Return to Baron
Step on the Devil’s Road warp pad in Mysidia to teleport back to Town of Baron. This chapter is loot-heavy: 3 chests in town, 8 in the Old Waterway, and 15 more inside Castle Baron. Plus 11 new bestiary entries, 2 hidden items, and two bosses.
Town of Baron
Shops
Exit the Devil’s Road building and walk to the inn. Rest if needed, then climb upstairs to the bar. Talk to Yang at the table to trigger two consecutive fights.
Round one is two Baron Guards (280 HP each). Round two is Yang himself. Hit him with Tellah’s Thundaga or Blizzaga and Palom’s Twincast for heavy damage, but keep your HP topped off. Yang’s Kick hits the whole party. After both fights, Yang rejoins and you receive the Baron Key.
New Enemies
Town Chests
Leave the inn and use the Baron Key on the locked door to the weapon and armor shop in the north part of town. Inside the shop, walk to the bottom-right corner and push south to reveal a secret passage. Two chests behind the shops hold Zeus’s Wrath and 2,000 Gil. Exit the shop and use the Baron Key on the locked western building. Before going downstairs, walk east along the wall to reach a chest with 1,000 Gil. That’s all 3 town chests. Take the stairs down.
Old Waterway
New Enemies
Six new bestiary entries and 8 chests across four floors. The dungeon is full of hidden passages; push into walls whenever a path seems to dead-end. Three things to handle carefully:
- Most enemies are weak to Lightning: Splasher, Hydra, Death Shell, and Flood Worm all take bonus damage from Thunder/Thundara. Palom and Tellah carry the dungeon
- Gigas Gator is the odd one out, weak to Ice instead. Switch Palom to Blizzara for that fight
- Electrofish absorbs Lightning, so don’t blast it with Thunder; use Projectile (bows/arrows) or physical attacks instead
B4
From the entrance, walk south to the bottom of the room. Three chests sit together: Hi-Potion, Ether, and Zeus’s Wrath. Push north and follow the linear path across the bridges. Take the stairs up.
B3
Take the stairs down to the water, then walk south through a wall passage. Open the chest for an Hourglass. Continue south through another wall passage for Spider’s Silk. From that chest, stand one tile below the stairs and push right to find a third hidden passage. Follow it east, then push left into the rocks past the first waterfall. The chest here holds Hermes Shoes. Backtrack east and walk north to the next floor.
B2
Walk north up the long staircase but stop before the door. Push left into the wall to find a hidden passage leading to an Ether. Loop back and through the door.
B1
Enter the room on the left for a save point and one last chest. Push through the passage on the right side of the room to find the Ancient Sword. That’s 8/8 chests for the Old Waterway.
Save at the safe room and rest the party. Exit through the door and climb the stairs into Castle Baron.
Castle Baron
Walk west through the castle basement, south, and up the small stairs to the courtyard. Visit Cecil’s room at the top of the west tower to restore HP and MP for free.
Enter the eastern building and make your way into the main hall. Baigan offers to join the party, but it’s a trap.
How to Beat Baigan
Hidden Stash
After the fight, walk east up the stairs to the roof. Continue right past where the guards used to stand. Hit the switch below the left torch to open a secret passage. Six chests inside: Ether, Ether, Unicorn Horn, Unicorn Horn, Phoenix Down, Phoenix Down. Backtrack and exit through the bottom door.
East Tower
Enter the East Tower to the north. On 1F, four chests sit in the corners: Hermes Shoes, Bacchus’s Cider, Hermes Shoes, Bacchus’s Cider. You’ll need to take the stairs down and come back up to reach the leftmost one. 2F has two Hi-Potions. On 3F, open three more chests: Tent, Tent, Ether. Check the pot below the staircase for an Ether. Then take the stairs all the way down to B1 and check the middle pot on the left side for an Elixir. That’s everything: 15 castle chests and 2 hidden items collected.
Throne Room
Heal up at Cecil’s room, then walk north to the throne room. A long cutscene plays before the boss fight.
How to Beat Cagnazzo
A long cutscene plays after the fight. Palom and Porom turn to stone to save the party, and Cid joins in their place. You receive the Enterprise airship; the overworld is now yours to fly across. The next chapter covers what to do with it.