Fire-Powered Ship

FINAL FANTASY V guide · Vessel powered by the Fire Crystal where Cid is found trapped

The party boards the Fire-Powered Ship alongside Cid to reach the engine room and shut down the machinery draining the Fire Crystal. Players must navigate metal corridors, elevator platforms, air ducts, and floor-shifting switches to reach the core. Confronting Queen Karnak inside triggers a battle against Liquid Flame, after which the party is thrown directly into Karnak Castle.

Items

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Mythril Gloves: Inside a treasure chest in an enclosed room on the first engine room floorCottage: In a treasure chest reached via steps on the upper-left side of the first engine room floorElixir: In a treasure chest located in a lower-left side chamber reached from the first engine room areaElixir: Inside a treasure chest on the second engine room floorPhoenix Down: In a treasure chest found immediately to the right after riding an elevator platformGreen Beret: Inside a treasure chest situated on a metal walkway pathThief's Gloves: Found in a treasure chest reached after navigating the air duct shaftsMoonring Blade: In a treasure chest reached by manipulating the shifting floor switchesElixir: Inside a treasure chest situated in the mechanical switch puzzle section right before the boss chamber

Key fights

Liquid Flame

Enemies: Liquid Flame (alternates between Human, Hand, and Tornado forms)

Threats: Swaps shapes upon taking damage; human form uses Fira and counters with Blaze, hand form attacks physically and counters with Fira or paralysis, tornado form casts Fira on itself to heal and counters with Magnet

Weaknesses and resistances: Weak to Ice and Water in human and hand forms; absorbs Fire across all forms

Tactics: Strike with Blizzara or Shiva while in humanoid and hand forms, or inflict Confuse to halt its form shifts and retaliatory strikes

Rewards: 690 EXP, 744 Gil, 5 ABP, and drops a Flame Bow or Fire Rod

Enemies

Crew Dust

Weak to Ice, Water, WindSteal / drop Steal: Potion, Eye Drops

Casts the Blue Magic Flash when left as the sole surviving monster

Poltergeist

Weak to Water, WindSteal / drop Steal: Hi-Potion

Fire-based flying spirit encountered throughout the ship's decks

Defeater

Weak to IceSteal / drop Steal: Potion

Defeating this mechanical enemy last in an encounter causes Motor Trap enemies to spawn

Motor Trap

Weak to LightningSteal / drop Steal: Ether

Mechanical trap enemy that can use Self-Destruct or Missile, which can be acquired as Blue Magic

Tips

You can learn the Blue Magic spell Flash from Crew Dust by eliminating all other enemies in battle first so it casts the spell on your party.

Not listed for this area: secrets, shops and people.

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