Final Fantasy IX Walkthrough

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3.3: Defending Alexandria

Treasures: Hi-Potion, Elixir, Angel Earrings (only one of the three can be obtained)

As Dagger, it will be time to organize the soldiers. Whether or not she assigns them correctly is based on the functions you may have seen on the first disc. Here's how they should all be assigned:

Function:	Send Out:
Gather Information	Blutzen & Kohel
Protect the Townspeople	Weimar & Haagen
Contact Lindblum to Request Reinforcements	Breireicht & Laudo
Begin Preparations to Fire the Cannons	Dojebon & Mullenkedheim

If you get them all correctly, Beatrix gives Dagger the

Angel Earrings; if you start messing up, the item's potential depreciates, giving you either an

Elixir,

Hi-Potion, or nothing. The view then changes to…

Beatrix and Steiner, fighting Mistodon (B)s out in the town! Put her

Cross Helm onto Rusty, if you want, and equip him with something good (preferably not the

Rebirth Ring). Equip Undead Killer and Insomniac, too, if you have it.

Kill the first Mistodon (B) in the ticketbooth square, and exit south. Another battle occurs when you try to head towards the bar; when you finally do, the 3rd battle happens (two at once). Both their attacks should do the trick, but the Seiken skills help, too. Heal up after each battle! Destroy the 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th waves in the next alley, which come consecutively (Steiner will get an utterance in the last fight).

The view switches back to Dagger! She will be unable to leave and enter some siderooms, so just head up towards her room. Instead of entering it or the queen's chamber, take the left room to find an stairway up. Follow the new path to the altar. After a few Eiko scenes, the view's back to Zidane's crew.

Go up the stairs and save in the guardhouse. There's an optional boss that can be fought now for A great and rare accessory that teaches Auto-Haste, so you won't want to miss it. Put everyone into the back row (as magic potency doesn't change when in back) - you will be glad you did.

Tantarian Boss Monster Can't Flee	Type	Level	HP	MP	Gil	Exp	Attack	Magic Atk.
	Demon	41	21997	1456	4472	12585	55	17
	Evasion	Defense	Mag. Def.	Mag. Evade	Speed	Strength	Spirit	Eaten Magic
	5	10	10	6	27	17	30	None
	Stolen Items			Dropped Items			Dropped Card
	Slot 1: Ether Slot 2: Elixir Slot 3: Silver Fork Slot 4: Demon's Mail			Slot 1: Running Shoes			Ramuh
	Elemental Absorb					Elemental Immunities
	None					None
	Elemental Resistence					Elemental Weakness

	Status Immunity
	Petrify, Venom, Virus, Silence, Trouble, Zombie, Confuse, Berserk, Stop, Auto-Life, Trance, Defend, Poison, Sleep, Regen, Float, Heat, Freeze, Vanish, Doom, Gradual Petrify

If you didn't beat it on Disc 2, this is the last time you will be able to fight it in the castle library. Equip the 'Bandit' skill, make sure that Freya can use Reis's Wind, put the

Rebirth Ring on Amarant so he can use Revive, and make sure Vivi's got the Bio spell. Counter works well here too. Tantarian's got about 20,000 HP, and a few tricks up his sleeve:

Attack	Result
Edge	Physical damage to one target
Poison	Inflicts Poison on one target
Paper Storm	Physical damage to everyone
Doom	Inflicts Death Sentence on one target

Tantarian is susceptible to Darkness/Slow, so lead off with the

Tent trick! It is actually a monster inside the book, and to damage it, you will have to attack, deal damage, then see if the page it opens to has the foe inside. Keep trying; his real state is between pages 150-200. Another way to do this is by using Steiner's Minus Strike, since Minus Strike deals consistent damage.

When Tantarian's true state is found, use only Bio on it! Physical attacks on his revealed state will only reset the process. When "opened" Tantarian will only use crap Poison magic, giving the party time to heal up to full for the next round with Doom and such. Use Chakra to replenish the MP supply, for both Vivi and Freya. Its

Demon's Mail is the only worthwhile item to steal, but is a bit hard to get… hope it turns out alright for you!

There is also the Auto-Reflect approach. Focusing on Tantarian when it's closed, bouncing a multi-target Fira off all allies (each will need to have the Auto-Reflect) will amount to four consecutive Fira hits on the boss, able to do 9999 if enough Focusing has been done. It makes the battle quite easy!

In any case, use Focus a few times; with the boost, Fira will murder the guy in the closed form!

Once you beat it, go back and save. When ready, head up the same path Dagger took and bring Zidane up the altar steps. It's off to…

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