FFX - Maxing Stats Guide - Getting Spheres (Part 1/3)

[Saihei]

Is there a quicker way to get Lv. 3 Key Spheres? I'm having difficulties farming for them.

[Rikku534]

@Saihei bribing Demonolith from inside sin for 900,000 gill nets you 40 lvl 3 key spheres. Stealing from Ultima Buster (boss after you capture 5 of every feind) those are the fastest, but getting 900k gill takes a long time so stealing from ultima buster is probably the b est method

[brucybabe212]

seriously, the music is great,, not an rpg fan though.

[Shemermergbergin2]

What were all the songs?

[JohirTalukdar1]

What overdrive mode is tidus using#?

[Rikku534]

@JohirTalukdar1 Loner

[luiso12321]

How strong should my characters be before i start doing this????

[Rikku534]

@luiso12321 can start as soon as you get the airship if you want, as long as you can kill the Juggernaut in a reasonable time

[1927UltrasRomano]

name of the songs?

[Eric1734ful]

where is that place how far should you get to i have no idea where the hell you was in that place

[W00TMN]

@Eric1734ful Its In the calm lands

[FF9MovieMaker]

im gonna replay 10 again soon. Can't help but think even with the Ap tricks etc redoing the entire grid must take ages.

Can i ask how you managed to get Tidus to charge his overdrive so quick? I know what mode hes on but still thats insane

[horace10]

TAKES SOO LONG FOR HP AND MP

[96Towers]

@horace10 how long O_o

[MegaZero76]

Please respond to this as soon as possible!!! can this also be done with the north american version of the game??? Cuz thats what i got, being american obviously. And u only get one sphere grid in that version

[Rikku534]

@MegaZero76 yep, but theres no point getting max luck on NA version since theres no bosses hard enough for it to be worth the effort

[MegaZero76]

@Rikku534 Thanks. Now only the only sucky thing is i cant ever face penance! -sad face- oh, well. maybe i'll get the other version someday. But thank you for the help!!

[3runningpro123]

@Rikku534 how do i get the overdrive ap or any thing like that i got international version and the dark aeons are assholes help me plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz­zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz­zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz i m to low lvl

[badalex17594]

@3runningpro123 by creating some fiend you get 99 Doors to Tomorrow. you need 10 to give a weapon the OD -> AP ability. another way to get them is to bribe mech leaders in gagazet for 74 000 gil. if you need gil, go to the omega ruins and kill mimics. bribing mech leaders takes too long though, you better capture fiends until you get the 99. and i wouldn't spend the 99 in anything that isn't a clean 4 slots weapon. you can buy these from wantz in macalania woods.

[3runningpro123]

@badalex17594 thnk u a lot thnx i knew about how to get gils but did not now u have to bribe mech leaders and thnx for telling me too capture fiends plus i killed ifrit valefor and anima ( dark aeons) by zanmato hehehe for some reason i keep paying him so much to do zanmato with full overdrive on other dark aeons he soesn't so thnnk u ur the best

[3runningpro123]

@badalex17594 also one more thing how do u people get so many turns

[Luke988]

The intro to this song sounded like System Of A Down...I now don't like the song...

[13thCitadel]

Lol I was laughing when the second song said goodbye as the jelly monster died. Nice job

[thequeenundisputed]

I don't have extract power ability or any of the other extract abilities, is that exclusive to the international version?

[Rikku534]

@thequeenundisputed yes, you can use distillers though, the arena guy sells them

[thequeenundisputed]

@Rikku534 thank you! doesn't Rin on the airship sell them too? its not an important question but I vaguely remember seeing them from him.

[Rikku534]

@thequeenundisputed you are correct, if I remember right they sell them at mount gagazet too

[Neko3031]

Watching your crisp recordings makes me sad. My TV is monochromatic and blurry D:

[MaNuZ0NER]

so I can unlock clear spheres just catching 5 of each fiend?

[Rikku534]

@MaNuZ0NER yep, once you capture 5 of each field he'll sell them

[MaNuZ0NER]

@Rikku534 I thought it was 10 of each fiend, thanks god. Thanks Rikku you're really helping out on maxing my stats. now Im gonna stop spamming your video :P

[MaNuZ0NER]

So Earth Eater is for fortune spheres and the Greater Sphere is for the ones that changes the nodes?

[Rikku534]

@MaNuZ0NER correct

[RunsWithBritish]

Is your fortune sphere count for all 7 party members? Lets say I only want 3, how many would I need?

[Rikku534]

@RunsWithBritish around 170-180

[Rikku534]

@LilCwalkinAznKid1109 sadly no, thats why most peeps dont bother

[mavadoman]

Holy on jumbo flan, if i remember correctly?

[Rikku534]

@mavadoman holys animation takes too long so flares faster

[mavadoman]

@Rikku534 Lol, I thought you would say that. Yeah I realised after I posted.. I wish you could edit post's on youtube.

[Motazaliad]

@Rikku534 not to mention u cant double cast holy can u? where as flare and ultima can

[Rikku534]

@Motazaliad now you mention it yeah you can only double cast black magic

[Persona3Line]

@Rikku534 Yeah, i wish there will be a White Magic doublecast. You can double Holy and many more! :)

[Rikku534]

@LilCwalkinAznKid1109 either you're killing the wrong monster or using extract/distiller on it... or ofcourse you're immensly lucky and getting a dark matter ever fight lol

[RunsWithBritish]

You may have answered this already, but for the International Sphere Grid (the gold one) how many spheres of each would I need to max?

[Rikku534]

@RunsWithBritish its in the description of part 3

[omegaweaponredux]

alright dark aeons lets see who wins now =p

[edwards136]

@rikku534

Im starting to stat max so i can take down these monsters & go over the sphere grid with everyone. I have all the celestial weapons for everyone apart from lulu, and wakka(thoug i have his attack reels). I have all of the aeons for yuna. If you was me.. where would you start?

Also, with rikku's godhand, does she have to kill the monster *cough* mimic *cough* to get double gil?

Thanks :)

[Rikku534]

@edwards136 No she just has to be in the party. Pretty much tho what I did at least was get 1 person to the corner of the sphere grid, then teleport everyone to them with freind spheres. Then start by killing juggernaught till everyone had 255 str (makes farming the others ALOT faster) then I did magic defense because one-eye is stupidly easy at 255 str, then magic (start off using anima spamming pain till you get quite high magic then flare spam) The rest is up to you, luck last tho xD

[ZiiDaNeFF9]

Is it true that you dont need max accuracy and agility? i heard that if you had max luck you wont need max accuracy and agility? please correct me if im wrong becuase i wanna get ready to fight dark bahamut :)

[Rikku534]

@ZiiDaNeFF9 you are half correct 255 luck = 255 accuracy, 255 evasion and 100% criticals all rolled into one you'll still need around 180 agility tho

[ZiiDaNeFF9]

@Rikku534 Oh haha :) well thank god ive maxed out my agility anyway :) my luck for my tidus, wakka and rikku is about 180 atm is that any good? i also dont understand this clear sphere stuff and i dont even know how to get them :S

[Rikku534]

@ZiiDaNeFF9 thats good enough to beat the dark aeons yeah, 255 luck is only really needed for pennance, you get clear spheres from the monster arena guy after you've caught 5 of every fiend tho

[ZiiDaNeFF9]

@Rikku534 Oh ok cool :) i guess with the clear spheres i should just clear accuracy and evasion then?

[Rikku534]

@ZiiDaNeFF9 laate reply but yeah, just leave around 20-30 accuracy and evasion

[ThedarknesofDheart]

what overdrive set do you use on elliot (tidus)? plz reply

[Rikku534]

@ThedarknesofDheart comrade in a group, loner when he's alone

[ThedarknesofDheart]

@Rikku534 10x :)

[SuperChampion9]

please help me ive maxed evasion accuarcy stenght agility defense and 40000 health on my tidus and got tons of still empty nodes what should i do next??? plzzzzzzz help!!!!!!!!!! so i can kill dark shiva

[Rikku534]

@SuperChampion9 just get luck up as much as you can, the crits you get from luck are the most helpful thing you can get in fighting the harder dark aeons

[SuperChampion9]

please help me ive maxed evasion accuarcy stenght agility defense and 40000 health on my tidus and got tons of still empty nodes what should i do next??? plzzzzzzz help!!!!!!!!!!

[SuperChampion9]

please help me ive maxed evasion accuarcy agility defense and 40000 health on my tidus and got tons of still empty nodes what should i do next??? plzzzzzzz help!!!!!!!!!!

[SuperChampion9]

whoa man how high is your defense!!

[essuptenjin]

Damn i havnt touched my FFX save in a long time. its got 282 hours and im just figuring out what ive been doing before lol. I had no idea how easy it is to get all these items lol. I guess i gotta start capturing those monsters. Thanks Rikku this is alot of help.

[SuperFFXfan]

when i started a new account everything went fine until the scene where u see waka on the beach with his team. right when tidus kicks the blitzball and the blitzball leaves the picture he falls into the water looks toward the ocean and the picture is sideways. also the scene doesnt continue. any suggestions?? plz reply

[Rikku534]

@SuperFFXfan sounds like your game is a bit screwed, that happened to me before too, i just bought another copy, they're really cheap now

[SuperFFXfan]

@Rikku534 my cd has a huge scratch on it. if i repair that scratch will i work? and where can u get a really cheap copy the ones i found were like $25

[garasand246]

should i beat the gsme befroe doing all this stuff?

[Rikku534]

@garasand246 most of it yeah, theres a point inside sin where you cant go back tho

[garasand246]

@garasand246 ok lol jst makeing sure cause im berly at zanarkind so ya lol

[RobbieWong656]

High luck is also important to fight the Dark Aeons - they keep evading -.-''

[RagingNidoking]

@RobbieWong656 Accuracy works better.

[RobbieWong656]

WHAT I GONNNA DO WITH LOW LUCK?! I NEEDA FIGHT DARK AEONS

[Rikku534]

@RobbieWong656 you dont need super high luck it just makes it alot easier

[RobbieWong656]

@Rikku534 I cannot have around 42 luck to fight the fiends or the D. Aeons, right? i need at least 129 to 159

[RobbieWong656]

is oblivion physcial? i intend to use oblivion to slasdh jumbo flan down - pls reply fast - URGENT!

[Rikku534]

@RobbieWong656 idk, i'd say its non elemental damage, no summons do physical

[RobbieWong656]

@Rikku534 Thanks for your reply! :D But i have maxed out my Magic buti recommend Strength high for Yuna as she has HIGH agility :D and accuracy for Tidus and Magic for Rikku :D This is just a tip, don't flare up.

[superdog619]

Hey, I saw your video, its really great. Im having one little problem. I have th US version and I dont know if kottos drops 40 items when I kill him.

[Rikku534]

@superdog619 he does drop 40, but you'll need to use a power/ability/speed/mana distiller on him (you can buy them from the creature arena guy) since in the us version you dont have extract abilitys

[superdog619]

@Rikku534 ok thnx I found out what I did, i was doing it right but there is a wierd chance were he will only drop the two spheres of that type once I used the item on him

[Rikku534]

@superdog619 oh, that just means that drop was dark matter not his usual drop

[SantaxXxClaus]

whats the name of the second song ?

Nice vid btw.

[Rikku534]

@SantaxXxClaus 1000 apologies by demon hunter

[SantaxXxClaus]

@Rikku534 thy man :]

[halocomoesta1]

i dont get the beginning.... y kill the kotos for??(i have Pal just fyi)

[Rikku534]

@halocomoesta1 if you use extract power/ability/speed/mana on it, you get 40 of that sphere, saves alot of time collecting

[halocomoesta1]

@Rikku534 ic thxs :)

[marlonful]

HEY where you got auto life?

[Rikku534]

@marlonful its um, top left on the sphere grid, might be different for you if you have a different grid

[Lustermaster1234]

thx rikku534 it helped a lot my stats are maxed for tidus wakka rikku lulu and yuna

almost finshed auron and kimharl

[Durken316]

I did this but only Str spheres, With auron he can hit 2-5k :D now

[Chaldean4life91]

cool vid man helped alot. i wanted to know one thing though. where did you get these abilities like full break and extract (power, mana, speed, defence), etc... is this an international thing or...

[Rikku534]

yeah its for int/pal versions only, but in the US version you get items called distillers, they do the same thing

[Chaldean4life91]

k thanks i guess that goes for the whole "full break" thing than too huh? my version of the game is kinda lame. nemesis is the hardest boss and to tell you the truth hes not even that hard. i would really like to face the dark aeons or penance or something. *sigh* oh well

[TheUnExpectingNwh]

Nop he used on himself with reflect xD

[Kritis12]

i use wakka with full str.... i guess ill farm that brain thing for lvl 4 key spheres... ill pass making a special armor just for it...

and use auto life instead... thx anyways

[Kritis12]

ok so to defeat earth eater i need auto life which means i need to unlock the lvl 4 locks to get the skill... so i have to farm nemesis right? do i have to defeat ALL the monsters in arena to unlock him or just all the bosses? i will need anyways more empty slots so i want to unlock all these annoying lvl.4 locks 0.0

[awarenes]

alright, for lvl 4 key spheres you could try to bribe chimera brain, he gives 2 for 196,000 gil, also what i use to battle earth eater is tidus with celestial and an armor with auto-haste, auto- shell, deathproof and auto-protect, you should also try to max out str, and magic def and maybe agility too, after that its just slice and dice on loner

[Rikku534]

@Kritis12 i was just about to reply but yeah, my advice is the same as awarenes, bribe chimera brain in the calm lands for 196,000gi if you need lvl 4's, auto life isnt necessary most of the time. with time you'll get used to it and find it easy.. you'll be seeing his big butt alot if you're tring to max luck lol

[awarenes]

nice vid, although it might be useful to say that you can slow jumbo flan by reflecting it from one of your own guys, and that switching weapons is faster then defending when using loner for overdrive. i found those 2 tips really useful when you arent very strong yet. other then that good vid :3

[Kritis12]

hey i see u do 70k+ dmg to greater sphere with tidus but i do like 40k+ with max 255 str... does any over stats have anything to do with dmg or what ? : / i have the same problem as u do with wakka so i use tidus overdrive to kill it but it takes me like twice as much time to kill it and its annoying

[Rikku534]

my tidus has really high luck, so they were all criticals

[mugendude204]

do you need to use distillers? if so, where do i get them?

[Rikku534]

Only if you need power/speed/mana/ablility spheres, the first guy is the only one you need to, not the other ones. You can get them at the monster arena shop tho.

[codeecatastrophee]

how are you so strong my sphere grid kinda just stops....

[Rikku534]

these monsters drop spheres that you put into the empty nodes, so you build your own sphere grid

[ZehNAcc]

This is by far the best guide I've seen thus far... Explanations for everything, everything 100% accurate... Amazing job.

[MegaToasties]

rikku im after getting ribbon for all of my charachters what is the easiest way to obtain dark matters ?

[Rikku534]

pretty much any arena monster boss that you can kill in 1 hit, they all have the same chance of dropping them

[MegaToasties]

@Rikku534 thanks mate

[MegaToasties]

you*

[MegaToasties]

thanks rikku tou helped alot

[FAMV94]

thks i already go there a lv up a little bit a kill mimics a have a lot of gil ^^ a lot of thks but i have 1 request

-can u do a video when you show how to win the wings of discovery in the race of chocobos? plz and thks =D

[FAMV94]

and not done with the game yet so mi question is:if I go to the omega ruins i will have to play the story or is something optional the omega ruins?

[Rikku534]

its optional, just a big boss at the end, nothing more

[FAMV94]

and do u know how to get a lot of Gil?

[Rikku534]

well as i said in the other comment, bribe malboro in the calm lands, give him 540,000 gil and he'll give you 4 wings

and you can get alot of money killing one eye, and selling the drops, or killing mimics in omega ruins with Gillionare on

[FAMV94]

how do i find wings of discovery? only in the chocobo race or what?

[LibraSaint]

I've just captured all fiends of 10 different areas in order to get mars sigil for Auron's Masamune. I'm really not excited to go capturing fiends and searching for fiends again.

There must be another way to do this.

[Rikku534]

this is the only way, these are the only monsters that drop them, and need to capture to unlock them lol

[Rikku534]

30 Wings to Discovery

you can get 30 as a prize at requim temple chocobo race, if you get 3 chests and hit no poles

or bribe a Marlboro in the calm lands its 540,000gil to get 4 tho.. so pretty eexpensive..

[Rikku534]

Break Hp Limit, its an armor customization.

[dooshtoomun]

can you list how many of each sphere each of these monsters drop when they're killed?

[Rikku534]

they all drop 1, 2 if you overkill them

[kikokapa]

its really hard to get started on this lol juggernaut is really strong it took me 15 min to kill him the first time.

[Rikku534]

it will be slow at first but after you start using up the str spheres it will be easier, or you could just use an aeon like anima

[kikokapa]

i can now kill him a bit faster but its still hard good thing i wont need many spheres to max it ^^

[SonicShadowRush5]

hey in your characters movesets what are those extract abilities?

[Rikku534]

they make the items the monster drops into that sphere, its the same as speed/power distiller items, its only in PAL/INT version, distillers are in all versions tho.

so with kottos he'll drop 40 spheres of whatever skill or distiller you used

[nizhdar]

the dark aeons are only in the itnernational game right???

[Rikku534]

int and pal versions, so pretty much everywhere but america lol

[Nagaskingymsokk]

whats the best way to get a bunch of the Key spheres? ( all the different types)

[Rikku534]

lvl 1 keys from: master coeurl - omega ruins puroboros - omega ruins sandworm - bikanel island lvl 2 from: tonberry - cavern of the stolen fayth defender z - zanakand ruins varuna - omage ruins lvl 3 from: behemoth king - inside sin demonolith - inside sin machea - omega ruins lvl 4 only bosses drop and a few chests, but you can bribe chimera brain in the calm lands for 196,000 gil to get 2.

[Rikku534]

then you just have to capture them and keep fighting them in the arena, thats the fasest way

[TheMonoxideChild]

wow the monster shot a flare out his ass at 9:02

[fiel2c]

Nice videos :)

[nartcotic]

What song is this?!

it's amazing :D

[Rikku534]

1st song: It's all over - Three Days Grace

2nd song: One thousand apologies - Demon hunter

3rd song: Adalia - Medina Lake

[ramzeysid]

wow thats brilliant news! i've done the most annoying bi, it's just the farming that is annoying...

getting 10 of every fiend is going surprisingly well actually!! i'm lovin' it!! can't wait to get max str!!! my only problem is getting dark matter for ribbon cos i wanna challenge dark bahamut ^_^ u got any useful methods??

[Rikku534]

hmm, all arena bosses have the same drop rate for dark matter, killing a boss you can kill in 1 or 2 hits over and over is the fastest way to get dark matter tho

[ramzeysid]

are there enough nodes to max everything out on the standard grid?

i've used all the existing nodes and now i need to capture 10 of every monster....what a pain =/

[Rikku534]

yup, you can max all but mp, if you've finnished the grid it makes everything alot faster tho, since you need 3 times less AP, since you can move 3 spaces for 1 s.lvl

[ramzeysid]

thanks but i kinda already found him! lol i thought he was a special monster like the others but no...only area conquest monset haha! that is so handy, i've been doin the cactuar king but tunning out of freaking spheres! so thats been a huge help thanks to u =D

[ramzeysid]

where is kottos???

this is an amazing guide btw! RIKKU FTW!!! i hope they make all FFs like this 1!

[Rikku534]

at the monster arena, you need to capture at least one of each monster from Mi'ihen Highroad to unlock him

[ORGILMAAAAA]

pls tell me how u r making 2 overdrives in a row

[Rikku534]

Its set to Loner, so every turn i get 1/3 of overdrive with noone else there, skip 3 turns and bingo, free overdrive.

[Rikku534]

lvl 1 keys: Master Coeurl - Omega Ruins Puroboros - Omega Ruins Sand Worm - Bikanel Island lvl 2: Tonberry - Cavern of the Stolen Fayth Defender Z - Zanarkand Ruins Varuna - Omega Ruins lvl 3: Behemoth King - Inside Sin Demonolith - Inside Sin Machea - Omega Ruins lvl 4 only bosses drop, but you can bribe Chimera Brain in the Calm Lands for 196,000 Gil to get 2 of them.

[Rikku534]

this is the only way, and its not that hard just takes a while...

Theres loads of ways to get key spheres, i'll list a few mobs that drop them...on the next comment atleast, damn character limit >.>

[3horsepower]

you named your Tidus 'Elliot'? Thats like, not cool man, not cool.

[laaarsas]

yeah! horsepower!

[nartcotic]

Woah, what kind of overdrive do you use? Please respond..

[Rikku534]

Loner

[Rikku534]

i have another video with how many of each you need in the description and its 1000 apologies by demon hunter

[jacob0876]

is extract power on the us version

[Rikku534]

not the skill, but theres power distillers, you can buy them from the arena guy, it does the same thing

[adri17kp]

any1 can tell me the name of the 1st song?

[Rikku534]

three days grace - its all over

[reddevil312612]

I'm currently at the postion where I've defeated yunalesca, and maxed nearly each individual's own part of the sphere grid. Where should I go from here, because it seems like my characters won't be doing much damage. to those monsters. :P

[Rikku534]

Theres a few choices, you could either

a) Start collecting the celestial weapons, some take quite a while some will be easy.

b) Start capturing monsters, will lvl you up atleast a little, and saves you time later.

c) Get anima/magus sisters if you havnt

d) unlock Omega Ruins and train in there, if you can kill things in there atleast lol (also good for money)

e) get any overdrives you're missing

d) (nearly at character limit and running out of ideas xD) kill sin!

[Toughdude360]

fuck i everyone has the international one so everyone can do this shit and fight peneace and dark aeons :( i got the freakin US version so i cant do any of that and as far as i know, the aeons r maxed out at 99,999 dmg for overdrive, but in the International version Anima can overdrive at max strength for 1,533,50 dmg or so :(

[Rikku534]

Anima and Magus sisters can do over 99999, cuz thier overdrives hit loads of times, its the same in all versions. But ya im english, i didnt get int on purpose or even know it was different at the time lol

[jamesday94]

Most of the FFX torrents out there are completly Corrupt anyway and work work For daemon...

you'd might as well just buy the game and save you the trouble

[RetiredJimmy]

3horsepower, I suspect you're fighting Fafnir instead of Fenrir?

The names are similar, and I think Fafnir drops 40x Light Curtains.

[spongebob66666]

if u want to play this game if u dont have a PS2, torrent a FFX iso file and download PCSX2 best PS2 emulator out there and download Daemon Tools so u can use the iso File, u can just look on YouTube for tutorials on how to set it up perfect.

You also need a good computer to run it well

[darkwolf811]

i wish i had this game...i borrowed it from a friend like 4 years ago and i never got to finish it....

[3horsepower]

after a long battle with greater sphere, i only got 2 dark matter... do i need to do something special for greater sphere?

[3horsepower]

And everytime i fight Fennrir, i just get 40 of some item, please explain this... :(