Darill's Tomb

Darill's Tomb is a location in Final Fantasy VI located southwest of Kohlingen and can only be accessed in the World of Ruin.
== Story ==
The tomb was created as a resting place for Darill, Setzer's friend who died when she crashed her airship, the Falcon. When Setzer found the wreckage he rebuilt the Falcon and put it to rest underneath the tomb.
After the cataclysm, Celes and the party find Setzer in Kohlingen and convince him to aid them in fighting back against Kefka. Stirred by her encouragement, Setzer takes them to Darill's Tomb to raise the Falcon as a new airship with the Blackjack destroyed.
The party finds Darill's casket and defeat a monster, the Dullahan, and then head into the tomb's deepest depths where they raise the Falcon from the sea.
==Layout==
A red carpet chamber opens up into a large main room that splits off into side chambers, and the central passage leads deeper into the tomb where Darill's casket is laid. The tomb is flooded in some areas, seemingly by design, as the water level can be changed by pressing switches. The tomb also has many tombstones that control the open and close of certain passages.
==Gameplay==
===Encounters===
;Entrance hall
* Skeletal Horror
* Borghese x2
* Borghese, Cloudwraith x2
;Rest of the Tomb
* Cloudwraith
* Cloudwraith, Exoray x2
* Malboro, Exoray
* Exoray x3
* Malboro
* Angler Whelk (Monster-in-a-box)
* Dullahan (Boss)
===Treasures===
A chest in a room on the right side of the first floor contains a Genji Helm, and a chest at the top of the stairs to the basement contains a Crystal Mail. At the bottom of the stairs is a Regal Gown. Near the save point is a monster-in-a-box, an Angler Whelk, and it drops the Dragon Claw. A chest on the other side of the save point contains a Man-Eater
As the reward for the tombstone puzzle, a hidden passage in the bottom-right corner of the room with the Regal Gown leads to a chest with a Growth Egg.
===Quests===
==== Blank tombstones ====
In a room on the left side of the first floor is a blank tombstone that prompts the party to carve something on it. South of the room the party floods are four tombstones with a seemingly random combination of four letters on each. Once all four have been inspected, the party can carve the four on the first tombstone in various combinations. Inputting the phrases in the correct order, ERAU QSSI DLRO WEHT ("The World is Square" backwards), will reveal a clue about the location of the Growth Egg within the dungeon.
Doing the tombstone puzzle is optional, the Growth Egg can be acquired without doing it.
====Angler Whelk====
A chest near the save point contains a monster-in-a-box, an Angler Whelk. The Angler whelk possesses a variety of elemental attacks and both its shell and its head can attack independently, but it has very low HP for this point in the game. A complication to the fight is that the shell and head both drop the Dragon Claw, a powerful -elemental claw that is otherwise unobtainable. Because both the shell and head drop it, the player can obtain two Dragon Claws by KO'ing the two parts of the Angler Whelk at once. 
The simplest way to do this is to summon Catoblepas as both the shell and head are vulnerable to petrification. Another easy way to kill both parts is to cast Banish, as they are both vulnerable to instant death. In either case the player must make sure that the attack hits both parts, they will only receive one Dragon Claw if one part is KO'd. In lieu of these methods, the player can just hit the two parts with an attack that reduces them to 0 HP simultaneously. The shell has 9,230 HP and the head has 9,845 HP, so keeping a mental note of their HP totals can let the player weaken them and then destroy them both.
==Map==
== Musical themes ==
Darill's Tomb's background theme is called "Phantom Forest", a theme it shares with the titular Phantom Forest.
== Other appearances ==
=== Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade ===
FFAB Darill's Tomb FFVI.png|Darill's Tomb.
FFAB Darill's Tomb FFVI Special.png|Darill's Tomb special.
=== Final Fantasy Record Keeper ===
Darill's Tomb is the setting for a regular dungeon and is also featured in the Challenge Event Back to the Skies.
==== Darill's Tomb ====
The airship lost, Setzer despairs. It is Celes who rouses him again, and takes the party to Darill's tomb to find new hope, and new transportation.
;Darill's Tomb (Classic)
;Difficulty
* Lv. 32
;Completion Reward
* Gil x2,000
;Mastery Reward
* Lesser Ice Orb x5
* Stamina Shard x2
;First Time Reward
* Red Mage
* Mythril x1
;Enemies
* Behemoth
* Cruller
* Dragon
* Malboro
* Angler Whelk (Boss 1)
* Dullahan (Boss 2)
;Target Score (Boss 1)
* Exploit the Angler Whelk's weakness to fire attacks.
* Defeat the Angler Whelk before it can use Gigavolt.
;Target Score (Boss 2)
* Exploit Dullahan's weakness to fire attacks.
;Darill's Tomb (Elite)
;Difficulty
* LV. 67
;Completion Reward
* Gil x12,000
;Mastery Reward
* Feathered Hat (III) x1
* Stamina Shard x1
;First Time Reward
* Mythril x1
* Stamina Shard x1
;Enemies
* Behemoth
* Cruller
* Dragon
* Malboro
* Angler Whelk (Boss 1)
* Dullahan (Boss 2)
;Target Score (Boss 1)
* Exploit the Angler Whelk's weakness to fire attacks.
* Defeat the Angler Whelk before it can use Gigavolt.
;Target Score (Boss 2)
* Exploit Dullahan's weakness to fire attacks.
==Behind the scenes==
In the Japanese version, the four pieces of the tombestone puzzle were とも, よや, すら, and かに, which respectively were replaced with the letter sequences WEHT, DLRO, QSSI, and ERAU. While the input of the four phrases is the same in both versions, in the Japanese version the phrase is read left to right and reads .
The English solution reads "the world is square", a reference to the company that was then Square Co., Ltd., the publisher of the Final Fantasy series. The phrase has also been interpreted as a nod to the shape of the world map. "The World Is Square" has since been used in Final Fantasy related works in the fan community, including a tribute band and an album of music tracks compiled from Square Enix properties (released by a separate band).
In Portuguese the word combination is VOEP ELOC ÉUDA RILL, that translates to "Fly to the skies Darill".
== Gallery ==
FFVI Darill's Grave.png|Darill's Grave.
Tomb outside.PNG|Darill's Tomb on the world map (SNES).
Tomb inside.PNG|Inside Darill's Tomb (SNES).
FFVIA Darill's Tomb BG.png|Battle background (GBA).
FFVI Darill's Tomb WoR WM iOS.png|Darill's Tomb on the World of Ruin map (2014 mobile/Steam).
FFVI PC Darill's Tomb Entrance.png|Setzer opens the entrance (2014 mobile/Steam).
FFVI Darill's Tomb WoR iOS.png|Tomb's entrance hall (2014 mobile/Steam).
FFVI PC Darill's Grave.png|Darill's grave (2014 mobile/Steam).
Battleback darills tomb.png|Battle background (2014 mobile/Steam).
FFRK Darill's Tomb JP FFVI.png|The Japanese dungeon image for Darill's Tomb in Final Fantasy Record Keeper.
Darill's Tomb background.png|Battle background (Pixel Remaster).
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Category:Locations in Final Fantasy VI