Final Fantasy IX Disc 1

Lindblum

My First Trip to Lindblum

When you reach Lindblum you’ll get control of all four characters. Unequip anything of value from Steiner. Don’t bother trying to go see the town. The ships don’t seem to leave port. You can, however, hit the bedroom if you take the road that leads right from the main fountain. The lowest level has a in a chest. The upper level has an . Equip the to Zidane so you can get the most out of your next adventure.

Say hi to the moogle (Mogki) here. Give him the letter from Kumop and get one for Atla then save (you don’t wanna have to do all that again if you fail, right?) Head out of the bedroom and back to the fountain - go down one screen and watch some cut scenes. Meet Cid Fabool (had to have a Cid in the game, right?) and also Freya.

You’ll learn quite a few things, get another Mogster lesson, and eventually you’ll be Zidane. Head next door and meet Moodon. Read a letter from Ruby and save, then head downstairs. There is 163 Gil in the bottom left and you can read the guest book at the counter. The ATE here will explain something that happens later. Leave the Inn. Welcome to the Business District.

See Disc 1 Shops for information on what you can buy and synth here.

Head up two screens from the inn and look for a hidden behind the tree limbs. Enter the church. At the front is a ladder that leads to a short catwalk above the organ. Go up that, across the catwalk and you’ll get another there. Head out of the church and down one screen - to the place where the lady selling pickles is. Head to the screen on the upper right to find the weapons shop with items you may remember from previous Final Fantasy games.

Just north of the weapons shop is an item shop, and further down (the next screen) is the first synth shop you can go to. You can steal from the synth shop. Equip any cool stuff you’ve found, bought, or synthed. You can go level grind Zidane now, but I’d recommend hitting the Industrial District first, and then the Theater District before leveling:

Head across the street from the Inn to where the skycabs are for more info in the form of ATEs. Head to the Industrial District. As you exit the air car, head up the stairs to the left. At the top of the stairs, look just past the railing at the farthest bottom of the screen for a . Head up to the next screen. Just to the right of the entrance to the Doom Pub is a . At the top of that screen is a door you can enter to go inside the steam engine prototype room.

Upstairs are two chests - one with a Mimic Card and the other with a . Wander into the Doom Pub for a bit of chit chat, then head back to the Air Cabs and head to the Theater District. After an ATE head to the bottom of the screen. There is 127 Gil there. There is a shop just to the lower right of this screen. You can go down there and poke around a bit. The chest in here has an in it. Back outside, head down the stairs at the upper left of the screen. Talk to the lady on the way, and head to the lower right of the screen to go down to the theater.

Talk to the people down there and wait. When the “Moogle” runs out of the picture, follow him to the Artist’s house you were just in. Search by the red stuffed chair for the , then talk to Lowell for his . You would think you could take this outside and give it to the “Crazy Lowell Fans” but evidently you can’t. Whatever. Head down the bridge toward the theater again. See the big clock along the way? There’s a sign there about “Lucky Color and Co.” Head inside that building and watch some cut scenes. When they’re over, raid the chests for 282, 97 and 68 Gil. Then, search the bed for the .

Once you leave, you’ll be able to watch something interesting. and his crew are wandering around. Pay attention to this - it’s useful to know. I just wonder if Cinna dropped something there… ;) And did you see Marcus raid that chest? That’s why you can’t later. OK that’s just about it for this town. If you want to level up Zidane before the tough battles to come, read the next paragraph. Otherwise, skip to Festival of the Hunt.

If you’re not trying to really max your characters, this is a decent time to level up Zidane. He’ll be competing in a very tough competition later, so you may want him a little buffer (you know, just enough to only hold a few bytes… Nevermind.) Head to the Inn, then head down as many screens as it takes to get outside. If you haven’t already met Ragtime 4 times, you can run around in the nearest forest to try and find him; see Ragtime for more information about this guy.

In general while you are leveling up, don’t forget that it’s a good idea to have your battle speed set to maximum. And from my experience: it’s also a good idea to have your speed at max for the Festival of the Hunt later. And don’t forget to save every 5 battles and heal after every one (if you need to; I hate re-grinding more than just about anything in RPGs; YMMV).

If an begins to cast its “Glowing Eyes” skill while you are choosing what you want to do - STOP. If you select something and then that attack puts you to sleep, you’ll have to wait for your ATB to recharge when you finally wake up. If you don’t choose anything, though, as soon as you wake up, you can take an action immediately.

I usually level up until Zidane has all his abilities learned except for the most powerful sword. I normally let someone finish learning an ability, then assign that gear to another character. But since only he can use his weapon, it doesn’t really matter when he learns that skill. When you think Zidane is ready for the Festival of the Hunt…