The Pixel Remaster release of Final Fantasy IV marks the first time that the 2D version of the game is officially playable for PC. If you are looking to 100% the game and get all achievements, we’re here to help.
This walkthrough is a minimalist bullet point guide for those who don’t want to dive into a dense lengthy walkthrough, but also for those who don’t want to miss anything that will prevent you from getting 100% bestiary and chests. For most dungeons, the provided in-game map is all you need for dungeon exploration, and these maps will tell you if you’ve obtained all the chests/items in an area. Simply open it up to take a look where chests are. However, a handful of dungeons do have secret passageways leading to extra rooms and chests, so we’ll point these out from time to time.
Final Fantasy IV is a pretty easy entry in the Final Fantasy series, so anyone with RPG experience should be able to get through the game without too much trouble. Remember to keep your mages in the back row, physical attackers in the front row, heal when needed, and all that. A few bosses do have gimmicks that we will point out.
What this walkthrough will do:
Offer a minimalist walkthrough so you know what you need to do at any point in the game.Point out missable treasure chests and enemies so you can complete the game 100%.
What the walkthrough will not do:
Offer strategies for bosses or party build.Most Dungeon Walkthroughs. The dungeons in FF4 Pixel Remaster are mostly very straightforward. Use the in-game map and you will usually not get lost. Some dungeons have hidden paths, which we will point out some of the trickier ones.
1. Introductions, Baron, and the Mist Dragon
The Final Fantasy IV adventure opens up in Baron Castle and the surrounding town. After story events, you’ll be dispatched on a mission to deliver a Bomb Ring, which sure is an ominous thing to carry. There’s a lot of story nattering. In the castle, you can get the three obvious chests on 1F by talking to the guard and pressing the button on the wall next to the door. They contain a small amount of gil, an Ether, and a Tent. Beyond that, there’s nothing else to do – though you can talk to a bunch of people. Eventually, after bumping into Rosa and Cid, you’ll head to sleep.After resting overnight, you’ll be ready to embark on your mission, and will see the title crawl. Before you actually leave, you can buy restorative items from Baron town if you want – but you are quite well-equipped by default, and the weapon shop is locked. When ready, head to the Cave of Mist.
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Item Collection Note:
Most towns have both items and chests that can be found by the player. The in-game map doesn’t point out where these are exactly, but it does track how many you have found in each town and how many are left to find. For the most part, this guide will not point out where exactly these items/chests are, unless they are especially tricky, because most can be found with relatively little trouble just by searching normally. Most items are invisible and can be found in grass, pots, and the like around town.
This guide will also note any item that is missable. There are no missable items in Baron.
For item collectors, you can find 8 hidden items in the town of Baron, along with 3/6 chests for now. In the Pixel Remaster, you can use your map screen to see how many items and chests are in each location. Items are often hidden in pots or as invisible spots in the grass. In Baron, make sure to take the waterway path near the dancer in the NE part of town to get a few items, as well as a hidden path west through the trees in the NE part of Baron for a few more.
Note that it will be a while before you are able to collect the rest of the items in Baron Castle.
Summon Rare Drop Note:
Final Fantasy IV has four summons that can be picked up from extraordinarily rare item drops from enemies: Goblin, Cockatrice, Mind Flayer, and Bomb. If you want all achievements, you have to get these. Thankfully, none of these are missable and can be obtained after you beat the game, but note they are exceedingly annoying to get thanks to their low (I believe 1/256) item drop chance. Outside of Baron, you can find both Goblins and Helldivers, which drop Goblin and Cockatrice respectively. If you like, you can farm for these drops right now. On PC, it’s relatively easy to set up a keyboard macro to have Cecil and Kain fight on their own for a while, if you want to automate it, just having to check it to save/heal every once in a while. Alternatively, you can always use a trainer cheat.
You’ll want to head to the Mist Cave Dungeon. You can’t miss the Mist Cave on the world map – you spawn into quite an open area around Baron, but there’s only one path that goes anywhere, to the North-West.
Note: For achievement purposes, you’ll want to eventually enter each Chocobo Forest in the game world, many of which have Gysahl Green items hidden in the grass. There is one such Chocobo Forest SW of Baron. We’ll point these out later, though, when you get an airship to easily visit them all in one go.Once you’re in the Mist Cave, you’ll find a nice, straightforward dungeon to introduce you to the general flow of FF4’s dungeons. Along the way, there’ are some Tents, Potions, and Gil to be found in chests. The dungeon layout is straightforward enough, but you’ll need to go slightly off the beaten path to get all of the chests. Use your map liberally to find your way through – there are only 4 chests to get. In the North-Eastern area of the cave, the threats from the Mist begin to intensify. If you push on, you’ll encounter your first Boss Battle.Boss Battle: Mist Dragon – With just 450 HP, the Mist Dragon isn’t a difficult boss battle. The main thing you need to know is that when the Mist Dragon assumes a form that’s more mist than dragon, you should stop attacking. Attacking will be futile and cause a nasty counter-attack – which is pretty much the only way this pushover boss can beat you. Instead, press left on the menu to access the option to defend, or heal up during turns while the dragon is mist. When it changes form again, continue attacking. Give it all you’ve got with both Cecil and Kain, and the Dragon will fall quickly enough.
2. Mist Village and Kaipo, Oasis Town
You’re spat out of the cave and onto the overworld. From there, it’s a short, linear path to the Mist Village. This is a sleepy little town – but enter it, and unintentionally make it a whole lot less sleepy. Story events take over. Once you’re done with the story events, you’ll be back on the world map on the other side of the Mist Village, unable to return to it. Item collectors, don’t worry, the map screen points out chests and items in Mist Village, and you’ll be able to get these later. In any case, head on out to the north-west and into the desert. There’s a town in the desert, around a lake – an Oasis town called Kaipo. You’ll automatically head to the Inn.
Missables Note: In some versions of Final Fantasy IV, the General enemy in the upcoming event battle will not be added to your bestiary unless you defeat him, so make sure to take him out first.
After resting up, more story sequences, and an easy enforced fight. In this battle, you’ll want to take out the General first, as he will run away if you take out his subordinates. Afterwards, you’ll get a new party member. After this, you can explore town and hit up the shops and the like. You can also find an Ether item in one of the two jars right behind the weapon shop. There’s a minor upgrade for Rydia but not much of interest available. For those trying to collect all the hidden items, there’s only one in Kaipo – an ether in a pot.When ready, head to the house in the top-right of Kaipo for another story sequence. You now have a new goal – destination, Damcyan!
3. Desert Grinding, the Underground Waterway, and Water Cavern
First of all, make sure that Rydia is in the back row. We now suggest you make sure that you level up a bit in the desert, as the difficulty ramps up a bit here. We recommend that you level up here until she’s around level 10; you can use the Inn at Kaipo to heal if necessary. That may seem like a lot, but since she’s so far behind she’ll catch up fast. You may find from the back row all of Rydia’s physical attacks miss; it’s no big deal. Cecil’s Darkness skill will one-shot a lot of these desert enemies, and though it does reduce his HP, healing is nearby – that can make the grind fly by in a few minutes. When ready, return to Kaipo for one last heal. It won’t hurt to have a few Tents at hand, too. Now head to the North-East of Kaipo, into some mountains.
Underground Waterway / Subterranean Lake Dungeon
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This is another straightforward dungeon, and if you’re on the FF4 Pixel Remaster version, the map will show you where chests are if you look closely. The chests dotted throughout the dungeon contain a Potions, Maiden’s Kiss, Tent, Iron Armlet, Ether, Antarctic Wind, Dry Ether, X-Potion, Phoenix Down, Ether, Ice Rod, Bomb Fragment, Hourglass, and the Shadowblade.
Item Collection Note: In the first room of the Underground Waterway, you’ll see a waterfall on the map that is three spaces wide. There is a hidden room here with three chests.Remember, undead enemies in this area can be hurt by restorative magic and items. All of the water-like enemies can be obliterated by Thunder magic. Partway through the dungeon, Sage Tellah joins your party. Once Tellah has joined, you can either continue to the top-left area exit, or work your way right and around the rest of this area mopping up loot. Be sure to head into the big waterfall in this first area for three chests all in one place.In the second section of the dungeon, you’ll need to work your way around the room in a clockwise fashion to reach the door in the center. The door on the left side leads to a free heal zone, then puts you back into the same room.
Item Collection Note: In Underground Waterway B2, you can enter a hidden path on the left side of the screen, then head up and around to a chest on the right side, holding a Feathered Cap.The rest of the dungeon is straightforward enough. You’ll eventually end up back on the overworld; but this is a brief detour, use a tent to heal, then it’s right back into a cave. At this point, you should have picked up all 18 items in Underground Waterway.This next cave is the Subterranean Lake; follow Tellah down the waterfall. There’s a couple more items here; the Hades Helm & Hades Gloves. Then head to the door. Through here there’s two more chests offering the Hades Armor and Hermes Shoes. Equip Cecil, then continue, and interact with the tentacles in the waterfall to kick off a boss fight.Boss Battle: Octomamm – First, don’t bother with Darkness as Cecil; conserve his energy. Have Rydia use Lightning magic or call the Chocobo summon as often as she can. Use Tellah as a healer and keep on using Lightning magic repeatedly. And… that’s it. Honestly, this boss should fall pretty quickly, and you’ll know you’re getting somewhere as the tentacles start to disappear.Once the giant Octopus is defeated, head through the waterfall. On the world map you’ll witness a story event, then hurry to Damcyan.
4. Damcyan and the Antlion’s Den
Damcyan is basically a story-only destination; you’ll experience several narrative events here and have some party member switches, which you should get used to – in FF4 this happens often, and is dictated by the story progression.
In the Pixel Remaster, you don’t have to worry about unequipping characters who leave the party, as they’ll automatically return their items to the inventory.Your next destination is the Antlion’s Den, but first, get out of the hovercraft go to the entrance of Damcyan. Walk around the outer wall of the castle, on the sand, to the right, then up. There’s a room you can enter here that’s full of treasure. You should be able to get all the items and chests here – remember to check your map to be sure.Take your new hovercraft and use it to travel over the ‘shallows’ – that’s the little rocks jutting out of the water in the ocean – to get to the Antlion’s Den dungeon, just east of Damcyan, over some of those shallows. Given your party make-up, you might want to consider grinding Edward up some levels before entering the dungeon; use a tent to be fully healed if you do.
Antlion’s Den Dungeon
The Antlion’s Den is a pretty straightforward dungeon. There’s several items available in chests here that you can find by going off the beaten path, but the single most interesting and important is a Lamia’s Harp weapon for Edward. Deep in this dungeon – though not that deep, since it’s a short one – you’ll encounter the Antlion itself. You should be able to get the 13 items listed here quite easily by following your map. A boss fight ensues. Boss Battle: Antlion – The main thing to be aware of here is the Antlion’s counter, which can do a good 35-40 points of damage. Don’t let that stop you from attacking, however. The rules are similar to the last fight: have Cecil fight with regular attacks (no need for Darkness here), have Rydia use the Chocobo summon, and have Edward do what he can with his harp. The Antlion can’t be affected by Edward’s status effect attacks – so just attack with him. The counter will mean you’ll need to use Rydia as a white mage as and when required to keep yourself healed. This boss is ultimately pretty simple, and it’ll fall in no time.After the boss battle, you’ll need to take yourself out of the dungeon, and then all the way back to Kaipo. To get there, travel across the shallows back to Damcyan, and then past Damcyan, keeping west to find more shallows that loop you back down to Kaipo.At Kaipo, give Rosa the Sand Ruby you got from beating Antlion to advance the plot. Edward will have a story-driven battle, and then you’ll have an even larger party heading to your next destination, Mt. Hobs.
5. Mt. Hobs, Mom Bomb, and Fabul
Mt. Hobs is also reached using the hovercraft. Go from Kaipo back to the Damcyan area, and then from the top north-eastern bit of that landmass use the hovercraft to go across shallows to reach it. Enter the mountain. Rydia will melt the ice to grant you access.From this screen, the left cave leads to a safe zone and loads of chests. The right side leads to your next story beat, including a new party member and a boss character. Boss Battle: Mom Bomb – You’re fighting with a new party member here, Yang. Mom Bomb has a few forms. The basic strategy is this – attack like crazy, keeping healed, until Mom Bomb warns it’s going to explode. At that point, press left on the d-pad in the menu to choose to defend to black massive damage. Once exploded and in a new form, resume attacking. When Mom Bomb splits into six smaller, normal bombs, use Yang’s kick and Cecil’s Darkness (as long as you have the HP to do so) to take them all down quickly. With Edward and Rosa available to heal, you should be able to keep everybody safe easily. Remember that the red bombs are weak to Ice, so that’s an option for Rydia.Once Mom Bomb is taken care of, you’ll be able to continue to the secondary, Eastern exit of Mt. Hobbs. You should have gotten all 5 chests easily for the item collection.From here, keep following the obvious path to the east until you find Fabul Castle waiting for you. It’s safe to enter even if you’re worn down – no need to heal.Inside Fabul Castle, you’ll find a weapon shop with some new stuff for Cecil and elemental claws for Yang. There’s also a chest with a tent in it hidden away. You might notice a hidden button to the right of the throne room too – but you can’t step on it just yet.
Missables Note: In some versions of Final Fantasy IV, the Captain enemy in the upcoming series of event battles will not be added to your bestiary unless you defeat him, so make sure to take him out first.
Speak to the King in the Throne Room to kick off a series of major events in the castle. You’ll have some battles along the way. Within these battles, make sure you kill one of the Captains to get his bestiary entry. Once this is all over, you’ll be able to press that button in the throne room and take the secret path that opens to get your hands on a Demon Shield item, plus some other useful stuff. With this, and the items in the West and East Towers, you should be able to get all the items in Fabul for you item collection pretty easily. Also, note you can pick up one item in the nearby Chocobo Forest, but we’ll point out the Chobobo Forests later, too.Rest at the Fabul Castle Inn (for free!) to advance the story. As part of this, the crew formulate a plan, and you get the Deathbringer weapon from the King for Cecil to equip. When you leave Fabul, a ship will be waiting on the jetty to the east, ready to take you to FF4’s next major story beat…
6. The High Seas, Mysidia, and Chocobo Forest
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It seems like poor old Cecil and crew just can’t catch a break. This is what they got for starring in the most story-driven FF so far, I guess. As soon as you step foot on the ship the narrative takes hold. Eventually, you find yourself back in control, in a new place. When you first come to, you might want to consider grinding it out to get Cecil’s levels up just a bit… On the hardest versions of the game, level 25 is a good spot. You can definitely make it through lower, though, and you might want to wait to do this until after you’ve been to town.When ready, head into Mysidia. This is the town Cecil laid waste to under orders from the King of Baron right at the start of FF4, but oh how the tables have turned. Surprisingly, despite the fact that you ripped their town to shreds, the weapon and armor shops will still sell you stuff – but there’s nothing here for you… yet.
You can go ahead and buy the Light equipment and Knight Armor here now if you have the money to spare. You’ll be able to equip it on Cecil relatively soon.Talk to the Mysidian Elder in the northern house. This gives you your next mission, and a couple of new party members. You can now exit Mysidia at will, though we would recommend that in most versions of the game you now head to the world map and level up the twins a bit – probably to around level 17-20. It’s also worth noting that on the path to Mt. Ordeals, you’ll see a circular-shaped forest to the south. This is a Chocobo Forest. What you can do here is limited for now, but they will restore your MP if needed, which combined with Porom’s Cure spell gives you free heals, which is very useful for the grind. There’s also another item to pick up in the grass. When ready, had to Mt. Ordeals, where everything changes for FF4 protagonist Cecil.
7. Mt. Ordeals ~ Darkness & Light
Mount Ordeals is a fairly short dungeon, and picking up the chests here is quite straightforward. When you get to the top, you will take on a boss, Scarmiglione, twice, shortly after the save point, while on a bridge. The first time you first him, it will be as normal. However, once you defeat him, be sure to swap your character rows around, putting Cecil in the back row with all the mages in the front. The reason for this is that Scarmiglione will ambush you the second time with a back attack. If you are already flipped in your positions, then the back-attack will attack work in your favor, make sense? Anyways, Scarmiglione is weak to Fire, so have Palom and Tellah dish that out.Afterwards, you’ll have an event battle at the tombstone. Don’t attack the shadow and you’ll win, and Cecil will turn into a Paladin. NOW you can equip the armor you purchased for him back at Mysidia.Make your way back to Mysidia – you can use a chocobo from the forest nearby Mt. Ordeals to help. Eventually you’ll unlock a path back to Baron.
8. Return to Baron
When you return to Baron, you’ll find Yang in the pub, who will fight you in a mind-controlled stupor. When you knock him to his senses, you’ll get the Baron Key, which will allow you to finally get all items/chests in the town of Baron. Check the weapon/armor shop and the entrance and the Old Waterway.Enter the lone door on the SW side of town with the Baron Key to enter the Old Waterway. This dungeon is straightforward with 8 chests; there are some hidden paths but they are pretty readily seen.After the Waterway, you’ll enter Baron Castle. You have a few boss fights coming up.First is Baigan. He’s kind of a pushover but will cast reflect on himself. Have Palom and Tellah get a magic hit in on him early before he gets a chance to put it up.The second is Cagnazzo. The trick to beating him is to use Ice attacks when his protective water wall is down, and then hit him with lightning when it is up. As long as you do this, you shouldn’t have any problems.A bunch of scenes will take place here, including the twins leaving your party. You’ll gain Cid and an Airship.Note: You STILL can’t get the chests in Castle Baron, don’t worry, you’ll get them later.
9. You Now Have an Airship! – Optional Section 1
Now that you have an airship, there are several optional things you can do now.
You can return to the town of Mist to clean up the item collection there. Most items are bomb fragments hidden around town, but also check the fireplace in the house for a few nice items as well.You can visit the town of Agart on an island south of Baron. There is a singular hidden item in Agart, plus new enemies nearby that you can add to your bestiary. None of these are missable, mind.Similarly, you can visit the town of Mythril on the east-center of the map. There are three items to be found around town here (pick these up first) and expensive mythril equipment to buy. There are also new enemies nearby, but in the Pixel Remaster, looks like you need to fly a bit south to actually land in the region of the world map they spawn in. Again, these enemies aren’t missable, just pointing them out for those filling out their bestiaries.You can visit the deserted Eblan Castle on the SW island of the world map. This is a little bit of a mini-dungeon, but you can already get everything here if you want to, just be sure to check both towers. However, save before doing so, as some of the chests here are guarded by difficult monsters at this point in the game – feel free to put this off for now if you’d like.You can visit most of the Chocobo Forests easily now with your airship. The Chocobo Village you have to head to shortly, north of Troia, but the rest can be found here. You want to visit each and pick up hidden Gysahl Greens in these places for achievement purposes.
10. Troia and the Magnetic Cave
To continue the story, you need to head to Troia Castle on the NW continent. Land your airship on the space near town and head into the castle. Here you NEED to find Edward to talk to him, to get the Twin Harp. You can also get 8 chests in one of the rooms, but the rest of the chests for item collection have to wait for now.In the town of Troia the are 4 items in the grass past the water.You learn you need to head to the Magnetic Cave. This dungeon is a tricky one because you cannot use metal equipment at all. Have Cecil use a bow, Cid a wooden hammer. Yang’s fists are fine. Equip everyone with a Ruby Ring, and use equipment like Feathered Cap over any sort of armor.To get to the Magnetic Cave, first you need to head north to the Chocobo Village. There are 3 items to pick up in the grass here. Once you do that, find the black chocobo to hop on. Fly east to make your way to the cave.Besides the restriction on equipment itself, the Magnetic Cave is pretty straightforward. There are 10 chests, easy. Just be sure to unequip all your metal items first.
Rare Drop Summon Note: You can find Mind Flayers here if you are looking for the rare drop summon. Good Luck! If you do this later, you shouldn’t have to worry about the metal equipment restriction.When you reach the end, you’ll take on the Dark Elf. You have to fail the first time you fight him, don’t worry. You’ll see a scene here where Edward will play the other Twin Harp (IF YOU TALKED TO HIM LIKE I TOLD YOU TO). You’ll be given a chance to re-equip your team, and YES you can put on metal equipment now before you take on Dark Elf for real. He’s weak to Holy.Afterwards, make your way back to Troia Castle and talk to the eight clerics, one of them will mention accessing the treasury. You can now speak to the guard in one of the basements to access the rest of the chests here. Yay!
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11. Tower of Zot
Be careful here. Once you head onto your airship, you’ll automatically be taken to the next dungeon, the Tower of Zot.
One-Time-Only Dungeon Warning – Tower of Zot
The Tower of Zot is the first one-time-only dungeon in Final Fantasy IV, meaning it cannot be revisited. That also means the chests and the monsters here can be missed permanently if you are not careful. There are six chests, be sure you check your map screen to get them all because once you leave the dungeon, you’ll no longer be able to check. These chests are not too tricky to find when using your map, but they are missable, so be careful.
These are the missable monsters in the Tower of Zot. Make sure you run into each of these on your way to the boss. You should hopefully run into each naturally, but be careful.
Puppeteer (also in Tower of Babel, another one-time-only dungeon later)
Puppet
Ice Lizard
Gremlin
Cold Beast
Centaur Knight
Hell Turtle
Black Knight
Soldieress
Sorceress
At the end of the Tower of Zot, you’ll fight two bosses. Be sure you have the items and monsters for this region!First up is the Magus sisters: Sandy, Cindy, Mindy. Go for Cindy first, and be careful with their reflect status. Afterwards, feel free to save, and head to the next section. Tellah will leave the party, but Kain and Rosa will rejoin. DON’T MOVE. Requip these two as needed, then as soon as you move, you’ll take on the next boss. You can put Kain in the back row, since his Jump isn’t affected by row.Second is Barbariccia. The trick here is to have Kain use Jump when she turns into a tornado. After this, more scenes, and you’re back in Baron. You’ll get the Magma Rock key item from Kain. You can now finally collect the chests and items to complete your item collection. Most are in the east tower.
12. The Underworld – Dwarven Castle and Tower of Babel.
With the Magma Rock in tow, head to Agart (that’s the town south of Baron) and throw the rock into the well. You’ll be able to access the Underworld now.After a crash landing, you can enter Dwarf Castle. First, head north and talk to King Giott, which will eventually initiate a boss battle.Missable Bestiary Note
When fighting The Calcas and Brinas in Dwarven Castle, make sure to defeat one of each type to add them to your bestiary. Also, if you are overleveled, make sure you left one left alive, and let it ‘fuse’ into the big Calcobrena doll, in order to add all three enemies to your bestiary.
After this, Rydia will rejoin your party. You can then get all chests in Dwarven Castle, hidden in pots and such. There are also new items to buy in the shops.One of the Dwarves will open a new path for you. Head this way when you are ready, and then the somewhat lengthy stroll to the NW to enter the Tower of Babel.One-Time-Only Dungeon Warning – Tower of Babel
The Tower of Babel is the second one-time-only dungeon in Final Fantasy IV, meaning it cannot be revisited. That also means the chests and the monsters here can be missed permanently if you are not careful. There are 16 chests, be sure you check your map screen to get them all because once you leave the dungeon, you’ll no longer be able to check. These chests are not too tricky to find when using your map, but they are missable, so be careful.
These are the missable monsters in the Tower of Babel. Make sure you run into each of these on your way to the boss. You should hopefully run into each naturally, but be careful.
Puppeteer (Also in Tower of Zot)
Evil Doll (1F, 2F)
Fiery Knight
Chimera
Stone Golem
Mystery Egg
Naga
Security Eye
Medusa (6F, 7F)
Missable Boss Bestiary Note – Dr. Lugae boss fight
In some versions of Final Fantasy IV, you need to defeat Barnabas before Doctor to get all of the bestiary entries available in this boss fight, specifically the missable Barnabas-Z. It seems like the Pixel Remaster might give you all the entries for this fight regardless, but just fight Barnabas-Z to be careful, right.
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At the end of the Tower of Babel, you take on the eccentric Dr. Lugae. He’s honestly a pushover, but note the missable tip above and take out Barnabas first, just in case.You’ll get the doctor’s Key item, so return a few floors to a locked door, fighting an event battle. Yang will leave the party for good. Then you have to retreat to 1F to end the dungeon.After some events, you’ll be back near Baron.
13. Eblan, Edge, and revisiting the Tower of Babel
In Baron, talk to Cid’s men on the east side of the castle to attach a hook to the Enterprise.Then, head around the Mt. Hobs area to find your hovercraft, and pick it up with your new airship hook.Take the hovercraft over to the Eblan Castle area on the SW continent. Complete the item collection in Eblan Castle now if you haven’t already.Drop off the hovercraft, and then take it to the Cave of Eblan nearby, where you’ll need to hovercraft to move over the shoals.In the Cave of Eblan, you’ll find three treasure chests, then you’ll find yourself in the Eblan Settlement area. This area has a shop and two hidden items in pots, and then you are thrown back into the cave.Can get the rest of the 20 chests, many hidden behind walls. A little annoying but not too bad. Apologies for no more specific directions on this. At the end, you’ll run into Edge fighting Rubicante, and after a quick scene, he’ll join your party for good.One-Time-Only Dungeon Warning – Tower of Babel Revisited
The Tower of Babel revisited is the third one-time-only dungeon in Final Fantasy IV, meaning it cannot be revisited. That also means the chests and the monsters here can be missed permanently if you are not careful. There are 8 chests, be sure you check your map screen to get them all because once you leave the dungeon, you’ll no longer be able to check.
Note: Six of the chests are obtained before fighting the boss here, Rubicante. The last two chests are obtained afterwards. However, note that after Rubicante, you’ll be dropped into a different section and unable to return, so make sure you got what you wanted beforehand. This goes for both chests and missable enemies.
These are the missable monsters in the Tower of Babel – Revisited. Make sure you run into each of these on your way to the boss. You should hopefully run into each naturally, but be careful.
Grudger
Ghost Knight
Sorcerer
Lamia Matriarch (floors after Rubicante)
Mythril Golem (floors after Rubicante)
Complete the Tower of Babel – Revisited dungeon, noting the missables above. Also note that the King and Queen of Eblan fight, before Rubicante is mostly an event thing.
Rare Drop Summon Note: You can find Balloons in the Tower of Babel, right near the save point part way through. Feel free to farm here if you are looking for the rare drop Bomb summon. Good Luck! You can also fight these on the Moon later, so don’t worry about missing it.At the end, you’ll get another airship – the Falcon.After all this is said and done, you’ll return to the Dwarven Castle. First, talk to King Giott, then Cid in the infirmary. You’ll get Luca’s Necklace and have the Falcon able to fly over lava. This unlocks several more optional events.
14. You Now Have an Airship that flies over lava! – Optional Section 2
Now that you can fly over lava, there are several more optional events that can be completed now.
Visit the town of Tomra to the SW of the Dwarven Castle. The items in NW warehouse, and good equipment to purchase. There are also new enemies in the nearby area to add to your bestiary.You can visit Kokkol’s Forge to the SE of the Dwarven Castle. You can’t do much here yet, but there are two items to find – one in a pot and the other in a bookshelf. There are also new enemies in the nearby area to add to your bestiary.Sylvan Cave
-This cave has no missables, but a bunch of hidden paths that might make item collection tricky. We’ll actually do a quick step-by-step guide for this dungeon.
-Cast Float on the party from the menu on every floor, to avoid hitting the damage floors.
-B1F: Get the two chests to the east. The 3rd chest is gotten later. Then go down the stairs.
-B2F: Go up the stairs on the north side
-B3F: Immediately head west through the wall to get three chests, then return to the stairs slip through the right wall, up, right wall again, then up to next floor.
-B2F: Follow the path to 9 different chests, then fall down the hole.
-B3F: Make your way to the teleporter
-Here, get the six chests, all guarded by enemies.
-You’ll then leave the cave. REENTER it.
-B1F: Go through the south path once again
-B2F: Go south this time, through the stairs to the west.
-B1F: Head east and then north above the save point, through the wall, can finally get that chest in the first room. Return to the save point and go all the way west to get two more chests, then through the stairs.
-B2F: Go north and to the first east fork
-B3F: Get 5 chests, then return to the fork.
-B2F: Go North, through the wall to get a Mage Masher. Then down the stairs.
-B3F: Get the nearby chest and then make your way to a cabin. TALK TO YANG AND THE SYLPHS, get the chest, then leave. Your item collection will say you are missing an item from Sylvan cottage, dont worry, you’ll get it later. The next optional area is the Cave of Summons, which is quite a bit easier to get everything than the Sylvan Cave. You’ll end up in the Land of Summons. Note there is a hidden discolored tile of the upper level of town (where there are no buildings), north of the 6,000 gil chest to be precise. This leads to a hidden area with more chests. In town, you’ll be able to fight Asura and then Leviathan in the library, adding both summons to Rydia’s arsenal. Note by the time you are done here, there will be two items you cannot get yet for your item collection.This isn’t so much an optional event but a notable location: The so-called Three-step Peninsula. NW of the Cave of Summons in the Underworld, there is a small patch of land that is three tiles long, and holds some enemies that cannot easily be found elsewhere. Just to be clear, these aren’t missable, but noteworthy. These include:
-Gorgon
-Crawler
-Gloomwing
-Tarantula
-Green Dragon
15. Sealed Cavern
Once you’ve done the optional content above, head to the last cave on the Underworld map you haven’t been to yet, the one near Tomar. Use Luca’s Necklace to enter the Sealed Cavern.The Sealed Cavern is pretty straightforward. Be sure to enter each room along the way to obtain all the chests. Note many of the doors here are ‘trap door’ enemies that need to be killed.
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Yellow Dragon Note
This is not a missable enemy, but one that is easier to get here if you want to add Yellow Dragon to your bestiary. In the Sealed Cavern, you’ll fight many trap doors, which can summon another enemy if they are weakened but not killed. Two of these doors can summon a Yellow Dragon, which is a little easier to force a spawn here rather than else where. These two doors are:
-B2F: Third door along north wall.
-B5F: Only door here,
At the very end of the dungeon, you’ll take on Demon Wall. This battle has a time limit, so focus on DPS and you should be fine. Afterwards, backtrack your way out of the dungeon. Kain will leave again.Return to King Giott in the Dwarven Castle. You’ll get a drill put on the Falcon. Now you can do even more optional stuff.
16. You Now Have an Airship with a Drill! – Optional Section 3
With the Drill on the Falcon, you can now return to the overworld and underworld as you please. There are a few more optional things to do now:
Obtain the Sylph Summon and Knife. Go to Fabul West Tower and talk to Yang’s wife to get a frying pan (you had to speak with the unconscious Yang first to do this). Go back to underworld and Sylvan Cave, talk to Yang, and get Sylph. There’s still an item to get here for your item collection, don’t worry, you get it later. Return the frying pan to Yang’s wife in Fabul to get a Knife.Excalibur set up: If you got the Rat Tail in the Cave/Land of Summons (you should have), get the Enterprise and Hovercraft (which should be around Eblan), and go to Adamant Grotto. This place is near Mythril in the Overworld – so drop off the hovercraft here, then land, then take the hovercraft to the nearby cave over the shoals. Turn in the Rat Tail to get Adamantite. Then, return to the Falcon and go back to the underworld, go back to Kokkol’s Forge, give the smith the Adamantite. He’ll eventually make Excalibur, but you have to wait a bit for nowIf you return to the Baron East Tower Basement, you can fight Odin as a secret boss to add him as a summon for Rydia. You have to have gotten Asura and Leviathan first, however.
17. The Moon, Cave of Bahamut, and Giant of Babel
Once you are done with the optional stuff above, go to Mysidia. After a headful of scenes, you’ll get the Lunar Whale, an airship that can fly to the moon.Once on the moon, visit the Hummingways in a cave to the SW first. There’s a shop here with ethers and other useful consumables, if you have the money.You need to get to the Crystal Palace, but you can’t land there directly. Instead, you need to make a bit of a trek. Go NW of Crystal palace and land on the flat ground. You need to go through two Lunar Paths and a bit of the overworld to get to the Crystal Palace. It may not look like it, but it’s a linear path (only 3 chests to get along the way).Eventually, you’ll reach the palace, and after some scenes, Lunarian FuSoYa will join your party. Return to the Lunar Whale.Optional: Cave of Bahamut. This is one of the last optional content pieces in Final Fantasy IV. Once you have FuSoYa, and assuming you have defeated Asura and Leviathan, head to the cave on the East side of the moon. This mini-dungeon has tough monsters and a few Behemoth mini-bosses. At the end, you’ll take on Bahamut, and if you can beat him, you earn him as a summon. Afterward, when ready, head to the Lunar Whale and interact with the crystal in the center. You’ll head back to Earth, see a few scenes, and enter the Giant of Babel.One-Time-Only Dungeon Warning – Giant of Babel
The Giant of Babel is the fourth and final one-time-only dungeon in Final Fantasy IV, meaning it cannot be revisited. That also means the chests and the monsters here can be missed permanently if you are not careful. There are 8 chests, be sure you check your map screen to get them all because once you leave the dungeon, you’ll no longer be able to check.
These are the missable monsters in the Giant of Babel. Make sure you run into each of these on your way to the boss. You should hopefully run into each naturally, but be careful.
Beamer
Centaurion
Mech Soldier
Searcher
Last Arm (in a chest)
Giant Soldier
Mech Dragon (can be summoned by searchers on the last floor, near save point)
Note: Siren Stealing
Edge can steal siren items from the Searcher enemies in the Tower of Babel. These are very useful items, as they will spawn the rarest enemy group in the local region when used. These are invaluable for farming Pink Tails in the game’s final dungeon (more on that later), as well as encountering any rare spawn elsewhere. However, since this is a one-time-only dungeon, make sure to get them now. (Apparently, Sirens are also available elsewhere in the Pixel Remaster, but honestly just get them here because why not).
To get sirens, find a searcher and have Edge steal from it. Have everyone else guard, and have Rosa use Pray. You can steal multiple sirens from one enemy, so just have Edge continue to steal, everyone else defend, while Rosa heals with Pray. You should be able to protect yourself from the Searcher’s wimpy attacks and the creature it summons pretty easily. Just keep autobattle on for a while as Edge steals, and you’ll have 99 in no time.
Besides the note above about missables and sirens, the rest of the dungeon is straightforward. Use you map to get the chests like usual. You’ll take on the 4 elemental lords again, they’re easy.You’ll then take on the true boss of the Giant of Babel. In a nutshell, go for the Defense Node first (it heals the others), then the CPU, and then the Attack Node.After some more events you’ll be back on the moon.Optional: Return to Kokkol’s Forge to get Excalibur. You can now also pick up a Grimoire item in the Sylvan Cave cabin, as well as the Land of Summons shops, finally completing the item collection in those locations.
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18. The Final Dungeon – Lunar Subterrane
All you have left to do is take on the final dungeon in the game, the Lunar Subterrane. There are no more missable items in the game, so everything else is yours for the taking.To get to the Lunar Subterrane, head to the Crystal Palace (through the Lunar Paths yet again, yes), then head North to the warp pad.The final dungeon is the trickiest dungeon in the game, with the most hidden paths leading to chests and items, with some paths not quite so obvious. Here’s a quick walkthrough.
B1F: Enter a hidden wall to the NE to grab a chest. Then go west from the entrance to another hidden path, to a teleporter.
B2F: Go along the path, getting a chest on the way, to another teleporter. Then head south through the wall, then west. Interact with the Murasame to fight White Dragon. He absorbs Fire/Ice/Lighting. Then, use Teleport to leave the dungeon and re-enter.
B1F: Head south this time.
B2F: Head along the path. You can make your way to the Fire Whip chest through the hidden wall, and continue North. Head through another wall to get the Dragon Shield, then through the door.
B3F: Go all the way South into the indent in the wall to eventually find a Dragon Helm. Then go into the East wall to get a Dragon mail and Dragon Gloves. Return to the entrance of the room and go south to exit.
B4F: Go all the way East to Artemis Arrow. Then South and West into a room with Elixir. Then East and South, down the stairs and through the door to get White Fang. Then SW to find an X-Potion. Then go East into the wall to exit. Grab the Stardust Rod, then go downstairs.
B5F: Go along the path to the west to get a Crystal Shield, then enter the door. Go north and into the wall to get a Protect Ring, then east into the wall again, and eventually south and outside the room. Grab the Crystal Mail and go back inside the room and North this time. Go east to find Crystal Gloves, then west into a room to get a White Robe. Go into the Northern door, then West to get a Crystal Helm. Then go East into the door to get a Red Fang. Go downstairs when ready
Note: Pink Tail Farming
In Lunar Subterrane B5F, there is a small room near the bottom with a chest containing a Red Fang. In this room, you have a 1/64 chance of running into a rare enemy group of 5 Flan Princesses. These flans have a low chance of dropping a rare item known as a Pink Tail. If you trade one of these into the dude at the Adamant Grotto, you can get an Adamant Armor, by far the best armor in the game for any character. However, this drop is very tedious to get, due to its low enemy spawn and low drop chance.
If you got the sirens in the Giant of Babel, you can make this a little easier on yourself. Simply use a siren from your inventory and you’ll encounter the Flan Princess enemy group without fail. Take them out, and you have a chance to get a Pink Tail. It’ll still take a while for the drop, mind, but at least you do have to worry about the low enemy spawn, just the low drop rate. Halfway there, right?
If playing on PC, you can relatively easily set up a keyboard macro to have your group use a Siren, auto-battle the fight, and hope for a drop. Just have Rosa heal with Pray to keep yourself healthy, if you are high enough level.
Note that the Pink Tail is counted as a Key Item. So if you are checking your inventory to see if it dropped, be sure to check the Key Item tab.
B6F: Get the Artemis Arrow and Fuma Shuriken to the west and east. Take the left staircase down for a cottage, then head west over the gap. Along the path you’ll get a Golden Apple. Head onto the Teleporter.
B5F: Along the path you’ll get another Protect Ring. Eventually, you’ll run into the Ragnarok – touch it to fight Dark Bahamut. Afterward, go back to the dual staircase a few rooms back, and take the right-most stairs this time.
B7F: Go south and you’ll see three doors. The left-most door has a save point. The middle door has a Holy Lance guarded by Plague Dragon. The right door has two ribbons guarded by Lunasaurs. Afterward, go to the last door to the North.
B8F: Starting here, the paths get a bit more simple – check your map to find the chests. Examine the Masamune to fight Ogopogo.
B9F: Two more chests here, check your map.
B10F: Two more chests here, check your map. That should be all of them
You’ll fight the final boss soon after. Note, once you beat the game, you’ll be prompted to make a clear save, which will bring you out of the dungeon as if you’ve completed everything up until the Final Boss encounter itself. Use this opportunity to collect anything you might have missed at this point.
Concluding Remarks
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