Final Fantasy VI Walkthrough
Written by Djibriel
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1.6: South Figaro and Off
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Enemies: Rhinotaur, GreaseMonk, Rhodox
Treasures: 500 Gil, 1000 Gil, 1500 Gil, Antidote, Elixir, Eye Drop, Soft, Green Cherry, 
Hyper Wrist, Running Shoes, Fenix Down, Tonic x3, Warp Stone
Item Shop: You might want to buy one or two Softs, as it *is* possible to accidentally get a Petrified character in a bit, and you'll want something to counter its effects.
Weapon Shop: Buy a
Regal Cutlass and give it to Terra. Give the Mithril Blade to Locke. You'll be switching to a better weapon in no time, but for the time being, it's a free upgrade from the 
Mithril Knife. You can buy the two Tools that aren't 
Autocrossbows for Edgar (if your ignorant brother saved after the Figaro Castle experience without buying them there).Armor Shop: Buy two
Heavy Shields, three 
Plumed Hats, a 
Cotton Robe, and a Kung Fu Suit. Equip them with Optimize.Relic Shop: Buy three
Star Pendants and a Jewel Ring. I'll leave the verdict on whether to purchase True Knight or Sprint Shoes up to you. Goggles have an actual purpose in this GBA release of the game (as opposed to earlier versions where the Darkness status did close to nothing). They are, however, still crummy as Darkness isn't a dangerous status ailment. Equip a Star Pendant on every character. The Jewel Ring protects against Petrify. Because you won't be able to get yourself Petrified unless you level Terra up to level 68 (she learns the 
Break spell at that point) or take tremendously stupid actions when facing Cirpius, you can just let the Relic rest in your Inventory. You'll need it later on.Hidden Items: Like in the first cavern you explored with a lone Terra, there are items hidden here that are best left untouched for a while. Here's a list of the items in South Figaro currently, as well as the items they will become if left to age appropriately:
(items now) (items they become)
Fenix Down - Fenix Down
Tonic - X-Potion
Antidote - Tent
Eye Drop - Remedy
Tonic - Revivify
Green Cherry - Tent
Soft - Elixir
Warp Stone - Fenix Down
There's a Tonic in the barrel between the Weapon and Armor Shop. I suggest skipping this one in order to come back for the X-Potion later; you've got plenty of Tonics, but X-Potions will always be nice to have. There are Eye Drop in a box north of the entrance to the port, and an Antidote in the barrel just above it. They become a Tent and Remedy respectively, so it doesn't really matter what you do. The barrel next to the Chocobo Stable contains a Tonic that becomes a Revivify (leave it), the Green Cherry behind the Chocobo Stable becomes a Tent (grab the Green Cherry) and the Soft in the box to the far southwest corner of the town becomes an Elixir (definitely leave this until after it changes).
Enter the large house in the northwest corner of South Figaro. You'll enter through the left door; exit through the right door. In one of the barrels you see here, there's a Fenix Down.
Continue behind this corner of the house and you'll find yourself in a hidden room! Search the clock for an Elixir. Now, go back in the house and go up the stairs.
In one of the rooms, there will be a man writing a letter (who is he writing to? I'm sure it's not important. Couldn't be the enemy, anyway). Behind the bookcase, you'll find a secret entrance to a staircase, which leads to another staircase. Follow it in the next screen. Go all the way to the right until you're facing a wall; from here, go all the way down to the bottom. You should be out of sight now. Next, go right to enter a secret area with a
Hyper Wrist and a pair of Running Shoes. The Hyper Wrist boosts Strength, increasing your physical attack power; the Running Shoes give you inherent and unremovable Haste status.I suggest giving the
Running Shoes to Locke and the Hyper Wrist to Edgar. If you had Sprint Shoes equipped on either, you can just pass them down to Terra. Exit. Going up will take you to a room with three doors. The first is empty, the second one contains a Save Point, and the third one contains four chests, respectively containing 500 Gil, 1000 Gil, 1500 Gil, and nothing. I, for one, believe the last one is symbolic for the meaning of life. Exit.On the town wall, there's a group of three barrels you can see when standing near the Chocobo Stable. Find your way there (stairs are near the Armor Shop) and grab a Warp Stone. It'll become a Fenix Down later, but Warp Stones are infinitely cooler at this stage of the game than Fenix Downs will ever be. Finally, there's a Tonic in the house of the old servant of the richest man in town. I figured I'd save the best for last.
Other stuff to do: In the Pub, there will be a dark man with a dog near the counter. Talking to him will allow you to name him. Shadow sure is mysterious. If you thought he was going to join your party now, think again. This guy is a ninja; they don't even consider bothering you in RPGs unless you're at least past the first serious town.
In the Japanese game, an old man in the Pub will also say that 'you' (Edgar) look like one of Duncan's students, which is the first hint there that Sabin went off to train under Master Duncan.
You've had your fun in South Figaro, bought some new armor, equipped some Relics, and met a mysterious stranger with the name of Shadow. I'd say it was worth it.
But, time to move on. Go straight north, as there's something of interest there. The enemies on the way are fairly standard stuff by now. GreaseMonks take more damage from
Bio Blaster than from Autocrossbow, so use that on double GreaseMonks. They'll just attack physically and won't start using !Mythril Wrench until they're alone, and they shouldn't have the chance. The Anthology Bestiary claims they're Imperial maintenance troops. It's official media, but one wonders why Imperial maintenance troops would wander off into the lands to smack people with wrenches as opposed to, say, carry out maintenance to Imperial stuff.Rhodoxes are obscenely boring creatures as they do nothing but Attack under any circumstance. The only interesting thing to note about them is the fact that they cannot be struck by Suplex. A character you'll meet in the future can lift trains, hold up houses and whatnot, but he cannot lift this squirrel up in the air. It makes sense when you think about it while drunk.
Rhinotaurs are the first genuinely dangerous-looking creatures you meet. They attack with Attack and !Redline, and counter Magic spells with a 1/3 shot at using Megavolt, so don't do that. You'll want to try to Steal a
Mithril Claw from him; trust me on this one, even though it's a weapon none of your characters can equip... yet.Make use of Edgar's
Autocrossbow in almost every encounter (excluding double GreaseMonk, which can be taken down easier with Bio Blaster), have Locke Steal and Terra use Defend. Cure outside of battle when needed. When your level is decently high (9), Edgar should be taking out GreaseMonk in one hit with the Autocrossbow as well.
Caves of Narshe: Final Fantasy VI
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©1997–2026 Josh Alvies (Rangers51)
All fanfiction and fanart (including original artwork in forum avatars) is property of the original authors. Some graphics property of Square Enix.