Ice Cavern

FINAL FANTASY IX guide · Traveling toward the Mist Continent

The party enters the Ice Cavern to climb through the mountains and escape the Mist on their way to the Lindblum plateau. Zidane explores the freezing corridors while awakening party members trapped by an icy wind, ultimately facing Black Waltz No. 1 and his summoned beast. The player must navigate icy paths and utilize Vivi to melt frozen obstacles to find paths and treasure.

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Potion: Inside a chest in the first screen with bifurcated pathsPotion: Inside a chest located along the icy wall on the western pathEther: Inside an ice formation that Vivi melts for youElixir: In a chest accessed after sliding down an icy rampMage Masher: Inside a chest melted free by Vivi near the deeper part of the cavernLeather Wrist: In a chest sitting along the snowy ledgesPhoenix Down: In a chest revealed after Vivi melts an icy stalagmite barrier

Secrets

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Several chests in the cavern are entombed in ice and must be freed by interacting with them so Vivi can cast fire magic on them.

Enemies

Cave Flandro

Weak to FireSteal / drop Potion

Physical attacks will cause it to swell up, increasing its damage output.

Zaghnol

Weak to FireSteal / drop Potion

A sturdy beast that uses thunder-based attacks.

Wyerd

Weak to FireSteal / drop Ore

Undead creature that occasionally uses sleep-inducing attacks.

Black Waltz No. 1

Weak to FireSteal / drop Silk Shirt, Remedy

Boss fought alone with Zidane alongside Sealion; he casts low-level elemental magic.

Sealion

Weak to FireSteal / drop Mythril Dagger, Ether

Accompanies Black Waltz No. 1 and uses the Blizzard spell and Tsunami.

Tips

A freezing blizzard wind periodically blows across certain rooms; touching it triggers an instant battle against a monster.
Zidane must fight Black Waltz No. 1 and Sealion solo, so make sure he enters the fight with full HP and uses Trance to defeat them quickly.
Steal the Mage Masher from the earlier chest to equip Zidane with better attack power and the Flee ability before fighting the boss.
You cannot return to the Ice Cavern once you exit onto the Mist Continent overworld, making all uncollected treasures missable.

Not listed for this area: shops and people.

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