Mountain of Woe

Era Dark Ages
You'll stumble on one of the nicer features of the Mountain of Woe right away: Rubble. These enemies will prevent you from using any Techs and are very hard to hit, but if you kill one, you'll gain a very nice 100 TP. It might be worth setting up a Physical party with enhancements to speed or power, or perhaps even with Berserkers equipped. The other enemies in this Area fall quickly to powerful single attacks as well.

Giga Gaia is a fairly straightforward Boss with helper enemies, in this case its arms. Take out the Defense Arm (on the right) first, since it can heal Giga Gaia. With both hands, Giga Gaia has nasty Fire and Shadow attacks. The Attack Arm still uses Fire, so if you picked up a Red Vest and/or Red Mail in sealed chests, they are useful here. You can take out the Attack Arm as well, but Giga Gaia can restore both arms at once, so it might be better to ignore it and take out the Head. Restored arms come back with half HP.

You'll automatically be returned to the Terra Cave after the fight, where you will witness an extended cutscene.
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Treasure: Found in Mountain of Woe – 14 shown
Found
The particular part of the area where this treasure is found
Screen
Notes on the specific location of the treasure and details on non-standard treasures
Notes
Lode Helm Starting Area East chest
Shield Second Area Top northeast chest
Lode Vest Second Area Bottom northeast chest
Barrier Second Area Northwest chest
Lapis Second Area Central chest
Barrier Second Area Southeast chest
Lapis Third Area Northwest chest in bottom area
Full Ether Third Area Southeast chest in bottom area
Barrier Third Area Northeast chest in bottom area
Shelter Third Area Left southwest chest in top area
Shield Third Area Right southwest chest in top area
Time Hat Fourth Area West chest
Full Ether Fourth Area East chest
Magic Tab Fourth Area Sparkle in southeast corner
Monsters: Encountered in Mountain of Woe – 8 shown
The name of the monster, which does not always match the names listed at the start of battle; plot bosses must be defeated as part of the main plot; sidequest bosses are encountered during optional quests; Black Omen bosses are found in that area; the final bosses must be defeated to complete the game
Name		 HP
The amount of experience gained by defeating this monster; experience earned is divided equally among surviving characters
Exp.
The amount of tech points gained by defeating this monster; tech points are not divided like experience points
TP
The amount of gold (G) won by defeating this monster
Gold
This monster's weaknesses, including both elemental and contextual weaknesses; monsters take more damage from these attacks; Magic indicates that the monster is vulnerable to magic of all four elements
Weakness
The elements and damage types that this monster is either immune to or outright absorbs; Magic indicates that the monster resists all four elements; All Attacks indicates that the monster resists both magic and physical attacks, and some special method must be used to harm it
Resistance
The item that this monster may drop after it is defeated
Drops
The item that is won if this monster is successfully charmed with a tech
Charmed
Rubble 515 1,000 100 - - - Mid Ether Mid Ether
Bantam Imp 250 222 6 550 G - - - AlloyBlade
Stone Imp 300 126 6 300 G - - - Mid Ether
Gargoyle 260 216 6 - - - - Big Hand
Man Eater 250 253 6 750 G - - - Pearl Edge
Head 9,500 3,000 30 3,000 G - - - Speed Tab
Attack Arm 2,000 - - - - - - -
Defense Arm 2,000 - - - - - - -
Bosses: Encountered in Mountain of Woe – 1 shown
Plot bosses must be defeated as part of the main plot; sidequest bosses are encountered during optional quests; Black Omen bosses are found in that area; the final bosses must be defeated to complete the game
Name		 Monsters
Giga Gaia Head, Attack Arm, Defense Arm
Armor: Found in Mountain of Woe – 3 shown
Unique armors can only be found as treasure or in other limited fashions; rare armors can also be dropped by or charmed from non-boss monsters; starting armors are weak but cannot be found except when given to new party members
Name		 Type
The base bonus to physical defense granted by this armor weapon; the higher this number, the less damage a character takes from normal attacks
Defense
The element this armor offers protection against
Element
The status ailments this armor prevents, or the status benefits it grants
Status
The cost to buy this armor in a shop, if it is available for sale; some armor can be earned in trade rather than bought
Price
The value of an armor when sold to a shop; not all armor can be sold
Value		 Description Equipped By
Lode Vest Armor 71 - - 8,500 G 4,250 G - Any Character
Lode Helm Helmet 29 - - 6,500 G 3,250 G - Any Character
Time Hat Helmet 30 - Slow, Stop 30,000 G 15,000 G Prevents "Stop", "Slow" Any Character
Items: Found in Mountain of Woe – 6 shown
Key items are unique and vital to the plot; rare items can also be dropped by or charmed from non-boss monsters
Name
The status effects granted or removed by this item
Status		 Price
The value of an item when sold to a shop; not all items can be sold
Value		 Description
Full Ether - 6,000 G 3,000 G Restores 60 MP
Shelter - 150 G 75 G Recovers HP/MP at Save Pts.
Lapis - 150 G 75 G Restores 200 HP for all
Barrier Magic Wall - 250 G Cuts magic hits by 1/3
Shield Protect - 2,500 G Cuts physical hits by 1/3
Magic Tab - - 5 G "Magic" +1
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