Final Fantasy IX Walkthrough

2.14: Iifa Tree

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1.1: The Prima Vista Visits Alexandria 1.2: Dramatic Play in Alexandria 1.3: The Evil Forest 1.4: Through the Ice Cavern 1.5: Dali and the Waltz 1.6: The Festival of the Hunt 1.7: Back on the World Map 1.8: Gizamaluke's Grotto 1.9: At the Bohden Arch 1.10: Burmecia, Realm of Eternal Rain 2.1: The South Gate 2.2: Treno, City of Eternal Night 2.3: Gargan Roo 2.4: Cleyra Trunk 2.5: Cleyra Settlement 2.6: Alexandria Castle Revisited 2.7: Pinnacle Rocks 2.8: Lindblum Revisited 2.9: Fossil Roo 2.10: Conde Petie 2.11: Black Mage Village 2.12: Conde Petie Mountain Path 2.13: Madain Sari, Village of the Lost Summoners 2.14: Iifa Tree 2.15: Back to Madain Sari 2.16: Back to the Iifa Tree 3.1: Alexandria Revisited 3.2: Treno Revisited 3.3: Defending Alexandria 3.4: A Salve for Cid 3.5: The Open Seas 3.6: Back in the Saddle Again 3.7: Oeilvert 3.8: Desert Palace 3.9: Mt. Gulug 3.10: Third Lindblum's A Charm 3.11: Daguerreo 3.12: Ipsen's Castle 3.13: The Four Shrines and Some Out-of-This-World Advice 3.14: Terra 3.15: Pandemonium 4.1: Assorted Sidequesting 4.2: Memoria 4.3: The Crystal World

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Enemies: Zombie, Stroper, Dracozombie, Soulcage

Treasures: Phoenix Down, Hi-Potion, Ether, Remedy, Elixir, Ruby, Healing Rod, Lamia's Flute, Brigandine

Upon entering, Eiko will open the place up and get a Ruby accessory, which can teach Carbuncle to Eiko. This is her most durable skill, as it changes its effect based on certain accessories.

Oh, and you can kill Stropers by throwing a Soft on them - they're Stone types, so that instantly does them in. Regarding the other monsters, they're zombie-type and can die instantly by a Life spell. Should help you out a bit presuming you have the MP.

Optional: Blue Magic Update
Enemy to Eat Blue Magic Learned Zombie Roulette (randomly inflicts Death on an enemy/ally) Stroper LV5 Death (deals Death to enemies w/ levels divisible by '5') Dracozombie LV5 Death Quina's not here, though, so the Blue Magic stuff will have to be put off for now. More

Follow the roots six screens to where Mocchi is; give him the letter if you remembered to get it from Mogryo. Past him is an odd thing that turns out to be an elevator, taking everyone deeper inside the tree…

In the second screen down the roots, look for an offshoot with the option to "push something." Do so to drop a Phoenix Down chest. There's a Hi-Potion on your descent, too. The third screen down, look on the left side where the there's a hidden switch - this drops a Healing Rod chest in the area right before.

Around the downward-spiral path's first twist, keep some eyes peeled for an Ether in a blind spot. The treasure chest in plain sight is a Lamia's Flute and a Remedy is half-hidden left of it. Exit to the south when done.

There's a weird leaf-shaped thing here, which turns out to be an… elevator! Yes, that seems to be everything's function around here. While taking it down there are a few mandatory battles - first's a Zombie trio, second's just one Dracozombie. Life / Phoenix Down / other curative magic is a good strategy for these battles.

Equip Body Temp on everyone!

At the bottom, there are a few items to collect. There's an Elixir by the first stairway and a Brigandine on the lower level, in a blind spot. Inspect the "(?)" left of where Vivi/Eiko are standing to cue up some scenes. Tonight's the night for a boss fight done right!



Two words of advice: first, don't use fire - this only makes it catch on fire and use its "Fire Blades" attack on everyone. Second: it's undead, so you can kill it instantly with the Life spell. You will probably want to swipe that Brigandine its holding, though, which will be useful in a while… If ya want to go to take the RPG moral highroad in beating this guy, inflict Darkness/Slow and pound it with Bio / Cura and physical attacks. Remember that if "Mustard Bomb" works and someone's inflicted with Heat, they will knock themselves out if any command is selected; just let it wear off before you do anything with those characters.

Afterwards, it's back to Madain Sari… I suggest having Zidane learn the 'Distract' ability (from "Black Belt" accessory).

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1.1: The Prima Vista Visits Alexandria 1.2: Dramatic Play in Alexandria 1.3: The Evil Forest 1.4: Through the Ice Cavern 1.5: Dali and the Waltz 1.6: The Festival of the Hunt 1.7: Back on the World Map 1.8: Gizamaluke's Grotto 1.9: At the Bohden Arch 1.10: Burmecia, Realm of Eternal Rain 2.1: The South Gate 2.2: Treno, City of Eternal Night 2.3: Gargan Roo 2.4: Cleyra Trunk 2.5: Cleyra Settlement 2.6: Alexandria Castle Revisited 2.7: Pinnacle Rocks 2.8: Lindblum Revisited 2.9: Fossil Roo 2.10: Conde Petie 2.11: Black Mage Village 2.12: Conde Petie Mountain Path 2.13: Madain Sari, Village of the Lost Summoners 2.14: Iifa Tree 2.15: Back to Madain Sari 2.16: Back to the Iifa Tree 3.1: Alexandria Revisited 3.2: Treno Revisited 3.3: Defending Alexandria 3.4: A Salve for Cid 3.5: The Open Seas 3.6: Back in the Saddle Again 3.7: Oeilvert 3.8: Desert Palace 3.9: Mt. Gulug 3.10: Third Lindblum's A Charm 3.11: Daguerreo 3.12: Ipsen's Castle 3.13: The Four Shrines and Some Out-of-This-World Advice 3.14: Terra 3.15: Pandemonium 4.1: Assorted Sidequesting 4.2: Memoria 4.3: The Crystal World

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