Flactem Walkthroughs

Final Fantasy VIII Disc 3

White SeeD Ship

When you get to the ship, ignore the skeptic and head straight to say hello to a couple of old friends. After a delightful conversation about the good times you all shared ( >.> ), head up the stairs and talk to Zone. You may have to talk several times. You can get the Shiva Card if you give him the MagazineMisc issue: Disc 1; for Zone; found at Find in stack of 'zines in Timber Maniacs headquarters; unlocks On Disc 3, give to Zone to get the Shiva card. magazine you got from Magazine SeriesMagazine series that unlocks Laguna stories on the Garden computer. headquarters. There is also a Magazine SeriesMagazine series that unlocks Laguna stories on the Garden computer. here. Note that the Shiva Card is a requirement for the Queen of Cards quest.

Head back down the stairs and go past Watts and down the next set of stairs. There’s a Holy draw point here, which you can draw from after a few moments. If you leave this area and head back toward where you first arrived, you’ll be able to talk to one of the White SeeDs to hear a really creepy story. When you’re ready to advance the plot, go back to the room with the Holy draw point and talk to the guy in the captain’s cabin a few times. You’ll end up back on Garden. This is your last chance to do stuff for a while, but don’t go to FH or talk to Rinoa until you’re ready to move on.

Optional Tasks

Shumi Village - Ultima

If you didn’t do it before - and if you have the patience - you can max your characters out on Ultima at Shumi Village.

Shumi Village Ultima loop
StepAction
1Head to the village and pay to use the Ultima draw point.
2Summon a Chocobo at the forest right next door.
3Run around on the over world until you’ve gotten two or three disbursements of your SystemBalamb Garden's mercenary rank system. Higher SeeD levels mean higher salary payments. Salary.
4Return to Shumi Village and pay to draw again.
5Repeat steps 3 and 4 until you’ve filled everyone.

Doomtrain Prep

An upcoming location lets you acquire Guardian ForceStatus-heavy Guardian Force summoned with Solomon Ring plus the required items. Doomtrain is excellent for elemental/status junction coverage and forbidden medicine refinement. if you have the materials on hand. Take this chance to make sure you have:

You can easily GF AbilityRefines Triple Triad cards into items, which can often be refined again into strong magic. Learned by Quezacotl. a ItemGF learns SumMag+10% ability from an Elastoid Card, and a ItemQuistis can learn Blue Magic, Bad Breath from 4x Malboro Cards. ItemCures abnormal status and Magic effects are a little tough to come by, but if you learn Guardian ForceHoly-element Guardian Force drawn from Edea in Galbadia Garden. Alexander brings Revive, Med Data, Med LV Up, and high magic refinement. Refine AbilityDoubles the effectiveness of medicine items used by the junctioned character. Learned by Alexander. and Refine AbilityImproves medicine items to stronger versions. Learned by Alexander. skills, you can refine them from regular Remedies. Need to quickly earn the AP to learn those abilities? I’m glad you asked…

Low-level GF Ability Farm

If you are playing a low-level party (and you aren’t trying for a speed run) one way to earn a bunch of quick AP is via the Cactuar area near Edea’s house. You can earn tons of AP without earning tons of XP. See the “Learning GF Abilities through Cactuars” piece of the Level-Up Strategy for more info. Note that if you really want to maximize the efficiency of this strategy, you’ll need to wait until you’ve acquired all the optional GF on Disc 3, but if you need Guardian ForceHoly-element Guardian Force drawn from Edea in Galbadia Garden. Alexander brings Revive, Med Data, Med LV Up, and high magic refinement. Refine AbilityImproves medicine items to stronger versions. Learned by Alexander., this is a good place to head.

Other Side Quests

If you haven’t already done them, you can also: