Final Fantasy I Walkthrough

22. A Chaotic Finale

Before you head to the Chaos Shrine for the final dungeon, make one final stop at Mount Duergar. Now that you have the Adamantite, you can give it to the smith there, and he will forge you the second-best weapon in the game: the Excalibur. Also, if you have anyone who can cast white magic, make sure you have Invisira and Exit from Crescent Lake. After you’ve restocked your items, healed, and save, fly to the Chaos Shrine, north of Cornelia. Your characters will use the power of the crystals to remove the black orb from the podium, which you can then use to travel 2000 years in the past, to where your real foe is waiting.

In the first room, exit the statue room and go to the right, then through a tunnel south. You’ll come across some stairs that you’ll need to use to get to the next floor. Right away on the next floor, walk to the right and take the next set of stairs. Now, head south, and when you see the path start to diverge to the bottom left, start heading right until you see a door on the north wall. Take this door, after fighting the Death Eye. Grab the 110000 gil from the treasure chests in this room, then approach the stone tile on the ground. To move this, you need to play the Lute you received at the beginning of the game for rescuing the princess. Play it, and then go down.

On this floor, you need to get to the staircase in the upper-left corner of the room. After taking those stairs, head all the way left in this strangely-bright room to find another staircase. In this next room, you need to go all the way around to the bottom-right corner to find the next staircase, which is guarded by a former fiend.

Lich (2) Magic Bestiary #124 Boss Monster	HP	Attack	Defense	Magic Evasion Rate	EXP	Gil
	2800	50	80	140	2000	1
	Evasion Rate		Agility		Intelligence
	48		24		34
	Special Attacks			Dropped Items
	BlizzaraSleepraHasteThundaraHoldFiraSlowSleepStopKillWarpFlare			None
	Weakness			Ineffective
	Locations
	Chaos Shrine

The second coming of Lich is not a difficult boss. You could get away without using magic here, which would be very helpful. If not, use Fire magic, as well as spells.

On the next floor, you’ll immediately see your goal, another staircase. Make your way around to that staircase by going up through a door and around, back out through another. South of that staircase are some chests holding a Protect Cloak, Sasuke's Blade, a Protect Ring, and 26000gil. After you’re done looting, head up to the staircase, which is protected by another fiend.

Marilith (2) Regen Bestiary #125 Boss Monster	HP	Attack	Defense	Magic Evasion Rate	EXP	Gil
	3200	60	80	183	2000	1
	Evasion Rate		Agility		Intelligence
	60		30		41
	Special Attacks			Dropped Items
	FiraDarkHold			None
	Weakness			Ineffective
	Locations
	Chaos Shrine

Again, the resurrected fiend is no match for you. Put up NulBlaze, and then hack away. She won’t take more than three rounds, especially with high-powered attackers.

In the next room, you need to make your way to the bottom right corner, and you’ll fight another fiend.

Kraken (2) Aquatic Bestiary #126 Boss Monster	HP	Attack	Defense	Magic Evasion Rate	EXP	Gil
	3600	60	80	200	2000	1
	Evasion Rate		Agility		Intelligence
	98		49		41
	Special Attacks			Dropped Items
	InkThundara			None
	Weakness			Ineffective
	Locations
	Chaos Shrine

Once again, enjoy an easy boss. Kraken randomly uses bolt spells, so if you’re feeling weak, feel free to put up NulShock. However, he won’t be able to take many strong attacks from your attackers, and he’ll go down quickly.

The next floor has the strongest sword in the game, the Masamune. It’s all the way in the bottom right area of the room. After you’ve gotten that and properly equipped it, it’s time to fight the fourth fiend, who is waiting in the northeastern area of the room.

Tiamat (2) Regen Bestiary #127 Boss Monster	HP	Attack	Defense	Magic Evasion Rate	EXP	Gil
	5500	75	90	200	2000	1
	Evasion Rate		Agility		Intelligence
	90		45		38
	Special Attacks			Dropped Items
	Thunderbolt Poison Gas Icestorm Blaze			None
	Weakness			Ineffective
	Locations
	Chaos Shrine

Tiamat has a lot of HP, which makes him difficult, but his attacks haven’t had much of an upgrade. Put up NulShock and you should be good to go. Use Haste on your most powerful fighter and you could see an end in two rounds.

After the battle, head east to the staircase and you’ll be at the final boss of the game.

Chaos Bestiary #128 Boss Monster	HP	Attack	Defense	Magic Evasion Rate	EXP	Gil
	20000	170	100	200	0	0
	Evasion Rate		Agility		Intelligence
	100		50		40
	Special Attacks			Dropped Items
	BlizzagaThundagaSlowraCurajaFiragaBlizzaraHasteFlare Earthquake Tsunami Cyclone Blaze			None
	Weakness			Ineffective
	None
	Locations
	Chaos Shrine

Chaos himself is here, and boy is he difficult. Begin by casting Invisira on your party, and casting Haste on your best attackers. Continue pounding him with normal attacks every round with them, and casting Protera, Holy, and Flare whenever you get the chances. With a little luck, Chaos won’t heal himself for all of his HP, which he can do. Keep the good status on your party and don’t let up, and he’ll eventually go down!

When that happens, enjoy the ending. You’ve just completed the original Final Fantasy.