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Guadosalam

Story mode. Written for a first playthrough and kept free of spoilers — it will not tell you what happens here, only what the game is asking of you.

Guadosalam is a breather. No fights, a handful of chests, and one long story stretch. Walk the town before you follow anyone through a door.

Look around first

Rikku explains customization as you arrive: spare items can now be spent to add abilities to empty slots on your gear. It is the most useful thing you learn here. From now on, steal from everything.

The inn is the first door in front of you and has the Save Sphere. Then sweep the town:

Mega-Potion — chest to the right of the big red door at the back.
Al Bhed Primer Vol. XIII and 3,000 gil — the house on the far left, the room with a pillar of tree roots in the middle. The Primer is on the floor by the pillar, the chest is behind it.
Elixir — squeeze past the two Guado chatting by a lamp post along the western wall. The chest is in the niche behind them.

Shop for the road ahead

The shop sells Yellow armor, all with Lightning Ward. The next stretch of road is under a permanent thunderstorm and almost everything on it hits with lightning, so buy a piece or two for whoever you plan to use. Skip the shield for Tidus — there is a free one on the way.

The mansion

The big red door is where the story wants you. Before you trigger anything, go upstairs: two Hi-Potions are tucked behind the balcony. Then talk to the party in the main room and try the door on the ground floor. Sit back.

Up the hill

When the scene ends, take the highest ramp in town. Right at the top, on the left, there is a hidden chest with eight Lightning Marbles — keep them; they are customization material for lightning protection.

Inside, talk to Lulu and Wakka, then go to Yuna. Tidus’s sword picks up new abilities along the way, including Waterstrike. Check his equipment afterwards.

On your way back out, there is a second chest on the left just inside. Open it; it is a key item you will want much, much later.

Leaving

Back in town, talk to everyone. Lulu has a question for you if you talk to her twice; your answer does not change anything that matters. When you are ready, head for the guarded slope near the entrance and the party moves on.

Worth doing on a first run

Equipment customization opensreferenceRikku explains customization as you arrive. Spare items can now be spent to add abilities to empty slots on weapons and armor. Keep stealing — the materials come from fiends.
Mega-Potion (beside the mansion door)itemChest to the right of the big red door at the back of town.
Al Bhed Primer Vol. XIIIcollectibleIn the house on the far left, the room with the tree-root pillar in the middle. On the floor beside the pillar.
3,000 gil (root-pillar house)itemChest at the back of the same room as the Primer, behind the roots.
Elixir (niche off the west ramp)itemSqueeze past the two Guado talking by the lamp post along the western wall. The chest is in the niche behind them.
Shop: Yellow armor (Lightning Ward)referenceThe shop through the central doorway sells the Yellow armor line, all with Lightning Ward. The road out of town is a lightning storm, so one or two pieces earn their keep. Skip the Yellow Shield for Tidus — you find one free on the road.
Hi-Potion x2 (mansion upstairs)itemUpstairs inside the mansion, tucked behind the balcony at the top of the stairs. Easy to walk past; the mini-map shows the nook.
The audience in the mansionprogressionTalk to the party in the main room, then try the door on the ground floor. A long scene follows; afterwards the story sends you uphill.
Lightning Marble x8 (Farplane approach)itemHidden chest on the left just after the top of the ramp, at the entrance to the Farplane. Useful as customization material for Lightningproof gear.
The FarplaneprogressionThe entrance is at the top of the highest ramp. Talk to Lulu and Wakka, then go to Yuna to finish the scene.
Brotherhood upgrade (Strength +10%, Waterstrike, Sensor)weaponTidus's Brotherhood picks up Strength +10%, Waterstrike and Sensor during the Farplane scenes, on top of its Strength +5%. Re-equip it if you had swapped it out. Take Waterstrike off the attacker before fighting anything that absorbs water.
Shelinda at the exitprogressionApproach the guarded decline near the town entrance. A short scene, then meet the party in front of the mansion and leave by that decline.

How this page was made

Researched across 5 community walkthroughs and written from scratch — no source’s wording appears here.

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Completionist mode. Full spoilers, in play order, with every permanent loss called out before you reach it. 2 entries below are marked where our sources disagree with each other — we have not picked a winner for you.

Spoilers from here.

Nothing in Guadosalam is permanently missable. The town and the Farplane are open again later. Still, everything here takes two minutes, so take it now.

The town

Rikku’s customization tutorial plays on arrival. Customization is the backbone of FFX’s endgame — the materials come from steals and drops, so start stealing everything now.

The chests, in a sensible order:

Mega-Potion — right of the mansion’s red door.
Al Bhed Primer Vol. XIII — the far-left house, on the floor beside the tree-root pillar.
3,000 gil — the chest behind the pillar in the same room.
Elixir — the niche behind two Guado chatting by a lamp post off the west ramp. It is an Elixir, and it is outside, not in the mansion.

The shop sells the Yellow armor line (Lightning Ward). Worth one or two pieces for the Thunder Plains. Do not buy Tidus a Yellow Shield — a better one, with Lightningproof, is dropped outside Rin’s agency.

Seymour’s mansion

Grab the Hi-Potion x2 behind the balcony upstairs, talk to the party, and try the lower door. Seymour shows the party Zanarkand as it was a thousand years ago and asks Yuna to marry him. She goes to the Farplane to think.

The Farplane

The ramp to the Farplane is at the top of town. At the top, before you go in, a hidden chest on the left holds Lightning Marble x8 — customization material for Lightningproof, which beats Ward on the plains.

Inside: Wakka meets Chappu, Lulu’s past with Chappu comes out, Tidus tries and fails to call up Jecht — which tells him his father is still alive. Tidus’s Brotherhood gains Strength +10%, Waterstrike and Sensor here. Waterstrike is a liability in Macalania Woods, where most fiends are water; keep a second weapon handy.

Venus Crest. The chest on the left just inside the Farplane. Open it on your way out. It is half of Lulu’s Onion Knight; the Venus Sigil is the 200-dodge prize on the Thunder Plains. You can come back for it, but there is no reason to.

Before you leave

Talk to everyone while Yuna is with Seymour. Rikku is hanging off a balcony. Talk to Lulu twice and she warns Tidus off Yuna. “Okay”, “Too late” or “You’re more my type, Lulu” each shift the hidden affection tally that picks who joins Tidus in a couple of later scenes. Nothing tangible rides on it.

Shelinda is by the guarded slope near the entrance and tells you Seymour has already left. Meet the party in front of the mansion and take the slope down to the Thunder Plains.

The full celestial weapon route for Lulu — crest, sigil, mirror — lives in the celestial weapons guide.

Everything in this area

The town

Equipment customization opensreferenceRikku explains customization as you arrive. Spare items can now be spent to add abilities to empty slots on weapons and armor. Keep stealing — the materials come from fiends.
Mega-Potion (beside the mansion door)itemChest to the right of the big red door at the back of town.
Al Bhed Primer Vol. XIIIcollectibleIn the house on the far left, the room with the tree-root pillar in the middle. On the floor beside the pillar.
3,000 gil (root-pillar house)itemChest at the back of the same room as the Primer, behind the roots.
Elixir (niche off the west ramp)Sources disagreeitemSqueeze past the two Guado talking by the lamp post along the western wall. The chest is in the niche behind them.Sources disagree: One guide lists an Ether here and another puts the chest inside the mansion. It is an Elixir, and it is in the town, tucked behind two Guado chatting by a lamp post south of the root-pillar house.
Shop: Yellow armor (Lightning Ward)referenceThe shop through the central doorway sells the Yellow armor line, all with Lightning Ward. The road out of town is a lightning storm, so one or two pieces earn their keep. Skip the Yellow Shield for Tidus — you find one free on the road.

The mansion

Hi-Potion x2 (mansion upstairs)itemUpstairs inside the mansion, tucked behind the balcony at the top of the stairs. Easy to walk past; the mini-map shows the nook.
The audience in the mansionprogressionTalk to the party in the main room, then try the door on the ground floor. A long scene follows; afterwards the story sends you uphill.

The Farplane

Lightning Marble x8 (Farplane approach)Sources disagreeitemHidden chest on the left just after the top of the ramp, at the entrance to the Farplane. Useful as customization material for Lightningproof gear.Sources disagree: One guide calls these Electro Marbles. The chest holds Lightning Marbles.
The FarplaneprogressionThe entrance is at the top of the highest ramp. Talk to Lulu and Wakka, then go to Yuna to finish the scene.
Brotherhood upgrade (Strength +10%, Waterstrike, Sensor)weaponTidus's Brotherhood picks up Strength +10%, Waterstrike and Sensor during the Farplane scenes, on top of its Strength +5%. Re-equip it if you had swapped it out. Take Waterstrike off the attacker before fighting anything that absorbs water.
Venus Crestkey-itemChest on the left just inside the Farplane. Open it once you have finished at the mansion, on the way out. Half of what Lulu's celestial weapon needs; the other half is the 200-dodge prize on the plains ahead.

Leaving town

Lulu's question (dialogue choice)referenceTalk to Lulu twice while Yuna is with Seymour. "Okay", "Too late" or "You're more my type, Lulu" nudges the hidden affection tally that picks who appears in a couple of later scenes. No item rides on it.
Shelinda at the exitprogressionApproach the guarded decline near the town entrance. A short scene, then meet the party in front of the mansion and leave by that decline.

How this page was made

Researched across 5 community walkthroughs and written from scratch — no source’s wording appears here. 2 are marked where sources disagree with each other — we have not picked a winner for you.

How we decide what to print