FINAL FANTASY IX
51 Achievements
1,000
60-80h
The Ultimate Dual Blade
Obtain the Ultima Weapon.
15
2.65%
How to unlock the The Ultimate Dual Blade achievement in FINAL FANTASY IX - Definitive Guide
The Ultima Weapon is Zidane's ultimate weapon and can be obtained during Disc 4 on the world map. This one is somewhat annoying to obtain and you will need at least an Ocean Chocobo to get it. Arm yourself with plenty of Dead Peppers (you can get 99 of them from talking to the chocobo to the left of Fat Chocobo in Chocobo's Paradise) and go to where Shimmering Island used to be, South of the Lost Continent. If you can't remember exactly where it was, press the to open a fullscreen version of the the world map and hover the cursor over the shining dot in this location.
Once in the approximate location, press to open the menu and select 'Eat a Dead Pepper'. Unlike other ocean treasures, there are no bubbles to donate this location so it will likely take numerous tries to find the right spot. Save your game beforehand, just in case you waste all your Dead Peppers. Eventually, when you dig and hit the exact centre of where Shimmering Island used to be, you will dig up a treasure chest and it will contain this weapon.
This weapon is at the bottom of the ocean in an unmarked spot near where Shimmering Island's location was (south of Lost Continent), and can only be found on Disc 4. You will need to use a Dead Pepper to blindly search and find the correct spot. There is no indication from the bird if you're close or not either. You can watch this video for a little help, but it will still take some attempts. You can get 99 Dead Pepper from the chocobo next to Fat Chocobo in Chocobo's Paradise, and you can save prior to making your attempts and reload if you somehow fail that many times.
The place is located slightly higher than Shimmering Island.
There are no bubbles there. A bit difficult to find. I did it about 20 times.
If you don’t have enough pepper, fly to chocobo paradise, in the lower left corner, there on the 2nd floor, to the left of the fat chocobo, another chocobo gives out for free.