Final Fantasy X Walkthrough

Sin

When you have beaten all the side quests you want to (or can), it’s time to head to Sin.

disappears when the assault begins

If you want every recruitable player, sign before selecting Sin. He is beside the path at the Calm Lands gorge bottom, across from the Cavern of the Stolen Fayth entrance, and disappears permanently once the airship assault begins. He is not a particularly special player, but he is the only one you can permanently miss.

Get on the airship, talk to Cid, and select Sin from the NavMap. Let’s take out . Watch some cutscenes.

You should have an opportunity to talk with Rin here. If you’ve managed to pick up all the Al Bhed Primers and have not claimed the reward yet, Tidus will speak Al Bhed and Rin will give you 99 . That is enough to add to three weapons.

Spend any , buy whatever you need, save, and head to the deck, of course. After a great deal of cutscenes, it’s time to fight.

Sin’s Left Fin

Boss Fight: Sin’s Left Fin

HP /	65,000 HP; : 10,000 damage.
Steal	×1; rare ×1.
Weak / Absorbs	No elemental weakness or absorption; immune to Gravity. Vulnerable to and .
Reward	16,000 AP; 24,000 with ; 10,000 Gil.
Drops	×1; ×2 with on both original-PS2 rarity branches. Near-guaranteed 3–4-slot equipment with and Piercing on weapons or on armor.
Strategy	Cast , ask Cid to move in, and use so the melee fighters can cut a hole quickly. If the core gathers energy, Pull Back before . Fighting at long range is safer but slower; Wakka, Lulu, Yuna’s Holy, and can still attack from there. removes the Fin’s breaks and the party’s removable buffs, so reapply only what you need.

The airship begins outside melee range. A weaker party can stay there and use Wakka, Lulu, Holy, and while Sin spends most of its turns doing nothing. If you move in, makes an enormous difference, but delays the whole party and removes 75% of everyone’s current HP. It cannot kill by itself, but the next hit certainly can.

If your guys are powerful enough (especially if you’ve been challenging the Omega Ruins or fighting in the Monster Arena), cutting a hole here should be kind of a trivial exercise. I think I just had Yuna cast Holy. You should get an from this, two if you it. I also got a Venom Spike weapon.

Sin’s Right Fin

Boss Fight: Sin’s Right Fin

HP /	65,000 HP; : 10,000 damage.
Steal	×1; rare ×1.
Weak / Absorbs	No elemental weakness or absorption; immune to Gravity. Vulnerable to and .
Reward	17,000 AP; 25,500 with ; 10,000 Gil in the original North American PS2 release.
Drops	Common ×1; ×2 with . Rare ×1; ×2 with in the original North American PS2 data. Near-guaranteed 3–4-slot equipment, including armor.
Strategy	Repeat the plan, but heal and rebuild any buffs lost in the first battle. Move in for and strong physical attacks, then Pull Back if the core gathers energy. Keep active whenever allows it.

The other side works the same way, and the game does not restore the party between the two fights. Heal first. I had Yuna for the win. Bwahahahahahaha! It’s a white mage casting black magic against the main boss. Well, I found it funny. Watch Cid do some serious damage and rip off the other wing.

Sinspawn Genais and Sin’s Core

Boss Fight: Sinspawn Genais and Sin’s Core

HP /	: 20,000 HP; : 2,000 damage. : 36,000 HP; : 3,000 damage.
Steal	Genais: ×1; rare ×1. Core: ×3; rare ×4.
Weak / Absorbs	Genais absorbs Water, is vulnerable to Fire, Silence, Slow, Zombie, , , and Doom, and becomes Armored and immune to Gravity inside its shell. The Core has no elemental weakness or absorption and is vulnerable to and .
Reward	Genais: 1,800 AP; 2,700 with . Core: 18,000 AP; 27,000 with . Each carries a 10,000-Gil reward.
Drops	Genais drops ×1; ×2 with on both rarity branches. The Core drops ×1; ×2 with on both rarity branches.
Strategy	Destroy Genais first because it absorbs magic aimed at the Core. It uses Venom, Venom, then and counters magic with . Below half HP it retreats into its shell, counters damage with , and uses . or a stops the healing. Once Genais falls, move in, apply the two Breaks, heal after , and destroy the Core.

Again, if you’ve been doing other side quests, you’ll likely walk right through this section. Steal the from Genais and the from the Core before you do, though. Take out Genais first if you plan to use magic. You should get a and an from this, two of each with .

Rah rah rah. Blah blah blah.

When you regain control, spend any new , restock, and save. Head to the outer hull and talk to Yuna. After a bunch more cutscenes, return to the outer hull for another fight.

Overdrive Sin

Boss Fight: Overdrive Sin

HP /	140,000 HP; : 16,000 damage.
Steal	×1; rare ×1.
Weak / Absorbs	No elemental weakness or absorption; immune to Gravity. Vulnerable to and .
Reward	20,000 AP; 30,000 with ; 12,000 Gil.
Drops	×1; ×2 with on both original-PS2 rarity branches. Near-guaranteed 3–4-slot equipment with one to three status Strike abilities and Piercing on weapons or on armor.
Strategy	This is a twelve-turn damage race. Use the first three approach turns for and ranged attacks, then apply as soon as Sin reaches melee range. Its sixth-hit counter may inflict , Confusion, or Zombie on the party, so equip protection before returning to the deck. Throw every strong attack, , and at the remaining HP before its mouth opens fully and ends the game.

Have your non-Yuna characters use powerful black magic while Sin is out of range, then bring in when it gets close. Or just have hit twice at 99,999 each; that works too. for the win. Hang on a sec… If has wings, how can an enemy be out of range…? Winning earns another or two.

NOTE: If you can’t defeat him before he casts , go fill out the monster arena and/or finish the Omega Ruins then try again. An cannot shield the party, and will not save it.

When you have control again, save your game and head into Sin.

Inside Sin: Sea of Sorrow

Area Enemies & Capture: Inside Sin

Best response	Capture note	to learn
Kill in one hit; surviving physical damage may trigger	Inside Sin	None
; destroy either twin quickly to prevent	Separate record from the club form	None
; destroy either twin quickly to prevent	Separate record from the sword form	None
and ; do not use Fire	Inside Sin	None
Provoke; finish with a or prepare for	Inside Sin
Holy or ; its other elemental affinities vary	Inside Sin	Doom
Silence stops ; equip	Inside Sin	None
Provoke before ; helps against an Ambush	Inside Sin
Provoke before attempting so does not counter	Inside Sin only	None

All nine fiends have separate Inside Sin capture records, including separate records for and . The Sea of Sorrow initially contains , both Gemini forms, , , and the familiar . The other four appear after in the City of Dying Dreams.

is the immediate problem. Its final Meteor can wipe out the party. Provoke limits its behavior and sets up a finish, which prevents the death counter. On later versions, a Capture-weapon finishing blow also suppresses Meteor until that character has already captured ten . Do not count on that shortcut in the original North American PS2 release; Protect, Defend, or a finish works everywhere.

The map fills itself in as you explore, and the waterfalls force a few long loops.

Sea of Sorrow treasure route
Step	Action
1	Pass the spinning cylinder things and take the sharp right. At the first floor glyph, head left.
2	At the next glyph, bear right after the camera shifts. Continue straight at the following glyph; after another camera shift, “straight” appears up and right.
3	At the waterfall, head left. At the next glyph, turn left from Tidus’s point of view, which appears toward the lower right of the screen. At the following glyph, turn right toward the lower left and open the chest.
4	Turn around, pass that glyph, and continue along the right side of the screen to the chest containing a .
5	Ignore the nearby waterfall. Backtrack past the Phantom Ring branch, continue north beyond the earlier junction, and take the short offshoot for an .
6	Follow the long curve until the path heads south. Take the branch beside the next waterfall for the .
7	Return to the branch immediately before the and take the eastern path. Open the nearby chest for a .
8	Continue north, turn east when the path allows it, and follow the remaining linear route to the at the bottom of the stairs.

The Phantom Ring has , , and , making it excellent protection for the next fight. Save, equip elemental protection on the rest of the active party, remove elemental Strike weapons that could heal the boss, and head up the stairs.

Seymour Omnis

Boss Fight: Seymour Omnis

HP /	80,000 HP; : 15,000 damage.
Steal	×1; rare ×1.
Weak / Absorbs	Elemental affinities change with the four . Vulnerable to and ; immune to nearly every status ailment.
Reward	24,000 AP; 36,000 with ; 12,000 Gil.
Drops	×1; ×2 with on both original-PS2 rarity branches. Near-guaranteed 3–4-slot equipment with Magic +20% and Piercing on weapons or , , or on armor.
Strategy	Each points one color toward . One or two matching colors produce -ra spells; three or four produce -ga spells. Four matching colors also make him absorb that element and weak to its opposite. Rotate one wheel to break the four-spell opening, use the matching Nul spell, , , and , then attack hard. After enough hits he casts followed by ; heal above 4,000 HP or call an and use Shield.

Cool music here, I must admit. The four behind are red for Fire, yellow for Lightning, blue for Water, and white for Ice. The colors facing him determine both what he casts and what he resists. Physical attacks rotate a wheel counterclockwise; magic rotates it clockwise. Wakka and are the only physical attackers who can reach them.

starts with all four wheels on Fire, so he opens with four Firagas and absorbs Fire. cancels the first hit against each party member; rotating one wheel also downgrades the odd spell to its -ra version. He does not cure himself, and he no longer Banishes . That seems odd to me, but whatever.

Be sure to swap in everyone who needs AP; you get a good amount from this battle. I had everyone else wear him down, and then I had Yuna smack him with her rod. It was most entertaining. You can steal a or a rare from him. :) Go back and save if you want, then continue on.

City of Dying Dreams

Touch the glyph on the wall to your right after entering the City. It says, “Ten fiends still seek eternal repose.” The three doors require 10, then 10 more, then 15 more individual fiend kills, for 35 total. finishing blows do not count. The nearby keeps your guys healthy while you work.

When all three seals open, you finally get… Are you ready??? A lousy . Whee. At least the battles can fill your Inside Sin capture records while you are doing it.

City of Dying Dreams treasure route
Step	Action
1	Leave the sealed-door alcove and continue until you see a bridge-looking shiny piece of floor. Stand on it and confirm to make it rise. Open the chest at the top for .
2	Ride back down and look for the blue floor tile just beyond the elevator. Stand on it and confirm; Tidus pushes over the column, making a bridge to .
3	Continue to the open room with glowing floor tiles and a wall glyph. Head down into the little pit for 20,000 Gil.
4	Step on the glowing tile in the pit, but don’t fall off! Just kidding. You can’t fall off. Follow the raised path to the , then continue around the corner for a . Use the next blue tile to return to the main floor.
5	Before leaving that room, search the southwest corner for a well-hidden passage. Touch the glyph at the end and open the hidden chest for a .
6	Continue into the room where columns pop out of the floor. Use the southern side passage and slide to the lower level. Open the chest there for , then climb the ledges back up.
7	Continue north to the . Save.