Obeying the last words of Desh, you travel to the island of the Dwarves looking for clues about the Fire Crystal.
Before the dungeon
Before going on to dwarven hollows lets hit Gyshal and get some pretty awesome loot! To get there go north through where the whirlpool was blocking then head east, follow that around until you see a village to the east on a little peninsula, jump out and head inside!
Gysahl
In the remote village of Gysahl life goes on peacufully.
In the table below, the items in Italics may not need to be purchased because they can be found for free!
| Magic shop | Price | Item shops | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toad | 700/1000 | Magic Key | 100 | |
| Mini | 700/1000 | Gysahl Greens | 150 | |
| Blizzaga (NES) | 3000 | |||
| Break | 3000 | |||
| Shade | 3000 | |||
| Libra | 3000 | |||
| Confuse | 3000 | |||
| Silence | 3000 |
In the southeastern part of the village there is a small peninsula with three hidden treasures (twoMagic Keys and a Gysahl Green). Head to the spell shop and grab any spells you may need. From the magic shop go east to the bridge then cross the bridge heading north, Enter the Chocobo stables there. In the back of the stables search the two pots (two Gysahl Greens). From the stables go north,across a bridge to a shop which sells Magic Keys. Walk through a secret passage in the eastern wall and grab the chest (Shuriken). Check out the sidebar and head over to the inn!
Once you get to the inn go inside and head east through a secret door just below the stairs. speak with the old man here to check out your Achievements and Bestiary(in the NES version, it asked you to write a feedback mail to Square Soft.) After talking with the old man head on back towards tower of Owen then west toward the Dwarven Hollows!
Dwarven Hollows
In the table below, the items in italics and shaded in grey need not to be purchased because they can be found for free.
| Weapon shop | Armor shop | Item shop | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weapons | Cost | Armor | Cost | Items | Cost | ||
| Serpent sword (NES) | 1500 | Ice armor | 1250 | Potion | 150/50 | ||
| Salamand sword (NES) | 3000 | Ice helm | 2400 | Hi-potion | 1200/600 | ||
| Wightslayer sword (NES) | 1000 | Ice shield | 1200 | Gold needle | 300/100 | ||
| Tonfa (NES) | 500 | Mage robe | 2000 | Maiden's kiss | 100 | ||
| 3-part (NES) | 3000 | Kenpo gi | 2000 | Echo herbs | 100 | ||
| Light staff (NES) | 3500 | Mallet | 100 | ||||
| Tyrving sword | 2800/2000 | Eye drops | 40 | ||||
| Fire staff (DS) | 3500 | Antidote | 80 | ||||
| Ice staff (DS) | 3500 | ||||||
| Diamond bell (DS) | 4500 | ||||||
| Iron arrow (DS) | 8 | ||||||
| Holy arrow (DS) | 10 | ||||||
The place you are looking for is an isle with two caves. Land on the south side of the island and enter the southern cave and head down the stairs. Inside, you discover that Guzco, a rogue, has stolen a horn to prevent access to the Molten Cave where the crystal is located. He fled to an Underground Lake, but Dwarves can't swim, so you'll have to go track him down.
While you're here head to the north and check out the shops! When your ready rest up at the inn and head back to the main room. in the south center there is a dwarf standing near a shrine that you cant enter, speak to him to learn about Gutsco. Take the stairs in the southwest corner of the main room, cast toad on your party and dive in!
Subterranean Lake
Go ahead and un-from yourself and head south over a bridge then east over another. Grab the chest(Gold Needle) to your north then continue east to the next area
Head Northeast then south to take the stairs to the next area
Go south over a bridge and west for another chest(Zeus's Wrath) and continue south over the bridge then west grabbing the two chest(Zeus's Wrath and Gold needle) before advancing north over another bridge. Grab the Chest(Gold Needle) and head east to the next level.
Prepare for a boss fight and follow the path onward, be sure to grab both chests(2x3000Gil) on your way.
BOSS: Gutsco
| Level 17 | HP: 3500 | Weakness: - | Gil: 3500 | Exp: 2304 |
Gutsco is has no weakness but is a chump compared to medusa. The only things to be aware of are that he heals himself(>100 hp a turn) and occasionally casts mini so be ready to have a white/red mage restore your party members after. Other than that just blast away at him with your high level spells, keep your health up, and punch him a few times. Try to conserve any antarctic winds you may have for the next boss fight.
After the Boss Fight
After the Battle you will receive a Horn of Ice. Go back to the Dwarf Chief in Dwarven Hollows(the one by the shrine.) He will dissolve the barrier to the shrine and ask you to put the horn on it. Do so and the shadow that followed you here will reveal itself as Gutsco who will steal both horns and escape.
Follow him to the Molten Cave north of Dwarven Hollows.
Molten Cave
Since the monsters and boss are of fire element, it would be good to equip Ice armor set, that can only be purchased in Darven Hollows.
Upon entering you'll notice the Fire Barrier that was here before are now gone due to Gutsco's invasion. Follow the path west from the first crossing to a chest (Antarctic Wind). Come back to the crossing and walk in the lava, although it will hurt you every second. Go east first for another chest (Antarctic Wind), then go west to next etage.
Go in the lava and south all the way for another chest (Freezing Blade). Go back and go west and go north and south for two more chests (Hi-Potion and Phoenix Down) before going west again to next floor.
Continue following the path past a chest (Impact Claws) to a room with another chest (Phoenix Down) and a switch. Check the rock to reveal a secret passage. Go in and go upstairs in the Crystals Room.
BOSS: Salamander
| Level 19 | HP: 5700 | Weakness: Ice, Water | Gil: 3700 | Exp: 2744 |
Salamander is weak against Ice, therefore:
- have the Warrior use the Freezing Blade;
- have the Black Mage and Red Mage cast Blizzard, Blizzara and Blizzaga;
- have the White Mage use the Ice Staff from the item menu to cast Blizzard;
- use any Arctic Wind and Antarctic Wind you have.
After your victory over Gutsco you will get Horns of Ice back, but not only that: you'll receive also the Fire Crystal which nets you four new jobs:
- Knight
- Ranger
- Geomancer (DS) / Thief (NES)
- Scholar
In the NES version, the Fire Crystal grants the Thief job instead of the Geomancer. The NES Geomancer job is obtained from the Water crystal instead.