Here in Menos, you'll find a lot of info. You'll hear that Amanda left town earlier in the
day, and you'll also hear about her brother Lester, who plays the Harp in the town of Jadd,
which is located at the Northern part of the Desert. You'll also find that the Book of Ice
is hidden in the Desert somewhere. A child will also tell you that he saw a Chocobo egg in
a forest up north. With all that info, buy a Wind Spear, and Head out.
First thing you might wanna do is go Northeast, to Jadd...
and get gold equipment. You might need to get a little money for that though. After that,
go southwest to find an item shop...
...well, if you need items anyways. Now, go back towards Menos, and cross this bridge
. Follow the normal path (Don't swing across things or chop down shit) path until you get to
the end of the path...From there you'll need to swing across some water. Talk to the egg...and
it will hatch and follow you. The dude eventually comes to be alright with it (In about a few
seconds, but still). Now you have a chocobo in your group! Remember that you can ride it,
through use of the Ask ability. On the chobobo, you move a lot faster and are totally
invincible, only you can't attack. So don't go everywhere by means of chocobo. Head back to
Jadd to gather info.
Here at Jadd, you'll hear a few things. You'll hear that the northern valley is filled with
Poison Gas, and that it came once the harp stopped playing (Notice that the town has no
music; you'll see why). Also, someone will tell you that you need a teardrop of Medusa to
break Davias's curses. Go into Davias's Mansion, and he'll tell you that Amanda went to
the cave of Medusa. He doesn't tell you how to get there though, damnit. Appearantly some
little CONNIVING BASTARD(kid) knows how,
and he'll tell you if you get him a bag of fang. Sounds easy enough, right? Get a bag, right?
WRONG!!! WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Err...SG had a bad experience with this
on his first playthrough, and almost got to level 30 trying to get that DAMN FANG BAG).
Uh anywho. To get a bag of Fang, fight THESE monsters
, since they drop it. You
don't need to get the bag, By the way, but it helps to gain a lot of levels, cos, even not
getting close to level 30, it's still fairly easy to gain levels out in the desert. Anywho,
the kid will give you some dumb hint. here's how you really do it. go HERE
...Err...pretenmd like the entrance isn't there already. Hop
off your Chocobo if you're on it (This doesn't work while you're on it for whatever reason)
and then do a figure 8 around the trees (Go around the right tree first, then the left tree).
The entrance will appear, now go.
Go in, and you'll find Amanda immediately. She'll explain that she stole it to exchange with
Davias for his brother...but Davias turned her brother into an animal. She is here to obtain
the tears of Medusa to lift the curse. You will offer your help, and this begins the dungeon.
From here...
walk south into the next room and Mattock the next door.
Walk
down into this room and head west. From here, just follow the path until you get to this
room.
From here, you can either go west, into a room with the healing pond
(Walk toward the pond from the bottom end)
or go north. The correct way is
obviously north, so go north. You'll immediately reach THIS room
, in which you'll
just head north again. Puzzle time! In this room,
step over here so that way you
slide onto the bottom switch,
then from here, equip your chain and pull this
number.
Puzzle solved! Now walk into the east door, and claim your prize!
The magic spell of Ice! Now, back at this room,
backtrack to this room
and Mattock the North wall. Mini-Puzzle. All you need to do is push the snowman straight,
then left onto the switch. No pics required...Must...resist...urge...screenshot...
Mini-Puzzle #2. Same thing, only you need to use the Ice Spell to turn on of the spiders
into a snowman. Afterwards, just follow the straight path outside. Once outside,
Prepare for a boss fight with Medusa.
To beat Medusa, just stay was far away as possible, and attack her with the chain.
You can use Fire, but since only her HAIR is vulnerable, it would be pretty hard,
and sometimes risky, to position yourself well to cast fire upon her. Prioritize dodging
the snake projectiles, and/or just be prepared with a lot of cure items(I would equip
the Cure spell, Fire is a bit too hard to use). Personally, I find it easier to be more
patient. The snake projectiles CAN be destroyed with physical attacks, so if you line up
properly, you can attack her with ease while she stops to shoot the projectiles. And
lastly, don't forget to use Amanda's Ask ability to cure Stone, in case you get hit by
Medusa.
After the fight, Amanda will discover that she had been bitten by Medusa during the fight.
Since whom is bitten by Medusa will turn into A Medusa, Amanda insists that you slay
her and take her tears in order to break Lester's curse. After the dialog, just hit her
and then approach her. You'll receive a tear of Medusa, then appear outside the cave.
Head Northeast back to Jadd, and go into Davias's mansion and walk back to the throne room
where the birdie is.
Equip the jar of Amanda in your inventory (Ew yucky) and
talk to the birdie. The birdie should turn into Lester, Amanda's brother.
Lester will now
join you. He shoots arrows, and the Ask button will change the music between a select
few songs. Get to an empty room and find a song you like. :D Anywho, a staircase
appears in the lower right corner of the room where you meet Lester. Go down there and
follow the fairly long winding path (There is a wall the you can mattock, but it takes
your to virtually the same place. The straight path isn't very straight. So for reference,
the room looks something like this.
Go upstairs. If you need to make an
emergency exit, you can mattock this wall
. Otherwise go north, and when you
get here
Head west. When you get here
it's time for another round
of "Solve that puzzle!" To solve the puzzle, stand on THIS block
and walk
around the statues counter-clockwise. THIS
should be the result. Now go
downstairs. Follow the path until you get to the room with the switches. Cast Ice on an enemy
and push it onto the switch in the lower-left corner, then proceed through the door to
the east. Kill all the enemies in this room and a treasure chest will appear containing
the Were-Axe. Equip it, you know you want to. :D Now go back to THIS room
And
Mattock the east wall. Follow the path until you get to THIS room
. Head
through the door (Key needed) and go up the stairs. Here, heal and save, for here is the
fight with...DAVIAS!!!! ...Err, I'm not really that excited.
To beat Davias, Stay AS FAR DOWN AS YOU CAN and wait for your Will-Gauge to fill up slowly
and throw your axe at Davias. This takes a long time, but it's the safest way. If you've
gained a lot of levels, or are a 1337 ninja master, you can stand in front of the flames
and attack him, but it's your funeral. :D
Upon his ass-kicking, Davias will tell you that the pendant is no longer here. He will
also mention something about a monster called Garuda flying north to the Glaive. Back at
Jadd, Lester says that his song will clear the gas (Amazing concept), so you can head
north now. He also gives you the spell of Mute. Neato. Now exit Jadd.