Treno Dark City Treno , also known as Treno ; the City of Nobles , or simply Treno , is an economically polarized city in the Kingdom of Alexandria on the Mist Continent on Gaia in " Final Fantasy IX " . Treno has no middle class ; instead , its inhabitants are either extremely wealthy or extremely poor . The nobles live down on the waterfront , while the poor live up in the slums around the city . Treno is known as the Dark City due to the perpetual state of darkness . Treno is visited twice in the story and can be visited at anytime once the party has access to the " Hilda Garde III " , the " Invincible " , or a red chocobo . Story . Garnet , along with Steiner and Marcus , go to Treno to search for Supersoft , an item known to cure all forms of petrification , to cure Blank in the Evil Forest . While searching for it in the Synthesis Shop , they meet Doctor Tot , Garnet ' s childhood tutor , who has the Supersoft and agrees to give it to Garnet . After visiting Doctor Tot ' s residence to pick up the Supersoft , he shows Garnet how to get back to Alexandria via the Gargan Roo , an underground passage . Later on Zidane visits Treno via Gargan Roo to participate in the Tetra Master card tournament . Vivi , Eiko , Freya , and Amarant come along , all for different reasons , such as sightseeing , or simply having nothing better to do . Freya talks to Amarant about his past . He wanders around Treno freely despite being a wanted man and tells Freya he is wanted because he was framed by Zidane when he worked as a security guard in Treno . Eiko discovers Quina , whom the group has not seen since Madain Sari . Shortly afterwards , Quina jumps into a canal while looking for food , and is assumed to have committed suicide by an old man witnessing the jump . Quina does not rejoin the group until later on in Lindblum . Once Zidane has finished the Tetra Master tournament , either by winning three games or losing , he and the others fly to Alexandria on the " Hilda Garde II " with Regent Cid after hearing of Kuja ' s attack on the city . Locations . The city is fortified by walls on all sides . Canals run through the city , but during the player ' s time in Treno , travel is mostly confined to walking . On their way to find Supersoft with Marcus , Garnet and Steiner will travel on a boat . If the player throws 10 gil into the fountain by the entrance 13 consecutive times , they will " feel happier . . . " but also acquire the Gemini Stellazzio coin . The thug in this area will change which cards he is using in a game of Tetra Master if the player throws enough money into the fountain . The town is divided in two halves : the rich part where the nobles live and the slums . The slums have a pub and a small market where the player can find the Taurus Stellazzio coin and buy items . The pub has an inn . The waitress will tell the player ' s Treasure Hunter Rank when spoken to . The corner has a wanted poster of Amarant . The pub has an entrance to the underground waterway in the basement , which Tantalus uses to sneak into Dr . Tot ' s house . Treno is home to the Card Stadium used for Tetra Master tournaments . The tournament opens after the party has returned from the Outer Continent , when the player must partake as part of the story . Afterwards , the player can come freely to play cards , and in endgame plenty of new players become available for challenge , from whom many rare cards can be won . Doctor Tot ' s residence is in a tower and one of the locations linked by the Gargan Roo . In the auction house , the party members can get their hands on rare items not available elsewhere . Some can be sold for a premium to the citizens of Treno . New items become available throughout the course of the story . Kuja is spotted here by Garnet when she visits Treno with Steiner ; it can be presumed he has some stake in the ownership of the auction house , as he is seen there when it is closed to the public and gives the auctioneer commands . Queen Stella ' s residence is located by the Synthesis Shop . She will reward the party if they bring her the Stellazzio coins they ' ve found for her collection . Quests . Active Time Events . After the first game in the Tetra Master tournament , the player can watch an ATE of Vivi reminiscing of his old home . Going back up the stairs to the right opens the next ATE , Good Old Days , in which Amarant talks with Freya about his past . Freya should say she ' s interested , because if she says " I won ' t force it out of you , " the Lessons of Life ATE will not be available later . After the second round of the tournament , the player can watch the ATE that was opened up by choosing for Freya to be interested . There are other ATEs that will become available as the player walks from area to area , depending on the ATEs they have already viewed : Lessons of Life , in which Amarant talks about his first meeting with Zidane ; Hallucination of Quina thinking there is food in the canal ; and Premonition , in which Eiko has a bad feeling about Mog . Meetings with Alleyway Jack . Gilgamesh , or Alleyway Jack / Four - Armed Man , appears during Active Time Event s both times the storyline calls for the party to visit Treno . During Garnet and Steiner ' s stay , the player can view an Active Time Event called " Treno Tradition " , in which Garnet is mugged by a pickpocket called Four - Armed Man . During this event an exclamation mark will appear , and if the player presses when the ! appears , Garnet loses 500 gil . The sum is 1000 gil if the player misses . After witnessing the event , Steiner can go to the same location ( right outside the Synthesis Shop ) where he meets the Four - Armed Man who hands over a Power Belt . When Zidane , Vivi , Eiko , Freya and Amarant visit the city , the Four - Armed Man reappears during ATEs : In " Memories by the Water " , he meets Amarant and flees , due to Amarant ' s reputation as a bandit . After seeing him talk to Eiko , the Four - Armed Man believes he could hold her hostage to get money from Amarant ; however , in " City People " , Eiko and Quina reunite , and believing Quina to be Eiko ' s bodyguard hired by Amarant , the Four - Armed Man flees yet again , dropping a Chimera Armlet . Stellazzio . Queen Stella collects the rare Stellazzio coins that can be found all around the world . She rewards the party with items whenever they bring her new coins . Mognet . When the party first meets Mogrich outside the Knight ' s House ( weapon shop ) in Treno , he has a letter : If the player played the Hippaul racing minigame in Alexandria , Mogrich will have a letter in Treno ' s Knight ' s House : < nowiki > * < / nowiki > Auction house . In the auction house , the player can bid on rare items not available anywhere else . The key items can be sold to Treno citizens for profit . Tetra Master . When Treno is visited as Zidane , he can partake in the tournament in the card stadium . The man at the entrance will give directions for playing Tetra Master . Zidane must register at the booth on the left and when ready , enter the stadium . There are three rounds , the first being against Attic Man Wake . The player can save their game before attempting the tournament and reset and try again if they lose . In the second round the opponent is Cardona Bishop . However , if the player viewed the ATE with Vivi after the first round in the tournament , they could choose whether Vivi should " pass by home , " or stay in Treno . Choosing the latter will give Zidane a different opponent in the card tournament ' s second round , who holds the rare Namingway card ( but will miss out on scenes in Quan ' s Dwelling ; the player can still get another Namingway card later ) . The last round is against Sailor Erin who plays with oglop cards . For winning the tournament , the player will receive a Rebirth Ring . There are things the player can only do during the card tournament ( see below ) . Monster challenge . Treno has a unique weapon shop : it is also a small battle arena where monsters are kept . When the player talks to the saleswoman , they can choose to fight the monster with a member of the current party . If the monster is defeated , the party receives an item ; if they are defeated , they are returned to the weapon shop , and the defeated ally is left with 1 HP . Each monster can be killed once . There are a total of four monsters that change at various times and if the player fails to defeat a monster before the next one appears , the old one can ' t be fought again . During the card tournament . When the party visits Treno for the card tournament , the player can view what the other characters are doing via Active Time Events . Vivi can visit Quan ' s Dwelling , his home . The player can follow him there to find out more about Vivi ' s past . Leaving Treno during the card tournament and taking the road to Dali is the only way to get the Mayor ' s Key to open the locked door in the village and obtain the Burman Coffee for Morrid . After the first round in the tournament , the player can leave and go up to the auction house and speak so Freya who will rejoin Zidane . At this point , the player can leave Treno and go to Quan ' s Dwelling to get Vivi from the overlook at the back of the house , if the player had opted to visit home with him . Now heading the other direction , the player can return to Dali . Musical themes . The music that plays in Treno is called " Sleepless City Treno " . The theme is included on the " " album . " Sleepless City Treno " is a slow tempo piano piece . It continues playing in the Treno Auction House , reminiscent of the " Spinach Rag " from " Final Fantasy VI " , which plays in the Jidoor Auction House during an auction . Etymology . " Treno " means " train " in Italian ; however , Treno is called Toleno in the Italian version . The allusion to the word " train " is likely not intended .