Good Place to Level Up *minor spoilers*

[Xurts]

But anyways, once I get Squall to level 30 (which is one level) that should give me access to the top tier spells monsters have to offer. Which means I have a question. What is the best magic to junction to each stat and what is the best monster to get it from?

Or what is the best way to get it via refining a card. Tell me where to get the card though...

Also, in the time-compressed world, is it possible to go back the normal world?

Remember that it's not just Squall's level, it's the average of the people in your current party.

Ultima is the strongest for most stats, but since you can only put it on one stat, either Mag or Str is the best choice depending on the character.

HP: Full-Life
You can draw Full-Life from Tonberry King and Bahamut. It can also be refined from Regen Rings (won from Torama's and Mesmerizes) with Siren's L Mag-RF. You need 10 Chimera cards for 1 Regen Ring so that's not the best choice.

Str: Ultima/Meteor
I would suggest refining Ultima from Dark Matter. You need 100 Curse Spikes, then refine those into a Dark Matter with Lvl. 100 Siren's Tool-RF. Defeat or mug Tri-Faces for Curse Spikes, they spawn at fixed points in the Deep Sea Research Center. You can also mod Tri-Face cards.

The easiest way to get Meteor is to draw it from Ruby Dragons. KO one party member before you fight one though. It won't hurt you then.

Vit: Meltdown
Draw Meltdown from Gaylas around Trabia and mod Gayla cards for Mystery Fluids which refine into Meltdown with Diablos's ST Mag-RF.

Mag: Ultima/Triple
Triples can be drawn from Odin and Cerberus. Other than that you'll have to mod a card which isn't available until Esthar.

Spr: Reflect
Reflect can be drawn from Adamantoises and refined from Dragon Skins which are won from Anacondaurs. You can also mod Carbuncle's card for 3 Glow Curtains, which refine into 100 Reflects each. You can win the Carbuncle card from (SPOILER)Xu, who is a member of the CC group.

Spd: Triple/Haste
Draw Haste from Vysages around Winhill. You can also mod Kiros's card for 3 Accelerators. 1 Accelerator refines into 100 Haste. To get Kiros's card you must first lose MiniMog to the Queen of Cards. Talk to her in Dollet and she will tell you her father made the Kiros card based off of MiniMog. Then go to Deling City and challenge the guy wearing black on the left side of the street by the Shopping Arcade.

Eva: Tornado
Draw from Thrustaevis around Deling City. You can also refine Windmills. Thrustaevis and Abyss Worms drop those. Modding Abyss Worm and Pandemona cards works too.

Hit: Double
Double can be drawn from Grendel, Elnoyle, Cerberus, and Odin along with several other enemies.

Luck: Aura
Buy Hypno Crowns and Power Wrists from one of the Esthar shops, and refine those into Aura Stones with Siren's Tool-RF. Refine the Aura Stones into Auras with Leviathan's Supt Mag-RF.

^_^

[enigma1234]

If your getting pissed because you can't pass that or some hard battles just use gameshark (problem solved) but real gamers never uses cheats,etc. -just an opinion-

[terus01]

The Training Center is surprisingly effective, seeing as you can reach it right at the beginning of the game.

I used to reach LV23 before even finishing the Fire Cavern.

I'm around level 20 at that time, I have Quezacolt learned Summag 10%, 20%, 30%, etc. So I'm READY to face THE GIANT SPIDER ROBOT. I'm so happy when I can KILL it.

But The real troubled I got later, in disc three, from the JUMBO CACTUAR. I think I'm too much leveling up, and the jumbo have a great HP too, and I'm end up with he RAN AWAY.

Suggestion: Get the LIONHEART SOON!!

Do not Stuck on your card supply, ok? it helps..

Is there another place more hard to levelling than Island closest to H/H? I am got bored with that two place...

[Goldenboko]

Don't bother leveling up til the end and thats only if you want to fight Omega Weapon. All of the other bosses in the game can be defeated with decent junctions.

[Trisdyn]

Hey guys, You could go through all that hassle of making items from rings and what-not, OR, you could go to the island closest to Hell/Heaven and walk around. There are invisible withdraw points that contain the strongest spells in the game. And the best part is that they regenerate in literally minutes! I had like 100 of each top spells in an hour!

But uh, yeah, agreeing with Xurtes, you do NOT want to level, trust me. Monsters gain so much more stats then you do in one level, so really, your just making the game harder. Instead, get good magic, and get to Cactuar Island. Each Cactuar is worth 20AP, and since there are battles with 3 Cactuar, you can get up to 60AP a battle! (Watch out for the green thing though that's the Jumbo Cactuar.)

Originally Bespoken by Xurtes

You can also mod Kiros's card for 3 Accelerators. 1 Accelerator refines into 100 Haste.

Alternatively, you could do the Alien Sidequest. When you are completed that, you should be able to encounter the PuPu alien, which then can be defeated for an Accelerator. Or, you could give it 5 elixirs and get it's crappy Level 5 card. But it is one-of-a-kind and it does convert to Hungry Cookpot, which can be used to teach a GF the 'devour' skill (Don't get me wrong, that skill is pretty useful), or the cookpot can be converted using Tool-RF to a Shaman stone, which then can be converted AGAIN to a lot of useful items.

P.S LOL, the Jumbo Cactuar ran away from you? That never happened to me. I totally pwned him with Leviathan and Lionheart.

[Xurts]

Hey guys, You could go through all that hassle of making items from rings and what-not, OR, you could go to the island closest to Hell/Heaven and walk around. There are invisible withdraw points that contain the strongest spells in the game. And the best part is that they regenerate in literally minutes! I had like 100 of each top spells in an hour!

Refining the rare magic is the quickest way though. It takes too long to draw from draw points for 300 of a spell. I can get 300 Ultimas in around 30-45 minutes by killing Tri-Faces in the DSRC. I don't know what else is on the ICH, but I'm sure their alternative methods are a lot quicker.

Originally Bespoken by Xurtes

You can also mod Kiros's card for 3 Accelerators. 1 Accelerator refines into 100 Haste.

Alternatively, you could do the Alien Sidequest. When you are completed that, you should be able to encounter the PuPu alien, which then can be defeated for an Accelerator. Or, you could give it 5 elixirs and get it's crappy Level 5 card. But it is one-of-a-kind and it does convert to Hungry Cookpot, which can be used to teach a GF the 'devour' skill (Don't get me wrong, that skill is pretty useful), or the cookpot can be converted using Tool-RF to a Shaman stone, which then can be converted AGAIN to a lot of useful items.

P.S LOL, the Jumbo Cactuar ran away from you? That never happened to me. I totally pwned him with Leviathan and Lionheart.

If you mod the PuPu card you won't be able to collect every card.

and yeah, Jumbo Cactuar can escape. You'll see a message like "Jumbo Cactaur is hesitating," and if you attack it when that message is there it will run away.