Mithril Swords
Posted by Mike Blitz on January 27th, 2007
In the course of randomly entering strangers’ houses in Cid’s town, we came upon a woman, whose lover (I think) went into the mountains to the east to hunt down a dragon, but has never returned. We nicely decide to find him, so once again we have had some good fortune in figuring out what to do next.
At the moment, however, I think we’re a little inexperienced for dragons, and we can’t afford any of the new weapons and spells in this town. To earn some cash and experience, we march back to the formerly cursed town and explore the mithril cave in the southern part of the town. It was here that mummies wiped us out in three rounds of combat the last time we fought.
This time, however, we extract revenge. We stomp all over our enemies, find the secret passage at the back of the mine, and hack our way to some treasure chests. Inside lie two mithril swords, which our warrior happily equips.
Unlike Final Fantasy I and II, the random encounters in Final Fantasy III are—so far—much less frequent. As a result, we still don’t have much cash to buy stuff in Cid’s town. I think I’m going to spend an hour or so wandering the countryside to build up some combat skills and earn some cash before attempting to fight the dragon.
Status: A grinding we will go
Time: 4+ hours
Experience: Level 8
