This is one way to upgrade your weapons early on in the game. Also, Quezacotl can learn the Card and Card-mod abilities that allow you to turn monsters into cards and turn cards into items. Once you learn Boost you'll be able to make his attack fairly strong. Ideally you should get them at the first opportunity but if you did miss a GF here's the list of the bosses you can draw them from in Disc 4:Īcquired By: View the Tutorial from Squall's desk. Note that during Disc 4 all of your abilities are sealed and can be unlocked one at a time by defeating the very bosses you can draw missing GFs from so you may not be able to draw. However, during Disc 4 you have the opportunity to draw a few of the GF's you might have missed. You'll want to note that several GF's can only be drawn from a specific boss or acquired by doing a sidequest. For more information about them jump to the Other GF's section. There are also several unjunctionable Guardian Forces in the game.

For more information about using items to improve your GF's see the Items List. You'll probably need to make them forget an ability to make room by giving them Amnesia Greens. You can also teach GF's abilities that they wouldn't normally learn by using items. There are some GF specific compatibility items as well as items called LuvLuv G's that can raise any characters compatibility with all GF's by 20 points. Compatibility is raised by having the chosen character summon them frequently, using the same type of elemental magic as a GF, and using certain compatibility items. To shorten that time you'll need to raise the GF's compatibility with its summoner. You'll want that wait time to be as short as possible. During that time the GF's HP can be depleted by enemy attacks. GF's when summoned have a wait time once summoned before they attack. There are also many more tricks to developing your GF's. You'll want to junction more than one GF to a character but it's important to remember that the EXP GF's receive is divided up among the GF's equipped on a given character equally. However, the junctioned GF must have learned the corresponding stat ability (see GF ability lists below). Also, once you've junctioned a GF to a character that character can junction magic they have in stock to various vital statistics and defenses. They will level up and learn abilities that either increase the abilities of the character they're junctioned to or increase their own attack power or HP. When you Junction a GF to a character that GF begins to receive EXP and AP. Without the Junction ability a character will only be able to use the attack command. Not only do you summon GF's to assist you in battle but you will also Junction each GF to a character. In Final Fantasy 8 the keys behind the power of your party are the Guardian Forces, or GF.

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