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Final Fantasy VIII Side Quests

Obel Lake

This side quest will net you a ItemGF learns Expendx3-1 ability and a ItemGF learns Luck-J ability.

Part 1

When you’ve first left Timber, there’s a large lake near by. You’ll notice an isthmus that reaches into the center of the lake. Head out onto the isthmus and press ‘x’ at the end. You’ll see a message saying “It’s Obel Lake.” with two options: 1) “Throw a rock” and 2) “Try humming.” Choose option 2) Try Humming.” You’ll see a note saying, “A black shadow rose to the surface.” Now select “Try humming again.” You’ll get a message saying, “Black Shadow …Hello human. What a lovely tune.” followed by “(There’s something large there…) Press X again and you’ll get a note saying “Thanks for speaking to me again. Can you do me a favor?” You’ll have two options: (What is it) and (I don’t want to hear it…) Select Option 1 (What is it) and he’ll reply, “It’s my friend Mr. Monkey… Can you find him for me? Please…” Press ‘X’ again and he’ll say, “Mr. Monkey should be in a forest somewhere. Keep walking around, and I’m sure you’ll find him.” Press ‘x’ again and you’ll see “If he’s not around, perhaps he took a train towards dollet?” Head away from the lake a few steps, then come back and press ‘X’ again. This time select “throw a rock.” You’ll see a message with a bunch of dots and “The rock skipped n times.” where n is some number. Keep doing this until you see a message saying, “The rock skipped many many times.”

Now leave the lake and get on the tracks heading north toward Dollet (past the station you exited at for Galbadia Garden). On the Dollet - Hasberry Plains, you’ll see the tracks cross a road. Just West of that is a small forest along the North of the plains. Wander around in there until you see a note saying “There’s the monkey!” You’ll have the option to sing or “throw a rock.” Select “Throw a rock” and he’ll either taunt you or say ”…OUCH! …D-Darn it! …You’re gonna pay for that!” If he just taunts you, leave the forest, come back, and throw another rock until it hits him. He’ll throw a rock at you and run away. ”…Upon inspecting the rock, it looks man-made, and has some carving on it…” “U R H A E O …Is this… part of something?)

Leave the forest and head back to the lake. Hum again and you’ll “relay the whereabouts of Mr. Monkey” to the shadow. Keep talking to him and he’ll eventually say, “Oh, yeah… At the beach in Balamb, something special washes ashore at times.”

Part 2

When you can again get to Balamb, and search along the shore for the 2nd rock (S T S L R M).

Part 3

When you can return to Side QuestOptional shadow-and-rock puzzle near Timber that eventually points to Mordred Plains and a Three Stars reward., if you keep talking to the shadow, he’ll eventually say, “Oh, yeah… You’ll find something on an island east of Timber, too.”

Part 4

When you have a chance, search those islands (it was toward 1/3 of the way to the East end of the skinny island north of the Railroad bridge for me) for another rock “It looks man-made, and it has some carving on it. (R E A I D R).

Part 5

Return to Side QuestOptional shadow-and-rock puzzle near Timber that eventually points to Mordred Plains and a Three Stars reward. and continue talking to the shadow, you should get “There’s also something on top of a mountain with a lake and a cavern.” This one is a bit more tricky, and requires the Ragnarok to find. You’ll have to land on top of the mountains directly north of the Galbadia Prison. Fly around and you’ll see where the waterfall is coming out of the mountain. You’ll get the message “A bird is warming an egg.” If you “Check it out,” you’ll fight a few Thrustaevis enemies, after which you’ll find a rock that says, “E A S N P D.”

Part 6

Take all four rocks back to the shadow, hum, and he’ll put them in order. Read it right to left, top to bottom and it will spell out “Mordred Plains has treasure.” Those plains are in the north-western part of the Esthar continent. That continent kind of looks like an H. If you go to the top-left side of the H and search over and over in an area that’s a bit more brown than the rest, you’ll see the following:

“There are many multicolor rocks with faces all over the place…” “The red-faced rock tells you angrily, ‘The treasure’s to the nnn!’” “The blue-faced rock whispers, ‘Some of us just repeat the same thing.’” “The blue-faced rock whispers, ‘Some of us just talk nonsense.’” “The blue-faced rock whispers, ‘People call us the liar rocks.’” “The blue-faced rock whispers, ‘Some of us just say the opposite of what we mean.’” “The blue-faced rock whispers, ‘I don’t know where the treasure is.’” “The white-faced rock tells you coldly, ‘It’s nnn.’” “The black-faced rock tells you sternly, ’…The treasure is probably in the direction of the North Star…’”

So basically none of these guys tell the truth - but one is ALWAYS telling a lie. That’s the red one. Do the opposite of what it says and you should eventually come to a spot where you see the phrase, “The red-faced rock tells you angrily, ‘The treasure’s not here!’”

Search there again and you should see “What’s this?!…” “Found Three Stars!” You know how you can use Triple to cast three spells on your turn? Well ItemGF learns Expendx3-1 ability lets a SystemGuardian Forces are FF8's summons and the source of most junction, command, support, refine, and stat-growth abilities. learn an ability that makes that only cost one magic instead of three!

Random Mysterious Hints:

While talking to the Shadow, he’ll occasionally throw out some mysterious hints.