FINAL FANTASY IX

FINAL FANTASY IX

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The One Ring

The One Ring

Obtain Madain's Ring via mining.

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How to unlock the The One Ring achievement in FINAL FANTASY IX - Definitive Guide

-Missable Achievement-

This is done in Fossil Roo, in the second area, (Just right of the Fossil Roo/Cavern. Your menu will call this Fossil Roo/Mining site) there is a miner that will let you mine if you trade him a potion. Up in the top right hand corner of the map, is where you dig out Kuppo for another achievement. You can buy potions from Kuppo if you've ran out.

The ring isn't in an exact specific location due to the fact that this mini game is based on a random number generator. I found the best method was to pause, and press RB to turn on High Speed Mode. While this mode is on, move to either the upper floor, or bottom and mash A or X when the exclamation point shows. Hit it about 5-10 times, and if you don't find anything, move to another location and repeat. You will either find, ore, hi-potions, or Madian's Ring (which is rare).

On average, you will find about 4 to 5 items before items basically stop spawning. If none of them are Madian's Ring, walk to the edge of the map, and tell the miner you are done mining. Walk through to another room, and phase back to Fossil Roo/Mining site, trade another potion and go back at it. The key is to change the map, because this resets the treasures.

I put on youtube videos and went to town, moving every-time I heard the item collection ding. Eventually getting it. Mind you, because it is random, this could take quite a few tries. But with super speed on, it'll make the search bearable.
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27 Feb 2019 01:34

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Adding some flavor to this. I tested this pretty thoroughly and can confirm chmccarthy's findings above. To make life a bit easier, I noticed there seem to be 5 minable zones on the top and 3 on the bottom of the pillar. You can easily identify them using the wooden slats on the ground you walk on. You will notice they are made of horizontal boards bound by rope and the rope is next to the edge of each wooden section. These are the zones. Stand in the middle of each zone, mine 10 times. If you get nothing, move to the next zone. You get as he said, 4-5 items per run. If you get 5 items before trying all 8 zones, dont bother continuing. Zone out and back in, rinse a repeat.
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By MF Lights on 24 Apr 2023 23:34
Watch "Madain's Ring guarantee drop!!!! Fossil Roo/Mining site Final Fantasy IX" on YouTube
https://youtu.be/DaHGRKjdZOU

Make sure you lower the volume incase it's too loud
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By Ruff Rida310 on 22 Jun 2019 04:01
Thank you! It took me about 8 refreshes
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By DUBBLEUP on 27 Sep 2020 20:46
Correction to the above, I was able to get a 6th item in a single go, so maybe best to mine all 8 spots each time.
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By MF Lights on 25 Apr 2023 02:02
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Missable achievement!

When you progress normally in the game until you reach Fossil Roo, there will be a miner picking the rocks. He will ask you if you want to have a go at it as well after trading him.
This is the same part where you can free the moogle out of the rocks for
Final Fantasy IXPeek-A-BooThe Peek-A-Boo achievement in Final Fantasy IX worth 29 pointsFree Kuppo from a wall in Fossil Roo.


This is your only shot at getting it, so it would be wise to have a second save, if you'd like to continue and do this later, as it turns out this is RNG. Because of that, I already have to start a second playthrough, since you cannot enter anymore (you can try, I did to find out the hard way) as the staircases leading down to Fossil Roo is being blocked.
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24 Feb 2019 09:12

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Watch "Madain's Ring guarantee drop!!!! Fossil Roo/Mining site Final Fantasy IX"
https://youtu.be/DaHGRKjdZOU

Make sure you lower the volume in case it's too loud
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By Ruff Rida310 on 22 Jun 2019 04:00
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10 Jun 2021 13:01

This achievement will be done in Fossil Roo. You can participate in a mining mini-game (it costs a potion), and there is a very small chance to obtain the Madain's Ring from one of the mining spots here (five up top and three down below). It is completely random, so you'll just need to repeat the mini-game until successful. If you turn on the High Speed Mode booster you'll be able to mine more spots each attempt. After 10 attempts or after getting any item (ore, potion, etc) move to a new spot. Once all spots are hit, leave the screen to reset the game and try again.

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In Fossil Roo, at the location Mining Site a man will let you mine as long as you like in exchange for a potion. With your pick in hand you can mine at five points on the top level and four on the lower. Mine each point five or six times until something turns up. The odds on finding the ring are fairly low, so you might want to try every point about half dozen times and reload if you haven't gotten the ring by then.
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08 Jan 2018 08:27

MISSABLE

In Fossil Roo, you will be able to speak to a treasure hunter that will lend you his pickaxe in exchange for a Potion. With the pickaxe in hand, you can mine items in the giant pillar in the middle of the room. There are five spots you can excavate on the top of the pillar and four spots on the bottom of the pillar. Press in front of the pillar and Zidane will pick at it a little bit and there is a chance you will excavate an item. You can find Potions, Hi-Potions and Ores while mining and if you are lucky, you will excavate a Madain's Ring.

The chances of excavating an item are low and the chances of excavating a Madain's Ring are even lower. It might be a good idea to mine at a certain spot five or so times and then move onto the next if nothing is excavated. If an item is excavated, move onto the next spot. If mining at every spot doesn't yield a Madain's Ring, quit and retry to randomise the RNG.

The High Speed booster is especially useful for this task. Zidane is able to mine at a much faster pace, allowing you to mine the pillar multiple times in a short amount of time.

Once you finally excavate the Madain's Ring, the trophy will pop.

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Once you reach the maze in Fossil Roo, you can play a mini-game with a pickaxe. We just hammer on the wall until the ring falls out. Personally, I did this: I started a mini-game, hit 50 times in three places from above, then from below. Then he left the location, entered and started again. You can speed up the game by pausing.
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01 Oct 2017 12:07

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50 times is a lot, 7-10 times is enough, a total of 3-5 items can be knocked out in 1 approach
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By Prinny on 17 Oct 2017 09:14
Be careful, this is a skippable trophy, you cannot return to Fossil Roo.
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07 Jan 2023 17:29