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Ninth Sword Orb

You must have Flammie.

Fly near the Ice Country. Directly off the coast, still in white, directly west of the Ice Palace, is a small, circular island. Land on it.

If you don't see Neko directly in front of you, call Flammie and try again. This trick will not work if you just walk to Neko from somewhere in the Ice Country. You must land right next to Neko.

Once you have done that, talk to Neko and save the game.

Press and hold L, R, Select, and Start for a couple of seconds.

The game will, all by itself, restart.

Start a new game from the beginning.

Try not to kill any Rabites on the way there, as it may help increase the chances of this trick working. Play through normally until you fall through the hole into the cave with the Mantis Ant.

After, not during, not before, but after everyone is done talking and the battle is starting, hold L, R, select, and start for a few seconds and the game will again restart by itself.

Now load the game you saved at Neko.

You should be in front of the Mantis Ant. Kill it and you will receive a sword orb.

After you have collected all the normal sword orbs, if you haven't already, you'll have the Mana Sword, the strongest weapon in the game.

Please note that this trick is a glitch, and not supposed to happen. However, if it works, you will have a normal, working Mana Sword. If this trick does not work, your game will be erased and will never be able to save a game in that slot again. When you try to load your game again, if it does not work, you will get a blank screen. Make copies of your saved games just in case the worse happens! Doing it once usually won't glitch but doing it more than once is asking for trouble.

The Seven Secret Passageways

#1- Go to the inn at Matango. Walk towards the inn owner. Then walk down, and you should be able to walk through the wall and into a black passageway. You can walk all the way around the inn until you get to the doorway behind the inn owner.

#2- Go to the southern-most pathway in Southtown. Then walk towards the west(left) and keep going until you cant walk anymore. If you did this correctly, you will have wound up walking through the trees and into a small clearing.

#3- Go to Tasnica. There is a hidden shop underneath some stairs. To get to him, you must go to a desk and walk through a wall south of it.

#4- Go to Tasnica. Take the left route and go to the furthest room you can get to. Then you will notice a red carpet on the eastern wall. Walk on the carpet on through the east wall. You will end up in the right route.

#5- Go to Todo Village. Walk on the bridge and press up. You will find yourself walking on ice.

#6- This secret is used to get to the Moon Palace before you get Flammie. Go to Kakkara, then walk outside the village to the desert. Keep going until you reach northeastern-most area. You will see a passage at the top that is blocked off. Walk to the point that Randi is in the picture to the right. Then run to the left. You will be able to get across the blocked path and if you continue north, you will reach Charons ferry, although she is out for lunch.

#7- In the fight against the Mana Beast, as he charges you, run left and down, and with the other controller have both magic users cast Mana Magic on you. If timed properly, as the Mana Beast charges, you will be knocked straight off the platform. You can walk around a bit until the game freezes. Some say they have walked far enough to see Charon's Ferry.

Return to Potos

If you ever want to go back inside of your home village, stand right infront of the man that guards the village and hit 'up' and 'select' over and over again until you eventually move to the other side of the man. You must have all three characters in your party and alive for this to work.

Shadow Zero

Shadow Zero has no purpose or use in the game. Very rarely, you will see him jump out of a treasure chest, look around nervously, and then run away. No, you can't catch him! It's just some kind of 'decoration' Square threw in. Getting a Shadow Zero is basically the same thing as getting an empty chest.

Nudity

If you are the kind of person who is offended by this sort of thing, don't read this. If you watch a National Scar for awhile it will turn through it's pages. Very rarely, it will open to a page with a woman lieing on a beach, although she is lieing on her stomach so that nothing is showing. If you are going to try and see this secret on your emulator, make a screen shot and send it in to me.

Enhanced Magic

When you level your magic to 8:99, the spell will look differently, and be more powerful. Here is a list of the changes:

Acid Storm	Somewhat different
Air Blast	Becomes Tornado
Blaze Wall	Higher flames
Burst	Longer and larger
Cure Water	Effect looks like a Royal Jam was used
Dark Force	Lasts longer, and finishes with a large explosion
Earth Slide	Smiley faces on rocks
Energy Absorb	Bigger, more impressive looking
Evil Gate	Large face is replaced by dozens of Shadow Zero's running around
Exploder	Much bigger explosions
Fire Ball	Three dragons attack the enemy
Fire Bouquet	Bigger fireballs, and lasts longer
Freeze	Larger ice
Gem Missile	Larger, more furious gems
Lava Wave	Your foe seems to be sinking in lava
Lucent Beam	Many more beams attack the enemy
Magic Absorb	Bigger, more impressive looking
Saber Spells	Lasts some time longer

Disappearing Neko

When you go to the Lofty Mountains, sometimes you will see Neko on Sage Joch's Mountain. However, he sometimes disappears!

Face In the Water

When you get out of the Mana Fortress, fly south and look to the right in the water as you go. You will see a tiny face in the water. You can also see a face made out of mountains on the moon in Final Fantasy 2. This face acts as a symbol for Squaresoft, but has no purpose in the game.

Passing Weapon Level Eight

I've received a lot of e-mails from people who were unable to raise their levels past 8:00 even after obtaining all the orbs. If you are having this problem with a weapon, read the following:
First, equip 2 characters with weapons already maxed out (8:99), and your third with the weapon which will not raise in levels. Second, go to a good level-raising area (such as the Chrystal Forest), and kill some enemies. Now all the weapon points will go towards the weapon who will not go up. If it still doesn't work, try killing 2 or even 3 enemies at a time, that should get it going.

High Charge - Low Level

Equip one character with a low-level weapon, and another with a high-level weapon. Assign each character to a different controller. Have the character with the high-level weapon charge up to maximum. With the second controller, bring up the weapon menu, and switch weapons with the character charging his weapon. When released, the weapons will switch, and the one with a low power level will perform a high-level attack.

Strafe

This lets you face the enemy and attack while being able to walk away at the same time. Hold R and continue normally.

Smoked Sprite

Buy a barrel and equip it on one character (the Sprite makes the best show). Now have the girl cast one of the Saber spells on him(flame saber for a fiery effect). The barrel will glow red and the Sprite will seem to be cooking inside the barrel. Make him run around frantically for best comedic impact.

Screen Glitch

This secret is hard to get working. Have the girl cast a spell, and immediately call upon Flammie. The screens may overlap, or make the spell freeze on the screen as your characters are getting picked up.

Solar Magic

If you came to this section looking for some evidence of Solar, you came to the wrong place. What is Solar? A fake elemental that someone made up to gain attention over the internet. Want to know how to get it just for the heck of it? Fine. Here's what the rumor says:
First, you must have the Mana Sword by doing the 9th Sword Orb secret. Now, you have to reseal all of the world's Mana Seeds, and then return to the Mana Tree in the Pure Land. Once you do this, the Solar Elemental will give you it's powers. It is said to only work on the oldest of SoM cartridges.