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Temple of the Ancients

Find: Protect Vest, Choco Feather, Trident, 1 Mind Source, Silver Rifle, 1 Turbo Ether, Rocket Punch, Luck Plus Materia, Morph Materia, Nail Bat, Princess Guard, Ribbon, Trumpet Shell, 1 Megalixir, Work Glove, & Summon Bahamut Materia

You can now go to Wutai and do Yuffie's subquest. Or, you can go to the Northern Continent and pick up the Summon Kjata Materia from the Sleeping Forest.

If not, take the ship all the way to the Center Continent. It can only go in the light blue water, so head south, then east. Head east up the river near Nibelheim. Take the river to the ocean, and enter the Weapon Seller’s. The guy here tells you about the Keystone. Talk to him again and ask him where it is. He tells you that he sold it to Dio, the owner of the Gold Saucer. Now cross the river and leave the boat. Walk all the way around the sandpit and over to Corel. From here, head to the Saucer.

Either opt to pay 3,000 gil for a one-time pass, or 30,000 for the Gold Ticket (unlimited entry). For Chocobo racers and people who want to do the Battle Square in the future, dish out the 30,000. If you're never coming back, then don't worry about getting a lifetime pass. Anyway, head to the Battle Square and go into the showroom to the right. The main pedestal has the Keystone. Talk to Dio, pick the top option, and fight. You will get the Keystone after you finish the battles. If you beat all eight battles, (yeah, like that'll happen at this early of a level), you get a Protect Vest and a Choco Feather.

Now when trying to leave, you are sent to the hotel and talk to everyone. Aeris (or if you were mean to her, Tifa, Yuffie, or even Barret) will come into the room. Aeris asks Cloud about the date she owes him. Then she will make him have fun. Basically you don't control yourself until the play starts.

Next, you go to Round Square and ride the skyway. When you return to the Station, you will find Cait Sith and realize that he has taken the Keystone. Follow him and he will run from Square to Square. Keep on following him until you catch up.

When you return to the room, search the closet for an Elixir, then leave the Gold Saucer and head to the Temple of the Ancients. Get back in the seaplane and head south to the small string of islands. Follow them east and disembark on the beach. Walk to the temple in the forest straight ahead.

Go to the top of the stairs and examine the guy in the black cape. Now enter the temple. Here you will talk with Tseng, then place the Keystone on the altar and you are transported into the temple itself, which is like a huge maze. Go up and left to the staircase going down. Go down it, and then into the archway above you. Exit and run to the right underneath the staircase to the chest. It contains the Trident, then run to the right and climb the vines. Run to the left around the archway and up the stairs heading left. Climb the vines here for a Mind Source.

Run down the stairs and enter the archway. Talk to the guy you saw running around before. He'll let you save, buy items, and restore your HP/MP. Get the chest to the right for the Silver Rifle then leave. Climb back down the vines and go left through the archway. Get the Turbo Ether here, and climb down the stairs to your right. Go left and down more stairs, then climb down the vines and get the Rocket Punch from the chest. Go down more stairs, then run right and climb up the vines. Instead of following the guy with the hat to the left, run straight ahead, through the archway, down the stairs on the right, and up the vines on the left. Just on the other side of the bridge is a Luck Plus Materia. Now, return to the archway on the left that the old guy when into.

You have to time your running here so that you run underneath the large rocks. The open side of the "C" shape has to go over you. If they squish you, you go all the way back to the beginning. Once you pass them, go to the pool. Grab the Morph Materia, then continue past more boulders. These ones only roll you to the pool. After this, Aeris will run back to the pool. Watch the scene with Sephiroth, then run to the right and talk to the old guy. Restore, save, and exit.

You have to line up the hour hand and minute hand so you can walk on them from your current position to one of the other hallways. He gives you three options.

The first, "Move it myself", allows you to move the minute hand fast, either backwards or forwards. This is the best method to use for fine tuning the hands.

The second option, "Spin it", moves the hands around and when you hit the button, they stop three positions after where you hit it. This method is best for moving the hands if they are way off from where you need to go.

The third option lets you walk across. Beware! If the second hand hits you and knocks you off, you have to fight two Ancient Dragons.

HPMPLevelStrongWeakEXPAPGilItem
240045034N/AGravity/Wind16001601600Turbo Ether

After the battle with the two Ancient Dragons, get the chest, which has the Nail Bat. This is a sword for Cloud, it is very powerful, but has no Materia slots or Materia growth. Exit, and work your way back to the clock.

Here is what you will find in the various passages:

Enter passage VI. The old guy runs away. Follow him. You have to run into the passage that he is going to run out of. This takes a little time, but isn't too hard. You can also jump down a level by running above doors 3, 7, 6, or 0 and walking around until the game says, "Press to jump down a level".

Talk to him once you catch him to save or restore. Get the Work Glove from the chest, then exit through the top door. After each scene with Sephiroth, run to the right to advance. After the long dialog in which you learn that Sephiroth is going to destroy the planet with Meteor, he sends a boss.

HPMPLevelStrongWeakEXPAPGilItem
680030039Fire/GravityN/A35002001000Dragon Armlet
Make sure to grab the Summon Bahamut Materia. Run to the right and examine the floating pyramid. Talk more, then tell Cait Sith you trust him. Run back to the left and out the door. Go out the door here (or save first), then use the clock again. Go into the XII passage. Run up to the door and find another boss.

HPMPLevelStrongWeak
1000040045Fire/Ice/Lightning/Earth/Water/Gravity/PoisonN/A
EXPAPGilItem
38002204000Gigas Armlet

*Bahamut is the only summon that works against him.

Cait Sith comes in and marches to his death. Next run into the pit and get the Black Materia. Sephiroth shows up and makes Cloud attack Aeris. In a dream, you see Aeris go into the forest. When you wake up, leave the house, then talk to Tifa and Barret. You are in Gongaga again.

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