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Mi'ihen Highroad

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.

2 things here are lost permanently, and 13 more you can get another of later. 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.

The Highroad is long and full of people, and most of them want to give the summoner something. Talk to everyone on the way north. The gifts are small, but they add up, and the travellers are not all there to talk to forever.

South End

Save, then work the first screen: a girl with pigtails north of the Save Sphere, a man in yellow, and a man in blue near the stairs all have gifts. The man in blue has a spear for Kimahri.

An old man by the ruins gives you a history lesson. Listen to it, then walk round the far side of the ruins for a chest with a sword for Tidus.

Bring Kimahri along for some fights here. Use Lancet on the horned beasts and on the round floating bombs: each teaches him a new overdrive, and the one from the horned beasts hits every enemy at once.

The summoner in the clearing

Near the end of the South End a woman stands in a clearing on the right. She challenges Yuna to a duel of summons. Win or lose, you get a ring, so take the fight.

You only get Valefor; her summon resists the delay from Sonic Wings and absorbs fire. Fill Yuna’s overdrive gauge in normal fights first, so Valefor comes out ready to use its own overdrive straight away. After that, cast Shield whenever it is about to throw its big rock, and Blizzard the rest of the time.

South and Central

More travellers. In the South: a chest in the clearing behind the knight on a chocobo, and a Crusader jogging along the road with a ring. When a blitzball rolls up, don’t kick it — talk to the boy chasing it instead.

In Central: a man walking up from the south, a Crusader on the road, a Crusader pacing back and forth, one standing to the left of the wagon once it moves aside, and a woman past it. Two chests — one in a clearing off the right side that the camera hides, one at the very end of the road.

The travel agency

An inn and shop run by a man named Rin. He gives you a primer, and a young man stops you at the door with a gift. Save inside; it restores HP.

The fight outside

Something big attacks outside the agency. It has a lot of HP, but you do not need to drain it. Push it off the cliff. Hit it hard enough and it falls on its back; keep hitting it while it is down and it slides toward the edge. Three shoves and it goes over, and you get a bonus for doing it that way. Be careful: when it gets up it shoves you back toward the cliff behind you, and if you go over, you lose the rewards.

Its shell turns away normal hits. Use characters with Piercing weapons until it is on its back, then everyone can join in. It is weak to fire.

Riding north

You get a free chocobo afterwards. Stay on it all the way to the end of the road. Some chests can only be reached from its back: look for yellow feathers on the ground and press the button beside them, and the chocobo jumps up to a ledge for you.

At the bend after the bridges, a feather leads to a spear for Kimahri. The primer lies on the ground a little further on, beside the road. It is small.
At the north end, a chest on the left beside two young Crusaders.
Take the thin path heading south-east from there. A feather on the left, easy to miss, leads to two chests.
Further along the lower road, another feather down a side path leads to a rare Sphere Grid sphere.
At the very end of the lower road, past the merchant and a Save Sphere, is a chest with a key item. Take it; it matters much later.

The merchant down there is your last chance to lend him gil. If your total is close to 10,000, sell some old gear and push it over — it gets you a discount for the rest of the game.

The gate

Go back to the north end and get off the chocobo. A Crusader there takes donations; the rewards are not worth the gil. The road is blocked, and you need help to get through. Help arrives.

Before you go on, make sure you have everything you want from the road. The road north is next.

Worth doing on a first run

Antidote x2 (girl by the Save Sphere)itemThe girl with pigtails just north of the Save Sphere.
Hi-Potion (man in yellow)itemA traveller on the first screen.
Hunter's Spear (traveller)weaponKimahri'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.
Maechen (the old scholar)referenceThe old man by the ruins. Listen to his history lesson; he introduces himself and turns up again all over Spira. No item, but the chest behind the ruins is the reason you are standing there.
Ice Brand (behind the ruins)weaponTidus's sword, one slot, Icestrike. In the chest on the far side of the ruined structure where the old man stands.
Ronso Rage: Fire Breath and Self-Destructlimit-breakTwo of Kimahri's overdrives live on this road. Use Lancet on a Dual Horn for Fire Breath and on a Bomb for Self-Destruct. Fire Breath hits every enemy and stays useful for a long time. Both enemies appear again later.
Remedy (by the chocobo knight)itemIn a small clearing off the road, behind the Crusader on a chocobo.
Red Ring (running Crusader)armourA Crusader jogging along the road hands it over when you talk to him. Yuna's armor, two slots: HP +10% and Fire Ward.
Soft x3 (the blitzball kid)itemA 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.
Calli and her motherreferenceA short scene with a girl and her mother. No gift.
Lv. 1 Key Sphere (walking man)itemA man walking up the road from the south. Useful straight away for opening locks on the Sphere Grid, especially on the Expert grid.
Antidote x4 (Crusader)itemA Crusader on the road.
2,000 gil (clearing on the right)itemIn a clearing off the right side of the road. The camera angle hides it, so hug the right edge.
600 gil (pacing Crusader)itemA Crusader pacing back and forth on the trail.
Ether (by the wagon)itemWalk up to the wagon and it pulls aside. The Crusader on the left of the road beside it has the Ether.
Hi-Potion (woman by the sign)itemA woman further up the path, past the wagon.
Eye Drops x3 (end of Central)itemThe chest at the very end of the road, just before the next screen.
Lv. 1 Key Sphere (young man at the door)itemHe stops you on your way out of the agency the first time.
Al Bhed Primer Vol. VIIIcollectibleRin, the agency's owner, gives it to you when you talk to him.
Mega-Potion x2 (Rin)itemRin hands these over when trouble starts outside.
Rin's shopreferenceItems and gear, plus a Save Sphere that restores HP. A blade for Auron is the usual buy. Rin's agencies reappear further north, and they always have a save point.
Free chocobo rideprogressionAfter the fight the woman outside lends you a chocobo for free. If you were pushed off, renting one costs 1,000 gil. Ride it for the rest of the road and do not dismount until the North End: several chests are reached only by stopping at a yellow feather on the ground.
Heat Lance (first feather)weaponKimahri's spear, two slots: Piercing and Firestrike. A feather on the ground near the top of the U-bend after the bridges; examine it from the saddle and the chocobo jumps up to the chest.
Al Bhed Primer Vol. IXcollectibleOn the ground at the side of the road, in front of a post, just past the Heat Lance feather. Small and easy to miss. If you ride past it, you can come back.
Hi-Potion x2 (North End)itemThe chest on the left of the North End screen, beside two young Crusaders. The chocobo can kick it open.
Thunder Blade (hidden feather)weaponAuron's sword, two slots: Piercing and Lightningstrike. From the North End, follow the thin trail south-east. Past the two ledges above you, a hard-to-see feather on the left leads to two chests. A lightning-element weapon pays off soon.
Scout (hidden feather)weaponWakka's ball, in the second chest beside the Thunder Blade. Two slots: Lightningstrike and Sensor.
Fortune SphereitemA feather down a side path heading north-east from the open area on the Oldroad. Rare and valuable for the Sphere Grid later; do not use it on a whim.
O'aka XXIII — last chance to lendsidequestHe 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.
The blockade at the gateprogressionTalk to Dona, then walk up to the cart. The guards turn you back until a maester steps in and waves the party through. That opens the road north — finish everything on the Highroad first.

How this page was made

Researched across 7 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. 3 entries below are marked where our sources disagree with each other — we have not picked a winner for you.

2 things here are lost permanently, and 13 more you can get another of later. Point of no return: Passing the Mushroom Rock gate ends your last chance to lend O'aka gil, which fixes his prices for the rest of the game. The travellers' gifts are a one-time offer: talk to everyone on the way north. The chests, the chocobo treasure, the crest and the later Jecht Sphere all stay. Everything is listed on the missables page.

Spoilers from here.

What you can lose here

O’aka’s loan total locks at the Mushroom Rock gate. The Oldroad is the last place to lend. Over 10,000 gil in total means 30% off at every later O’aka shop; anything from 1,001 to 10,000 means a 20% mark-up for the rest of the game. If you are a few thousand short, sell spare gear.
The travellers’ gifts. Talk to everyone on the way north. None of the gifts is rare, but you will not get them on the walk back.
Two Lv. 1 Key Spheres from the Chocobo Eater, only for shoving it off the cliff.
Belgemine’s ring. Winning gives the Echo Ring, losing the Seeker’s Ring; you get one or the other.
The three Softs if you kick the blitzball instead of talking to the boy.

The chests, the chocobo treasure, the Mars Crest and the later Jecht Sphere all stay.

South End

Gifts on the first screen: 2 Antidotes from the girl with pigtails north of the Save Sphere, a Hi-Potion from the man in yellow, and the Hunter’s Spear for Kimahri from the man in blue near the stairs. The Save Sphere scene also introduces blitzball scouting.

Maechen introduces himself by the ruins. The chest behind them holds the Ice Brand for Tidus.

Ronso Rages. Lancet a Dual Horn for Fire Breath — Kimahri’s best overdrive for a long while — and a Bomb for Self-Destruct. Dismount if you are riding; you cannot fight from the saddle.

Belgemine. In the clearing on the right near the end of the South End. She restores your aeons and sends Ifrit (3,500 HP) against Valefor. Ifrit alternates its normal attack with Meteor Strike, absorbs fire, ignores Sonic Wings’ delay, and uses Hellfire once its gauge fills. Charge Yuna’s overdrive first so Grand Summon gives Valefor a full gauge; open with Energy Ray, Shield before every Meteor Strike, Blizzard otherwise. Win: Echo Ring (HP +10%, Silence Ward). Lose: Seeker’s Ring (HP +10%). She turns up again further along the pilgrimage.

Highroad South

Remedy in the alcove behind the chocobo knight. Elma is the knight; Lucil, their captain, warns you about a fiend that eats chocobos. A Crusader running the road gives the Red Ring. When the blitzball rolls up, do not kick it — talk to the boy and he gives 3 Softs. Calli and her mother stop Yuna to ask about the Calm.

Highroad Central

A Lv. 1 Key Sphere from the man walking up from the south — on the Expert grid this opens a lock early. 4 Antidotes from a Crusader. 2,000 gil in the right-hand clearing the camera hides. 600 gil from the Crusader pacing the trail. The wagon pulls aside as you approach; the Crusader to its left has an Ether, and a woman further up a Hi-Potion. Gatta, Luzzu and Shelinda have conversation only. 3 Eye Drops in the chest at the very end.

Rin’s Travel Agency

The young man at the door gives a Lv. 1 Key Sphere on your way out. Rin gives Al Bhed Primer Vol. VIII and explains the primers, then 2 Mega-Potions when the trouble starts. Ropp, a blitzball recruit, is here.

Chocobo Eater

10,000 HP, weak to fire, armoured while upright. You win by pushing, not by killing:

About 1,200 damage knocks it onto its back. While it is down, every further ~500 shoves it one section toward its cliff. Three sections and it falls.
On its feet, its first move is to shove your party one section back toward your cliff. Fall off and the battle ends with nothing.
Fist of Fury follows a “You’re next!” warning and hits for around 1,000. Wakka’s Dark Attack and Auron’s Power Break blunt it. It casts Blizzard while on its back; Yuna’s NulFrost cancels it.
Auron and Kimahri’s Piercing does the early work. Once it is flipped, Tidus with Haste and Lulu’s Fire come in. Aeons cannot be shoved.

Over the cliff: 2 Lv. 1 Key Spheres and a free chocobo. Killed outright: EXP and the free chocobo, no Key Spheres. Pushed off yourself: no rewards, and a chocobo costs 1,000 gil at the agency.

The chocobo route

Do not dismount until you have the crest.

Heat Lance (Kimahri) — feather near the top of the U-bend after the bridges.
Al Bhed Primer Vol. IX — on the ground by the curving road just past that feather, in front of a post. You can ride back for it.
2 Hi-Potions — chest on the left of the North End screen by the young Crusaders.
Thunder Blade (Auron) and Scout (Wakka, Sensor) — follow the thin south-east trail from the North End; a faint feather on the left past the two ledges. The Thunder Blade is worth equipping for what is coming at Mushroom Rock.
Fortune Sphere — a feather down a north-east side path off the open area on the Oldroad.
O’aka XXIII paces the Oldroad near a Save Sphere. Last loan.
Mars Crest — the chest at the very end of the Oldroad. It is Auron’s, and it powers Masamune together with the Mars Sigil from the Monster Arena.

The gate

Back at the North End, dismount and talk to Dona. Clasko asks after Lucil; he also lets you remount if you hopped off early. The Crusader on the left takes donations: 100 gil for a Scout, 1,000 for an Ice Lance, 10,000 for a Moon Ring. Nothing worth the gil; donating has no effect on the story. Seymour arrives and gets the party through the blockade.

On a later visit

Jecht Sphere. Jecht Spheres appear only after the first one turns up in Macalania Woods. Come back, hire a chocobo at the agency, and ride the Oldroad to its very end — the sphere is on the ground beside the chest that held the crest. One of the ten for Auron’s Tornado.

Everything in this area

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.
Maechen (the old scholar)referenceThe old man by the ruins. Listen to his history lesson; he introduces himself and turns up again all over Spira. No item, but the chest behind the ruins is the reason you are standing there.
Ice Brand (behind the ruins)weaponTidus's sword, one slot, Icestrike. In the chest on the far side of the ruined structure where the old man stands.
Belgemine's duel (Ifrit)sidequestThe summoner standing in the clearing on the right near the end of the South End. She heals your aeons, then sends Ifrit (3,500 HP) against Valefor — you cannot call your own Ifrit. Charge Yuna's overdrive on the way so Grand Summon gives Valefor a full gauge, open with Energy Ray, cast Shield before every Meteor Strike and Blizzard otherwise. Ifrit absorbs fire and shrugs off Sonic Wings' delay. You get a ring win or lose.
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.
Ronso Rage: Fire Breath and Self-Destructlimit-breakTwo of Kimahri's overdrives live on this road. Use Lancet on a Dual Horn for Fire Breath and on a Bomb for Self-Destruct. Fire Breath hits every enemy and stays useful for a long time. Both enemies appear again later.

Highroad South

Remedy (by the chocobo knight)itemIn a small clearing off the road, behind the Crusader on a chocobo.
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.
Calli and her motherreferenceA short scene with a girl and her mother. No gift.

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.
2,000 gil (clearing on the right)itemIn a clearing off the right side of the road. The camera angle hides it, so hug the right edge.
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.
Eye Drops x3 (end of Central)itemThe chest at the very end of the road, just before the next screen.

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.
Al Bhed Primer Vol. VIIIcollectibleRin, the agency's owner, gives it to you when you talk to him.
Mega-Potion x2 (Rin)itemRin hands these over when trouble starts outside.
Rin's shopreferenceItems and gear, plus a Save Sphere that restores HP. A blade for Auron is the usual buy. Rin's agencies reappear further north, and they always have a save point.
Chocobo Eaterboss10,000 HP, but you do not have to drain it. The fight is a shoving match on a cliff: about 1,200 damage flips it onto its back, then each further ~500 shoves it one step toward the edge, and three steps sends it over. When it gets up it shoves your party a step back; go over yourself and you lose the rewards. Its shell turns away everything but Piercing until it is flipped, so lead with Auron and Kimahri. Dark Attack and Power Break blunt Fist of Fury (it warns with "You're next!"); it is weak to fire and casts Blizzard while down. Aeons cannot be shoved.
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.
Free chocobo rideprogressionAfter the fight the woman outside lends you a chocobo for free. If you were pushed off, renting one costs 1,000 gil. Ride it for the rest of the road and do not dismount until the North End: several chests are reached only by stopping at a yellow feather on the ground.

Newroad

Heat Lance (first feather)weaponKimahri's spear, two slots: Piercing and Firestrike. A feather on the ground near the top of the U-bend after the bridges; examine it from the saddle and the chocobo jumps up to the chest.
Al Bhed Primer Vol. IXSources disagreecollectibleOn the ground at the side of the road, in front of a post, just past the Heat Lance feather. Small and easy to miss. If you ride past it, you can come back.Sources disagree: Walkthroughs place it on either the Newroad South or Newroad North screen. All agree it lies on the ground beside the curving road, a little past the first feather.
Hi-Potion x2 (North End)itemThe chest on the left of the North End screen, beside two young Crusaders. The chocobo can kick it open.
Thunder Blade (hidden feather)weaponAuron's sword, two slots: Piercing and Lightningstrike. From the North End, follow the thin trail south-east. Past the two ledges above you, a hard-to-see feather on the left leads to two chests. A lightning-element weapon pays off soon.
Scout (hidden feather)weaponWakka's ball, in the second chest beside the Thunder Blade. Two slots: Lightningstrike and Sensor.

Oldroad

Fortune SphereitemA feather down a side path heading north-east from the open area on the Oldroad. Rare and valuable for the Sphere Grid later; do not use it on a whim.
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.
Mars Crestkey-itemThe chest at the very end of the Oldroad path, past O'aka and the Save Sphere. Take it now; it is the first of the two pieces Auron's celestial weapon needs.

North End

Donations to the Crusaders (Scout, Ice Lance, Moon Ring)sidequestThe soldier on the left at the cart blockade takes donations for the operation: 100 gil for a Scout (Wakka, Sensor), 1,000 for an Ice Lance (Kimahri, Piercing and Icestrike), 10,000 for a Moon Ring (Yuna, SOS Shell and SOS Protect). None of them is worth the gil, and giving changes nothing in the story.
The blockade at the gateprogressionTalk to Dona, then walk up to the cart. The guards turn you back until a maester steps in and waves the party through. That opens the road north — finish everything on the Highroad first.

Later visits

Jecht Sphere (end of the Oldroad)collectibleNot there on your first trip — Jecht Spheres appear only after a later fight in Macalania Woods. Come back, hire a chocobo at the agency, and ride to the very end of the Oldroad. The sphere lies beside the chest that held the crest.

How this page was made

Researched across 14 community walkthroughs and written from scratch — no source’s wording appears here. 3 are marked where sources disagree with each other — we have not picked a winner for you.

How we decide what to print