All missables in Final Fantasy VI
Everything you can permanently miss, in the order you reach it: where it is, how to get it and what locks it out.
| Item | Area | Where and how | What locks it out | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main Gauche | Mt. Kolts | In a chest on an outside cliff accessible through a hidden pathway wrapping behind the large rock in the second cavern | Being checked | |
| Gigas Glove | Mt. Kolts | In a chest inside a hidden chamber accessed through an invisible tunnel in the east rock wall right before the bridge | Being checked | |
| Tent | Mt. Kolts | In a chest on an exterior mountain ledge reached by passing straight through a short cave on the slopesExact spot: being checked | Being checked | |
| Tent | Mt. Kolts | In a chest situated inside the cave corridor immediately behind where Vargas was blocking the path | Being checked | |
| Hi-Potion | Returners' Hideout | Banon's chambers in the southeastern treasure chestExact spot: being checked | Being checked | |
| Phoenix Down | Returners' Hideout | Bedroom where Terra wakes up, inside the lone treasure chestExact spot: being checked | Being checked | |
| Air Knife | Returners' Hideout | Storeroom in the bottom-right treasure chest | Being checked | |
| Phoenix Down | Returners' Hideout | Storeroom in the bottom-left treasure chest | Being checked | |
| Knight's Code | Returners' Hideout | Storeroom in the northern treasure chestExact spot: being checked | Being checked | |
| Antidote | Returners' Hideout | Storeroom inside a bucketExact spot: being checked | Being checked | |
| Ether | Returners' Hideout | Storeroom inside a pot beside the bucket | Being checked | |
| White Cape | Returners' Hideout | Hidden room reached via a concealed passage on the right wall of the storeroom | Being checked | |
| Green Cherry | Returners' Hideout | Dining area inside a pot beside an armor statue | Being checked | |
| Gauntlet | Returners' Hideout | From Banon near the cavern entrance, awarded if Terra accepts his request to become their beacon of hope | Being checked | |
| Genji Glove | Returners' Hideout | Awarded by a Returner if Terra refuses Banon's request three consecutive timesExact spot: being checked | Being checked | |
| Star Pendant | Imperial Camp | Inside the chest located in the northeastern tent near the entrance | Confronting Kefka for the third time | |
| Mythril Glove | Imperial Camp | Inside the southwestern tent, stored in the chest on the right side | Confronting Kefka for the third time | |
| Green Beret | Imperial Camp | Inside the southwestern tent, awarded as a guaranteed drop after opening the left chest and slaying the Satellite | Confronting Kefka for the third time | |
| Barrier Ring | Imperial Camp | Inside a hidden northern tent accessed by jumping off the ridge directly behind the southwestern tent | Confronting Kefka for the third time | |
| Remedy | Doma Castle | inside a pot in the southeast chamber during the poison siege | Being checked | |
| Tent | Phantom Train | Caboose interior compartment, hidden on the floor tile in the northwest corner | Being checked | |
| Earring | Phantom Train | Dining car, found inside a treasure chest reached by going outside and re-entering the car through its western doorExact spot: being checked | Being checked | |
| Tent | Phantom Train | Car 7 western private compartment, located in a hidden spot in the northwest corner near the table | Being checked | |
| Phoenix Down | Phantom Train | Car 8 western compartment, retrieved from the easternmost chest in the roomExact spot: being checked | Being checked | |
| Sniper Eye | Phantom Train | Car 8 western compartment, retrieved from the second chest from the right | Being checked | |
| Phoenix Down | Phantom Train | Car 8 western compartment, retrieved from the third chest from the right | Being checked | |
| Hyper Wrist | Phantom Train | Car 8 western compartment, obtained as a guaranteed reward after opening the leftmost chest and defeating the monster withinExact spot: being checked | Being checked | |
| X-Potion | Serpent Trench | In a chest inside the first cavern, accessed by steering right at the first fork | Being checked | |
| Green Beret | Serpent Trench | In a chest on a raised platform in the second cavern, accessed by steering right at the second fork | Being checked | |
| Flametongue | Magitek Factory | Inside a chest reached by taking the westernmost pipe from the entrance catwalk | Leaving Vector | |
| Ether | Magitek Factory | Inside a chest accessed through the eastern pipe on the entrance platform | Leaving Vector | |
| X-Potion | Magitek Factory | Inside a chest positioned right at the exit of the first conveyor belt | Leaving Vector | |
| Thunder Blade | Magitek Factory | Inside a chest found on the landing next to the second conveyor belt | Leaving Vector | |
| Remedy | Magitek Factory | Inside a chest situated south of the Thunder Blade platform before riding the next belt | Leaving Vector | |
| Dragoon Boots | Magitek Factory | Inside a chest located in the far southwestern corner of the second room | Leaving Vector | |
| Golden Shield | Magitek Factory | Inside a chest within a small room reached by climbing the southwestern catwalk stairsExact spot: being checked | Leaving Vector | |
| Tent | Magitek Factory | Inside a chest sitting next to the small stairs in the southeastern catwalk area | Leaving Vector | |
| Golden Armor | Magitek Factory | From the Tent chest, go through the obscured doorway along the darkened southern wall to a hidden room to reach the chest. | Leaving Vector | |
| Golden Helm | Magitek Factory | Inside a chest in an obscured chamber along the southern wall west of the Golden Armor | Leaving Vector | |
| Zephyr Cloak | Magitek Factory | Inside a chest in a secluded storage room reached through a pipe tucked among northeast crates | Leaving Vector | |
| Icebrand | Magitek Factory | Inside a chest sitting beside the Zephyr Cloak in the crate-accessible northeast pipe room | Leaving Vector | |
| Stoneblade | Magitek Factory | Inside a hidden chest tucked beyond the lower-left glass specimen tube in the research lab | Leaving Vector | |
| Stoneblade | Magitek Research Facility | concealed in an obscure alcove behind the wall directly south of the leftmost Esper containment tank | Being checked | |
| 8,000 Gil | Imperial Base | chest along the west wall of the basement storeroom | before the world changes | |
| 13,000 Gil | Imperial Base | chest on the eastern side of the basement storeroom | before the world changes | |
| 20,000 Gil | Imperial Base | chest in the southeastern portion of the basement storeroom | before the world changes | |
| Alarm Earring | Imperial Base | chest along the south wall of the basement storeroom | before the world changes | |
| Angel Ring | Imperial Base | chest in the southwestern corner of the basement storeroom | before the world changes | |
| Angel Wings | Imperial Base | chest against the north wall of the basement storeroom | before the world changes | |
| Elixir | Imperial Base | chest located southwest of the room's center in the basement storeroom | before the world changes | |
| Hermes Sandals | Imperial Base | chest near the center of the basement storeroom | before the world changes | |
| Hi-Ether | Imperial Base | chest northwest of center in the basement storeroom | before the world changes | |
| Reflect Ring | Imperial Base | chest positioned west of the buckets in the basement storeroom | before the world changes | |
| X-Potion | Imperial Base | chest in the northwestern corner of the basement storeroom | before the world changes | |
| Flametongue | Imperial Base | inside the heating stove in the basement storeroom | before the world changes | |
| Elixir | Imperial Base | hidden tile south of the eastern bucket in the basement storeroom | before the world changes | |
| Assassin's Dagger | Cave to the Sealed Gate | inside a chest in the eastern section of 1FExact spot: being checked | floating continent ascends | |
| Kazekiri | Cave to the Sealed Gate | inside a chest down the western staircase on B1FExact spot: being checked | floating continent ascends | |
| Heiji's Jitte | Cave to the Sealed Gate | inside an isolated chest on B2F reached via shifting lava bridgesExact spot: being checked | floating continent ascends | |
| X-Potion | Cave to the Sealed Gate | inside a chest resting on solid rock on B2FExact spot: being checked | floating continent ascends | |
| Hi-Ether | Cave to the Sealed Gate | inside a chest on the eastern walkway near the B3F entrance | Being checked | |
| Genji Glove | Cave to the Sealed Gate | From a bridge on B3F, activate the hidden switch in the middle to reveal a pathway extension to the western Genji Glove chest on the western platform of B3F | Being checked | |
| Tent | Cave to the Sealed Gate | inside a chest within the B3F save point cavern | Being checked | |
| Invisibility Scroll | Cave to the Sealed Gate | buried on the floor one step south and one step west of the grand stairs on B3F | Being checked | |
| Water Scroll | Cave to the Sealed Gate | buried on the floor four steps east and two steps south of the Invisibility Scroll on B3F | Being checked | |
| Gold Needle | Cave to the Sealed Gate | buried on the floor four steps west and four steps south of the Water Scroll on B3F | floating continent ascends | |
| 293 Gil | Cave to the Sealed Gate | buried on the floor three steps north of the lower chest near the B3F grand stairs | floating continent ascends | |
| Hi-Ether | Cave to the Sealed Gate | inside a chest situated near the base of the B3F grand stairsExact spot: being checked | floating continent ascends | |
| Elixir | Cave to the Sealed Gate | inside a chest accessed through a winding tunnel in the eastern section of B3FExact spot: being checked | floating continent ascends | |
| Magicite Shard | Cave to the Sealed Gate | From the lower B3F pathways, activate floor pressure switches to reveal the secret treasure room, inside a chest within the secret B3F treasure vault | floating continent ascends | |
| Magicite Shard | Cave to the Sealed Gate | From the lower B3F pathways, activate floor pressure switches to reveal the secret treasure room, inside a second chest within the secret B3F treasure vault | floating continent ascends | |
| Hi-Ether | Cave to the Sealed Gate | inside a chest located inside the secret B3F treasure vaultExact spot: being checked | floating continent ascends | |
| Ultima Weapon | Cave to the Sealed Gate | From the lower B3F pathways, activate floor pressure switches to reveal the secret treasure room, inside the main chest in the secret B3F treasure vault | floating continent ascends | |
| Alarm Earring | Imperial Palace | Inside a treasure chest on the left side of the first-floor southwest storeroom | Being checked | |
| X-Potion | Imperial Palace | Inside a treasure chest on the right side of the first-floor southwest storeroom | Being checked | |
| Ether | Imperial Palace | Inside a treasure chest in the western barracks on the second floor | Being checked | |
| Gale Hairpin | Imperial Palace | Inside a treasure chest in the eastern bedroom on the second floor | Being checked | |
| Holy Water | Imperial Palace | Inside a treasure chest in the east wing bathroom on the second floor | Being checked | |
| Tintinnabulum | Imperial Palace | Awarded by an imperial guard at the palace entrance upon departing if you earn at least 77 banquet points | Being checked | |
| Ward Bangle | Imperial Palace | Awarded by an imperial guard at the palace entrance upon departing if you earn at least 90 banquet points | Being checked | |
| Flame Rod | Thamasa | inside a chest accessed through a right-side doorway within the Burning Home | Being checked | |
| Ice Rod | Thamasa | inside a chest located through the second right-side doorway inside the Burning Home | Being checked | |
| Healing Rod | Esper Caves | In a treasure chest located directly west of the main cave entrance | Being checked | |
| Chocobo Suit | Esper Caves | In an outdoor chest on the northern mountain cliffs, reached by dropping through the northern trapdoor and heading north | Being checked | |
| Tabby Suit | Esper Caves | In an outdoor chest reached by falling through the northern trapdoor and exiting through the southwestern doorwayExact spot: being checked | Being checked | |
| X-Potion | Esper Caves | In a chest inside a lower chamber reached by stepping through the eastern trapdoorExact spot: being checked | Being checked | |
| Murasame | Floating Continent | Found in a blue orb along the northern dead-end path near the continent's entrance | Being checked | |
| Sasuke | Floating Continent | Found in a blue orb guarded by Gigantos on the eastern side of the continentExact spot: being checked | Being checked | |
| Beret | Floating Continent | Found in a blue orb tucked into an alcove shortly before the final save point | Being checked | |
| Elixir | Floating Continent | Found in a blue orb located along a lower detour during the timed escape sequenceExact spot: being checked | Being checked | |
| Healing Rod | Tzen | Inside a treasure chest at the northern end of the hallway on the 1st floor of the collapsing house | Rescuing the child and escaping the mansion | |
| Ether | Tzen | Inside a treasure chest at the far western dead end on the 1st floor of the collapsing house | Rescuing the child and escaping the mansion | |
| Holy Rod | Tzen | Inside a treasure chest within the center bedroom on the 1st floor of the collapsing house | Rescuing the child and escaping the mansion | |
| Hyper Wrist | Tzen | Inside a treasure chest in the southwestern room on the 1st floor of the collapsing house | Rescuing the child and escaping the mansion | |
| Magicite Shard | Tzen | Inside a treasure chest in the northeastern section of the collapsing house basement | Rescuing the child and escaping the mansion | |
| Blood Sword | Tzen | Inside a treasure chest in the southernmost room of the collapsing house basement | Rescuing the child and escaping the mansion | |
| Tintinnabulum | Mobliz | received from the injured soldier upon sending five consecutive deliveries to Lola | Being checked | |
| Hero's Ring | South Figaro Cave (World of Ruin) | inside a chest located down the western stairs of the main cavern, provided the chest was left untouched in the World of Balance | Being checked | |
| Hi-Ether | South Figaro Cave (World of Ruin) | inside a chest nestled in a far eastern alcove of the central cavern, provided the chest was left unopened in the World of Balance | Being checked | |
| X-Potion | South Figaro Cave (World of Ruin) | inside a chest atop the elevated platform in the southwestern corner of the cavern, provided the chest was left unopened in earlier visits | Being checked | |
| Safety Bit | Kefka's Tower: Final Battle | Stolen from Fiend on the leftmost summit pathwayExact spot: being checked | Being checked | |
| Red Jacket | Kefka's Tower: Final Battle | Stolen from Demon on the middle summit pathwayExact spot: being checked | Being checked | |
| Minerva Bustier | Kefka's Tower: Final Battle | Stolen from Goddess on the rightmost summit pathwayExact spot: being checked | Being checked | |
| Mutsunokami | Kefka's Tower: Final Battle | Dropped by Fiend upon defeatExact spot: being checked | Being checked | |
| Radiant Lance | Kefka's Tower: Final Battle | Dropped by Demon upon defeatExact spot: being checked | Being checked | |
| Excalibur | Kefka's Tower: Final Battle | Dropped by Goddess upon defeatExact spot: being checked | Being checked | |
| Ragnarok | Kefka's Tower: Final Battle | Stolen from Lady during the third tier of the final battleExact spot: being checked | Being checked | |
| Ultima Weapon | Kefka's Tower: Final Battle | Stolen from Rest during the third tier of the final battleExact spot: being checked | Being checked | |
| Megalixir | Kefka's Tower: Final Battle | Stolen from Kefka during the final tierExact spot: being checked | Being checked |
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