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Chapter 2: The Awesome Sphere, Besaid, Kilika and Luca

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.

6 things here are lost permanently, and 3 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.

Chapter 2 starts quietly. Nothing on the ship is urgent, and the south of the map has three short errands. The one thing you should not do on autopilot is answer Brother.

Back on the airship

Talk to Shinra on the bridge and say yes when he offers to show you what he found. You get an Al Bhed Primer for watching.

The engine room chests are full again. Empty them.

Go to the cabin and talk to Barkeep. He has a job for you before the show: push the three musicians in the hallway into the lift. Walk into them slowly. If one gets stuck, talk to Barkeep and they reset.

Rest in the cabin before you leave the ship. Talk to Barkeep and choose to rest. The nap the story gives you does not count; ask for one yourself. Do this in every chapter.

Where the sphere goes

Brother wants to know who gets the sphere you brought back. You choose by picking a destination on the map.

Pick Mushroom Rock Road. Both answers make a fine story, but this is the only one that can still reach 100% Story Completion on this playthrough. The other side gives a few extra items. It also has fewer scenes. You cannot change your mind afterwards.

The scenes when you arrive are long. Save when they are over.

Besaid

The Aurochs are outside the village with a new coach, and he has a shooting challenge for you. Before you take it, collect the chests:

the cave from last time, one chest in each branch;
under the first bridge on the Waterfall Way (step off to the left);
the beach, up on the ledge to the left of the path, two chests.

Take the tutorial. The controls are unusual and it costs nothing. You need more than 500 points and you have to reach the beach in seven minutes. Getting hit resets your chain, and the chain is where the score comes from, so dodging matters more than speed. Keep a Death round for anything big.

Beat 500 and you get a garment grid. Higher scores pay more prizes, and the challenge comes back later, so do not grind it now unless you are enjoying it.

Kilika

A short stop. There is a scene where you land, and you can’t get past the landing this time. Talk to the people there, then jump across the boats on either side of the Save Sphere for two chests.

Luca

You arrive on the outskirts. Go down the steps and jump to the ledge near the bottom for a chest.

Walk into the square for a television interview. When you get the choice, answer “That’s right.” A garment grid follows.

If you missed the garment grid hidden on the docks last chapter, this is your last chance. Look behind the cargo at the back of Dock 5.

Sphere Break is in the locker rooms if you want practice. Then back to the ship, and north.

Worth doing on a first run

Al Bhed Primer (Shinra's sphere analysis)collectibleTalk 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.
Push the three musicians into the liftprogressionTell Barkeep in the cabin that you are singing tonight. Walk Yuna slowly into each of the three musicians in the hallway to shove them into the lift. If one jams, talk to Barkeep again and they reset. The scenes that follow are counted for you automatically.
Rest in the Celsius cabin (Chapter 2)progressionTalk 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.
Scene: return the Awesome Sphere to the Youth LeaguesceneTalk 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.
Wall Ring (under the bridge)accessoryOn the Waterfall Way, step off the left side just before the first bridge and walk under it. Auto-Protect and Auto-Shell.
Scene: beat Beclem's score in the Gunner's GauntletsceneTalk 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%.
Enigma Plate (Gunner's Gauntlet, 500 points)garment-gridBeclem's prize for beating 500. The Gauntlet opens again in Chapters 3 and 5 and pays each score prize once, so a missed tier is never lost.
Scene: Dona and the townspeoplescenePlays where you land, by the Save Sphere. Talk to Dona and the people around her afterwards. Worth 0.2%.
Scene: Shelinda's interviewsceneWalk into the square. L1 and R1 switch camera during the broadcast. Worth 0.8%.
Covetous (Shelinda's gift)garment-gridAnswer "That's right." to be safe. The grid is handed over after the interview.

How this page was made

Researched across 8 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.

6 things here are lost permanently, and 3 more you can get another of later. Point of no return: Choosing where the Awesome Sphere goes is final for this playthrough. Take it to Mushroom Rock Road (the Youth League): siding with New Yevon leaves a single playthrough just short of 100% Story Completion, and only New Game Plus makes up the difference. Every scene below, the cabin rest, the Gunner's Gauntlet mission and Shelinda's interview close with the end of Chapter 2. Everything is listed on the missables page.

Spoilers from here.

Chapter 2 asks one question that decides the whole run, and it asks it in the first ten minutes. Everything else here is small and forgiving.

The one decision

Give the Awesome Sphere to the Youth League by choosing Mushroom Rock Road.

Talk to Brother on the bridge and you pick a destination: Mushroom Rock Road hands the sphere to Nooj and the Youth League, Bevelle hands it to Baralai and New Yevon. What it means for completion:

Youth League is the only side that can finish one playthrough at 100% Story Completion, and so the only way to the Perfect Ending and Sweet Perfection on a single run.
New Yevon leaves a single playthrough just short of 100% (commonly quoted as 99.4%).
The two routes together add up to more than 100%. Story Completion carries into New Game Plus, so a New Yevon first run can be topped up to 100% on a second run that sides with the Youth League, and a Youth League run can pick up the New Yevon scenes the same way.

What the Youth League side gives up on this run: a New Yevon mission at Mushroom Rock that pays a Kinesis Badge and the Shining Mirror grid, the Blood of the Beast grid, and early access to Bevelle. None of those is needed for a trophy. Crimson Sphere 7 comes to you on either side.

Choosing Bevelle is final. There is no reload trick inside the chapter except an earlier save.

Aboard the Celsius

In order:

Shinra on the bridge: ask about the sphere and say yes (“Sure”). The analysis video ends with an Al Bhed Primer.
Engine room: four chests are back. Potion x8, Phoenix Down x5, Remedy x4, Ether x2. If the door is shut, talk to Brother first. A new set appears in Chapter 3, so empty these now rather than finding out whether the old contents wait for you.
Barkeep: you are singing tonight. Push the three musicians in the hallway into the lift, slowly. Talk to Barkeep again if one jams. The show and the scenes after it are counted automatically, about 4% for the whole Celsius block including the handover.
Rest. The nap the story gives you after the show does not count. Talk to Barkeep and choose to rest yourself. Missing the rest in any chapter loses a Chapter 5 scene and with it Sweet Perfection.
The musicians, again. After the nap, check the hallway. If the musicians are standing there, talk to the heavier one and push them into the lift again for the Enterprise accessory. Not every save gets them back in the hallway; a clean Chapter 1 Moonflow escort is the likely condition. Treat it as a bonus.
Brother: choose Mushroom Rock Road. The handover is a long run of scenes. Then the Gullwings decide they need three Leblanc Syndicate uniforms, which opens a Guadosalam hotspot you can ignore until you have all three.

Save. You should be at about 29% Story Completion. If you are well short, something from Chapter 1 was skipped.

Besaid: the Gunner’s Gauntlet

Talk to the Aurochs outside the village. Beclem, their new Youth League coach, dares you to beat his score of 500. Collect the chests first, then do the village campaign talks if you are still building Publicity and Marriage points.

Chests: Potion x3 and Ether x2 in the cave (left and right branches), a Wall Ring under the first bridge on the Waterfall Way (step off the left side), and Hi-Potion x2 with 1,500 gil in an alcove off the beach path, up the ledges on the left.

The Gauntlet. Seven minutes from the village to the beach, every shot hits and removes 1 HP, and you fail if you run dry, get killed, or run out of time. Take the tutorial. Points come from chains, and a hit resets the chain, so staying untouched matters more than speed. Two rounds of one ammo combine into the next grade (Ammo, Dual Shot, Death, Volley). Save Death rounds for the large machina at the end and for anything with 7 HP or more. There is a spot by the fence before the third waterfall where fiends walk past without hitting you; it is the best place to build a chain.

Beat 500 for the Enigma Plate and 0.8% Story Completion. The prize ladder continues past that, one prize per level, every level you pass paid in one run:

Score	Prize
500	Enigma Plate (grid)
750	Power Wrist
900	Silver Bracer
1,000	Titanium Bangle
1,150	Mortal Coil (grid)
1,300	Beaded Brooch
1,400	Diamond Gloves
2,000	Faerie Earrings
2,800	Adamantite

Adamantite (+120 Defense and Magic Defense, Auto-Protect, Auto-Shell) is the one worth a few retries. The Gauntlet is open again in Chapters 3 and 5, and the Volley-ammo trick at the waterfall only works once Bicocettes start appearing on higher levels, so do not burn an evening on 2,800 now. Your best score carries into New Game Plus, which means a new run has to beat it to earn anything.

Kilika

Most of the island is shut. Dona meets you where you land, and talking to her and the people around her is the 0.2%. Jump across the boats either side of the Save Sphere: Turbo Ether to the right, Mana Tablet x2 to the left. No campaign talks here this chapter. The Woods reopen in Chapter 3.

Luca

Light Curtain x2 on the ledge below the Highroad stairs.

Walk into the square for Shelinda’s interview, 0.8%. Answer “That’s right.” when asked. The answer may not matter, but this one is safe either way. She gives you the Covetous garment grid. This is the last chapter for Thunder Spawn: if you did not take it in Chapter 1, it is behind the cargo at the back of Dock 5.

The campaign talks here are worth doing: eight people, listed in the checklist.

Running total if nothing was missed: about 31% leaving Luca.

Everything in this area

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.
Potion x8 (engine room)itemThe four engine-room chests are restocked for Chapter 2. Talk to Brother on the bridge first if the room is still shut. A fresh set appears in Chapter 3, so empty these now.
Phoenix Down x5 (engine room)item
Remedy x4 (engine room)item
Ether x2 (engine room)item
Push the three musicians into the liftprogressionTell Barkeep in the cabin that you are singing tonight. Walk Yuna slowly into each of the three musicians in the hallway to shove them into the lift. If one jams, talk to Barkeep again and they reset. The scenes that follow are counted for you automatically.
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.
Scene: the Syndicate Uniform plansceneBack on the Celsius the Gullwings decide they need three Leblanc Syndicate uniforms. Mandatory. It opens a Guadosalam hotspot, which you can ignore until the uniforms are in hand.
What the Youth League side gives upreferenceSiding with New Yevon brings a Mushroom Rock mission (a Kinesis Badge and the Shining Mirror garment grid), the Blood of the Beast garment grid and earlier access to Bevelle. On the Youth League side those grids wait for a New Game Plus run. No trophy needs them; 100% Story Completion in a single playthrough does need the Youth League.

Besaid

Potion x3 (cave, left branch)itemThe cave from Chapter 1 is open. Left branch.
Ether x2 (cave, right branch)item
Wall Ring (under the bridge)accessoryOn the Waterfall Way, step off the left side just before the first bridge and walk under it. Auto-Protect and Auto-Shell.
Hi-Potion x2 (beach ledge)itemNear the path down to the beach, jump up to the ledge on the left and follow it round to a semi-hidden alcove.
1,500 gil (beach ledge)itemSame alcove as the Hi-Potions.
Publicity and Marriage campaign talks (Besaid)sidequestSix people in the village count: the woman outside the first tent, the man inside it, the woman behind the shop counter, the woman walking her dog, Keepa in the back-left tent and the two children by the temple. The campaign totals can be finished in later chapters.
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.
Enigma Plate (Gunner's Gauntlet, 500 points)garment-gridBeclem's prize for beating 500. The Gauntlet opens again in Chapters 3 and 5 and pays each score prize once, so a missed tier is never lost.

Gunner's Gauntlet prizes

Power Wrist (Gunner's Gauntlet, 750 points)accessoryOne run pays every tier it passes, so a big score collects several of these at once.
Silver Bracer (Gunner's Gauntlet, 900 points)accessory
Titanium Bangle (Gunner's Gauntlet, 1,000 points)accessory
Mortal Coil (Gunner's Gauntlet, 1,150 points)garment-grid
Beaded Brooch (Gunner's Gauntlet, 1,300 points)accessory
Diamond Gloves (Gunner's Gauntlet, 1,400 points)accessory
Faerie Earrings (Gunner's Gauntlet, 2,000 points)accessory
Adamantite (Gunner's Gauntlet, 2,800 points)accessoryDefense and Magic Defense +120 with Auto-Protect and Auto-Shell. Hard to reach on a first attempt; the Gauntlet is back in Chapters 3 and 5.

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.
Turbo Ether (boat chest, right)itemFrom the Save Sphere, jump across the boats to the right (northeast) and walk to the end of the platform under the bridge.
Mana Tablet x2 (boat chest, left)itemAcross the boats to the left (northwest) of the Save Sphere.
The rest of Kilika is shut this chapterreferenceDona will not let you past the landing, so there is nothing else here: no campaign talks, no woods. The port and woods open again in Chapter 3.

Luca

Light Curtain x2 (ledge by the Highroad stairs)itemYou arrive on the outskirts. Go down the steps and jump across to the ledge near the bottom.
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.
Last chance: Thunder Spawn at Dock 5referenceIf you did not open the Thunder Spawn chest in Chapter 1, this is your last visit to Luca before it goes. It is at the back of Dock 5, through the gap behind the cargo stacks on the left. It is listed with the Chapter 1 Luca checklist.
Publicity and Marriage campaign talks (Luca)sidequestEight people: two women on the benches by the Highroad stairs, the boy by the balloon cart, the man in a brown robe in the square, the man in yellow and green who wanders near the ticket gate, the woman on the bench above the ticket counter, the woman in yellow crossing the docks and the man in white at the back of the docks.

How this page was made

Researched across 21 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