Besaid Temple Path

Kilika Temple Path

Djose Temple Path

Bevelle Underground Path

Cavern of the Stole Fayth Path

The Aeon Battles

Shiva's pretty simple to defeat if you exploit her elemental weakness - fire. When Shiva attacks she drains HP & MP at the same time. You'll want to have someone ready to restore MP to your magic user(s). Also, it might help you to cast Slow on her, it's one of the only status attacks that work on her. Just be persistent and don't get careless and you'll be fine.

It is essential to eliminate one of the three sisters immediately. If you don't they will perform an often deadly combined attack called Delta Attack. Mindy is the best target to get rid of first, not only does she have the lowest life of the three but her rapid fire tail attacks can be quite nasty. You'll want to have a healer around to heal the rest of the party. You'll also need to cast Dispel on the sisters because they'll cast a defense spell that reflects all magic attacks and reduces physical attack damage significantly. Once you've taken out Mindy, take out Sandy next, and finally get rid of Cindy to finish this battle.

Anima is the strongest of the aeons, just as she was in Final Fantasy X. You'll want to prep for this battle by equipping accessories that protect against status ailments. Also, you'll need a healer working constantly to keep your HP high. Every few rounds Anima will perform Oblivion, her overdrive. It is just as powerful as it was in X so be prepared for major HP loss. Anima takes half damage from almost all magical attacks. The only magic effective in this battle is Holy. So, use the Warrior's Excalibur and Yuna's Kogoro Holy (Trainer). Another effective attack is the Dark Knight's Darkness attack. Just be cautious and try to take this aeon down as quickly as possible and you should be fine.

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To the End

The Tail has one of the strongest attacks of the many Vegnagun pieces. The laser it fires will usually do about 1500 points of damage. Keep your healer doing her job and let heavy attackers like the Dark Knight take down this piece.

While fighting the Leg portion of Vegnagun you'll also have to contend with three high HP nodes. The battle will end when you destroy the leg but you can get the rare Hero Drink by killing the nodes. The nodes have 30000 HP apiece but they each give you 8000 EXP. The nodes function as follows. When they're green they will cast support magic on the Leg, when they're yellow they'll use magic attacks, and when they're red they'll use physical attacks. You can only take them out using long range attacks and magic but be aware that if a node is yellow it's immune to magic and if it's red it's immune to physical attack. You'll need to use your highest powered black magic like Ultima and Flare. When you're done toying with the nodes go ahead and kill the Leg - it shouldn't pose much of a problem.

The Core is protected by two bulwarks to either side. You'll need to take them out before you can damage the Core; also be aware that they cast protective magic on the Core and disabling magic on your party. A single casting of Darkness should get rid of them right at the beginning of the battle. You'll then need to quickly take out the Core before it can perform it's charge up attack. If you do get hit with it heal quickly. You'll have to take out the bulwarks again because the Core will have revived them. You shouldn't have to take the power up attack a second time.

You'll definitely want to have Ribbons on your party for this battle. The head is accompanied by two redoubts to either side. You won't be able to damage the Head until you've gotten rid of both redoubts (again, using Darkness should get rid of them with one hit). Also, the redoubts can do quite a bit of damage to your party when they team up. After the redoubts are down the Head will alternate doing two things - trying to revive the redoubts (one at a time) or cast a multiple status ailment poison on your party. As soon as you get rid of the redoubts hit the Head with everything you've got. Note that there is a time limit on this battle. If Shuyin speaks 7 times before you've killed the Head he will fire Vegnagun and destroy Spira.

After taking out Vegnagun you'll find yourself face to face with Shuyin. He's not extremely difficult but he's no pushover. You should note that almost all of his attacks are mimics of Tidus' overdrives from Final Fantasy X. He will be hitting multiple party members with a single attack and he has at least one attack that can deal almost 4000 damage. Keep a healer working the whole time because letting your HP get too low is fatal. Take him down quickly with your heaviest physical and magic attacks.