Get the ULTIMATE Lionheart Weapon on Disk 1 in Final Fantasy 8 Remastered!

[@FuzzfingerGaming]

Thanks for checking out the guide, let us know if you get your Lionheart (and congrats if you do)! Don't forget to check out my full Final Fantasy 8 walkthrough here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i4a7laaOgZiXgMU

[@CPTDOOMED]

I have a question pertaining to your last video. Can I do all of that after I come back from the seifer mission. I really don't want to gain any levels and seifer would be good to gain AP with apparently.

[@CPTDOOMED]

I always seem to gain a level while trying to get the card ability unlocked

[@ryuuotaku35]

What will happen with Minotaur card? can I find it again?

[@CPTDOOMED]

@Vegesther I don't care about levelling up seifer. I want to know if you can not gain a single level whilst trying to get the card ability unlocked. I know ifrit gives you 20 AP and the next boss gives you 18 AP and then just use seifer by himself so your other party memebers don't level up.

[@CPTDOOMED]

@Vegesther you can transfer spells that's news to me that's awesome

[@kruxxuz2662]

For whoever plans to do a high level run: High level T-Rexaurs drop dragon fangs. Also, the beach outside of Dollet has many adamantoise encounters. You can get the adamantine from them and you don't have to sacrifice the Minotaur card.

[@kruxxuz2662]

@Vegesther That's very similar to the strategies I personally used when I played it back in the day. One more thing. On extremely rare instances, belhelmel drops laser cannons. You encounter them outside of Galbadia garden and they usually team up with blood souls if they're not by themselves.

[@kruxxuz2662]

@Vegesther You're absolutely right. The belhelmel drop is just in case it wasn't possible to obtain the laser cannons during the Laguna dream via elastoids. Kinda like a last resort method.

[@crawlingkhaos8970]

@Vegesther Belhelmel also drops Laser Cannons. That's how I got my Pulse Ammo and Homing Laser ability. But I can tell you right now, it was dropping them once per every 40-50 encounters with it. Resulting in one of the most tedious grinds for 4 items I have ever experienced in an RPG.

[@Biglew380]

If I want to steal later cannons from elastasoid monsters. Do I have to level my characters up to level 30 and also learn the mug ability before the 2nd laguna dream sequence in the woods before you get to galbadia garden?

[@Biglew380]

Ah, well don't wanna grind to lv 30 yet, I'll just get the dragon fangs from the grendels and the adamatoise when I'm level 30, figure out the pulse ammo later

[@studmuffin3264]

The guy you get the quistis card from in the cafeteria has much more elnoyles

[@aldos9079]

you get the quistis card from the girl in the class

[@thetruechannel866]

You can get the quistis card from a few diffrent people

[@Livingvapour]

my experience the guy who is just standing in the middle of the library uses the strongest cards overall in the garden in disk 1 and uses Boss cards like Elnoyles in every match.

[@desharris2105]

I got lots of E cards from Cid.

[@deedz2991]

The gate keeper gave me tonnes of elnoyles plus heaps of other high rank cards.ruby dragon,tonberry and iron giant💪💯

[@maoriwargamer]

I did this way back in 2005-6. Would’ve been about 14, 15. I am so excited to play this game again, I feel this game was a big part of my love of gaming .

[@garethjones4433]

u were older than me hahaa but like you this game was what basically got me in to gameing, so far all the dialogue and everything is how I remember, the nostalgia is soo good and it will be replayed multiple times hahahaha

[@mysteryosdoor3076]

Mf I was born that year

[@jamesmeppler6375]

Same, born July 87, I got it for the cpu and couldn't get enough. Though I never beat the game as a kid, the castle was too much for me. I loaded my save game recently and somehow did the whole castle, the end boss fight almost made me want to quit again until I saw a magic item called the end....well one hit KO...I remember spending hours trying to find a way. Something changed though, before I didnt know the story but now I finally beat the game, ff8 went from my fav game to me never wanting to play another ff game again but as a kid I couldn't get enough

[@Oragami1337]

@@jamesmeppler6375 Final Fantasy VII Original is better than 8, I'd suggest that and 9, but 7 is prolly the best.

[@michaelng3722]

Wow I just realized that the cursor in the menu is a gunblade.

[@duckymans7604]

This guy puts out the best guids period. Been helpful in my nostalgic playthroughs of 7 8 9 10

[@RedMarioXIIINanaki36]

And Me, Of Course. XD

[@drkhan462]

His way of putting the credits in the beginning of the video is why his channel isn't popular, pretty annoying.

[@N54-s7r]

I’ve only played 7 and 15, and just a week ago I bought 8-10/-2 because they were all on sale on the switch, playing through 8 rn

[@ZX6R_Lone_Wanderer]

👍

[@Rhino11111111]

Tell me about it. I was only 12 when this game came out and had no idea what the junction system was at the time. Replaying this after 20 years and my mind is blown 😂

[@christianspigos9359]

Guy that gives you the quistis card in the cafeteria gives you the Elnoyle card way more frequently cause he only plays two levels of cards. Edit- want to give credit for this to a youtuber named Mike Bettencourt for this- his video pointed this out to me. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hnWZipVuoc1_f5Y

[@CPTDOOMED]

Yeah I noticed that too plus he gives you Red Dragon or whatever it's called

[@christianspigos9359]

It seems like he goes on streaks however. When getting the 20 initial elnoyles he gave them easily, but when i went back to get the quistis ultimate weapon (which can be obtained purely through cards found in blamb) it went took 45 minutes for him to start using it, then it was every 3 games or so.

[@neodragoons]

NoNameSparrow Not sure if this would help but maybe prior to winning your first 20 maybe if you’re able to keep count on the Elnoyles prior to the 20 maybe at ten or 12 maybe you could lose with crap cards/ give one of his high cards back? Maybe by let him win one it might reset the counter before that 20 Elnoyles card cap. I don’t know for sure but it did work out ok for me.

[@mattg768]

I've done it on disc one level 8 and have nearly 800 cards aswell, now I can play the game.

[@Ironic_daemonic]

Same

[@cloudxd9280]

Can i ask a question coz if you card mod a grendel card it turns into dragon fin? Not dragon fang?

[@zul2788]

@@cloudxd9280 you dont mod grendel bro. Instead you actually fight grendel right after second laguna dream, and before entering second garden. Grendel has high chance of appearing (almost a guarantee) and high chance of dropping dragon fang when its level is below 20

[@cloudxd9280]

Oh thats why i dont get dr fang even i try to card mod grendel card hahaha sorry my bad and thank you for the info im really confused coz this is the 1st time i play ff8

[@kenjilee92]

Was this your first playthrough? I don't have the card ability

[@Proggish]

Collected some of the strongest magics for junctioning, got squalls ultimate weapon, got some of the best cards... Okay now I can progress past disc one xD

[@simonparry5911]

The greatest thing about final fantasy viii being re-released in 2019 is that I now get to hear how the rest of the world pronounces galbadia and such.

[@cgopie1]

I was thinking the same thing! He pronounced it "Gal-ba-deer", whereas I've always pronounced it "Gal-bay-dee-ah". However, now that I've heard it pronounced that way, it sounds better than my way, I think!

[@themonarchsarchives8453]

There's so many different ways to pronounce Galbadia I've found. I used to pronounce it as "Gal-bad-ee-uh", but "Gal-bay-dee-uh" sounds better. I suppose "Gal-bad-eer" and "Gal-bad-ire" are other ways of saying it. Esthar was another interesting one for me too. I always used to pronounce it as "Ess-thar", but on my most recent playthrough I found that "Es-star" rolls off the tongue so much better and just sounds better overall.

[@ReneAensland]

As a Kid I pronounced it, Gal-Bah-Dee-Uh. lol And Balamb as Buh-Lawm.

[@NarrativeAcademy]

How bout Quezacotl xD

[@devilstoast2703]

For some reason I've been misreading it all this time as gal-ah-bee-dee-ah. I somehow put an extra A in there. I kinda like it better, I'm going to stick with that lmfao

[@xmadmangunnerx4821]

Dr .k in the infirmary in Balamb plays nearly every rare card you could need including elnoyle and abyss worm behemoth much more

[@shadows.82]

Good to know, that'll help. Thank you.

[@yurifan122894]

There is also the two girls in the classroom fyi

[@bettywhite2694]

Monster cards aren’t rare

[@Raziel_Plisken]

90 hours later... THANK YOU SO MUCH FuzzFinger, your guides are rally the best!!! I enjoyed FF8 so much thanks to you

[@5ynthesizerpatel]

In addition to the Lionheart you can get 4 out of the 5 top weapons for each other character on disc 1 without leveling up Quistis needs: 2 x malboro tentacles which you can get from modding 8 malboro cards 4 energy crystals - mod 40 Elnoyle cards 4 sharp spikes - dropped by Armadodos in the Tomb of the Unknown King - or mod from Death Claw cards Zell needs: 1 x adamantine which you'll get from the same place you get it for Squall's weapon 4 x dragon skin - which is dropped by low level Grendels which you'll also be fighting to get the Dragon Fangs for Squall's weapon so you can do that at the same time 1 x Fury Fragment - mod from 4 Blue Dragon cards Selphie needs: 1 x adamantine which you'll get from the same place you get it for Squall's weapon 3 x Star Fragments - mod 9 Iron Giant cards 2 x Curse Spikes - mod 2 Tri-Face cards You can get Irvine as far as the Bismark which is the best weapon available for him until disc 3 when Moon Fragments become available He needs: 2 Steel Pipes which you can either get from low level Wendigos in the same forest you go to to hunt Grendels for Dragon Fangs and Dragon Skin for Squall and Zell's top weapons - or mod from Elastoid cards 4 Dynamo Stones - mod 4 Blitz cards 18 Screws - dropped by Geezards on the plains around Deling city - or mod 4 Geezard cards Rinoa needs........ a little luck .... as well as some items. She needs: 1 Force Armlet which can only be gained without leveling up from the X-ATM092, and it doesn't always drop it when you destroy it. 2 Windmills - mod 2 Abyss Worm cards or dropped by Thrustaevis on the plains around Galbadia 1 Regen Ring - mod 10 Chimera cards or get from Vysage's pal "Lefty" on the foothills of the mountains south of Galbadia - (you can also get them from Chimeras in the Dingo Desert but the encounter rate is so low that it's not worth bothering) 2 Energy Crystals - mod 20 Elnoyle cards If you miss the Force armlet from X-ATM092 - you can level up and get them from level 30+ Forbiddens in the Tomb of the Unknown King, or level 30+ Ochus in the forest near Obel lake. Otherwise you'll have to settle for her next best weapon, The Cardinal. For that you need: 1x Cockatrice Pinion - mod from 1 Cockatrice card - or you can find them on the plains and forests around Galbadia 1 x Mesmerize blade - mod 1 Mesmerize card 1 x Sharp Spike - dropped by Armadodos in the Tomb of the Unknown King - or mod from Death Claw cards. You're welcome

[@hiphop-zk5fe]

One person I've noticed that plays a lot of Elnoyle cards is the "gatekeeper" at Balamb Garden. He's the one behind the glass on the screen with the literal gates (one has a blue light and one has a red light). He played an Elnoyle literally almost every time I played him (I played about 15 games, and think I got 12 Elnoyles). However, he did stop playing them after awhile, so I don't know if I was just just getting super lucky or what, but yeah.

[@YoghurtKiss]

Gatekeeper is one of few players in the Balamb Garden that has level 5 cards (As well as the girl in the library, cafeteria lady, all quisits groupies and a handful of others). But Quistis Groupie #1 (Sitting together with a friend in cafeteria) ONLY plays level 5 cards (Elnoyle is a 5-card)

[@JCastillo-y9j]

It’s who I got my 10 from.

[@georgehaverdink865]

I found that cid gives u the card way more frequently I got them in an hour

[@shinobi4]

Lol, I love how there's all of these videos focusing on getting Squall's Lionheart early because it helps you have a chance of a finisher that deals more damage...meanwhile good ol' Zell can always deal out good damage, no weapon upgrade needed, and in a more interactive way than just tapping R1 imo

[@TheSirSpence]

Hate Zell, never use him

[@brett4932]

Zells breaks do a ton of damage, but they are pretty boring and take forever.

[@bettywhite2694]

@@TheSirSpence all the characters are annoying asf tbh

[@saxenart]

@@bettywhite2694 they are not the best ff characters but not all of them are annoying

[@saxenart]

How does he break alot of damage though? How can i make him stronger?

[@FariaLeo]

For those who don't want to sacrifice the Minotaur Card: You will have to wait a little while longer, but you can get the Adamantine as a Mug/Steal from the BGH251F2 boss at FH... Although it's on Disc 2, it's actually fairly early into it and if you are a Triple Triad maniac like me you can still keep all your rare cards!

[@RoderickEtheria]

Note that sacrificing the Minotaur card isn't permanent, as one of the Card Club will have it in Disk 4 if you do Card Mod it.

[@LukeingLive]

@@RoderickEtheria looking for this answer, I have sacrificed my minotaur card. glad I could get it back. thanks

[@hallowfeather2412]

Is the Minotaur card important to keep?

[@leonardosoaresdefaria4609]

@@hallowfeather2412 gameplay-wise, not really... But if you want to do 100% with all triple triad cards, you can still get it back from Card Club later on (though getting rare cards from those guys is torture)

[@saxenart]

You can get it by fighting the brothers and have card mod

[@djth3radio222]

Found it easier to grind for adamantine from the beach around dollet.

[@BOSIE321]

I mustn't do this as the game's already too easy...but....It's LIONHEART, the best limit break ever.

[@Expected07]

Selphie the end is also good XD

[@danhaden9933]

Zells limit break duel abuse together with meltdown or doomtrain cast on foe,will deal more damage then lionheart. omega will be gone in about 2 minutes.... But of course lionheart looks way cooler.

[@sabrinabrown321]

I hope I'm off tomorrow because I have to work tonight. ☹

[@wilkinsbrito5168]

I brought this game only for the card game lol. Even though it is an App

[@mrshamwow87]

will brito what app?!

[@wilkinsbrito5168]

@@mrshamwow87 Check the app store for, "triple triad'

[@Pouffly]

Technically, FF8 is by far the easiest of all the series, I've played it so many times, you can be already a God-like at the very beginning if your GF's abilities tactic is good enough. The bosses are weak af, and the monsters can be killed easily by physical attacks as you fear to spend magic against them as your stats gets lower.

[@HINDERIZED]

Maybe easy after a 2nd playthrough if you knew nothing about the game the first playthrough. Also, the game has been out since 1998. Of course it's gonna be a lot easier now to most people.

[@anderxale1]

Yep, FFVIII should have had bonuses for keeping a pace in the story.

[@elpenguinotierno6238]

@@HINDERIZED it was diffocult as hell on my forst playthrough since I started some power leveling until level 20 before foghting Ifrot just to realize that my enemies got stronger and mine much weaker. What a twist for somebody who never knew about the level adaptation

[@MattSpearsInfiniteOni]

I noticed I've been getting some Elynole cards from the guy at the Reception gate over at Balamb Garden. He plays some decent cards as well.

[@chadmabe7069]

You can get dragon fangs off those grendal with the mug ability from diaoblos

[@KevinMCable]

I got most of the cards needed from the two quistis trepies in the cafeteria. They aren't the most consistent but they do have almost all the cards you need for all the weapons. I have a video on my channel with everyone but Irvine's last weapon on disc 1

[@DovesDamage]

The Elnoyle card shows up more often with the MiniMog in your hand playing with Cid, the guy in the back in the cafeteria and the two girls in the classroom, I have Diablos and had a hell of a time with him in my hand trying to get players to play Elnoyle. You can get the MiniMog card from the little boy in the blue shirt running downstairs from the elevator around the directory.

[@inthewoods5471]

works confirmed

[@Udontknow]

MVP Tip! 2h and I got em =) thx

[@reinatycoon3644]

The only version I ever played was the original psx version. I wonder of this works on that one? That is only out of curiosity as I don't care to get Lionheart of Energy Crystals early anymore like I used to. I first got Lionheart on disk 1 back in 2003.

[@tristanarracastillo3383]

You can have punishment before the seed exam by grinding cards.

[@JetGenius]

Lol I just got it on the mobile remaster

[@InTheMindOfDavid]

Playing the remastered version. I’ve never gotten further than just after the Timber mission before, and never really gave Triple Triad even a glance. So this the first time actually sitting down playing Trip. Tri. using the Refinement(I had no idea Trip. Tri. had any sort of relevance to the mechanics of the game. Boys points for making Draw a waste of time) and using the Junction system efficiently. It ridiculous how power you can become so early on but it takes a crap ton of work, time, and luck. Every minute doing it, although it doesn’t seem like it when you’re doing it, is absolutely worth it. Just need the last component for the LionHeart, and I’m fucking excited! Thanks for the help along the way. 👍

[@elpenguinotierno6238]

I remember doing this my first and only time and it was worth it. I actually enjoy the card game more than the real battles but seeing Squall with a Lionheart during the beginning of the game is just so badass

[@Easelgames]

Hey super late here! But I’ve found by FAR the best card player to grind for these cards etc is CID himself! Just after the timber mission is briefed to you and he’s in his office. I was able to get like 50 of these and enough ruby dragons for 100 flare in around 7 hours. That’s a lot of time, but with all rule and literally only playing one player he’s really good for thus! He has abyss worms too if you’re in for tornado.

[@bronysaiyan5236]

If you wanna keep your cards just head to the beach near Dollet and farm the Adamantoises til you get one lol

[@grabygrabielagrabielyta1029]

But that is in disc 2 when you can use the garden and this is in disc one

[@bronysaiyan5236]

@@grabygrabielagrabielyta1029 no you can get there right after the timber mission just keep taking the train til the end of the tracks. Ive gotten lionheart on disc 1 so id know lmao

[@louisc4194]

If you never acquire Squall's other weapons, am I right in saying that the game never has the other limit finishers they provide to randomly choose from? Having just the revolver (which is mandatory of course) and the Lionheart would give you the best possible chance of seeing that finisher most frequently?

[@elpenguinotierno6238]

Yes that is correct

[@skoden9770]

Hello CID is known for playing those 20x card I had 1-2 hours better then Zell house

[@Mangomesh]

Always found theses earlier Final Fantasy games so relaxing. Never got the Lionheart on disc1 myself, just never felt right getting it so early on in the game! Keep the Final Fantasy content coming FuzzfingerGaming.

[@LordMalice6d9]

Getting Lionheart this early makes the rest of the game insultingly easy.

[@Sh0ckmaster]

I managed to get Elnoyle cards from the Quistis groupie guy (The one in the back in the canteen), Dr Kadowaki in the infirmary, the gatekeeper (When you go through the barriers) and also a random guy who is sometimes to the left of the screen after going through the barrier. I had Lionheart in Deling City. The actual Lionheart limit didn't pop often, but because I had Tornado junctioned to strength on Squall I was dishing out a lot of punishment :)

[@KillerKrieg]

I sweart that Old Man Admissiongate at Balamb Garden plays Elnoyles WAYYYYY more frequently than Zell's mom.

[@dc_amp8843]

-Dragon Fang from T-Rexaurs -Admantine from Admantoise outside of Dollet on the beach -Play triple and get 20 Elnoyles (fairly common card; stick to playing anyone who you find has one) -> refine (Card Mod from Quezacotl) to energy crystals (10 cards = 1 energy crystal) -> refine 2 energy crystals (Ammo-RF from Ifrit) into 20 Pulse Ammo You now have all ingredients for the LionHeart on Disk One

[@danhaden9933]

was way less time consuming mugging elastoids for laser cannons. (Lagunas dream) it is a rare steal but i got 5 in like 45 mins.

[@ShadowXD]

I just wanna add that I was about level 64 with Squall when I got to this point and realized it really doesnt drop, so I switch Rinoa and Quistis in the party, they're both Lvl 17 and started doing the card strat. I got 35 Grendels before I got 4 Dragon Fangs... LOL. Thanks for the info.

[@umbralbahamut9353]

minor other recommendations are to keep squall and everyone else besides sefier at min level. You can do this simply by being on the dollet mission kill the other 2 members and level sefier to huge level pretty simple considering u can both draw cures from enemies and get potions so no worries about healing and free amount. Always keep cocobo world open if playing on steam just turn off event wait and let it run. You may also wanna keep a +1 or extra card then whats needed if you wanna be sure your going for all cards. Awesome video tho and is a huge help. Thanks.

[@jameshamblin3964]

Thank you so much. Just got my Lionheart on disk 1 following your guide. Keep up the good work 😀

[@Searchmeister]

But it seems just STUPID to stay below level 20 for so long in the game...It's really just plane IDIOTIC!

[@jaysec6377]

Searchmeister not really, the enemies in 8 scale to squalls level so it’s always a fair play through

[@SakuyaRed]

Not stupid...maybe tedious. There are reasons to do it though

[@EAchank]

They monsters level up too so the game challenges you to try to play differently

[@yurifan122894]

This game isn't really about lvl to begin with, you can be lvl 100 and still be weak af. I didn't understand at first and grinded squall all the way to lvl 80 just before setting out to timber

[@vTHE_HiTMANv]

I dunno how more efficient this is but I seem to get more elnoyle cards from the head teacher in the school, also the best way to get most of the other cards you need early game

[@nathanenfinger9559]

Elnoyle card farming isn't for the faint of heart.

[@Glover1690]

T-rexuar drops dragon fang over level 30, if your over level 30 before lunatic pandora dream sequence you can steal energy crystal off the pipe monster and also you can get adamantite off the turtles next to dollet ;) that will save your cards

[@SoaralotMusic]

It's actually Laser Cannons you can mug from the 30+ Elastoids in the Lunatic Pandora Laguna dream on Disc 1, not Energy Crystals, but they still refine into Pulse Ammo as well (5). I never knew this before reading your comment.

[@Glover1690]

@@SoaralotMusic that's it lol sorry for the misinformation...

[@davidbutz4180]

Yep, this was my go to strategy. But I remember being cautious with t-rex because I needed its star fragments for Selphie's best weapon before it leveled too high.

[@rubenmatins3668]

Hi fuzz. I was farming my Dragon Fangs for my LH ,just for fun,and i discover something really funny. I tried to use card on Grendel after squall hits him 2 Times (around 800 damage at lvl 8 with100 Tornados + STR 20/40%),and after 80 battles i never receive a dragon fang,i thought i was really unlucky,so i tried instead of that,hitting Grendel with Quistis 4/5 times (around 350 with 100 tornados) and i received everytime a dragon fang for each battle,i tried on 20 battles after that,and i always gain a dragon fang,so i think i manipulate the drop rate from the rare item. Gonna try on other battles to see how it works,but hope it helps for the future. And soz for my eng,good luck, and cool videos mate ^^

[@neodragoons]

Ze TheGame I think Ruben was basically saying was how much and what magic he had equipped too certain stats with the damage output included. At least that’s what I understand from Ruben’s post.

[@Mathias-t]

Just got it in Disc 2. Holy shit, what a grind. Thanks for the vid 😊 Btw for anyone viewing this comment and attempting this method: a better way to get Elnoyle cards is to play the guy sitting in the back of the cafeteria inside Balamb Garden. He plays that card a lot more than Zell’s mom in my experience.

[@yurifan122894]

I like how strong I can get just from playing the card game, although it is tedious the reward for it is kinda worth imo

[@Kazuma0305]

To anyone who missed the chance to farm elnoyle cards in balamb garden there’s still hope!!!! You can still farm it from galbadia garden just go the corridor with stairs on the right sometimes empty others will spawn three dudes exercising, there will be a kid coming down from the stairs( if you don’t see him just walk in and out of the corridor) he will drop it for you not as much as the cafeteria dude in balamb but you can still do it... I got mine today

[@Link2Hyrule25]

I see a lot of people mentioning farming Adamantoises in Dollet, but how do you get there outside of the SeeD exam?

[@federicovalle2245]

Near the end of disc 1

[@RedMarioXIIINanaki36]

You Can't Farm Adamantoises For Adamantines Without Getting At LEAST "One" Character To About Level 67. That Was How I Was Able To Draw "Reflect" Off Them At Level 30+ On Disc 1. At Least I THINK That Was The Level I Farmed The One Character To?

[@Badenhawk]

Quite a few people drop elnoyle cards. I got them from zells mom, a dude in the library first screen, doctor in the infirmary, and the back quistis groupie in the cafeteria. It's nice battling different people, I feel like you get different cards to mod as well.

[@AstonishingRed]

Trepie fan #1 in the cafe was where I got about 20 Enoyle cards. He doesn’t play it every round but he played it often enough (in my particular playthrough).

[@YoghurtKiss]

He ONLY plays level 5 cards (Elnoyle is level 5 card) so he is the one who you are most likely to win them from fastest.

[@shub125]

Is there a way to get adamantine without losing the minotaur card, or a place to get another minotaur card? I don't like the idea of losing my cards unless I have a double.

[@Ange02c]

You can kill "Adamantoise" (tortoise) it's a random encounter at the beach near dollet

[@shub125]

@@Ange02c and can we do it on disc 1? Or is that a later encounter?

[@Ange02c]

@@shub125 Yes you can do it. When you are in Timber just go outside.

[@Ange02c]

@@shub125 It's the beach near the station "east academy"

[@ovoss89]

All the "high" cards you loose can later be obtained again from the CCC, if you managed to do the sidequest.

[@gregv8300]

Been playing against Dr. Kadowaki early game in Balamb Infirmary. She almost always carries the Elnoyle card with her.

[@cloudshadow]

How early though?

[@SMURFIN208]

T Rexaurs in the training center will drop 6 or 7 dragon fangs sometimes and the doctor in the infirmary has elnoyle cards that come up quite often.

[@DaddyHensei]

only if your average level is 20-29 will they drop d fangs. Just fyi.

[@UltimateMINKGaming]

Sorry to bother you ve sub to your channel and found your vids extremely helpful I played ff7 ff8 back in 1997 and never really understood how complex the junction system was and I never knew the enimies scaled with you in ff8 lol. So my request of you kind sir is can you do a video or videos on how to get all final weapons on first disc and the Irvine final weapon and how to get that as early as possible please I'd really appreciate it thanks.

[@stevemink9214]

You can get all the cards you need for the energy crystals as soon as you can play they back guy in the cafeteria. I got all twenty inside a half hour. It's actually the first requirement you can meet.

[@darkchiigaming6564]

thanx for the guides, currently working on OP characters now!

[@DarkFrozenDepths]

Between how enemies increase with your levels, how strong you can get the GFs, how OP you can get party stats, and the fact that you can get some 2nd best, even ULTIMATE weapons so very early.... It's like they want you to just avoid level grinding....

[@garethjones4433]

what?!?! a game that focuses on story instead of grinding constantly for hours to fill the time?!?!?! it's like this game wasn't made in this day and age ;)

[@SakuyaRed]

Really it's the same thing but the game rewards you for avoiding EXP specifically. You want to get stronger you'll still eventually have to grind battles but turning enemies into Cards and gaining only AP instead on it's own will easily imbalance the game in your favor. That goes for everything else. There is still a grind but it's just not specific to watching those little numbers go up. (Which every level up is only 1000 EXP, only mentioning that if no one was aware. It takes no time to hit max level)

[@doomiag]

Lunch lady in balamb gardens cafeteria gave me at least 4 elnoyle so far 👍

[@kinjamin]

Bro I needed to get through ffviii quickly because I'm a grown-ass man with responsibilities and not a whole lot of time, so your videos helped a great deal. Subscribing for sure (also for anticipation of your ffvii remake videos) - keep up the excellent work!

[@hannesdutoit7203]

Might have just been RNG but while waiting for the cafateria guy to finally play Quistis i got 4 Elnoyls from him. 3 in a row

[@angelanebedum1749]

Hey how come you only have Squall with magic, GF, etc?

[@cesaraugustoescobarluna6882]

Because is not junctiong gf

[@id104335409]

Honestly I think the grinds and farming and the card games and keeping low level, it all just takes away Fun from FF. I played those games several times for 60 to 80 hours and it was awesome. Knowing that you can get overpowered by exploiting farming techniques by grinding for hours just feels like a cheat. The games are otherwise pretty well balanced and reward you for playing. But grind is also left as an option.

[@Beast-1431]

To save grinding time I wait till just after brothers on disc two. You get 5 free ammo in FH. Half the card farming is huge

[@whiteflagproduction]

A much easier way to get pulse ammo is to fight the belhelmel, they drop laser cannons which u can refine into pulse ammo! Much easier that playing cards, u can find them outside the garden by the forest where u get the dragon fangs. That's who I got my lionheart disc 1:)

[@MrCarlosdiago]

According to the Bestiary. Belhemel only drops this on a 12/256 chance at level 30+. This only works for people happy to lvl up early.

[@professorsosa880]

The one that has the Quistis card, he has a lot of Elnoyle cards, plays them very often

[@FlyingDwarfman]

Remembering only from way back in the original FFVIII and don't know about any changes to the Remaster, but back then the biggest bonus for getting the Lionheart is that if you *don't* get any of the weapons *between* Revolver and Lionheart, you won't have to deal with any of the Limit Breaks from them as part of your RNG. As a result, you end up procc'ing the LH limit quite a bit more often. And Zell's mom was always one of my favorite options for early game TT binges, though there are other NPCs mentioned in other comments.

[@PsychoUndSoXD]

Hey Simon. Give me a hint. I want to make Lionheart. I am at the beginning of Disc 3. I have everything besides the PULSE AMMO. Where I can get it. You say 20 Elonye (sorry for the wrong writing) Cards but in another video you said there is another way to get it. Tell me how please.

[@FuzzfingerGaming]

You can refine Pulse Ammo from Energy Crystals. Energy Crystals can be dropped by high level Ruby Dragons. Check out my video on Quistis's ultimate weapon to see me getting them.

[@Ubernewb111]

It's kind of why I liked ff8. If you had the know how and patience you can make your characters hilariously overpowered. It's actually very easy to get the second best weapon for squall and water as well, both of which can carry you to the mid game pretty easily

[@joshwheaton5571]

The ultimate weapons in ff8 are a waste of time. If there was a race to the 255 cap for strength and hit%, the guy who took the original weapon the whole way focusing on junctioning abilities/magic wins.

[@zul2788]

Yeah, still makes the game funner though Its why the junction system is just very good. You have freedom of levelling stats the way you want to. Compared to FFX(actually my favourite FF), where the "freedom" of stat maxing are only up to a certain point as you're forced to progress to unlock the lvl grid. Worst system goes to 13 though, you literally can't even level up freely until endgame

[@joshwheaton5571]

@@zul2788 I liked ffx. You could class mix to an extent with the teleport and return spheres, and I thought that was the right amount of work involved. Like it wasn't impossible to teach Wakka magic, but it took some work to do it. You couldn't just junction Ultima to his magic stat and make him a 255 mage.

[@YoghurtKiss]

Play cards against Quitis Groupie #1 (The pair of guys sitting in the cafeteria together, challenge and pick the second option) - He ONLY has level 5 cards, making the Elvoret grind take between 45-90 minutes. Edit: Also, if you don't care about leveling up, as soon as you reach Galbadia Garden, you CAN grind items (Laser Canon) that will refine into Pulse Ammo, from the Belhelmel enemy (who has to be level 30+) they are "everywhere" on the Galbadian continent but seems to be greater concentration in "Badlands" (drylands/desert/mountain). Which means you can EASYILY farm all the items you need for the Lionheart without ever touching TT-cards if you don't want to. Since you get the Dragon Fangs on level 1-29, and guaranteed Adamantine drop at 30+.

[@Daxxil]

[Disclaimer]: ✋full on ff8 fan boy here Ye I was about to say it is a fricking amazing weapon and that limit break omg, I've always personally thought (and ye I'm gonna be bias coz squalls my boy! 🤣) That lionheart limit break is basically squall....doing the Knights of the round....on his own with a limit break haha, I mean how boss is that!

[@Xylotonic]

Going for final weapons on disc one while doing a low level run is just brainless. Stay low till after 2nd dream sequence, get the fangs an d then level your party to lvl 28~30. That way you dont have to sac your Mino card and you can get Dragon Skins for Zell. After that it doen't really matter that you'll be facing scaled up enemies since you can fly swat through them with your big boy weapons and decent junctions.

[@nengthao5618]

Love the soundtrack to this game

[@MrOverHeels]

Actually you can get most characters' ultimate weapon before the end of disc one except Irvine's because it requires Moon Stone. Quistis's and Rinoa's will have you grind for loads Elnoyle Cards because they require Energy Crystal.

[@malicant123]

FFVIII, with the level scaling, junction system and "ammunition" for magic, is a really weird game in the series. It's very fun, but whacky at the same times. They tried something different, and that's a good thing.

[@Qtrcirfwd]

Elnoyle card from guy in vest in front of Inn by the dock. That guy gave me over 10. Went back and forth from him to Zell's mom. Dragon fang from T Rex in training graden place.

[@AsakuraEX]

Ya couldn’t just wait a day to make this video eh?

[@trueflightgaming289]

I have a guide as well and just to let you know in the same spot next to where you fight grendals there are anacondas they drop dragon skins after level 20 check out my channel true flight gaming I will have guides for all this and more

[@darthprocrasti2990]

I just got it without playing triple triad by Deling City! Took me about 4hrs. Sweet guide nonetheless

[@nothingelsetodo4229]

from the VERY start of the video just get to the point. "the lionheart materials to get is this...and where to get them is..."

[@fazlo8026]

Nothing else to do ] you should have read the description then what are you complaining for. Or better yet google the damn thing. Geez.

[@nothingelsetodo4229]

@@fazlo8026 sorry, I look it up before watching this video. needed a shorter version. keep getting these videos with long music introductions, the person rabbles on and not getting to the point. I didnt see what's down below first. the video was my main concern. got tired of then not saying must be done first and took my annoyances on here. my apologies.

[@AmethystKing32]

Anyone following this run, if you are struggling on dragon fangs like this dumb guy here (me) DO NOT MUG THE GRENDELS! Not only will you get JUST dragon fins but you'll get no drops afterwards. 🤦🏾‍♂️ I'm sure everyone but me knew this.... FOUR DAYS... 8+ hrs

[@janedoe5358]

@FuzzfingerGaming *IMPORTANT* regarding your FF8 Walkthrough: please read thoroughly: *IMPORTANT* DO NOT level Ifrit to 10 with a full list (2 pages/22 abilities) of abilities: Ifrit will permanently never be able to learn AMMO-RF Ability. - I taught my Ifrit Card Mod/Refines abilities via Triple Triad grinding until his just was full. Then, used Seifer to power level Ifrit to lv.10 to learn Ammo-RF. It didn’t appear in my list of GF abilities and I realized then that I screwed myself. I had to abandon a save file with over 120 hours worth of Triple Triad grinding: (60x Ruby Dragon cards) (99x Elnoyle cards). I had to start a New Game because I did not have a separate save file that went back from before I taught Ifrit those extraneous Abilities that caused his list to fill up completely and block out Ammo-RF. If only Amnesia greens were made accessible earlier in the game, I could have easily remedied this. I wrote this as a warning for OCD completions players like myself. • @Fuzzfingergaming : please pin this disclaimer to the top of this comment section, or create a disclaimer of your own about what I’ve described so that it don’t happen to anyone else. (I love your channel and only want the best for it/you, so take my suggestion seriously please.

[@mikemoney3257]

THE GUY BENDING BY THE PORT IS THE BEST TO GET THE CARD SUPER FAST LESS THAN A HOUR!!!!!!

[@atreyuavenged1]

Level 1-3 cards = Friend of Groupie 1 in Cafeteria (Tri-Face, !!Gayla!!, etc.) Level 4 Cards = Girl in the corner of Hallway on Floor 2 (Bomb if you don't card from Fire Cavern, Blitz) Level 5 Cards = Groupie #1 in Cafeteria (Elastoids, Malboro's, Ruby Dragons I don't recommend trying to get Flare from them since you need like 50 or something ridiculous but if someone is crazy enough or has time on their hands then by all means, Chimera, Behemoths, etc.) You could try card Glacial Eyes for a Jumbo Cactuar Rare Card, which is gonna be a great card for awhile to come. I had terrible luck getting this to drop. Took well over 100 battles for 2 copies.

[@ZerokaiX]

The “Trepe #2” in the classroom seems to play a fair amount of Elnoyal (however it’s spelled)

[@UCTHUGLIFE]

agreed. needed 7 remaining cards and got em all 7 within an hour

[@gtothereg]

I did this on the ps1 back in the day. My disc was scratched on disc one right where you fall asleep and Laguna takes over. So I never got to the other side of that forest. I had the punishment or punisher when I finally rented the game to get passed. Then on the other side of the forest is the adamanstoise for the last piece I needed to make the lionheart.

[@lloydvallentine2]

do you skip blasting zone and fated circle limit breaks if you get lionheart rightaway?

[@steveburke1519]

It's really not that hard to get 20 Elnoyle cards, in my many playthroughs I get 20 cards fastest from Trepe Groupie #1 (...the guy in the back) in the cafe. He only plays level 5 and level 2 cards, you get one about every 4 games. 100 or so games, just make sure you have Quistis, Zell, Ifrit, Malboro (all these cards are in Balamb Gardens except Zell, which is in Balamb town on his mom), and one other decent card and you can win every time. I know cards aren't for some but early game it's the best way to get many good spells. Grinding to lev 30 to get the Elastoid's drops takes way longer than 100 games of cards. Cards can be tedious, but I don't mind. Oh, and make sure you have 'All' as your trading rule. My strategy is: (After Dollet Mission), get Ifrit by beating him, go to Balamb town, get the Queen to use 'All' as her trade rule then get a Bomb card from a Bomb in the cave, play the gatekeeper, who plays really bad, but plays ALL cards from lev 1-5, so you might get an Elnoyle or 2 from him while building a decent enough deck to beat Trepe #1 who is a good player, and has the Quistis card. Win Quistis from him, then go to Balamb town and win Zell from Zell's Mom (Zell has to be in your party or she won't play cards with you). Now that you have Quistis, Zell, Ifrit, and a Malboro card, (2 Malboros work better, but not crucial), you're ready to farm Trepe Groupie #1 for Elnoyles and other Level 5 goodies. I can usually do all this in under 3 hours.

[@Anastassoulis]

Nice, I remember doing this waaaay back. And at the end I was briefly mistaken I had a call with the FF 7 victory fanfare :D

[@codybaker6621]

You can get Squalls 2nd best weapon right off the bat. All you need is a few cards available in balamb garden: 6 iron giants, 3 adamantine, 1 tonberry, and 2 geezard. Card mod them, n head to balamb junk shop n pay 1000 gil.

[@VorjuMeidear]

You could also use quezacotlz level ability to get the adamantin from the turtle at the beach of dollet, a laser canon (5 pulsar) while in the lagune szenario before galbia garden and... I can't really remember the dragon fangs, but I guess I did get it from the same mobs. :P Doing it this way will reward you even earlier with your weapon.

[@kahitano2709]

dang thanks man!!! I'm happy I found your videos!!!!

[@jackylee5850]

Can't believe the kind of rumors players had been spreading in the old days about needing the weapon magazines in order to remodel weapons. I mean, the fact that the only copy of the 1st edition magazine is all the way at the lunatic pandora lab in disc 3 would invalidate this whole disc 1 lionheart thing if it was true If you don't want to play cards to get energy crystals, you could also level up to 30, then mug Elastoids at the centra excavation site during Laguna's 2nd flashback (while conveniently in the same forest area to get dragon fangs from grendels) After all, the earliest opportunity to remodel your weapon after getting everything is Deling City anyway

[@jessegarrett6343]

That's awesome. What that called? Grinding it getting something before your supposed to? It's not sequence breaking per se

[@tatecheddar]

I love this game for the same reason I love Star Ocean 2. It's just so breakable and fun. It's almost like they wanted you to break the game. I wish more games would do this. You can balance a game to make it work the way you want and still do this. There's nothing forcing people to actually go through the paces to break it this way.

[@FaithMuzic]

How can I level up Ifrit without leveling up Squall?

[@ShadowKittyX139]

F.M Stokes going to have to k.o. Squall to level Ifrit up that way you can keep Squall as low a level as possible

[@FaithMuzic]

deathdragon19 gotcha.. I watched his video on Seifer.. but how do Keep this Up throughout the game?.. same concept?

[@djexit]

Talk to the second guy in cafetiria then play with him wtih cards plenty of elnoyl card he has

[@ucanimurself1]

The guy at the table in the back (vs guy talk to in front of cafeteria) has it a lot too. I saw your video too late but I managed to do everything but this card. So hopefully being on disc 2 I can do it. Got everything else. Thank you for the video!