Baron
Cecil returns to Baron Castle after raiding Mysidia for the Water Crystal. Two scripted battles play out aboard the Red Wings airship before you land, both registering automatically toward the bestiary. This chapter covers Castle Baron and the Town of Baron for 6 chests, 9 hidden items, and 5 new bestiary entries before the trek to Mist Cave.
New Enemies
Before You Begin
A few things to note about this walkthrough before you set out:
- This guide tracks 100% completion: 197 bestiary entries, 342 chests, 54 hidden items, and all 30 trophies. Trophies are identical across PlayStation, Switch, Steam, iOS, and Android.
- Boost settings live under the in-game menu and let you scale encounter rate, EXP, Gil, and damage. None void trophies, so dial them to whatever feels right.
- FF4 introduced the Active Time Battle system. Each character’s gauge fills at their own pace; switch from Active to Wait under Config to give yourself time to read menus and target enemies.
- Cecil’s party rotates twelve named characters over the run. A handful of bestiary entries and chests are missable; the missables guide tracks every cutoff.
Castle Baron
Baigan escorts Cecil to the throne room. King Baron strips Cecil of his Red Wings command and assigns him to deliver a package to the village of Mist.
Kain steps in to defend Cecil and gets pulled into the mission too. You receive the Bomb Ring after the scene.
Head south from the throne room and down the stairs to the first floor. On the east side, a guard stands near a locked storage area. Interact with the button behind the guard to open the treasury. Three chests inside hold 480 Gil, an Ether, and a Tent. Save the Ether for the first boss fight where MP runs short.
Walk to the opposite side of the room and up the stairs. This triggers a scene with Rosa, Cecil’s love interest and a White Mage. Continue north toward the tower for a small interaction with Cid, the engineer behind Baron’s airship fleet. Climb up the tower to Cecil’s room and rest. A scene with Rosa plays during the night, then you wake. Kain meets you at the castle gate, and you take control on the overworld outside Baron.
Town of Baron
Outside Castle Baron, take a right to walk into the Town of Baron. The Weapon and Armor shops are locked off for the story this chapter, but the Item shop stays open.
Shops
Town of Baron has 8 hidden items tucked into pots, ponds, and secret tree paths. From the town entrance, check the pot to the right for a Potion. Inside the Inn (50 Gil per stay), check the pot in the bedroom for another Potion.
Head through the northeast stairs of the Inn and interact with the swords on the wall to open a secret passage. Three chests down here hold Dwarven Bread, a Tent, and Eye Drops.
Back outside, walk north and search the pot between the two buildings for another Potion. In the northeast part of town, take the stairs down into the water and follow the river path to a pond. Two items sit at the water’s edge: a Tent and an Hourglass.
Back near the northeast corner, look for an old woman standing by some trees. Push into the trees directly above her to find a hidden passage. Follow it to pick up a Phoenix Down, then continue south along the path for a Gold Needle and a second Phoenix Down. Exit the town through the gap in the trees north of the hidden items.
Chocobo Forest
Southwest of Baron on the overworld, look for a Chocobo Forest. Inside, a hidden Gysahl Greens sits in the grass patch. Every Chocobo Forest also counts as its own map location toward the gold Adventurous Wayfarer trophy, so step inside even if you don’t need the item.
Baron Overworld
Three enemy types roam the fields between Baron and Mist Cave. Register all three for the bestiary.
New Enemies
Goblins drop the Goblin summon item and Helldivers drop Cockatrice, both at very low rates. Don’t grind for either here. The Hummingway Home shop sells Sirens later in the game that lift drop rates noticeably; come back then for the cleaner farm.
Head northwest from Baron, across the bridge, and through the mountains to find the cave. The next chapter covers Mist Cave and Kaipo.
