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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.

13 things here are lost permanently. Everything below is worth taking as you pass it. The completionist tab lists every one of them with the exact moment it stops being obtainable.

Home is short and full of fights, and it is the one place so far where the order you do things in matters. Read the next line before you go anywhere.

In the main corridor there is a Save Sphere beside a doorway. Do not go through that doorway until you have been everywhere else. It does not let you back.

Outside

Before you go in: search the fallen man outside for two Hi-Potions, and pick up the Al Bhed Primer on the ground on the left side of the area. Then save at the sphere to the right of the door.

Two fights follow straight away. The first has Bombs in it — kill each one before it swells up three times, or it explodes. Have Rikku steal from the guards in every fight here; it stops them healing.

Up the stairs

At the bottom of the first stairs, turn round. There is a chest half hidden in the smoke.

Go back up and through the door on the left. There is a fight inside; after it, the second Al Bhed Primer is lying on the bed. Two chests in this room are locked with puzzles:

The left chest asks what it contains, from a grid of nine answers. Three of them are monsters and start a fight. The others are items. The Elixir in the middle of the top row is the best of them. You only get one guess.
The right chest wants three words in Al Bhed. In order: bottom row, middle; middle row, right; middle row, middle. It is worth a sphere you will want later.

The three-way split

Below the stairs, the corridor splits three ways. The Save Sphere — and the doorway you are leaving for last — is on the left.

Middle path: a chest of Al Bhed Potions.
Right path: the third Al Bhed Primer, on the ground at the end. The doorway on the right there leads to a room with a fight and two more puzzle chests.

In that room, the right chest is a quiz. Answer with the third, fourth, second and first options, in that order. The left chest wants a four-digit number. It tells you each digit as two numbers and you work it out: add the first pair, subtract the second, multiply the third, add the fourth.

Through the doorway

Now go back to the Save Sphere, save, and take the doorway beside it. There is a scene and a fight. At the bottom of the stairs afterwards, there is a chest on the right and a second one tucked out of sight on the far left.

Through the next door there is a long scene. Before you move on, take the chest in the south-west corner of that room — 10,000 gil. The door after that is the way out, and this place does not come back.

Worth doing on a first run

Hi-Potion x2 (fallen Al Bhed)itemSearch the body of the fallen Al Bhed outside the entrance.
Al Bhed Primer Vol. XIXcollectibleOn the ground on the left side of the area outside the entrance, near the fallen soldiers. There is no second copy anywhere.
Save Sphere (outside)referenceTo the right of the doorway. Save — there are two forced fights straight inside: a guard with three Bombs, then a guard with two Dual Horns. Kill each Bomb before it swells three times, and steal from the guards to stop their Auto-Potion.
Al Bhed Potion x4 (foot of the first stairs)itemHalf-hidden by smoke at the bottom of the stairs. Turn round once you are down them.
Al Bhed Primer Vol. XXcollectibleThe 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.
Chest of Dreams (one pick)itemThe 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.
Friend Sphere (password chest)itemThe 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.
Al Bhed Potion x6 (middle path)itemThe 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.
Al Bhed Primer Vol. XXIcollectibleOn the ground at the end of the right-hand path.
Skill Sphere (quiz chest)itemThrough 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.
Special Sphere (number chest)itemThe 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.
The doorway beside the Save SphereprogressionThe point of no return. Everything above should be in your inventory before you step through. A scene and a fight with a guard and two Chimeras follow.
Lv. 2 Key Sphere (foot of the lower stairs)itemThe chest on the right at the bottom of the stairs after the fight.
Lv. 4 Key Sphere (hidden chest)itemPartly hidden on the far left of the same room, behind the stairs.
10,000 gil (the next room)itemThrough 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.

How this page was made

Researched across 4 community walkthroughs and written from scratch — no source’s wording appears here.

How we decide what to print

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.

13 things here are lost permanently. Point of no return: The doorway beside the Save Sphere at the three-way split in the main corridor. Go through it and the upper rooms are shut behind you: Al Bhed Primers XX and XXI, the Chest of Dreams, the password chest (Friend Sphere), the quiz and number chests (Skill Sphere, Special Sphere) and both Al Bhed Potion chests. Primer XIX, outside, should be taken before you first go in. Boarding the airship at the far end leaves Home for good — it cannot be revisited, and Primers XIX, XX and XXI exist nowhere else, so missing any of them ends Master Linguist and Rin's all-Primers reward for the playthrough. Everything is listed on the missables page.

Spoilers from here.

The Guado are raiding the Al Bhed’s hidden city for summoners, and Cid will scuttle the place himself once you are out. Home cannot be revisited. Its treasure is either in your bag when the Fahrenheit lifts off or gone.

Three of the game’s twenty-six Primers live here and nowhere else. Miss Vol. XIX, XX or XXI and Master Linguist is over for this playthrough, along with Rin’s reward for the full set (99 Underdog’s Secrets, given on the airship). Vol. XXII in Bevelle is the only other Primer with no second chance.

The point of no return

The doorway beside the Save Sphere at the three-way split in the main corridor. Through it, a scene plays, a fight starts, and the upper rooms are shut behind you. Before you take it you should have:

Primers XIX, XX and XXI
Al Bhed Potion x4 and x6
The Chest of Dreams prize, the Friend Sphere, the Skill Sphere and the Special Sphere

After the doorway, three chests remain — two Key Spheres and 10,000 gil — and then the airship.

Outside

Hi-Potion x2 — search the fallen Al Bhed.
Al Bhed Primer Vol. XIX — on the ground on the left side of the area outside the entrance. Take it before you go in. Treat the door as the cut-off for this one.
Save Sphere to the right of the doorway.

The forced fights

Straight inside: a Guado Guardian and three Bombs, then a Guardian and two Dual Horns. Steal the Guardians’ Hi-Potions with Rikku (or Mug) and their Auto-Potion stops. Kill Bombs one at a time — after swelling three times they self-destruct for around 1,000. Dual Horns hit hard physically; Power Break helps.

Stairs and the bedroom

Al Bhed Potion x4 — at the foot of the first stairs, hidden in smoke. Turn round after you go down.

The door on the left at the top of the stairs is the living quarters: another Guardian and two Dual Horns, then:

Al Bhed Primer Vol. XX — on the bed.
Chest of Dreams (left chest). One guess from this grid:

Bomb Elixir Hi-Potion

Mega-Potion Soft Chimera

Potion Remedy Evil Eye

The three fiends start a fight. Elixir is the prize worth taking.
Friend Sphere (right chest). Three Al Bhed words: Sorry (bottom row, middle), Wait (middle row, right), Pardon (middle row, middle). The answers are the same whatever Primers you hold. The Friend Sphere moves a character to an ally’s position on the grid — keep it for later.


Bomb	Elixir	Hi-Potion
Mega-Potion	Soft	Chimera
Potion	Remedy	Evil Eye

The three-way split

Below the stairs the corridor forks. Left path: the Save Sphere and the doorway. Leave it.

Middle path — Al Bhed Potion x6.
Right path — Al Bhed Primer Vol. XXI on the ground at the end.

The doorway on the right at the end of the right path opens on a Guardian and two Chimeras. Chimeras have 9,000 HP and no elemental weakness; Magic Break and Nul spells take the edge off their magic. Then the two chests:

Skill Sphere (right chest). “Are you Al Bhed?” — Yes (third option). “Son of the Al Bhed leader?” — Brother (fourth). “Island the Al Bhed live on?” — Bikanel Island (second). “‘Al Bhed’ in Al Bhed?” — Al Bhed (first).
Special Sphere (left chest). Four digits, each given as a pair of numbers: first digit add, second subtract, third multiply, fourth add. Do not copy a printed code — work out the one on your screen.

Through the doorway

Back to the Save Sphere. Save, then go through. Scene, then a Guardian and two Chimeras.

Lv. 2 Key Sphere — chest on the right at the bottom of the stairs.
Lv. 4 Key Sphere — partly hidden on the far left of the same room.

The next door is the Summoners’ Sanctum. Rikku finally says it out loud: the Final Summoning kills the summoner. When you have control:

10,000 gil — chest in the south-west corner.

The door after that leads down the walkway to the Fahrenheit. Board it and Home is gone.

Everything in this area

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.
Save Sphere (outside)referenceTo the right of the doorway. Save — there are two forced fights straight inside: a guard with three Bombs, then a guard with two Dual Horns. Kill each Bomb before it swells three times, and steal from the guards to stop their Auto-Potion.

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

The doorway beside the Save SphereprogressionThe point of no return. Everything above should be in your inventory before you step through. A scene and a fight with a guard and two Chimeras follow.
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.

How this page was made

Researched across 7 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