100% Story Completion in Final Fantasy X-2

Updated 2026-10-10

Full spoilers.

Story Completion is the hidden percentage on your save file. At 100% you get the extra scene after the credits (the Perfect Ending) and the Sweet Perfection achievement. It is the most demanding thing in Final Fantasy X-2, because almost all of it is dialogue you either see in the right chapter or never see at all.

This page is the checklist. The area pages hold the step-by-step detail for every scene; this page tells you what kind of thing you are looking for, what closes when, and where your number should be at each chapter’s end.

How the percentage works

Most of it is single lines of dialogue worth 0.2% each. A scene that “counts” usually means one specific line in it counts. A few events (mission results, Episode Completes, the last battle) are worth more in one go.
The display rounds down. 25.8% shows as 25%. The save screen and the world map both show it; neither shows decimals.
Never skip a cutscene. Skipping can drop the lines inside it. Let every scene play.
Story Completion is per playthrough, but it carries into New Game Plus. A one-run 100% is possible only on the route this page follows.

Before you start: the four rules

Give the Awesome Sphere to the Youth League at the start of Chapter 2. This is the only route that reaches 100% in one run. Choosing New Yevon caps the run just short of 100% (99.2% or 99.4%, depending on who counted).
Rest in the Celsius cabin once in every chapter. Talk to the Barkeep and choose to rest. The nap the story gives you does not count. All five rests together unlock a Chapter 5 scene.
Talk to everyone on the Celsius at the start of every chapter, and again after every mission. Brother, Shinra, Buddy, Paine, Rikku, the Barkeep, and any guests you have taken aboard.
Visit every hotspot every chapter. An area you skip in Chapter 3 gets no CommSphere, so its Chapter 4 scenes never exist.

The scene classes that get missed

Every missable scene in the game falls into one of these groups. If you know the groups, you know what to look for in a new area.

Class	What it looks like	How to protect it
Optional NPC talks	A named character standing to one side (Clasko, Maechen, Lucil, Tobli, Cid, Isaaru, Kimahri, Lian and Ayde).	Talk to every named character, then talk again until the line repeats.
Wrong-order talks	Brother after the Floating Ruins, Tobli before the Hypello, Leblanc before Shinra at the end of Chapter 4.	Do the side character before the person who moves the story on.
Dialogue choices	Maechen’s story, Yaibal’s request, Cid’s “bone to pick”, inviting Clasko, hiding O’aka.	Take the option that keeps the conversation going or says yes. Never cut Maechen off.
Fail-able missions	The Floating Ruins race, the Calli rescue timer, “Cuckoo for Chocobos!”, “Machina Mayhem!”.	Save before every mission that has a timer or a score, and reload a failure.
Chains	Clasko (Ch1 → Ch2 → Ranch), O’aka (Ch1 hide → Ch2 debt → Ch5), Lian and Ayde (Ch2 → Ch3 → Ch5), the Macalania musicians, Tobli’s cargo and tickets.	A missed first link silently deletes every later link. Treat the first link as the deadline.
Crimson Records and spheres	Treasure Spheres from Shinra on the bridge.	Watch every new sphere the chapter you get it.
CommSpheres (Chapter 4)	Three waves of scenes viewed from Shinra’s monitor.	Watch each area until its scene loops; some need a long wait.
Episodes (Chapter 5)	Each location ends Complete or Concluded.	Concluded episodes lose scenes. Most are decided by earlier chapters.
Cabin rests	Nothing visible.	One rest per chapter, every chapter.

Chapter 1: target about 25%

Running total at the end of the chapter: about 25.0–25.2%. The opening alone is worth roughly 2% by the time you reach the Celsius.

Inside the opening (closes within minutes):

Talk to the moogle on Dock 2 during the Luca chase. Walking on to Dock 3 loses it, and with it the Chapter 1 Luca narration that 100% needs. This is the earliest permanent loss in the game.
On the Celsius, talk to Rikku, Paine, Shinra and the Barkeep before the first mission. Watch the Journey’s Start sphere. Rest in the cabin.
Win “Outrun the Leblanc Syndicate!” inside the time limit.
Back aboard, comfort Brother before talking to Shinra.

Rest of the chapter (all close when you beat the boss at Kilika Temple):

Chapter 2: target about 44.6%

Running total at the end of the chapter: about 44.6–44.8%.

Chapter 3: target 59.6%

Running total at the end of the chapter: 59.6% (every count agrees here). Chapter 3 ends when you beat the boss of the Djose mission.

Chapter 4: target 75.6%

Running total at the end of the chapter: 75.6%. Chapter 4 ends when you talk to Shinra on the bridge after the concert. Every scene below is gone after that.

Rest in the cabin. Paine on the deck. Crimson Records 2 and 3.
CommSphere Wave 1: Besaid (Wakka), Kilika (Dona), Mushroom Rock (Yaibal), Bevelle (Maroda).
Talk to Buddy, then Paine about the Hymn of the Fayth — before the Moonflow mission.
Wave 2 (it moves on once the Moonflow mission is taken, so watch it first): Besaid (“Is it time?”, then Beclem scolding the team), Kilika Temple, Luca’s Al Bhed interview, Rin’s Mi’ihen investigation (point the evidence at Rikku), Djose, Guadosalam, Thunder Plains, Macalania (the musicians and O’aka), Bikanel, the Chocobo Ranch (needs a captured chocobo), Mt. Gagazet, and the hot springs — eight of its rotating scenes count, several after long silences.
Moonflow: “Where’s Tobli?”.
The concert rehearsal (any score).
Wave 3: Besaid (Beclem recalled; Lulu and Wakka), Kilika (Dona’s apology; the balloon; Barthello), Mushroom Rock (Lucil; Yaibal), Moonflow (Elma), Guadosalam (Ormi), Macalania (O’aka), Zanarkand (both Isaaru scenes).
Thunder Plains: “Concert Clean-up”, the concert, Maechen on the bridge.
Leblanc in the engine room before you talk to Shinra. She gives you Crimson Sphere 5; without it the Den of Woe stays sealed and its share is gone.

Chapter 5: target 96% at the portal, 100% after the last battle

Chapter 5 has no chapter-end until the final portal, which sits after the Road to the Farplane. Everything below closes when you step through it.

On the Celsius:

The opening deck and bridge scenes. Watch Crimson Sphere 5.
Rest, then listen to Brother and the Barkeep at the bar. This is the scene the five rests unlock.
Buddy in the engine room.

Episodes. Aim for Episode Complete in every location. A Concluded episode loses scenes and the Mascot dressphere.

After the Road to the Farplane:

Leblanc in the Farplane Glen.
Use the Glen’s Save Sphere to go back to the Celsius: Shinra; Brother, Buddy and Cid on the deck; the cabin scene (appears around 80%); Rikku on the deck (appears at 95%, so do it last).
Save at the Glen and check the number: 96% going in.
The final battles add the last 4%.

When you are short

At the portal on 95%: the usual gap is the Via Infinito. Finish Cloister 100, then the Celsius scenes, then check again.
Rikku will not appear on the deck: you are under 95%. Everything else has to be done first.
A Chapter 1–4 scene is gone: it cannot come back on this playthrough. Finish anyway. Story Completion carries into New Game Plus, so a second run that picks up only the missing scenes takes you to 100%. The endings guide covers what that unlocks.

Points worth knowing

Cutscene skipping is the most common way to lose lines without noticing.
The Calm Lands campaigns are not a scene in themselves, but the Chapter 5 Calm Lands episode needs your company’s Publicity over 400.
The Mi’ihen verdict in Chapter 5 is fixed by what you did in Chapters 1 to 4; there is nothing to choose on the day.
New Yevon gets a handful of its own scenes, but never enough to make up for the Youth League ones it gives up.