The Soul Shrine is the other new location for Final fantasy VI Advance. You can access it, after you defeat the game, and defeat the Kaiser Dragon. The completion of this area will award you the key item Master's Crown. And what does this do you might ask? Not a single thing! It is similar to the Omega Badge won in Final Fantasy V. It is simply to say you did it. But there is still reasons to do it. You can gain the rare items from one time fights, complete your bestiary, and just see if you can actually do it.
You will be placed into a series of 10 battle sets, consisting of varying amounts of fights. After each set is complete, you are given a break. At this time you can use healing items and such, to restore your party. If you leave before completing all 10 sets, you will have to start over again when you return. So make sure you are well prepared. The four characters you choose are of no matter. I will say I chose Terra above all others cause of the Dragon's Den Skull Dragon. when tranced, she will do over 1000 HP damage with each cast. With her Celestriad, she will pop 2000+ on each turn. Otherwise I went with this setting, and this is what they wore.
Terra...LV=99
Apocalypse
Genji Helmet
Genji Armor
Paladin Shield
Soul of Thamasa
Ribbon |
Strago...LV=99
Gladius
Oath Veil
Behemoth Suit
Force Shield
Soul of Thamasa
Ribbon |
Edgar...LV=99
Lightbringer
Genji Helmet
Genji Armor
Force Shield
Ribbon
Master's Scroll |
Locke...LV=99
Ultima Weapon
Ultima Weapon
Genji Helmet
Force Armor
Genji Glove
Master's Scroll |
To Keep yourself going in between battles, you will need some items. I would Suggest getting 99 of each of the following items:
Hi-Potion
Phoenix Down
Ether
You will also need up to 5 of each of the items the Glutturns will ask for. Just a heads up if you want to get through those battles unscathed.
With everything you see here, you should be ready to face the trials of the Soul Shrine.
As for magic, make sure everyone knows Curaga, Reraise, Arise, Rasp and Ultima. Rasp is needed for each and every character (as is the rest of the spells) for the Skull Dragon in the Dragon's Den set. If you used my suggestions from the Dragon's Den,
everyone should already have all the spells.
If not, it is easy enough to get them. Just visit the desert south of Meranda. And if you do not have, or want to get 4 Ultima weapons, just substitute them for the best weapons you have. You should still have one however. Be sure to equip that on the strongest fighter. This should be Edgar, but you might have beefed another up while leveling them up.
Once you are ready, head for a island west of Mobliz. (this is where you found Terra and the children. It will be like the dragons den, in you will not land, just appear there. But unlike the Dragon's Den, you will need to create your party before hand. When you land, go inside. There you will be in a room similar to Cyan's dream world. Go up, and talk to the spirit there. He will give you the rules of the Soul Shrine. When he is done, you may begin by speeking to him again. This is also how you start each new set of fights.
Be warned now, there is no space between the individual fights. You will go from one right into the other, until the set is complete.
Inside the Soul Shrine also lies the final four new enemies. They are known as Glutturns. For some reason, they are nowhere
in the Bestiary of the game. They look like Magic Urns, but the sprite pallet has been changed. Each of these enemies ask
for a certain item, if you do not give them the item, give them the wrong item, or do not run away you will have to fight.
They are no pushovers, and they will take your party out if you let them. Still, even if you give them the right item, you
can have Locke try to steal from them. Each of them carry a rare item. Here is the Glutturns, what they ask for, and what
Locke can steal.
Glutturn |
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Item Needed |
Elixir |
X-Ether |
Hi-Ether |
Ether |
Item Stolen |
Soul of Thamasa |
Master's Scroll |
Celestriad |
Force Shield |
Final Attack |
Heartless Angel |
Disaster |
Blaster |
10 Hit |
Here is a list of the enemies you fight, as well as the location of these enemies. The Glutturns appear randomly, one per
set of enemies until you begin fighting bosses. Guess they thought that would be too difficult. Also it should be noted, that all fights with all enemies in the Soul Shrine are the same as when you encounter them in the game itself. So you can use the same strategies as those battles. Also with Locke with the two Ultima Weapons, and the Genji Glove/Master Scroll combo...most all enemies in the Soul Shrine will die in one turn. (This includes most bosses).
Fight # |
Location |
Enemies Fought |
1 | Prologue | Imperial
Soldier, Magitek Armor |
2 | Mount Kolts | Spritzer,
Trillium, Zaghrem |
3 | Lethe River | Exocite,
Lesser Lopros, Nautiloid |
4 | Seige of Doma | Satellite |
5 | Phantom Train | Living
Dead, Oversoul |
6 | Baren Falls | Opinicus
Fish, Rhizopas |
7 | Phantom Train | Angel
Whisper, Cloud, Living Dead |
8 | Narshe | Hell's
Rider |
9 | South Figaro | Corporal,
Heavy Armor |
10 | West Continent | Iron
Fist, Paraladia, Vulture |
11 | Zozo | Gobbledygook,
Veil Dancer |
12 | Zozo 2 | Harvester,
Hill Gigas |
13 | Magitek Factory | General,
Onion Knight |
14 | Magitek Research |
Chaser, Trapper |
15 | Veldt Cave | Death
Warden |
16 | Zone Eater | Baalzephon,
Murussu |
17 | Bomb Forest | Bomb |
18 | Cyan's Dream | Io |
19 | Empire | Bug,
Fossil Dragon |
20 | Sealed Cave | Outcast,
Zombie Dragon |
BREAK |
21 | Burning House | Balloon |
22 | Esper Caves | Adamankary,
Bonnacon |
23 | Magitek Research |
Mega Armor, Proto Armor |
24 | Floating Continent |
Gigantos |
25 | Floating Continent |
Apocrypha, Brainpan, Misfit |
26 | Floating Continent |
Behemoth, Misfit |
27 | Floating Continent |
Ninja x 2, Platinum Dragon |
28 | Bomb Forest | Grenade |
29 | Solitary Island | Land
Ray, Peeper |
30 | Solitary Island | Black
Dragon |
31 | Kefka's Tower | Ahriman,
Daedalus |
32 | Triangle Island | Intangir |
33 | Kefka's Tower | Vector
Chimera |
34 | Magitek Research |
Destroyer, Lenergia |
35 | Cactuar Desert | Cactuar |
36 | Dragon's Den | Landworm |
37 | S. Figaro Cave | Cruller,
Humpty, Neck Hunter |
38 | S. Figaro Cave | Dante |
39 | Figaro Castle | Dropper |
40 | East Continent | Borghese,
Cloudwraith |
41 | Umaro's Cave | Tonberries |
BREAK |
42 | Darill's Tomb | Skeletal
Horror |
43 | Darill's Tomb | Exoray,
Malboro |
44 | Doma Continent | Knotty |
45 | Darill's Tomb | Devil
Fist, Punisher |
46 | Darill's Tomb | Devil
Fist, Glasya Labolas, Mugbear |
47 | Veldt Cave | Gorgimera |
48 | Kefka's Tower | Great
Malboro, Primeval Dragon |
49 | Narshe | Test
Rider |
50 | Magitek Escape | Magna
Roader Large, Magna Roader Small |
51 | Narshe Mines | Magna
Roader Large, Magna Roader Small |
52 | Owzer's Mansion | Blade
Dancer, Crusher |
53 | Owzer's Mansion | Rafflesia |
54 | Ebot's Rock | Mahadeva |
55 | Ebot's Rock | Creature,
Sorath, Warlock |
56 | Ancient Castle | Armored
Weapon |
57 | Veldt Cave | Devil,
Enuo, Figaro Lizard |
58 | Cyan's Dream | Pluto
Armor, Schmidt |
59 | Cyan's Dream | Parasite,
Weredragon |
60 | Cyan's Dream | Alluring
Rider, Pandora |
61 | Zone Eater | Coco,
Samurai, Suriander | BREAK |
62 | Dinosaur Forest | Tyrannosaur |
63 | Maranda Continent |
Greater Mantis, Sprinter, Lycaon |
64 | Maranda Continent 2 |
Basilisk, Leap Frog |
65 | Kefka's Tower | Great
Behemoth, Great Malboro, Vector Lythos |
66 | Thamasa Island | Gloomwind,
Purusa |
67 | Phoenix Cave | Face,
Necromancer, Zeveak |
68 | Phoenix Cave | Clymenus,
Necromancer |
69 | Phoenix Cave | Chaos
Dragon, Ouroboros, Seaflower |
70 | Gogo's Cave | Amduscias,
Covert |
71 | Gogo's Cave 2 |
Baalzephon, Shambling Corpse |
72 | Gogo's Cave 3 |
Kamui, Wartpuck |
73 | Cultist's Tower | Level
10 Magic, Level 20 Magic |
74 | Cultist's Tower | Level
30 Magic |
75 | Cultist's Tower | Level
10 Magic, Level 30 Magic, Level 60 Magic |
76 | Cultist's Tower | Level
40 Magic, Level 50 Magic, Level 70 Magic |
77 | Cultist's Tower | Level
80 Magic, Level 90 Magic |
78 | Cultist's Tower | Magic
Urn | BREAK |
79 | Darill's Tomb | Angler
Whelk |
80 | Zozo | Dadluma |
81 | Vector | Crane |
82 | Magitek Research |
Number 024 |
83 | Magitek Research |
Number 128, Left Blade, Right Blade |
84 | Glutturn | Elixir
Glutturn |
85 | Airship | Air
Force, Laser Gun, Missile Bay |
86 | Ancient Castle | Master
Tonberry |
87 | Dinosaur Forest | Brachiosaur |
BREAK |
88 | Kefka's Tower | Gamma |
89 | Kefka's Tower | InnoSent |
90 | Kefka's Tower | Junk |
91 | Kefka's Tower | Demon
Knight, Yojimbo |
92 | Kefka's Tower | Muud
Suud |
93 | Kefka's Tower | Fortis,
Prometheus |
94 | Kefka's Tower | Death
Machine, Duel Armor, Fortis |
95 | Kefka's Tower | Cherry,
Dark Force, Outsider |
96 | Kefka's Tower | Mover |
97 | Kefka's Tower | Fiend
Dragon |
BREAK |
98 | Dragons | Ice Dragon |
99 | Dragons | Storm Dragon |
100 | Dragons | Earth Dragon |
101 | Dragons | Gold Dragon |
102 | Dragons | Skull Dragon |
103 | Dragons | Holy Dragon |
104 | Dragons | Blue Dragon |
105 | Dragons | Red Dragon |
BREAK |
106 | Figaro Castle | Tentacle |
107 | Darill's Tomb | Dullahan |
108 | Mobliz | Humbaba |
109 | Dragon's Den | Malboro
Menace |
110 | Cyan's Dream | Curlax,
Laragorn, Moebius |
111 | Ancient Castle | Samurai
Soul |
112 | Cultist's Tower | Magic
Master |
113 | Ebot's Rock | Erebus,
Hidon |
114 | Airship | Deathgaze |
BREAK |
115 | Kefka's Tower | Inferno,
Ketu, Rahu |
116 | Kefka's Tower | Guardian |
117 | Kefka's Tower | Demon |
118 | Kefka's Tower | Goddess |
119 | Kefka's Tower | Fiend |
BREAK |
120 | Dragon's Den | Ice
Dragon |
121 | Dragon's Den | Storm
Dragon |
122 | Dragon's Den | Earth
Dragon |
123 | Dragon's Den | Gold
Dragon |
124 | Dragon's Den | Skull
Dragon |
125 | Dragon's Den | Holy
Dragon |
126 | Dragon's Den | Blue
Dragon |
127 | Dragon's Den | Red
Dragon |
128 | Dragon's Den | Kaiser
Dragon |
Once you have completed the Soul Shrine, defeated Kaiser Dragon, and gotten the Master's Crown, you are done. There is nothing
more to do here, or in Final fantasy VI Advance. You can go through the Soul Shrine again, or defeat Kefka one more time.
If you have not gone after Ultima Weapon yet, now is the perfect time to do so.
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