Drakenvale

FINAL FANTASY V guide · Valley climbed to retrieve the dragon grass to save the drake ✓ Checked against sources

The party journeys to this mountainous roost in Galuf's world to obtain Dragon Grass to heal the ailing wind drake at Bal Castle. Navigating its exterior paths and cave caverns requires dropping through pitfall traps, toggling wall switches, and facing undead creatures. Reaching the highest summit leads to an encounter with an aggressive plant monster before securing the cure.

Items

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5000 Gil: Inside a chest in the first cave cavern along the trailCottage: Inside a chest located in the second cave areaBone Mail: Hidden in a pile of dragon skeletal remains just outside the fourth cave entrance7000 Gil: Inside a chest reached by falling down the pitfall in the fourth caveHypno Crown: Inside a chest reached through a hidden passage on the left side of the fifth caveWind Slash: Inside a chest alongside the Hypno Crown through the hidden path in the fifth cavePhoenix Down: Inside a chest down the eastern pathway inside the fifth cave

Secrets

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A wall-mounted skull switch in the lower floor of the fourth cave can be triggered after dropping through a pitfall to open an exterior cliffside gate leading deeper into the mountain.

Key fights

Dragon Pod and Dragon Flowers

Enemies: Dragon Pod accompanied by recurring spawned Dragon Flowers

Threats: Dragon Pod repeatedly summons Dragon Flowers that inflict various status effects including blindness, poison, paralyze, aging, and confusion

Weaknesses and resistances: Dragon Pod has no elemental weaknesses and is immune to most status ailments; Dragon Flowers have no elemental weaknesses

Tactics: Cast multi-target attacks or summon spells like Titan to continuously wipe out the summoned flowers while concentrating single-target burst damage on the main Dragon Pod body

Rewards: 0 Gil, 0 EXP, chance for Dragon Flowers to drop Phoenix Down; rewards the Dragon Grass key item

Enemies

Drippy

Weak to PoisonSteal / drop Steal: Mythril Hammer (common), Sage's Surplice (rare); Drop: Tent

Blue magic Magic Hammer can be learned from it by using the Control ability

Lycaon

Weak to FireSteal / drop Steal: Hi-Potion; Drop: Holy Water

Canine beast often encountered in packs along the trails

Bone Dragon

Weak to FireSteal / drop Steal: Gold Needle; Drop: Ether

Undead dragon susceptible to healing items and fire damage

Poison Eagle

Steal / drop Steal: Hayate Bow; Drop: Antidote

Flying raptor encountered along the mountain paths

Zombie Dragon

Weak to FireSteal / drop Steal: Dark Matter; Drop: Dragon Fang

Heavy undead monster vulnerable to fire and healing spells

??? / Golem

Steal / drop Steal: Gold Needle

Appears randomly as a neutral combatant under attack by undead foes

Tips

If you encounter ??? being attacked by a Bone Dragon and a Zombie Dragon, eliminate both dragons while keeping ??? alive (you can heal it with Cura) to receive the Golem summon item.

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Sources checked: gamespot.com, steamcommunity.com, ign.com, fandom.com, cavesofnarshe.com