Occult Fan

Occult Fan is a magazine in Final Fantasy VIII with four issues to collect. They provide information about the Guardian Force Doomtrain. It is not necessary to read the magazines to obtain Doomtrain. Two of the magazines are missable.
==Magazines==
===Occult Fan I===
The magazine is found on a bookshelf in the library in Balamb Garden. If the Library Girl with a Pigtail is standing in the way, talking to her with Zell in the party and then exiting the library will make her leave. Occult Fan I features a story about Odell Burke, who heard a loud noise while making a fence out of steel pipes, only to discover a dead monster as if it was hit by a runaway train. This magazine gives clues for the player on one of three items needed to obtain Doomtrain: the Steel Pipe. The dead monster appears to be a Wendigo, one of two enemies where Steel Pipes can be dropped or stolen from. The magazine can also be bought from Karen's Shop in Esthar City with the GF Tonberry's Familiar ability.
===Occult Fan II===
After winning a game of Triple Triad against the pub owner in Dollet, the magazine is found by repeatedly examining the magazine stacks on the floor in his 'private room'. Contrary to popular belief, it has nothing to do with the UFO, which can be spotted a number of times in specific places via random battle. It instead features the GF Doomtrain from a distance, and gives the player another clue as to which items they must have 6 of to summon him: the Malboro Tentacle. The magazine can also be bought from Karen's Shop in Esthar City with the GF Tonberry's Familiar ability.
===Occult Fan III===
The magazine is obtained from the Master Fisherman as soon as the party reaches Fishermans Horizon (down the ladder on the third screen). If the party does not talk to him before they defeat BGH251F2, he will not give them the magazine. It features the item used to summon Doomtrain, the Solomon Ring, and describes the quantity of additional items needed to be used with the Solomon's Ring.
===Occult Fan IV===
The magazine is obtained from the Presidential Aide in the Presidential Palace in Esthar City. The player must leave the Palace, talk to another aide at the Esthar Airstation and come back to find it. It can only be obtained before Squall and Rinoa go to the Lunar Base. The magazine features two unidentified beings, but also hints on the third item needed to obtain Doomtrain—a Remedy+.
==Other appearances==
===Dissidia Final Fantasy (2008)===
Occult Fan is a special trade accessory that grants +4 Luck when used, and can be acquired through Battlegen with the Laguna Friend Card.
====Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy====
Occult Fan returns as a special trade accessory that grants +4 Luck when equipped, and can only be found in two sections of the Confessions of the Creator.
===Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade===
FFAB Occult Fan Vol 10.png|Occult Fan Vol.10
FFAB Occult Fan Vol 11.png|Occult Fan Vol.11
===Final Fantasy Record Keeper===
===World of Final Fantasy===
Four issues of Occult Fan can be found in treasure chests in Grymoire, alluding the player of secret areas and how to navigate through the Phantom Sands. The reporting for each issue was done by Biggs. 
==Gallery==
Occult Fan I location in FFVIII Remastered.png|Occult Fan I location.
Occult Fan II location from FFVIII Remastered.png|Occult Fan II location.
Occult Fan III location from FFVIII Remastered.png|Occult Fan III location.
Occult Fan IV location from FFVIII Remastered.png|Occult Fan IV location.
Category:Field items