Final Fantasy IX - Walkthrough

Start walking down the alley and, after the short scene, a boy will come up and ask you to be his "slave". If you say no, you can do a few extra things before you proceed.

Continue down the alley and you will find youself at the dock.

There is a house here (A) where you can find Eye Drops in the right corner of the room and 3 Gil by the bed upstairs (If there is a girl here, leave and wait for her to go then try again).

There is a small bell tower (B) that you can climb the ladder and ring the bell; doing so will give you Ironite Card, Goblin Card and Fang Card (These are Hippaul's card stash). At the base of the tower is a Tent in the grass to the left and a Potion to the right side of the building.

There is also a boy here (C) who tells you his cat Mittens is missing. Head all the way back to the main gate (with the statue) and you will see a small brown cat wandering around. Talk to the cat and the boy will arrive. Head back to the dock and talk to him again to get a Bomb Card.

Head back to the main square and then go back into the alley. The boy who asked you to be his slave is here, talk to him and say Yes this time. When asked if it is all clear say Yes.

Before following the boy, a man will enter the alley, talk to him to learn about the card game, Tetra Master if you want. If you do, you will be back at the pub, so once done, make your way back to the alley.

Follow the boy to the Dock and into the bell tower.

At the bell tower, go to climb the ladder and a Moogle will drop down; after a brief conversation you can talk to Kupo the Moogle to save.

[Mognet Central Quest] - When there is a Moogle you can save at, you will get an option called Mognet, clicking this option may give you a message to deliver. Check for this message throughout this walkthrough.

Before climbing the tower, make sure you have done and found everything you want as you can't go back for them.

Climb the ladder and follow the boy. You are now on the rooftops; there are planks that reach across the gaps and you can walk over them. Continue following the boy and once you have crossed the second plank bridge there is 29 Gil (A) on the roof.

Head north and the boy will ask your name, default is [Vivi]. The boy introduces himself as Puk. After the next bridge is a house with stairs (X), head down the stairs and cross the planks to the right, then head south over the bridge and then head right where you will find 63 Gil (B).

Head back to (X) and head over the bridge north where, at the end of the roof, is 92 Gil (C).

Head back over the bridge and head right then north towards (1) where Puk is waiting for you.

You are now inside the castle and at the performance where there is a long cutscene that is the opening ceremony of the play and a scene from the play itself.

This culminates in a battle on stage as part of the performance.

After the mini-game, Zidane and Blank will be inside the castle.

After a short scene, you will leave the Guardhouse and be in a corridor with a staircase to the left.

At this time, you can not exit via the North or South (X) as going either way will just have a guard appear.

Head up the stairs to the left (1) and, on the landing, you will meet a hooded person who asks to be let by. Whichever response you give, she will run down the stairs, Zidane and Black will follow.

While looking for Princess Garnet, you can find these Knights around and, by talking to them and giving them the order to  look for her, you can get an Elixir.

Knight II and Knight III are in the Guardhouse; talk to either of them and they will leave to search for Princess Garnet.

From the Guardhouse, head North to the Foyer area, there is a Knight running around in here (starts at (A) and will run away from you), catch him and talk to him to find he is Knight V.

The room to the right (B) is the Banquet Hall, here you will find Knight IX stood at the table on the right. You can also go to the other table and "sample" the food.

Head back to the foyer and down the stairs (X) to the lower foyer. From here, enter the room to the left (C) which is the Library.

Head south in this room and you will find Knight IV behind a bookcase to the left; when you talk to them, they will complain and you can choose either option but the result is the same.

From the Library, head south to leave the castle. Continue south and you will be out in the Courtyard, sitting by the canal (D) is Knight VIII.

If you head right (6) from the Courtyard, you will find an un-named Knight. Head back and now go left (7).

Outside the tower is Knight VII, head inside and make your way up the stairs.

On the way up, you will find the final Knight (Knight VI) who, if spoken to twice will check if you have given the order to all of the Knights of Pluto and, if you have, he will give you an Elixir.

Continue up the stairs and there you will have a cutscene.

Following the cutscene, you will be playing as Zidane, follow Princess Garnet into the room to the right. Inside, talk to Ruby then follow Garnet down the stairs.

After another short scene where you escape through a secret passage, head to the left and exit via the door.

After another short scene, you will fight Steiner.

After the cutscene, the Prima Vista has crash landed and Garnet is missing.

Once in control, you can save with the Moogle in the south-west (B) of the screen and there is a Phoenix Down (A) behind the boxes on the left of the screen.

There are are few people around and Baku is blocking the way back into the ship. There is also an Active Time Event (ATE) which shows you what is happening elsewhere.

Exit via the hollow treen trunk in the south (1).

Once down in the river, follow the river to the right and exit at the north-east corner of the screen.

Here you will fine Vivi, Steiner and Princess Garnet; the princess is trapped by a monster. Approaching the monster will trigger a battle so make sure your equipment is in place and you are healed up if needed.

After the battle, Vivi and Steiner will be knocked unconscious and you will arrive back at the Prima Vista wreckage.

After a short conversation with Baku, you can find Bronze Gloves (A) near the Globe to the right of Baku. Leave by the exit to the left (1).

Head down the stairs and you will have 3 A.T.E to view. These are:

1. Ruby back in Alexandria
2. Steiner in the storage room
3. Cinna outside the wreckage looking for his Garnet doll.

Head right at the bottom of the stairs into the room. Here you will find Vivi recovering after being rescued.

Inside the room you can find an Ether in a chest at the top of the room and 116 Gil if you climb up the ladder of the bunk bed on the pillow.

Talk to Vivi and then leave the room. Once outside, after a short scene, choose "Go look for her" and then head left.

After a short conversation with Blank, you can find a Wrist (A) behind Blank in the background wreckage.

Head left through the hole in the wall (1) and you will enter the hallway where Garnet ran into Ruby. Here you can find an Ether (B) in the foreground chest.

Head around and down the stairs into the Cargo Room.

In this room are a few people and a Rubber Helm in the North-West corner (similar place where the 47 Gil was at the start of the game.

Head left into the Meeting Room where you earlier discussed the plan to kidnap Garnet. Inside you will find Baku who will invite you into the Cargo Room for a fight to allow you to leave the crew and rescue Garnet.

After the conversation, you can find a Potion in a chest in the foreground wreckage.

Head back into the Cargo Room and make sure you are ready for battle. When ready, talk to Baku by the stairs to engage in battle.

Head south through the fallen tree trunk and follow the river around to the right then north.

Here is an A.T.E of the band playing a tune that may be familiar.

Head north and down the hole. continue north then head right up the log onto the bank to the right (X). Head right and you will arrive at a spring.

[Mognet Central Quest]

Here is another A.T.E of Blank being given a map by Baku, a Moogle (A) to save and (if you have the letter for Monty, you can select Mognet to deliver it).

Finally is the Spring (B) which you can drink from to heal your HP and MP.

When you are done, head right (1) to exit. Head north-east up the path and then prepare for battle. When you are ready, enter the cave to the north.

From the exit of Evil Forest you can head West to North Gate.

This is optional but there is a seller of Potions and a few items to find.

When you arrive, there will be a brief conversation and, when you gain control, you can approach the gate (A) and interact with it.

Choose "Listen Close", then "Call out to someone" and finally "Buy some medicine from her" if you need Potions.

There is a hole in the fence to the right of the path that has a couple of chests. The first has Eye Drops (B) and the second has a Potion (C).

You can now leave (1) and head back to Ice Cavern.

Upon entering the Ice Cavern, the first thing to note is that there are intermittent jets on Mist on the path. Touching these will trigger a battle.

Head north on the path then left where there is a ledge (X) that if you press X on it you will jump down to the lower ledge where there is a chest containing a Tent (A).

Climb back up and head north to another ledge (X) that you can climb and then exit at the top (1).

On the next screen you will find a path to the right with an ice wall. Interacting with it will have Vivi melt it, revealing a chest with an Ether (B). Head back down then go left. Here is another path but behind it is a hidden path (2) leading around to the far left where you will fine a chest containing a Potion (C).

Go back and this time head up the ramp and make your way north to the exit (3).

Follow the path North and take the left path to the Ice Wall at the very top. Melt this wall to reveal a chest with an Elixir (D).

Head right and south to the bottom of this path to fine a log (X) bridging the gap to a chest with a Potion (E).

Go back over the log bridge but turn around and interact with it to cause it to fall. You can now reach the chect on the lower ledge which contains a Mage Masher (F).

Now, head back up the log and head north-east to leave this room (4).

Follow the path north but at the first fork in the path head right to a chest that contains a Phoenix Down (G).

Head left and keep to the left path that leads up to another ice wall (X). Melting this ice wall reveals a path that leads south to another chest that contains a Leather Wrist (H).

Make your way back to the main path and continue north to exit at the top (5).

In the next room, head north and, at the fork in the road, head left.

This leads to a platform that has a frozen Moogle in it. Use Vivi to melt the ice and you will get another A.T.E. which is a second round of tutorials.

[Mognet Central]

Save, heal and Mognet to get a new letter to deliver. Head back and this time take the right fork north.

Here is a short scene where the party start to fall asleep. Zidane will wake up and you should make sure you are ready for a Boss fight then head right.

Observatory Mountain:

From Ice Cavern, head to your right (West on the map) where you will find Observatory Mountain and the Village of Dali.

Head to the Observatory first to grab a few things and discover a quest for later in the game.

There is a Hi-Potion (A) by the boxes in the foreground and 135 Gil (B) next to the stairs.

Enter the house (1) and talk to the person inside. He will mention he likes coffee.

Examine the model floating to his left and he will say he will trade it for 3 types of coffee: Burman, Kirman and Moccha. [Quest Link]

Leave the area and now head to Dali next to the Observatory.

Dali - Underground:

Make sure you have checked your equipment and abilities are set up and then head sounth and down the lift (1).

At the base of the lift is a chest with 156 Gil (A), head north through the tunnel (2).

After a brief scene, head back into the room and enter the tent where Vivi was being held to find a Potion (B) in a chest at the back.

Exit the tent and, in the foreground opposite the Chocobo pen is a chest with an Eye Drops (C).

Head right and exit the area (3).

There is a barrel in this room that has a Moogle in it. You can save here and get a Mognet mail for Mogki.

There is a pulley handle near the back of the room (X) that you can examine then, if you select "Kick it" a chest will drop down.

There is a Potion (D) in that chest and, in the background are some boxes. Climb up to the top to find another chest with an Elixir (E).

Climb back down then exit to the north.

In this room, head towards the crates in the middle of the room and, to your left is a set of stairs, go up them and forwards. To your right is a ledge you can climb. Head forwards and to the right to find a chest with an Iron Helm (F). Climb back down and, from the stairs head right and, in between the boxes to your right is a chest with a Leather Wrist (G).

Exit to the right (5).

Once in the next room, there is a short scene where you rescue Vivi. Make sure you update his equipment and abilities then head to the door to the north.

To the right of the door is a chest with 95 Gil (H). Examine the door (6) and choose to open it. You will have a mandatroy battle against 3 Ghosts. Afterwards, you will enter the room.

There is a machine to your right that you can examine but there are 3 chests in here: The first is right in front of you which contains a Phoenix Down (I), to the right of that, slightly behind the machine is a Potion (J).

Finally, completely to the right, hidden behind the machine is a Phoenix Pinion (K).

Exit the room. You can examine the machine in here too but head right across the bridge (7).

In the next room you can examine the machine in 3 locations; The conveyor belt, the machine before the tunnel in the north and inside the tunnel.

Continue north and exit into the next room where a scene will play.

Following this, the scene will move to Steiner who is at the Observatory. After the short scene, head down the stairs, wait for the man to enter the house and follow him inside. Talk to him then leave the house.

Leave the area. You will be out on the plain where you will see the Cargo Ship.

After a short scene, choose "poke it with a sword".

After another short conversation, you will face another Black Waltz Boss.

There are no items to collect or find here. There is what looks like a chest in the foreground (X), but this is part of the ship.

Head north and climb the ladder at the end (1).

On the deck of the ship you will see Steiner, approach him and, after a brief conversation, head left and enter the bridge (room on the left).

After another brief scene, you will battle another Black Waltz.

After arriving in Lindblum, you will be greeted and escorted to the next room.

Head right up the stairs past the fountain (1) and head right towards the stairs but then left into the guest room.

Head up the first set of stairs and head right to a chest next to the bed which as a Glass Armlet (A). Continue up the stairs where you will find a Moogle to save and Mognet and, head south past the Moogle (X) to find another chest with an Ether (B).

Leave the guest room and, if you head down the stairs in the previous hallway, there is an Airman names Erin you can talk to (down the stairs and left).

Head back to the fountain room and head south to continue (2).

After a scene where you meet the Regent Cid, Zidane will be outside of the castle and enter a pub where you will meet a new character to be named, default is [Freya].

The next day, Zidane will wake up in an Inn where you will have an A.T.E with a tutorial on Synthesis.

Exit the room and head north, the room next door has a Moogle to Save and Mognet. Head north then left down the stairs.

Before leaving, there is 163 Gil hidden by the pillar on the left next to the exit.

Lindblum - Theatre District:

After exiting the station, there is a house opposite (A) where you can find an Ore in a chest.

Exit the house and head left and down the stairs (1). Head south and enter the building to the left; this is the Tantalus hideout. Inside you will have an A.T.E followed by a short conversation.

There are 3 chests containing; 68 Gil (B), 282 Gil (C) and 97 Gil (D) and, if you climb the ladder to the far left you can get a Mini-Burmecia figurine on the bed.

Leave the hideout where another A.T.E is offered and head south and down the stairs.

At the bottom, talk to the crowd of people and a person in a Moogle suit will come out and run away back up the stairs. Follow it back to the house opposite the Cab station. Talk to Lowell to get his Autograph and you can find his Moogle Suit to the right between the red chair and the open drawer.

Go back to the Air Cab station and now choose Lindblum Castle.

Lindblum - Castle

When you get off the Air Cab, head down the stairs and exit south.

Head left then north up the stairs to where the Dock where you arrived on the Cargo Ship. Head south through to the fountain room you were in earlier.

You can't go straight to the lift up to the Regent's room. Head right up the stairs (1) and go to the guest room (2).

Head up the stairs to find Steiner who tells you Garnet has gone missing and heads off to find her. Head back to the fountain room and head south. A guard will stop you and say that only authorised people may enter.

Head back to the hallway to the guest room but head down the stairs and talk to the sleeping soldier at the bottom (A).

After a brief scene, you will steal the soldier's uniform; you can now get past the guard blocking you from the lift in the fountain room. Head back and south to the lift (3).

Once you get off the lift, there is a way north that is blocked by soldiers, so head left and up the stairs. Head left around the engine and up the stairs on the left.

At the top, head left up the stairs to the top where you will find Garnet. A scene follows.

During the scene, you will invite Garnet to look through the telescope. You have to look at 6 places; Aerbs Mountains (left) (A), South Gate (B), Aerbs Mountains (right) (C), Chocobo Forest (D), Ceebell River (E) & Marshland (F).

Once you have seen all 6, Garnet will look and the scene will continue.

You decide to enter the Festival of the Hunt and, along with Vivi and Freya, you have 3 prizes you can earn depending on who wins the hunt: 5,000 Gil (Zidane), Coral Ring (Freya) or Theatre Ship Card (Vivi).

Each participant starts in a different location and Zidane starts in the Theatre District. You only control Zidane and, briefly, Freya but you can still control who wins so if you are after the Card, Vivi needs to win but you can't control him.

Once out on the World Map, there are a few places to go to:

• Qu's Marsh (A)
• Chocobo Forest (B)
• South Gate (C)
• Gizamaluke's Grotto (D)

From Dragon's Gate (X), head north where you will find Qu's Marsh. Inside, head north accross the plank bridges to the shore. Here you will find the 2 Moogles from the Tutorial A.T.E's. Head through the tall grass behind them and head north.

Here you will find a pond with frogs and a person wandering around. If you cross the bridge to the right you will find a house with the chief of the Qu's.

At the pond, catch a frog by waiting for one to come on land and pressing X near it to catch it. Talk to the person aho is wandering around the pond and give them the frog. After a brief conversation where you can name the person, default is [Quina], you can then add them to your party.

Head south back to the pond and you can catch frogs; best to leave 1 male and 1 female so the population replenishes quickly. Only catch the Golden frog if you want a new one to spawn at a different Qu's Marsh, otherwise, leave it as it helps in replenishing the frog population.

Catching frogs has a few benefits; the more frogs you catch throughout the game, the main benefit is the more frogs you catch, the more powerful Quina's Blu Magic "Frog Drop" becomes. You also get rewards for catching frogs. See Frog Catching Quest. [Add Link]

With Quina in your party, if you encounter a Gigan Toad in battle; drop its HP and have Quina eat it to gain the Frog Drop Blu Magic. It is worth spending a few minutes to do this.

Now, you can leave the Marsh the way you came in, heading south.

From Qu's Marsh, head east. There is a bridge crossing the river and it leads to Chocobo Forest. Enter Chocobo Forest to meet a Chocobo named Choco and you will get a Gysahl Green.

This can be used on the World Map to call Choco to ride. You can not be attacked while riding.

The Chocobo Forest can also be used to play Chocobo Hot & Cold [LINK].

From the Chocobo Forest, head north-east to South Gate. This area may be familiar as it was in an A.T.E with the Tantalus Crew. To the right is a path that has Moccha Coffee (A) behind the bush. There is a spring (B) you can drink from that restores your party HP & MP. Lastly, behind the spring, next to the fence on the main path is an Ether (C).

Once you have explored these areas, head back west, cross the bridge and along the mountains to find Gizamaluke's Grotto.

From the entrance, head left to find a soldier injured on the floor (A). Talk to them to receive a Gizamaluke Bell. Head back and examine the door to the north (1) and choose "Ring Bell", this will open the door.

In the next room you will battle 2 Black Mages; they are not tough and don't have any items worth stealing.

Defeat them and then continue forward into the courtyard where there is another Black Mage battle.

You will get another Gizamaluke Bell. to the north is a set of stairs with 2 doors, examine the door on the left (2) and ring the bell.

This opens up a path to the left, follow it round and pick up the Bronze Vest (B) that is hidden behind the stalagmite to the left. Continue right and talk to the wounded soldier (C) to get another bell.

Head back to the courtyard and head down the stairs. Head to the right and examine the lower-right door. Ring the bell and enter the door. (The big door at the top of the stairs leads to the same place, but going this way leads to a couple of items and prevents you from back-tracking on yourself).

The room also has an enemy called Lamia which is not hard to defeat but casts Might on itself that increases their Attack. This is also a great enemy to get LV3 Def-Less Blu Magic from for Quina. Reduce its HP down and eat it to gain ability.

Head up the stairs and, near the top, are Mythril Gloves (D), continue around the top and head down the left side and, under the bridge, is a Magus Hat (E).

Follow the path around and up to the center of the room. Here, a scene will play, give the Moogle the Kupo Nut you obtained from Lindblum. Another Moogle will break out of the bell in the middle. Both will leave through the right door at the back.

Once they leave, there is a chest in the middle of the room, under the bell, which contains another bell. Use this bell on the door the Moogles went through (4).

Inside this room, you can talk to the Moogles and Save, Tent, etc.

Do not climb the vines at the back; this leads outside to an area with strong monsters.

Leave the way you came in and, as you are leaving, a Moogle will give you the Holy Bell.

Head to the other side of the room and ring the Holy Bell at the left door. Make sure you have healed and equipped what you need for the Boss fight ahead.

Switching back to Zidane's group; after leaving the Grotto you will be out on the world map.

Head north to Burmecia but along the way you will come across the Burmecia side of North Gate to the east along the mountain.

Inside, after a brief scene, you can find a Hi-Potion (A) and a Tent (B).

Exit the ay you came in and continue North until you come up to Burmecia.

Upon entering the town, head north. There is a overturned cart on the left that has Cancer (See Stellazzio Quest) [LINK]. Exit to the north.

Approach the building ahead of you and you will battle another 2 Black Mages.

After defeating them, head right, up the stairs and into the building (1). Inside you can find a Soft (A) behind the stairs. Head up stairs and head left. There is an optional battle against a Mimic here (X).

Head left through the door and continue left into the next building. Here is a path that will fall if you run over it. Walk carefully over to the chest on the far left which contains Germinas Boots (B). You can now run back over the path to have the floor fall down to the level below. Head back the way you came in (3) and back outside.

Head left and enter the building (4), inside you can find a Soft (C) by the right statue and a Potion (D) by the left statue. Head up the stairs to the left and then head right. There is another Mimic here (X) but exit to the door on the right (5).

In the next room, just follow the path left and down to exit onto the balcony. Jump over to the other side and enter the room. Inside is an injured soldier, talk to them and then head to the back of the room, under the bed is a Protection Bell and to the left, behind the pillar, is an Ether.

Now, head back the way you came and back outside again. Head back into the right building (1) and head back upstairs and out the door (2).

Examine the door in the middle (6) and ring the bell. Enter the room and head up the stairs. After a short scene, continue up the stairs.

At the top of the stairs is c ourtyard; there is a door on the ground floor (7) where you will find 2 survivors.

Head up the stairs to the right and enter the door on the left (8); the other door is a dead-end.

On the right you will find 2 chests; (E) is a Tent and (F) is a Phoenix Down. Head north and out the door at the top (9). There is a Mimic here if you want to fight it (X).

Outside is a fountain with a door on the left and door on the right.

In the left door is a statue holding a Mythril Spear that Freya will grab. Head back outside and into the right door.

Inside is a Moogle where you can Save. You can buy supplies from the Moogle as well. At the back of the room is a chest containing a Lightning Staff.

Upon leaving, Stiltzkin will enter with an offer for you; Soft, Hi-Potion & Ether for 333 Gil.

Exit the room and now head north to the palace. Make sure to equip any new weapons, armour and heal up for battle.

Inside the palace a short scene will play and then a Boss fight.