FINAL FANTASY VIII Remastered

FINAL FANTASY VIII Remastered

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1000 Kills

1000 Kills

Kill 1000 enemies

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How to unlock the 1000 Kills achievement in FINAL FANTASY VIII Remastered - Definitive Guide

I found the best way to grind this achievement is in a forest Northwest of Dollet in the Hasberry Plains. The forest spawns a guaranteed 3 enemies that you can dispose of rather quickly if you’re grinding post game.

Just keep 3x speed on and it shouldn’t be too long of a grind.
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11 Sep 2019 02:57

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If it helps anyone, here's some math to ballpark the time this achievement might take. (tl;dr, at the absolute most an hour and a half at the Hasberry monkey forest, assuming you are doing this in the endgame, and are starting from no kills which is obviously unlikely)

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If you are running around in the forest in Hasberry Plains where the monkey is, you get the guaranteed 3-enemy spawn. So that means you would have to do at most 334 battles, very generously assuming you killed no enemies to begin with. (1000/3 ~= 334)

If it takes you 15 seconds to trigger and then finish each battle, which is reasonable enough on 3x speed and you are always opening with Rinoa's AOE Angelo Cannon limit break, then that means you could theoretically be spending about an hour and a half of nonstop grinding in the absolute worst case scenario (334 * 15 / 60 = 83.5 minutes).

Note that I had junctioned 100 Ultimas to Rinoa's strength; plus, I gave Squall all of the ATK GF ability boosts and happened to have junctioned 100 Demis, so he could clean up the Anacondaurs and/or Wendigos that sometimes survived the Angelo Cannon.
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By TinzkiZiwa on 29 Apr 2021 22:55
+1 from me, by far the fastest way to grind these kills out, thanks.
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By NetroDude on 11 Sep 2019 20:40
This worked great for me! Thanks!
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By heycameron on 16 Sep 2019 22:51
Do GF kills (including Odin) count towards this? GF kills are listed on a separate pages in the stats section of the game and i've never paid attention to see if Odin insta-kills count towards character kills. I believe his kills aren't listed on the GF page.
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By Arashi Sora on 13 Feb 2020 11:08
I know Odin/Gilgamesh does NOT count towards the 1000 but can't say about the other GFs.
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By P00R GRENDEL on 26 Feb 2020 16:36
Does anyone know if this tracks over multiple playthroughs?
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By Algur on 07 Mar 2020 15:45
Great spot. The only issue is that monkey that is hiding there for the Obel Lake side quest. He'll pop up every so often when you're trying to initiate a battle and you'll have to click off his prompts. Still my go to spot for this.
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By Mudlo7581 on 23 Apr 2020 14:58
i can confirm your GF kills DO count. i was 990 with character kills when it unlocked and when i added them with the GF it was 1000
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By Iceberg082006 on 09 May 2020 03:43
Just continued grinding for a while. Hit level 100 with Squall and all others to 60+, I admit that took longer than I expected by quite a bit.
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By JORAX on 04 Jul 2020 19:24
Might want to call out how to check kill count. Took me forever to find where the kill stats were.
Menu > Tutorial > Information > Information > Character Report/GF Report
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By JDuke705 on 21 Aug 2020 04:41
this does not seem to be through collective game play. seems to need to be done on one play through
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By Shadow Tuor on 09 Sep 2020 20:32
Do the kills have to be done in a single save, or is it accumulative over multiple saves, since there's no tracker present and knowing if this counts?
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By TG Airborne 88 on 20 Nov 2020 12:38
Spot worked flawlessly w/ Death attack status minus the damn Odin procs. For those worried about the monkey, consider progressing with the game until the 4th disc and I believe the monkey goes away once you come back to the "real world".

*Edit* - For those wondering, I believe it needs to be on 1 save file. Tallied up all the kills on the info screen and the math checked out +/- a few kills. Made a 2nd file because I thought I missed something early on and probably got only 30 kills or so on the 1st file.
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By qManballin on 02 Dec 2020 04:05
I'm the only one that prefer the small Cactuar island (where you find the G.F.)? They can flee, but no Odin procs, no monkey event, basically no attacks by the enemies, you get a lot of APs and basically no EXPs (so you can also get all the abilities without worries about level up your characters too much), and you can often find groups of three/four Cactuars. One hour to grind 500 kills, so max two hours to get the 1000 kills needed for this achievement.
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By Goharoth on 10 Dec 2020 22:30
@Goharoth Good spot, I found this much easier than dealing with the monkey prompts.
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By Wobblo on 14 Dec 2020 12:04
The Achievement isn't popping for me, I have more than 1000 Kills with Squall ALONE.
Every kill was done in the same playthrought, althought I used more than one save slot for the same playthrought. I also used "Battle Assistance" for a couple of kills so I don't know if those kills do count.
I have to restart the game right??
Did the Achievement popped exactly at 1000 kills for you???
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By The New Wober on 07 Jan 2021 22:48
Word of advice DON'T get Odin his KILLS DON'T COUNT! That save you couple of 30-40 fights.
Place is spot on, every fight there are 3 enemies.
I used battle assistance from the start.
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By ELVIS3003 on 20 Jan 2021 08:47
@ELVIS3003 thanks you for that, I'm replaying the game on PC and thought Odin's kills counted toward the Achievement. Was going to ask so thank you !
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By Void7274Void on 17 Apr 2021 13:24
Actually Odin kills do count. I got my achievement by him killing my last 3 enemies.
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By DiegoTan on 10 Nov 2021 21:59
The cactus island using Rinoa angelo attack that hits all enemies is fastest if u ask me. I just hold to the right + cn_A kill them in a hit. This will prevent over leveling so you dont face the one boss who casts LV 5 Death (LV 100 is max so it would kill ur top 3 every time) + no monkey insulting u. 1-4 enemies that die in 2 seconds then on to the next group. GFs maxed out from AP gained. No Odin Procs
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By TheOnlyMatto on 14 Nov 2021 17:52
I forgot to pick the battle meter, will the achievement pop without it?
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By SortedHurdle830 on 06 Jan 2024 00:24
Roughly what level was Squall when you got this? My game somehow doesn't have the menu option Character Report, so I can't tell how many kills anyone has, but I'm level 76 and getting worried something might have glitched.
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By JORAX on 04 Jul 2020 17:55
This is a lot more grindy than i thought it was going to be. The spot listed in the solution is pretty awesome. The downside of having to deal with the monkey is worth a guaranteed 3-enemy spawn.
Right when i got the achievement, my character levels were: 100, 100, 100, 30, 29, 19. This was right before attacking Lunatic Pandora before the 4th disc, and wasn't too grindy up until this point.
Another tip I would add would be to junction "Death" in your Status-Attack slot. I'd refined a few cards to give me 100 death to my 3 active characters, basically making every shot a 1-hit kill on the enemies. Makes it a little easier depending on what level your people are.
Also, screw Odin. He popped up like every 3 spawns to extend my grind....
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By MechaHeretic on 18 Nov 2020 17:56
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This one should unlock during natural progression, especially if you're goal is to get max stats on everyone.

If you still haven't gotten by the time you reach the endgame
then I highly suggest returning to the main island from the beginning of the game and running in circles and killing monsters there; it should be a 1-shot to kill and you should be pretty close to the Trophy anyway.
Put an elastic on the left analog so that Squall runs counter-clockwise in a circle and when an enemy pops up just hold cn_X.
The reason you force the stick to the left is so you don't select the special attacks. Woth the 3x speed on it's boring but effective.
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31 May 2024 03:46

Playing the game naturally, you will likely only defeat about 350-500 enemies. The quickest way to then complete this is to return to Ifrit's Cave which should give 2-4 enemies per battle and grind the rest out there before heading to the final dungeon. You could also use the forest near Dollet where you find the monkey for the Obel Lake quest, which has a guarantee of 3 enemies per encounter, but these are tougher enemies and some can put you to sleep, elongating the fights.
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Playing the game naturally, you will likely only defeat about 350-500 enemies. The quickest way to then complete this is to return to Ifrit's Cave which should give 2-4 enemies per battle and grind the rest out there before heading to the final dungeon. You could also use the forest near Dollet where you find the monkey for the Obel Lake quest, which has a guarantee of 3 enemies per encounter, but these are tougher enemies and some can put you to sleep, elongating the fights.
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In the game, more than 4 enemies do not appear in battle, which lengthens the trophy. Do it on red fish on any bank (up to 3 pieces). Or on the island where you take the Cactuar GF, only cactuars appear there (up to 4 of them at a time!!). To speed up, you can turn on the speed and god cheat (the enemy’s move wastes time, with the cheat the enemy does not move)
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When you're in prison, don't forget to talk to the NPC on the 10th floor - this will give you the ability to track killed monsters in the menu
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By theEVllTrick on 07 Apr 2020 17:16