Final Fantasy VIII - Mini-Quests

When in the town, head forward and past the hotel. Continue towards the station and head right past the Galbadia Platform, this takes you back to the Timber Maniacs building.

Head right of it and continue along the path and down the stairs at the far end that leads down to the platform below.

When you get down there, a girl is playing on the tracks and falls down. Talk to her a couple of times to help her up before the train comes.

Saving her gets you a free night stay in the Hotel where you can get a copy of Timber Maniacs.

After the Occupation of Balamb Town by Galbadia; you can access Zell's room; inside is an item called Spd Up which will increase your Speed stat. To get it, you must find Big Bad Rascal.

Head to the parking lot by the docks and examine the back of the barrels to the right and you will find him.

After he runs away, you should leave town then come back. Due to the weird way this quest happens, it does not always work the way it should.

Return to town and go to Zell's house. In the second room to the right you will find Rascal lying down. Talk to him and he will say "... playin' dead" then if you talk to him again he will say "I hate naps!".

You can now go upstairs to Zell's room and, with some persuasion, find the Spd Up under Zell's bed. You have to be behind the bed, in the exact position to get it.

You can find Rascal behind the barrels earlier on, but without being allowed into Zell's room, it is not worth trying.

I have seen some places saying this can be done during the occupation, but I have not managed to get it to work as there is a seperate set of things you can do with Rascal during the occupation. See the tips section for details.

Enter Dollet and head south, follow the path south then head left. Here is where you entered the town during the first mission; head north for 1 screen then enter the pub (building with a woman outside, green banner).

Inside, head upstairs where there is a Save Point and a few people to play Triple Triad with (Queen of Cards can be found here if you are doing her quest).

You can challenge the owner (Man in the bottom, left corner) to Triple Triad; if you defeat him, he will allow you into his private room. Inside, you can challenge him again to get the Siren Triple Triad Card and if you examine the stack of magazines in the bottom left repeatedly you can get random items and the Occult Fan II magazine (If you keep getting a message saying there is nothing of interest, exit the room then re-enter and try again).

Back in the room above the pub, you can find a copy of Timber Maniacs.

Head out of the pub and head south, approach the boy outside the house then follow him inside. He is the son of the Queen of Cards and, if you are doing this quest, he is the one you can challenge to get your cards back.

He also likes to draw bones on his Grandpa's art. On Disc 3, you can do a mini-quest for a few items. After the grandpa leaves, examine the painting, then head south to the beach. Talk to the old man then head to where the bone is located, there you will find the dog, examining it will get you an item. You can go back to the house twice more, examine the painting then find the location where the bone is; you can get X-Potion, Mega-Potion and an Elixir.

If you do this earlier in the game, you still get items but they are not as good and this can only be done once; you get Potion, Phoenix Down & Soft.

Enter Deling City and head south then head north-west. This will take you to Rinoa's House, enter the mansion and talk to General Caraway, you can ask about 3 things but if you ask about Cards he will say he has a card of Rinoa but rarely uses it. He adds that if you were to give him the Ifrit card, he will consider playing the card.

To give him the card, play a game against him with the Ifrit card and 4 other low level cards and lose; he will take the Ifrit card... and immediately lose it. If you ask about cards again, he will say he lost it to Martine, the former headmaster of Galbadia Garden. If you play against him now, he may have the Rinoa Card in the deck for you to win.

Leave Deling and head to Fisherman's Horizon; head to the elder's house and, instead of heading into the house, head right. You will find Martine sitting alone, you can talk to him to find out what happened, but if you play cards, he may have the Ifrit card for you to win back.