Cavern of Ice and the Airship
With Marilith defeated and the Fire Crystal restored, the next stop is the Cavern of Ice. This chapter has 8 new bestiary entries and 15 chests to collect.
Sailing to Cavern of Ice
From Crescent Lake, walk east toward your ship and sail north along the coast. You’ll come across a small bay with a port to dock at. Walk southwest, then board your canoe. The river splits four ways; head north and follow the path to the right (continuing north). After the bend, continue west and at the last fork, take the passage to land. Walk into the Cavern of Ice.
Cavern of Ice
New Enemies
The dungeon loops between three floors multiple times. The spiked ice patches work like Mount Gulg’s lava, dealing 1 HP of damage per step to your entire party.
Transit floors (no chests). Follow the path on B1 to a set of stairs down. On B2, walk southwest to stairs down to B3. From there, take stairs back up to a different part of B2.
B2 (treasure section). Follow the path around and enter the room. Don’t step on any of the cracks for now. Approach the eastern chest from its right side (guarded by 4 Dark Wizards), then approach the other chest from behind. Once both chests are open, step onto any crack.
B3. There’s a monster directly in front of you. Fight it and walk left across the ice spikes to reach two chests. Exit the room and walk south to the bottom of the floor for a room with 6 chests; the last one in each row is guarded. Exit and take the first right, then follow the path to stairs up to B1.
B1 (boss approach). An Ether sits in a chest immediately south of the stairs, then a small room nearby holds 10,000 Gil. Head north and take a right, then go south into a long room with 3 chests and a crack on the floor.
Pick up all 3 chests, then step on the crack to drop down to B2. This time you land within the cracks and can reach the boss.
How to Beat Evil Eye
Pick up the Levistone. To exit, fall through one of the cracks back to B3 and fight the undead again. Retrace the B3 path east to the stairs up to B1. Head north past the long room where you grabbed the Ice Shield, then take the stairs northeast to leave the dungeon.
Raising the Airship
Go back to Crescent Lake and use your canoe to head toward Mount Gulg, but this time take the first path south and follow it around to the southern edge of the continent. You’ll see a desert on your left.
Step off your canoe and walk into the desert. The Levistone raises the Airship from beneath the dunes. You can now fly anywhere on the world map.
Our next stop is the Citadel of Trials.