The 10 *WORST* Items To Unlock In The Kingdom Hearts Series!

[@Tedscwa]

I might be a masochist but I lowkey enjoy the grind for the ultima weapon in each game

[@cooperrowell2337]

It can be fun aside from the materials that take forever to drop

[@Simeo905]

you wont enjoy when you'll have to get end of pain in ddd

[@Jonathan-us1qu]

its usually fun getting the orichalcum+

[@DiademAce]

I like getting ultima it kh2 but I will never do it in kh1 despite my love for that game

[@Tedscwa]

@@DiademAce really? I've done it at least 3 times in kh1 final mix

[@AxelPaul307]

The difficultly spike between KH1 and KH1.5's ultima weapon broke me. I remember 100% the original KH, but gave up getting it in 1.5

[@rickmartinez3268]

4:37 Collect the forms

[@dasageman9456]

I KNEW I WASN'T THE ONLY THINKING THIS!!!

[@MrMeowstic7]

And that's why I'm not going for ultima in the final mix versions (if I play them)

[@ballisticdestroyer2744]

@@MrMeowstic7 KH2 FM isn't THAT hard if you keep track of what you collect and where you need to collect it.

[@Nanobot1989]

@@rickmartinez3268 forms aren’t a thing in 1 or 1.5

[@jjj6854]

Good list! I'm surprised BBS didn't have a place on here though. For me, getting all of the finishers for each character in the game is a HUGE pain. it takes so freaking long it's ridiculous.

[@sangheili333]

Not to mention having to do that monopoly board game for specific moves on 3 characters

[@DuendiNarco]

Being realistic, you can achieve every command (and fights that unblocks other ones) under 35 hours. I think Aqua its the shorter one for that also. (Or at leats it was for me) But for everything on Kingdom Hearts 1, including ultima weapon, level 99, and all.. at least 50 hours

[@AdamHallDeathPunch]

Maybe because the finishers are not considered items.

[@xXLunatikxXlul]

@@AdamHallDeathPunch exactly. Lol

[@justicealistair7774]

There’s also the requirement for Heal Strike. I hated doing that one.

[@mixttime]

The egg minigame isn't about timing (other than within the limit) it's about moving the sticks apart slowly until they're separated enough to crack the egg with the shoulder buttons. I still hate it though because the act of squeezing the shoulders makes me pull the sticks a bit more and smash the egg.

[@Crystalgarcia814]

For me the mini game is so easy It’s like doing wires in among us

[@notoriuscaitsithvii9608]

It's easier on Keyboard+mouse, somewhat, while The Flambe is hard as fuck, especially in special menu.

[@frstredsheep]

Man my worst on was doing the flambé

[@dancarter5775]

It's funny, because for KH1, pretty much everyone has issues with getting the Wizards Relic, or the Defender Shield. Both have a 0.2% drop rate from different enemies, with different grind spots. The thing is, everyone pretty much gets one at random without noticing, and then has to grind for the other. I got the staff and theb had to grind for the shield... While about 50% of players have the opposite happen.

[@Skyfighter64]

I ground the same hallway for both in Kingdom Hearts 1 (NOT FINAL MIX). It's never taken me too long to get both. I have completed the game a few too many times... maybe.

[@dancarter5775]

@@Skyfighter64 it took me around 4 and a half hours to get the Defender Shield in final mix. It was infuriating as it was the only thing I needed for 100%. Sephiroth and the Ultima weapon weren't even close to as bad as getting the shield to drop.

[@Skyfighter64]

@@dancarter5775 I've never completed Final mix. Don't know why, I just never did. I don't remember any of the grinds being too terrible, specifically in regaards to the non-FM versions. The most annoying grind I had to deal with were the charade heartless, where you had to hit them with the correct spell when prompted to get a set of drops, and too often they would not repeat that one freakin spell you needed the drop from before they vanished.

[@keeganlafferty1395]

I once had the Defender shield drop from from one of the Defender enemies that Maleficent spawned during her fight

[@mattiehatter106]

@@keeganlafferty1395 That's cool. I watched one video where Sora collected it after Beast ☠️ the first one you encounter in Hallow Bastion. I've collected 14 Defender shields in my current play through because Defenders are my favorite enemy to grind through.

[@deathseekergibbsy]

I found that the Rare Truffles were easiest to get 100 hits on on the deck of the ship in Neverland because you can fly and are subsequently more mobile in the air

[@justineberlein5916]

Similarly, the most reliable strategy for me with Sniperwilds was Dumbo, because it's so painfully straightforward that there's no way it can fail. I haven't tried this post-HB, but you just run into the middle of the plaza, summon Dumbo, and start spinning in circles, stun locking them

[@castle3267]

I was one of those special people who got Defender first try…. Unlike the staff Donald gets from the wizards

[@AdamHallDeathPunch]

Same here. I remember times having multiple of the defender in my inventory.

[@Crystalgarcia814]

The other day I was playing Kingdom hearts three on my critical save and I had a bunch of those mail things you can put in the twilight town mailbox and get prizes and I got the orichcalcum+ first try when I already had the ultima weapon

[@MrMeowstic7]

I think I got both of those just farming materials. I got multiple defenders (also I'm on the ps2 version, not final mix. Still need that damn mystery goo for ultima)

[@AnimeGalxoxo]

Me too I was just about the comment that. Now I feel kind of bad now that I know what the drop rate is.😅

[@six-stringphantom1402]

I'm four leaf clover lucky! I had the Wizards Relic + Defender Shield BOTH drop during the same play session, minutes apart from each other. Got them to drop while farming Crystals for item synthesis.

[@TheReedBriana]

Am I the only one who actually hasn't had trouble with the egg in KH3? I have a harder time building a gummi ship then cracking that egg. XD

[@kazuhasimp8050]

I had a harder time trying to fail the egg in kh3

[@jasontheyoshi]

Your not the only one! I didn’t have too much troubles with egg.

[@LittleGhost521]

I had a harder time with the shaker but eventually got it down enough to get everything to excellent.

[@theguyyouhate]

egg is easy just need to have the controler on a flat surface. but the sauteing one? no idea how to get it reliably.

[@kazuhasimp8050]

@@theguyyouhate I usually spin the joy stick five or four times to get an excellent

[@RobskiBobskiPower]

No one ever mentiones this, but getting the real/secret endings to KH2 on Normal difficulty! You have to 100% the game!!! That means: complete the final mission at least twice, defeat Lingering Will, and Datas, complete the Glossary, and 100% the Gummi Ship missions. All of which, the game never tells you to do! I beat the final mission 8 times whilst checking to see if I'd met the criteria, and my Gummi Ship Crown is both a badge of honour and floating reminder of my torment! 👑💀🚀

[@TSfish94]

The first time I attempted that I saw the gummi requirement and said “fuck it, I’ll play on proud mode.” What’s funny is I think I had beaten the game on critical but made a new file on proud to learn the datas so I could beat them on critical. The journal in kh2 isn’t terrible, it’s just those damn cups.

[@Kspice9000]

​@TSfish94 Gummi ship was so damn ez though, just get some good blue prints. Slap on as many lasers and cannons as possible. GG. I got the ending on the ps2 version, which did not have lingering will

[@RobskiBobskiPower]

@Kspice9000 I'm gonna call bs on "so damn easy!" Even with a donut ship, all the guns, and the best upgrades, there's no way that someone could perfect all 3 missions of each route and think it was easy. The 3rd mission for each requires you to collect 10 hidden Gummi enemy drops that can not only be missed, but also you can fail to appear if you don't get enough points or kill a prior enemy/enemies. And there are no online guides for most of it, just one or two reddit/forum posts from 2013 in the kinda right ball park. Impossible to be "soooo damn easy!"

[@carlosjaquez6675]

Your sora should’ve had a crown on after all that

[@Buglin_Burger7878]

@@RobskiBobskiPower It is though, provided you turn on auto-fire, then just focus on spamming dodge roles and rotating around the screen. Once you get to Medal Lv 30 the Teeny Ships will clean house and ensure you win. The first run through a mission should be you focusing on finding the Red/Gold enemies and getting the part. This is because on the re-run you'll get a lot of medals. Normally with enough guns, abilities, and power boost you should be able to take out any dangerous enemy before they fire.

[@TheeGlobFather]

fun fact. that ring brought up in the last one, you can get a second one from the mailbox, which makes it even easier.

[@Frosty-st5ik]

After platinuming the series I can safely say the hardest things to do are... 3. Riku to 99 in recom 2. Mysterious figure with Terra 1. Sitting through the re coded movie

[@imnotsureanymore9852]

Don’t know if this has been said in here already. But there is actually a GUARANTEE way to get each enemy card in Re:Chain of Memories. It requires you to do a certain varaiation of inputs before entering a room and starting a battle as well as during a battle. You also have to put certain cards in a certain order in a deck. You can look it up for more information, but this was how I easily got all of the cards and got the platinum trophy.

[@xen3588]

the complexity of that game is truly ahead of its time

[@Tieliva]

I was going to point this out myself if nobody else did. I Platinum these games on average once every year or two, and the RNG Manips for enemy cards have saved me probably hundreds of hours of grinding total across the last decade.

[@radojerkovic3059]

@@xen3588 I don't think RNG manips are exactly an intended game mechanic, but they do speed up grinds a lot.

[@gaymerjerry]

Its not based on inputs in based on a few factors the number of keyblades in your deck the number of dodge rolls youve done since loading the save what room/enemy in that room you loaded and if you stunned the enemy going into the battle all of these things are extremely easy for the player to control

[@omgchillx8770]

Let’s not forget the long and horrible grind taking on mysterious figure in birth by sleep for no name and the other hidden keys in that game made it stressful and annoying. Boss fights was fun though

[@thebitten1]

What's funny is that, Kingdom Hearts on the PS2 was one of the first games I ever completed and I know I got the Ultima Weapon in that. I specifically wanted to unlock and use it to beat the game with. Then when KH1FM came out, I realized they made it so much more a hassle to get. Perhaps one day I will be reunited with that glorious golden blade

[@bluetooth4916]

5:46 i remember getting this drop as a kid and being blown away from how cool it was.!! Seeing goofy with this bad ass heartless shield was just so cool

[@jonathanrobinson198]

I didn’t know the gold and platinum card was a thing when I first got them. My brain just wanted all the enemy cards. Didn’t have a guide because I was young but it’s very strange there definitely points I noticed getting certain cards was easier in specific rooms. It was like clockwork.

[@c.creature156]

10:40 I complete get how frustrating the Egg minigame is. But i found a trick recently that helps a lot: Right before the game starts, i push in the Sticks to press and hold L3 and R3 (PS4/PS5) and then pull the sticks outward and then press L1+R1 once Sora flashes. I don't know how, but it helps me be a lot more percise than normal.

[@Scep57]

After a while of doing something over and over, I go from “I hate this” to “wow.. this is.. fun…”

[@skelsington4724]

The egg minigame isn't about timing. It's the sensitivity in how much you're pushing the analog sticks apart.

[@D-Up242]

One detail regarding DDD. After Sora beats Xemnas in TWTNW, you're switched over to Riku. Problem is, the game doesn't change portals after the Xemnas fight-causing the portals to de-synch between Sora and Riku. MEANING you have to beat the final boss TWICE if you want to get the Portal Keyblade and had already beaten the game. At least, for the original 3DS version of the game.

[@angelb.823]

For the Mystery Goo part on the Blue Heartless Mushrooms who jump, go to Neverland's Captain Hook's Pirate Ship location. You have the ability to fly and you won't have to worry about collisions since it is an open area. It was my favorite grinding spot in collecting Mystery Goos for the Ultima Weapon.

[@EmperorOfApathy]

I actually never have any difficulty grabbing the defender shield in kh1. I never even realized it had such low drop rate since it always drops for me immediately after my first run through hollow bastion. The wand from the sorcerers, though, can just fade into obscurity for all I care.

[@Hulk1566]

What might've been the annoying item to find was getting the honey from Pooh's world by completing the mini games and you need to get a very high score to to more than 1 honey so you can complete the recipes at the bistro.

[@thekingnuka]

I didn't know the defender was that hard to get, I must have insane luck cuz I had it so early on during my playthrough. I don't remember which playthrough, but when I was platinuming the game I'd never struggled to find it.

[@drfruitsnack5559]

Thank you for the kingdom hearts content it’s always engaging to watch. If your open to video suggestions it would be cool to see character lore videos, another idea would also be more challenge videos.

[@meevil24]

To boost enemy drop rates in Re:Chain of Memories, one strategy I've heard is to use the Awakening Darkness room card

[@CrazlikaFoX3]

In regards to KH1.5: getting Goofy's Defender shield to drop--I find it's easiest to obtain it during Maleficent's first fight. She'll keep summoning Defenders and Darkballs, and I've had multiple runs where I obtain the shield there after only like six Defenders--I don't know why.

[@ForestskiesOfficial]

I have gotten at least One defender shield in every save that's made it to Hollow Bastion. I got Four in my most recent. I never realized that this was such a problem for people.

[@alexstach8667]

Yeah same here. I guess the reason for that is that the Defender heartless are a fairly common enemy, appearing in almost every world, once you reach a certain point of the game. The drop rate may be low but you have to defeat so many of them that it's actually not that difficult to get their shield. Unless you're very unlucky of course.

[@aaronammann4236]

In the words of Superbutterbuns: "Oh god we're losing him doc!" (clip of the egg being smashed by Sora's fingers.

[@Gerardhutt]

In dream drop distance. The forcast never worked. So I just went to a special portal spot that I did not yet do with both riku and sora. And kept dropping untill it spawned in my face. I think that is the fastest way to do it without running all over the place. I got the platinum trophy on KH1, KH2, KH COM, KH BBS, KH DDD only 3 games left

[@abiean222]

KHCOM? you maniac.

[@lightkairi07]

I love these kind of Kingdom Hearts videos

[@soulfuxion699]

Surprisingly enough, I didn't find the cooking minigames too painful thanks to those accessories. I definitely know it would be more painful without using them and I found out you can just get one early on through chance. And by that I mean postcards. And by postcards I mean grinding money in the Gummi Ship section the moment you gain access to it. That's what I did for a second play through and MAN, I'm thankful to have done that

[@FrogworfKnight]

Slight correction... Aeroga for the Serenity Power. Aerora doesn't hit the enemies like Aeroga does.

[@MrHubba9bubba]

I think aerora is the one that does damage and aeroga adds the ability to reflect projectiles

[@FrogworfKnight]

@@MrHubba9bubba I remember having to wait until I had Aeroga to get Serenity Power though. I tried with Aerora and was... disappointed.

[@SuperMarioGamerBros]

I just randomly casualy got a Defender Sheild every playthrought and never actually knew it was all that hard to get.

[@DarkEinherjar]

The Rare Truffles that appear at the deck of Hook's ship in Neverland are very easy to get 100 hits on... all you need to do is have a Keyblade with long reach, time your Keyblade strikes well and try to knock the Truffle away from the masts. Since Sora can fly, he will keep homing on them as you attack, so no need to jump.

[@JackReacts]

The blue mushrooms not too bad if you go to Neverland's deck and just follow it while flying. You need a bit of patience but you can consistently get 100 and makes the mystery goo way easier

[@mvcEevee]

Surprisingly did the same strat for vanilla KH1.

[@JackReacts]

@@mvcEevee was honestly the most bearable way to do the mystery goo grind that I could come up with.

[@breathstealer5486]

So here's a tip for the egg mini game. You need to gently pull the sticks apart and that's the easy part. The harder part has to do with our own biology, when clicking the r1 and L1 you have to be cognizant to not let the finger sticks move backwards, that's hard to do because when clicking them they naturally want to do so. So my best advice is a gentle tap of the r1 and L1 to make it a bit more consistent

[@outlaw451]

I would recommend the wisdom form thundwr steat for the keep in the air mushroom challange. Like the one in the tikeless river, you just need to be carefull with you distance and be patient. I found it much easier than other methods, much lower skull and not timing intensive.

[@dramaticalboy]

For the egg mini game you have to be very gentle with the L and R buttons. Just moving the joy sticks with perfect precision is not enough if you instantly slam down on the L and R buttons. I had to keep practicing to get that right too XD

[@cookie_koko]

I love the grind in KH1 for Ultima, I even done it in hard mode just for the fun of it. Though it was frustrating when I didn't know what to do, it was still fun in the end since it extended my playtime.

[@kingleonidas2182]

Genuinely enjoy the grind for the Ultima Weapon. I thought this list was gonna be about every large chest being a map. Edit: Uh, the Powerwilds don’t disappear when they spot you. Must’ve been a while since you’ve played the OG cuz they gang up on you and YOU have to dip, not them. Edit 2: Also I don’t think the egg is time based? Wasn’t it pressure sensitive?

[@Anime-Doom]

Collecting all the cards in Re:CoM really wasn't difficult at all, it took a fraction of the time levelling Sora to the max took and that wasn't half as painful as maxing out Riku. The platinum trophy in that game is a truly hellish grind but not for the reason you stated.

[@tehdrumerer3]

anyone that dreads farming Power Stones like I did should try spinning with Dumbo in the middle of them. much more consistent and less stressful than Mushu/other strats once you get the hang of it.

[@kingleonidas2182]

Lol I was surprised to see the Defender Shield here. I was always lucky and got one or two before I even finished Hollow Bastion.

[@michaelgunnels9694]

For those going after the serenity power just go to the jungle it saves you a much bigger headache than atlantica. Also I am with you one the multi color mushrooms even with a guide I still fail it. But worst is the mushroom 13 number 8 and the one where you face demyx the second time can burn

[@rafaelfijos3385]

I was hoping a mention the scratch card minigame for the D-Firaga in Re:Coded. As of today, I haven't been able to get half of those fickling Dalmatians!

[@elliotlevy8610]

That is literally the most absurd requirement I've ever seen in a game. You only need 90 scratch cards to complete the avatar sector, but you'll be lucky if you can get that one finisher in less than 500!

[@taqresu5865]

I didn't know Goofy's Defender shield was such a rare drop. I don't remember grinding for it. And I know I have it because I just checked my trophies. Not bragging, I just genuinely didn't know.

[@otaking3582]

Maybe it's just me, but I honestly never had a problem with the eggs. Also, you could just save before attempting the minigame and soft-reset if you fail.

[@TheAzulmagia]

The worst part about End of Pain is that the UI display of the portals for each character *SWITCH* when you beat the game the first time. At least on 3DS. What I mean by that is, Sora gets information on what portals Riku has up and vice versa. If you aren't aware that's what's happening, you have an even harder time trying to get things done unless you just so happen to fight the final bosses one more time.

[@sephirothslayer1152]

For the egg one it’s less about timing and more about being very slow and careful with the movement. At least, that’s how I did it.

[@suicideblade8202]

The best way to get mystery goo is from the black mushrooms. You have to defeat them with a critical hit to have a chance at them dropping it, so equip abilities and a keyblade that increase your critical hit chance, also equip combo master and hurricane blast. Go to the bazaar in Agrabah and summon bambi when the mushrooms appear (so that donald and goofy dont screw it up and steal your kill) and then do aerial combos above the mushrooms, making sure that your finishing move is the one that hits them. Worked like a charm for me.

[@Anthro01]

The egg challenge is tricky, but doable. You'll have to tilt the analog sticks before the challenge starts and then immediately hit the L1 and R1 buttons when it does.

[@FerreTrip]

Skyward: "I dread doing the sledding minigame." Me, an SSX fan: "OH HELL YEAH" Also Anyone: "Oh my Gooood it's taking foreeeeverrrrr why is it a 0.2% drop raaaaate" Shiny Hunters: "YOU DON'T KNOW HOW GOOD YOU HAVE IT"

[@jakesaysknee]

I just beat Mushroom 8 today! The best way I’ve found to beat him is to equip Berserk, and use Cure right before starting the challenge (Make sure to unequip any MP Haste you have to prolong Berserk), then just keep alternating between regular attacks and horizontal slashes. Then when your MP is about to be restored, go into Master Form and spam Thunder until you MP is gone again, then keep attacking until you reach the high score. It took me a few tries, but it was the easiest way for me.

[@falkenlaser]

I restarted playing KH1.5 a few weeks ago, and yes the one thing I don’t like about Final Mix is the Stone items, especially the one you have to get from the Sniperwild. I get PTSD whenever I enter the Second District. Also, I got a Wizard’s Staff in my first fight with Wizards in Hollow Bastion, so of course I wanted to get the Defender shield to match….and after I defeated over 450 Defenders, I finally got one.

[@DraconicDarkness]

Wow...uh...not to flaunt my good luck but...I find it amazing that the defender shield is the hardest to get when on my first time I got it like...half way through my first trot through castle oblivion...also I didnt really have a problem with the egg minigame...now some of the OTHERS on the other hand...

[@TSfish94]

I think one worth mentioning is that damn royal crown key blade from bbs. It’s not the hardest thing to get, but the fact it involves beating no heart, which involves beating armor of eraquis, which involves doing pretty much the entirety of the mirage arena PLUS grinding the commands and levels to make that shit plausible in the first place means you’re probably gonna dedicate a whole day, maybe a week to getting it. The one from young xehanort is harder but the royal crown is just a tedious time sink.

[@PK_Fantasy7]

I don’t really have a hard time with Mystery Goo. Mainly because I’m quite good at juggling Rare Truffles (the Blue and Yellow Mushroom Heartless) in Halloween Town. I push it toward the corner near the stairs, and keep juggling them. When I get to 50, I move Sora a bit and hit it again to make sure I don’t drop the combo. Mainly because the items like Megalixirs, can ruin my juggle. So I know a quite good pattern to juggle them.

[@TimelessWorldOfGaming]

One weapon that I'll always remember the grind for was in Final Fantasy XII and it was the Tournesol Great Sword. I spent two months grinding the materials and combining them together to craft just one of them. Needless to say, I settled for Ultima Blade and Excalibur as the other two weapons for my party members. It was ridiculous, like you had to take 9 of the rarest materials in the game, combine them into 3 even rarer items, then do that 3 more times, before combining the even rarer items into even RARER items. Do that 3 more times, and you can combine the results to get your sword. It sounds simple but my God, just getting the materials for the first step of the recipe took a week, then you had to do it almost 9 more times to get what you needed. They made it a lot easier to craft in the remake, along with the fast forward function they added to make grinding less tedious at least.

[@nachos1162]

Few things I wanna mention First the egg mini game, if you position your thumbs on the controller in between the 2 sticks and slowly push them into the sticks you can do the egg mini game without breaking it and get excellent pretty much every time once you have the muscle memory of it. Once I tried that I don't think I've ever busted an egg. Second, as someone who's completed chain of memories 3 or 4 times, it REALLY doesn't take as long as you say. I think the longest I ever spent on enemy cards was like 15 hours? And thay could have been cut down a couple hours if I had realised the dark ball doesn't have a card. So if anyone needs it here's a couple tips on that First you don't need a spreadsheet, jusy look up enemy spawns and tackle worlds based on enemy diversity, the card is always based off the last enemy you killed in a encounter. So make a deck with 2 or 3 warps and then the rest is whatever you normally kill stuff with. You go into a battle and just use warp on the first wave of 2 and then kill anything that isn't what you want normally and use a warp on the remaining enemies. It won't drop xp but that's not a big deal tbh. Warp kills everything in a wave at the same time without xp so you just use it on enemies at the end to get rid of them faster. Say you need a power wild and a white knight and there's an encounter that has both you can just spam warp and if there is a card drop then you'll have a 50/50 chance to get either one. Let's say you get one of the 2 cards then just keep doing the encounters with those guys and just make sure you save the one you don't have the card for for last and warp them to make it faster. Idk if I'm explaining it in an easy to understand way cuz I'm not very good at explaining things like that through text but once you get it down you can get a new card every 10 to 20 minutes. Just make sure you look up what enemies don't have cards so you don't make my mistake of spending 2 or 3 hours trying to get a dark ball card thay doesn't exist. The only info you really need is what worlds spawn what, I don't believe worlds affect drop rate, only room cards (iirc the one that spawn only shadows has a higher chance of gaining enemy cards, which would just be shadow cards) Oh also if you save up room cards til you hit the cap it will make it easier to tell when you get an enemy card since it's the only thing thay can drop. I have 0 clue of it affects drop rate but it feels like it does.

[@st0rmr0ck74]

You had problems getting shards for Ultima weapon? Blue mushrooms, I trapped them in a neverending/landing cycle in Neverland where you can fly. Power shards, hangout at Tarzan's world. Have yet to play KH3 so thanks for the warning. For the defender, I didn't even know it was there until I felt like checking weapons. One time, I sold it because I kept finding extras.

[@pepepalerm5723]

For me getting BOTH Defender AND Wizards Relic KH1 was hard and took me HOURS because one time I was playing to get the weapons I was level mid 40’s and I got to level mid 80’s and it was BEFORE the battle vs Riku one v one in Hollow Bastion

[@axelgutierrez1093]

The worst one for me it's Crown Unlimit in BBS-Critical Mode. You have to be atleast lv. 40+ for battles, you need to spam the dodge button, you need to complete all arena matches, you need to complete all 4 race circuits, you need to win (not just play) 7 command boards, you need to get 9,999 medals and then you need to defeat both masters armors (luckly not at the same time). All of this for ONE character so you have to this this 2 MORE TIMES for the other 2 characters (and all of this is needed for the Platinum trophy)

Oh, I remember the pain when I tried to get the platinum. I'm so glad I finished that, it took me many months, especially Mysterious Figure. But I'd rather fight MF than doing all the freaking Command Boards. I believe there were 7 boards? With 3 characters that makes 21 board plays. And then you lose right at the end of the board many times...

[@redwaller1]

The Pink Agaricus has a very special annoyance as the time to defeat it is determined by your MP stat, and MP cannot be raised in KH1 FM, so for best odds one should pick up the wand in the beginning, and synthesize Power Up and Defense Up items to offset.

[@jragonthedragon3055]

I am the Ultima Madochist cause recently I decided to get every trophy in all of the games. KH Final Mix, KH2 Final Mix, Re:com, Re:coded, Birth By Sleep, A Fragmentary Passage, Dream Drop Distance, and KH3. I am gonna end up in final mix going over 100 hours to get the under 15 hour trophy. Edit: Just wanted to say this...the egg cracking one was actually the easiest one for me to do. Tip: have a looseish grip on your controller and rotate your hands like you are actually cracking an egg open. It helps a lot.

[@bronco5591]

Ok my last playthrough of KH1, when I lost the key blade in Hollow Bastion, the first Defender Beast took down for me dropped the Defender Shield. I've never felt so lucky.

[@michealforguson5317]

The egg minigame! OMG! Even when the controller vibrates to tell me to push the L1 and R1 buttons I would fail! Yes, the Gourmand's ring makes it easier, but not by much.

[@leblanc3536]

An easy method to get the blue mushroom in KH1 is to find them on the deck of hooks ship after beating neverland. You can use the glide to follow it up into the air and keep beating it

[@rpgrage7711]

This video was great and yeah I've 100% every kh game and these are definitely some of the most difficult items the organization Mushrooms are very difficult and I'm glad you specifically mentioned number 8 he is the worst definitely

[@KingXeonMyroku]

The Mushroom XIII was that hardest for me. I haven’t even obtained the Keyblade you get by completing the challenges. Decided it was not worth my time or sanity. I am however surprised by obtaining Goofy and Donald’s items. Getting that shield for Goofy was absurd. The Nobody drop items were surprisingly easier to get for Donald and Goofy.

[@MidnightThunderKid]

Kh 1 ultima weapon is literally just trying to get rare materials. I remember getting multiple serenity powers, but running into an error before I could save.

[@darkimpulse2829]

For Mystery Goo I farmed Black Fungus in Agrabah; every time I finished them off I went out, into Aladdin's house, out the other side then all the way back and it reset the spawn, if it wasn't Black Fungi I'd keep going in and out of the room until it was. Quickest method I know of if you're not good at the Rare Truffles like me.

[@BaconNuke]

Fun fact, I marathoned playing the KH series for the first time when it came out for the XBONE and KH1's Ultima Weapon was the only Ultima I got.. purely because the grind put me off getting it in each game.. But it is kinda funny that somehow a good chunk of this list is purely the materials for said Ultima Weapon... maybe someday I will do the other games..

[@Jblade343]

There’s actually a cheese with neverland that i found out about by experience. If you fly and then just attack once before the rare truffle comes down, sora will move towards it and it will refresh the combo, allowing for a free 100 hit, although do be careful where you hit the rare truffle, if you go off the ship, the drops disappear if it touches the water. You can control this by moving slightly to the right to go in a circle instead of a line. Highly recommend a long keyblade for this.

[@patricktanoeyjaya4430]

Another cheese, on the Halloween Town spawn for truffles, there are a lot of corners for you to trap a truffle in an aerora loop. Got a hundred first try standing completely still. Just be sure to obsessively refresh your aerora and position yourself so that they don't fly out in weird directions.

[@Adeyum64]

Afaik, rare truffles and the drops can't go off the ship. So no worries.

[@clarkestan4728]

I still remember the 210 hours grind I went through to get the platinum trophy for kh3 and remind, halfway through the original kh3 my save data was corrupted or something and I had to start all over, but I did it eventually

[@DarkFrozenDepths]

Also, i tend to get mystery goo just trying to get all the "arts" but if I ever needed more, I'd just beat up the Black Fungus heartless... One critical hit takes them out instantly, and some keyblades will up the chance of it, or even FORCE a critical hit

[@destroyerkitty9434]

The egg minigame is just one of those “you get it or you dont” kinda games. I personally got an excellent on my first try and haven’t had much struggle with it, but some people just can’t get the hang of it.

[@SorakuFett]

The only *bad* UW grind for me is KH1. 2 and 3 are pretty simple mat grinds and my only problem with the non-numbered UWs is how all of them are post-game restricted.

[@SuburbanProperty]

Kh1FM Ultima on Proud mode is one of by biggest achievements in gaming lol. What a giant pain in the ass of a grind. The pink agaricus drove me insane, not to mention having to beat the phantom to be able and to even get a chance at it and holy hell did that take me forever. If my kid wants to try, I’ll help but I’m never going for it again.

[@andrewtithof9501]

5:54 on my PS3 kingdom hearts 1.5 +2.5 final mix on one save file I somehow got the defender shield from the first ever defender enemy I killed

[@beandaddydoggratt9714]

Iv had it a bunch of times never knew it was that rare but I remember I got it in like 20 mins of ur first time seeing the enemy

[@retrooni]

Yeah same, i remember getting it in the original release in that elevator hallway, and in the final mix version on that balcony bit overseeing the fountain where you fight riku, got it then, had no idea the chances were that low

[@TapathyWR]

Not me getting Defender on my last casual KH1 playthrough on my first HB visit not realizing what the luck I'd just had.

[@rat-kun]

shoutout to getting the sweetstack keyblade in bbs, especially for all three characters

[@BrandonKellogg22]

Mystery Goo isn’t that hard to farm. Three of the same spell on the same white mushroom is easily done before the rescue in the Red Room in Traverse Town. Go to the Red room to spawn them and if they don’t spawn go to the green room and then the hotel and back to the red room. White Mushrooms appear super easily there (again, before the rescue) where Mystery Goo farming is a cheese. Plus you have your numbers wrong. Mystery Goo is 10% if it’s the third spell only. It’s bumped up to 20% if you use the same spell three times in a row.

[@justinelledge326]

You gonna be pissed, but I got the Defender shield in KH1 by ACCIDENT, before I even knew enemies could drop weapons.

[@thiagovicente8226]

Skyward, you forgot to tell about the Kingdom Hearts 358/2 days Ultima Weapon panel. You need to complete all the challenge missions with full sigils to get this panel

[@elliotlevy8610]

Yup. That and the Master's Circle are the hardest things to get, though the latter is more annoying than hard.

[@kilik124]

I thought it had everything to do with how much pressure you apply for both. Like once they start moving try to keep the sticks maintaining that same pressure. The problem at least for me was I'd be anxious and would then press too quickly that it moved my thumbs. Slow and steady.

[@DarkcIoud1111.]

I got the Defender shield somewhat by accident. When I got to the part of the game when you need to fight Riku, I got the stuffing beat out of me. So I headed to the entrance of the castle and ran in a loop level grinding until I was so over-leveled I could win easily. During the course of this, I was just checking my inventory and say I had this shield and a new staff for Donald; didn't even know it was a rare item. Also I am so glad the DLC for KH3 had a cheat-code to always get an Excellent on the cooking challenged.

[@angelblade1311]

The egg really is a pain in KH3. I saw a tip on some forum that really helped me out. Hold down R1, then start slowly moving the sticks, and then press L1 (or appropriate Xbox controls).

[@Blasphazar]

Funny enough when I was grinding for bright crystals in KH1, I got 3 defender shields before getting 1 bright crystal, which is wild

[@abiean222]

funny thing lol, so i was recently going for platinum on KH1 and decided to use my older hard mode save file, that i made when i marathoned all the games leading up to the KH3 release, to finish up the trophies because that save file was at a higher level and would be faster to reach level 99 then my beginner speedrun save file. anyway, i loaded up the old save file and was surprised to see that goofy had the defender shield. i didn't even remember getting it. then when i was going around collecting all the synthesis drops and the wizard's staff i made sure to equipped all the lucky lucky abilities. in other words, i got the defender shield without a single lucky lucky ability equipped.

[@PLAYER42_ready]

Before I beat KH1, I had already gotten TWO defender shields without running circles, I had no idea they were that rare

[@AbsolutelyAmel]

In KH3 the Orichalcum you get from the Postcards.. in my first playthru i got it literally first try.. on my second one i put postcards in the mail for HOURS to no avail, reloading my save over and over and over again

[@WayToDawn72]

I wouldnt say Chain of Memories is super difficult. I got both Gold and Platinum cards last night while trying to grab the Card Professor trophy, clocking around 27 hours by the time i got all the cards. That said i origanized my gameplay so that by the time i reached Floor 13 all that was left was the Neo Shadow card. Teeming/Looming/Almighty Darkness cards will be your best friend should you wish to get all heartless cards

[@Fires_Phoenix]

So about that egg minigame, I play on the PC for KH and I was trying to do the minigame using my controller and I would do very small inputs and it would not show it getting wider at all and then the next frame it was two hard. I realized that my controller joy sticks do not have any sensitivity. I either do not move or move forward. There is no in between, I can't just tap the sticks and have an input. So I switched to doing that minigame with my keyboard and mouse and it is literally so easy now. If you can not do that because you have it on the console, just make sure that your controllers has an input when you tap the sticks, if they do not you'll have to get a controller that has sensitivity for the sticks rather than just on or off.

[@jeremyl2728]

I got Ultima weapons staying at level 1 in KH 1. So no lucky strike abilities. It took 45 in game hours. And because it took so long I learned that if the in-game timer goes past 99:59 it goes back to zero.

[@DemiTrusdale3]

1:36 No… if you are noticed by sniper wilds. They’ll hunt you down, and you get nothing. Dealing high damage shots from a distance until you die or leave. If you manage to kill one, another takes its place For you to say such a thing, I’m assuming that you already grinded and synthesized some decent gear. Gear so great that the sniper rounds didn’t phase you.

[@EpiKerCovers]

The Persona 5 suspenseful music at the end had me cracking up at the bus haha

[@neowolfram7215]

5:28 So uh, recently ive actually played kh1 on the ps4, and while I was speedrunning to get the no equipment change, no continue, and speedster trophies... I got the defender shield while grinding a little to level up before the final fight, only killed about 30 defenders at the time

[@pantanlp7187]

Fun Fact about the White mushroom you missed: When using the exact same spell on one 3 times instead of different kinds then its not 10% for the mystery goo but actually 20%. Obviously you prolly have to wait a few seconds for it to do the same animation as before

[@Abigdummy4life]

1:36 MAJOR CORRECTION Actually, if you are fully seen, the Sniperwilds will suddenly no longer drop any items and will immediately call for help. Thus, the Second District will be swarmed with them and they will all spam lock-on shots that just work like instant hitboxes that appear on your character(s) and can only be dodged with invul frames regardless of what you're hiding behind. That alone forces you to immediately run away to reset the area before you havw a huge chance of dying. Sniperwilds don't run at all, my friend. Gravely mistaken. Also, they're like with the HD ReMIX content, only in the Final Mix versions of KH1 (Combo Master ability from KH2FM is solely HD ReMIX KH1FM exclusive), so those playing on the OG PS2 versions likely have nothing to worry about with that extra grinding.