Final Fantasy VI Walkthrough
Written by Djibriel
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1.17: Scenario Locke: A Cave more Dangerous
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Enemies: Belmodar, Unseelie, Mu, Cartagra, Acrophies, Gold Bear, Tunnel Armor
Treasures: Ether, 
Thunder Rod, X-Potion
Blizzard spells and pointy knives. Belmodar will still counter spells with Megavolt, so lay off it when you meet one. Your goal is to reach the cave entrance to the northwest (anything else is blocked, and there's nothing there anyway). You can rest in Sabin's hut if you're hurt.This is one of those nasty Changing Caves (caves that change). Not only do chest contents turn into other chest contents before you can say "Glachenspiell Gazette", monsters also change. No more inferior caterpillars who sport a fetish for attacking you; instead, land crabs will hound your steps. No more cycloptic furries, or even oversized bees to make your life miserable. Nay, purple trilobites inject poison and bears straight from El Dorado wrap their expansive paws around your neck. Danger!
Only, not really. The only thing that makes this dungeon somewhat annoying is the fact you only have two characters. !Poison Barb is more a nuisance than anything else (use an Antidote or the
Poisona spell, whichever you seem to have more resources for; out of battle, a 
Star Pendant can cure the Poison status by equipping it and removing it), while !Numbclaw can prolong the battle. The only strong attack you need to fear is !Gouge coming from Gold Bear, but as long as you keep your HP up, there's no need to worry.Both Acrophies and Cartagra fall to a single single-target
Blizzard spell. Acrophies also falls to Locke's physical. Cartagras have a nasty Protect status that makes them pull through single physicals, so let Celes concentrate on them. Gold Bear monsters will have to be taken down with two hits unless you're high-leveled or equipped with the Genji Glove. Cure when needed, as logic applies once again.You know the way. You could pick up an X-Potion from the chest to the west. The other chests will still become better later on so I'd leave them for now. The only real choice you should make is the chest on the upper level; it's a
Thunder Rod now and will become a Hero's Ring later. The Thunder Rod can be broken during the next boss fight, pretty much insta-killing the thing, after which it's gone. The Hero's Ring will serve you very well in the future though. I'd go for the Hero's Ring just because the Thunder Rod is in no way necessary to make it through Tunnel Armor, but it's up to you. You heard strange noises all the time in this cave. You might have mistaken this for the rumbling of your stomach or the pleasant murmur of Russian tanks rolling through the streets, but nothing could be less true; it was a boss following you!Tunnel Armor  Bestiary #283 |
Type |
Level |
HP |
MP |
Gil |
EXP |
None | 16 | 1300 | 900 | 250 | 0 | |
Strength |
Magic Atk. |
Evasion |
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Mag. Def. |
Mag. Evade |
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10 | 15 | 0 | 29 | 145 | 0 | |
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Common: Elixir | ||||||
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Strategy | ||||||
Tunnel Armor is more or less a scripted battle; it forces you to use Celes as a Runic user while Locke should Attack, Attack, Attack! Tunnel Armor is boring. He uses Attack, !Drill, Fire, Thunder, and Poison to hurt you. If he hits 384 HP, he'll swap the possibility of casting Poison for the ability to fire off Magitek Lasers. If he's been damaged, he'll sometimes counter with Attack.Have Celes under continual Runic during this fight. If your enemy casts a spell, have her use it as soon as possible. If the enemy uses a physical attack, just have Celes wait; there'll be a magical attack around the corner. Locke should try to steal something as long as Tunnel Armor still has anything. If you steal a second  Air Knife, and Locke still has a Genji Glove with a Main Gauche equipped, you can use the second Air Knife by equipping it mid-battle. Have Locke use a Hi-Potion if either character gets low on HP; the strongest attack he'll be able to successfully use is !Drill, which hits for slightly over 100 HP worth of damage on a Genji Glove wearing, Front Row Locke. Otherwise, he should simply attack. Expand Full Strategy | ||||||
BioblasterEventually, you'll beat the burrowing fiend, and you'll be good to go!
Caves of Narshe: Final Fantasy VI
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Version 6
©1997–2025 Josh Alvies (Rangers51)
All fanfiction and fanart (including original artwork in forum avatars) is property of the original authors. Some graphics property of Square Enix.