Chapter 9: The Low Seas — World of Final Fantasy eGuide

With another piece of the prophecy divulged, Reynn and Lann set out to find a set of four keys that are said to unlock a pathway to their ultimate destination: the Crystal Tower. The first key lies in the fire valleys in Babil, south of the Low Seas. Although Faris is unable to aid them with her ship, she knows of a contact from the League of S who might be able to help…

Action Checklist
1. (Optional) Visit the Chocolatte Mart and purchase battle items
2. (Optional) Earn 45,000 EXP and obtain Undead Princess prismarium
3. Befriend the adamantoise
4. Enter the Rainbow Shore

Chocolatte Mart—New Wares

Items	Price
Hi-Potion	500
Gold Hourglass	300
Tranquilizer	200
Remedy	1000
Bomb Core	1000
Lightning Marble	1000
Solid Frigicite	1000
Dragon Scale	1000
Dragon Wing	1000
Earth Hammer	1000
Spider Silk	500
Banish Seed	6000
Drain Seed	30000
Sleep Seed	30000
Confuse Seed	30000

Literally Low Seas

The chapter begins with an introduction to Quistis, a League of S member who’s conveniently present here on Faris’s boat. She offers to help the twins with a special fastcraft that’s capable of transporting them to the Low Seas.

After the cutscene, you can take the Gate back to Nine Wood Hills for a breather and to complete optional tasks (such as Intervention Quests and Mirage collecting). The Chocolatte Mart has also been updated with new inventory, including stronger elemental bombs and a wider selection of ability seeds.

Another 45,000 Experience Points!

If you want to strengthen your party a bit more before tackling the next part of the story, you can return to Nine Wood Hills to complete a few Intervention Quests. Doing so unlocks an optional Mirage encounter, potentially rewarding you with an Undead Princess prismarium, along with a large sum of EXP.

First, complete the Never Cross the Boss and A Grudge That Won’t Budge Intervention Quests. Refer to the Intervention Quests at the Girl’s Tearoom chapter of this guide for enemy details on these quests.

When these quests involving Refia, Sherlotta, and the Undead Princess are complete, you can travel through a Gate to the Ice Region and challenge the Undead Princess to a battle.

She’s an extremely tough enemy compared to the Intervention Quest version, so your best bet is to imprism her. You need light-based abilities to trigger her prismtunity, and the most accessible light-based spell at this point is Banish, accessed through a baby paleberry Mirage. Otherwise, you can purchase a Banish seed from Chocolatte and slot it into a Mirage’s Blank Space. You can also use the holy dragon’s Holy Ray or Holy abilities.

Once you’ve set up your stacks accordingly, agree to fight the Undead Princess, and then cast Banish (and/or Holy, if you have access to it) on her repeatedly. After about two or three prismtunity triggers, try to imprism her. You can make this encounter slightly more manageable by unstacking, since the Undead Princess does not have access to ALL-targeting abilities. She still hits like a truck, so be ready to raise your knocked out allies!

She dishes out a large amount of damage, and it may take some luck to imprism her because her level is relatively high compared to yours at this point. Fortunately, failure just means that you’re teleported back to Nine Wood Hills, so try as often as you’d like.

Once victorious, you should gain several levels, as well as a unique and valuable large-sized dark-based Mirage.

When you’re ready, talk to Quistis on Faris’s ship to progress the main story. She escorts the twins to a unique vessel and wishes them luck, but not without an ominous farewell…

The twins set sail toward the Low Seas. They soon discover why Quistis and Faris seemed so gloomy in their prospects of the quest as the fastcraft propels off of a waterfall.

After the cutscene, you end up on a small island (Low Seas—Landfall). In the foreground, it looks like a couple of sea snakes are bullying a minimantoise. Be a hero and defend the baby Mirage from its attackers!

Defeat the pair of sea snakes (you can imprism one with water-based abilities) to trigger a cutscene. A surprisingly eloquent adamantoise thanks the twins for saving the minimantoise and offers to be their ferry across the Low Seas.

Speak to the adamantoise to board him. Your destination here is straight ahead. However, the path is infested by mega sharquals swimming back and forth. Making contact with a mega sharqual triggers an extremely difficult encounter, so it’s imperative that you avoid these aquatic battles at this point in the game. You can return later when you’re much stronger to imprism or farm experience points through the forced battles here.

Weave your way across the ocean while avoiding the dangerous sea monsters. Around halfway to your destination, a cutscene triggers where you’re introduced to Rikku, who happened to be treasure hunting in the area until she lost her boat to a powerful Mirage. The twins welcome her aboard the adamantoise. In return, she directs them to Babil.

Keep swimming straight ahead, and avoid the pairs of mega sharquals crisscrossing the path. Wait patiently until they pass before making a break to the other side. Enter the Rainbow Shore to continue to the next story chapter.