Final Fantasy 2 Pixel Remaster 100% Walkthrough - The Coliseum
Now that we have placed the Wyvern Egg in the Spring inside Deist Cavern it is time to head back to Altair again.
When you arrive back in Altair I recommend stopping by the Inn to heal up if you haven’t already as there is about to be another boss fight here in the Altair Hideout!
Once you are ready, head inside the hideout and go into the room at the bottom right, Hilda will be inside waiting for you, speaking to her will reveal that it isn’t actually the princess, but a Lamia Queen monster in disguise, this will start another Boss Fight.
After defeating the Lamia Queen you will get news that there is going to be a Tournament in Palamecia and that the real princess is the prize.
So of course our next objective is going to be to head to the Coliseum, where the tournament takes palce.
To reach the Coliseum you need to sail to the south-east from Altair, when you reach the eastern continent, you will have to walk across the Great Desert to find the Coliseum in the “pocket” between the mountains on the right.
Missable Bestiary Entries
Before going into the Coliseum, there are 2 enemy types in the desert that will become missable later on in the game, so it is best to defeat one of each now while you are here to make sure you don’t miss them later.
The 2 missable enemie types are the Antlions and Land Rays.
The Coliseum
Shortly after entering the Coliseum you will begin the Boss Fight against the Behemoth, you shouldn’t have too much trouble against this boss as it takes quite a long time to attack you so you get more than enough time to set up with Blink and Protect on your party if needed.
After defeating the Behemoth you will approach the Emperor with intentions to kill him but it turns out it was a trap and you end up in a jail cell in B2 of the Coliseum.
B2
When you wake up in the cell, interact with the closed gate to get a short cutscene where Paul comes to free you.
Once you are free the first thing we are going to do is get all 4 of the Treasure Chests in this dungeon.
All 4 chests are on this floor (B2), the first is all the way to the right of this same room and it contains an Antidote, be careful as it will be an enemy ambush!
The other 3 chests are going to be in a side room that you reach by going through the door in the middle of the right side as you can see in the image.
These 3 chests contain an Ether, Elixir and a Cottage.
Once you have opened all of the chests, leave the side room and go through the door at the top right of B2 to reach B1.
B1
In this room your objective is the free the princess from her cell. You could just walk all the way around, but there is a nice shortcut you can do taking advantage of some fake walls.
Almost immediately upon reaching B1, you can go through the wall on your right where shown in the image, and you can then do the same for the rest of the cells until you reach the one that is holding Hilda.
When you reach the princess’s cell just interact with the door to set her free, she will escape with Gordon.
You now need to head for the stairs at the bottom left side of the room to exit the Coliseum. Again there is a bit of a shortcut for this too, to the right of the gate you just opened there is another fake wall you can walk straight through.
Once you exit the Coliseum it is time to head back to Altair again.
