Final dungeon (term)

Final dungeons are locations where the final battles in the Final Fantasy series take place, generally in a large, twisting dungeon that has some of the game's most powerful enemies. They are usually the last area visited in a game. More often than not, the strongest equipment in the game can be found there, as well. The game's final boss awaits at the end of the dungeon.
==List of final dungeons==
===Final Fantasy===
The Chaos Shrine is the site of the battle with Garland at the beginning of the game. As part of his pact with the Four Fiends, Garland is sent 2,000 years into the past to become Chaos. The shrine's location is significant, as it lies in the geographic center of the four elemental shrines that house the Crystals.
Using the restored Crystals to channel a Dark Crystal in the shrine's ruins in the present, the Warriors of Light travel back in time to when the shrine is restored and journey into its basement levels to defeat the Four Fiends again and destroy Chaos.
===Final Fantasy II===
Pandaemonium is the capital of Hell, buried in the earth by the Ultima spell centuries ago to prevent a swarm of demons from invading the land. It is raised to earth by the Emperor when he conquers Hell and rises where Palamecia Castle stood in the mountains. Firion and his party traverse the Jade Passage to enter Pandaemonium from underground and climb to the castle's highest floor where the Emperor awaits to battle them.
In the Soul of Rebirth bonus storyline, the castle of heaven, Arubboth, is where the Light Emperor is fought. It is a mirror image of Pandaemonium with a gold and pink color scheme to contrast Pandaemonium's violet and blue.
===Final Fantasy III===
The World of Darkness is the site of the final battle with the Cloud of Darkness. After Luneth and his friends climb the Crystal Tower to kill Xande, the Cloud of Darkness appears, summoned by the imbalance of light and darkness Xande has created by destroying the Crystals.
The Warriors of Light enter the portal to the Dark World that appears and free the Warriors of Darkness from the four Crystals of the Dark World. The Warriors of Darkness use their power to render the Cloud of Darkness vulnerable, and the Warriors of Light defeat her and cast her back into The Void.
===Final Fantasy IV===
The Lunar Subterrane is the path that leads to the Red Moon's core. It is accessible via a teleport pad in the Crystal Palace powered by the moon's eight Crystals. At the moon's core, the Lunarians sleep along with Zemus. The path contains many weapons that once endangered the Lunarians' lives, guarded by Zemus's minions. Cecil and his friends journey to the core to assist Golbez and Fusoya in battling Zemus, whose hatred manifests as Zeromus upon his death.
====Final Fantasy IV -Interlude-====
The Tower of Babil acts as the final dungeon, where the player will encounter numerous bosses.
====Final Fantasy IV: The After Years====
The True Moon is a gigantic final dungeon composed of three sections: the 13-floors long Subterrane where several bosses from Final Fantasy IV are fought (the first floors of this area mirror the Lunar Subterrane); the 29-floors long Depths and the widest section of the True Moon's underground where bosses from Final Fantasy to Final Fantasy VI are fought; and the Bottommost Depths, the final floor, where the Creator resides.
===Final Fantasy V===
The Interdimensional Rift is the gap between dimensions where the Void was sealed, and where Exdeath has gone to seize control of its power. The Rift is a mismatched maze of architecture, including locations consumed by the Void and is full of powerful monsters, including members of the Demons of the Rift.
After Bartz and his friends traverse the Rift's outer layers they find its deepest part a series of crystalline platforms. At the end they destroy Exdeath's true form and the monstrous Neo Exdeath.
===Final Fantasy VI===
Kefka's Tower is Kefka's lair, his monument to death and destruction. The tower is built out of rubble collected from around the world and assembled by magic during the cataclysm. It consists primarily of debris from Vector and the Magitek Research Facility, and is filled with Kefka's strongest servants, including the Warring Triad. Terra and her friends assault the tower from the air and destroy the Triad before fighting Kefka's god form.
===Final Fantasy VII===
The complex series of caves descends deep into the Planet from the North Crater, and at the core, Sephiroth is keeping Holy sealed. Cloud and the rest of AVALANCHE battle Jenova∙SYNTHESIS, and then Bizarro∙Sephiroth and the more powerful Safer∙Sephiroth, until Cloud enters the Lifestream for a mental one-on-one duel against Sephiroth's spirit.
====Before Crisis -Final Fantasy VII-====
==== Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII-====
Genesis Rhapsodos awaits in an underground dungeon beneath Banora that houses old tablets reciting LOVELESS. It is called the Portal of Severance. Here, Genesis Avatar is fought by Zack, and afterward Zack must face him again in human form.
====Dirge of Cerberus -Final Fantasy VII-====
Omega serves as the "final dungeon". Here, Weiss the Immaculate and Omega itself fuse into Omega Weiss, whom Vincent Valentine and Chaos must battle.
===Final Fantasy VII Remake===
After escaping from the Shinra Building, Cloud, Aerith, Barret, Tifa, and Red XIII encounter a portal along the highway leading out of Midgar. Through it lies an unknown destiny, guarded by the Whispers of Fate and, ultimately, an incarnation of Sephiroth himself.
Though not the location of the final battle, the Shinra Building (and Hojo's lab in particular) more closely resembles earlier final dungeons, containing strong enemies, several bosses, and the potential to strengthen the party in preparation for the final encounter, as well as several points of no return.
===Final Fantasy VII Rebirth===
The Forgotten Capital, where Aerith is praying, is the site of the final battles of the game. It is a very short dungeon, effectively consisting of short corridors with only a gate of Whispers to cross and a rest point before the final gauntlet.
The Temple of the Ancients, which comes immediately before, is more in line with traditional final dungeons, housing strong enemies, several bosses and items, and being a point of no return.
===Final Fantasy VIII===
Ultimecia, in all her forms, is fought atop Ultimecia Castle by Squall and his party. The castle is a luxurious estate sealed in a magical barrier that voids the party's command abilities, resurrection and Limit Breaks until the bosses roaming the castle are killed. There are portals before the castle the player can use to go to the world map, but only sidequest areas are visitable.
===Final Fantasy IX===
After traveling through Memoria, a land comprised of Gaia's memories, Zidane and his companions fight Trance Kuja in the Crystal World, where the Crystal lies. After Kuja's defeat, the party is sent to the Hill of Despair, where the avatar of death, Necron, awaits.
===Final Fantasy X===
Tidus and the rest of the party travel through the innards of Sin and face Seymour Guado for the final time in his Seymour Omnis form. Inside Sin is a vast dungeon made up of lost cities and infested with fiends. At Dream's End the party battles Braska's Final Aeon and Yu Yevon.
====Final Fantasy X-2====
Yuna, Rikku, and Paine descend to the Farplane via the holes in the former Chambers of the Fayth to stop Shuyin from using the ancient machina weapon Vegnagun to destroy Spira. The Farplane is scattered with strong foes and the YRP must navigate through moving platforms and move past gates guarded by strong fiends to get to the heart of Farplane where Vegnagun's various parts and Shuyin's spirit lie in wait for them.
===Final Fantasy XI===
Due to the non-linear nature of Final Fantasy XI, there is no true final dungeon, but "final dungeons" exist as areas preceding the final showdown in a number of mission storylines.
The final dungeon in the original mission storyline is Castle Zvahl. Players are required to traverse through both Castle Zvahl Baileys and Castle Zvahl Keep to battle Shadow Lord in the Throne Room.
In Final Fantasy XI: Rise of the Zilart, players must navigate and defeat the Ark Angels on the floating island of Tu'Lia before they can encounter Eald'narche at the Celestial Nexus.
In Chains of Promathia, players must venture deep into the heart of Al'Taieu to reach the Empyreal Paradox, where the final confrontation with the Twilight God Promathia takes place.
In Final Fantasy XI: Treasures of Aht Urhgan, the Alzadaal Undersea Ruins are where the final confrontation with Alexander is held.
In Final Fantasy XI: Wings of the Goddess, players venture to the Threshold to confront Lady Lilith.
In Final Fantasy XI: Seekers of Adoulin, players venture through the ancient ruins of Ra'Kaznar to its innermost sanctum in order to fight Hades
In Final Fantasy XI: Rhapsodies of Vana'diel, players venture through the bamboo forest of Reisenjima to get to the temple where they fight Cloud of Darkness.
===Final Fantasy XII===
Vaan and the rest of the party siege the Sky Fortress Bahamut to stop an all-out war between the Resistance and the Archadian Empire from breaking out above the Royal City of Rabanastre. They infiltrate the fortress with Strahl and fight through many Archadian soldiers, Judge Gabranth, and battle Vayne Solidor in all his forms.
The Bahamut is fairly short in comparison to most final dungeons, with only a handful of enemy and boss encounters located therein, and no loot to be found. The Pharos that precedes it boasts length and equipment more in line with other final dungeons in the series. This is because the player cannot leave once they board the Bahamut, and thus there are no save points there either, as it would not make sense in the storyline for the player to be able to do so.
====Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings====
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Vaan and his friends enter the Keep of Forgotten Time to battle Feolthanos and stop him from sapping the aegyl from their anima. They ultimately defeat Feolthanos Exultant in the Womb of Feolthanos.
===Final Fantasy XIII===
Orphan's Cradle houses the fal'Cie Barthandelus and Orphan. It is a multi-leveled dimension where paths change as Lightning and her fellow l'Cie pursue the fal'Cie Eden's servants. Portals open for the party to return to previous areas, or press further into the Narthex, the final area.
====Final Fantasy XIII-2====
Academia 500 AF has become infected with chaos that has turned the city into a maze of various changing platforms Serah and Noel must navigate to face several challenges on their journey to their final confrontation with Caius.
====Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII====
On the world's final day Lightning must traverse the cathedral and the system of corridors beneath it and pass the Savior's Trials to forge her ultimate weapon and shield. After passing through the cathedral, Lightning advances to Cosmogenesis where the final battle takes place.
===Final Fantasy XIV===
====Final Fantasy XIV (version 1.0)====
Like its online predecessor, the original Final Fantasy XIV had no true final dungeon. What came the closest to being considered as one is the Castrum Novum in Mor Dhona. The player had to journey through this region to reach the Lunar Transmitter and destroy it. After gaining the help of Cid Garlond, the adventurer had to take the Enterprise to reach the Rivenroad, where his or her final confrontation with Nael van Darnus awaited.
====Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn====
The Praetorium is the final dungeon in A Realm Reborn. A stronghold within another stronghold, the Praetorium is reachable by airship after players disable the magitek shields protecting it in the dungeon surrounding it, Castrum Meridianum. As the command center for the Garlean Empire's invasion in Eorzea, the Praetorium is well guarded and houses hosts of magitek weaponry. Players battle with Gaius van Baelsar, the Ultima Weapon, and Lahabrea to remove their threat from Eorzea.
After patch 6.1, the Praetorium was reworked to have Gaius as the final boss, while the Ultima Weapon and Lahabrea battles were respectively moved to the Porta Decumana trial and a solo duty.
====Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward====
The Aetherochemical Research Facility is the final dungeon of Heavensward. Players enter this ancient Allagan research facility in pursuit of Archbishop Thordan VII. Fighting through many of the defenses and chimerical creations, they eventually confront the Ascians Lahabrea and Igeyorhm, who fuse into Ascian Prime. Completing this dungeon unlocks the final battle against King Thordan, in a trial called the Singularity Reactor.
====Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood====
Ala Mhigo is the final dungeon of Stormblood. Players join the final assault by the Eorzean Alliance and make their way into the Royal Palace, where they battle with the viceroy Zenos yae Galvus. Completing this dungeon unlocks the final battle against Shinryu, in a trial called the Royal Menagerie.
====Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers====
Amaurot is the ancient ruins of the Ascian civilization and the domain of Emet-Selch which he recreated. Players must fight through a reenactment of the calamity that befell it. The Blasphemies - monsters which accompany the calamity, must be fought, with one such entity being the final boss. Finishing this dungeon, players unlock fight with Emet-Selch himself in the form of Hades in the trial called The Dying Gasp.
====Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker====
The Dead Ends is the final dungeon lying at the heart of Ultima Thule where Meteion speeds up the heat death of the universe and unleashes the Final Days onto Etheirys. Players will have to fight through the memories of the universe's dead civilizations recreated by Meteion. Completing the dungeon will unlock the final battle against merged Meteia, the Endsinger, in the trial called The Final Day.
===Final Fantasy XV===
Insomnia, the capital city of Lucis, is the final dungeon. Noctis and his retinue returned there ten years after they had left the city, after the world had fallen into darkness. There, they would fight through the daemon-infested city streets, defeating the Astral Ifrit and corrupted avatars of the Lucii along the way. Eventually, they reach the palace, where Noctis's final battle with Ardyn awaits.
===Final Fantasy XVI===
Origin is the final dungeon. Clive, Joshua, and Dion travel there to defeat Ultima. On their way, Dion is killed by Ultima himself to buy the Rosfield brothers some time, while Joshua succumbs to the Crystals' curse, leaving Clive to face Ultima alone.
As Origin consists only of the boss battles against Ultima with no actual dungeon crawling to be had, the preceding dungeon Drake's Spine, which likewise ends with a battle against Ultima, may be considered the final dungeon proper.
===Final Fantasy Tactics===
Ramza and his party follow the Lucavi-possessed Folmarv Tengille into the Necrohol of Mullonde where the arch-demon Ultima is being resurrected. The final battle takes place in the Airship Graveyard.
===Final Fantasy Tactics Advance===
Mewt Randell, Llednar Twem, and Queen Remedi head to Ambervale, the summer residence of the Bervenia royalty. Marche Radiuju follows them, and Remedi transforms into the world-thread Li-Grim.
====Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift====
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Luso Clemens and Clan Gully pursue Illua to Zellea, the Forbidden Land, a Jagd thick in magick from the Rift. After falling in battle at the misty precipice of To Touch the Heavens, Illua summons the demon Neukhia.
===Final Fantasy Type-0===
The final dungeon is Pandæmonium, the Land of Judgment where The Rursan Arbiter waits to test those who seek to become Agito. The original twelve members of Class Zero are challenged to trials set by Marshal Cid Aulstyne to prove their strength to confront him.
===Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles===
The Tipa Caravanners journey ends in Mount Vellenge, located in The Abyss. Here they battle with the Meteor Parasite and once defeat it, are then transported to the Nest of Memories for a final battle with Raem.
====Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates====
In Story Mode, Yuri and his party final battle with Galdes takes place in the Lunite Temple. This takes place in an alternate world where Galdes controls the world and the Crystal Temple is now the Lunite Temple. In multiplayer mode, the Adventurers final battle with Galdes takes place in the Crystal Temple.
====Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time====
====Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers====
Though not really a dungeon, the final trials Layle must overcome before his confrontation with Jegran take place in the airship Alexis.
===Final Fantasy Mystic Quest===
Dark King is fought atop Doom Castle, a fortress comprised of architecture resembling the dungeons the Vile Four were fought in. Doom Castle also connects to the Focus Tower, and although the two locations are similar they are not the same.
===Final Fantasy Adventure===
Atop the Temple of Mana Sumo finds himself in Mana Shrine, a garden where the Tree of Mana resides. Julius is first fought in a separate dimension, but the final battle takes place directly in front of the Mana Tree, which damages and ultimately destroys it.
===The Final Fantasy Legend===
The Tower is both the central and final dungeon. Throughout the game, the player has climbed this structure from Base Town in search of Paradise. As they near the top, the party is dropped down a pitfall and forced to climb back up the Tower from Base Town, this time on the outside of the structure: this 23 story climb could be considered a distinct final dungeon in its own right.
===Final Fantasy Legend II===
"Final Dungeon" is the name of a dungeon, but it is in fact merely the penultimate dungeon. It serves to protect the secret, final MAGI, and is guarded by Warmach.
The true final dungeon is the Central Shrine, a castle in the Celestial World. There, the player battles Apollo at the dungeon's entrance, but when his actions risk the destruction of the world, the player descends deeper to repair the damage, ultimately confronting the Arsenal.
===Final Fantasy Legend III===
Xagor's Castle is the final dungeon that becomes accessible after Dion destroys the barrier machine in the Eastern Ruins. Arthur has to go through Mt. Goht to reach the castle. Residing at the top of the castle is Sol who pleas to Arthur to kill him while he's holding Xagor's soul. Xagor appears before the party during battle, claiming to have defeated Sol.
===Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light===
The Star Chamber appears after the servants of Chaos are defeated. The party can only enter the Star Chamber with the help of the Cetus. When the heroes arrive in the dungeon, Chaos takes the party's Crowns away and they must fight his servants to get them back. Chaos is fought at the bottom level.
===Final Fantasy Dimensions===
World of Nil is accessed through the Dark Gate. It is a world of nothingness devoid of vitality with roads and soil being entirely white and some paths being composed of bones. The World of Nil and its subsections house powerful equipment as well as the strongest random encounters in the game, most involving boss-level threats.
===Dissidia Final Fantasy===
All final dungeons from the main series up to Final Fantasy X are present and serve as battle arenas. Each dungeon has an "Omega" variant which adds special effects that affect the stage layout and the characters' Bravery.
The final stage of the game is Shade Impulse, while the arena for the battle with Chaos is an original arena, the Edge of Madness.
====Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy====
In addition to the arenas from the previous game, Empyreal Paradox, the Sky Fortress Bahamut, and Orphan's Cradle are added as new arenas. The latter two are the sites of the final battles in their respective games, while the Empyreal Paradox is the site of the final battle of the Chains of Promathia expansion to Final Fantasy XI.
The final gateway of the Treachery of the Gods storyline is "To A Foreign World", a path leading to a portal to the Interdimensional Rift. The final Gateway of Light to All and Confessions of the Creator is "Edge of Discord", leading to Chaos's seat of power.
===World of Final Fantasy===
The final dungeon is Castle Exnine, and is where the three Heralds, Brandelis, Segwarides and Pellinore, are fought. It is accessed by climbing all the way through The Chainroad that connects to a cathederal in Agarthir.
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