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Chapter 1: Mi'ihen, Mushroom Rock and Djose

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.

18 things here are lost permanently, and 1 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.

Three hotspots in a row, and none of them is a hard fight. What they have instead is people. This is where talking to everyone starts to matter.

Mi’ihen Highroad

You can land here from the airship or walk up the steps from Luca. Either way, Yuna has a moment on arrival, and then the road is yours.

There is no mission on the Highroad this time. There are fourteen chests, though, mostly on side paths off the left and right of the main road. Walk the whole thing from south to north and look down every branch. Two are worth equipping straight away: a Circlet for whoever is casting, and an Iron Bangle for whoever is taking hits.

Rin’s Travel Agency sits halfway along and works as a shop.

Mushroom Rock Road

At the top of the road a man from the group camped here stops you and asks for help. Say yes the first time. Then talk to the nervous man standing next to him before you set off.

The job is to get through the gorge to the lift at the far end. Fog comes and goes and the fights get thicker while it is down. Before you head down, take the left fork: there is a glyph lift up to a statue with gil behind it.

In the gorge you will meet Tonberries. Run from them. They have an enormous amount of HP and give you almost nothing for the trouble.

Three chests sit on the way down the gorge. Past the Save Sphere at the north end, there is a tunnel nothing tells you to enter. Go in anyway, walk up to the door, look at it, and talk to the man behind you. You leave with something you will want much later.

The mission ends at the lift with an accessory and a garment grid. Before you ride up, swing the camera round in that last area: there is a chest tucked in the southwest corner.

The headquarters

At the top, walk right from the Save Sphere to the cliff edge and drop down the small ledge. There is a garment grid down there that is easy to miss.

Then the people. Talk to the woman in front of the big tent twice. Then find the old man sitting to the right of the entrance. Answer “By all means” and let him talk. Do not cut him off, however long it takes. When he offers his hand, shake it.

Go back to the airship for a moment, talk to Shinra and Buddy, and come back down. The nervous man is waiting by the Save Sphere and wants a ride. Say “The more the merrier!” and look for him by the window at the back of the cabin afterwards.

Djose Temple

There is a queue at the counter. Grab the chest in the nook west of the stall while you wait, or talk to the people in line to move it along. When it has cleared, tell the man at the counter “I want to dig!”

Inside, watch the scene and pick up the chest in the far north room. Outside, one screen south, you are asked if you are sure about digging. Say “We’re sure.” The letter you get is a key item you need soon. The last chest is further down the bridge.

Next stop: the Moonflow.

Worth doing on a first run

CircletaccessorySide path on the east, just before the screen change. Magic and Magic Defense +10, a good early pick for a Black Mage or White Mage.
Iron BangleaccessoryOpposite the Potions, on the west side path, guarded by a lone machina. Max HP +20%; put it on whoever stands in front.
Scene: accept Yaibal's requestsceneYaibal 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.
Mission: Foggy Fiend Frenzy!sidequestCross 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.
Restless Sleepgarment-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.
Scene: Maechen's greetingsceneThe old man sitting to the right of the entrance. His greeting is the first of three lines.
Scene: Maechen's whole story, uninterruptedsceneAnswer "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.
Scene: shake Maechen's handsceneWhen he finishes, say "Of course". His thanks is the third line.
"I want to dig!"progressionWait for the line at the counter to go in (talking to the people in it speeds it up), then tell the man in the turquoise bandana "I want to dig!".
Letter of Introductionkey-itemOutside on the bridge, one screen south, Gippal asks if you are sure you want to dig. Say "We're sure." You need the letter to get anything done in the desert.

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Completionist mode. Full spoilers, in play order, with every permanent loss called out before you reach it. 1 entries below are marked where our sources disagree with each other — we have not picked a winner for you.

18 things here are lost permanently, and 1 more you can get another of later. Point of no return: Nothing locks when you leave these three places, but the end of Chapter 1 (beating the boss of the Kilika mission) closes every Story Completion scene below, Crimson Sphere 9 at the Den of Woe entrance and the Restless Sleep garment grid. Yaibal and Maechen close sooner: answer Yaibal wrong or interrupt Maechen and those scenes are gone on the spot. Everything is listed on the missables page.

Spoilers from here.

Two rules govern every X-2 checklist, and this is the first page where both bite.

Chests are not chapter-locked. An unopened chest stays put into later chapters until the game restocks that spot with something new. The catch is that every Highroad chest is restocked in Chapter 2, so open them now; what is in them today may not be what you find next time.

Story Completion scenes are. Every line below marked as a scene is gone when Chapter 1 ends, and two of them go the instant you pick the wrong answer. Mushroom Rock alone is worth 4.6%, the biggest single block in the chapter outside the main missions.

What closes, and when

Yaibal’s request. “Not right now” loses the scene on the spot. Accepting later does not bring it back.
Maechen. Cut him off and the 1.4% for the full story is gone. Refuse the handshake and the closing line goes with it.
End of Chapter 1 (beating YSLS-Zero at Kilika): every other scene here, Crimson Sphere 9 and the Restless Sleep garment grid. Crimson Sphere 9 has no second copy, and without all ten spheres the Den of Woe stays shut in Chapter 5.
The Clasko invite closes with the chapter as a scene, but the Alchemist dressphere and the Chocobo Ranch survive it. You lose those for good only if you never talk to Clasko in Chapters 1 or 2. Invite him now anyway.

Mi’ihen Highroad

Yuna’s arrival narration is 0.2% and plays by itself. That is the only Story Completion on the road this chapter. There is no mission and no boss.

Fourteen chests, all on side paths. From the Luca end:

Phoenix Down x2, side path northeast of the Save Sphere.
500 gil, in the ruins at the circular loop.
Circlet, east side path before the screen change. Magic and Magic Defense +10.
Antidote x2, on the straight past the machina.
Holy Water x2, first side area on the left of the next screen. One guide prints three; the chest holds two.
Potion x2 on the east side and Iron Bangle (Max HP +20%) opposite it on the west, guarded by a lone machina.
Eye Drops x2, west of Rin’s Travel Agency. One widely used chest list leaves this one out entirely.
Potion, between the two bridges.
Phoenix Down x2, northwest curve around the raised platform.
Budget Grenade x2, east of the north junction by the red cages.
Mana Spring, on the Oldroad.
Echo Screen x2 and Soft x2, the last section and the narrow Oldroad path.

The agency shop sells Iron Bangles, Silver Bracers, Gauntlets and a Tiara if you want doubles.

If you have already signed up with a company in the Calm Lands, the travellers here are worth campaign points. This walkthrough signs up later in the chapter; the points are not needed from this visit.

Mushroom Rock Road: Foggy Fiend Frenzy!

Past the Save Sphere, Yaibal (“????”) asks if you remember him. Either answer works. Accept his request — Rikku’s “Let’s hunt some fiend!” is 0.2%. Then talk to Clasko, standing beside him. His sigh is another 0.2% and it is the easiest line in the area to walk past.

Before following the road down, go left: a glyph lift on the north side path leads up to Lord Mi’ihen’s statue, and 1,000 gil is behind it on the east wall.

The mission is a walk to the lift at the far end of the gorge, with fog that raises the encounter rate while it is down. The Tonberries have 9,999 HP and give poor EXP and items. Escape.

The Ravine. Turbo Ether off to the west on the steps down, Phoenix Down on the east wall where the camera turns, Hi-Potion further along the narrow passage. Bully Caps here use White Wind, which a Gun Mage can learn later; nothing is lost by not having one yet.

The Den of Woe entrance. The tunnel just north of the Ravine Save Sphere. Ormi and Logos come running out (“This one ain’t no good?”, 0.2%) and drop Crimson Sphere 9. Examine the door, talk to Maroda behind you and answer “Of course I do!” for “Remember me?” (0.2%). He tells you the door wants Crimson Spheres and sends you off. Owning the sphere also unlocks Crimson Record 9 on the Celsius.

The lift. Elma ends the mission at the lift with a Glass Buckle and the Heart of Flame garment grid. Before riding up, the Favorite Outfit is in a chest in the southwest corner of that area, behind the camera.

Youth League Headquarters

You cannot go inside yet.

Restless Sleep. Walk right from the Save Sphere to the cliff edge and drop off the small ledge on the east side. Chapter 1 only — later chapters do not stock it.
Lucil, in front of the tent, twice: “It’s been too long, Lady Yuna” and Rikku’s line about the weirdos. 0.2% each.
Maechen, sitting right of the entrance. His greeting is 0.2%. Answer “By all means”, then let the whole story play. If a menu offering “Please, go on” or “Enough, enough!” comes up, either one cuts it short and the 1.4% is gone. When he offers his hand, “Of course” — “Now this old scholar can go in peace”, 0.2%. He comes back later in the game with another story that wants the same patience.

The Celsius and Clasko

Talk to Shinra on the bridge and pick “Treasure Spheres” for Crimson Record 9 (0.2%). One guide says it still counts if watched in a later chapter; do not rely on that. Talk to Buddy too.

Drop back to Mushroom Rock Road. Clasko is by the Save Sphere on the right and asks to ride the airship. “The more the merrier!” (0.2%). On board, he is up the stairs at the back of the cabin by the window — “Why won’t the room stop shaking?” (0.2%).

With the mission’s own scenes (1.0%), Mushroom Rock comes to 4.6%.

Djose Temple

The stall queue is just timing. Talk to the people in it to move it along, and open the Phoenix Down in the nook west of the stall meanwhile. Then tell the man in the turquoise bandana “I want to dig!”

Al Bhed Primer from Gippal after the first temple scene.
Echo Screen in the northernmost room.
Letter of Introduction from Gippal outside, one screen south: say “We’re sure.” Bikanel’s excavation will not take you without it.
Potion x2 further down the bridge, west of the wall.

The temple scenes are 1.0% and come with the visit.

Running total if everything is done: about 17% leaving Djose.

Everything in this area

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.
Phoenix Down x2 (south end)itemOn a side path just northeast of the Save Sphere at the Luca end. Chests carry forward until the game restocks the spot, and every chest on this road is restocked in Chapter 2 — open them now.
500 gil (ruined building)itemInside the ruins at the circular loop, north of the first side path.
CircletaccessorySide path on the east, just before the screen change. Magic and Magic Defense +10, a good early pick for a Black Mage or White Mage.
Antidote x2itemAlong the straight stretch on the next screen, past the machina.
Holy Water x2itemJust northwest of where you enter the next screen, in the first side area on the left.
Potion x2itemMidway up the road on the east side, next to a woman looking at three machina.
Iron BangleaccessoryOpposite the Potions, on the west side path, guarded by a lone machina. Max HP +20%; put it on whoever stands in front.
Eye Drops x2 (by the travel agency)itemWest of Rin's Travel Agency, beside a man sitting on the ground.
PotionitemBetween the two bridges on the long stretch north of the agency.
Phoenix Down x2 (north curve)itemOn the northwest curve of the next section, around the raised platform.
Budget Grenade x2itemEast of the junction near the north end, beside the red cages, before the Oldroad.
Mana SpringitemOn the Oldroad, before the next screen change.
Echo Screen x2itemIn the wide area off to the left of the last section's Save Sphere.
Soft x2itemAgainst the east wall of the narrow Oldroad path to the south.

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.
1,000 gil (behind the statue)itemTake the left fork before you follow the road down. Up the glyph lift on the side path, on the east wall behind the statue.

The Ravine

Turbo Ether (Ravine)itemOn the stone steps going down into the Ravine, off to the west.
Phoenix Down (Ravine)itemAgainst the east wall where the camera turns. The Ravine is dark; raise the brightness if you need to.
Hi-Potion (Ravine)itemFurther north along the narrow passage, before the Save Sphere.
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.
Glass Buckle (mission reward)accessoryHanded over when Elma closes the mission at the lift.
Heart of Flamegarment-gridThe second half of the mission reward, with the Glass Buckle.
Favorite OutfitaccessoryIn the area where Elma meets you, south of the lift, in the southwest corner. The camera hides it; swing it round before you ride up.

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

Phoenix DownitemDirectly west of the start, in the small nook to the left of the stall. Grab it while the queue clears.
"I want to dig!"progressionWait for the line at the counter to go in (talking to the people in it speeds it up), then tell the man in the turquoise bandana "I want to dig!".
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.
Echo ScreenitemIn the northernmost room of the temple, left of the old Cloister door.
Letter of Introductionkey-itemOutside on the bridge, one screen south, Gippal asks if you are sure you want to dig. Say "We're sure." You need the letter to get anything done in the desert.
Potion x2itemFurther south along the bridge, on the west side of the wall.
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.

How this page was made

Researched across 15 community walkthroughs and written from scratch — no source’s wording appears here. 1 is marked where sources disagree with each other — we have not picked a winner for you.

How we decide what to print