Omega Ruins Disappearing Chest Mini-game

[blakstang98]

Again, if there is a thread already for this, I apologize.

Has anyone actually taken the time to play this mini-game to get the 99 Warp Sphere's? My last playthrough I did, and it was annoying as hell. Basically you can open a chest and it's either a treasure or an encounter (I think it was the lizard with the mimic). Once you open a chest that is a random encounter, all the other chests disappear for good. There are 12 chests in all and the rewards get better and better with more chests you successfully open. A while back I had read about this and it sounded interesting, as having 99 Warp Spheres (for opening the final chest) would be a huge plus when navigating the Sphere Grid.

Has anyone else actually taken the time and effort to do this? If successful, explain how you went about it.

 

[Bambi]

I tried, and I got like, 5 I think (everytime I tried), I guess I COULD have another crack at it, but these things REALLY peck my head and I just know I'd end up having a temper tantrum everytime I got close and the chests dissapeared

I just decided it wasn't worth the blood boiling in the end, sur eit'd be nice to have the warp spheres, but I usually end up with more sphere moves than I know what to do with when I start stat maxing any way....

Im CLEARLY just trying to make my fail seem better there

t l;dr. I tried, got bored, failed, thought fuck it

 

[LordEternal]

I've done it once, and only once. All it takes is a low blood pressure, patience and a stress reliever. What you do is save beforehand, then go to the first set of chests and open one. If you get into a fight, reset. If you get the item, go back to the save point and save. Easy. Now do it for all the other chests.Note: If you are planning to go all the way, do not leave the Ruins after you recieve an item. I don't know if it's just my game, but when I tried this the first play through, I left the Ruins after getting the Lvl 4 Key Sphere (first treasure I think), then when I returned, the next chest granted me.. another Lvl 4 Key Sphere. Maybe it is still possible to get the 99 Warp Spheres, but you still miss out on an item.

 

[blakstang98]

I've done it once, and only once. All it takes is a low blood pressure, patience and a stress reliever. What you do is save beforehand, then go to the first set of chests and open one. If you get into a fight, reset. If you get the item, go back to the save point and save. Easy. Now do it for all the other chests.Note: If you are planning to go all the way, do not leave the Ruins after you recieve an item. I don't know if it's just my game, but when I tried this the first play through, I left the Ruins after getting the Lvl 4 Key Sphere (first treasure I think), then when I returned, the next chest granted me.. another Lvl 4 Key Sphere. Maybe it is still possible to get the 99 Warp Spheres, but you still miss out on an item.

Huh, interesting. I was under the impression that they would disappear after a certain amount of time (relatively short period of time) after you opened the first chest. Well, when I did it, it was all 12 consecutively without saving, and it was tough! I may do that on my next go around, but the time it takes might not be worth it.

 

[killiancurse21]

You can save and reset between sets of chests IIRC, but not between two chests in the same set. But I'm not 100% sure on this either.

Also - don't forget that there are two chests that give Lv4 Key Spheres. Don't think you've messed up just because you get a second one.

 

[Lagunamov]

I've done it once, and only once. All it takes is a low blood pressure, patience and a stress reliever. What you do is save beforehand, then go to the first set of chests and open one. If you get into a fight, reset. If you get the item, go back to the save point and save. Easy. Now do it for all the other chests.Note: If you are planning to go all the way, do not leave the Ruins after you recieve an item. I don't know if it's just my game, but when I tried this the first play through, I left the Ruins after getting the Lvl 4 Key Sphere (first treasure I think), then when I returned, the next chest granted me.. another Lvl 4 Key Sphere. Maybe it is still possible to get the 99 Warp Spheres, but you still miss out on an item.

When you're doing the minigame, you may NOT save your game, cuz if you do, the prizes will be reset, but you will lose the opened chests. So if you open a chest, get a lock lvl4 and save your game, the next chest will also contain a lvl 4, and so on. So you won't be able to receive the last prize.

 

[LordEternal]

When you're doing the minigame, you may NOT save your game, cuz if you do, the prizes will be reset, but you will lose the opened chests. So if you open a chest, get a lock lvl4 and save your game, the next chest will also contain a lvl 4, and so on. So you won't be able to receive the last prize.

Oh I see, that would make sense, yeah, because the items you get aren't in a set order, except for the first one I think.

 

[Lagunamov]

Oh I see, that would make sense, yeah, because the items you get aren't in a set order, except for the first one I think.

no, there is an order in which you receive the prizes:
1. Lv.4 Key Sphere
2. Defending Bracer
3. Turnover
4. Lv.3 Key Sphere x2
5. Defending Armlet
6. Friend Sphere x2
7. Lv.4 Key Sphere
8. Phantom Ring
9. Cactuar Wizard
10. Warmonger
11. Teleport Sphere x2
12. Warp Sphere x99

so if you would open 2 chests and get the lvl4 lock and the defending bracer, then you save, the next item is the lvl4 lock again.