Crystalis/Portoa

Portoa
After getting through Mt. Sabre, you should arive at the top of a slope. Portoa is just to your left.

Portoa has a few building to visit, the most important being the castle. The guard may block access to the chamber, but you can use paralysis to get past. Enter the room and speak with the queen, who will ask you to discover the town's secret. If you exit and return to the fortune teller, she will direct you back to the Queen's chamber. To resolve the ping-pong match, you need to visit the queen and leave. Re-enter the castle and paralyze the guard and take the back door. You will arrive at the fortune teller shop, and the fortune teller will reveal herself as one of the wise sages.

She gives you the Flute of Lyme, which may be used at the waterfall cave.

Sword of Water
The flute is used to depetrify two statues blocking further access to the cave.

Continue north to the stairs. If you want the shield ring, head left and search for a second Flute of Lyme, and look for another statue. Once he is released, you will receive the ring, for a further defence bonus.

The sword of water is located to the right of the branch. Once you collect it, the sage will arrive and inform you about the tree to the southwest of Portoa.

Ball of Water
Southwest of Portoa is a cave. Enter it, and you will receive the Ball of Water, which may be used to freeze narrow portions of the river. You are also instructed to proceed across the river here, to lisen to a pre-recorded message.

You may now exit, although there are two more things to do here.

Kirisia plants
To the far southeast of Portoa, you should find a narrow river segment that may be frozen. Cross it, and enter the cave. The simple cave only has one branch to the right, which contains an Antidote on the NES version, or a chest mimic on the GBC version. If you continue south, you should reach the a small valley, where you can collect Kirisia plants. This is required if you want to visit the ../Amazones/.

Fog lamp
To the east of Portoa, across the river, is the East Cave. It is a more complex cave, with branches that loop among themselves.

A Lysis plant is found by going straight up at the first branch.

If you're looking for the fog lamp, take the right path on the first branch, south on the second, and right on the third. When you go down the stairs, you may go left or right, but turn south at the next branch. At the end of this long and winding path, you should find the Fog Lamp.

Next, return to Portoa, and enter the shack at the north-east of town, where you will learn the recover spell. Use the sword to freeze the water, and give a medical herb to the dolphin at the end of the path. In exchange, you will receive the Shell Flute.

With the fog lamp, head to the boat rental shop on the west end of town. You will now be able to use the Boat, and thus reach ../Joel/.