Final Fantasy III/World of Darkness

Suggested team:
 * Sage
 * Ninja
 * Onion Knight
 * Devout

Go for an all-out!

The Sage's summon Titan will get rid of any group of monsters (save stronger summons for the bosses); the Devout's Holy and Tornado spells will get rid of any single monster. Equip the Ninja with the Moonring boomerang and keep him in the back row. The Onion Knight has the best armor, so he can stay in the front row.

Free the four Warriors of Darkness


The four sub-bosses are sorted here by increasing strength. Incidentally, this way the four Dark Crystals are freed in the same order as the Light Crystals.

In each of the four passages there is a trapped chest with a Ribbon, for a total of four. Xande clones guard the chests, but they have less endurance than the original one.

Against the Xande Clones and the other five bosses use Ninja's shurikens and Sage's Bahamut, but also let the Devout cast Haste on the Onion Knight. The enemies should go down in two or three turns.

Air Crystal: Cerberus
Passage: upper left

Winding invisible tunnels remind you of the wind draft.

After Cerberus is defeated, a Dark Warrior will appear and offer his help to your Light Warriors. Anyway, the Dark Crystals do not restore Health and Magic Points as the Light Crystals did.

Fire Crystal: Two-Headed Dragon
Passage: upper right

The spiral shape of this passage reminds a Japanese symbol related to fire.

Water Crystal: Echidna
Passage: lower left

The vertical corridors in this passage remind a Japanese symbol of water and rain.

Earth Crystal: Ahriman
Passage: lower right

There are no shortcuts in this last passage, but take the upper corridor at the fork and collect the 5th Ribbon. Still, you already have four plus a Onion Helm, so it is only necessary for the sake of 100% game completion.

Final boss: Cloud of Darkness
The final boss is quite stronger: after the Devout cast Haste on the Onion Knight, make him cast Cure4 on everyone at every turn. If you have some Bacchus' Cider, let every character drink one (it has the same effect as Haste).