Final Fantasy X | X-2 HD Remaster: everything you can permanently lose

The streets

• Potion x2 (the girl asking about tickets)MissableitemOn the road to the stadium, the girl in the pink top asks if you have a spare ticket. Say yes and she gives you two Potions. The only item in the area.Lost after: Going into the stadium.

The sunken ruins

• Potion x2MissableitemChest on the platform south of the Compilation Sphere, across the bridge.Lost after: Lighting the fire in the temple hall.
• 200 gilMissableitemChest on the east side of the first screen. Take it before heading north.Lost after: Lighting the fire in the temple hall.
• Hi-Potion (left branch of the walkway)MissableitemWhere the stone walkway forks, go left to the end. The save sphere is on the way.Lost after: Lighting the fire in the temple hall.

The temple hall

• X-PotionMissableitemChest on the east side of the main room, beside the big sealed door. The mini-map does not mark the spot.Lost after: Lighting the fire in the temple hall.
• EtherMissableitemChest just inside the doorway on the far side of the hall, at the foot of the stairs.Lost after: Lighting the fire in the temple hall.
• Hi-Potion (balcony)MissableitemAt the end of the upper passage, on the balcony overlooking the main room.Lost after: Lighting the fire in the temple hall.

The deck

• Potion x3 (deckhand)MissableitemTalk to the crewman on the north-west side of the deck. He hands over three Potions.Lost after: Diving from the salvage ship.
• Al Bhed Primer Vol. ICopy missablecollectibleLying on the deck in the back corner, near the deckhand. Each Primer teaches one letter of the crew's language; there are 26, and all of them count toward a trophy.Lost after: Diving from the salvage ship.Get another: A spare copy appears in the Sanubia Desert on Bikanel Island, on the oasis screen where you wake, only if this one was missed.

The beach

• 200 gil (Keepa)MissableitemOne of Wakka's teammates on the beach. Talk to him twice.Lost after: Boarding the S.S. Liki.
• Potion x3 (Jassu)MissableitemAnother of the blitzball team. Talk to him twice.Lost after: Boarding the S.S. Liki.
• Potion x2 (Botta)MissableitemTalk to him twice.Lost after: Boarding the S.S. Liki.
• Hi-Potion (Datto)MissableitemThe stubborn one. Keep talking to him — it takes four tries.Lost after: Boarding the S.S. Liki.

The village

• Phoenix Down (village entrance)Copy missableitemChest just inside the village entrance.Lost after: Boarding the S.S. Liki.Get another: Sail back from Luca by way of Kilika before the events at Macalania Temple; after that, only by defeating Dark Valefor at the village gate.
• Hi-Potion (behind the first hut on the left)Copy missableitemWalk round the back of the first hut on the left (the shop). A path runs along the west edge with three chests on it.Lost after: Boarding the S.S. Liki.Get another: Same as the village Phoenix Down.
• Potion x2 (behind the first hut on the left)Copy missableitemSecond chest on the hidden west path.Lost after: Boarding the S.S. Liki.Get another: Same as the village Phoenix Down.
• 400 gil (behind the first hut on the left)Copy missableitemThird chest on the hidden west path.Lost after: Boarding the S.S. Liki.Get another: Same as the village Phoenix Down.
• Al Bhed Primer Vol. IICopy missablecollectibleIn the Crusaders' lodge — the big tent second on the left — on the floor by the desk, just left of the door. A Crusader can stand in front of it on your first visit; walk round him.Lost after: Boarding the S.S. Liki.Get another: Sail back from Luca by way of Kilika before the events at Macalania Temple; after that, only by defeating Dark Valefor at the village gate.

Temple and Cloister of Trials

• Rod of Wisdom (Cloister of Trials hidden chest)Copy missableweaponYuna's rod, with Magic +3%, Magic +5% and Sensor. Sensor shows enemy HP and weaknesses, which is worth more this early than the magic. Optional, easy to walk past, and it matters.Lost after: Boarding the S.S. Liki.Get another: Run the Cloister again: sail back from Luca by way of Kilika before the events at Macalania Temple, or, once the airship is yours, defeat Dark Valefor at the village gate first.

The morning

• Energy Blast (Valefor's second Overdrive)Copy missableSources disagreeabilityTalk to the woman behind the shop counter — her dog has dug something up. Then find the dog in the top hut on the right and examine it. Swap to the new Overdrive in Valefor's menu.Lost after: Boarding the S.S. Liki.Get another: Sail back from Luca by way of Kilika before the events at Macalania Temple; after that, only by defeating Dark Valefor at the village gate.Sources disagree: Accounts place the dog in "the top house on the right", "the furthest house on the right" and "the last hut on the right" — the same hut, described three ways. One older account says a girl in front of the temple instead; nothing else supports it.
• Jecht Sphere (right of the temple entrance)Copy missablecollectibleNot here on this visit. One of Auron's ten spheres appears on the dirt to the right of the temple doors only after the first sphere turns up in Macalania Woods. Sail back for it from Luca by way of Kilika.Lost after: The events at Macalania Temple — the last point you can sail back to Besaid before the airship.Get another: Airship return, after defeating Dark Valefor at the village gate.

The dock

• Seeker's Ring (priest on the dock)MissablearmourYuna's armor, one slot, HP +10%. The priest hands it over as a send-off gift.Lost after: Boarding the S.S. Liki.
• Phoenix Down x3 (woman in brown)MissableitemTalk to her twice.Lost after: Boarding the S.S. Liki.
• Ether (man in long trousers)MissableitemOne conversation.Lost after: Boarding the S.S. Liki.
• Remedy (boy)MissableitemTalk to him twice.Lost after: Boarding the S.S. Liki.
• 400 gil (man in tan shorts)MissableitemOne conversation.Lost after: Boarding the S.S. Liki.

Below deck

• Al Bhed Primer Vol. IIICopy missablecollectibleThrough the door beside O'aka into the Power Room, where chocobos turn the wheel. Bottom-right corner of the screen, on the floor.Lost after: Docking at Kilika.Get another: A spare copy appears in the Sanubia Desert on Bikanel Island, under the tent where you find Wakka, only if this one was missed.

Kilika Port

• Ether (tavern chest, after the rescue)MissableitemA little girl is sitting in a half-collapsed house on the village walkways. Go in and Tidus carries her out; she runs back to the tavern and the owner tells you to help yourself to the chest.Lost after: Boarding the S.S. Winno for Luca.

Kilika Woods

• Antidote x4 (Luzzu)MissableitemLuzzu is just past the Save Sphere at the woods entrance. Talk to him a second time after his scene and he hands over four Antidotes. Keep them: the large fiend in the middle of the woods poisons.Lost after: Boarding the S.S. Winno for Luca.
• Remedy (Crusader leader at the crossroads)MissableitemThe leader of the Crusader group at the crossroads, once her two companions have gone on ahead. Talk to her twice.Lost after: Boarding the S.S. Winno for Luca.
• Hi-Potion (Crusader on the north trail)MissableitemThe leader of the second Crusader group further north along the main trail.Lost after: Boarding the S.S. Winno for Luca.
• Lord OchuMissablebossOptional. 4,649 HP, weak to fire. Poison Claw poisons, Water hits one character. Around half health it falls asleep and regenerates — magic does not wake it, physical attacks do, and waking it triggers Earthquake on the whole party. Hit it hard with Lulu's Fire while it sleeps and keep Valefor in reserve to take the Earthquake. Steal: Potion. Drops an MP Sphere, rarely HP Spheres on an overkill. Flee is allowed.Lost after: Boarding the S.S. Winno for Luca.
• Elixir (Luzzu, after Lord Ochu)MissableitemTalk to Luzzu again after Lord Ochu is dead.Lost after: Boarding the S.S. Winno for Luca.
• NulBlaze ShieldMissableSources disagreearmourGo back to the Crusader who gave you the Remedy after Lord Ochu is dead and talk to her again. Tidus's shield, one slot, SOS NulBlaze.Lost after: Boarding the S.S. Winno for Luca.Sources disagree: The Crusader who gives it is described both as the Remedy leader and as a different leader at the same crossroads.
• Phoenix Down x3 (fleeing the large fiend)MissableitemA third Crusader reward exists. The reported trigger is approaching Lord Ochu from the west side and fleeing the fight; it can be had only once. Do it before you fight him for real.Lost after: Boarding the S.S. Winno for Luca.

Deck and bridge

• Al Bhed Primer Vol. VCopy missablecollectibleOn the bridge — the second door on the deck — lying on the green carpet just behind the helmsman. Easy to walk straight past.Lost after: Docking at Luca.Get another: A spare copy appears in the Sanubia Desert on Bikanel Island, by the rubble near where Kimahri is found, only if this one was missed.
• Jecht Shot (blitzball technique)Copy missableSources disagreeabilityWalk up to the blitzball at the front of the deck. After a flashback and a practice round, lines of taunting dialogue appear one after another; press the confirm button together with the direction matching each one before time runs out. Succeed and Tidus can use the Jecht Shot in every blitzball match from here on — it knocks two defenders aside on the way to goal. Fail and the trip simply continues, so reload.Lost after: Docking at Luca.Get another: Riding the boat between Luca and Kilika again later. The ball on the deck can be tried once more on a later crossing.Sources disagree: Sources agree you get one try on this crossing, but disagree on whether a later crossing gives another chance at all. Save first either way.
• Achievement: StrikerCopy missableachievementUnlocks when the Jecht Shot lands.Lost after: Docking at Luca.Get another: Same as the Jecht Shot — a later boat crossing.

The tournament

• Strength Sphere (win the final)Copy missableitemThe prize for winning. Not worth more than a couple of retries.Lost after: Losing or drawing the tournament final.Get another: Strength Spheres drop freely later in the game.

South End

• Antidote x2 (girl by the Save Sphere)Copy missableitemThe girl with pigtails just north of the Save Sphere.Lost after: Passing the Mushroom Rock gate.Get another: Antidotes are sold in every shop.
• Hi-Potion (man in yellow)Copy missableitemA traveller on the first screen.Lost after: Passing the Mushroom Rock gate.Get another: Hi-Potions are common.
• Hunter's Spear (traveller)Copy missableweaponKimahri's spear, three slots: Piercing, Sensor and Strength +10%. A man in blue who walks the South End near the stairs hands it over. Talk to everyone here.Lost after: Passing the Mushroom Rock gate.Get another: Spears with the same abilities drop later.
• Echo Ring (win the duel)Copy missablearmourYuna's armor, two slots: HP +10% and Silence Ward.Lost after: Losing Belgemine's first duel.Get another: Rings with the same abilities drop later.
• Seeker's Ring (lose the duel)Copy missablearmourYuna's armor, the consolation prize. Two slots, HP +10%.Lost after: Winning Belgemine's first duel.Get another: Rings with the same abilities drop later.

Highroad South

• Red Ring (running Crusader)Copy missableSources disagreearmourA Crusader jogging along the road hands it over when you talk to him. Yuna's armor, two slots: HP +10% and Fire Ward.Lost after: Passing the Mushroom Rock gate.Get another: Armor with the same abilities drops later.Sources disagree: Two walkthroughs call this gift the Red Ring; one calls it a Fire Ring.
• Soft x3 (the blitzball kid)Copy missableitemA loose blitzball rolls up after a short scene. Do not kick it. Talk to the little boy chasing it instead and he gives you three Softs.Lost after: Kicking the boy's blitzball away.Get another: Softs are sold in shops.

Highroad Central

• Lv. 1 Key Sphere (walking man)Copy missableitemA man walking up the road from the south. Useful straight away for opening locks on the Sphere Grid, especially on the Expert grid.Lost after: Passing the Mushroom Rock gate.Get another: Lv. 1 Key Spheres drop freely later.
• Antidote x4 (Crusader)Copy missableSources disagreeitemA Crusader on the road.Lost after: Passing the Mushroom Rock gate.Get another: Antidotes are sold in every shop.Sources disagree: Some walkthroughs list two different people here who each give four Antidotes; the rest list one.
• 600 gil (pacing Crusader)MissableitemA Crusader pacing back and forth on the trail.Lost after: Passing the Mushroom Rock gate.
• Ether (by the wagon)Copy missableitemWalk up to the wagon and it pulls aside. The Crusader on the left of the road beside it has the Ether.Lost after: Passing the Mushroom Rock gate.Get another: Ethers are sold later.
• Hi-Potion (woman by the sign)Copy missableitemA woman further up the path, past the wagon.Lost after: Passing the Mushroom Rock gate.Get another: Hi-Potions are common.

Rin's Travel Agency

• Lv. 1 Key Sphere (young man at the door)Copy missableitemHe stops you on your way out of the agency the first time.Lost after: Passing the Mushroom Rock gate.Get another: Lv. 1 Key Spheres drop freely later.
• Lv. 1 Key Sphere x2 (push it off the cliff)Copy missableitemOnly for shoving it over the edge. Killing it outright still earns the free chocobo ride; getting shoved off costs you the ride as well.Lost after: Killing the Chocobo Eater, or being pushed off the cliff yourself.Get another: Lv. 1 Key Spheres drop freely later.

Oldroad

• O'aka XXIII — last chance to lendMissablesidequestHe paces the Oldroad near the Save Sphere. Talk to him from the saddle. Your running total sets his prices for good: more than 10,000 gil lent overall buys a 30% discount when he shows up later; 1,001–10,000 still means a 20% mark-up. Sell spare gear if you are short.Lost after: Passing the Mushroom Rock gate.

The road in

• Ether (Crusader at the entrance)MissableitemThe Crusaders milling about on the first screen, before Clasko waves you left. Two of them wander off and come back; wait for them.Lost after: Starting Operation Mi'ihen at the command post.
• Hi-Potion (Crusader at the entrance)MissableitemThe Crusader standing still near the one with the Ether.Lost after: Starting Operation Mi'ihen at the command post.
• Phoenix Down x2 (Crusader at the entrance)MissableitemThe third Crusader on the same screen.Lost after: Starting Operation Mi'ihen at the command post.

The valley

• Hi-Potion (soldier past the Save Sphere)MissableitemThe lone soldier on the screen after the Save Sphere, before the first lift.Lost after: Starting Operation Mi'ihen at the command post.
• Potion x10 (soldier by the gil chest)MissableitemThe soldier guarding the 1,000 gil chest.Lost after: Starting Operation Mi'ihen at the command post.

The precipice

• X-Potion (soldier off the lift)MissableitemThe soldier straight ahead as you step off the lift.Lost after: Starting Operation Mi'ihen at the command post.
• 400 gil (Crusader on the spiral path)MissableitemA Crusader pacing the spiral path on the overhead screen. Catch him on the way back from the Primer.Lost after: Starting Operation Mi'ihen at the command post.
• Mega-Potion (Crusader at the last lift)MissableitemThe Crusader by the stairs at the final lift up to the command post.Lost after: Starting Operation Mi'ihen at the command post.

South Bank Road

• Dragon Scale x2 (beat Belgemine)Copy missableitemThe prize for winning. Losing gets you Smoke Bomb x6 instead. One Dragon Scale teaches an aeon Watera once you hold the Summoner's Soul.Lost after: Losing the duel with Belgemine.Get another: Dragon Scales drop from enemies later in the game.

Rin's Travel Agency

• Al Bhed Primer Vol. XIVCopy missablecollectibleInside the agency, save, talk to Rikku, and Rin walks in and asks how your Al Bhed is coming along. Answer "Okay" and he hands you the Primer. The book on the counter is a storybook about the stones, not a Primer.Lost after: Leaving the agency the next morning without having spoken to Rin.Get another: A spare copy appears in the Sanubia Desert on Bikanel Island, in the small dead-end shortly after you find Rikku, only if this one was missed.

Temple approach

• 400 gil (Al Bhed soldier)MissableitemThe wounded Al Bhed sitting at the foot of the temple stairs. Talk to him.Lost after: The fight upstairs in Macalania Temple.

Temple hall

• Shell Targe (Tromell)MissablearmourThe elderly Guado who greets you at the door hands it over. Rikku's armor, one slot, SOS Shell. Weak — take it for completeness.Lost after: The fight upstairs in Macalania Temple.
• Hi-Potion x2 (man in the right-hand room)MissableitemTalk to the man standing by the Remedy chest.Lost after: The fight upstairs in Macalania Temple.
• Ether and Elixir (people in the left-hand room)MissableitemTalk to both people in the room with the Phoenix Down chest. One gives an Ether, the other an Elixir.Lost after: The fight upstairs in Macalania Temple.

Under the lake

• Lv. 2 Key Sphere (under the lake)MissableitemThe chest Kimahri is standing beside. Talk to him or walk round.Lost after: Talking to Auron under the lake.
• AvengerMissableweaponThe chest at the back, by Auron. Tidus's sword, one slot, Counterattack. Talking to Auron moves the story on, so open it first.Lost after: Talking to Auron under the lake.

Outside

• Hi-Potion x2 (fallen Al Bhed)MissableitemSearch the body of the fallen Al Bhed outside the entrance.Lost after: Going through the door into Home.
• Al Bhed Primer Vol. XIXMissablecollectibleOn the ground on the left side of the area outside the entrance, near the fallen soldiers. There is no second copy anywhere.Lost after: Going through the door into Home.

The upper rooms

• Al Bhed Potion x4 (foot of the first stairs)MissableitemHalf-hidden by smoke at the bottom of the stairs. Turn round once you are down them.Lost after: Taking the doorway beside the Save Sphere in the main corridor.
• Al Bhed Primer Vol. XXMissablecollectibleThe room through the door on the left at the top of the stairs. Win the fight inside (a guard and two Dual Horns) and the Primer is on the bed.Lost after: Taking the doorway beside the Save Sphere in the main corridor.
• Chest of Dreams (one pick)MissableitemThe left-hand chest in the bedroom asks what it holds. The grid is Bomb, Elixir, Hi-Potion / Mega-Potion, Soft, Chimera / Potion, Remedy, Evil Eye. The three fiend names start a fight. Pick **Elixir**, top row, middle. One pick only.Lost after: Taking the doorway beside the Save Sphere in the main corridor.
• Friend Sphere (password chest)MissableitemThe right-hand chest in the bedroom wants three words in Al Bhed. Sorry — bottom row, middle. Wait — middle row, right. Pardon — middle row, middle. The answers do not depend on which Primers you hold.Lost after: Taking the doorway beside the Save Sphere in the main corridor.

The three-way split

• Al Bhed Potion x6 (middle path)MissableitemThe corridor splits three ways below the stairs. The Save Sphere is on the left path — do not use its doorway yet. This chest is down the middle path.Lost after: Taking the doorway beside the Save Sphere in the main corridor.
• Al Bhed Primer Vol. XXIMissablecollectibleOn the ground at the end of the right-hand path.Lost after: Taking the doorway beside the Save Sphere in the main corridor.
• Skill Sphere (quiz chest)MissableitemThrough the doorway on the right at the end of the right-hand path (a guard and two Chimeras inside). The right-hand chest asks four questions: answer with the third, fourth, second, then first option — Yes, Brother, Bikanel Island, Al Bhed.Lost after: Taking the doorway beside the Save Sphere in the main corridor.
• Special Sphere (number chest)MissableSources disagreeitemThe left-hand chest in the same room. It describes each of four digits as a sum of two numbers: the first digit is an addition, the second a subtraction, the third a multiplication, the fourth an addition. Work each one out and enter the four-digit result.Lost after: Taking the doorway beside the Save Sphere in the main corridor.Sources disagree: Two guides say the numbers change from game to game and only the operations are fixed; one prints a single fixed code, 5633.

Past the Save Sphere

• Lv. 2 Key Sphere (foot of the lower stairs)MissableitemThe chest on the right at the bottom of the stairs after the fight.Lost after: Boarding the airship.
• Lv. 4 Key Sphere (hidden chest)MissableSources disagreeitemPartly hidden on the far left of the same room, behind the stairs.Lost after: Boarding the airship.Sources disagree: One guide also lists a Lv. 4 Key Sphere in the quiz room upstairs. There is only one; it is down here.
• 10,000 gil (the next room)MissableitemThrough the next door there is a long scene. The chest is in the south-west corner of that room. The door after it moves the story on.Lost after: Boarding the airship.

The airship

• Al Bhed Potion x4 (Al Bhed in the cabin)MissableitemTalk to the Al Bhed on the left side of the last room before the deck save sphere. Free, and exactly what the fight upstairs wants.Lost after: Going up to the top deck for the boss.

Bevelle — Priests' Passage

• Al Bhed Primer Vol. XXIIMissablecollectibleLying on the floor of the passage you walk down after the scene at the top of the tower, before the save sphere and the trial. Pick it up — it is the only copy.Lost after: Entering the Cloister of Trials. Bevelle cannot be revisited.

Bevelle — Cloister of Trials

• HP Sphere (Cloister chest, top of the stairs)MissableSources disagreeitemThis is the Bevelle Destruction Sphere chest. Open it regardless. After the Destruction Sphere is placed, go back to the walkway and pull the Bevelle Sphere out of its wall recess, carry it across the newly lit path, climb the stairs and set it in the recess at the far wall. The chest on the right opens. Do not drift further right than the chest.Lost after: Walking right past the glowing glyph to leave the Cloister. Bevelle cannot be revisited.Sources disagree: Accounts disagree on whether this chest is what lights Bevelle's statue at Baaj. Some say the statue lights for everyone because the Destruction Sphere must be placed to finish this trial; others say a skipped chest leaves the statue dark and Anima locked for the playthrough.
• Knight Lance (Kimahri)MissableweaponThree slots: Strength +3%, Strength +5%, Strength +10% — and no Piercing, unlike his usual spears. Once the HP Sphere chest is open, step on the glyph that appears under it; the pedestal slides to you. Push it onto the new track and ride it to the chest. A bonus, not the Destruction Sphere chest.Lost after: Walking right past the glowing glyph to leave the Cloister. Bevelle cannot be revisited.

Yuna's maze

• Mega-Potion (Kimahri's room)MissableitemIn the room where Kimahri is waiting.Lost after: Leaving the Via Purifico.
• Wht Magic Sphere (Lulu's room)MissableSources disagreeitemThe large room east of the T-junction, south of Auron's room, where Lulu is.Lost after: Leaving the Via Purifico.Sources disagree: One guide lists two White Magic Spheres in this chest; the others list one.
• Elixir (south room with the glyph)MissableitemThe room south of the T-junction, among the rubble. There is a glyph in the same room; touch it.Lost after: Leaving the Via Purifico.
• Blk Magic Sphere (room with the floor glyph)MissableitemNorth of the starting area, past the first right turn. The floor glyph in this room moves the single teleporter in the centre room so it reaches the north-west part of the maze.Lost after: Leaving the Via Purifico.
• Skill Sphere (teleporter room)MissableitemOne of the two obvious chests in the room the moved teleporter delivers you to. Ride the teleporter when its arrow points west on the minimap.Lost after: Leaving the Via Purifico.
• Lucid Ring (teleporter room)MissablearmourA ring for Yuna, in the other obvious chest in the teleporter room. Three slots: Silence Ward, Confuse Ward and Poison Ward.Lost after: Leaving the Via Purifico.
• 10,000 gil (hidden chest by the gate)MissableitemAgainst the gate in the teleporter room, hard to see. Walk along the gate pressing confirm until it opens.Lost after: Leaving the Via Purifico.

Underwater

• Rematch (Wakka)MissableweaponWakka's ball, one slot, Evade & Counter. In the chest just before the turn after the fight.Lost after: Opening the gate locks during the Evrae Altana fight, or leaving the Via Purifico.
• Avenger (Tidus)MissableweaponTidus's sword, one slot, Counterattack. In the chest just before the next open room.Lost after: Opening the gate locks during the Evrae Altana fight, or leaving the Via Purifico.

Chamber of the Fayth

• Teleport Sphere x2 (paying triple)Copy missableitemOffer three times what he asks at any point and he throws in two Teleport Spheres. Not worth 600,000-plus gil on any normal run.Lost after: Hiring him at any price below triple his asking price.Get another: Teleport Spheres are sold, dropped and stolen elsewhere later; only this bonus is lost.

Mountain Gate

• Steal: Lv. 3 Key Sphere (both Ronso)Copy missableitemEach Ronso carries one — common and rare slots both give a Lv. 3 Key Sphere. Steal or Mug both. They are scarce for a long time.Lost after: The end of the fight at the gate.Get another: Lv. 3 Key Spheres drop later (Yunalesca, the Monster Arena); only these copies are lost.

Mountain trail

• Talk to WantzMissablesidequestO'aka's brother, standing on the trail. Sells Booster Cactuar (Lulu, Magic Booster), Survivor (Rikku, Alchemy), four-slot armour, and Holy Water. Buy Holy Water for the next fight; sell spare gear if you are short of gil.Lost after: Leaving the mountain without speaking to him — he only turns up later, in Macalania Woods, if you met him here.

The Beyond

• Sun CrestCopy missablekey-itemAfter the last fight, walk down either staircase at the back of the room. You are warped to the top of the other one and a chest appears. Tidus's celestial crest.Lost after: Leaving the Beyond after the fight without opening the chest.Get another: Beat Dark Bahamut, who guards the room on later visits (International content; see the Dark Aeons guide).

Luca: the opening

• Talk to the moogle on Dock 2MissablesceneThe big moogle crouched between the crates on Dock 2. Talking to it refills HP and MP and is worth nothing on the spot, but it unlocks a short Yuna narration on the Chapter 1 Luca return visit. Without it that scene never plays, Story Completion cannot reach 100%, and the Perfect Ending and its achievement are gone for this save.Lost after: Moving on to Dock 3 during the opening chase.

The Celsius

• Al Bhed Primers x4 (Buddy and Brother)Copy missablecollectibleTalk to Buddy and Brother on the bridge on your first arrival: one from Buddy, three from Brother. Primer numbers depend on the order you collect them in, so the volumes you see here vary from save to save.Lost after: The end of Chapter 1.Get another: Missed primers can be dug up in the Bikanel Desert, up to the final battle.
• Scene: talk to Rikku ("Having fun?")MissablesceneAt her console on the bridge.Lost after: Leaving the Celsius for the Floating Ruins mission.
• Scene: talk to PaineMissablesceneOn the bridge. Yuna narrates who she is.Lost after: Leaving the Celsius for the Floating Ruins mission.
• Scene: talk to ShinraMissablesceneAt his station at the back of the bridge.Lost after: Leaving the Celsius for the Floating Ruins mission.
• Scene: watch the Journey's Start sphereMissablesceneShinra → Treasure Spheres → Journey's Start.Lost after: The end of Chapter 1.
• Scene: talk to the BarkeepMissablesceneThe Hypello in the cabin. His first greeting counts; you will be talking to him anyway to rest.Lost after: Leaving the Celsius for the Floating Ruins mission.

Mt. Gagazet: Floating Ruins

• Scene: win "Outrun the Leblanc Syndicate!"MissablesceneReach the marked ledge at the top before the timer runs out. The clock stops in battle and in the menu. Required for 100%.Lost after: The race timer reaching zero. Reload the save from before the mission.

Back on the Celsius

• Scene: comfort BrotherMissablesceneBrother is on the floor of the bridge. Talk to him first and choose "Comfort him". Talk to Shinra first and Brother joins that conversation instead, and the scene is gone.Lost after: Talking to Shinra on the bridge before Brother.

Kilika Port

• Scene: Dona throws Barthello outMissablescenePlays as you walk up to Dona's hut in the north district.Lost after: The end of Chapter 1 (beating the boss at Kilika Temple).
• Scene: talk to DonaMissablesceneGo inside once Barthello has gone.Lost after: The end of Chapter 1 (beating the boss at Kilika Temple).
• Side quest: the camera operator, 1 of 3 (Invincible)MissablesidequestThe man with the camera on the eastern docks. When he says "Go ahead, take a look!", answer "Okay, thanks!". Do the same in Chapters 3 and 5 and the last visit pays the Invincible accessory, which carries Break Damage Limit.Lost after: The end of Chapter 1 (beating the boss at Kilika Temple).

Luca

• Scene: "Behind the Scenes" (balloons)MissablesceneLuca is optional this chapter. Landing starts the mission: Yuna, still in the moogle suit, gets ten balloons from the concert worker by the vendor booth southeast of the statue in Luca Square. Give one to everyone in the plaza except the running child and the soldier in green; two of them are behind the glass wall in the northwest corner. Worth about 1.6% with what follows.Lost after: The end of Chapter 1 (beating the boss at Kilika Temple).
• Scene: Yuna remembers the moogle ("Rikku sure was having fun")MissablescenePlays during Behind the Scenes only if Rikku talked to the Dock 2 moogle in the opening chase. 0.2%, and one of the scenes the Perfect Ending needs.Lost after: Walking past the Dock 2 moogle in the opening, or ending Chapter 1 without doing Behind the Scenes.
• Healing Wind (garment grid)Missablegarment-gridAwarded the moment the tenth balloon goes. Casts Cure, with Cura and Curaga behind its gates.Lost after: The end of Chapter 1 (beating the boss at Kilika Temple).
• Thunder Spawn (garment grid, Dock 5)MissableSources disagreegarment-gridFrom the stadium entrance go southeast to Dock 5, round the left side to the back, and into the gap behind the cargo stacks. Thunder and Lightning Eater, with Thundara and Thundaga behind its gates.Lost after: The end of Chapter 2.Sources disagree: One walkthrough says the chest is still there in Chapter 5. Two others, including a dedicated missables list, close it after Chapter 2.
• Al Bhed Primer (Rin)Copy missablecollectibleRin is at the end of the locker-room corridor in Stadium Basement A.Lost after: The end of Chapter 1.Get another: Missed primers can be dug up in the Bikanel Desert, up to the final battle.
• Scene: Rin ("Ah, the Lady Yuna.")Copy missablesceneTalking to him introduces Sphere Break.Lost after: The end of Chapter 1 (beating the boss at Kilika Temple).Get another: One walkthrough says Rin's entry in Shinra's Dossiers on the Celsius plays the same line if you leave Luca without him.

Mi'ihen Highroad

• Scene: Yuna remembers the HighroadMissablescenePlays by itself the first time you arrive, from the airship or up the steps from Luca. Worth 0.2%.Lost after: The end of Chapter 1, if you never set foot on the Highroad this chapter.

Mushroom Rock Road

• Scene: accept Yaibal's requestMissablesceneYaibal stops you just past the Save Sphere at the top of the road. Either answer to "remember me?" is fine. Then accept his gauntlet; Rikku's cheer is the 0.2% scene.Lost after: Answering "Not right now" to Yaibal. Accepting later does not bring it back.
• Scene: talk to Clasko (beside Yaibal)MissablesceneThe nervous man in green next to Yaibal. His sigh is a 0.2% line and is easy to walk past.Lost after: The end of Chapter 1. Talk to him before you head down the road, while he is standing next to Yaibal.
• Mission: Foggy Fiend Frenzy!MissablesidequestCross the road and the gorge to the lift at the far end. Fog rolls in and out; encounters are heavier while it is down. The Tonberries here have 9,999 HP and pay badly — run.Lost after: The end of Chapter 1.

The Ravine

• Scene: the Den of Woe entrance (Ormi)MissablesceneThe tunnel just north of the Ravine Save Sphere. It is off the mission route and nothing tells you to go in. Walking to the door plays it.Lost after: The end of Chapter 1.
• Scene: "Remember me?" at the Den of Woe doorMissablesceneExamine the sealed door, then talk to the man behind you and answer "Of course I do!". He sends you on your way afterwards.Lost after: The end of Chapter 1.
• Crimson Sphere 9Missablekey-itemThe goons drop it as they run out of the tunnel; your party picks it up in the scene. All ten Crimson Spheres are needed to open the Den of Woe in Chapter 5, and there is no second copy.Lost after: The end of Chapter 1, if you never walk into the Den of Woe entrance this chapter.

Youth League Headquarters

• Restless SleepMissablegarment-gridOn the upper level outside the headquarters. Walk right from the Save Sphere to the cliff edge and drop down the small ledge on the east side. Later chapters do not put it back.Lost after: The end of Chapter 1.
• Scene: Lucil, "It's been too long, Lady Yuna"MissablesceneLucil, in front of the big tent. First conversation.Lost after: The end of Chapter 1.
• Scene: Lucil, second conversationMissablesceneTalk to her again straight away. Rikku's remark about all the weirdos is the line that counts. A third talk adds nothing.Lost after: The end of Chapter 1.
• Scene: Maechen's greetingMissablesceneThe old man sitting to the right of the entrance. His greeting is the first of three lines.Lost after: The end of Chapter 1.
• Scene: Maechen's whole story, uninterruptedMissablesceneAnswer "By all means" and then let him talk. If a menu comes up while he is talking, either option shortens the story and the 1.4% is gone. This is the largest single scene in the area.Lost after: Cutting him off with "Please, go on" or "Enough, enough!".
• Scene: shake Maechen's handMissablesceneWhen he finishes, say "Of course". His thanks is the third line.Lost after: Answering anything but "Of course" when he offers his hand.
• Scenes: Mushroom Rock Road (automatic)MissablesceneThe mission's own cutscenes. They play as you go and add 1.0% between them.Lost after: The end of Chapter 1, if you never run the mission.

Back on the Celsius

• Scene: Crimson Record 9MissableSources disagreesceneShinra on the bridge, "Treasure Spheres". Only appears once you hold Crimson Sphere 9. Worth 0.2%.Lost after: The end of Chapter 1.Sources disagree: One guide says the recording stays in the menu and still counts if you watch it in a later chapter. Treat Chapter 1 as the window.

Back on Mushroom Rock Road

• Scene: invite Clasko aboardMissablesceneBack on the road, Clasko waits on the right near the Save Sphere and asks for a ride. Answer "The more the merrier!". This starts the chain that leads to the Alchemist dressphere and the Chocobo Ranch.Lost after: The end of Chapter 1.
• Scene: Clasko in the cabinMissablesceneUp the stairs at the back of the Celsius cabin, by the window. "Why won't the room stop shaking?"Lost after: The end of Chapter 1.

Djose Temple

• Al Bhed Primer (Gippal)Copy missablecollectibleGippal hands it over after the first scene inside the temple.Lost after: The end of Chapter 1.Get another: Missed primers can be dug up in the Bikanel Desert, up to the final battle.
• Scenes: Djose Temple (automatic)MissablesceneThe temple and Gippal scenes count 1.0% between them. You see them all just by doing the visit.Lost after: The end of Chapter 1, if you skip Djose this chapter.

Moonflow

• Scene: talk to Tobli firstMissablesceneWarp in from the Celsius. Tobli is the small man in red running around the South Bank, east of the wharf. Talk to him before you go anywhere near the Hypello. Worth 0.2%, and without it this chapter cannot reach 100%.Lost after: Talking to the Hypello on the South Bank Road, which starts the escort.
• Mission: Shave the Hypello? (no cargo lost)MissablesidequestSave at the Save Sphere one screen west of Tobli first. The Hypello is south down the South Bank Road with a chocobo wagon. Walk just ahead of it; bandits come in three waves of one, two and two. Run at each one and press the button to fight before it reaches the wagon. Five crates in, five crates out.Lost after: A bandit getting away with a crate. Reload and run it again.
• Circlet (perfect escort)Copy missableaccessoryPart of Tobli's reward for bringing all five crates home. Magic and Magic Defense +10.Lost after: Losing any cargo on the escort.Get another: The Highroad has a Circlet chest of its own.
• Helios Guard (perfect escort)Missablegarment-gridThe third part of the perfect reward.Lost after: Losing any cargo on the escort.
• Scenes: Moonflow (automatic)MissablesceneThe escort's own scenes, about 0.4% between them.Lost after: The end of Chapter 1, if you skip the escort.

Guadosalam

• Scene: the Farplane entranceMissablesceneGo west from the Save Sphere, follow the south wall round the U-turn and up the slope to the Farplane gate. It is shut; Yuna narrates. 0.2%. There are no chests in Guadosalam this chapter.Lost after: The end of Chapter 1.
• Scene: arriving in GuadosalamMissablescenePlays by itself when you walk in from the Moonflow.Lost after: The end of Chapter 1, if you never come here this chapter.

Thunder Plains

• Scene: Rikku and the thunderMissablescenePlays as you enter, straight down the corridor from Guadosalam's lower Save Sphere.Lost after: The end of Chapter 1, if you never cross the plains this chapter.

Macalania Woods

• Scene: BayraMissablesceneThe bird harpist in blue, near the south entrance. His scene plays as you approach.Lost after: The end of Chapter 1.
• Scene: DongaMissablesceneEast from the Save Sphere, past the Guado and the guards to the four-way junction, then the bottom path to the spring. The frog drummer fades out once you talk to him.Lost after: The end of Chapter 1.
• Scene: PukutakMissablesceneThe cat horn player on the trail in the next area. Keep talking until she fades.Lost after: The end of Chapter 1.
• Scenes: Tromell (three lines)MissablesceneThe Guado with turquoise hair at the spring northeast of Lake Road. Talk to him four times; three of the four conversations count, 0.6% in all. He leaves after the fourth.Lost after: The end of Chapter 1.
• Full ThrottleMissableSources disagreedressphereTromell's gift after the fourth talk. Paine's special dressphere, and the first special dressphere you get. Four talks in Chapter 2 should still earn it, but take it now regardless.Lost after: The end of Chapter 2.Sources disagree: One missables list treats Tromell's dressphere as a Chapter 1-only pickup. Several walkthroughs, including that guide's own Chapter 2 page, say four talks at the spring in Chapter 2 still give it.
• Unerring PathMissablegarment-gridComes with Full Throttle. Fill every gate on this grid in battle and Paine can change into her special dressphere.Lost after: The end of Chapter 2.

Lake Macalania

• Al Bhed Primer (travel agency)Copy missableSources disagreecollectibleLake Road northwest to the agency. If the scene does not give it to you, talk to the Al Bhed woman standing outside.Lost after: The end of Chapter 1.Get another: Missed primers can be dug up in the Bikanel Desert, up to the final battle.Sources disagree: Three guides have the primer handed over in the scene at the agency front; two say you have to talk to the Al Bhed woman outside the shop afterwards.
• Mission: Follow That O'aka!MissablesidequestWalk past O'aka at the agency and he bolts. Follow him back to Lake Road and take the shimmering path; it has no random encounters, only a forced Amorphous Gel fight you can run from.Lost after: The end of Chapter 1.

The O'aka chase

• Scene: hide O'aka on the airshipMissablesceneHe ends up in the far campsite: east twice from the woods entrance, then north. Talk to the old Guado for hints, then examine the tree in the northwest corner. Choose "Let's hide him on the airship!". Handing him over still pays the grid but costs Story Completion.Lost after: Choosing to hand him over instead.
• Scene: O'aka's shop in the cabinMissablesceneBack on the Celsius, talk to O'aka in the cabin and open his shop. He owes 100,000 gil and pays it down as you buy from him; that debt matters in later chapters.Lost after: The end of Chapter 1.
• Scenes: Macalania (automatic)MissablesceneThe agency and chase scenes add 0.6% between them.Lost after: The end of Chapter 1, if you never visit.

Bikanel Desert

• Scene: lost in the desertMissablesceneFollow Rikku across the dunes through a few forced fights until the party drops. You come round at the excavation camp. Counts toward Story Completion.Lost after: The end of Chapter 1.
• Al Bhed Primer (excavation camp)Copy missablecollectibleHanded to you as you wake in the camp. Primers are numbered in the order you receive them, so the number on yours depends on your route.Lost after: The end of Chapter 1.Get another: Missed primers can be dug up in the Bikanel Desert, up to the final battle.
• Scene: Nhadala rides inMissablesceneNeeds the Letter of Introduction from Djose. Go to the upper right of the camp and talk to the two Al Bhed facing each other, twice each. Nhadala arrives. Give her the letter.Lost after: The end of Chapter 1.
• Mission: Can You Dig It?MissablesceneTell the hover pilot "Western Expanse", the only site open. You get 60 seconds: walk Yuna onto the yellow X for the part you need, then get back to the hover. **Leave the white X marks alone this chapter.** The desert's three stops together are worth 0.8% Story Completion.Lost after: The end of Chapter 1.
• Still of NightMissablegarment-gridNhadala's reward for the dig. Auto-abilities Silence and Blind; gates add Silenceproof, Silencetouch, Darkproof and Darktouch.Lost after: The end of Chapter 1.

Bevelle

• Scene: arriving in BevelleMissablesceneYuna's voice-over as you land. Counts toward Story Completion.Lost after: The end of Chapter 1.
• Scene: meeting BaralaiMissablesceneRun the highbridge and walk through the gate toward New Yevon headquarters. The two Bevelle scenes together are worth 0.6%.Lost after: The end of Chapter 1.
• Tiara (from Baralai)MissableaccessoryInside headquarters, ride the lift to the next level and talk to Baralai again. Easy to walk past because the scene already looks finished.Lost after: Leaving Bevelle for the last time in Chapter 1.

The Calm Lands

• Scene: the two companiesMissablescenePlays on your first entry: Rikku and Paine explain the rival attraction companies. Worth 0.2%.Lost after: The end of Chapter 1.

Mt. Gagazet

• Scene: arriving on the mountainMissablesceneShort scene on landing, then a reunion with Kimahri a few steps on. Worth 0.4% between them. The mountain itself is optional this chapter.Lost after: The end of Chapter 1.
• Kimahri: "You have to learn to deal with these things!"Copy missableSources disagreedressphereTalk to Kimahri again after the scene, more than once if needed, until this option appears. It counts toward the Trainer dressphere he gives in Chapter 3. Give the right answer here and again in Chapter 2.Lost after: The end of Chapter 1.Get another: The same conversation with Kimahri in Chapter 2, which is the last chance.Sources disagree: Sources split on the Trainer condition. Most say one right answer to Kimahri, in Chapter 1 or Chapter 2, is enough; one says it takes the right answer in both chapters; one counts only the Chapter 2 answer. Answer right both times and the question never matters.

Zanarkand Ruins

• Scene: Isaaru on the hillMissablesceneA crowd blocks the road. Walk up the slope and talk to the man there; your answer to his first question does not matter. The crowd clears. Zanarkand's scenes and mission together are worth 1.8%.Lost after: The end of Chapter 1.
• Cid: "You bet I do!"Copy missablesceneIn the room below the lift, after the save point. Neither answer scores anything now; the follow-up scene later is worth 0.2%.Lost after: Answering "Not really." when Cid asks if you have a bone to pick.Get another: "Not really." still leaves one chance at the follow-up scene, in Chapter 3. "You bet I do!" gives two, in Chapters 2 and 3.

The Beyond

• Heart RebornMissablegarment-gridOn the platform past the Great Hall, a voice asks for a password (Rikku answers) and then the meaning of life. The right answer earns the grid. Auto-abilities Cure and Life; the blue gate adds Cura, blue-and-red Curaga. An early healing grid worth equipping.Lost after: Answering the voice's "meaning of life" question with anything except "Is that you, Isaaru?"

The temple stairs

• Menace of the DeepMissablegarment-gridExtra soldiers join group 4 mid-exchange: five now, so **"Carved Monkey"**. Answer right and the grid is yours. Auto-abilities Water and Water Eater; the yellow gate adds Waterstrike, red-and-green Watera, all three Waterga.Lost after: A wrong password from the last group, which starts a fight instead.

Aboard the Celsius

• Al Bhed Primer (Shinra's sphere analysis)Copy missablecollectibleTalk to Shinra on the bridge as the chapter opens and say yes ("Sure") when he offers to show you what he found on the sphere. The primer comes after the video.Lost after: The end of Chapter 2.Get another: Missed primers can be dug up in the Bikanel Desert, up to the final battle.
• Enterprise (musicians)MissableSources disagreeaccessoryAfter the scenes and Yuna's nap, go back to the hallway. If the musicians are standing there again, talk to the heavier one and push them into the lift.Lost after: The end of Chapter 2.Sources disagree: One walkthrough gives this for pushing the musicians into the lift again after Yuna's nap, and only if the Chapter 1 Moonflow mission went properly. Four others describe the push as the one scripted errand before the show and never mention the accessory.
• Rest in the Celsius cabin (Chapter 2)MissableprogressionTalk to Barkeep and choose to rest. The nap the story gives you does not count; you have to ask for one yourself. Resting in every chapter unlocks a scene in Chapter 5 and is part of the Sweet Perfection achievement.Lost after: The end of Chapter 2.

The Awesome Sphere

• Scene: return the Awesome Sphere to the Youth LeagueCopy missablesceneTalk to Brother on the bridge and choose Mushroom Rock Road. This is the only side that can finish one playthrough at 100% Story Completion. New Yevon gets a few extra items and a mission, but fewer story scenes. The handover scenes start as soon as you arrive.Lost after: Choosing Bevelle (New Yevon) when Brother asks where to take the sphere. The choice is final for the playthrough.Get another: New Game Plus only. Story Completion carries over, so a second run that makes the other choice adds the scenes this run did not have.
• Scene: hand the sphere to NoojCopy missablesceneThe long set of handover scenes at Mushroom Rock Road. Automatic once you land.Lost after: Choosing Bevelle (New Yevon) instead.Get another: New Game Plus.

Besaid

• Scene: beat Beclem's score in the Gunner's GauntletMissablesceneTalk to the Aurochs outside the village to meet Beclem, then take the tutorial before you start. Score more than 500 points and reach the beach inside seven minutes. Worth 0.8%.Lost after: The end of Chapter 2.

Kilika

• Scene: Dona and the townspeopleMissablescenePlays where you land, by the Save Sphere. Talk to Dona and the people around her afterwards. Worth 0.2%.Lost after: The end of Chapter 2.

Luca

• Scene: Shelinda's interviewMissablesceneWalk into the square. L1 and R1 switch camera during the broadcast. Worth 0.8%.Lost after: The end of Chapter 2.
• Covetous (Shelinda's gift)MissableSources disagreegarment-gridAnswer "That's right." to be safe. The grid is handed over after the interview.Lost after: The end of Chapter 2.Sources disagree: Two walkthroughs say you must answer Shelinda's question truthfully ("That's right."); one says the answers do not matter.

Cuckoo for Chocobos!

• Mission: Cuckoo for Chocobos!MissablesidequestSave outside Rin's Travel Agency first; a mistake here is cheapest to fix with a reload. Inside, watch Calli get turned away, then find her on the hill outside and agree to help ("Of course!").Lost after: The end of Chapter 2.
• Chase chest: Chocobo Feather x2 / x3 or Chocobo Wing x2 / x3MissableitemRun over the feathers on the ground while you follow Rikku. When she stops at a side area, answer "Not this time" until the third stop, then take the chest. 1–3 feathers gives Chocobo Feather x2, 4–14 gives Chocobo Feather x3, 15–17 gives Chocobo Wing x2 and 18 or more gives Chocobo Wing x3.Lost after: Finishing Cuckoo for Chocobos!
• Chase bonus: Gold Hourglass or Chocobo FeathersMissableitemPaid on your feather total as the chase leaves the area. 1–8 feathers gives a Gold Hourglass, 9–15 gives a Chocobo Feather and 16 or more gives Chocobo Feather x2. The Gold Hourglass is the rarer item, so a low count is not a bad result.Lost after: Finishing Cuckoo for Chocobos!
• Scene: the hover pilot blocks the roadMissablesceneAfter Rikku's fall from the ruins, chase the bird once more, then go back to the Al Bhed woman with the hover near the start. Talk to her twice and answer "Please, yes!" the second time.Lost after: Catching or losing the chocobo during the rodeo.
• Scene: reach Calli in timeMissablesceneA timer starts after the scene: about two and a half minutes. Down into the gorge, north over the bridge, toward the Mushroom Rock entrance, then right and south down the slope.Lost after: The timer running out. Reload the save outside the agency.
• Selene Guard (mission reward)Missablegarment-gridPaid for saving Calli and finishing the mission.Lost after: Failing or ending Cuckoo for Chocobos! early.
• Scene: invite Calli and Clasko aboardMissablesceneAfter the mission you are put back on the Celsius. Fly back to the Highroad and find Calli with the chocobo at the north exit. Clasko is with her if you invited him aboard in Chapter 1. Talk to both and let them come. This keeps the chocobo ranch chain going. Worth part of the Highroad's 1.4%.Lost after: The end of Chapter 2.

Mushroom Rock Road

• Scene: Nooj at the Den of WoeMissablesceneAt the sealed door at the end of the Ravine.Lost after: The end of Chapter 2.
• Scene: Lucil and Elma at headquartersMissablesceneTalk to both outside the headquarters building.Lost after: The end of Chapter 2.
• Scene: watch Crimson Record 7MissablesceneBack on the Celsius, talk to Shinra, open Treasure Spheres and play Crimson Record 7. The Mushroom Rock scenes are worth 1% together.Lost after: The end of Chapter 2.

Moonflow

• Scene: Tobli's ticket problemMissablesceneTobli is on the south bank. Talk to him and agree to help. His opening line changes depending on how his Chapter 1 job went. Counts toward Story Completion.Lost after: The end of Chapter 2.
• Mission: YRP, the Scalpers Three!MissablesidequestSell ten concert tickets to people along both banks and the road to Guadosalam. You get one pitch per buyer and a buyer who thinks your price is too high walks away, so save first. Six sales finish the mission; sell all ten. Tickets cost you 500 gil each if you spoke to Tobli before his Hypello in Chapter 1, 1,000 if you did not. The best ten buyers pay 1,000–2,000 each, about 11,500–12,500 gil profit at the cheaper cost.Lost after: The end of Chapter 2.
• Sell all ten ticketsMissableprogressionSix sales close the mission but only ten unlock the Chapter 5 Moonflow episode and the Muscle Belt. Selling at a loss still counts; selling fewer than ten does not. Reload if a pitch fails.Lost after: The end of Chapter 2.
• Seething CauldronMissablegarment-gridTobli's prize for six or more sales. With fewer than ten sales you only get it if you turned a profit; with all ten you get it either way.Lost after: The end of Chapter 2.
• Muscle BeltMissableaccessoryExtra prize for selling all ten, if you finished "Shave the Hypello?" in Chapter 1.Lost after: The end of Chapter 2.

Guadosalam

• Scene: turned away at the mansionMissablesceneWalk up to the big house at the top of town. The guards at the door turn you away and a short scene plays. Counts toward Story Completion. Trigger it now, on the first visit.Lost after: The end of Chapter 2.

Aboard the Celsius

• Clear O'aka's debtMissableSources disagreesidequestOnly if O'aka is aboard. Every gil you spend at his shop comes off his 100,000 gil debt. The fast way: buy 99 Phoenix Downs from him, sell them to the Barkeep, repeat. You lose most of each round, so do it with a full purse. Once it is cleared his prices drop to about a tenth for the rest of the game, and a Chapter 5 Macalania scene depends on it.Lost after: The end of Chapter 2.Sources disagree: Most sources set the deadline at the end of Chapter 2; one says it can still be paid off in Chapter 3. Clear it in Chapter 2.

Thunder Plains

• Scene: Cid sulkingCopy missableSources disagreesceneSouth section, east of the Save Sphere, by himself. Talk to him. Counts toward Story Completion.Lost after: The end of Chapter 2.Get another: If he is not here, he turns up in Chapter 3 instead to apologise. That version counts in his place.Sources disagree: Two sources say he appears here if you told him "You bet I do!" at Zanarkand in Chapter 1; one says the opposite answer.
• Calibrate the ten lightning towersMissablesidequestTalk to the Al Bhed by the first tower in the south section and offer to help. Each tower is a 30-press button game with three mistakes allowed. Rikku's towers (1, 4, 7) show the button to press; Paine's (2, 5, 8) drop buttons you hit as they land; Yuna's (3, 6, 9, 10) make you repeat a pattern, and Tower 10 asks for it backwards. The south towers are easier. Aim for 30 out of 30 on every one.Lost after: The end of Chapter 2.
• Perfect tower scoresMissableSources disagreereferenceEach tower's score sets the chest a fiend leaves at that tower in Chapter 5. A perfect 30 on Tower 10 is what earns the Ribbon there; lower scores give Tetra accessories. Your best run at each tower is what counts. Do them perfectly now: save before each tower and reload a bad run.Lost after: The end of Chapter 2.Sources disagree: Accounts differ on whether the towers can still be calibrated in Chapter 3, with the best score from Chapters 2 and 3 counting, or close for good when Chapter 2 ends.
• Samurai's HonorMissableSources disagreegarment-gridTalk to the Al Bhed technician inside the Travel Agency once the towers are done.Lost after: The end of Chapter 2.Sources disagree: Sources disagree on the requirement: calibrate every tower once; finish five and attempt all ten; or score at least five perfects. Doing all ten perfectly satisfies all three.

Macalania Woods

• Mission: Track Down the Troupe!MissablesidequestTalk to the waving Hypello at the Thunder Plains entrance and say yes. Bayra, the musician in blue, waits at the spring. The other two are hidden in rings of blue butterflies: Donga at the split on the shimmering path, Pukutak down the lower path past the Guado who points toward Bevelle. Step into each ring. Say "No" if the game asks whether you want to leave the woods.Lost after: The end of Chapter 2.
• Three hidden mini musiciansMissableUnconfirmedsidequestOptional butterfly rings: two near Bayra's spring (upper left and lower left) and one up the branch path off the lower left. Each reveals a tiny band member. Finding all three is said to earn a garment grid in Chapter 3. Do them before you find Donga and Pukutak, since that warps you back to Bayra.Lost after: The end of Chapter 2.
• Haste BangleMissableaccessoryBayra's reward once Donga and Pukutak are found.Lost after: The end of Chapter 2.
• Bitter FarewellMissablegarment-gridGo back to the Hypello at the Thunder Plains entrance after Bayra pays you. Easy to forget.Lost after: The end of Chapter 2.
• Scene: the band reunitedMissablescenePlays when the troupe is complete. Counts toward Story Completion, along with the woods' automatic scenes.Lost after: The end of Chapter 2.

Lake Macalania

• Al Bhed Primer (Al Bhed shop)Copy missableUnconfirmedcollectibleOnly if you handed O'aka over in Chapter 1, which turns the lakeside agency into an Al Bhed shop. Talk to the Al Bhed woman outside it if you did not take the primer in Chapter 1.Lost after: The end of Chapter 2.Get another: Missed primers can be dug up in the Bikanel Desert, up to the final battle.

Bikanel Desert

• O'aka in the desertMissableSources disagreesidequestOnly if you handed O'aka over in Chapter 1 instead of hiding him. Ask the pilot for the Southern Expanse, find him digging and let him aboard the Celsius. You then still have his debt to clear before the chapter ends.Lost after: The end of Chapter 2.Sources disagree: One guide puts O'aka in the Southern Expanse of Bikanel this chapter; another says you can still find and follow him in Macalania Woods.

Calm Lands

• Scene: Clasko finds his callingCopy missablesceneNeeds Clasko aboard: invited at Mushroom Rock in Chapter 1, and again on the Mi'ihen Highroad after the chocobo job. He gets off as you arrive and runs to the old arena in the east. Counts toward Story Completion.Lost after: The end of Chapter 2.Get another: If Clasko only came aboard late, he gets off here in Chapter 3 instead.
• Mission: Clean SweepCopy missablesidequestFollow Clasko to the old arena in the east and say yes. The crevices are full of fiends; most are illusions that vanish when touched. The illusions all face the real one, so look for the one facing the other way. Touch three illusions in a row and the real one moves. Find five, then three Blue Elementals wait in the alcove across from Clasko — bring lightning. Counts toward Story Completion.Lost after: The end of Chapter 2.Get another: Clasko offers it again in Chapter 3 if you have not done it.
• AlchemistCopy missabledressphereClean Sweep's main prize. A healer that turns items into big heals; learn Potion, then Hi-Potion, then Mega-Potion for the party-wide one.Lost after: The end of Chapter 2.Get another: Clean Sweep in Chapter 3.
• Highroad WindsCopy missablegarment-gridAlso from Clean Sweep.Lost after: The end of Chapter 2.Get another: Clean Sweep in Chapter 3.
• Catch a wild chocoboMissablesidequestWhen a chocobo turns up in a fight, use Gysahl Greens on it so it stays, kill everything else without hitting it, then feed it again to send it to Clasko's ranch. Hit it and it runs. Counts toward Story Completion. Do it now rather than leave it.Lost after: The end of Chapter 3.
• Scene: Lian and AydeMissablesceneTwo young Ronso at the Travel Agency in the middle of the plain. Talk to them and they run off. Counts toward Story Completion, and later scenes with them need this first meeting.Lost after: The end of Chapter 2.

Mountain Gate

• Scene: Kimahri's worriesMissablesceneKimahri is at the Mountain Gate. Talk to him, then talk to him again for a second conversation. Counts toward Story Completion.Lost after: The end of Chapter 2.
• Kimahri's answer: "You have to figure this out on your own."MissableSources disagreesidequestPick the middle option in his second conversation. This is the last of the two chances at the right answer; Kimahri gives the Trainer dressphere on the mountain in Chapter 3. Give it even if you answered right in Chapter 1.Lost after: The end of Chapter 2.Sources disagree: Sources split on the Trainer condition. Most say one right answer to Kimahri, in Chapter 1 or Chapter 2, is enough; one says it takes the right answer in both chapters; one counts only the Chapter 2 answer. Answer right both times and the question never matters.
• Ronso conversations (seven)MissablesidequestEach Ronso has a worry and three replies; one builds trust. Woman beside Kimahri: "He does seem very tired." Garik: "What if the Guado retaliate?" Male near the slope exit: "Maybe the Guado really are to blame." Female on the right near the trail: "And what of the Guado?" Male near the trail: "Please, try to think about it some more." Green- haired male in red armour, left of the trail: "Then... there won't be anyone left to fight." Guard by the stairs in the mountain cave: "They should take better care of the mountain." Trust changes Ronso scenes in Chapters 3 and 5.Lost after: The end of Chapter 2.

Spring into Action

• Scene: the long way to the hot springsMissableSources disagreesceneOut of the cave there is a Save Sphere and the Fem-Goon walks off down the path. Don't follow her. Climb the rock wall above the Save Sphere to the highest ledge instead.Lost after: Following the Fem-Goon down the path past the Save Sphere instead of climbing the cliff above it.Sources disagree: Two sources say the cliff route's extended hot springs scene counts toward Story Completion; one says the choice of route makes no difference. Take the cliff either way.

Zanarkand Ruins

• Scene: Isaaru's monkey troubleMissablesceneIsaaru is in the corridor inside the dome, on the way to the Cloister. Talk to him. Counts toward Story Completion and starts Operation: Monkey!Lost after: The end of Chapter 2.
• Operation: Monkey!MissablesidequestTwenty-four monkeys, twelve couples. Pick up a monkey with hearts over its head and carry it to its partner; the wrong partner may pinch some gil. All twelve couples are needed for a Chapter 5 scene that counts toward Story Completion. Chapter 3 is the last chance; do it now.Lost after: The end of Chapter 3.
• Soul of ThamasaMissableaccessoryIsaaru's reward for pairing all twelve couples.Lost after: The end of Chapter 3.

The Hidden Passageway

• Gold Hairpin or Heady Perfume (Hidden Passageway, first door)MissableaccessoryPast the Save Sphere, through the first door on the passageway. Gold Hairpin halves MP costs. Heady Perfume restores HP and MP as you walk. To choose the perfume, fail the first round on purpose by pressing cold squares until it ends.Lost after: Your first attempt at the massage. Pass first time and the chest holds the Gold Hairpin; fail once and it holds the Heady Perfume. You get one or the other, never both.

The last room

• Charm Bangle (Logos, final fight)Copy missableaccessoryLogos drops it. No Encounters — useful later for backtracking, a waste now while you still need the EXP.Lost after: The end of the final Chateau fight.Get another: Steal one from Baralai in the Bevelle finale later this chapter.

The bottom

• Charm Bangle (steal, Baralai)Copy missableaccessoryNo Encounters.Lost after: The end of the fight with Baralai.Get another: Logos drops one at the end of the Chateau Leblanc mission earlier this chapter.
• Drill Shot (Gun Mage, from Baralai)Copy missableabilityHave a Gun Mage make the tenth HP change — a heal on Baralai counts — so Drill Shot lands on them and they learn it. Blue Bullets are not needed for any achievement.Lost after: The end of the fight with Baralai.Get another: The Youth League Tournament at Mushroom Rock in Chapter 5 is the last chance.
• Mute Shock (steal, Bahamut)MissableaccessorySilencetouch. Steal it before you finish him.Lost after: The end of the fight with Bahamut.

The Celsius

• Rest in the Celsius cabin (Chapter 3)MissableprogressionTalk to the Barkeep in the cabin and have Yuna rest, once this chapter. Nothing happens now; a Chapter 5 scene needs a rest in every chapter.Lost after: The end of Chapter 3.

Djose

• Scene: Gippal at Djose TempleMissablesceneLand at Djose and walk up to the temple. A short scene with Gippal plays on its own. Do this first, before Besaid.Lost after: Djose turning into a hotspot, which happens the moment both the Besaid and Kilika missions are done.
• Al Bhed Primer (Gippal)Copy missableUnconfirmedcollectibleReported to be handed over with the Gippal scene. Primers are numbered in the order you receive them.Lost after: The same moment as the Gippal scene.Get another: Missed primers can be dug up in the Bikanel Desert, up to the final battle.

Protect Besaid Temple!

• Healing Spring x4 (steal, Valefor)MissableSources disagreeitemOnly worth a Thief's turn if the fight is already under control.Lost after: The end of the fight with Valefor.Sources disagree: Sources agree on Healing Spring x4 as the common steal; one gives Healing Spring x6 as a rare steal, another says there is no rare steal.

Kilika Port

• Camera operator, talk 2 of 3MissablesidequestHe is on a moored boat in the port. Talk to him and say yes when he offers to show you the new headquarters. This is the middle of three talks, one per visit chapter, and all three are needed for the Invincible accessory at the end of the game.Lost after: The end of Chapter 3 (beating the boss at Djose).
• CommSphere placed at Kilika PortMissableprogressionShinra sets one up during this visit, and a second at the temple. They feed the Chapter 4 CommSphere scenes, so visiting Kilika this chapter is what makes those scenes exist.Lost after: The end of Chapter 3 (beating the boss at Djose).

Rush the Gate

• Bushido Lore (chest past the gate)MissableSources disagreeaccessoryA chest appears on the far side of the bridge once you slip through. A silver accessory.Lost after: Being spotted by the guards during "Rush the Gate!".Sources disagree: One guide says the chest is lost if the guards see you; the others only say it is there when you get across cleanly. Save first and reload if you are spotted.

Kilika Temple

• CommSphere placed at Kilika TempleMissableprogressionPlaced during the temple mission. It feeds a Chapter 4 CommSphere scene.Lost after: The end of Chapter 3 (beating the boss at Djose).

Luca

• Scene: the Sphere Break tournamentMissablesceneYou are entered after the arrival scene. Win three matches to reach the final; the third win drops you straight into it, so save after your second. Winning the tournament is worth about 0.8% of Story Completion.Lost after: The end of Chapter 3 (beating the boss at Djose).
• Lady Luck dressphereCopy missabledressphereThe tournament prize. It comes with Double EXP for whoever wears it, so rotate it round the party to level everyone faster.Lost after: The end of Chapter 3 (beating the boss at Djose).Get another: In Chapter 5, find Shinra in the stadium basement and ask for a rematch. Beat his core sphere there and he hands it over.
• CommSphere placed in LucaMissableprogressionIt feeds a Chapter 4 CommSphere scene.Lost after: The end of Chapter 3 (beating the boss at Djose).

Mi'ihen Highroad

• Scene: "Machina Mayhem!"MissablesceneThirteen pairs of rogue machina are spread along the road, marked green on the minimap, and a rival team takes one every 40 seconds you spend on the field map. Destroy seven and you win. Battles and menus stop their clock, so fight freely; just do not wander. Worth about 0.6% of Story Completion. Skipping the machina also changes a later Highroad event.Lost after: The end of Chapter 3 (beating the boss at Djose).
• 10,000 gil (Machina Mayhem reward)MissableitemPaid on winning the mission.Lost after: Losing "Machina Mayhem!" or ending Chapter 3 without it.
• Undying Storm garment gridMissablegarment-gridThe other half of the mission reward. This chapter is the only chance.Lost after: Losing "Machina Mayhem!" or ending Chapter 3 without it.
• Talk to Shinra on the north roadMissableprogressionHe is southeast of the Mushroom Rock exit, setting up the Highroad CommSphere. It feeds a Chapter 4 CommSphere scene.Lost after: The end of Chapter 3 (beating the boss at Djose).

Mushroom Rock Road

• CommSphere placed at Mushroom RockMissableprogressionShinra runs off to set it up as you land. Talk to him once; there is no need to chase him.Lost after: The end of Chapter 3 (beating the boss at Djose).
• Scene: Yaibal and LucilMissablesceneHead toward the Youth League headquarters for a short scene. About 0.4%, and only on the Youth League route.Lost after: The end of Chapter 3 (beating the boss at Djose).

Moonflow

• Scene: TobliMissablesceneWarp down from the Celsius and talk to Tobli, east of the Save Sphere. About 0.2%. Shinra plants the Moonflow CommSphere by the wagon right after.Lost after: The end of Chapter 3 (beating the boss at Djose).

Chateau Leblanc

• CommSphere placed in GuadosalamMissableprogressionShinra runs past with it shortly after you arrive.Lost after: The end of Chapter 3 (beating the boss at Djose).
• Scene: Logos and Ormi in the living roomMissablesceneWalk into the chateau and talk to them downstairs.Lost after: The end of Chapter 3 (beating the boss at Djose).
• Scene: Leblanc upstairsMissablesceneGo up to her bedroom and talk to her.Lost after: The end of Chapter 3 (beating the boss at Djose).
• Scene: Logos and Ormi againMissablesceneBack downstairs. Agree to meet them, and the secret doorway at the back of the living room opens.Lost after: The end of Chapter 3 (beating the boss at Djose).
• Crimson Sphere 4Missablekey-itemSame round room. Climb the crate on the left side, follow the narrow upper walkway all the way round, and open the chest at the end. Easy to walk past, and it matters later.Lost after: The end of Chapter 3 (beating the boss at Djose).
• Logos's Sphere and Ormi's SphereMissablekey-itemGo back to the Save Sphere and down the right side of the passageway to the far room. Logos shows you a few spheres and hands both over.Lost after: The end of Chapter 3 (beating the boss at Djose).
• Gaol SphereMissablekey-itemExamine the stand beside the bed in the same room.Lost after: The end of Chapter 3 (beating the boss at Djose).
• Scene: Maechen in Logos's roomMissablesceneHe appears in the room while your back is turned. Talk to him, choose "Please, go on", and do not skip a single line. About 0.2%.Lost after: The end of Chapter 3 (beating the boss at Djose).
• Scene: Crimson Record 4MissablesceneBack on the Celsius, talk to Shinra to view the recording from Crimson Sphere 4 (Kinoc's "final exercise"). Watch the Logos, Ormi and Gaol spheres while you are there. All of it counts toward Story Completion.Lost after: The end of Chapter 3 (beating the boss at Djose).

Thunder Plains

• Scene: CidMissablesceneWhere he is depends on what you told him at the Zanarkand Ruins in Chapter 1. "You bet I do!" puts him by the lake in the southern Thunder Plains; "Not really." puts him by the Lake Macalania travel agency. One scene either way, about 0.2%.Lost after: The end of Chapter 3 (beating the boss at Djose).
• Scene: Lian and AydeMissableSources disagreesceneUnder the old shelter near the middle of the plains, only if you met them in the Calm Lands in Chapter 2. They ask where to look next: Djose, the Moonflow or Kilika. About 0.2%.Lost after: The end of Chapter 3 (beating the boss at Djose).Sources disagree: One source says to answer Kilika; another says the answer only decides which Chapter 4 CommSphere they turn up on.
• CommSphere placed on the Thunder PlainsMissableprogressionIt feeds a Chapter 4 CommSphere scene.Lost after: The end of Chapter 3 (beating the boss at Djose).

Macalania Woods

• CommSphere placed at the woods entranceMissableprogressionShinra sets it at the southern entrance of the woods.Lost after: The end of Chapter 3 (beating the boss at Djose).

Lake Macalania

• Scene: "Secure the Agency!"MissablesceneSix fights back to back at the travel agency with no rest in between. Use items and keep everyone topped up during the easy fights. About 0.8% with the scenes that follow.Lost after: The end of Chapter 3 (beating the boss at Djose).
• Berserker dressphereMissabledressphereHanded over by the Al Bhed inside the agency after the sixth fight. This chapter is the only way to get it.Lost after: The end of Chapter 3 (beating the boss at Djose).
• Pride of the Sword garment gridMissablegarment-gridReward for clearing all six fights.Lost after: The end of Chapter 3 (beating the boss at Djose).
• Al Bhed Primer (Lake Macalania travel agency)Copy missablecollectibleGiven with the dressphere inside the agency.Lost after: The end of Chapter 3 (beating the boss at Djose).Get another: Missed primers can be dug up in the Bikanel Desert, up to the final battle.
• Scene: O'aka at the agencyMissablesceneWalk away from the agency after the fights. Only plays in full if you cleared his debt in Chapter 2.Lost after: The end of Chapter 3 (beating the boss at Djose).
• CommSphere placed at the travel agencyMissableprogressionIt feeds a Chapter 4 CommSphere scene.Lost after: The end of Chapter 3 (beating the boss at Djose).

Bikanel Desert

• Scene: Nhadala and BenzoMissablescenePlays when you land. Nhadala asks you to take Benzo to the Cactuar Nation. Shinra sets up the excavation camp CommSphere.Lost after: The end of Chapter 3 (beating the boss at Djose).

Cactuar Nation

• Scene: Marnela at the Cactuar NationMissablesceneAsk the hover pilot for the Cactuar Nation, answer "That makes perfect sense!", then walk up to Marnela, the big cactus marked on the minimap. Starts "The Cactuar Connection". About 0.4%. Shinra places a second CommSphere here.Lost after: The end of Chapter 3 (beating the boss at Djose).

Bevelle

• Scene: Gippal on the Highbridge and in the AntechamberMissablesceneOpens once the Besaid and Kilika missions are done. Plays on the way in. Counts toward Story Completion with the rest of the Bevelle scenes.Lost after: Beating the boss of the Djose mission at the end of Chapter 3.
• Scene: the underground chamberMissablesceneThe long scene in the room where you fought last chapter's final battle. Plays automatically.Lost after: Beating the boss of the Djose mission at the end of Chapter 3.
• Crimson Sphere 1MissableSources disagreekey-item**On the floor of the circular platform after the fight and the scenes that follow.** The game does not point it out. All ten Crimson Spheres are needed to open the optional dungeon in Chapter 5, and there is no second copy.Lost after: Beating the boss of the Djose mission at the end of Chapter 3. Until then you can fly back to Bevelle and pick it up.Sources disagree: One guide says it is still on the platform in Chapter 5 if you skipped it; another says it is gone after Chapter 3. Take it now.
• Scene: Crimson Record 1MissablesceneBack on the Celsius, give the sphere to Shinra and watch it from the Treasure Spheres menu. Baralai's line "This is rough." is the tracked moment. Counts toward Story Completion.Lost after: The end of Chapter 3.

Cavern of the Stolen Fayth

• Mission: Tourist TrapMissablesceneFiends in the gorge cave, tourists stuck inside. Fifteen tourists, each with a complaint you must settle before they follow you. Walk groups out to the entrance to earn the Energy Cores that power the teleport pads. Counts toward Story Completion with the two CommSpheres below. The cave reopens in Chapter 5 for its rewards, but the Story Completion credit is this chapter's.Lost after: The end of Chapter 3.

The Ranch and the campaigns

• Scene: CommSphere at the Chocobo RanchMissablesceneFollow Shinra up to the Ranch's second floor and watch him set it. Without it, the Ranch has nothing to show you next chapter.Lost after: The end of Chapter 3.
• Scene: CommSphere at the Travel AgencyMissablesceneShinra sets it near the agency entrance and leaves a small chocobo that gives quick travel to the Ranch from now on.Lost after: The end of Chapter 3.
• Catch a wild chocoboMissableprogressionTalk to Clasko for Greens, then feed them to a wild chocobo in a fight. One captured bird is enough. A Story Completion scene at the Ranch next chapter plays only if you own one.Lost after: The end of Chapter 3.

Mt. Gagazet

• TrainerMissableSources disagreedressphereTalk to Kimahri as soon as you land. If your earlier answers to him were right, he gives Yuna the Trainer dressphere. Wrong answers cannot be fixed on this playthrough.Lost after: The end of Chapter 3.Sources disagree: Sources split on the Trainer condition. Most say one right answer to Kimahri, in Chapter 1 or Chapter 2, is enough; one says it takes the right answer in both chapters; one counts only the Chapter 2 answer. Answer right both times and the question never matters.
• CommSphere at the Mountain GateMissableprogressionShinra sets it in a corner as you land. Mt. Gagazet carries some of the most valuable CommSphere scenes next chapter.Lost after: The end of Chapter 3.
• Mission: Battle BlockadeMissablesceneThe teleporters are down, so you climb on foot: Mountain Trail, Prominence, Floating Ruins, then the cave by the Fayth Scar. Reactivate each teleporter you pass. You can run straight past the cliff faces. Counts toward Story Completion.Lost after: The end of Chapter 3.
• Mighty Guard (Gun Mage Blue Bullet)MissableabilityA Gun Mage learns it by being hit with Garik's Mighty Guard. On the easy version of the fight he only casts it while Confused: have a Dark Knight with Confuse turn him on your own party.Lost after: The end of Chapter 3.
• WishbringerMissablegarment-gridMission reward after the fight. The game then returns you to the Celsius.Lost after: The end of Chapter 3.

Zanarkand Ruins

• Scene: IsaaruMissablesceneTalk to him in the hallway just before the Cloister. Counts toward Story Completion.Lost after: The end of Chapter 3.
• Operation: Monkey! (last chance)MissableSources disagreesidequestTwelve pairs. Pick up a monkey with hearts over its head and offer it to others until it finds its match; a wrong offer can cost you gil. No Story Completion now, but finishing it unlocks a Chapter 5 scene that does count.Lost after: The end of Chapter 3.Sources disagree: One walkthrough says pairing every monkey pays a Soul of Thamasa on the spot. Others tie the payoff to the Chapter 5 scene alone.

Djose Temple

• Al Bhed Primer (mission start)Copy missablecollectibleHanded over as the mission starts.Lost after: The end of Chapter 3.Get another: Missed primers can be dug up in the Bikanel Desert, up to the final battle.
• Sprint Shoes (steal from Ixion)Copy missableaccessorySteal it before the last hit.Lost after: Ixion's death.Get another: A Sprint Shoes chest sits on the Calm Lands plain this same chapter.
• Scene: four whistlesMissablesceneWhen Yuna says she is all alone, keep tapping the confirm button until you have heard four whistles. Counts toward Story Completion.Lost after: The end of the scene that follows the fight.

The Celsius

• Scene: Paine on the deckMissablesceneFollow Paine up to the deck and talk to her. Counts toward Story Completion.Lost after: Talking to Shinra on the bridge after the concert, which ends Chapter 4.
• Rest in the Celsius cabin (Chapter 4)MissableprogressionWorth nothing on its own. A Chapter 5 scene plays only if Yuna has rested in the cabin in every chapter.Lost after: Talking to Shinra on the bridge after the concert, which ends Chapter 4.
• Al Bhed Primer (bridge)Copy missableSources disagreecollectibleHanded over during the bridge conversation with Buddy, Paine and Rikku.Lost after: Talking to Shinra on the bridge after the concert, which ends Chapter 4.Get another: Missed primers can be dug up in the Bikanel Desert, up to the final battle.Sources disagree: Walkthroughs disagree on whether the bridge scene hands over one primer or several.
• Scene: Crimson Record 2MissablesceneShinra, Treasure Spheres menu. The tracked line is Baralai's "Ammo!".Lost after: Talking to Shinra on the bridge after the concert, which ends Chapter 4.
• Scene: Crimson Record 3MissablesceneShinra, Treasure Spheres menu. The tracked line is Baralai asking what you make of "Operation Mi'ihen".Lost after: Talking to Shinra on the bridge after the concert, which ends Chapter 4.

CommSpheres: wave 1

• CommSphere: Besaid: WakkaMissablescenePan right to Wakka's house and wait for him to come out. "Hey, Yuna. How you been, huh?" Counts toward Story Completion.Lost after: Talking to Shinra on the bridge after the concert, which ends Chapter 4. Watch it before you take the Moonflow mission: the CommSpheres move on to a new wave after it.
• CommSphere: Kilika Port: DonaMissablesceneDona shows the CommSphere round the port. "Well, that's Kilika Port for you." Counts toward Story Completion.Lost after: Talking to Shinra on the bridge after the concert, which ends Chapter 4. Watch it before you take the Moonflow mission: the CommSpheres move on to a new wave after it.
• CommSphere: Mushroom Rock Road: YaibalMissablesceneYouth League route. Yaibal mentions trouble brewing in Bevelle. Counts toward Story Completion.Lost after: Talking to Shinra on the bridge after the concert, which ends Chapter 4. Watch it before you take the Moonflow mission: the CommSpheres move on to a new wave after it.
• CommSphere: Bevelle: MarodaMissablescenePan toward the entrance gate and wait; if nobody comes after a couple of minutes, turn away and back. Maroda says he is running reconnaissance on New Yevon. Counts toward Story Completion.Lost after: Talking to Shinra on the bridge after the concert, which ends Chapter 4. Watch it before you take the Moonflow mission: the CommSpheres move on to a new wave after it.
• Scene: Paine and the Hymn of the FaythMissablesceneAfter the first four CommSpheres, talk to Buddy, then to Paine on the bridge until she brings up the Hymn of the Fayth. Counts toward Story Completion.Lost after: Starting the Moonflow mission. Talk to Paine before you go.

CommSpheres: wave 2

• CommSphere: Besaid: "Is it time?"MissablesceneThird Besaid scene: Yuna and Wakka talk about the baby. Stay until Wakka leaves. Keep viewing Besaid; the scenes play in order. Counts toward Story Completion.Lost after: Talking to Shinra on the bridge after the concert, which ends Chapter 4. Watch it before you take the Moonflow mission: the CommSpheres move on to a new wave after it.
• CommSphere: Besaid: Beclem scolds the teamMissablesceneSixth Besaid scene. Watch it before the ball knocks the sphere offline, which ends Besaid for this wave. Counts toward Story Completion.Lost after: Talking to Shinra on the bridge after the concert, which ends Chapter 4. Watch it before you take the Moonflow mission: the CommSpheres move on to a new wave after it.
• CommSphere: Kilika Temple: BarthelloMissablesceneZoom in on the temple entrance. He breaks the sphere afterwards. Counts toward Story Completion.Lost after: Talking to Shinra on the bridge after the concert, which ends Chapter 4. Watch it before you take the Moonflow mission: the CommSpheres move on to a new wave after it.
• CommSphere: Luca: Shelinda's Al Bhed interviewMissablesceneKeep viewing Luca; the third interview, with an Al Bhed man about the blitzball season, is the one that counts. Counts toward Story Completion.Lost after: Talking to Shinra on the bridge after the concert, which ends Chapter 4. Watch it before you take the Moonflow mission: the CommSpheres move on to a new wave after it.
• CommSphere: Mi'ihen Highroad: Rin's investigationMissablesceneSave first. Zoom in on the Travel Agency door and offer Rin your help, then work through the cameras calling Rin at each clue. Worth two Story Completion lines. Gather the evidence that points to Rikku; the verdict comes in Chapter 5.Lost after: Talking to Shinra on the bridge after the concert, which ends Chapter 4. Watch it before you take the Moonflow mission: the CommSpheres move on to a new wave after it.
• CommSphere: Djose: holding the fortMissablesceneAn Al Bhed man says they are holding the fort. A primer follows. Counts toward Story Completion.Lost after: Talking to Shinra on the bridge after the concert, which ends Chapter 4. Watch it before you take the Moonflow mission: the CommSpheres move on to a new wave after it.
• CommSphere: Guadosalam: OrmiMissablesceneHe says Leblanc left to look for Nooj. Stay until he leaves. Counts toward Story Completion.Lost after: Talking to Shinra on the bridge after the concert, which ends Chapter 4. Watch it before you take the Moonflow mission: the CommSpheres move on to a new wave after it.
• CommSphere: Thunder Plains: the ChocoPorterMissablescenePan right to spot the chocobo during Shinra's test. Counts toward Story Completion.Lost after: Talking to Shinra on the bridge after the concert, which ends Chapter 4. Watch it before you take the Moonflow mission: the CommSpheres move on to a new wave after it.
• CommSphere: Macalania Woods: the three musiciansMissablesceneBayra, Donga and Pukutak at the woods entrance. Counts toward Story Completion.Lost after: Talking to Shinra on the bridge after the concert, which ends Chapter 4. Watch it before you take the Moonflow mission: the CommSpheres move on to a new wave after it.
• CommSphere: Macalania Woods: O'akaMissablesceneZoom in on the Travel Agency door. "Hello! O'aka, at your service!" Counts toward Story Completion.Lost after: Talking to Shinra on the bridge after the concert, which ends Chapter 4. Watch it before you take the Moonflow mission: the CommSpheres move on to a new wave after it.
• CommSphere: Bikanel: NhadalaMissablescenePan left at the excavation camp. Counts toward Story Completion.Lost after: Talking to Shinra on the bridge after the concert, which ends Chapter 4. Watch it before you take the Moonflow mission: the CommSpheres move on to a new wave after it.
• CommSphere: Chocobo Ranch: Clasko and his chocoboMissablesceneView the Ranch several times until Clasko is talking to a chocobo. Only plays if you caught one in Chapter 3. Counts toward Story Completion.Lost after: Talking to Shinra on the bridge after the concert, which ends Chapter 4. Watch it before you take the Moonflow mission: the CommSpheres move on to a new wave after it.
• CommSphere: Mt. Gagazet: Yuna tells KimahriMissablesceneWait at the Mountain Gate until Kimahri walks over. Counts toward Story Completion.Lost after: Talking to Shinra on the bridge after the concert, which ends Chapter 4. Watch it before you take the Moonflow mission: the CommSpheres move on to a new wave after it.
• CommSphere: Hot springs: TobliMissablesceneHe leaves the water and trips. The hot springs run about fifteen scenes in a fixed rotation; eight of them count, and several need you to wait out a long silence. Counts toward Story Completion.Lost after: Talking to Shinra on the bridge after the concert, which ends Chapter 4. Watch it before you take the Moonflow mission: the CommSpheres move on to a new wave after it.
• CommSphere: Hot springs: Buddy's massageMissablescenePan right. A short bridge scene follows when you exit. Counts toward Story Completion.Lost after: Talking to Shinra on the bridge after the concert, which ends Chapter 4. Watch it before you take the Moonflow mission: the CommSpheres move on to a new wave after it.
• CommSphere: Hot springs: O'akaMissablesceneHe practises his pitch. "Welcome to O'aka's!" Counts toward Story Completion.Lost after: Talking to Shinra on the bridge after the concert, which ends Chapter 4. Watch it before you take the Moonflow mission: the CommSpheres move on to a new wave after it.
• CommSphere: Hot springs: Isaaru, Maroda and PacceMissablesceneLeave only after a long silence. Counts toward Story Completion.Lost after: Talking to Shinra on the bridge after the concert, which ends Chapter 4. Watch it before you take the Moonflow mission: the CommSpheres move on to a new wave after it.
• CommSphere: Hot springs: Lucil and ElmaMissablesceneThey talk about Clasko. Leave only after a long silence. Counts toward Story Completion.Lost after: Talking to Shinra on the bridge after the concert, which ends Chapter 4. Watch it before you take the Moonflow mission: the CommSpheres move on to a new wave after it.
• CommSphere: Hot springs: MaechenMissablescenePan around. Wait a moment after his last line, "Pity." Counts toward Story Completion.Lost after: Talking to Shinra on the bridge after the concert, which ends Chapter 4. Watch it before you take the Moonflow mission: the CommSpheres move on to a new wave after it.
• CommSphere: Hot springs: Nhadala, Rin and CidMissablesceneLeave after the dialogue ends. Counts toward Story Completion.Lost after: Talking to Shinra on the bridge after the concert, which ends Chapter 4. Watch it before you take the Moonflow mission: the CommSpheres move on to a new wave after it.
• CommSphere: Hot springs: DonaMissablescene"My, my, my, my…" Counts toward Story Completion.Lost after: Talking to Shinra on the bridge after the concert, which ends Chapter 4. Watch it before you take the Moonflow mission: the CommSpheres move on to a new wave after it.
• Al Bhed Primers (Djose CommSphere)Copy missableSources disagreecollectibleKeep viewing Djose until the pair take the sphere apart for parts.Lost after: Talking to Shinra on the bridge after the concert, which ends Chapter 4.Get another: Missed primers can be dug up in the Bikanel Desert, up to the final battle.Sources disagree: One walkthrough gives two primers from the Djose CommSphere (the holding- the-fort scene and a later scene where a woman forgets a password); another credits one from Djose and one from Macalania.

The Moonflow

• Publicity top-upMissableSources disagreeprogressionIf your company is still under 400 Publicity points, the people along the Moonflow roads are the last you can campaign to before Chapter 5.Lost after: Finishing the Moonflow mission.Sources disagree: One account adds an old woman just outside Guadosalam to the Chapter 4 top-up; the others list the Moonflow only.

The rehearsal

• Scene: the concert rehearsalMissablesceneBack on the Celsius. A short rhythm minigame. Counts toward Story Completion whatever you score.Lost after: Talking to Shinra on the bridge after the concert, which ends Chapter 4.
• Rehearsal prize (Shmooth Shailing at 150+)Missableaccessory0–49 Pearl Necklace, 50–99 Safety Bit, 100–149 Sublimator, 150 or more Shmooth Shailing. Shmooth Shailing blocks nearly every status, but leaves the wearer permanently slowed unless something gives Auto-Haste. Staying in step with Rikku is what scores. Save first.Lost after: Finishing the rehearsal. You get one prize, set by your score.

CommSpheres: wave 3

• CommSphere: Besaid: Beclem recalledMissablesceneZoom in on Beclem. He has been called back to headquarters. Counts toward Story Completion.Lost after: Talking to Shinra on the bridge after the concert, which ends Chapter 4.
• CommSphere: Besaid: Lulu and WakkaMissablescenePan right to their tent. Counts toward Story Completion.Lost after: Talking to Shinra on the bridge after the concert, which ends Chapter 4.
• CommSphere: Kilika Port: Dona's apologyMissablesceneShe rehearses an apology and gives up on it. Counts toward Story Completion.Lost after: Talking to Shinra on the bridge after the concert, which ends Chapter 4.
• CommSphere: Kilika Port: the balloonMissablesceneDona ties the sphere to a balloon for the temple. Counts toward Story Completion.Lost after: Talking to Shinra on the bridge after the concert, which ends Chapter 4.
• CommSphere: Kilika Temple: BarthelloMissablesceneZoom in on Barthello. Counts toward Story Completion.Lost after: Talking to Shinra on the bridge after the concert, which ends Chapter 4.
• CommSphere: Mushroom Rock Road: LucilMissablesceneYouth League route. "The League has no intention of starting a war." Counts toward Story Completion.Lost after: Talking to Shinra on the bridge after the concert, which ends Chapter 4.
• CommSphere: Mushroom Rock Road: YaibalMissablesceneYuna tells him to sneak out to the concert. Counts toward Story Completion.Lost after: Talking to Shinra on the bridge after the concert, which ends Chapter 4.
• CommSphere: Moonflow: ElmaMissablescenePan left to Elma, who cannot get her chocobo onto the shoopuf. Counts toward Story Completion.Lost after: Talking to Shinra on the bridge after the concert, which ends Chapter 4.
• CommSphere: Guadosalam: Ormi on the concertMissablesceneHis first scene this wave. Counts toward Story Completion.Lost after: Talking to Shinra on the bridge after the concert, which ends Chapter 4.
• CommSphere: Macalania Woods: O'aka's ticketsMissablesceneHe swears he would have sold tickets. Counts toward Story Completion.Lost after: Talking to Shinra on the bridge after the concert, which ends Chapter 4.
• CommSphere: Zanarkand: Isaaru hears the newsMissablescene"The Hypello told me the news. You're having a concert?" Counts toward Story Completion.Lost after: Talking to Shinra on the bridge after the concert, which ends Chapter 4.
• CommSphere: Zanarkand: Isaaru's doubtsMissablesceneThird Zanarkand scene. Pan left to find him on the ground. Counts toward Story Completion.Lost after: Talking to Shinra on the bridge after the concert, which ends Chapter 4.

The concert

• Scene: Leblanc in the engine roomMissablescene**Do not talk to Shinra yet.** Take the lift to the engine room, where Leblanc, Ormi and Logos are waiting.Lost after: Talking to Shinra on the bridge before visiting the engine room.
• Crimson Sphere 5Missablekey-itemLeblanc hands it over in the engine room. All ten Crimson Spheres are needed for an optional Chapter 5 dungeon. There is no other copy.Lost after: Talking to Shinra on the bridge before visiting the engine room.

The Celsius

• Scene: Crimson Record 5MissablesceneWatch the sphere Leblanc gave you at the end of Chapter 4 (talk to Shinra and pick it from the sphere list). Gippal's line about the Den of Woe ("Why are they killing each other?") is a Story Completion line. You can watch it any time this chapter, but now is easiest.Lost after: Taking the portal to the final battle.
• Scene: rest, then the Barkeep and Brother at the barMissablesceneTalk to the Barkeep and rest in the cabin, even with the two chocobos wandering about. When Yuna wakes, walk to the railing below the bar and listen to Brother and the Barkeep. Required for 100%. Two of the Barkeep's lines about love and his "darling" count separately, so let the whole exchange play out.Lost after: Taking the portal to the final battle.
• Scene: Buddy in the engine roomMissablesceneWalk right up to the engine on the back wall, then walk slowly back toward the stairs. Buddy tells Yuna how the ship was found and where the name Gullwings came from. Required for 100%.Lost after: Taking the portal to the final battle.

Zanarkand Ruins

• Episode Complete: Zanarkand RuinsMissableprogressionLand at the ruins and the episode finishes after a short conversation. Concluded here means tourists are still swarming the place. Unlike every other episode, this one leaves you standing at the ruins.Lost after: The end of Chapter 4, if Operation: Monkey! was never finished in Chapter 2 or 3, or if any of Isaaru's Zanarkand CommSphere scenes in Chapter 4 was skipped.
• Scene: Maechen's last storyMissablesceneHe is just to the left of where you land. Say **"Yes, please!"** when he offers to tell you something, and let him finish without cutting him off. Three lines count toward Story Completion: his, Rikku's and Yuna's. Leave without talking to him and he is gone for good.Lost after: Leaving the ruins by the Save Sphere before talking to him.
• Achievement: Good ListenerMissableachievementPops here only if you also heard him out in Chapter 1 (Youth League headquarters) and Chapter 3 (Guadosalam) without interrupting and let him shake Yuna's hand. This is the last of the three.Lost after: Leaving the ruins by the Save Sphere before talking to Maechen.

Besaid

• Episode Complete: BesaidMissableprogressionEnter the village after the promontory and the episode closes with the naming scene. Concluded means Beclem's goodbye never happened and Wakka still has no name for his son. Nothing from Chapter 2 or the Gunner's Gauntlet is needed.Lost after: The end of Chapter 4, if Beclem's Besaid CommSphere scene announcing his departure was never watched.

Kilika Woods and Temple

• Episode Complete: KilikaMissableprogressionGo straight through the woods to the temple. Barthello and Dona's scene ends the episode and sends you back to the Celsius. Concluded means Dona is missing and Barthello is waiting outside her house. Come back afterwards for the chests.Lost after: The end of Chapter 4, if any of the Kilika CommSphere scenes was skipped (Dona alone, Dona tying the sphere to a balloon, and Barthello breaking it).

Kilika Port

• Camera operator, talk 3 of 3MissablesidequestBack in the port after the episode, find the man with the camera on the boat at the north docks. If you talked to him in Chapters 1 and 3, he offers to have the ferryman take you to the Youth League base. Answer **"Definitely!"**. Without both earlier talks, he has nothing for you.Lost after: Taking the portal to the final battle.
• InvincibleMissableaccessoryIn a chest at the Youth League base the ferryman drops you at, on the bottom level by the dock. Break Damage Limit: damage can pass 9,999. Gold accessory. Only reachable through the camera operator.Lost after: Taking the portal to the final battle.
• Georapella Coin x5MissablecollectibleTalk to the child on the ramp into the base. Sphere Break coins, and the only reason most people will ever visit.Lost after: Taking the portal to the final battle.

Luca

• Mission: Follow That Moogle!MissablesceneGo to the outskirts and up the stairs toward the Highroad, to the balcony overlooking the sea. A moogle appears. Follow it: the town square, then the bridge, the stadium and finally Dock 2. Walk up and press the action button each time it stops. You cannot fail the chase itself.Lost after: Going back to the ship when Rikku and Paine suggest it, instead of following the moogle.
• Episode Complete: LucaMissableprogressionThe talk at the docks ends the episode and sends you back to the Celsius. Nothing from earlier chapters matters here: not the Chapter 1 mission, not the Sphere Break tournament, not playing blitzball. Skip the chase and Luca is Concluded.Lost after: Going back to the ship when Rikku and Paine suggest it, instead of following the moogle.
• Lady Luck (Shinra's rematch)MissabledressphereOnly if you lost the Chapter 3 Sphere Break tournament. Shinra is waiting in the stadium basement and will play you again. This is the last chance and it is harder than the tournament final. Build a deck around a Coin Count Echo coin, flip the same number of coins every turn, and save before you sit down. The Sphere Break guide covers the rest.Lost after: Taking the portal to the final battle.

Mi'ihen Highroad

• Episode Complete: Mi'ihen HighroadMissableprogressionComplete if Rin names **Rikku, the Chocobo Eater or Calli**. Concluded if he names himself or the Prophet. It also needed "Machina Mayhem!" started in Chapter 3. Rikku is the best result.Lost after: The end of Chapter 4, if the CommSphere calls led Rin to accuse himself or the Prophet.
• RagnarokMissableaccessoryRin's reward when the culprit is Rikku, and the only way to get it. Gold accessory: abilities cost no MP while it is worn. It makes any MP-hungry dressphere free to run.Lost after: The end of Chapter 4, unless the CommSphere calls led Rin to Rikku.
• Gippal's SphereMissablekey-itemOnly exists on the route where Rin blames himself, and that route is Episode Concluded. Its Gippal scene is the one Story Completion trigger you are meant to skip. 100% is reachable without it. Don't chase it.Lost after: The end of Chapter 4, unless the CommSphere calls led Rin to accuse himself.
• Phoenix Down x5 (chocobo jump, Newroad north)MissableitemRide a chocobo to the north end of the Newroad, south-east of the Mushroom Rock turn-off. Stand by the chocobo feather on the ground and answer **"Am I ever!"**. The bird jumps up to a ledge chest.Lost after: The end of Chapter 4, if the CommSphere calls led Rin to accuse the Prophet (no chocobos return to the road).
• Victor PrimorisMissablekey-itemLeave the screen after the first jump, come back, and jump from the same spot again. The second jump lands on a different chest. Lets Full Throttle learn Break Damage Limit.Lost after: The end of Chapter 4, if the CommSphere calls led Rin to accuse the Prophet (no chocobos return to the road).

The Moonflow

• Episode Complete: MoonflowMissableSources disagreeprogressionThe show ends the episode. Ticket profit doesn't matter, only that all ten were sold. Concluded means Tobli's show is missing something.Lost after: The end of Chapter 2, if a bandit got away with cargo in "Shave the Hypello?" (Chapter 1), if fewer than ten tickets were sold in Chapter 2, or if the troupe hunt in Macalania Woods went unfinished.Sources disagree: Two sources put the musician hunt in Chapter 2's Macalania Woods. A third says "all the musicians in Chapter 3". The Macalania hunt is a Chapter 2 mission.

Guadosalam

• Episode Complete: GuadosalamMissableprogressionMostly decided on Mt. Gagazet in Chapter 3: Garik had to be beaten. Talking to Tromell four times in Macalania Woods in Chapter 1 and finishing the Chapter 2 Chateau infiltration are also on the list. Concluded means the streets are empty and no one knows where the Guado have gone.Lost after: The end of Chapter 3, if Garik was not stopped on Mt. Gagazet in "Battle Blockade".
• Tobli's prize (Tobli Productions)MissableSources disagreeaccessoryA chest in Tobli's office in town. What is in it depends on earlier chapters. **Kaiser Knuckles** (Strength +50) if every Moonflow job was done perfectly and Garik was stopped. **Crystal Ball** (Magic +50) if Garik was stopped but a Moonflow job was not. **Key to Success** if the Moonflow jobs were perfect but Garik was not stopped. That route has already cost you 100%.Lost after: Taking the portal to the final battle.Sources disagree: Guides word the conditions differently. Most tie them to the Moonflow missions and to stopping Garik; one ties them to the Moonflow and Mt. Gagazet episode results. They agree that the perfect route gets Kaiser Knuckles.
• Scene: inside Chateau LeblancMissablesceneAfter the episode, warp back to the Guadosalam Save Sphere and step into the Chateau. A short scene plays. Then leave.Lost after: Taking the portal to the final battle.
• Scene: Tromell opens the sealed roomMissablesceneThe door in north-west Guadosalam that has been locked all game. Talk to Tromell beside it. He lets you into the room the Guado kept for their memories and tells you to take what you need. Talk to him again before leaving for a second scene.Lost after: Taking the portal to the final battle.
• Scene: the Guado woman and Lian and AydeMissablesceneInside the room, talk to the Guado woman. She talks to Yuna about Lian and Ayde. Counts toward Story Completion only if you met the two Ronso on the Thunder Plains in Chapter 3.Lost after: The end of Chapter 3, if you never spoke to Lian and Ayde on the Thunder Plains and sent them on their way.
• Tempered WillMissablegarment-gridGiven by the Guado woman in the sealed room, after her talk about Lian and Ayde.Lost after: The end of Chapter 3, if you never spoke to Lian and Ayde on the Thunder Plains and sent them on their way.
• Baralai's SphereMissablekey-itemOne of the two chests in the sealed room.Lost after: Taking the portal to the final battle.
• Tetra BraceletMissableaccessoryThe other chest in the sealed room. Gold accessory: fire, ice, lightning and water damage heal the wearer instead.Lost after: Taking the portal to the final battle.
• Scene: "Yevon's Secret"MissablesceneBack on the Celsius, talk to Shinra and watch Baralai's Sphere, listed as "Yevon's Secret". Baralai says the Crimson Squad is finished and that Maester Kinoc betrayed them. Counts toward Story Completion.Lost after: Taking the portal to the final battle.

Thunder Plains

• Al Bhed Primer (from Cid)Copy missablecollectibleCid hands it over once you are back on the Celsius after the cave.Lost after: Taking the portal to the final battle.Get another: Missed primers can be dug up in the Bikanel Desert, up to the final battle.
• Scene: Cid on the deck, then on the bridgeMissablesceneTalk to Cid on the deck (his complaint about the paint job counts), then find him and Brother on the bridge ("Du fryd ouu fyhd", do what you want, also counts).Lost after: Taking the portal to the final battle.

Macalania Woods

• Scene: the woman at the springMissablesceneA robed woman stands on the left side of the spring nearest the Lake Road exit. Talk to her. She asks what became of the Guado and leaves. Story Completion.Lost after: Taking the portal to the final battle.
• Scene: the last spring (Macalania episode)MissablesceneAfter the woman, go back past the Save Sphere and two screens east to the spring toward the Calm Lands exit. Two short scenes; Yuna stands alone a moment and the woods begin to fade. Episode Complete, which counts toward the Mascot dressphere.Lost after: Taking the portal to the final battle.

Lake Macalania

• Scene: O'aka and Wantz at the agencyMissablesceneTry to walk into the travel agency. O'aka has settled in and trades lines with his brother. Story Completion. It does not replace the Macalania Episode Complete and does not affect Mascot.Lost after: The end of Chapter 2 with O'aka's debt unpaid (it also needs him hidden aboard the Celsius in Chapter 1). If both were done, it stays open until you take the portal to the final battle.

Mt. Gagazet

• Scene: Kimahri and Garik at the gateMissablesceneWalk to the mountain gate from the landing point. Garik argues with Kimahri and storms up the slope. If you never stopped Garik's blockade in Chapter 3, the episode goes the bad way from here: he refuses Kimahri as elder and you only get Episode Concluded.Lost after: Taking the portal to the final battle.
• Scene: Lian and Ayde report to KimahriMissablesceneRun back and talk to Kimahri. If you met the two young Ronso in the Calm Lands in Chapter 2 and advised them on the Thunder Plains in Chapter 3, they come back and tell him about their travels. What they say depends on where you sent them.Lost after: Taking the portal to the final battle.
• Scene: Kimahri and Garik on the Mountain Trail (Gagazet episode)MissablesceneFollow Kimahri up the Mountain Trail, on foot or by the warp point. The two have it out, Garik backs down, and the scenes near the summit statue end with Episode Complete. Counts toward Mascot.Lost after: Taking the portal to the final battle.

The Calm Lands

• Scene: the Publicity Campaign showdown (Calm Lands episode)MissableSources disagreescenePlays the moment you land. With Publicity over 400, Tobli arrives and settles the feud between the two companies: Story Completion and the Calm Lands Episode Complete. Short of 400, play the attractions until you pass it, fly out and come back.Lost after: Taking the portal to the final battle.Sources disagree: Most sources say only your own company's Publicity score has to pass 400; one says both companies need over 400.

Chocobo Ranch

• Open the Ruin DepthsMissableSources disagreesidequestThe long one. Raise Bold chocobos (Kilika, the Thunder Plains and Bikanel have them) and send them to the Calm Lands at every level from 1 to 5, then hold four level 5 chocobos in the runner slots and send them once more. Clasko then finds a door at the back of the ranch. The Chocobo Ranch guide has the full routine.Lost after: Taking the portal to the final battle.Sources disagree: The sources agree it takes several rounds of dispatches to the Calm Lands ending with four level 5 chocobos in the runner slots, but describe the exact sequence differently.

Ruin Depths

• Scene: the Amazing ChocoboMissablesceneBehind the fifth and last door. Clasko and the chocobo have their moment ("They make a cute couple, don't you think?"). Story Completion, and its own Episode Complete, which counts toward Mascot.Lost after: Taking the portal to the final battle.

Djose Temple: the first fight

• Scene: the technicians' challengeMissablescenePlays as you enter the temple. The Al Bhed show off "the Experiment", built from the parts dug up in Bikanel. Counts toward Story Completion with the rest of the Djose scenes.Lost after: Taking the portal to the final battle.
• Mission: Masterpiece TheatreMissablesidequestAccept it and the fight starts at once. The machine is only as strong as the Assemblies you have dug up so far, which is why you come here before digging this chapter.Lost after: Taking the portal to the final battle.
• Boss: Experiment (first fight)Missableboss18,324 HP at every level; its stats and attack pattern rise with the Assemblies. At level 1 it only uses a basic attack. Steal Turbo Ether. Drops Elixir. Mighty Guard or Protect, one healer, two hitters.Lost after: Beating it for the first time at full level (Attack, Defense and Special all at 5). The low-level win is what matters.
• Scene: Paine after the low-level winMissablesceneStory Completion. Only plays if the machine was not fully levelled when you beat it.Lost after: Beating the Experiment for the first time at full level. If you dug it to level 5 in earlier chapters, the first fight is already at full level and this line is gone.
• Al Bhed Primer (Djose Temple)Copy missableSources disagreecollectibleLook in the antechamber and check your key items after the first win.Lost after: Taking the portal to the final battle.Get another: Missed primers can be dug up in the Bikanel Desert, up to the final battle.Sources disagree: One guide puts a Chapter 5 primer in a chest in the room before the Chamber of the Fayth; another says one is handed over after the first Experiment win. Neither says which numeral.

Bikanel: the last Gatekeepers

• Scene: Cactuar Nation under siegeMissablesceneNhadala and Benzo report fiends massing on Cactuar Nation. Marnela says the barrier needs all ten Gatekeepers. Counts toward Story Completion.Lost after: Taking the portal to the final battle.
• Mission: The Cactuar Connection (Gatekeepers 7–9)MissablesidequestMarnela's clues pick up where Chapter 3 stopped. Chiapa is on a fallen tree over the water past the bridge in Kilika Woods; Erio is on the Prominence below Mt. Gagazet's summit; Bartschella is inside Dona's hut in Kilika Port. Each one is a round of the cactuar minigame, which you do not have to win. The Cactuar hunt guide has every clue.Lost after: Taking the portal to the final battle.
• Gatekeeper 10: Frailea (Cactuar Hollow)MissablesidequestBring the ninth home and Marnela sends you after the tenth. Choose "We'll look for him." Save first: the cave opens with three forced fights.Lost after: Taking the portal to the final battle.

Cactuar Hollow

• Ether (by the waterfalls)MissableSources disagreeitemAcross the platforms near the waterfalls, early on.Lost after: The Bikanel episode wrapping up, if the Hollow is sealed then.Sources disagree: Accounts differ on whether the Hollow can be re-entered once the Bikanel episode wraps up. Clear it on the way in.
• Faerie EarringsMissableSources disagreeaccessoryFirst of four along the sand-chamber path. The chamber fills in 60 seconds; drop into the pit on purpose and it spits you out unhurt somewhere else, which helps you reach these.Lost after: The Bikanel episode wrapping up, if the Hollow is sealed then.Sources disagree: Accounts differ on whether the Hollow can be re-entered once the Bikanel episode wraps up. Clear it on the way in.
• Mega PhoenixMissableSources disagreeitemSecond on the sand-chamber path.Lost after: The Bikanel episode wrapping up, if the Hollow is sealed then.Sources disagree: Accounts differ on whether the Hollow can be re-entered once the Bikanel episode wraps up. Clear it on the way in.
• Hi-PotionMissableSources disagreeitemThird on the sand-chamber path.Lost after: The Bikanel episode wrapping up, if the Hollow is sealed then.Sources disagree: Accounts differ on whether the Hollow can be re-entered once the Bikanel episode wraps up. Clear it on the way in.
• MegalixirMissableSources disagreeitemFourth on the sand-chamber path. The best item in the cave.Lost after: The Bikanel episode wrapping up, if the Hollow is sealed then.Sources disagree: Accounts differ on whether the Hollow can be re-entered once the Bikanel episode wraps up. Clear it on the way in.
• Twist HeadbandMissableSources disagreeaccessoryFirst of the chests on the platforms after the path narrows.Lost after: The Bikanel episode wrapping up, if the Hollow is sealed then.Sources disagree: Accounts differ on whether the Hollow can be re-entered once the Bikanel episode wraps up. Clear it on the way in.
• Ether (platforms)MissableSources disagreeitemSecond on the platforms.Lost after: The Bikanel episode wrapping up, if the Hollow is sealed then.Sources disagree: Accounts differ on whether the Hollow can be re-entered once the Bikanel episode wraps up. Clear it on the way in.
• Mute ShockMissableSources disagreeaccessoryThird on the platforms.Lost after: The Bikanel episode wrapping up, if the Hollow is sealed then.Sources disagree: Accounts differ on whether the Hollow can be re-entered once the Bikanel episode wraps up. Clear it on the way in.
• Beaded BroochMissableSources disagreeaccessoryFourth on the platforms.Lost after: The Bikanel episode wrapping up, if the Hollow is sealed then.Sources disagree: Accounts differ on whether the Hollow can be re-entered once the Bikanel episode wraps up. Clear it on the way in.
• Phoenix DownMissableSources disagreeitemLast on the platforms, just before Frailea's ledge.Lost after: The Bikanel episode wrapping up, if the Hollow is sealed then.Sources disagree: Accounts differ on whether the Hollow can be re-entered once the Bikanel episode wraps up. Clear it on the way in.

Showdown in the Sands

• Mission: Showdown in the SandsMissablesidequestOffered when you leave the Hollow: the fiend driven out of Cactuar Nation is heading for the Al Bhed camp. Accept, then fly back to the Celsius to prepare. Selecting Bikanel on the map starts the fight.Lost after: Taking the portal to the final battle.
• Scene: back at Cactuar NationMissablesceneReturn to Cactuar Nation after the fight for a short scene and Yuna's line about Marnela. Story Completion, and the Bikanel Episode Complete, which counts toward Mascot.Lost after: Taking the portal to the final battle.

Bikanel: digging

• Dig: Assemblies to 38 points in Attack, Defense and SpecialMissablesidequestOnly after the first Djose fight. Yellow X marks are Assemblies: A is worth 1 point, S 3, Z 5. Levels: 0–3 is 1, 4–9 is 2, 10–19 is 3, 20–37 is 4, 38 and up is 5. All three stats need level 5. Attack parts lean West, Defense South, Special East, North and Central. You cannot see the total in your inventory; the machine's level at Djose tells you.Lost after: Taking the portal to the final battle.

Djose Temple: the rematch

• Boss: Experiment (level 5)MissablebossTalk to the technician by the Chamber of the Fayth with a Repair Manual. Its loop: Rocket Launcher (ten random hits), Attack, Rocket Launcher, Attack, Lifeslicer (kills outright), Annihilator (about 1,500 magic damage to everyone, ignores Magic Defense, delays turns), Attack. Defense level 5 halves your damage; Darkness ignores it. Mighty Guard at the start, Auto-Life (Salvation Promised) if you have it. Bring a Gun Mage and keep them alive to learn Annihilator; this is the only enemy that uses it.Lost after: Ending the Djose episode. Once the episode is complete the machine can never be fought again.
• Scene: Rikku after the full-level winMissablesceneStory Completion. With Paine's earlier line, this gives the Djose Episode Complete.Lost after: Taking the portal to the final battle.
• Magical Dances, Vol. IIMissableSources disagreekey-itemThe reward for beating the Experiment at full level.Lost after: Ending the Djose episode without beating the level 5 machine.Sources disagree: Three sources give it for the level 5 win; one says the first win.
• Achievement: Dancing QueenMissableachievementObtain Magical Dances, Vol. II.Lost after: Ending the Djose episode without beating the level 5 machine.

Bevelle

• Scene: Maroda at the gate (Bevelle episode)MissablesceneWalk toward the headquarters entrance. Maroda's scene plays and the Bevelle Episode Complete comes straight away; the Via Infinito is not needed for it. You are sent back to the Celsius afterwards.Lost after: Taking the portal to the final battle.

Via Infinito: Cloisters 0–20

• Scene: the Kinderguardians find a way downMissablesceneBack in Bevelle, go through the doorway on the east side of the headquarters' main floor. The Kinderguardians are by a glyph that leads to the Via Infinito. Save first.Lost after: Taking the portal to the final battle.
• Scene: Rikku, "Farplane!" (Cloister 0)MissablesceneThe talk with the Kinderguardians at the start. Story Completion.Lost after: Taking the portal to the final battle.
• Scene: Crimson Record 6MissablesceneWatch it at once or later from Shinra's Treasure Spheres menu on the Celsius; a New Yevon priest asks what you saw. Story Completion.Lost after: Taking the portal to the final battle.
• Scene: Paine, "Maester Kinoc!" (Cloister 20)MissablescenePlays at Cloister 20 with the sphere. Story Completion.Lost after: Taking the portal to the final battle.
• Scene: Crimson Record 8MissablesceneWatch it with Shinra on the Celsius; Nooj is glad you are all right. Story Completion.Lost after: Taking the portal to the final battle.

Mushroom Rock Road

• Mission: the Youth League tournamentMissablesceneYouth League route only. Talk to Yaibal's group where you enter the road, then fight your way north through squads of League soldiers, Elma among them, to Lucil. The last few fights come with no break between them, so heal before the end of the road. Winning gives Mission Complete and **Episode Complete** for Mushroom Rock Road.Lost after: Taking the portal to the final battle.

Youth League headquarters

• Nooj's SphereMissablekey-itemAfter the tournament, go up to the observation deck and talk to Lucil (Yaibal is there too). Needs the tournament won.Lost after: Taking the portal to the final battle.
• Scene: Deathseeker (Nooj's Sphere)MissablesceneBack on the Celsius, talk to Shinra and play Nooj's Sphere from the Treasure Spheres list. It is titled "Deathseeker". Watching it counts toward Story Completion.Lost after: Taking the portal to the final battle.
• MascotCopy missableSources disagreedressphereBuddy hands it over on the Celsius the moment every Chapter 5 location shows Episode Complete. On a route that finishes here, this is where it lands. Its signature moves need abilities learned in other dresspheres first, not AP in Mascot.Lost after: Any location in Chapter 5 ending on "Episode Concluded" instead of "Episode Complete". Once that happens, Buddy's handover is gone for the file.Get another: The Fiend Arena's Youth League Tournament, whose first-win prize is listed as Mascot (unconfirmed). It opens after winning the Grand Cup on Hard six times.Sources disagree: Most accounts treat one Episode Concluded as losing Mascot for the file; one also publishes the Fiend Arena route above as a second way to get it.

The Den of Woe

• Scene: the Den of WoeMissablesceneSave at the Save Sphere in the gorge, walk to the door with all ten spheres, then follow the arrow east and jump the chasm. The five fights that follow are back to back. There are no chests inside. Clearing the Den is part of Mushroom Rock Road's Story Completion share, so 100% needs it.Lost after: Taking the portal to the final battle.
• Drill Shot (Gun Mage Blue Bullet)MissableabilityHave a Gun Mage on the field when Baralai uses it. This is the second and last chance for this bullet. If a Gun Mage learned it from him at the end of Chapter 2, you already have it.Lost after: Baralai falls without Drill Shot having hit a Gun Mage.
• Mortar (Gun Mage Blue Bullet)MissableabilityGippal in this fight is the only place the story offers Mortar. He uses it more as his HP falls, so keep a Gun Mage standing and do not finish him early.Lost after: Gippal falls without Mortar having hit a Gun Mage.
• Magical Dances, Vol. IMissableSources disagreekey-itemSteal from Nooj before he goes down to be safe either way.Lost after: Leaving the Den of Woe.Sources disagree: Most sources have it as Nooj's drop and a guaranteed Den reward. One has it as his steal.
• Supreme LightMissablegarment-gridThe Den's reward. Lets any dressphere use the White Mage skills you have learned. Crossing its gates adds Auto-Life and Holy.Lost after: Taking the portal to the final battle without clearing the Den.

Before you go down

• Via Infinito Cloister 100 clearedCopy missableprogressionThe boss at the bottom of the Via Infinito, Trema, has to be beaten for 100%. Do it now if you have not. You can still leave from the Farplane Glen's Save Sphere and come back to finish the Via Infinito later, but not after the portal.Lost after: Taking the portal to the final battle.Get another: New Game Plus, where Story Completion carries over.

Road to the Farplane

• MegiddoMissablegarment-gridGo down all five routes. After the first full descent you are not made to refight the bosses. Use the Glen's Save Sphere to go back to the Celsius and pick another route from Brother. Completing the fifth gives Megiddo: any learned Black Mage skill, plus Flare and Ultima through its gates.Lost after: Taking the portal to the final battle before finishing all five routes.

Back on the Celsius

• Scene: ShinraMissablesceneUse the Glen's Save Sphere to return to the airship and talk to Shinra on the bridge. Needs the Thunder Plains episode done and Cid aboard.Lost after: Taking the portal to the final battle.
• Scene: Brother, Buddy and Cid on the deckMissablesceneRide the lift to the deck; Cid walks past you inside. Follow him to the bridge to hear him argue with Brother. Then go back to the deck and up again for the Brother and Buddy talk. You need most of the Al Bhed Primers to follow it.Lost after: Taking the portal to the final battle.
• Al Bhed Primer (Celsius deck)MissablecollectibleGiven at the end of the deck scene. The last primer handed out on the airship.Lost after: Taking the portal to the final battle.
• Scene: sphere-hunting talk in the cabinMissablesceneCid, Rikku, Brother and Yuna in the cabin. Appears once Story Completion is high enough, around 80%.Lost after: Taking the portal to the final battle.
• Scene: Rikku on the deckMissablesceneCheck the bridge map until Rikku is missing, then find her on the deck. **She only appears at 95% Story Completion or more**, so finish the other scenes first.Lost after: Taking the portal to the final battle.

The ending

• Scene: press the button in the flower fieldMissablesceneAfter the Chapter 5 Complete screen, the Gullwings stand in the field of flowers. Press confirm here. It is what unlocks every ending past the Normal one.Lost after: The flower field scene ending without the button being pressed.
• Answer the fayth: "Yes!"MissableprogressionThe first option. The second gives a different, smaller version of the ending.Lost after: Picking the other answer.
• Sweet PerfectionCopy missableachievementPops in the final sequence if the file is at 100%.Lost after: Finishing below 100% Story Completion.Get another: New Game Plus, which carries Story Completion over.