Final Fantasy VI Walkthrough
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1.32: Imperial Magitek Research Facility: The Lab
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Enemies: Trapper, Flan, General, Destroyer, Lenergia, Number 024
Treasures: 
Stoneblade
Ifrit here and miss it forever; note that there is absolutely no reason whatsoever to do so. I say you grab Shiva and Ifrit and equip them if you think their x5 
Blizzara and Fira spell learn rates look yummy to your tummy. Shiva's 
Rasp and Osmose spells do not hurt your cause at the slightest; Rasp is a great tactical spell, and Osmose simply means you won't need any MP-restoring potions anymore. Ever. Rather than using the crane to escape, I suggest you press on and open the door. On the other side are stairs. A whole mother lode of them. You'll find new enemies here, of which the most dangerous ones are the Trapper robots.Trapper robots care not for personal safety or any kind of intelligence or battle skill. They care for nothing; as robots, they are nihilists. They perform only three tasks: Casting Lv. 3 Confuse, casting
Lv. 4 Flare, and casting Lv. 5 Death. They will throw fits if you let them be. The spells will do what you would have kind of guessed they did: Lv. 3 Confuse confuses any character whose level is divisible by 3, Lv. 4 Flare casts a Flare-like attack on every character whose level is divisible by 4, which means pure sonic death at this stage of the game, and Lv. 5 Death... well, it kills any character whose level is divisible by 5. If you find that all your characters are level 18, you might want to go back and steal some Magicite Shards from the Flan until you've collectively reached 19, and if your level is 15 or (especially) 20 you'll need to do this, as you'll never make it otherwise. To take care of Trappers with utmost efficiency, summon Ramuh or cast Thundara if you have it. If you brought Edgar, 
Noiseblaster works very well, and like you could expect, Gau's Anguiform-induced Aqua Breath kills them straight up.Generals, finally, are mere humans. Their Defense is high but not sky-high, and they're normal and weak to
Poison attacks. Unleash the new-found fury of Ifrit and Shiva if you want; these decorated officers are unassuming compared to the enemies you've found so far. They have restorative powers in an actual spell they learned, 
Cura, but they won't make a lot of use out of it, as they're often too busy being dead to use it.Lenergia. Is it any surprise the Lenergia appears to be so weak, especially next to horned demons from the underworld? They're unassuming opponents you can take down any way you want, but know that when left alone, they start attacking with Shamshir attacks non-stop. They make for a great MP-refiller for Celes, as it's basically a 20 MP gain every turn the Lenergia takes.
Oh, right, then there are the horned demons from the underworld. They're called Destroyer. I hope I didn't get you all worried; stress is bad. And they're not that dangerous once you get to know them. They make silly physical swipes with their claws, and on occasion try to poison you with !Poison Strike, but it's not until they are met with solitude that they start showing their true colors, which are very, very, incompetent. When alone, the Destroyer tries to cast the overly cheap Reraise spell, the spell that grants an automatic revive of a fallen character right after he dies. Sadly, the spell takes 50 MP, and Destroyer only has 35. So sorry. Their incredible defense, one-hit KO protection, and Lightning-absorbing can make them tedious to take down; a combination of
Flash and Rising Phoenix, not mentioning the trusted Aqua Breath, will get the job done.The room you enter after the Stairs of Seeming Infinity contain five vacant tubes; three to the top of the screen, two to the bottom. Hidden to the left of the bottom-left tube is a
Stoneblade. The Stoneblade sadly lacks any special stat bonus properties, but makes up for it with having impressive Attack and a rather interesting randomly cast spell in Break, a petrifying move. At this point, if any of your characters stuck with
Cait Sith long enough to learn Float, have him or her cast it on the party (this can be done outside of battle), as when you continue, you meet the... yes, what the hell is this guy?Number 024  Bestiary #292 |
Type |
Level |
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Humanoid | 24 | 4777 | 777 | 0 | 0 | |
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Magic Atk. |
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Mag. Evade |
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20 | 3 | 0 | 170 | 100 | 0 | |
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Variable | None | |||||
Lores | Command Immunities | |||||
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Machines tend to have that crippling weakness to Lightning, and they also usually have some sort of Program ## move to dish out. This guy has neither. He uses spells and wields swords, so you'd almost assume he was a human if it wasn't for the 'System error!' message that goes off in the middle of the battle. A cyborg, then, like the Sergeant? We can only guess. The facts remain that Number 024, while no real challenge even if you forget about his status ailment weaknesses, is just so darn versatile we still love him anyway. The guy's main move, Barrier Change, shuffles all the elemental properties of the caster and picks one element to set as its weakness. Then, it sets one element as the element it absorbs. First effects: You'll never know what exactly your elemental attacks will do: 75% chance they'll do nothing, 12.5% chance they'll heal him, 12.5% chance they'll do double damage. Conclusion: Waste of time, think of alternative means of violence. But this fellow adapts his fighting style according to his weakness. You can sort his weakness from what he hits you with, if you like. If his weakness is fire, you'll see ice attacks. Vice versa, too. If lightning, you'll see water. Again, vice versa. If it's wind, he'll use earth-based attacks like Magnitude 8 and Cave In, and if it's earth he'll go to wind attacks like Sonic Boom and Gale Cut. If he's weak to poison, he'll try to cure himself, and if he's weak to Holy-elemental, he'll try to attack you physically or use Reverse Polarity. Here's what he'll do. He'll simply strike you physically for 30 seconds (this first round doesn't indicate Holy weakness). Then, he'll do his first Barrier Change. When you manage to strike his weakness (you can figure it out via Libra spell), he'll perform it again. If 30 seconds of action elapses first instead (are you taking a nap?), he'll perform another Barrier Change anyway. After he has performed a Barrier Change three times, he'll go haywire, even though you haven't destroyed him; the result of this 'System error' is apparently calling up Arctic Hares (the more successful branch of the Lagomorph family), enjoying Sunbaths, and finding his true self with the Libra spell. After 30 seconds of this, he'll snap out of it again, starting over as if he had cast his first Barrier Change of the battle. Weird stuff, man. But you won't have to see all this madness. The Sleep spell, taught to you by Siren, works on the fiend, as does Cait Sith's Imp spell. Alone, they severely cripple him; together, they are an unstoppable force. Keep him sleeping and make sure you only cast Magic. If that blasted neutral Tapir shows up and awakens him, cast Sleep again as soon as possible. If Gau is among your forces, just have him relax. Try to steal with Locke; Rune Blade or Blood Sword, both are nice additions if nothing else. I'd especially go for the Blood Sword if you have any choice in the matter, as it's quite unique. In the end, Number 024's Hit Points will run out, and he will die. Victory dance, coffee break, et cetera. Expand Full Strategy | ||||||
It seems this Number 024 was guarding the room where the remaining Espers are being subdued in their test tubes. We know that
Ramuh, Kirin, Siren, and Cait Sith escaped, which might explain the empty test tubes we saw earlier. In this room, six Espers fuel the Empire's power. Meet Bismarck and Maduin, Unicorn and Catoblepas, and Phantom and Carbuncle. There's a lever over there. It's a fictional universe: I'll be damned if the most prominent button or lever in the room isn't at least slightly self-destructive. Use it.The IMRF shakes on its foundations. Time to save your own lives first and ponder important questions later. Join Cid on the elevator, and get out of the place.
Caves of Narshe: Final Fantasy VI
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©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.