Checks

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Checks are events, locations, and bosses which, upon completion, reward the player with a character, esper, or item. Various checks are limited to a subset of the three possible reward types. For example, some checks may only reward either an esper or item and never a character. Many Esper and item rewards will be represented in the game as soldier, imp, ghost, or merchant NPCs. Some Esper rewards are represented as Magicite shard sprites.

Item rewards are randomly selected with a uniform distribution. The possible items are:
Aegis Shld, Aura Lance, BehemothSuit, Cat Hood, Dragon Horn, Economizer, Exp. Egg, Fixed Dice, Flame Shld, Force Armor, Force Shld, Gem Box, Genji Armor, Genji Glove, Genji Helmet, Genji Shld, Ice Shld, Illumina, Magus Rod, Marvel Shoes, Minerva, Offering, Paladin Shld, Pearl Lance, Ragnarok, Red Cap, Snow Muffler, Thunder Shld, ValiantKnife

If Stronger Atma Weapon flag is on, Atma Weapon is included in this list.

View checks sorted by character gate.

Below are the available checks listed in alphabetical order along with which world it is available in, the character who unlocks it in character gating mode, the possible rewards, and the original boss.

Ancient Castle

World Ruin
Character Gate Edgar
Possible Rewards Character/Esper/Item
Boss None

Available after completing the Figaro Castle WOR check. Travel towards Kohlingen in Figaro Castle and select "Stop and explore" when prompted. Enter the Ancient Cave through the opened jail cell. After reaching the Ancient Castle, take 5 steps down from the Queen's throne and press 'A' to unlock access to the reward.

Auction House

World Both
Character Gate None
Possible Rewards Esper/Item x2
Boss None

The auction house is available in Jidoor in both the WOB and WOR, however, different items are sold in each world. 2 of the "items" will be the same in both worlds. These rewards fill the slots that Golem and ZoneSeek take up in vanilla. The following table shows the odds of each item when the talking chocobo and 1/1200 airship are removed.

WOB WOR WOR (No Hero Ring)
Offer Repeat Price % Offer Repeat Price % Offer Repeat Price %
Cherub Down Multiple 10,000 50 Hero Ring Single 50,000 50 Golem Single 20,000 50
Golem Single 20,000 25 Golem Single 20,000 25 ZoneSeek Single 10,000 25
ZoneSeek Single 10,000 12.5 ZoneSeek Single 10,000 12.5 Zephyr Cape Single 10,000 12.5
Cure Ring Multiple 20,000 12.5 Zephyr Cape Single 10,000 6.25 Imp Robot Multiple Priceless 12.5
Imp Robot Multiple Priceless 6.25

When single sale items in the columns above are purchased, the odds of everything below it increase. Therefore, purchasing the 50,000 GP item in the WOR results in the best odds of an esper appearing. However, purchasing items in the WOR also increases the chances of triggering the longer imp robot scene. After buying a single esper and the items in the Hero Ring and Zephyr Cape slots, players have a 50% chance of the final esper appearing and a 50% chance of the imp robot scene.

Here are the odds tables for when the talking chocobo and 1/1200 airship are allowed to show up in the auction:

WOB WOR
Offer Repeat Price % Offer Repeat Price %
Cherub Down Multiple 10,000 50 Hero Ring Single 50,000 50
Talking Chocobo Multiple Priceless 25 1/1200 airship Multiple Priceless 25
Golem Single 20,000 12.5 Golem Single 20,000 12.5
ZoneSeek Single 10,000 6.25 ZoneSeek Single 10,000 6.25
Cure Ring Multiple 20,000 6.25 Zephyr Cape Single 10,000 3.125
Imp Robot Multiple Priceless 3.125
Baren Falls

World Balance
Character Gate Sabin
Possible Rewards Character/Esper/Item
Boss Rizopas

East of the Phantom Forest is a cave leading to the Baren Falls. Approach the edge of the cliff overlooking the waterfall. When prompted with "Jump?" select "Why not?"

Burning House

World Both
Character Gate Strago
Possible Rewards Character/Esper/Item
Boss FlameEater

Stay at the inn in Thamasa. Touching a flame will initiate a fixed encounter.

Collapsing House

World Ruin
Character Gate Sabin
Possible Rewards Character/Esper/Item
Boss None

Enter the collapsing house in Tzen, find the child and escape before time runs out. You can see the reward NPC/character standing outside the house before you go into it.

Cyan's Dream

World Ruin
Character Gate Cyan
Possible Rewards Character/Esper and Esper/Item x2
Boss Stooges, Wrexsoul

Sleep in Doma Castle with a party of any size. Once you start this sequence you cannot Warp out. The first reward can be an Esper or Item. The second reward NPC (Esper)/character will be visible after entering the Dream Phantom Train section. After completion, an additional Esper/Item reward is available on the throne.

Daryl's Tomb

World Ruin
Character Gate Setzer
Possible Rewards Character/Esper/Item
Boss Dullahan

Enter the tomb slightly south-west of Kohlingen. At the grave, the reward will be shown in text before the boss fight begins.

Doma Siege

World Balance
Character Gate Cyan
Possible Rewards Character/Esper/Item
Boss Leader

Enter Doma Castle and defeat the boss at the Leader spot. If the reward is a character you will immediately be given the opportunity to add him/her to your party, before the boss fight.

Doom Gaze

World Ruin
Character Gate (Optional) Setzer
Possible Rewards Esper/Item
Boss Doom Gaze

An encounter will occur at a randomly selected location while flying the airship in the WOR. The "Search The Skies" option in the airship can be used to immediately initiate the battle. This option is gated by Setzer in Character Gating mode.

Ebot's Rock

World Ruin
Character Gate Strago
Possible Rewards Character/Esper/Item
Boss Hidon

Just north of Thamasa is the cave entrance. Collect at least 22 coral and feed them to the chest blocking the path. Feeding the chest with fewer than 22 will reset the coral count. You can exit Ebot's Rock and maintain your coral count.

Once you have 22 coral, every teleporter will have a 50% chance to warp to the room with the blocking chest, 25% chance to warp to the save point room, and 25% chance to warp to the room that leads back to the overworld (World of Ruin).

Eight Dragons

World Ruin
Character Gate Cyan and Edgar each gate 1 dragon spot
Possible Rewards Item x8
Boss Blue Drgn, Dirt Drgn, Gold Drgn, Ice Dragon, Red Dragon, Skull Drgn, Storm Drgn, White Drgn

After defeating each boss in a dragon location, an item will be awarded. Note that there is no additional reward for defeating all eight dragons.

Esper Mountain

World Balance
Character Gate Relm
Possible Rewards Character/Esper/Item
Boss Ultros III

Defeat the boss in the Ultros spot (room with the 3 statues). You will see the reward NPC/character in the rooms leading up to the boss fight.

Fanatic's Tower

World Ruin
Character Gate Strago
Possible Rewards Item and Character/Esper
Boss MagiMaster

The Gem Box at the top of the tower is replaced by a randomized good item reward. A second reward is available by returning to the entrance after defeating the boss. You can see this reward NPC/character in the entrance room before you start the climb.

Figaro Castle Throne

World Both
Character Gate Edgar
Possible Rewards Character/Esper/Item
Boss None

The reward NPC/character will be visible on the throne. In the WOR the throne is only accessible after completing the Figaro Castle Engine Room. There are no other check prerequisites in the WOB.

Figaro Castle Engine Room

World Ruin
Character Gate Edgar
Possible Rewards Character/Esper/Item
Boss Tentacles

Navigate through South Figaro Cave to find the passage to Figaro Castle.

Floating Continent

World Balance
Character Gate Shadow
Possible Rewards Character/Esper x2 and Esper/Item
Boss Chupon/Ultros IV, Air Force, AtmaWeapon, Nerapa

The number of IAF fixed encounters has been reduced to three and the airship will immediately appear at the end without needing to wait for the timer. Rewards are not missable. The AtmaWeapon spot cannot reward a Character.

Gau's Father's House

World Balance
Character Gate Shadow
Possible Rewards Character/Esper/Item
Boss None

Imperial Camp

World Balance
Character Gate Sabin
Possible Rewards Character/Esper/Item
Boss None

Chase Kefka down and begin a fight sequence requiring four fixed encounters. You'll see the reward NPC/character fighting soldiers after fighting the first fixed encounter. Once you have the reward, when you leave this area you cannot return.

Kefka At Narshe

World Balance
Character Gate None
Possible Rewards Character/Esper/Item
Boss Kefka

Speak to the reward NPC/character waiting at the top of the Narshe Battlefield to begin. The battle involves two parties instead of three due to restrictions on the number of characters and NPCs allowed on a map at one time.

Kefka's Tower Prison

World Ruin
Character Gate None
Possible Rewards Item
Boss Atma

Defeating the boss in this location also creates a Save Point.

Kohlingen Cafe

World Both
Character Gate Setzer
Possible Rewards Character/Esper/Item
Boss None

The reward NPC/character is sitting at the table to the right of the entrance inside of the Inn.

Lete River

World Balance
Character Gate Terra
Possible Rewards Character/Esper/Item
Boss Ultros I

The Lete River can be found through the south wall in the Returner's Hideout in the room with the save point. Once you jump down to the raft you cannot Warp out of the sequence.

Lone Wolf

World Balance
Character Gate Mog
Possible Rewards Character/Esper/Item and Item
Boss None

Visit the treasure house in the south east of Narshe to discover Lone Wolf stealing a chest's contents. Chase Lone Wolf through the mines towards the northern cliffs. Once ordered to halt, wait without entering any input. Lone Wolf will always have a reward-tier item as an alternative. The reward not chosen will be available in the Narshe Mines Moogle cave in the WOR.

Magitek Factory

World Balance
Character Gate Celes
Possible Rewards Esper/Item x2 and Character/Esper
Boss Ifrit/Shiva, Number 024, Number 128, Cranes

Once you pull the switch in the Esper room and Cid appears, you will not be able to walk or Warp out of the area. The number of fixed encounters during the mine cart ride has been reduced to three. The reward before the Cranes boss spot is a Character/Esper.

Mobliz WOR

World Ruin
Character Gate Terra
Possible Rewards Character/Esper/Item
Boss Phunbaba III/IV

In the westernmost house find the hidden basement behind a bookshelf. A child in the basement of the eastern house will name the available reward. If the reward is a character, they will join the party in the 2nd boss fight.

Moogle Defense

World Balance
Character Gate Mog
Possible Rewards Character/Esper/Item
Boss Marshal

Speak to Arvis in the northeastern house in Narshe and agree to help him to begin. After a brief cutscene, a multiple party battle will begin in the Narshe Mines. Temporary moogle party members will be added as placeholders for any characters that have not yet been found in the main party. The other 2 parties will be comprised of temporary moogles. If the reward for this check is a character, you will see them being chased by soldiers before the battle begins.

Temporary moogle party members will have their vanilla weapons equipped, as well as shop tier C head and body armors. Moogles will have random commands, excluding Morph, Rage, X Magic, Blitz, SwdTech, Lore, and Dance.

Mt. Kolts

World Balance
Character Gate Sabin
Possible Rewards Character/Esper/Item
Boss Vargas

The entrance closest to the Returner's Hideout (north entrance) is blocked until after the boss is defeated. If you exit through the north entrance, the airship will follow you onto the overworld.

Mt. Zozo

World Ruin
Character Gate Cyan
Possible Rewards Character/Esper/Item
Boss None

Purchase the Rust-Rid for 1000 GP from the NPC behind the Cafe. Enter the Cafe and climb the stairs to remove the rust from the door and enter Mt. Zozo.

Narshe WOR

World Ruin
Character Gate Locke
Possible Rewards Esper/Item and Item
Boss None

Unlock the weapon shop and enter the back room. The reward not chosen will be available in the room behind Whelk in the WOB (will be gated by Terra in character gating).

The Cursed Shield may also be obtained by unlocking the upstairs building north of the weapon shop. The number at the end indicates how many battles are required to uncurse the shield. An old man NPC in Narshe WOB also tells you this number.

Opera House

World Balance
Character Gate Celes
Possible Rewards Character/Esper/Item
Boss Ultros II

Speak to the Impressario sitting in the audience which starts a timer. Head to the north east room and flip the rightmost switch before returning to where the Impressario is sitting and entering the north west room. The rats on the catwalk are fixed encounters.

Owzer's Mansion

World Ruin
Character Gate Relm
Possible Rewards Character/Esper/Item
Boss Chadarnook

Turn on the light using the lamp at the base of the stairs and check the bottom left portrait. The reward NPC/character will be painting in the final room.

Phantom Train

World Balance
Character Gate Sabin
Possible Rewards Character/Esper/Item
Boss GhostTrain

After entering the Phantom Train, the reward NPC/character can be found in the caboose. Otherwise, it will automatically be acquired after defeating the boss at the end.

Phoenix Cave

World Ruin
Character Gate Locke
Possible Rewards Character/Esper/Item
Boss None

After recruiting at least two party members, the Phoenix Cave may be found by landing at the center of the star-shaped mountain north of Kefka's Tower in the WOR. If you have not yet recruited Locke, there will be no reward at the end of the Phoenix Cave, where you would meet him in vanilla.

Sealed Gate

World Balance
Character Gate Terra
Possible Rewards Character/Esper/Item
Boss None

Find the house on the eastern part of the southern continent. Walk through the Imperial base and go east over the overworld bridge to the Cave to the Sealed Gate.

Serpent Trench

World Balance
Character Gate Gau
Possible Rewards Character/Esper/Item
Boss None

Find the diving helmet just before the map with the rapid water in order to dive in.

South Figaro Basement

World Both
Character Gate Celes
Possible Rewards Character/Esper/Item
Boss None

The reward NPC/character will be visible where Celes' cell was in vanilla.

South Figaro Cave

World Balance
Character Gate Locke
Possible Rewards Character/Esper/Item
Boss TunnelArmr

After hearing all three sounds an encounter will occur near the recovery spring, at the TunnelArmr spot. The fastest way to trigger this is by entering from the southern entrance and walking through the entire area. After defeating the boss, you can exit out of the northern entrance and the airship will follow you.

Tritoch

World Ruin
Character Gate None
Possible Rewards Esper/Item
Boss Tritoch

Found at the top of Narshe. Defeating the boss here will allow access to Umaro's cave.

Tzen Thief

World Both
Character Gate None
Possible Rewards Esper/Item
Boss None

A thief in the eastern forest of Tzen sells a reward for a random price between 1 and 65535 selected using a uniform random distribution. Prices differ between the WOB and WOR. In the WOB the thief will tell you if they have an Esper by using the phrase "For <price> GP this glowing stone's yours". If the reward is an item, they will simply says "For <price> GP this is yours." In the WOR the message is same regardless of the reward type.

Umaro's Cave

World Ruin
Character Gate Umaro
Possible Rewards Character/Esper/Item
Boss Umaro

Umaro's Cave is accessible after defeating Tritoch. If the reward is a character, you can see him/her peeking out of a cave just above the entrance to the Narshe Mines in WoB.

Veldt

World Both
Character Gate Gau
Possible Rewards Character/Esper
Boss None

Obtain a Dried Meat and defeat enemies on the Veldt with fewer than 4 party members. After each victory, there is a 5/8 chance of a character or NPC appearing. They will not appear if the battle was a back, side, or pincer attack. Certain monster formations will never result in Gau appearing; please see [6.1 in this guide for more technical details]. Feed a Dried Meat to the character or NPC who appears to receive a reward.

Veldt Cave

World Ruin
Character Gate Shadow
Possible Rewards Character/Esper/Item
Boss SrBehemoth

You will be able to see the reward before starting the boss fight. You will be warped to Strago's house in Thamasa WOR after defeating the SrBehemoth spot boss.

Whelk

World Balance
Character Gate Terra
Possible Rewards Character/Esper/Item
Boss Whelk

Defeating this boss also allows access to the Narshe Weapon Shop alternative reward. If the reward is a character, you will be able to see them just before the boss fight begins.

Zone Eater

World Ruin
Character Gate Gogo
Possible Rewards Character/Esper/Item
Boss None

Encounter Zone Eater on the north eastern island in the WOR and wait for your party to be engulfed. The reward will be in the room Gogo is in vanilla.

Zozo Tower

World Balance
Character Gate Terra
Possible Rewards Character/Esper/Item
Boss Dadaluma

Enter the Relic shop in Zozo and climb to the top. The reward will be in Ramuh's chair.