other sources — the Amdusias fight at Treno's Knight's House and the clock at Quan's Dwelling.

Lindblum

• Seven ATEs, one with a strange conditionMissablesidequest**"Give Me My Money!" only fires if you are carrying under 50 gil**, which is difficult right after you have opened three chests holding seven thousand of it. Two publishers flag it as the one people miss. Two others are gated on things you did much earlier.Lost after: Boarding the Blue Narciss.

Kuja's room

• Namingway CardMissablecardOn a table, after you come back from Oeilvert. Not behind a puzzle, which is exactly why people walk past it.Lost after: Leaving Disc 3. Two publishers flag it as missable.

The moogle room

• Stiltzkin's bundle — Hi-Potion, Emerald, Elixir for 888 gilMissableitemHis sixth stop. Two publishers flag it as missable and one is explicit that he disappears mid-dungeon.Lost after: **He leaves partway through the dungeon.** Buy from him before you start solving puzzles. Oeilvert never reopens, so this stop is gone for the run.

The entrance hall

• Remedy and Rising SunMissableitemOne chest under the stairs, one at the top.Lost after: Leaving Oeilvert.

The hologram rooms

• Elixir, Shield Armor and Diamond SwordMissableSources disagreeitemThe Elixir is behind the orb that changes colour when you solve it.Lost after: Leaving Oeilvert.Sources disagree: Publishers carve this part of the ruin into different numbers of rooms — some separate the Elixir's room from the other two, some merge them. No one disagrees about which chest holds what.

The ship display

• Power Vest and Feather BootsMissablearmourOne at the bottom of the stairs, one at the top.Lost after: Leaving Oeilvert.

The moogle room

• Gaia GearMissablearmourIn the far corner, past Mooel.Lost after: Leaving Oeilvert.

Oeilvert

• Angel's Snack, from EpitaphMissableenemy-skillIf Quina is here, eat one. Which is awkward, because Quina is close to useless in this dungeon otherwise.Lost after: Leaving Oeilvert, unless Epitaph appears elsewhere.
• Mimoza and MooelMissablesidequestMimoza runs a full shop outside and gives you a letter for Mooel, who is in the star room inside. Several publishers say the delivery pays a Kupo Nut.Lost after: Leaving Oeilvert.

The shop

• Wing EdgeMissableweaponFree, behind the shop counter on the right — walk round the desk. Seven publishers describe it as a pickup rather than stock, and our field data records it as an award rather than an inventory line.Lost after: The Shimmering Island, on the last disc. Not urgent.
• Octagon Rod — only sold hereMissableweapon4,500 gil, and it teaches Vivi **Firaga, Blizzaga and Thundaga** at once. Three publishers single it out as the reason to stop. This is the only shop in the game that carries it.Lost after: The Shimmering Island.

The entrance building

• 9,693 gilMissableitemLower corner of the first building, on the left.Lost after: Leaving Mount Gulug.
• EtherMissableitemUpper floor, in the rubble, up the ladder.Lost after: Leaving Mount Gulug.
• Red HatMissablearmourDown a ladder to a dead end. Several publishers flag it as commonly walked past, because you have to double back for it.Lost after: Leaving Mount Gulug.

The scaffolding

• Gaia GearMissablearmourEnd of the path past the mineshaft, near the moogle's house.Lost after: Leaving Mount Gulug.

The well

• Golden HairpinMissablearmour**Jump the platform instead of taking the rope.** The other commonly missed one, for the same reason.Lost after: Leaving Mount Gulug.

Near Moolan

• Wing EdgeMissableSources disagreeweaponBottom-right corner of the room by the first moogle.Lost after: Leaving Mount Gulug.Sources disagree: Most publishers list one Wing Edge in this chapter and put it here. One lists two — one here and one at Esto Gaza — and was treated as self-contradictory. Our field data carries both, in separate scripts.

Past the well

• Demon's MailMissablearmourLost after: Leaving Mount Gulug.

The mineshaft

• ElixirMissableitemLost after: Leaving Mount Gulug — and it only appears if you **fight** the solo Red Dragon rather than running.

Mount Gulug

• Twister — Quina's last chanceMissableenemy-skillEat a Red Dragon. If Quina is in your party and you want Twister, this is it.Lost after: Leaving Mount Gulug. Six publishers call this the final opportunity in the game.
• Moolan and MogtakaMissablesidequestMoolan is by the well and takes Mogrika's letter from Esto Gaza, then gives you one for Mogtaka, who is further in and runs a small shop. Both are save points.Lost after: Leaving Mount Gulug.

The steeple

• The Ribbon needs all eight Stiltzkin stopsMissablereferenceHe hands it over at the last stop **only if you bought every bundle**. Miss one and there is no second route — the only other Ribbon is in the Treno auction.Lost after: Any one of his eight stops you did not buy from. Burmecia, Cleyra, Fossil Roo, the Mountain Path, Alexandria on Disc 3, Oeilvert, Bran Bal, and Alexandria on Disc 4.

Terra

• What the Shimmering Island closedMissablereference**Conde Petie and its Mountain Path, the Desert Palace, Esto Gaza, Mount Gulug, Fossil Roo, both Gates, the Iifa Tree, Observatory Mountain and Pinnacle Rocks** — all sealed by the passage here. Four independent sources give substantially that list.Lost after: Already gone. Listed so you know what happened, not so you can act on it.
• And what went with themMissablereference**Morrid's rare coffees**, the **Amdusias** fight at Treno's Knight's House, Conde Petie's **Coloured Stones**, the Oglop trade, and the Daguerreo shop stock including the **Rune Blade**. One publisher also warns it can cost you the top Treasure Hunter rank.Lost after: The Shimmering Island.

The stepping stones

• CoronetMissablearmourJump the platforms.Lost after: Moving on into Bran Bal.

The path by the pond

• Elixir and Dragon WristMissableitemThe Dragon Wrist is down a dead-end branch.Lost after: Moving on into Bran Bal.

The treetop

• Remedy and Mythril RacketMissableitemOne at the bottom of the web, one at the top.Lost after: Moving on into Bran Bal.

The tree base

• Demon's VestMissablearmourLost after: Moving on into Bran Bal.

Terra

• Movers — the best experience in TerraMissablereference**Three per formation, 23,801 experience** — against 18,816 for a Ring Leader and 17,096 for a Hecteyes, so it is comfortably the best fight *here*. Only the middle one pays; the other two exist for **Delta Attack**, which needs all three healthy and standing. **Damage one and the threat is gone.** They null earth and are weak to everything else.Lost after: Leaving Terra. They are also in Pandemonium, one area on. Nowhere on Gaia.

Storage

• Free the moogle before you do anything elseMissableprogression**Moorock starts trapped inside a jar.** Until you let him out there is no shop, no save point and no Mognet stop here — and it is entirely possible to walk the whole village, talk to nobody, and leave without ever seeing a shop counter. Everything else on this page depends on this line.Lost after: Leaving Bran Bal.
• Zorlin Shape — last source in the gameMissableConfirmed in gameweapon**6,000 gil each, and you want more than one.** It is an ingredient in **Masamune** and **Sargatanas**, and two Sargatanas synthesize into **Thief Gloves**. One publisher says buy at least three; a synthesis FAQ's own totals come to four or five if you want everything.Lost after: Leaving Bran Bal. Esto Gaza is already sealed and Daguerreo stops stocking it, so this is the end of the line.
• Stiltzkin's seventh setMissableConfirmed in gamesidequest**Diamond, Ether and Elixir for 2,222 gil.** He appears after you leave the Storage room and come back. **Seventh of eight** — the last one is at **Alexandria on Disc 4**, for 5,555 gil, and buying all eight is what pays the Ribbon and settles *Driving the Hard Bargain*.Lost after: Leaving Bran Bal.

Stairway

• Minerva's PlateMissablearmourThis is the one eight publishers file under "Terra". Go up the first staircase and hug the left wall — the chest is tucked below, and there is a paired gil award on the same screen.Lost after: Leaving Bran Bal.

Gate

• Flash HatMissablearmourThe pathway on the right, beneath the stairs.Lost after: Leaving Bran Bal.

Storage

• ElixirMissableitemThe back room. One publisher calls this screen the inn.Lost after: Leaving Bran Bal.

Laboratory

• ElixirMissableitemIn the basement — examine the hole.Lost after: Leaving Bran Bal.

Storage

• Wing EdgeMissableitemNot sold anywhere in this shop, unlike most of what is lying around here.Lost after: Leaving Bran Bal.

Pond

• Angel EarringsMissableaccessoryThe northern shore of the pool.Lost after: Leaving Bran Bal.

Storage

• Moorock's Mogshop — the full counterMissableConfirmed in gamereference**Orichalcon 17,000 · Avenger 16,000 · Holy Lance 11,000 · Bistro Fork 10,300 · Defender 9,340 · Zorlin Shape 6,000 · Gladius 2,300 · Mythril Racket 2,250 · Mythril Dagger 950 · Mage Masher 500 · Rising Sun 500 · Dagger 320.** Armour: **Minerva's Plate 12,200 · Platina Armor 10,500 · Demon's Vest 10,250 · Adaman Hat 6,100 · Defense Gloves 6,000 · Flash Hat 5,200 · Dragon Wrist 4,800 · Platinum Helm 4,600 · Coronet 4,400.** Plus the usual consumables, **Vaccine among them at 100 gil**.Lost after: Leaving Bran Bal.

Bran Bal

• Four Active Time EventsMissableConfirmed in gameachievementControl passes to Eiko for a stretch; view the ATEs and talk to everyone who saw Zidane to gather the party back up. Four ATEs here count toward *Movie Critic*.Lost after: Leaving Bran Bal.

Mind Control

• Holy MiterMissablearmourExamine the throne in the first room.Lost after: Leaving Pandemonium.

Elevator

• 20,007 gilMissableitemSet the elevator to **3** and go to the top. Three publishers print the figure to the digit and **our field holds it as a hard-coded value** — most gil awards in this game are computed at runtime. It is the largest single gil chest we have read.Lost after: Leaving Pandemonium.

Maze

• Carabini MailMissablearmourThe blue teleport pad room. **Teaches Auto-Regen** — and Kuja carries a second one you can steal.Lost after: Leaving Pandemonium.
• ElixirMissableitemThe second blue pad.Lost after: Leaving Pandemonium.
• Battle BootsMissableaccessoryThe south path at the fork. Garland carries a second pair.Lost after: Leaving Pandemonium.

Pandemonium

• Three blue magics from the randomsMissableenemy-skill**Malboro → Bad Breath. Abadon → Twister. Shell Dragon → Earth Shake.** This is the densest stretch of blue magic in the back half of the game and no publisher lists all three in one place.Lost after: Leaving. Malboros are also on the world map later; Abadon and Shell Dragon are harder to find again.
• Silver DragonMissableSources disagreeboss**24,055 HP**, level 58, and it takes **Sleep, Slow, Silence and Blind** — unusual for something this size. Wind attacks, so resist wind. **Steal the Dragon Mail and the Kaiser Knuckles**; it drops a Wing Edge and three Elixirs, and gives the **Fenrir** card.Lost after: Leaving Pandemonium. It is optional.Sources disagree: **24,055** per two guides, 34,055 per one. Take 24,055.

Maze

• Mozme, and a Kupo NutMissablesidequestMozme handles a Mognet letter and hands over a **Kupo Nut**. There is a second moogle in the Hall. Both are marked in our field data, which is how we found what the moogle marker was in the first place.Lost after: Leaving Pandemonium.

Core

• Pisces Stellazzio — the only thing aboardMissablekey-item**The twelfth coin, and the one that completes the set.** Our field data puts the chest in the **Core**; two publishers say only "aboard the Invincible" and one says "the deck". Walk the interior — it is one chest in seven screens and there is nothing else to find.Lost after: Not strictly missable while you hold the ship, but nothing points at it and most of the chapter happens on the world map.

Daguerreo

• Read this first: the shop window closed at the Shimmering IslandMissablereferenceDaguerreo is reachable from **Disc 3**, by Hilda Garde III or a Sky chocobo. Its weaponsmith stocks the **Rune Blade** and the **Obelisk**, which one publisher calls your last chance to buy them because they teach abilities available nowhere else — and the **Zorlin Shape**, which Bran Bal was the final source of. **If you are reading this after the Shimmering Island, that shopping trip is behind you.**Lost after: The Shimmering Island.

Entrance

• Capricorn StellazzioMissablekey-itemAlong the watery path on the **right side of the entrance screen**. Our field data and the publisher agree on the room exactly.Lost after: Not missable, but easy to walk past.

2nd Floor

• Weaponsmith — Rune Blade and ObeliskMissableConfirmed in gameweaponBoth **teach abilities you cannot learn from anything else**, and one publisher is explicit that this is the last place to buy them.Lost after: The Shimmering Island.
• Excalibur — the longest chain in the gameMissableConfirmed in gameweaponThe old man by the library wants a **Magical Fingertip**. It appears at the **Treno auction on Disc 4 only after you have bought and resold all four artifacts** — Doga's Artifact, Une's Mirror, Rat Tail, Griffin's Heart — to the collectors outside the synthesis shop. Then it goes for 40,000–60,000 gil. **Steiner's, and it teaches Climhazzard.**Lost after: The chain has to be started on Disc 3 and can only be finished on Disc 4.

Deck

• ElixirMissableitemUp the ladder, at the top. Reachable once Erin leaves.Lost after: Not strictly, while you have the ship — but almost nobody goes back for it.
• TentMissableitemTo the left of the same ladder.Lost after: As above.

Hilda Garde 3

• Mogki's letterMissableConfirmed in gamesidequestMogki at Lindblum hands you a letter for **Kumool**, who is in **Ipsen's Castle**. Carry it before you go, not after.Lost after: The chain stalls rather than breaks, but the recipient is in Ipsen's Castle and that is a one-way trip.

Memoria

• Finish everything before you come hereMissableprogressionThis is the end of the game. **Stiltzkin's eighth set, Mognet, the Stellazzio turn-in, the Treno auction chain, the Excalibur, Ozma** — all of it has to be done before you walk in, and the airship is behind you once you do.Lost after: The door past the Portal.

Entrance

• Kain's LanceMissableweaponHidden by the right-hand wall on the first screen, near the steps.Lost after: Passing the door.

Recollection

• The TowerMissableweaponOn the small platform that juts toward the camera, near the exit.Lost after: Passing the door.

The Past

• Angel FluteMissableweaponEiko's, and it **teaches Holy**. Inspect the left of the platform, just before the save point.Lost after: Passing the door.

Time Interval

• Rune ClawsMissableweapon**Amarant's best.** Behind the pillar on the left, at the foot of the stairs.Lost after: Passing the door.

Gaia's Birth

• Mace of ZeusMissableweapon**Vivi's best.** On the first platform. Our field layer files this one a screen along from where two publishers put it; take their directions.Lost after: Passing the door.

Gate to Space

• Excalibur II — the twelve-hour weaponMissableweaponHidden in the spot left of the final door. **It is only there if your total play time is under twelve hours when you reach this screen** — which means a deliberate run from a new file, not something you salvage.Lost after: The moment your file passes twelve hours. Nothing about this is recoverable.

Memoria

• Seven blue magics — the best stretch in the gameMissableenemy-skill**Stilva → Auto-Life. Behemoth → Angel's Snack. Chimera and Kraken → Frost. Tiamat → Twister. Maliris → Mustard Bomb. Lich → LV5 Death. Ash and Veteran → Doom.** Auto-Life and Angel's Snack alone are worth the detour, and no publisher page lists the set together.Lost after: Passing the door.
• Hades — the master synthesistMissablebossOptional, hidden **behind a rock formation in the ocean room**. Beating him opens the **master synthesis shop**, which is the only source of several late recipes. Steals include the **Reflect Ring, Running Shoes, Battle Boots and the Robe of Lords.**Lost after: Passing the door.
• The Phantom card playersMissableConfirmed in gamecardHidden Tetra Master opponents scattered through the dungeon — **Master, Defense, Strong, Dark and Rare Phantom**. Last card games in the game.Lost after: Passing the door.
• The Nero family — last chanceMissableConfirmed in gamesidequestOne publisher flags this as the final opportunity to finish the Nero brothers, and the window closes before the Portal rather than at the door.Lost after: The Portal.

Black Mage Village

• Kupo Nuts — the Aloha T-ShirtMissableConfirmed in gamesidequestThe Kupo Nut chain pays out here. It is the one sidequest reward in the game that is purely a joke, and it is still a reward.Lost after: Committing to Memoria.