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Chapter 5: Moonflow, Guadosalam and the Thunder Plains

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.

11 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.

The Moonflow

Head east along the south bank. Tobli and his band are set up by a half-sunk shoopuf. Talk to him and say “Let’s go onstage!”. Stay as long as you like (the shoulder buttons change the camera), then press cancel to finish.

Guadosalam

Walk toward the Chateau and the musicians play. Talk to Tromell again and the story here wraps up.

Then come back. There is plenty left in town:

Tobli’s office has a chest for you. What is in it depends on how well you have looked after him all game.
The locked door in the north-west of town. Talk to Tromell beside it and he lets you in. There are two chests inside and a Guado woman worth talking to. Talk to Tromell once more before you leave.
Chateau Leblanc. Step inside once for a short scene.

One of the chests in that room holds a sphere. Take it back to the ship and watch it with Shinra.

The Thunder Plains

The towers are being eaten again. Fight the monsters at each tower; the minimap marks them, five in each half of the plains. Every fight leaves a chest, and how good it is depends on how well you calibrated that tower earlier in the game. It can’t be redone now, so just take what you get. There are six ordinary chests on the plains too, three in each half.

When the reachable towers are clear, a red arrow points to the boss. It casts a bundle of buffs on itself at the start and again at a third of its health, so strip them with Dispel or a Dispel Tonic each time. It absorbs lightning, and it drops a big multi-hit attack as it dies, so be healed for the last blow. Accessories that block lightning help a lot.

Afterwards, say yes when you are asked about the hole, and go down. Someone down there needs you. Remove anything that adds lightning to your attacks before you reach the red arrow, because the fight there absorbs it too. Kill the small machines around the boss early, starting with the one that stops you healing.

Coming back to the cave

When you are done, the Al Bhed technician on the north plains will let you back into the cave for a number puzzle with some very good accessories behind it. It is optional and takes a while. Wear a Charm Bangle if you have one.

Worth doing on a first run

Scene: Tobli's showsceneOn the south bank, east of the landing, Tobli and his band are by a half-sunk shoopuf. Talk to him and pick "Let's go onstage!". Switch camera angles with the shoulder buttons if you like, then press the cancel button to finish.
Remedy (south plains)itemThe south half of the plains has three chests.
X-Potion x2 (south plains)itemSouth half.
Ochre Ring (south plains)accessorySouth half. Lightning damage heals the wearer, and it gives Thundaga and Magic +10. Worth wearing for the tower fights and the first boss.
Budget Grenade x2 (north plains)itemThe north half of the plains has three chests.
Turbo Ether x2 (north plains)itemNorth half.
Sleep Grenade x2 (north plains)itemNorth half.

How this page was made

Researched across 5 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. 6 entries below are marked where our sources disagree with each other — we have not picked a winner for you.

11 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 Moonflow

Tobli is on the south bank by a half-sunk shoopuf. Pick “Let’s go onstage!” and the show ends the episode.

Complete here was decided long ago, by three jobs for Tobli:

Chapter 1, “Shave the Hypello?”: no bandit got away with cargo. That needed Tobli spoken to before the Hypello in the first place.
Chapter 2: all ten tickets sold. Profit doesn’t matter.
Chapter 2, the troupe hunt in Macalania Woods: finished.

Miss any and the show goes on with something missing: Concluded.

Guadosalam

Approach the Chateau and Tromell’s musicians play. Talk to him again. Rikku asks him to lead the Guado, and Bayra, Donga and Pukutak talk him into it. The episode ends.

Complete here was decided on Mt. Gagazet in Chapter 3: Garik had to be stopped in “Battle Blockade”. If he wasn’t, Guadosalam is empty and nobody knows where the Guado went. Tromell’s four talks in Chapter 1’s Macalania Woods and the Chapter 2 Chateau infiltration are also on the list.

Then come back down for the rest:

Tobli Productions. A chest in his office, with contents set by earlier chapters:
- Kaiser Knuckles (Strength +50): every Moonflow job perfect and Garik stopped. The 100% route always lands here.
- Crystal Ball (Magic +50): Garik stopped, but a Moonflow job failed.
- Key to Success, which doubles what you earn: Moonflow perfect but Garik not stopped. That route has already lost Guadosalam’s Episode Complete, Mascot and 100%. Don’t plan a run around it.
Chateau Leblanc. Warp to the Guadosalam Save Sphere and step inside for a short scene.
The sealed room. The door in the north-west that has been locked all game. Tromell opens it for you, and talking to him there counts toward Story Completion. Inside:
- The Guado woman talks to Yuna about Lian and Ayde, and gives you Tempered Will. The scene and the grid both need Lian and Ayde to have been spoken to on the Thunder Plains in Chapter 3 and sent on their way.
- Baralai’s Sphere and Tetra Bracelet (fire, ice, lightning and water heal the wearer) in the two chests.
- Talk to Tromell once more on the way out.
“Yevon’s Secret.” Watch Baralai’s Sphere through Shinra on the Celsius. Baralai says the Crimson Squad is finished and Kinoc betrayed it. Counts toward Story Completion.

The Thunder Plains: “A Fallen Genius?”

The mission starts on landing. Plain chests first:

South: Remedy, X-Potion x2, Ochre Ring (absorbs lightning, Thundaga, Magic +10).
North: Budget Grenade x2, Turbo Ether x2, Sleep Grenade x2.
Fiend Haunt, the cave you cleared in Chapter 4, has fresh chests: Mega-Potion, Phoenix Down x3, Elixir x2, Haste Bangle, Black Ring.

Tower prizes

Every tower fight drops a chest whose contents depend on your best calibration score at that tower, out of 30. Accounts differ on whether Chapter 3 runs count as well as Chapter 2’s or the towers closed with Chapter 2. Either way the scores are locked now.

Tower	0–5	6–14	15–24	25–29	30
1	Ether	Ether x2	Turbo Ether	Turbo Ether x2	Elixir
2	X-Potion	Mega-Potion x2	Elixir	Elixir	Megalixir
3	Mega Phoenix	Mega Phoenix	Elixir	Elixir	Megalixir
4	Power Wrist	Black Belt	Hyper Wrist	Power Gloves	Champion Belt
5	Tarot Card	Hypno Crown	Talisman	Pixie Dust	Regal Crown
6	Yellow Ring	Lightning Gleam	NulShock Ring	Ochre Ring	Electrocutioner
7	Blue Ring	Watery Gleam	NulTide Ring	Cerulean Ring	Short Circuit
8	Red Ring	Fiery Gleam	NulBlaze Ring	Crimson Ring	Freezerburn
9	White Ring	Icy Gleam	NulFrost Ring	Snow Ring	Sublimator
10	Tetra Band	Tetra Gloves	Tetra Guard	Tetra Bracelet	Ribbon

Most guides list Silver Bracer and Gold Bracer at tower 5; the prizes are Tarot Card and Talisman. The last tower is not on your walking route. The red arrow takes you there once the others are clear, and that is where the boss waits.

Boss: Humbaba

27,772 HP. Absorbs lightning, immune to Gravity. It opens with Mighty Guard (Protect, Shell, Haste, Regen) and recasts it at a third of its HP (about 9,250). Dispel it both times, with a White Mage or a Dispel Tonic. Samurai’s Fingersnap works too. Its moves: Uppercut (a big hit on one, plus a long delay), Tyrant Tail below a third (party-wide, plus delay), Thundara and Thundaga, and Meteor, eight hits, used as it dies. Be fully healed before the killing blow. NulShock Rings shut off the thunder. Reflect is useless, because it absorbs Thundaga anyway and Meteor ignores Reflect.

Steal Hi-Potion x2 (rare: Ether). Drops Hi-Potion x4 (rare: NulShock Ring). The mission ends with Valiant Lustre. The technician mentions a hole by the tower. Answer “Yep, in the hole”.

Boss: Machina Panzer

Inside, go east, south, west, south, east, then north to the red arrow, where Cid is. 30,500 HP, absorbs lightning, immune to Gravity. Three Watchers lock a category of commands each at the start: A your physical attacks, R your healing, S everything else. Kill Watcher-R first, or flatten all three at once with Darkness from a fast Dark Knight. The Panzer’s normal attack is joined by Gatling Gun (up to 24 small hits) and Sorcery Ray, a party-wide blast at half and a quarter HP. Shell blunts it. Power Break, Armor Break and Mental Break all land.

Steal the Oath Veil. It drops a Crystal Bangle. The win ends the episode, always Complete here, and returns you to the Celsius with Cid. He hands over an Al Bhed Primer. Talk to him on the deck (his line about the paint job counts), then on the bridge with Brother (“Du fryd ouu fyhd”, which also counts).

The New Cave

Optional and worth it. Talk to the Al Bhed tower technician on the north plains to get back in. Wear a Charm Bangle: some door codes use your battle count or the gil you have earned since entering, and with no fights both stay at zero.

Each wall’s code is the sum of its two key numbers. The walls open in this order: 3, 10, 11, 5, 1, 8, 12, 13, 9, 6, 7, 14, 2, 15, 16, 4. Every opened wall shows two chests: one has the next clue, the other is empty. The Thunder Plains towers guide walks every wall.

Treasure along the way: Diamond Gloves (west of the route to wall 10), Hyper Wrist and Mystery Veil (near wall 11), Talisman (near wall 5), Nature’s Lore (near wall 8; Berserker Instinct in any dressphere), Corpus Invictus (near wall 14; teaches Full Throttle Break HP Limit), Salvation Promised (on the way to wall 16) and, at the end, Force of Nature: every element on the wearer’s attacks, and every element heals them. One guide says Force of Nature only appears on a second clear.

Everything in this area

The Moonflow

Scene: Tobli's showsceneOn the south bank, east of the landing, Tobli and his band are by a half-sunk shoopuf. Talk to him and pick "Let's go onstage!". Switch camera angles with the shoulder buttons if you like, then press the cancel button to finish.
Episode Complete: MoonflowMissableSources disagreeprogressionThe show ends the episode. Ticket profit doesn't matter, only that all ten were sold. Concluded means Tobli's show is missing something.Lost after: The end of Chapter 2, if a bandit got away with cargo in "Shave the Hypello?" (Chapter 1), if fewer than ten tickets were sold in Chapter 2, or if the troupe hunt in Macalania Woods went unfinished.Sources disagree: Two sources put the musician hunt in Chapter 2's Macalania Woods. A third says "all the musicians in Chapter 3". The Macalania hunt is a Chapter 2 mission.

Guadosalam

Scene: the musicians at the ChateausceneWalk toward Chateau Leblanc from the Save Sphere. Tromell and the musicians play, and he says the melody delivered them from their fate.
Scene: Tromell is asked to leadsceneTalk to Tromell again. Rikku asks if he will lead the Guado. He refuses, then gives in when Bayra, Donga and Pukutak push him. The episode ends here and you are sent back to the Celsius.
Episode Complete: GuadosalamMissableprogressionMostly decided on Mt. Gagazet in Chapter 3: Garik had to be beaten. Talking to Tromell four times in Macalania Woods in Chapter 1 and finishing the Chapter 2 Chateau infiltration are also on the list. Concluded means the streets are empty and no one knows where the Guado have gone.Lost after: The end of Chapter 3, if Garik was not stopped on Mt. Gagazet in "Battle Blockade".
Tobli's prize (Tobli Productions)MissableSources disagreeaccessoryA chest in Tobli's office in town. What is in it depends on earlier chapters. **Kaiser Knuckles** (Strength +50) if every Moonflow job was done perfectly and Garik was stopped. **Crystal Ball** (Magic +50) if Garik was stopped but a Moonflow job was not. **Key to Success** if the Moonflow jobs were perfect but Garik was not stopped. That route has already cost you 100%.Lost after: Taking the portal to the final battle.Sources disagree: Guides word the conditions differently. Most tie them to the Moonflow missions and to stopping Garik; one ties them to the Moonflow and Mt. Gagazet episode results. They agree that the perfect route gets Kaiser Knuckles.
Scene: inside Chateau LeblancMissablesceneAfter the episode, warp back to the Guadosalam Save Sphere and step into the Chateau. A short scene plays. Then leave.Lost after: Taking the portal to the final battle.
Scene: Tromell opens the sealed roomMissablesceneThe door in north-west Guadosalam that has been locked all game. Talk to Tromell beside it. He lets you into the room the Guado kept for their memories and tells you to take what you need. Talk to him again before leaving for a second scene.Lost after: Taking the portal to the final battle.
Scene: the Guado woman and Lian and AydeMissablesceneInside the room, talk to the Guado woman. She talks to Yuna about Lian and Ayde. Counts toward Story Completion only if you met the two Ronso on the Thunder Plains in Chapter 3.Lost after: The end of Chapter 3, if you never spoke to Lian and Ayde on the Thunder Plains and sent them on their way.
Tempered WillMissablegarment-gridGiven by the Guado woman in the sealed room, after her talk about Lian and Ayde.Lost after: The end of Chapter 3, if you never spoke to Lian and Ayde on the Thunder Plains and sent them on their way.
Baralai's SphereMissablekey-itemOne of the two chests in the sealed room.Lost after: Taking the portal to the final battle.
Tetra BraceletMissableaccessoryThe other chest in the sealed room. Gold accessory: fire, ice, lightning and water damage heal the wearer instead.Lost after: Taking the portal to the final battle.
Scene: "Yevon's Secret"MissablesceneBack on the Celsius, talk to Shinra and watch Baralai's Sphere, listed as "Yevon's Secret". Baralai says the Crimson Squad is finished and that Maester Kinoc betrayed them. Counts toward Story Completion.Lost after: Taking the portal to the final battle.

Thunder Plains

Remedy (south plains)itemThe south half of the plains has three chests.
X-Potion x2 (south plains)itemSouth half.
Ochre Ring (south plains)accessorySouth half. Lightning damage heals the wearer, and it gives Thundaga and Magic +10. Worth wearing for the tower fights and the first boss.
Budget Grenade x2 (north plains)itemThe north half of the plains has three chests.
Turbo Ether x2 (north plains)itemNorth half.
Sleep Grenade x2 (north plains)itemNorth half.
Fiend Haunt chests (five)UnconfirmedreferenceThe cave off the south plains that you cleared during the concert chapter has fresh contents: Mega-Potion, Phoenix Down x3, Elixir x2, Haste Bangle and Black Ring. Worth the detour for the Haste Bangle alone.
Mission: A Fallen Genius?progressionStarts as you land. Monsters are feeding on the lightning towers. Fight the pack at every reachable tower. Triangles on the minimap mark them, five in each half. Each fight leaves a chest. When the reachable towers are clear, a red arrow on the minimap points to the boss.
Tower 1 prizeSources disagreeitemWhat each tower's chest holds depends on your best calibration score at that tower, out of 30 (Chapter 2, plus Chapter 3 if the towers were still open then — accounts differ). Score bands are 0–5, 6–14, 15–24, 25–29 and a perfect 30. Tower 1: Ether, Ether x2, Turbo Ether, Turbo Ether x2, Elixir. The scores can't be improved now.Sources disagree: Some accounts say the best score from Chapters 2 and 3 counts; others say calibration closes when Chapter 2 ends with no second chance.
Tower 2 prizeitemBy score band: X-Potion, Mega-Potion x2, Elixir, Elixir, Megalixir.
Tower 3 prizeitemBy score band: Mega Phoenix, Mega Phoenix, Elixir, Elixir, Megalixir.
Tower 4 prizeaccessoryBy score band: Power Wrist, Black Belt, Hyper Wrist, Power Gloves, Champion Belt.
Tower 5 prizeSources disagreeaccessoryBy score band: Tarot Card, Hypno Crown, Talisman, Pixie Dust, Regal Crown.Sources disagree: Most guides list Silver Bracer for the lowest band and Gold Bracer for the middle one. The prizes listed here are Tarot Card and Talisman.
Tower 6 prizeaccessoryBy score band: Yellow Ring, Lightning Gleam, NulShock Ring, Ochre Ring, Electrocutioner.
Tower 7 prizeaccessoryBy score band: Blue Ring, Watery Gleam, NulTide Ring, Cerulean Ring, Short Circuit.
Tower 8 prizeaccessoryBy score band: Red Ring, Fiery Gleam, NulBlaze Ring, Crimson Ring, Freezerburn.
Tower 9 prizeaccessoryBy score band: White Ring, Icy Gleam, NulFrost Ring, Snow Ring, Sublimator.
Tower 10 prizeSources disagreeaccessoryBy score band: Tetra Band, Tetra Gloves, Tetra Guard, Tetra Bracelet, **Ribbon**. The last tower sits where the boss is, not on your path.Sources disagree: One guide counts nine tower fights before the boss; another lists ten towers and says the tenth can't be walked to. Both agree the best prize, a Ribbon, comes from the last tower.
Boss: Humbababoss27,772 HP. Absorbs lightning, immune to Gravity. Opens with Mighty Guard (Protect, Shell, Haste, Regen) and recasts it at a third of its HP. Dispel it each time with a White Mage or a Dispel Tonic. Uppercut hits one character hard and delays them, Tyrant Tail hits everyone, and it fires Meteor (eight hits) as it dies, so be healed going into the last blow. NulShock Rings stop Thundaga. Don't use Reflect. Steal Hi-Potion x2 (rare: Ether). Drops Hi-Potion x4 (rare: NulShock Ring).
Valiant Lustregarment-gridThe mission reward for the boss. The episode is not over yet: an Al Bhed technician mentions a strange hole by the tower. Answer "Yep, in the hole".
Boss: Machina PanzerbossIn the cave: east, south, west, south, east, then north to the red arrow. 30,500 HP, absorbs lightning, so take off anything that adds it to your attacks. Three Watchers (A, R, S) lock out your physical attacks, healing and other abilities. Kill Watcher-R first so you can heal, or wipe all three at once with Dark Knight's Darkness. Sorcery Ray hits everyone at half and a quarter HP. Shell softens it. Steal an Oath Veil; drops a Crystal Bangle.
Episode Complete: Thunder PlainsprogressionBeating the boss in the cave ends the episode and returns you to the Celsius. Nothing from earlier chapters is required. The Thunder Plains always ends Complete, and the calibration scores only change the tower prizes.
Al Bhed Primer (from Cid)Copy missablecollectibleCid hands it over once you are back on the Celsius after the cave.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.
Scene: Cid on the deck, then on the bridgeMissablesceneTalk to Cid on the deck (his complaint about the paint job counts), then find him and Brother on the bridge ("Du fryd ouu fyhd", do what you want, also counts).Lost after: Taking the portal to the final battle.

The New Cave

Getting back into the cavereferenceOptional. Back on the plains, talk to the Al Bhed tower technician in the north half and he lets you back in. Each wall opens with a number: add the two key numbers that go with it. Some of them are your battle count or the gil earned since you came in, so wear a Charm Bangle to keep both at zero. The walls open in this order: 3, 10, 11, 5, 1, 8, 12, 13, 9, 6, 7, 14, 2, 15, 16, 4. Each opened wall shows two chests, one with a clue and one empty. The Thunder Plains towers guide has a wall-by-wall walkthrough.
Diamond GlovesaccessoryWest of the route to wall 10.
Hyper WristaccessoryNear wall 11.
Mystery VeilaccessoryNear wall 11.
TalismanaccessoryNear wall 5.
Nature's LoreaccessoryNear wall 8. Lets the wearer use Berserker Instinct abilities in any dressphere.
Corpus Invictuskey-itemNear wall 14. Lets Full Throttle learn Break HP Limit.
Salvation Promisedgarment-gridOn the way to wall 16.
Force of NatureSources disagreeaccessoryGold accessory. Adds every element to the wearer's attacks, and every element heals them.Sources disagree: One guide puts it at a marked spot at the end of the wall route; another says it is the reward for finishing the cave a second time, when the numbers are different.

How this page was made

Researched across 13 community walkthroughs and written from scratch — no source’s wording appears here. 6 are marked where sources disagree with each other — we have not picked a winner for you.

How we decide what to print