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Esper Hunt Part 1: Phoenix

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Before going on this hunt, get the black chocobo from the town of Mirage.   The airship cannot land on deserts or forests, so you'll have to use this chocobo.
Note your location on the world map.  The crosshair indicates Mirage's location, where you'll be starting after getting the chocobo.  Go North.

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Fly north into the Great Desert.  Since the black chocobo can only land in forests, you'll have to land right here.
Walk through the desert and make your way south.  Your objective is the Phoenix tower in the southeast of the desert.

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Occasionally, you'll meet the Land Crawl in the desert.  Watch out!   This guy deals a pretty potent punch with his Maelstrom magic, a hurricane attack that leaves you with single-digit HPS!  Blue Magic Aqua Breath inflicts 9000+ damage, so use it against this monster.
Walk and fight your way through the desert.  If your HPs get really low, don't hesitate to use "Cabin" or "Tent".

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Phoenix tower in sight!  Battle stations ready!  Go inside. (there aren't any gargoyles guarding it)
The Phoenix tower is 30 floors of pure madness.  Sometimes, stairs aren't visible at all.  You'll have to tap the walls until you find a door.   There are normally two choices of doors: left or right.

Normally two choices because there are floors where stairs are visible, or where you can use the center door. (bottom picture)

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So in a two door setup, one leads to the next floor and the other leads to a fight.   Defeat the monster and you proceed to the next floor.

Unless you want to build up EXP, GP, and ABP, follow this sequence.  L means left door, R means right:

L-L-R-R-L-L-R-R-L-L-R-L-L-R-R-R-R-L-L-R-CENTER

 

On some floors where there is a visible stairs, you will see two pots.   One pot leads to some GP (5000, 10000, 15000, 20000, 25000 to be exact) while another leads to a monster-in-a- box!

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Meet the Magic Pot!  You can't run, your attacks (including GP Toss) always miss, and automatic Mute is cast on your magic. 

How are you going to defeat him?  Look at what he's saying.

""Gimme an Elixir pleeease!"

Oh well, nothing to do but to give him an Elixir.  (Select Item, Elixir, and give it to Magic Pot)

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After getting the Elixir, the Magic Pot thanks you, escapes, and leaves you with 100 ability points.

Pretty handy for getting those hard-to-get ABPs.

Proceed to Floor 29.  There is a door in the center.  It leads to a fight, no matter what you do.  Defeat the enemy, and you will reach the roof of the tower.

The party meets up with the World 1 Hiryuu, and it is dying!

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The Hiryuu goes on a funeral pyre and transforms into a phoenix.

Meanwhile, Lenna has a flashback. Her mother is dying and the only thing that can save her is the tongue of a Hiryuu. What did she choose... mom or Hiryuu?  It's up to you.  See what happens when you answer "Yes"...

After the flashback ends, the Hiryuu will have turned into the Phoenix Esper, and will join your party as a call beast.

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After obtaining Esper "Phoenix", your mission here is accomplished.  Time to go.  C'mon, get to work going down 29 floors of Phoenix tower.  Actually, just cast jikuu-Exit and you're out of Phoenix Tower forever.