Ragnarok Esper / Sword *spoilers plz*

[Dark Phoenix]

Is there any way to obtain the Ragnarok Esper AND Sword w/o using Game Genie?

[Chaos Cloud]

I'm afraid not, but if you are deciding on which one to take, take the sword. Illumina is worth it, and the items obtainable by the esper can be obtained by other means as well.

[Flying Mullet]

Apparently you can steal a Ragnorak from one of the final forms of Kefka, but I don't know which one. Yes, The sword is better to get. While the esper Ragnorak teaches you Ultima, you can learn Ultima from the Paladin shield. So this method takes a while longer as you have to uncurse the cursed shield, though it is worth it.

Another question, does anyone know of any good items that you can get through morph if you take the esper?

[Heath]

Originally when playing through the game I thought I could take the Esper and return later and have the sword forged.

I've took the sword once and the esper once and I've found the esper much better. Especially if you play the PSX version with the load times, uncursing the cursed shield is quite time consuming. At least with the emulator you get the fastforward button.

[Dark Phoenix]

What is the Cursed Shield and how do I uncurse it?

[Flying Mullet]

The Cursed Shield can be found in Narshe in the WOR in another of the houses I believe. When you equip it it will give you -7 on every stat and a whole slew of status ailments in battle. But if you equip a ribbon when you have the shield equipped, it will negate all of them except for the death countdown(but it's usually at 60, so you have more than enough time to finish the battle). If you fight 255 battles the Cursed Shield, it will turn into the Paladin Shield(it will tell you in the message bar at the top of the screen after battle). The Paladin Shield will give you great defense and either absorb or block all elemental attacks, plus it teaches you Ultima x1. Hope this helps.

Can a mod mark that this thread has spoilers? I think we're getting a little technical and secret revealing in this thread now

[Chaos Cloud]

With the esper, you can get additional Genji Gloves and Offerings. Also, the Ragnarok can only be acquired at Narshe. The other sword you are refering to is Excalibur, which can be stolen from the Goddess. It's not very powerful, anyways. Note that multiple Atma Weapons can be stolen from Sleep (the man on the Final Tier of Kefka) but it serves no use since you can't equip it, and throwing it is pretty useless as Shadow should be hitting 9999 with his Shurukiens at that point, anyways.

[ForeverZeroUltima]

If you fight 255 battles the Cursed Shield, it will turn into the Paladin Shield(it will tell you in the message bar at the top of the screen after battle). The Paladin Shield will give you great defense and either absorb or block all elemental attacks, plus it teaches you Ultima x1. Hope this helps.

actually, you NEED ribbon equipped even to just uncurse it, too....
does anyone know the point of uncursing the Cursed Ring? (can be stolen from something in Kefka's tower or won at colleseum by betting Cursed Shield).

[Chaos Cloud]

The Cursed Ring is just something that Square put in to mislead you. There's no point. It doesn't become anything. Many rumours have spread around about a "Paladin Ring", but these have been proven false.

[-N-]

Excalibur is won from the Goddess. Ragnarok is stolen from the "girl head" thing on the 3rd level of Kefka.

[Flying Mullet]

Originally posted by ForeverZeroUltima
actually, you NEED ribbon equipped even to just uncurse it, too....

I already said that the ribbon helps to uncurse the shield earlier in that same post. It's not required to uncurse the shield but it does help a lot.

[Dark Phoenix]

While you're all here, I've been trying to find Zozo on the world map. Just where is it?

[Flying Mullet]

It's on the West-Central part of the world map, both in the WOB and the WOR. If you draw a straight line due south of where Figaro Castle docks when you go to Kohlington(sp?), it'll intersect Zozo, which is nestled in the mountains. If you are going to it in the WOB by foot, you need to walk or ride a chocobo from Jidoor north along the eastern coast, then after a bit you can curve west into the valley that Zozo is in.

Here's the link to the maps here at EOFF:
http://www.eyesonff.com/ff6/maps.shtml

[Dark Phoenix]

Thanks, you've been a big help. One more question: how do you get Strago and Relm back? I rescued Relm from the Phoenix Cave, but she's still sick...

[Chaos Cloud]

To get Relm, head to Owzer's mansion in Jidoor. Turn on the lights and examine all the pictures. One of them will open a door after a battle, leading to a dungeon. Get through this dungeon and you'll meet up with Relm, followed by a boss battle and a new magicite.

To get Strago, place Relm in your party and head to the Fanatic's Tower (you may have seen it on your way to Mobliz). Talk to Strago and he'll join you. My memory is a bit vague, so you might have to finish the Fanatic Tower quest before he joins you. I'm not sure.