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Chapter 5: Luca and the 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.

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

Luca

The new sports season is starting, and you will be offered a game the moment you land. Blitzball works differently from the last game: you manage the team and watch. Play one now if you are curious, or come back to the office in the town square later. It has no effect on the story.

The one new chest in town is in the outskirts.

Then take the stairs from the outskirts toward the Highroad, up to the balcony over the sea. When the moogle shows up, follow it. Square, bridge, stadium, docks. Walk up to it and press the button whenever it stops. If the girls suggest heading back to the ship instead, don’t. Finishing the chase is how Luca’s story ends properly.

The Mi’ihen Highroad

Someone is waiting for you outside the Travel Agency with the answer to the mystery you have been watching unfold all game. You don’t have to do anything except listen. The answer was decided by what you saw and did here in earlier chapters.

Afterwards, walk the road from south to north. There are chests on the Oldroad and the Newroad, including two accessories.

Chocobos are back on the road. Ride one to the north end of the Newroad, near the turn-off to Mushroom Rock, and find a feather on the ground. Stand by it and say “Am I ever!”. Your bird jumps up to a chest. Then leave the screen, come back and jump again from the same spot: the second jump finds a key item that powers up one of Paine’s dresspheres.

Worth doing on a first run

Light Curtain x3 (outskirts)itemThe one new chest in town this chapter, in the outskirts.
Mission: Follow That Moogle!sceneGo to the outskirts and up the stairs toward the Highroad, to the balcony overlooking the sea. A moogle appears. Follow it: the town square, then the bridge, the stadium and finally Dock 2. Walk up and press the action button each time it stops. You cannot fail the chase itself.
Phoenix Down x5 (Oldroad, south end)itemAfter the episode, go back down and walk the road south to north. Three chests at the south end by the Save Sphere.
Black Belt (Oldroad, south end)accessoryStrength +20 and Defense +20.
3,000 gil (Oldroad, south end)itemThe third chest at the south end.
Remedy x2 (Oldroad South)itemOn the Oldroad, heading north.
Hi-Potion x3 (Oldroad Central)itemOldroad Central.
Titanium Bangle (Oldroad Central)accessoryMax HP +40%.
Holy Water x6 (Oldroad Central)itemOldroad Central.
Soft x5 (Newroad)itemThe Newroad, between the Travel Agency and the Mushroom Rock turn-off.
Hi-Potion x3 (Newroad)itemThe Newroad.
Echo Screen x5 (Newroad)itemThe Newroad.
M-Bomb x2 (Newroad)itemThe Newroad.

How this page was made

Researched across 5 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. 1 entries below are marked where our sources disagree with each other — we have not picked a winner for you.

8 things here are lost permanently. Point of no return: In Luca, walking away from the moogle and going back to the ship when Rikku and Paine suggest it ends the episode as Concluded. That costs Mascot and 100%. The Highroad's verdict was fixed by your Chapter 4 CommSphere calls, and nothing here changes it. Everything is listed on the missables page.

Spoilers from here.

Luca

The blitzball season scene plays on landing, then Buddy offers you a match. Saying no is fine: matches start any time from the office in the square.

Light Curtain x3 is in the outskirts.

The Luca episode is the one Chapter 5 result you can still get wrong on the day. Take the outskirts stairs up toward the Highroad, to the balcony where Yuna and Tidus whistled in the first game. A moogle only Yuna can see appears and runs. Follow it, “Follow That Moogle!”: the square, the bridge, the stadium, Dock 2. Press the button beside it each time it stops. The chase can’t be failed. If you take Rikku and Paine up on their offer to head back to the ship instead, Luca ends Episode Concluded, and that costs Mascot and 100%. Nothing from earlier chapters matters here.

The talk at the docks ends the episode and sends you to the Celsius.

Blitzball. You manage, you don’t play. Win one match for Teamwork!. Training a few times before the first game is enough. It does not touch Story Completion.

Lady Luck, last chance. If you lost the Chapter 3 Sphere Break final, Shinra is in the stadium basement and will play you again. It is harder than the tournament. Bring a Coin Count Echo coin, take the same number of coins every turn for the echo bonus, and save first.

The Mi’ihen Highroad

An Al Bhed hover operator sends you to Rin outside the Travel Agency. You do not choose the culprit. Rin names one based on which suspects you kept in play from Chapter 1 to 3 and which Chapter 4 CommSpheres you called him to:

Rin blames	Episode	Reward
Rikku	Complete	Ragnarok, chocobos on the road
The Chocobo Eater	Complete	Chocobos on the road
Calli	Complete	No item
Rin himself	Concluded	Gippal’s Sphere, chocobos on the road
The Prophet	Concluded	Nothing, and no chocobos ever again

Complete also needs “Machina Mayhem!” to have been started in Chapter 3.

Ragnarok is the reason to aim for Rikku. With it, abilities cost no MP, and it is the only copy in the game. Gippal’s Sphere exists only on the Concluded route where Rin blames himself. Its Gippal scene is the one Story Completion line built to be skipped. 100% is reachable without it.

Chests

Walk the road south to north after the verdict:

Oldroad, south end: Phoenix Down x5, Black Belt (Strength and Defense +20), 3,000 gil.
Oldroad South: Remedy x2.
Oldroad Central: Hi-Potion x3, Titanium Bangle (max HP +40%), Holy Water x6.
Newroad: Soft x5, Hi-Potion x3, Echo Screen x5, M-Bomb x2.

The chocobo jumps

Ride a chocobo to the north end of the Newroad, south-east of the Mushroom Rock turn-off. A feather lies on the ground. Stand on it and answer “Am I ever!”. The jump lands you at Phoenix Down x5. Leave the screen, come back, and jump again from the same spot. The second jump finds Victor Primoris, which teaches Full Throttle Break Damage Limit.

If the Prophet was blamed, no chocobos come back, and neither jump chest can be reached.

Later

The Fiend Colony, a bonus dungeon in the green fog near the Chocobo Eater’s old spot, appears only after a level 4 or 5 chocobo from the Chocobo Ranch has been dispatched here and returned. Its chests (four of the Tomes among them) and its boss are covered with the Chapter 5 Calm Lands section, where the dispatch that opens it happens.

Everything in this area

Luca

Scene: the blitzball season opens (automatic)scenePlays on your first landing this chapter, with Shelinda announcing the season. Buddy then offers you a match. You can say no and play later from the office in the town square.
Light Curtain x3 (outskirts)itemThe one new chest in town this chapter, in the outskirts.
Mission: Follow That Moogle!MissablesceneGo to the outskirts and up the stairs toward the Highroad, to the balcony overlooking the sea. A moogle appears. Follow it: the town square, then the bridge, the stadium and finally Dock 2. Walk up and press the action button each time it stops. You cannot fail the chase itself.Lost after: Going back to the ship when Rikku and Paine suggest it, instead of following the moogle.
Episode Complete: LucaMissableprogressionThe talk at the docks ends the episode and sends you back to the Celsius. Nothing from earlier chapters matters here: not the Chapter 1 mission, not the Sphere Break tournament, not playing blitzball. Skip the chase and Luca is Concluded.Lost after: Going back to the ship when Rikku and Paine suggest it, instead of following the moogle.
Achievement: Teamwork!achievementWin one blitzball match. You manage the team rather than play the matches, and the first game is not hard. Blitzball doesn't count toward Story Completion.
Lady Luck (Shinra's rematch)MissabledressphereOnly if you lost the Chapter 3 Sphere Break tournament. Shinra is waiting in the stadium basement and will play you again. This is the last chance and it is harder than the tournament final. Build a deck around a Coin Count Echo coin, flip the same number of coins every turn, and save before you sit down. The Sphere Break guide covers the rest.Lost after: Taking the portal to the final battle.

Mi'ihen Highroad

Scene: Rin's verdictsceneAn Al Bhed hover operator sends you to Rin outside the Travel Agency. He names the culprit behind the machina trouble and the episode ends. **You don't choose the culprit here.** It was set by the suspects you kept alive in Chapters 1 to 3 and the CommSpheres you called Rin to in Chapter 4.
Episode Complete: Mi'ihen HighroadMissableprogressionComplete if Rin names **Rikku, the Chocobo Eater or Calli**. Concluded if he names himself or the Prophet. It also needed "Machina Mayhem!" started in Chapter 3. Rikku is the best result.Lost after: The end of Chapter 4, if the CommSphere calls led Rin to accuse himself or the Prophet.
RagnarokMissableaccessoryRin's reward when the culprit is Rikku, and the only way to get it. Gold accessory: abilities cost no MP while it is worn. It makes any MP-hungry dressphere free to run.Lost after: The end of Chapter 4, unless the CommSphere calls led Rin to Rikku.
Gippal's SphereMissablekey-itemOnly exists on the route where Rin blames himself, and that route is Episode Concluded. Its Gippal scene is the one Story Completion trigger you are meant to skip. 100% is reachable without it. Don't chase it.Lost after: The end of Chapter 4, unless the CommSphere calls led Rin to accuse himself.
Scene: Highroad episode scenes (automatic)sceneThe verdict scenes count together toward Story Completion.
Phoenix Down x5 (Oldroad, south end)itemAfter the episode, go back down and walk the road south to north. Three chests at the south end by the Save Sphere.
Black Belt (Oldroad, south end)accessoryStrength +20 and Defense +20.
3,000 gil (Oldroad, south end)itemThe third chest at the south end.
Remedy x2 (Oldroad South)itemOn the Oldroad, heading north.
Hi-Potion x3 (Oldroad Central)itemOldroad Central.
Titanium Bangle (Oldroad Central)accessoryMax HP +40%.
Holy Water x6 (Oldroad Central)itemOldroad Central.
Soft x5 (Newroad)itemThe Newroad, between the Travel Agency and the Mushroom Rock turn-off.
Hi-Potion x3 (Newroad)itemThe Newroad.
Echo Screen x5 (Newroad)itemThe Newroad.
M-Bomb x2 (Newroad)itemThe Newroad.
Chocobos on the HighroadSources disagreereferenceAfter the verdict, chocobos are back on the road to ride, unless the Prophet was named. Two chests need a chocobo jump.Sources disagree: Sources agree the chocobos stay away when the Prophet is named. They split on Calli: one says the birds come back, another says they don't.
Phoenix Down x5 (chocobo jump, Newroad north)MissableitemRide a chocobo to the north end of the Newroad, south-east of the Mushroom Rock turn-off. Stand by the chocobo feather on the ground and answer **"Am I ever!"**. The bird jumps up to a ledge chest.Lost after: The end of Chapter 4, if the CommSphere calls led Rin to accuse the Prophet (no chocobos return to the road).
Victor PrimorisMissablekey-itemLeave the screen after the first jump, come back, and jump from the same spot again. The second jump lands on a different chest. Lets Full Throttle learn Break Damage Limit.Lost after: The end of Chapter 4, if the CommSphere calls led Rin to accuse the Prophet (no chocobos return to the road).
The Fiend Colony opens laterreferenceA bonus dungeon on the Highroad, near where the Chocobo Eater was fought, covered in green fog. It only appears after a level 4 or 5 chocobo from the Chocobo Ranch has been sent here and come back. Its chests and its boss are listed with the Chapter 5 Calm Lands checklist, next to the dispatch that opens it.

How this page was made

Researched across 12 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