Final Fantasy VIII Guides and Walkthroughs

This page here will share minor tidbits, tricks, cheats and hints about Final Fantasy VIII. As with many of the other guides on my website these are designed to be very google friendly. If you're stuck, and googling to get done a certain part of the game, that's hopefully how you found this guide!

Final Fantasy VIII Gameshark Codes (NTSC-U)

Final Fantasy VIII Codebreaker Codes (NTSC-J)
- Final Fantasy VIII (DEMO) Codebreaker Codes (NTSC-J)

Final Fantasy VIII Lists
- Abilities
- Items
- Magic
- Weapons

Full Walkthrough

This section covers my complete walkthrough for Final Fantasy 8. Every single thing is covered in this walkthrough including missable items and how to maximize the stats/potential of each character at every point in the game that it is possible. I also have integrated numerous detailed guides into this one about every aspect of FF8 including all of the Rare Cards and the Junctioning system.

Disc 1 Walkthroughs
1. Balamb Garden
2. The Fire Cavern
3. Dollet: SeeD Examination
4. Balamb Garden (Part 2)
5. Timber & Forest Owls Mission
6. Dollet (Part 2) - Optional
7. Galbadia Garden
8. Deling City

Disc 2 Walkthroughs
9. Winhill
10. Galbadia Prison
11. Missile Base
12. Balamb Garden
13. Fisherman's Horizon
14. Balamb Town & Side Quests
15. Trabia Garden
16. Galbadia Garden

Disc 3 Walkthroughs
17. Edea's House, Side Quests & Trabia Canyon
18. White SeeD Ship & Esthar Preparation
19. Final Laguna Dream Sequence & Esthar
20. Tears' Point, Lunar Gate, Esthar (Part 2) and Lunatic Pandora
21. Lunar Base & Ragnarok
22. The Beginning of the End
23. Lunatic Pandora

Disc 4 Walkthroughs
23. Start of Disc
24. Getting the Ragnarok Back
25. Ultimecia Castle (Part 1)
26. Ultimecia Castle (Part 2)
27. Ultimecia/Final Bosses

Final Fantasy 8 Side Quests

A guide for every major Side Quest in Final Fantasy 8 can be found in this section. The Side Quests that don't give any reward or the reward they give isn't any good can be found in the section below at the bottom of this page.

Continue reading for more information about the Queen of Cards Side Quest

Continue reading for more information about the Chocobo Forest Side Quest

Continue reading for more information about the Shumi Village Side Quest

Continue reading for more information about the Card Club Side Quest

Continue reading for more information about the Centra Ruins Side Quest

Continue reading for more information about the Deep Sea Research Center Side Quest

Continue reading for more information about the Obel Lake Side Quest

Continue reading for more information about the PuPu Side Quest

Optional Guardian Forces

Continue reading for more information about obtaining Diablos

Continue reading for more information about obtaining Brothers GF

Continue reading for more information about obtaining Tonberry King GF

Continue reading for more information about obtaining Doomtrain GF

Continue reading for more information about obtaining Cactuar GF

Triple Triad Guides

All of the Triple Triad Guides that I have are listed here. Triple Triad is the Card Game of Final Fantasy 8 and in this section you'll find guides about how to manipulate the Trade Rules/Special Rules in each region. Along with guides about how to obtain every single Rare Card in the game.

Continue reading for more information about every Level 10 Player Card

Continue reading for more information about how to change the rules in each region
- Continue reading to learn how to modify a region's Special Rules
- Continue reading to learn how to get rid of the Direct Trade Rule

Continue reading for more information about the Queen of Cards and the All Rule

Ultimate Weapon Guides

Unlike many of the other games in the series, in order to acquire someone's Ultimate Weapon in Final Fantasy 8 you'll need to collect a specific set of items. Finding a Weapons Monthly Magazine will tell you which items are required for the weapon, but finding the Magazine is not require to make the weapon.

Continue reading for more information on how to get Squall's Ultimate Weapon

Continue reading for more information on how to get Zell's Ultimate Weapon

Continue reading for more information on how to get Quistis's Ultimate Weapon

Continue reading for more information on how to get Selphie's Ultimate Weapon

Continue reading for more information on how to get Irvine's Ultimate Weapon

Continue reading for more information on how to get Rinoa's Ultimate Weapon

"Other" Side Quests