Final Fantasy VIII Side Quests

PuPu Card

To obtain this card, you must have the Ragnarok (Disc 3 or 4) and you must observe a UFO in four different places. Here are the places to wander around. Having Enc None junctioned while wandering around is advisable. At each of these points, you’ll get drawn into a battle with no enemies, and you’ll watch the UFO fly past. Be sure to pay close attention to what it’s carrying. XD

1. Due east of Timber, along the shore. Wander around the shoreline, south of the tunnel to Balamb, and east of junction of three train tracks. Carrying: Moai statue.
2. Southeast of WinhillLocationQuiet village tied to Laguna, Raine, and Ellone. Squall can complete a Disc 2 vase-piece side quest here.. Wander around the green and brown area around the town of WinhillLocationQuiet village tied to Laguna, Raine, and Ellone. Squall can complete a Disc 2 vase-piece side quest here.. Carrying: Dairy cow.
3. At the far east of the Centra continent where Edea’s house is you’ll find a desert. Wander around there for a bit. (Note: this is not Cactuar Island!) Carrying: Pyramid.
4. Hover the Ragnarok above Trabia Garden and head due east. Stop in the grey island with no shoreline. Carrying: CactuarGuardian ForceGuardian Force from Cactuar Island. Cactuar is the prize for stat-bonus leveling because it knows HP, Str, Vit, Mag, and Spr Bonus abilities.?

Once you’ve seen the UFO in all 4 spots, head to the cliffs next to the final Chocobo ForestSide QuestOptional forest puzzles where you use Sonar and Ziner to call chicobos, summon the mother chocobo, dig up treasures, and eventually earn the Chicobo Card. from the Chicobo Side Quest (It’s the tiny forest dome in the large forested area southeast of Trabia Garden). Park the Ragnarok there and wander around the bluffs. When you find the UFO, smash it up (don’t use ElixirsItemFully restores abnormal status and HP on this joker yet!) You should get an Aegis Armlet (GFSystemGuardian Forces are FF8's summons and the source of most junction, command, support, refine, and stat-growth abilities. learns Eva-JJunction AbilityAllows magic to be junctioned to Eva, improving that character stat. Learned by Cactuar and Eden. ability) from this battle. For the next battle, you’ll want to have some elixirsItemFully restores abnormal status and HP.

Warning - YOU NEED ELIXIRS NOW! If you’ve been playing the game for a while, you probably have a lot of ElixirsItemFully restores abnormal status and HP saved up. If you don’t have 5, however, you don’t have enough. Get 5 ElixirsItemFully restores abnormal status and HP (if you have TonberryGuardian ForceGuardian Force earned by defeating enough Tonberries in the Centra Ruins. Tonberry brings LV Up, LV Down, shop abilities, and useful economy tricks., use his Call ShopGF AbilityLets you call previously visited shops from the menu. Learned by Tonberry. ability and shop from the last entry - “Esthar Shop!!!” They’ll sell them to you - for a price.

Did you notice how the spaceship went flying off into the distance after the battle? Let’s go find the remains. Major Hint: It crashed into the hole where Balamb Garden used to be. Go fly over there. Park the Ragnarok on Balamb island and take the road to the crater. Wander around the entire crater if you need. When PuPu shows up, use the Item ability to feed him the 5 elixirsItemFully restores abnormal status and HP. Yes it actually requires 5 elixirsItemFully restores abnormal status and HP. No, junctioning Med DataRefine AbilityDoubles the effectiveness of medicine items used by the junctioned character. Learned by Alexander. won’t let you use 3. Yes, I tried. It does restore 20 points a pop, but it doesn’t use fewer elixirsItemFully restores abnormal status and HP. I even tried giving him 5 doubled elixirsItemFully restores abnormal status and HP. Meh.

When the battle is over, you should receive a PuPu card. Whee.