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Tip for Final Fantasy VIII
Provided by: lukesquall
Jul 17, 2002
GF guide - part 2
This tip is currently ranked 4.7 out of 5 by many voters.
lukesquall has earned 5 gems!

# Gilgamesh #

Skill Zantetsuken [Insteant death], Masamune [Heavy damage], Exaclibur

Gilgamesh will randomly appear during a battle (not just at the start) and attack with one of four attacks: Masamune, Zantetsuken, Excaliber, and Excalipoor (the last of which does only 1 HP damage). To obtain Gilgamesh, be sure you have obtained Odin before entering Lunatic Pandora (once you have the Ragnarok). Odin will be killed by Siefer and Gilgamesh will appear. Unlike Odin, who didn't appear at bosses (other

than Progpagators), Gilgamesh does. In fact, he arrived and did Excalipoor on the final boss! Yippee!

------------------------------------------------------------------------ C.) Secret GFs

------------------------------------------------------------------------

-Doomtrain-

Skill: Runaway Train [Posion damage and: Vit 0, Berserk, Posion, Confuse, Sleep, Slow, Stop]

This is perhaps the hardest summon to obtain as there are no real clues as to its whereabouts or how to obtain it. In preparation for obtaining this GF you must have the following:

1) 6 Molbor Tentacles - Steal from the Molbors using Diablos' Mug ability OR defeat the Molbors to obtain them. Molbors are found in the Grandidi Forest of Esthar, The Great Plains of Esthar, the Island Closest to Hell, and the Island Closest to Heaven. It is best to steal

and run, as the Molbors' Bad Breath attack causes numerous status ailments. You may luck out and have the Molbor annihilated by arandom

Odin summon. Also, you can have Berserk junctioned to your status defense (Carbuncle, Siren, etc.) and use Treatment (Siren) with that

character.

2) 6 Remedy Pluses - Buy Remedies at any item store, and use Alexander's Med Lv-Up skill to produce Remedy Pluses.

3) 6 Steel Pipes - These can be stolen from Wendigos in the badlands/deserts outside of Deling City.

4) 1 Solomon's Ring - There is only one of these in the game. It is near the foot of the large statue at Tear's Point [Disc 3].

Once you have all these items, choose the Solomon's Ring in your inventory and you will summon Doomtrain. This is arguably the best

summon in the game (see Secrets to find out why).

-Bahamut-

Skill: Mega Flare [Non-elemental damage to all enemies]

Bahamut is relatively difficult to obtain. I recommend having Lv. Down (Tonberry), DoomTrain (the summon), Initiative (Pandemona, Cactaur,

Tonberry), Auto-Haste (Cerberus), Alert (Cerberus), and the ultimate

weapons. Odin may help as well. When you are ready, fly to the Deep

Sea Research Lab in the southwest corner of the world (not on map).

After the introduction scenario, enter the bowels of the facility.

After the dialogue with the reactor core, proceed carefully. When the reactor is not lighted up, move. If you move when it is lighted up,

you'll get in a fight.

Before you reach the reactor, give the character with DoomTrain Auto- Haste, the character with Lv. Down Initiative, and another character

Diablos. Now speak to the reactor. Choose the option to fight a Rub

Dragon. Level it down with the guy with initiative, then summon DoomTrain and Diablos. The guy with initiative should follow up with an attack, limit break, or summon/magic. DoomTrain will basically render

the dragon helpless and Diablos will severely damage it (7000-9999).

Finish it off. After this, if your characters are in reasonably good

condition, pick Never. Fight another Ruby Dragpn, finishing it the same way as the first. After this, pick a hidden third option. this turns

out to be (it's our nature). Now fight Bahamut.

------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bahamut Attacks: Thundaga, Mega Flare, Physical Attacks Strategy: Aura your best fighters (or otherwise allow limit break), and use Meltdown (or DoomTrain; I prefer the latter). Now use Renzoruken

and (with Zell) Duel. With Duel, refer to Abusing Duel later in this

walkthrough. Bahamut will die before getting off his Mega Flare.

------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bahamut offers Abilityx4, Rare Item, and Str+60%. With Rare Item, you can now easily collect any ultimate weapons you missed (for the characters not in your party, etc.) with the Upgrading Section.

-Cactuar-

Skill: 1000 Needles [see below]

As you obtain the Garden or the Ragnarok, head for Cactaur Island (off

of Esthar, the island next to the Kashkablad Desert). You will see a green thing burrowing in the sand. This is the Jumbo Cactaur. Before

approaching it, make sure you have two powerful characters (i.e Squall

and Zell) at low hp and another character with Leviathan, Draw, and Item (also high Hp). Now approach the green thing.

------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jumbo Cactaur Attacks: 10,000 Needles, Ker Plunk, Physical Attack, "Jumbo Cactaur is hesitating..." Strategy: Immeidately draw Meltdown from the Jumbo Cactaur and cast it on him. With your two "Limit-Break Characters," pummel the Cactaur, who has over 100,000 hp. Use a boosted Leviathan with the item person. If you are using Zell, use the "Abusing Duel" trick. Revive dead characters with the item person (you need to after 10,000 Needles and

Ker Plunk). When "Jumbo Cactaur is hesitating..." appears, finish him off before he runs and recovers all his hp! He should die in 15-45

minutes.

------------------------------------------------------------------------

-Tonberry-

Skill: Kitchen Knife [Non-elemental damage to one enemy at random]

After obtaining Odin, return to the Centra ruins. Now begins a genocide. Run to the third room of the ruins and start fighting Tonberrys. Kill them using Limit Breaks and Diablos. After killing

five or so, save your game. Once you have killed fifteen, there is a chance a Tonbery King will appear (it is guaranteed after 20). To make him appear, just fight a Tonberry. When the Tonberry dies, the King may appear. Before doing this, make sure you have on person with Item and high hp. One character (Squall) should be at low hp. The other should

be maxed with strenghts and have Meltdown. Now face the King.

------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tonberyy King Attacks: "It's Sharp!", Junk Strategy: Use Meltdown with one character, limit breaks with another,

and Summons with the Item person. Once meltdwon has been cast, use Aura (or otherwise obtain limit breaks) with the Meltdown character. Use

your limit breaks relentlessly and revive anyone killed by Junk or "It's Sharp!" immediatley. He has 90,000+ hp.

------------------------------------------------------------------------

-Eden- Note: I recommend having one Holy war or the Gilgamesh card refined,

Lion Heart, Doom Train, Auro Stones or Magic and high levels (Ultima

junctioned to attack, of course).

Eden is the hardest GF to obtain, but the strongest one. After obtaining Bahamut, return to the Ragnarok and talk to your party. Now land at the Research Facility and return to the core room. Save and

descend. Examine the terminal and go down to floor 2. Now enter the

steam values at the monitor like this: 2-2-1-1. At floor 6, go down,

and examine the thing. Have Zell handle it. Now enter the Deep Sea

Deposit. Save at the save point. Ahh...Hell seems nice, no?

No-Encounter does not work here. There are certain hotspots with enemies on each level. These are lv. 100 enemies. On floor one, you'll

see Tri-Face, on Lv. 2 you'll face Grendels and Imps. On level 3,

you'll face Behemoths. On level 4, you'll fight Elnoyles and Ruby

Dragons. On level 5, you'll find Iron Giants. Level up here to a 100.

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