Final Fantasy III NES - Part 5: Medusa & The Crystal Thief
Part 5/22 in my Final Fantasy III - NES walkthrough. Head back to the ship and head to Argass Castle. West of here is Gurgan Valley, go there and talk to the Gurgan to learn Toad. Now we need to head to the Tower of Owen north east of here. Near the centre of the first floor cast Toad on the party, and you'll swim to another part of the dungeon. There are a lot of floors to the tower, but apart from needing the secret on floor 5 the dungeon is linear and the chests of treasure are even closer to the main path than others so far. At the top of the tower you'll fight Medusa. She is a joke of a boss... she has high magic defense, but all she seems to do is cast Break, and that misses pretty much always. Desh sacrifices himself to cool the fire and save the party. Next I head back into the ship and head to Gisahl in the south east. Find all the Carrots and Magic Keys and buy Ice3 for your Black Mage and Libra for your White Mage. Buy 10 Magic Keys more for now, also there's a secret message in the Inn from Squaresoft. Our next target is the Dwarf Cave which is north west of the Tower of Owen. Head inside and upgrade equipment/heal up and head to the west set of stairs. Jump into the pool of water by turning into a Toad. Revert back to normal as soon as you're in Underground Lake. Another fairly linear dungeon. You'll need a few softs though, as some of the enemies can petrify you. At the end you'll encounter Guzco. He has about 1.5x the HP of Medusa, but that's all that's special about him really. He can attack with magic and do about 100 damage, but unlike Medusa your Black Mage can do almost as much damage as your Fighters with his best spell. When you beat him you'll receive the Dwarf Horn and will be followed by a White Line. Lol. Head back to the pedestal and Guzco will appear and steal the crystal. Time to heal up and track him down in the Flame Cave to the north.
Part 5/22 in my Final Fantasy III - NES walkthrough. Head back to the ship and head to Argass Castle. West of here is Gurgan Valley, go there and talk to the Gurgan to learn Toad. Now we need to head to the Tower of Owen north east of here. Near the centre of the first floor cast Toad on the party, and you'll swim to another part of the dungeon. There are a lot of floors to the tower, but apart from needing the secret on floor 5 the dungeon is linear and the chests of treasure are even closer to the main path than others so far. At the top of the tower you'll fight Medusa. She is a joke of a boss... she has high magic defense, but all she seems to do is cast Break, and that misses pretty much always. Desh sacrifices himself to cool the fire and save the party. Next I head back into the ship and head to Gisahl in the south east. Find all the Carrots and Magic Keys and buy Ice3 for your Black Mage and Libra for your White Mage. Buy 10 Magic Keys more for now, also there's a secret message in the Inn from Squaresoft. Our next target is the Dwarf Cave which is north west of the Tower of Owen. Head inside and upgrade equipment/heal up and head to the west set of stairs. Jump into the pool of water by turning into a Toad. Revert back to normal as soon as you're in Underground Lake. Another fairly linear dungeon. You'll need a few softs though, as some of the enemies can petrify you. At the end you'll encounter Guzco. He has about 1.5x the HP of Medusa, but that's all that's special about him really. He can attack with magic and do about 100 damage, but unlike Medusa your Black Mage can do almost as much damage as your Fighters with his best spell. When you beat him you'll receive the Dwarf Horn and will be followed by a White Line. Lol. Head back to the pedestal and Guzco will appear and steal the crystal. Time to heal up and track him down in the Flame Cave to the north.