The
Thunder Plains are located north of Guadosalam, and south of Makalania
Forest. It is a place which consists of 3 sections/screens: A southern
part, northern part and Outside the Travel Company. Thunderbolts strike
frequently here so towers were built to absorb the lightning. However, not
all thunderbolts get absorbed by the towers, so they strike
the ground. Travellers who are not near one of these towers are likely to be
striked by a thunder bolt.
Avoiding the Thunder Bolts:
During your very first time at Thunder Plains, there will be a tutorial
about how to avoid a thunder bolt when they strike. When a thunder bolt
is about to strike, the screen will flash and a bolt will come
shooting down followed by a thunder sound. To avoid the bolt, simply press
down the X button when the screen flashes and you will dodge the bolt.
Dodging the bolts Mini-Game:
This game is all nothing more than dodging as many thunder bolts as you can.
The more thunderbolts you dodge, the better the prize is. This mini-game is
avaliable once you reach the Thunder Plains.
The prizes for the bolt dodging are:
|
Number of Consecutive Times | Prize |
5 | X-Potion x 2 |
10 | Mega Potion x 2 |
20 | MP Sphere x 2 |
50 | Strength Sphere x 3 |
100 | HP Sphere x 3 |
150 | Megalixir x 4 |
200 | Venus Sigil |
|
|
|
Total Bolts undodged | Prize |
5 | Potions x2 |
10 | Mega-Potions x2 |
30 | Ether |
80 | Elixir |
|
Making things easier:
Although you can start this mini-game before obtaining the Airship, you should
start it after obtaining the Airship. Cleansing
Salts are only easily avaliable after you obtained the Airship. Collect 30
Clenasing Salts and equip it to your weapon to get the [Encounter-None]
ability. With this, you can be free from those annoying battles when you're
playing this mini-game.
The ways to obtain Cleansing Salt is as follows:
Monster: Fallen Monk -with Bayonet
Location: Yevon Dome
Steal: Cleansing Salt (rare)
Monster: Fallen Monk -with Flamethrower
Location: Yevon Dome
Steal: Cleansing Salt (rare)
Monster: Abadon
Location: Monster Training Facility
Steal: Cleansing Salt x3
Monster: Hornet
Location: Monster Training Facility
Steal: Cleansing Salt x2
-or-
Monster: Demonolith
Location: Inside Sin / Omega Ruins
Defeat: Drops Armor: "Stone Proof" + "Encounter None"
-or-
Dragon Race: Conquer it and receive Cleansing Salts x99
- once you have equipment that has "Encounter None" or have custom made a peice of equipment
with 30 Cleansing Salts to add on the ability "Encounter None", then head on over to the
Thunder Plains and start dodging those bolts.
Some Helpful Pointers:
Thunderbolts strike in different parts of the area and the frequency of bolts striking
is different too. Some strike in single bolts, double bolts or even triple bolts. The
place with triple bolts indicated is the highest frequency, which means the bolts
strike down every 3-7 seconds. Staying in the Triple bolts area to dodge will save more
time than dodging in the double or the single bolt area.
The best place to dodge is at the Northern part.
There is a Triple Bolt area at the southern tip of the Northern Part, which leads to
the Travel Company if you go further south. So you need not run from one end to another
to dodge and claim your prize.
Here's a text-map that might help:
/----------------Thunder Plains - Nothern Plains -----------------\
| / | |
| / X XX / |
| / \ |
| \ | |
| \ / |
| \ XX | |
| _/ / ______________________ |
| / / / Map Key \ |
| / | | ------- | |
| | | | X - Single Bolt | |
| \ {O} / | XX - Double Bolt | |
| \ __| | XXX - Triple Bolt | |
| \ XXX / | {O} - Tower | |
| \ __ | | 1 - To the Travel | |
| | / | | | Company | |
| | / | | | 2 - To Southern | |
| | / | \ | Plains | |
| | | | _\ \______________________/ |
| | | | 2___/ |
| --1-- |___/ |
| |
\-----------------------------------------------------------------/
Other Helpful Stuff:
- Have atleast 2 hours of consecutive spare time.
- Don't try dodging 200 bolts in a row if you are sleepy or tired.
- Practice meditating for 15 minutes before hand. This allows your mind
to concentrate more on one thing and to not wander.
- Make sure you have locked away every living breathing thing in your home
so that they can't break your concentration while you dodge bolts.
- If it's bright outside, sunny, then close the blinds/curtains. It's distracting.
- If you need me to go on because you're out of ideas as to why you can't dodge 200
bolts consecutively, then you need drastic help - go see a psyciatrist.
Notes:
Saving or entering the Travel Agency during your dodging game will reset the dodge counter.