How to use this walkthrough
- Edition: Written for the Pixel Remaster — rebalanced stats, working Intelligence, fixed buffs/resists. No Soul of Chaos / GBA bonus dungeons.
- Party first: Your four classes are permanent (until Class Change upgrades). Read Party before naming anyone if you want a planned run.
- Magic charges: Eight spell levels, three-of-four spells per level. Must-buys are repeated in each chapter shop block.
- Vehicles are the map: Bridge → Ship → Canal → Canoe → Airship → Oxyale dive. Never skip a key-item cutscene.
- 100% for FF I means: all four Crystals, Class Change, Chaos dead, major keys/weapons (Mystic Key tour, Excalibur, Masamune), best gear you can equip. There is no achievement board like modern titles.
Pick up the crystal path
Cornelia & the Temple
Party creation, castle shops, Garland, Temple of Fiends, the bridge, and your first road north.
Open → Chapter 2Witch, Pirates & Elves
Matoya, Pravoka ship, Elfheim, Western Keep, Astos path start, Mystic Key setup.
Open → Chapter 3Marsh, Key & Lich
Marsh Cave crown, Astos, full Mystic Key tour, Melmond, Earth Cavern, Lich, canoe.
Open → Chapter 4Fire, Ice & Wings
Crescent Lake sages, Mount Gulg / Marilith, Ice Cavern, airship, Citadel of Trials, Bahamut Class Change.
Open → Chapter 5Sea & Fortress
Cardia, Gaia, Onrac, Oxyale, Sea Shrine / Kraken, Lufenia, Mirage Tower, Flying Fortress / Tiamat.
Open → Chapter 6Chaos & 100% Close
Excalibur forge, Masamune, final gear, Temple of Fiends past, four Fiends again, Chaos, completion checklist.
Open →Vehicle & Fiend chain
- Bridge — after Garland (Ch.1)
- Ship — after Bikke at Pravoka (Ch.2)
- Canal open — TNT + Nerrick after Mystic Key tour (Ch.3)
- Canoe — after Lich / sages (Ch.3→4)
- Airship — Levistone from Ice Cavern (Ch.4)
- Class Change — Rat’s Tail to Bahamut (Ch.4)
- Oxyale / dive — Onrac mermaids (Ch.5)
- Chaos Shrine past — all four Crystals lit (Ch.6)
Systems pages (optional mid-run)
- Party — six classes, advanced forms, sample parties
- Magic — charge system, spell picks
- Progression — Fiend overview (spoiler-light)
- Secrets — Peninsula of Power, PR changes