Final Fantasy I Walkthrough

7. Astos? Mo' Like Yo' [edit] is TOAST.

Return to Elfheim to heal up, restock on Potions and Antidotes, and save your game. You’ll now be heading to the Western Keep, which is northwest of Elfheim. Follow the same route you took to the Marsh Cave, but when you reach the coast, start heading north instead of south. You’ll eventually arrive at the castle, and you can feel free to approach Astos right away, as there are no accessible treasures at the moment (Mystic Key, again), and no encounters.

Astos	HP	Attack	Defense	Magic Defense	EXP	Gil
	168	26	40	170	2250	2000
	Damage		Status		Special Attacks
	26-52		None		ReaperSlow2HasteFire2Bolt2Slow1FogSleep1
	Weakness			Ineffective
	None			None
	Locations
	Western Keep

Astos isn’t hard, but he does have an instant-death attack, which is really irritating. As long as he doesn’t use that, the same strategies that defeated the Piscodemon enemies will work here as well, though Ice2 will do more damage. Consider having your white magic users raise the defense of your characters with less HP. After the battle, you will receive the Crystal Eye that Matoya was looking for.

After the battle, head back to Elfheim to revive and heal your party. Then, hop in your boat and head back up to the Cornelia area and go to Matoya’s Cave. When you give Matoya the Crystal Eye, she’ll give you the Jolt Tonic that you need to wake up the sleeping Prince of Elfheim. So head back there next, and give the Jolt Tonic to the man standing next to the Prince, who will then use it to awaken the Prince. As a reward, you are finally given the Mystic Key!