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Chapter 5: Djose, Bikanel and Bevelle

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.

30 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 places, one rule that matters more than anything else here: go to Djose before you dig anywhere in the desert. The rest is a hunt, two hard fights and a lot of chests.

Djose Temple

Two chests on the road in. Inside, the Al Bhed have built something and want you to fight it. Its strength depends on how much you have dug up in the desert so far. Fight it now, while it is weak. Beating the weak version first is worth something you cannot get any other way.

Afterwards a seated man in the room left of the stairs gives you a manual that lets you fight the machine again later. Keep it.

Then sweep the temple: a chest in the room to the left, two in the old Cloister of Trials, one by the window in the room before the Chamber of the Fayth and one in the Chamber itself. Two more manuals are around if you want spares: a password upstairs (the answer is the name of a cactuar you know well), and the monkeys outside, if you stand among them and press the button when all three jump.

Bikanel: the last of the cactuars

The desert is in trouble and the cactuar hunt you started earlier is back on. Talk to Marnela for clues. Three of the missing cactuars are elsewhere in Spira; the clues point the way, and each one wants a round of the cactuar game before it comes home. Losing the game is fine.

The tenth is in a cave. Save before you go in. Inside:

There are forced fights on the way. The last one is tougher than the rest.
One room fills with sand in sixty seconds. Getting caught is harmless; it drops you somewhere else.
There are ten chests. Take them all on the way through.

At the end is a boss with two small helpers. The helpers do the damage and dodge a lot; magic and anything that never misses take them out. Then grind down the big one, which barely fights back.

Showdown in the Sands

When you leave the cave you are asked to deal with what drove the fiends out. Accept, then go back to the airship and get ready before you return. This is one of the hardest fights in the chapter: a huge HP pool, two arms that heal and revive each other, poison, silence and blindness, and an attack that hits ten times at random. Protect your healer from status, and if you have the Dark Knight dressphere, its signature attack is the best tool you have. If you cannot win yet, come back stronger; it will wait.

Bikanel: digging

Now dig. The yellow X marks are parts for the machine at Djose, and you want a lot of them: enough to max all three of its levels. The part of the desert you opened by sending a chocobo from the ranch is the easiest place to do it, with no fights while you ride. One white X there gives you a key for a locked chest back in the camp.

Djose: the rematch

Go back with the manual and fight the machine at full strength. It now kills outright on a fixed turn and fires a rocket barrage that can flatten one person. Defensive buffs first, a strong healer, and attacks that ignore defense. Win and it is done for good.

Bevelle

A short scene at the gate finishes Bevelle’s story on its own. Afterwards, go back down below the headquarters: the chests in the maze, the tower room, the watch-tower chains and the labyrinth are all full again.

Then take the doorway on the east side of the main floor. A pair of children have found a way down. Save before you step on the glyph.

The first twenty floors

This is a very deep optional dungeon, and you only need the first twenty floors for now. Each floor has a glowing pad near the start that heals you and takes you out; a hole near the end takes you down. Fights cannot be avoided here. Pick up the sphere on the very first floor.

Floor 20 has a boss that poisons and stops the front row. Guard against both and it goes down easily. Turn around afterwards and pick up the second sphere. Then warp out. Both spheres can be watched with Shinra on the airship.

Leave the rest of the dungeon for later. It gets much harder below floor 40.

Game Notes

The machine at Djose is the most honest fight in the game. It tells you exactly how strong it is, it tells you why, and it gives you the only way to make it weaker: stop digging. That is harder than it sounds, because the desert has been the Gullwings’ answer to everything since Chapter 1.

Worth doing on a first run

X-Potion x2itemAt the start of the Highroad path, before the bridges.
Phoenix Down x4itemOver the bridges, along the right-hand edge toward the temple.
Remedy x2itemThe room to the left inside the temple, the old living quarters.
Mana SpringitemIn the Cloister of Trials, tucked behind the side wall before the gap past the lift.
Soul SpringitemRight by the lift after you ride it up.
Power WristaccessoryBy the window in the room before the Chamber of the Fayth. Strength +20.
Hyper WristaccessoryIn the next room, the Chamber of the Fayth. Strength +30.
Remedy x5itemThe chests below the headquarters are full again. This one is in the dead end off the first north–south path of the maze.
Crystal GlovesaccessoryAt the end of the last corner on the maze's east side. Defense +60.
10,000 gilitemSouthern end of the maze's north–south intersection.
Hi-Potion x6itemFar left end of the maze's northern path.
Potion x10itemIn one of the alcoves on the right side of the maze.
Phoenix Down x8 (maze)itemThe other right-hand alcove.
Chocobo Feather x3itemNorth of the Save Sphere in the round room.

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Completionist mode. Full spoilers, in play order, with every permanent loss called out before you reach it. 13 entries below are marked where our sources disagree with each other — we have not picked a winner for you.

30 things here are lost permanently, and 1 more you can get another of later. Everything is listed on the missables page.

Spoilers from here.

The one order that matters

Djose, then Bikanel. The Experiment’s three levels (Attack, Defense, Special) come from the Assemblies you have dug up in Bikanel, and the Djose episode needs two wins: one before it is fully levelled, one after. Paine’s line only plays for the first. Beat it at full level first and that line, and with it 100% Story Completion, is gone for this file.

If you dug heavily in Chapters 1–3 it may already be close to maxed. Check its levels when the technicians introduce it. As long as any of the three is below 5, the first win counts.

Once you beat the full-level machine, the episode ends and it can never be fought again. Bring a Gun Mage to that fight if you want Annihilator.

Djose Temple: the first fight

X-Potion x2 at the start of the Highroad path and Phoenix Down x4 along the right edge past the bridges. The technicians’ scene plays as you enter. Accept Masterpiece Theatre and the fight starts immediately.

Experiment has 18,324 HP whatever its level. At level 1 it has almost no defense and only uses a basic attack. Level 2 adds a four-hit Rocket Launcher, level 4 adds Lifeslicer (kills outright), and level 5 adds Annihilator. Steal Turbo Ether; it drops an Elixir. A low-level win gives Paine’s line.

The seated man through the doorway left of the stairs gives How to Repair with Soul, your rematch ticket. Two spares are here: The Spirit of Recycling from the man on the pedestal upstairs (password MARNELA; the clue was spoken in Al Bhed on the Chapter 4 CommSpheres) and Repairing for Dummies from the three monkeys outside (stand among them, press the button when all three jump). The other two manuals are in the Ruin Depths and on a Mi’ihen machina. One is enough.

Temple chests: Remedy x2 in the room to the left, Mana Spring behind the side wall in the Cloister of Trials, Soul Spring by the lift, Power Wrist (Strength +20) by the window in the antechamber, Hyper Wrist (Strength +30) in the Chamber of the Fayth.

There is a Chapter 5 Al Bhed Primer at Djose. One guide puts it in the antechamber chest, another says it comes after the first win. Check your key items before you leave.

Bikanel: the last Gatekeepers

Nhadala and Benzo report the fiend siege; Marnela needs all ten Gatekeepers. Six came home in Chapter 3. The rest:

#	Gatekeeper	Where
7	Chiapa	Kilika Woods, on a fallen tree over the water past the bridge
8	Erio	Mt. Gagazet, on the Prominence below the summit
9	Bartschella	Kilika Port, inside Dona’s hut at the foot of the stairs
10	Frailea	Cactuar Hollow, under Cactuar Nation

Each is a round of the cactuar minigame; losing it does not matter. Bring the ninth home, talk to Marnela, answer “We’ll look for him.” and save.

Cactuar Hollow

Three forced fights at the start; the third is a Heavy Sallet, and you can run from the first two. Kill ten or more fiends in the cave and the boss at the end is likely to oversoul, so flee what you can if you want an easy finish.

Chests: an Ether across the platforms by the waterfalls; along the sand-chamber path Faerie Earrings, Mega Phoenix, Hi-Potion and Megalixir; then on the platforms after the path narrows Twist Headband, Ether, Mute Shock, Beaded Brooch and Phoenix Down. The sand chamber fills in 60 seconds; falling into the pit just drops you elsewhere unharmed, and it is a shortcut to some of these. Clear the Hollow on the way in. Accounts differ on whether you can get back in once the Bikanel episode wraps up.

Jumbo Cactuar (22,222 HP) only casts Hastega. The two Cactuars (2,002 HP) deal exactly 1,000 with 1000 Needles and dodge physical attacks, so use Darkness or spells on them first. Steal Stamina Tonic; it drops Stamina Tonic or, rarely, Rabite’s Foot (Luck +100). Oversouled (after ten or more kills in the cave) it has 33,333 HP and casts -ga spells and Flare; Reflect the party. Beating it and bringing Frailea home gives the Covenant of Growth grid.

Showdown in the Sands

Accept the mission on the way out, then fly to the Celsius and prepare.

Angra Mainyu: 333,444 HP. Its arms have 5,440 HP each. Zarich is immune to physical damage, drains MP and lowers your stats. Tawrich is immune to magic; its Bloody Breath stacks Confusion, Silence, Darkness and Poison. The body uses Perdition’s Flame (ten random hits), Demi, Flare, Osmose, and Curaga and Full-Life on its arms.

Two Dark Knights on Darkness. It hits all three targets, ignores defense and evasion, and still works while Silenced or Blinded.
One healer: White Mage with Curaga, or an Alchemist mixing Mega-Potions. The Ribbon goes on the healer.
Poisonproof, Twist Headband or a Star Pendant on the others.
Or starve it. Drain its MP with Gunner’s Target MP, Samurai’s Magicide, Thief’s Pilfer MP or the Gun Mage’s Absorb. With no MP it only casts Osmose.

Steal Megalixir. Drops Ribbon. The win is said to give Mercurial Strike; only one source says so. Return to Cactuar Nation for Yuna’s line and the Bikanel Episode Complete.

Bikanel: digging

Now dig. Yellow X marks are Assemblies:

Part	Points
A	1
S	3
Z	5

Points	Level
0–3	1
4–9	2
10–19	3
20–37	4
38+	5

All three stats need level 5, so 38 points in each. Attack parts are commoner in the Western Expanse, Defense in the Southern, Special in the Eastern, Northern and Central. Your total is not shown anywhere but at Djose.

The Central Expanse (opened by dispatching any chocobo to Bikanel) can be searched on chocobo with no encounters. One of its white X marks holds the Desert Key; it opens the locked chest in the excavation camp: Horn of Plenty. The Bikanel excavation guide maps every site.

Djose Temple: the rematch

Talk to the technician by the Chamber of the Fayth with a manual. Level 5 loop: Rocket Launcher (ten hits), Attack, Rocket Launcher, Attack, Lifeslicer, Annihilator, Attack, repeat. Lifeslicer deals the target’s max HP; Annihilator does about 1,500 to everyone, ignores Magic Defense and delays turns. Defense level 5 cuts your damage by more than half.

Mighty Guard first, Darkness (or Cheap Shot) for damage, Auto-Life from Salvation Promised if you have it, and Phoenix Downs on hand for Lifeslicer. Keep a Gun Mage alive through Annihilator to learn it; nothing else uses it.

The win gives Rikku’s line, the Djose Episode Complete, Magical Dances, Vol. II and Dancing Queen. One source gives Magical Dances for the first win; three say this one.

Bevelle

Head for the headquarters. Maroda’s scene plays at the gate and gives the Bevelle Episode Complete and Scourgebane on the spot. The Via Infinito is not needed for it. You are returned to the Celsius.

The underground is open and refilled with Chapter 5 contents:

The maze: Remedy x5 (dead end off the first north–south path), Crystal Gloves (Defense +60, end of the last corner on the east side), 10,000 gil (south end of the north–south intersection), Hi-Potion x6 (far left of the north path), Potion x10 and Phoenix Down x8 (the right-hand alcoves).
The tower room: Chocobo Feather x3 north of the Save Sphere; 1,200 gil, Oath Veil (Magic Defense +60) and White Lore (White Mage abilities) on the three watch-tower chains.
The labyrinth and the Gaol: Ether x6 on the first ledges, Remedy x6 before the T-junction, Phoenix Down x8 at the end of the Gaol machine-room platform, Dispel Tonic along the left lift path.

Earlier chests that were never replaced are still there if you skipped them: the Ribbon through the big door in the tower room (that chest is Treasure Hunter), and Bloodlust on the Gaol machine’s highest ledge.

Crimson Sphere 1. If you left it in Chapter 3, check the circular platform at the end of the far-right hallway. One guide says it is still there in Chapter 5; another says it is gone after Chapter 3. Without it the Den of Woe stays shut.

Via Infinito: Cloisters 0–20

Go through the doorway on the east side of the headquarters’ main floor. The Kinderguardians have found the entrance. Save, then step on the glyph.

Cloister 0: a ghostly figure appears and drops Crimson Sphere 6; pick it up. Rikku’s “Farplane!” with the Kinderguardians is a Story Completion line. Watching Crimson Record 6 (now or from Shinra’s menu) is another.
Cloisters 1–19: every floor has a glyph near the start that heals you and lets you leave, and a hole near the end that takes you down. Charm Bangle does nothing here. Some layouts put a Tonberry in the way, and on two of them you have to beat it to go on. Elder Drakes jump out on a timer on one layout. All easy at this depth.
Cloister 20: Aranea. 18,280 HP (33,394 oversouled). Double physical hits, a bite that ignores defense, and Gooey End for Poison and Stop on the front row. Protect against both. Steal Turbo Ether or, rarely, a Kinesis Badge. Drops Stamina Tonic or, rarely, a Mythril Bangle.

Turn around for Crimson Sphere 8. Paine’s “Maester Kinoc!” is a Story Completion line; watching Crimson Record 8 with Shinra (Nooj’s “I’m glad you’re alright”) is another. From now on you can warp straight to Cloister 20.

Stop here for now. The Den of Woe is open once you hold all ten Crimson Spheres. The rest of the Via Infinito, to Cloister 100 and Trema, is required for 100%, and the Via Infinito guide covers it; it is much harder below Cloister 40.

Game Notes

These three stops are the three ways X-2 thinks about endgame. Djose is a fight you tune yourself, Bikanel is a hunt that started a chapter and a half ago, and Bevelle hands you a hundred floors and steps back. The Via Infinito is the only dungeon in the game that is not about the plot. Even so, its first twenty floors hold two of the ten Crimson Spheres.

Everything in this area

Djose Temple: the first fight

X-Potion x2itemAt the start of the Highroad path, before the bridges.
Phoenix Down x4itemOver the bridges, along the right-hand edge toward the temple.
Scene: the technicians' challengeMissablescenePlays as you enter the temple. The Al Bhed show off "the Experiment", built from the parts dug up in Bikanel. Counts toward Story Completion with the rest of the Djose scenes.Lost after: Taking the portal to the final battle.
Mission: Masterpiece TheatreMissablesidequestAccept it and the fight starts at once. The machine is only as strong as the Assemblies you have dug up so far, which is why you come here before digging this chapter.Lost after: Taking the portal to the final battle.
Boss: Experiment (first fight)Missableboss18,324 HP at every level; its stats and attack pattern rise with the Assemblies. At level 1 it only uses a basic attack. Steal Turbo Ether. Drops Elixir. Mighty Guard or Protect, one healer, two hitters.Lost after: Beating it for the first time at full level (Attack, Defense and Special all at 5). The low-level win is what matters.
Scene: Paine after the low-level winMissablesceneStory Completion. Only plays if the machine was not fully levelled when you beat it.Lost after: Beating the Experiment for the first time at full level. If you dug it to level 5 in earlier chapters, the first fight is already at full level and this line is gone.
How to Repair with Soulkey-itemThe seated Al Bhed man in the room through the doorway left of the stairs thanks you and hands it over. A Repair Manual is your ticket to a rematch; one is enough.
Remedy x2itemThe room to the left inside the temple, the old living quarters.
Mana SpringitemIn the Cloister of Trials, tucked behind the side wall before the gap past the lift.
Soul SpringitemRight by the lift after you ride it up.
Power WristaccessoryBy the window in the room before the Chamber of the Fayth. Strength +20.
Hyper WristaccessoryIn the next room, the Chamber of the Fayth. Strength +30.
The Spirit of Recyclingkey-itemA man on a pedestal upstairs asks for a password. It is MARNELA. A spare manual; not needed if you have one already.
Repairing for Dummieskey-itemOutside the temple, stand among the three monkeys and press the confirm button when all three jump. Another spare.
Al Bhed Primer (Djose Temple)Copy missableSources disagreecollectibleLook in the antechamber and check your key items after the first win.Lost after: Taking the portal to the final battle.Get another: Missed primers can be dug up in the Bikanel Desert, up to the final battle.Sources disagree: One guide puts a Chapter 5 primer in a chest in the room before the Chamber of the Fayth; another says one is handed over after the first Experiment win. Neither says which numeral.

Bikanel: the last Gatekeepers

Scene: Cactuar Nation under siegeMissablesceneNhadala and Benzo report fiends massing on Cactuar Nation. Marnela says the barrier needs all ten Gatekeepers. Counts toward Story Completion.Lost after: Taking the portal to the final battle.
Mission: The Cactuar Connection (Gatekeepers 7–9)MissablesidequestMarnela's clues pick up where Chapter 3 stopped. Chiapa is on a fallen tree over the water past the bridge in Kilika Woods; Erio is on the Prominence below Mt. Gagazet's summit; Bartschella is inside Dona's hut in Kilika Port. Each one is a round of the cactuar minigame, which you do not have to win. The Cactuar hunt guide has every clue.Lost after: Taking the portal to the final battle.
Gatekeeper 10: Frailea (Cactuar Hollow)MissablesidequestBring the ninth home and Marnela sends you after the tenth. Choose "We'll look for him." Save first: the cave opens with three forced fights.Lost after: Taking the portal to the final battle.

Cactuar Hollow

Ether (by the waterfalls)MissableSources disagreeitemAcross the platforms near the waterfalls, early on.Lost after: The Bikanel episode wrapping up, if the Hollow is sealed then.Sources disagree: Accounts differ on whether the Hollow can be re-entered once the Bikanel episode wraps up. Clear it on the way in.
Faerie EarringsMissableSources disagreeaccessoryFirst of four along the sand-chamber path. The chamber fills in 60 seconds; drop into the pit on purpose and it spits you out unhurt somewhere else, which helps you reach these.Lost after: The Bikanel episode wrapping up, if the Hollow is sealed then.Sources disagree: Accounts differ on whether the Hollow can be re-entered once the Bikanel episode wraps up. Clear it on the way in.
Mega PhoenixMissableSources disagreeitemSecond on the sand-chamber path.Lost after: The Bikanel episode wrapping up, if the Hollow is sealed then.Sources disagree: Accounts differ on whether the Hollow can be re-entered once the Bikanel episode wraps up. Clear it on the way in.
Hi-PotionMissableSources disagreeitemThird on the sand-chamber path.Lost after: The Bikanel episode wrapping up, if the Hollow is sealed then.Sources disagree: Accounts differ on whether the Hollow can be re-entered once the Bikanel episode wraps up. Clear it on the way in.
MegalixirMissableSources disagreeitemFourth on the sand-chamber path. The best item in the cave.Lost after: The Bikanel episode wrapping up, if the Hollow is sealed then.Sources disagree: Accounts differ on whether the Hollow can be re-entered once the Bikanel episode wraps up. Clear it on the way in.
Twist HeadbandMissableSources disagreeaccessoryFirst of the chests on the platforms after the path narrows.Lost after: The Bikanel episode wrapping up, if the Hollow is sealed then.Sources disagree: Accounts differ on whether the Hollow can be re-entered once the Bikanel episode wraps up. Clear it on the way in.
Ether (platforms)MissableSources disagreeitemSecond on the platforms.Lost after: The Bikanel episode wrapping up, if the Hollow is sealed then.Sources disagree: Accounts differ on whether the Hollow can be re-entered once the Bikanel episode wraps up. Clear it on the way in.
Mute ShockMissableSources disagreeaccessoryThird on the platforms.Lost after: The Bikanel episode wrapping up, if the Hollow is sealed then.Sources disagree: Accounts differ on whether the Hollow can be re-entered once the Bikanel episode wraps up. Clear it on the way in.
Beaded BroochMissableSources disagreeaccessoryFourth on the platforms.Lost after: The Bikanel episode wrapping up, if the Hollow is sealed then.Sources disagree: Accounts differ on whether the Hollow can be re-entered once the Bikanel episode wraps up. Clear it on the way in.
Phoenix DownMissableSources disagreeitemLast on the platforms, just before Frailea's ledge.Lost after: The Bikanel episode wrapping up, if the Hollow is sealed then.Sources disagree: Accounts differ on whether the Hollow can be re-entered once the Bikanel episode wraps up. Clear it on the way in.
Boss: Jumbo Cactuar and two CactuarsbossAfter Frailea's minigame. Jumbo Cactuar has 22,222 HP and only casts Hastega; the two Cactuars (2,002 HP each) do the damage with 1000 Needles and dodge most physical hits. Kill them first with Darkness or magic. Steal Stamina Tonic. Drops Stamina Tonic, rarely Rabite's Foot (Luck +100). If you killed ten or more fiends in the cave it may oversoul (33,333 HP, -ga spells and Flare): Reflect the party first.
Covenant of Growthgarment-gridFor beating the Jumbo Cactuar and freeing Frailea.

Showdown in the Sands

Mission: Showdown in the SandsMissablesidequestOffered when you leave the Hollow: the fiend driven out of Cactuar Nation is heading for the Al Bhed camp. Accept, then fly back to the Celsius to prepare. Selecting Bikanel on the map starts the fight.Lost after: Taking the portal to the final battle.
Boss: Angra Mainyuboss333,444 HP, with Zarich (immune to physical, drains MP) and Tawrich (immune to magic, Bloody Breath for Confusion, Silence, Darkness and Poison), 5,440 HP each. Perdition's Flame hits ten times at random; Demi, Flare, Osmose; it revives and heals its arms. Two Dark Knights on Darkness, which hits all three and ignores defense, plus a White Mage or Alchemist. Ribbon on the healer, Poison, Silence and Darkness protection on everyone. Or drain its MP dry and it can only Osmose. Steal Megalixir. Drops Ribbon.
Mercurial StrikeUnconfirmedgarment-gridFor beating Angra Mainyu.
Scene: back at Cactuar NationMissablesceneReturn to Cactuar Nation after the fight for a short scene and Yuna's line about Marnela. Story Completion, and the Bikanel Episode Complete, which counts toward Mascot.Lost after: Taking the portal to the final battle.

Bikanel: digging

Dig: Assemblies to 38 points in Attack, Defense and SpecialMissablesidequestOnly after the first Djose fight. Yellow X marks are Assemblies: A is worth 1 point, S 3, Z 5. Levels: 0–3 is 1, 4–9 is 2, 10–19 is 3, 20–37 is 4, 38 and up is 5. All three stats need level 5. Attack parts lean West, Defense South, Special East, North and Central. You cannot see the total in your inventory; the machine's level at Djose tells you.Lost after: Taking the portal to the final battle.
Desert Keykey-itemDug from a white X in the Central Expanse, which you open by dispatching a chocobo to Bikanel from the ranch. Ride the chocobo there and no fiends interrupt.
Horn of Plentygarment-gridThe locked chest in the excavation camp. The Desert Key opens it.

Djose Temple: the rematch

Boss: Experiment (level 5)MissablebossTalk to the technician by the Chamber of the Fayth with a Repair Manual. Its loop: Rocket Launcher (ten random hits), Attack, Rocket Launcher, Attack, Lifeslicer (kills outright), Annihilator (about 1,500 magic damage to everyone, ignores Magic Defense, delays turns), Attack. Defense level 5 halves your damage; Darkness ignores it. Mighty Guard at the start, Auto-Life (Salvation Promised) if you have it. Bring a Gun Mage and keep them alive to learn Annihilator; this is the only enemy that uses it.Lost after: Ending the Djose episode. Once the episode is complete the machine can never be fought again.
Scene: Rikku after the full-level winMissablesceneStory Completion. With Paine's earlier line, this gives the Djose Episode Complete.Lost after: Taking the portal to the final battle.
Magical Dances, Vol. IIMissableSources disagreekey-itemThe reward for beating the Experiment at full level.Lost after: Ending the Djose episode without beating the level 5 machine.Sources disagree: Three sources give it for the level 5 win; one says the first win.
Achievement: Dancing QueenMissableachievementObtain Magical Dances, Vol. II.Lost after: Ending the Djose episode without beating the level 5 machine.

Bevelle

Scene: Maroda at the gate (Bevelle episode)MissablesceneWalk toward the headquarters entrance. Maroda's scene plays and the Bevelle Episode Complete comes straight away; the Via Infinito is not needed for it. You are sent back to the Celsius afterwards.Lost after: Taking the portal to the final battle.
Scourgebanegarment-gridAwarded with the Bevelle Episode Complete.
Remedy x5itemThe chests below the headquarters are full again. This one is in the dead end off the first north–south path of the maze.
Crystal GlovesaccessoryAt the end of the last corner on the maze's east side. Defense +60.
10,000 gilitemSouthern end of the maze's north–south intersection.
Hi-Potion x6itemFar left end of the maze's northern path.
Potion x10itemIn one of the alcoves on the right side of the maze.
Phoenix Down x8 (maze)itemThe other right-hand alcove.
Chocobo Feather x3itemNorth of the Save Sphere in the round room.
1,200 gil (watch-tower chain)itemOne of three chests hanging off the chains behind the watch towers.
Oath Veil (watch-tower chain)accessoryAnother tower chain. Magic Defense +60.
White Lore (watch-tower chain)accessoryThe third tower chain. Lets the wearer use White Mage abilities.
Ether x6itemOn the ledges just into the labyrinth.
Remedy x6itemBefore the T-junction in the labyrinth.
Phoenix Down x8 (the Gaol)itemAt the end of the platform in the Gaol machine room.
Dispel TonicitemAlong the left-hand lift path in the upper labyrinth.
Still there if you never took them: Ribbon, BloodlustreferenceEarlier chests that are not replaced. The Ribbon is on the side platform through the big door in the tower room; Bloodlust is on the highest ledge of the Gaol machine, reached by going left. Opening the Ribbon chest is the Treasure Hunter achievement.
Crimson Sphere 1 (only if you missed it)Sources disagreereferenceIts checklist entry is in Chapter 3 (Bevelle). If you never picked it up, look on that platform before you give up on the Den of Woe.Sources disagree: One guide says it is still on the circular platform at the end of the far-right hallway in Chapter 5 if you skipped it in Chapter 3; another says it cannot be collected after Chapter 3.

Via Infinito: Cloisters 0–20

Scene: the Kinderguardians find a way downMissablesceneBack in Bevelle, go through the doorway on the east side of the headquarters' main floor. The Kinderguardians are by a glyph that leads to the Via Infinito. Save first.Lost after: Taking the portal to the final battle.
Crimson Sphere 6key-itemCloister 0. A ghostly figure drops it after the opening scene; pick it up off the floor near the portal.
Scene: Rikku, "Farplane!" (Cloister 0)MissablesceneThe talk with the Kinderguardians at the start. Story Completion.Lost after: Taking the portal to the final battle.
Scene: Crimson Record 6MissablesceneWatch it at once or later from Shinra's Treasure Spheres menu on the Celsius; a New Yevon priest asks what you saw. Story Completion.Lost after: Taking the portal to the final battle.
Boss: Aranea (Cloister 20)boss18,280 HP. A tougher cousin of the spider from the start of the game: double physical hits, a bite that ignores defense, and Gooey End on the front row for Poison and Stop. Guard against both and it is easy. Steal Turbo Ether, rarely Kinesis Badge. Drops Stamina Tonic, rarely Mythril Bangle. Its oversouled form has 33,394 HP; Reflect helps there.
Crimson Sphere 8key-itemTurn around after Aranea and pick it up.
Scene: Paine, "Maester Kinoc!" (Cloister 20)MissablescenePlays at Cloister 20 with the sphere. Story Completion.Lost after: Taking the portal to the final battle.
Scene: Crimson Record 8MissablesceneWatch it with Shinra on the Celsius; Nooj is glad you are all right. Story Completion.Lost after: Taking the portal to the final battle.

How this page was made

Researched across 13 community walkthroughs and written from scratch — no source’s wording appears here. 13 are marked where sources disagree with each other — we have not picked a winner for you.

How we decide what to print