Sage's Cave

The Sage's Cave, also known as Sarda's Cave, is a location from the original Final Fantasy. It is located southwest of Melmond on the other side of the Giant's Cave.
== Story ==
After the Warriors of Light defeat the vampire, they come here in an attempt to learn why the earth is still rotting. They learn from Sadda that the real enemy is deeper within the cave and are given an Earth Rod to neutralize the evil tile blocking the way down to the Lich.
== Items ==
Item 	Location
Earth Rod	Given to by Sadda
== Encounters ==
In most releases the Sage's Cave is part of a large encounter region is shares with the Cavern of Earth, the Giant's Cave, and southern Melmond. Bordering the sea directly south of the Cave in these releases are tiles that fall under the default encounter region of southern Cornelia. In the Pixel Remaster, shifts in encounter mapping see the Sage's Cave area absorbed by this default encounter set.
Encounters 	Encounters 	Areas
Pixel Remaster	Other releases	Areas
* [450/1000] Goblin x3
* [350/1000] Goblin x4
* [200/1000] Goblin x5	
* [64/64] Goblin x3-5	South
* [90/1000] Ghoul x2
* [90/1000] Shadow x3
* [90/1000] Lesser Tiger x2
* [80/1000] Tarantula x4
* [60/1000] Ghast x2, Ghoul x3
* [60/1000] Shadow x7
* [60/1000] Ogre Chief x1, Ogre x2
* [60/1000] Hyenadon x2, Ogre x3
* [60/1000] Warg Wolf x4
* [60/1000] Lesser Tiger x3
* [60/1000] Black Widow x2, Tarantula x3
* [60/1000] Black Widow x1, Tarantula x4
* [60/1000] Tarantula x6
* [40/1000] Warg Wolf x8
* [40/1000] Black Widow x2, Tarantula x6
* [30/1000] Ghast x4, Ghoul x5	
* [24/64] Shadow x3-7
* [12/64] Ghoul x2-5, Ghast x0-4
* [12/64] Ogre Chief x1, Ogre x1-2
* [6/64] Ogre x1-3, Hyenadon x0-2
* [6/64] Warg Wolf x4-8
* [3/64] Lesser Tiger x1-3
* [1/64] Tarantula x3-6, Black Widow x0-2	North
== Music ==
The Background Music that plays inside the Sage's Cave is "Matoya's Cave".
== Other appearances ==
=== Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy ===
In the Confessions of the Creator Scenario, the Curses and Hopes of Yore Gateway is located in the area the Sage's Cave was located in the original Final Fantasy. The gateway houses a five floor dungeon leading up to a fight with Shantotto, and in the game's story acts as a portal to an alternate dimension where Shantotto ended up after escaping the cycle of war and now conducts magical experiments.
Shantotto's sound files in the Theater refer to the gateway as "Sage's Path", possibly a name for the gateway earlier in development that was not changed on the sound file names when the gateway was renamed.
== Gallery ==
FF NES Sage's Cave WM.png|Sage's Cave on the World Map (NES).
FF NES - Sarda's Cave.gif|Sage's Cave (NES).
Sage's Cave World Map PS.png|Sage's Cave on the World Map (PS).
Sage's Cave PS.png|Sage's Cave (PS).
FF Sage's Cave WM GBA.png|Sage's Cave (GBA).
FF Sage's Cave GBA.png|Sage's Cave (GBA).
D012 Sage's Cave.png|The Curses of Hopes and Yore gateway in World B in Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy.
== Etymology ==
Category:Locations in Final Fantasy
Category:Caves
de:Höhle der Weisen
es:Cueva del Sabio