HCBailly plays Final Fantasy II - Part 5 of 44

In this installment, we meet the very first Cid and get the first of a couple of fourth party members that won't be with us for the entire game.

All maps by Paco, except the overworld map by Rick Bruns.

World Map

Altea

Map

Go back to the throne room and show the Ring to Princess Hilda. She tells you to keep the Ring and that you're the only ones brave enough to save the world now. She then tells you to retrieve the legendary ore of Mithril to make better equipment for the rebel army. Learn "Mithril," then say it to learn that Phin's armor is made of Mithril. You'll have to find Josef in the town of Salamando to figure out where it may be found. She'll also direct you to talk to Minh, who will show you how to get there.

Minh, thankfully, will be standing right next to her. He'll join your party and give you a canoe. Minh is a White Wizard.

Talk to Hilda again. She'll tell you that many of the residents of Phin were forced by the Empire to work on the Warship. Use the Learn command on the word "Warship." Say it to Hilda, and she'll tell you that it's even more powerful than Cid's "Airship." Learn "Airship" while you're at it, too. Mention the Airship, and she'll tell you about Cid, the leader of the White Knights of Phin, who built the airship. He was forced to leave and fled to Poft, where he sells charter flights.

If you talk to the old man at the right side of the room, he'll tell you to stop by Palm on your way to Salamando, as they take people to Salamando by ship.

Talk to the King again. Say "Wild Rose" to him, and you'll let him know that Duke Borgan betrayed them. Say "Mithril," and he'll tell you that there may still be some Mithril ore in the Semite Cave.

Talk to people around town again. You'll find out that you can take a ship to Poft from Palm and walk to Salamando from there.

Remember that unlike the last game, you can't battle monsters while swimming in rivers and lakes with the canoe and/or ship.

Palm

Map

You could talk to the pirate near the entrance to take a ship to palm for a few Gil, but don't do that. Instead, walk around town and talk to everyone.

You could get the weapons here, but they're only slightly better that you have now. Thankfully, you'll find more powerful stuff than what's here pretty soon.

Get the Bronze Shield for your primary three characters, and hand Minh one of your Bucklers. If you haven't already, un-equip everything from him except the Bronze Armor and the Cane weapon that he has.

Shell increases your Magic Defense, Blink increases your Evade and Safe increases your Defense. Cure is from the White magic shop in Altea, and we all know what that does.

Poft

Map

Salamando is to the north, and Bofsk lies to the east.

Cid is located in the town pub, if you're looking for him.

The shops here sell the same things as in Palm, so there's really nothing of interest here item-wise.

If you talk to Cid, he'll tell you to talk to his assistant (who's sitting next to him) to pay for passage on the Airship. If you mention the Warship to him, he'll call it a piece of shit. OMG SWEARING