Final Fantasy VI Comprehensive "Do Before World of Ruin" List

[GrandAmChandler]

I looked online, and there seems to be some contradiction on what are "Must do things" before you enter the World of Ruin. (I.e. Once you enter the World of Ruin, you can't get a certain spell, item, dance, etc.)

Here is what I know so far.


Mog - Almost impossible to obtain Water Sonata dance in the World of Ruin, unless you randomly earn it during the Leviathan fight.
Mog - Must rescue Mog in World of Light, or he doesn't show up in the World of Ruin?
Strago - Lores? Any that you cannot get in World of Ruin?
Gau - Rages. Someone said the Ultra-Powerful "Stray Cat" cannot be obtained in the World of Ruin. Any others?
Shadow - Must wait for Shadow on Floating Continent, or you can never get him back again for the rest of the game.
Items - Magicite at Jidoor auction??? (Can't confirm or deny)
Items - Magicite at Tzen? (Can't Confirm or deny)


Anyone confirm or deny any of these? What else does everyone know? I will add to this list as we go.

-GAC-

[Blitzwing256]

* Mog - Almost impossible to obtain Water Sonata dance in the World of Ruin, unless you randomly earn it during the Leviathan fight.
leviatan fight? tell me more.
* Mog - Must rescue Mog in World of Light, or he doesn't show up in the World of Ruin?
correct
* Strago - Lores? Any that you cannot get in World of Ruin? none are missable from the world of balance (force field is the only "misable" one as only one boss uses it.
* Gau - Rages. Someone said the Ultra-Powerful "Stray Cat" cannot be obtained in the World of Ruin. Any others? if you fought it in the world of balance it will show up in ruin, the grey bomb (grenade i beleive) is an easily misable world of balance monster.
* Shadow - Must wait for Shadow on Floating Continent, or you can never get him back again for the rest of the game. yup
* Items - Magicite at Jidoor auction??? (Can't confirm or deny) nope
* Items - Magicite at Tzen? (Can't Confirm or deny) its only 1gp in the world of ruin.


you have to make sure you fought all the world of balance monsters before you destroy the world as many of them don't show up in ruin (but they'll show up in the veldt if you fought and beat them once) the grenade is an easily missed one as is intangir and any treasure box exclusive monster (like the ones in the doma camp)

tell me more about learning a dance from leviatan?

[kupomogli]

You can only fight Leviathan in the Advance version of FF6, so that one is pretty much gone.

-Water Rondo is ONLY accessible in the World of Balance(may be possible during the Leviathan battle in FF6 Advance.)
-Mog can be acquired in WoR even if you didn't get him in WoB, you'll just be missing the Water Rondo.
-Stragos. All can be learned in WoR. Make sure you learn Grand Train from Hidon(boss in WoR.) Every other one can be learned from random enemies.
-Same. Gau can get his Rage abilities even in WoR. Make sure you fight every enemy atleast once.
-Shadow. Go over and put "Gotta Wait for Shadow." You only need to do it once, and when the time is almost all the way down, a cutscene will start and you'll end up jumping together.
-Magicite at Jidoor can be obtained in WoR.
-Magicite at Tzen is 3000gp in WoB or 10gp in WoR.

[Snapple]

Gau's rages can be obtained in the World of Ruin, but only if you saw the initial encounter in the World of Balance. So they are missable.

There are a few monster battles that people can miss in the World of Balance that will make it impossible to fill out the rage list in the World of Ruin. For instance, the Intangir on Triangle Island. Or the Doberman that you only fight if you choose to kick the chest at the camp outside Doma. Also, you know the "tag the light" game in Narshe cave? Where if you fail, you fight a Dark Side? Well, sometimes (rarely) Dark Side is accompanied by Spectre and Rinn. This is the only way to encounter Spectre and Rinn, so a lot of people miss them.

[Haoie]

Mog will be alive no matter how you treat him.

[Zebbe]

I think you can get the Water Rondo dance in World of Ruin if you take him to fight in that mode 7 water pass in a cave.

[SparTonberry]

The Serpent's Trench (the "mode 7 water pass") is part of the overworld in WoR.