HCBailly plays Final Fantasy - Part 31 of 38

We finally enter the town of Lefein and head into the desert!

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If you're looking for Lefein, it's that town south of Gaia, surrounded by forest.

Lefein

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Aside from a White Magic shop and Black Magic shop, there's really nothing here.

As you talk to the people, you'll be able to learn about the Floating Castle (and that you'll have to go through the Mirage Tower to get there) as well as what Lefein used to be: a very advanced civilization in its own right that even built robots and caused a castle to float in the air.

You'll also learn that a great power controls the Four Fiends, and that the last one, Tiamat, has taken the power of the Wind Orb for her own. To make matters worse, she's taken over the Floating Castle. Five of their greatest warriors tried to do something, but they now live on as bats.

Be sure to talk to the guy near the entrance next to the water. He'll give you a Chime that allows you to enter the Mirage Tower.

Now, about those magic shops. The Black Magic shop sells Nuke, which is basically the Ultima of Final Fantasy. The White Magic shop sells Lif2, which basically combines Life and Cur4 - a wonderful combination! Both are Level 8 spells, and these are possibly the best uses for the Level 8 spell charges in the game.

Mirage Tower

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The Mirage Tower is in the desert just west of Lefein. Thankfully, there's one green spot near the mountains where you can land the airship on, since you can't put the airship down in the desert. You'll have to walk from there, and you'll be meeting some new enemies on the way there, such as the Ankylo (Ankylosaurus), which have a few hundred HP. If you can score a critical hit on one, that's great.

You'll have to enter the door to your north in order to find any treasure. All the treasure is located in the center of each floor. You'll have to travel in a circle on the "edge" of the tower in order to continue on, so be prepared to fight a lot of enemies if you're going to go for everything.

The Guards are hard to take down with physical attacks (it'll take a few strikes) but they're weak to Lightning, so those Zeus Gauntlets will definitely come in handy.

You'll find the Aegis Shield in the center of the entry level. The Aegis Shield is just like the Opal Shield, but it also protects whoever equips it from Poison as well as Stone, since the NES version considers Stone to be a Poison-elemental attack. (The Aegis Shield would protect against Stoning in later Final Fantasy games.) You'll find the Vorpal, but you probably won't be needing it if you're strong enough. The Heal Helmet casts Heal in battle when used as an Item, just like the Heal Staff.