Final Fantasy Tactics Walkthrough

The game begins with Princess Ovelia praying for safety at Orbonne Monastery before starting a short journey. She steps back at her guardian, Agrias’, command, and they prepare to leave. Before they can, three mercenaries come in, assigned to help Agrias protect Princess Ovelia on the trip. The leader of the three, Gafgarion, complains to Agrias that they need to get going. Before they can leave, however, one of Agrias’ soldiers bursts into the room, wounded, explaining that the Monastery is under attack. Agrias runs out of the Monastery to confront them, and the mercenaries follow, leaving Ovelia in the care of a priest of the Monastery, Simon. Agrias notices outside that the crest of the soldiers attacking is that of the Black Lion, Goltana. Before they can discuss it further, the battle begins.

1. Orbonne Monastery

Not much strategy is required for this battle because the only character you can control is the main character of the game and one of the mercenaries, Ramza. When it’s Ramza’s turn, explore the opportunities there are available to him. Look at how far he can move and what abilities he can use, and press the select button on an ability to learn more about it. The more experimenting you do, the better the outcome will be. The best thing you can do in this battle is to try to move behind or to the side of one of the enemies and attack that way, because attacking from the front makes your attack easier to be avoided. The battle will be won by the combined strengths of Agrias and Gafgarion, who use Stasis Sword and Night Sword, which do great damage from long range.

When you win the battle, you’ll hear a scream, apparently from Ovelia inside the Monastery. Agrias dashes inside to try to save her, but a man in gold armor is taking her away on a chocobo and gets away before Agrias can do anything about it. Ramza watches from afar, because he knows the princess’ abductor…