Saronia Castle

Terrain Ability Earthquake
When you fly in the vicinity of Saronia Castle, your airship will be shot down and destroyed. You'll be limited to the castle (which you can't actually enter) and the four districts of the surrounding city.

When you find Prince Alus in Southwest Saronia and return here with him, you will automatically sleep in the castle and have to fight Garuda. Your best bet is to outfit a party entirely of Dragoons (using the gear found in Saronia) and repeatedly use Jump. This will help you avoid the devastating Lightning attack, and Garuda won't do anything at all if the round begins with all four characters in the Air. Once you are victorious, all of the Shops across Saronia will open, as will the library in Northwest Saronia.

You'll also be able to explore the castle at this point. There is a huge Treasure cache accessible through the eastern wall in the main bedroom. There is another secret area which can be opened by pressing a hidden switch on the wall next to the right-side statue in the western building. The engineers in the eastern building will give you a new airship, the Nautilus.
Compare Saronia Castle to other Maps
Maps: Connected to Saronia Castle – 2 shown
The name of the map, including both the general area and the specific floor or section; Limited maps are closed off at a certain point in the plot; temporary maps only appear during certain brief plot points; once you reach end game maps, you can no longer save or return to other areas
Name
The number of treasures to be found on this map
Treasures
The cost to stay at the inn, if there is one present
Inn
Miscellaneous helpful features of the area, such as healing springs and fat chocobos
Amenities
A list of the types of shops that can be found here
Shops
World Map Near Saronia - - - -
Saronia Catacombs 4F 9 - - -
Plot Battles: Found in Saronia Castle – 1 shown
Monsters
The specifics of where this plot battle will be fought
Notes
Garuda Tower bedroom (automatic)
Treasures: Found in Saronia Castle – 20 shown
Treasure
The specifics of where this treasure can be found
Notes		 Guarded By
Dragon Helm Chest in tower secret basement -
Earthen Bell Chest in tower secret basement -
Gaia Vest Chest in tower secret basement -
Golem Staff Chest in secret room in tower bedroom -
Hi-Potion Chest in secret room in tower bedroom -
Hi-Potion Chest in secret room in tower bedroom -
Ice Staff Chest in secret room in tower bedroom -
Main Gauche Chest in secret room in tower bedroom -
Medusa Arrow ×20 Chest in secret room in tower bedroom -
Phoenix Down Chest in castle hall in east building B3 -
Phoenix Down Chest in castle hall in east building B3 -
Rusty Mail Chest in secret room in tower bedroom -
Rusty Mail Chest in tower secret basement -
Rusty Mail Chest in secret room in tower bedroom -
Rusty Mail Chest in secret room in tower bedroom -
Rusty Mail Chest in secret room in tower bedroom -
Scholar Hat Chest in secret room in tower bedroom -
Thor's Hammer Chest in secret room in tower bedroom -
Viking Helm Chest in tower secret basement -
Viking Mail Chest in tower secret basement -
Monsters: Found in Saronia Castle – 1 shown
Treasure guardians are only encountered when opening treasure chests; bosses are unique monsters encountered during the plot; the final boss must be defeated to complete the game; rare monsters are hard to find and very powerful, but drop powerful rewards; invincible monsters are not meant to be defeated
Name
The monster's starting and maximum hit point total
HP
The amount of gil earned for defeating this monster
Gil
The total amount of experience earned for defeating this monster (this is split evenly among surviving party members)
Exp
Attack determines the base per-hit damage of the monster's physical attack
Att
The number of hits a monster attempts and the accuracy of each of those hits
Acc
Some monsters' attacks are elemental in nature, and the damage may be adjusted by any weaknesses or resistances the target has
Att. Element
A monster's attack may have a chance to inflict a status ailment when it connects
Status Att.
Undead creatures are damaged by healing spells; dividing creatures split after taking physical damage provided there is room on the battlefield; spells or attacks with dark-elemental weapons do not cause these creatures to split
Type
Defense reduces the amount of damage taken per physical hit
Def
The number of evasion attempts a monster gets when physically attacked, and the success rate of each attempt
Eva
Magic defense reduces the amount of damage taken by spells and special attacks
Mag. Def.
The number of spell resistance attempts a monster gets when targeted with a spell or special attack, and the success rate of each attempt
Mag. Res.
The monster takes double damage from spells or attacks of any of the listed elements
Weakness
Monsters that resist an element take half damage from spells or attacks of that element, while monsters that absorb an element are healed instead of taking damage; individual monster pages indicate which elements are resisted and which are absorbed
Resists/Absorbs
Monsters are immune to the listed status ailments; not that, although no immunities are listed, all bosses are immune to all status ailments
Status Immunities
Garuda 5,000 3,400 gil 2,200 107 7×70% Lightning - - 9 3×60% 80 3×48% Air - All status ailments
Weapons: Found in Saronia Castle – 6 shown
Rare weapons can only be found as treasure or won from monsters; unique weapons can only be found as treasure or purchased in hidden shops; ultimate weapons are uniquely powerful treasures; onion weapons are rare treasures of unmatched but narrow power
Name
The higher a weapon's power, the more damage physical attacks made with it deal; characters gain a bonus to power based on strength
Power
A weapon's base accuracy; characters gain a bonus to accuracy based on agility and job level; note that the accuracy of arrows is ignored in favor of the bow's accuracy when using a bow and arrow combination
Accuracy
Some weapons offer a bonus to one or more statistics; certain weapons also offer a bonus to one or more element types, but this has no effect; for the curious, the elemental bonuses are shown on individual weapon pages
Bonuses
The cost to buy this weapon in a shop
Price
The amount of gil received when selling this weapon in a shop
Value
The spell cast when this weapon is used as an item in combat; unlike items, weapons are not consumed when used to cast spells
Spell
The status ailment that may be inflicted by hits with this weapon
Status
The elemental nature of this weapon; targets that are weak to this element take double damage, while targets that resist this element take half damage; targets that absorb this element gain hit points equal to the usual damage dealt
Elements
The jobs which are capable of using this weapon
Equipped By
(Bell)Earthen Bell 30 80% - - 2,750 gil - - - Ge, Ni
(Rod)Golem Staff 16 70% - 13,500 gil 6,750 gil Break Partial Petrification (1/3) Earth De, Ni, RM, Sa, WM
(Rod)Ice Staff 8 50% - 3,500 gil 1,750 gil Blizzard - - De, Ni, RM, Sa, WM
(Knife)Main Gauche 30 100% - 7,000 gil 3,500 gil - - - Ni, Th
(Bow)Medusa Arrow 20 100% - - 50 gil - Petrification Earth Ni, Ra
(Axe)Thor's Hammer 30 70% - - 7,000 gil Thundara - Lightning Ni, Vi
Armor: Found in Saronia Castle – 6 shown
Rare armors can only be found as treasure or won from monsters; unique armors can only be found as treasure; ultimate armors are uniquely powerful treasures; onion armors are rare treasures of unmatched but narrow power
Name
Defense reduces the amount of damage taken per physical hit; the defense value of multiple pieces of armor is cumulative
Defense
Most types of armor grant a bonus to the wearer's evasion; the evasion bonus of multiple pieces of armor is cumulative
Evasion
Magic defense reduces the amount of damage taken by spells and special attacks; the magic defense value of multiple pieces of armor is cumulative
Mag. Def.
Some types of armor offer a bonus to one or more statistics
Bonuses
The cost to buy this armor in a shop
Price
The amount of gil received when selling this armor in a shop
Value
The wearer becomes immune to all of the listed status ailments while using this armor
Status Immunity
The wearer takes half damage from spells or attacks of any of the listed elements; if the wearer is also using a piece of armor with a weakness to a resisted element, the resistance takes precedence
Resistance
The wearer takes double damage from spells or attacks of any of the listed elements; if the wearer is also using a piece of armor resistant to the element this armor is weak against, the resistance takes precedence
Weakness
The jobs which are capable of using this armor
Equipped By
(Helm)Dragon Helm 7 10% 7 - - 4,000 gil - - - Dr, Ni
(Armor)Gaia Vest 16 12% 8 - 4,200 gil 2,100 gil - - - Ge, Ni
(Armor)Rusty Mail 0 - 0 - - 50 gil - - - -
(Helm)Scholar Hat 5 10% 6 - 7,500 gil 3,750 gil - - - BM, De, Ma, Ni, Sa, Sc, WM
(Helm)Viking Helm 7 10% 7 - 3,000 gil 1,500 gil - - - Ni, Vi
(Armor)Viking Mail 10 8% 7 - 4,000 gil 2,000 gil - - - Ni, Vi
Items: Found in Saronia Castle – 2 shown
Rare items can only be found as treasure or won from monsters; unique items can only be found as treasure; key items are unique items that are important to the plot
Name
Some items can only be used in combat, some can only be used in the field, and some can be used in either situation; key items cannot be used at all
Type
The cost to buy this item in a shop
Price
The amount of gil received when selling this item in a shop
Value
The spell cast when this item is used in battle; using the item in this way consumes it
Effect
Hi-Potion Anywhere 1,200 gil 600 gil Recovery
Phoenix Down Anywhere - 1,500 gil Raise
Chocobo Woods West of Replito Northwest Saronia

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Saronia Castle

Terrain Ability Earthquake