The Final Fantasy 8 Walkthrough



3.3 On the SeeD Ship

After completing Laguna's 4th Scenario. Head back to Edea's house. She will tell you about the location of the White SeeD ship. Then she will give you a letter. Next head northeast a bit and you will be able to locate the ship, somewhere in Sentra Region. You will find the ship docked at C-shaped Island, in the middle of islands. Make contact with the ship and your characters will be boarding onto the ship.

NOTE: The ship is located in between the islands north-east from Edea's house. It is much smaller compared to Balamb Garden.

On The Ship
As you entered the ship, you will meet 3 White SeeD cadets. At the front of the ship, you will find a female SeeD girl and 2 kids. There is nothing. Head for the back cabin. There you will meet two familiar faces, that's punky guy and the guy wearing a cap. The stairs will lead to controls of the ship. Next head for the cabin, the bottom most stairs. You will find a SeeD cadet and followed by a sequence. There is a Magic Stone here in this area. Next talk to the guy and note the sad music in the background. Now you will have a sequence about Elone commiting suicide at the front of the ship. Next you will be back at the Controls of Balamb Garden. Remember to grab the last copy of the Timber Magazine on the White SeeD ship! The use of them are described in Part II.

Head for the Dormitory and save your game. Next head for the Infirmary where you will find Rinoa. Now you will have another sequence that's Squall taking Rinoa to Fishermen's Horizon [F.H city]. Head right and the screen will fade. Now Squall will be carrying Rinoa on his back, walking through that quiet and peaceful street. The moment he stopped and he will enjoy the scenery of the evening sun. Once you regained control of Squall, examine Rinoa and you will have Squall carrying Rinoa forward again. You will meet Quistis and Zell at the train station. Next guess who is coming.. it's Edea! Irvine and Selphie will come towards you next you need to head for a place. Then you will have to reform your party with Edea is in your party [not compulsory character]. Now you will be back at the World Map on the south-eastern continent of the map. SAVE your game.

3.4 Avadon's Hideout

Now head for the snowfield which is on the right. Then you will be asked to set a new party with Edea [again she is not a compulsory character.] Next head up through that snowfield, with Squall carrying Rinoa. Now you should be at the screen with that dinosaur skeleton. Instead of walking forward, climb up the skeleton on the right. Just simply walk up, no need to press Circle. Next you will be at the screen with the dinosaur's bone forming as a bridge. Examine the south area for hidden Magic Stone. Next head up the "bridge". Next you will be at the edge of the cliff and there is another Magic Stone. Next go to the edge and press Circle to jump down. Now the rest will follow suit, head up to the next area. You will be on the ledge. Make a right turn. There is a Save Point in the area. Head left twice and you will see a gigantic monster jumping from below, it's a BOSS fight.

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BOSS NO. 17: Avadon
Name: Avadon Level: 32 HP: 16,010
Attacks: Claw grab, Claw swipe, Confu
Facts: Weak against Holy/Fire
Draw: Heal 3, Cure, Despell, Aero
AP gained: 40

Strategy
This BOSS looks very scary and has very powerful attacks which does about 800+ damage, bringing low characters to instant death. Draw Heal 3 and use it on the BOSS and it will be dead meat! Your attacks are puny useless and pretty weak. Use this method if you have not accquired Leviathan's Recovery. The BOSS will turn into stone before it's death.

Alternate method [RECOMMENDED]
If you have accquired Leviathan's Recovery command, you can defeat the BOSS with just two hits as one will do 9999 HP damage to the BOSS. It will be dead meat in no time. . .

After the BOSS fight, head right and you will hear something sound associated with electricity. Just face north and examine it. Then it will releases a electric force field. Then it will release a hidden ladder, next press Up and you will be in a new area.

Now head northeast, don't worry there is no random battles here. Next examine the panel on the left, pick the first option and you can have some fun with the screen on the left. Take the northeast path and enter the door. Next you will enter the elevator [PS: it has no walls!]. Talk to your members. Then head up and the elevator will shake. Now Squall will put down Rinoa on the ground and there is a short conversation with your party. Next a hexagon door will reveal in the north. Enter it and you will have an FMV.

** FMV **
Squall and his fellow members will enter the legendary Esthar Captial. Then you will view the opening of the gate of the city and Squall and his members being transported into the city.

Then you will see Squall and his party start to collapse and you will be shown the screen to see whom is replacing whom in Laguna's Fifth Scenario.

3.5 Esthar Research Centre

Now the screen will switches to Laguna and his pals at the research center. Next you will find Kiros and Ward moving away from the spot. Now talk to the miner on the bottom right hand corner. Next talk to the miner at the entrance of the cabin which Kiros and Ward has entered. Next talk to the Mumba and talk to man at the panel. Return and talk to Mumba again and have a sequence. Next Laguna has to fight a miner by himself, one on one. Next you will have an FMV of the elevator coming down. Laguna will try to block off the miner's way thus letting Mumba and the man to enter the elevator. Next Kiros and Ward will come here, followed by another miner. Now you will be given two options:

1st Option Equip G.Fs. By the way, I forgot to tell you that every time you switches to Laguna, both Kiros and Ward will have only the ATTACK command. Choose this option and then choose option 2. Anyway, this is also Laguna's last scenario.
2nd Option Fight them instantly.

You will fight more enemies [3 of them, 2 miners and a robot]. Now head for elevator and you will find two research assistants. Head up the stairs on the right QUIETLY (Laguna and his party does not want to be discovered!) Next you will meet the man and the Mumba. Next, one of the assistants will come up. Now draw some magic from the Magic Stone and save your game. Now return to the building. There, you can get the last version of the Weapon Upgrading Manual at the south- left corner. Next head back to the elevator. Approaches Professor Odain and you will have another battle against those guys.

After defeating them, follow him to the elevator and head right. Now you find a pretty cool flying car [in the future?], next Laguna and friends will enter the car. Now your aim to save Elone. You will now be at the research center where Elone is being held captive. Walk up and you have to fight more miners or Esthar Soldiers. Defeat them and draw some magic from the magic stone on the top right hand corner. Now head check the seat on the middle, it's actually a portable elevator, pick the first option and you will reach the second floor. Now examine the left side of the door and you will find another Magic Stone. Now enter the door and fight two more Esthar Soldiers. After defeating them examine the huge blue screen in front. Now you will find young Elone there. Next examine those panels on the right under a message box appears on the top. Now the door should be able to open, head up the door and you will find Elone, following by an event....

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