Macalania Woods

Macalania Woods is a magical forest in Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy X-2 filled with pyreflies and springs that attract them. The ancestral protectors of Macalania are the three races of musicians: a tall, blue-colored bird-like race with harps, a short race with saxophone-like instruments, and a rotund race with drums. The Guado are exiled to the woods in Final Fantasy X-2. The woods are a junction point for several other locations, being connected to the Thunder Plains at the southern end, to Bevelle in the west, and to the Calm Lands in the east, and Lake Macalania in the north.
Although there is no requirement to visit Macalania during Final Fantasy X-2, several optional missions are available to gain items, dresspheres, and even change the fate of the woods' inhabitants.
== Story ==
=== Final Fantasy X ===
Yuna's party passes through the glittering, maze-like forest on their way to Macalania Temple. They encounter Barthello who has lost Dona. Auron tells him to keep his cool and guard his emotions, then guard Dona, which Barthello agrees, thanks Auron, and leaves to continue searching.
Reaching the northern part of the woods, Auron slices a tree branch to open a path. Showing a pond, Auron explains to Tidus that pyrefly-infused water such as this is what spheres are made of, absorbing and preserving the memories of people. A Spherimorph appears and battles the party. After they defeat the fiend, they obtain the first Jecht's Sphere.
Later, the party hides out in the woods after escaping Bevelle. Yuna is torn over whether to continue the pilgrimage and goes off alone to the forest spring. Tidus follows her and tries to persuade her to quit her journey, apologizing for all the times he used to talk about going to his Zanarkand, thinking he only made her sad. Yuna says it wasn't so, and though she contemplates over quitting she finds herself unable to and bursts into tears. Tidus comforts her and the two share a kiss in the spring.
=== Final Fantasy X-2 ===
The woods are dying due to the fayth at Macalania Temple fading away. The Guado have sought refuge here after being forced to leave Guadosalam by the vengeful Ronso. The Gullwings can meet the local musicians who explain that the woods will be no more. O'aka XXIII is on the run from the Al Bhed since he cannot pay his debt. The Gullwings find him and can take him to their airship. The Gullwings can also hire the musicians for Tobli's show on the Moonflow. Yuna confronts some emotional issues when she visits the spring and fondly recalls her time there with Tidus.
== Locations ==
* Macalania Woods Trail
* Sky Trail
* Campsite
* Macalania Pond
* Macalania Spring
== Shops ==
=== Final Fantasy X ===
==== O'aka - Lake Road ====
Item 	Price
Potion 	100 → 75 gil
Hi-Potion 	1,000 → 750 gil
Phoenix Down	200 → 150 gil
Antidote 	100 → 75 gil
Eye Drops 	100 → 75 gil
Echo Screen 	100 → 75 gil
Soft 	100 → 75 gil
Item 	User 	Price
Sonic Steel 	Tidus 	12,100 → 9,075 gil
Rod of Darkness 	Yuna 	7,650 → 5,737 gil
Ice Ball 	Wakka 	3,750 → 2,812 gil
Shimmering Blade	Auron 	3,300 → 2,475 gil
Force Knuckles 	Rikku 	3,150 → 2,362 gil
White Bangle 	Lulu 	4,950 → 3,712 gil
Blue Armlet 	Kimahri	4,950 → 3,712 gil
==== Wantz - South ====
He sells weapons and armor with four empty slots.
Item 	Price
Potion 	50 gil
Hi-Potion 	500 gil
Phoenix Down 	100 gil
Antidote 	50 gil
Eye Drops 	50 gil
Echo Screen 	50 gil
Soft 	50 gil
Power Distiller 	100 gil
Mana Distiller 	100 gil
Speed Distiller 	100 gil
Ability Distiller	100 gil
Item 	User 	Price
Variable Steel 	Tidus 	100,000 gil
Malleable Staff	Yuna 	100,000 gil
All-Rounder 	Wakka 	100,000 gil
Morphing Mog 	Lulu 	100,000 gil
Shapeshifter 	Kimahri	100,000 gil
Shiranui 	Auron 	100,000 gil
Flexible Arm 	Rikku 	100,000 gil
Tetra Shield 	Tidus 	100,000 gil
Tetra Ring 	Yuna 	100,000 gil
Tetra Armguard 	Wakka 	100,000 gil
Tetra Bangle 	Lulu 	100,000 gil
Tetra Armlet 	Kimahri	100,000 gil
Tetra Bracer 	Auron 	100,000 gil
Tetra Targe 	Rikku 	100,000 gil
== Quests ==
=== Final Fantasy X ===
==== Butterfly Hunt ====
Shortly after arriving in Macalania, the party will come across a bird-like creature with a harp, called Borra, who will tell about the Butterfly Hunt game in a bit of a riddle. The minigame must be played to obtain the Saturn Sigil for Kimahri's Celestial Weapon, the Spirit Lance.
==== Meeting Wantz ====
The appearance of Wantz in the Macalania Woods is missable. To have Wantz appear the player must speak to him at Mt. Gagazet, after which he will be found at the entrance to the woods from the Thunder Plains, after obtaining the airship, and then completing the mandatory visit to Bevelle's Highbridge.
=== Final Fantasy X-2 ===
==== Paine's Special Dressphere ====
Paine can obtain her special dressphere, Full Throttle in either Chapter 1 or 2 by repeatedly talking to Tromell who will eventually reveal he found a sphere that is of no use to him and presents it to the party.
==== Follow That O'aka ====
:Note: This is not a compulsory mission, thus is not required to complete the game.
O'aka is on the run from debt collectors. Go hunt him down, but stay on your toes! He's faster then the average Merchant!
* Objective: Find O'aka and corner him.
* Unlock: Becomes available when the party returns to the Celsius after "Outrun the Leblanc Syndicate!"
* Reward: Ice Queen Garment Grid.
This mission is part of chapter 1.
==== Track down the Troupe! ====
:Note: This is not a compulsory mission, thus is not required to complete the game.
Find Donga and Pukutak somewhere in the woods. They have taken the form of whirling circles of butterflies. Enter the circles and they will return to their true forms.
* Objective: Meet with Donga and Pukutak.
* Unlock: Becomes available when the party returns to the Celsius after they hand over the 'Awesome Sphere'.
* Reward: Bitter Farewell Garment Grid, Haste Bangle accessory.
This mission is available in chapter 2.
==== Episode Complete ====
The woods are dying, and Yuna is feeling sad about it, as her memories from two years ago are quite precious to her.
To get Episode Complete the player must fulfill the following requirements:
* Chapter 3 - The player must defeat Garik at Mt. Gagazet.
* Chapter 5 – The player must visit the spring near the exit to Lake Macalania and then the spring near the exit to the Calm Lands.
If the player took O'aka onboard the Celsius and paid off his debt before the Chapter 3 mission in Lake Macalania, they can gain an optional Episode Complete and witness O'aka and Wantz at the Travel Agency, but the Episode Complete is not in replacement of the main one and does not affect the attainment of Mascot.
====Episode Concluded====
The woods are dying, and so are the Guado. An unnamed woman found at Macalania's spring ponders the Guado's fate:
== Items ==
=== Final Fantasy X ===
* Sleepy Cait Sith
* 2000 gil
* Phoenix Down x3
* Remedy
* Al Bhed Primer vol. XV
* Jecht's Sphere (after defeating Spherimorph)
* 2nd Jecht's Sphere (South area, after defeating Spherimorph)
* Lucid Ring (Campsite, after scene at Spring after defeating Seymour Natus)
* Celestial Mirror (examine altar on Shimmering Path, Cloudy Mirror required)
* Saturn Sigil (Butterfly Hunt prize, must be played twice)
=== Final Fantasy X-2 ===
;Chapter 1
* White Ring
* Turbo Ether
* Full Throttle (can also be obtained in Chapter 2)
* Unerring Path Garment Grid (automatically received when obtaining first special dressphere)
;Chapter 2
* Silver Bracer
* Icy Gleam
;Chapter 3
* NulFrost Ring
* Gold Bracer
* Howling Wind Garment Grid
;Chapter 5
* Snow Ring
* Rune Bracer
== Enemies ==
=== Final Fantasy X ===
* South, Central and North - excludes the Shimmering Path or the path leading to the Calm Lands.
** Iguion, Murussu, Wasp
** Iguion, Murussu, Blue Element
** Wasp, Blue Element x2
** Xiphos
** Wasp x2, Xiphos
** Chimera
* Spring
** Spherimorph (Boss)
=== Final Fantasy X-2 ===
;Chapter 1
* Gold Elemental, Xiphactinus
* Amorphous Gel
* Gold Elemental, Haizhe
* Haizhe, Chocobo
* Red Elemental, Haizhe
* Gold Elemental, Red Elemental
* Red Elemental x2, Chocobo
* Xiphactinus x2
* Deep Haizhe, Gold Elemental
* Xiphactinus
* Red Elemental, Xiphactinus
;Chapter 2
* Deep Haizhe x3
* Deep Haizhe x2
* Chocobo
* Gold Elemental, Xiphactinus
* Gold Elemental x2, Xiphactinus
* Xiphactinus x3
* Chocobo, Xiphactinus, Red Elemental
* Xiphactinus, Red Elemental x2
* Chocobo, Deep Haizhe, Red Elemental
* Deep Haizhe, Gold Elemental
* Xiphactinus x2, Chocobo
* Amorphous Gel
* Chocobo, Xiphactinus, Gold Elemental
* Gold Elemental, Flan Azul
* Gold Elemental, Red Elemental x2
* Deep Haizhe, Haizhe x2
* Xiphactinus x2, Red Elemental
* Gold Elemental, Red Elemental
* Deep Haizhe x2, Haizhe
;Chapter 3
* Amorphous Gel
* Deep Haizhe
* Deep Haizhe x2
* Deep Haizhe x2, Chocobo
* Flan Blanco, Dinictus
* Flan Blanco, Tentacles
* Deep Haizhe, Chocobo
* Dinictus x2
* Gold Elemental x2, Blue Elemental
* Blue Elemental x2, Flan Blanco
* Blue Elemental x2
* Deep Haizhe x2, Blue Elemental, Watcher-R
* Amorphous Gel, Protean Gel, Watcher-S
* Amorphous Gel, Protean Gel
* Tentacles
* Dinictus x2, Watcher-A
* Blue Elemental x2, Flan Blanco, Watcher-S
* Gold Elemental, Blue Elemental, Chocobo
* Flan Blanco, Chocobo
* Deep Haizhe x2, Blue Elemental
* Dinictus
* Dinictus, Gold Elemental x2
* Chocobo
* Flan Blanco, Dinictus, Watcher-S
* Deep Haizhe, Blue Elemental x2
* Flan Blanco, Dinictus, Watcher-A
* Watcher-A, Amorphous Gel
;Chapter 5
* Flan Blanco, Dinictus
* Flan Blanco, Deep Haizhe
* Flan Blanco, Deep Haizhe, Watcher-A
* Deep Haizhe, Tentacles, Chocobo
* Amorphous Gel, Taromaiti, Watcher-R
* Dinictus, Varan
* Taromaiti x2
* Blue Elemental x3
* Deep Haizhe x2, Blue Elemental
* Blue Elemental x2, Chocobo
* Deep Haizhe x2, Blue Elemental, Watcher-R
* Blue Elemental x3, Watcher-S
* Flan Blanco, Blue Elemental x2, Watcher-A
* Amorphous Gel x2
* Chocobo
* Flan Blanco, Blue Elemental x2
* Amorphous Gel x2, Watcher-S
* Deep Haizhe x2, Watcher-A
* Deep Haizhe x2
* Deep Haizhe, Tentacles
* Tentacles, Chocobo
* Taromaiti x2, Watcher-R
* Dinictus, Varan, Watcher-A
* Deep Haizhe, Tentacles, Watcher-S
* Flan Blanco, Chocobo
* Lich x2, Tentacles
* Protean Gel, Chocobo
* Amorphous Gel, Watcher-A
* Dinictus x2
* Dinictus, Flan Blanco, Watcher-R
* Amorphous Gel
* Dinictus, Varan, Watcher-S
* Dinictus x2, Watcher-A
* Amorphous Gel, Taromaiti
== Musical themes ==
In Final Fantasy X, the themes that play in the Macalania Woods are "Calm Before the Storm" and "Macalania Woods", which is played on the northern areas of the woods.
In Final Fantasy X-2, the theme that plays is called "Macalania Woods". It plays throughout the Macalania Woods.
== Other appearances ==
=== Theatrhythm Final Fantasy ===
Macalania appears in the Event Music Sequence for "Suteki Da Ne".
=== Theatrhythm Final Fantasy Curtain Call ===
Macalania Forest appears as the Field Music Sequence for "Suteki Da Ne".
=== Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade ===
=== Final Fantasy Record Keeper ===
=== Final Fantasy Brave Exvius ===
===Mobius Final Fantasy===
===Other media===
In Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy, there is a trade material called "Macalania Timber". The item's description mentions the wood contains Pyrefly extract.
==Behind the scenes==
A lot of effort was put into the scene where Tidus and Yuna swim in the spring in the woods. Scenario Writer Kazushige Nojima originally wrote the scene differently, with Yuna subtly objecting whenever Tidus tried to turn the conversation positive, with him eventually stopping her by kissing her. Assistant writer Daisuke Watanabe changed it to the final version, where Yuna first enthusiastically goes along with Tidus's ideal for them to live carefree, and then falls sad upon realizing it is a dream that is out of reach, and Tidus soothes her.
== Gallery ==
Macalania-Forest.png|Macalania Woods artwork.
Macalania 2.jpg|Concept art.
Macalania Woods Spring.jpg|Concept art.
X-yuna-tidus-kiss-art.jpg|Concept art.
10b-macalania 1.jpg|Concept art.
Macalania 5.jpg|Concept art.
Macalania 7.jpg|Concept art.
Macalania-woods-camp-artwork-ffx.png|Concept art.
Tidus & Yuna-1.jpg|Promotional poster.
Macalania woods2.jpg|Macalania Woods in Final Fantasy X.
Macalania_Spring.png|Macalania spring in Final Fantasy X.
Macalania Pond.jpg|Macalania pond in Final Fantasy X.
Rikku_on_a_tree_in_Macalania.jpg|The camp site in Final Fantasy X.
Macalania_Woods_Junction.png|The junction near the north exit.
Macalania_Woods_North_End.png|The north end, road to the Calm Lands.
Macalania_X-2.jpg|Macalania Woods in Final Fantasy X-2.
Macalania_Woods_Lights.png|The light paths in Final Fantasy X-2.
Macalania_Spring_X-2.png|Macalania spring in Final Fantasy X-2.
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