Thief KnifeEnemies: Weresnake, Kornago, Cursed Being, Slug, Gloom Widow, Mykale
Treasures: Thief Knife
Features: Piano
In Crescent, you heard about villages appearing in the forest. Time to investigate; it's not like we've got anything going on at the moment except for that saving-the-world thing and the recent departure of all that we hold dear. At our destination, we're going to go on an unholy shopping spree that dwarfs even our worst nightmares we have about taking our girlfriends into town (Editor's Note: we actually like shopping with our significant others. The author's mileage may vary.). If you want more Gil, I'd advise you to sail around in the lake near Crescent, where Rukh enemies give you 5000 Gil in addition to a rare
Murasame for you to Steal and Sea Devils give 3000 Gil a kill as well as a rare 
Defender. Rukhs succumb to 
Sleep/
Time Slip, Sea Devils can be quickly dispatched by Odin or Thundaga spells.
Black Robes are better than White Robes. The 
Circlet is pretty much the first helmet for Mages which can best the Lamia's Tiara; it gives an equal Magic Power boost and has quite a lot more Defense than the Tiara.
Angel Ring and Flame Rings you could ever use. In addition, you don't have a lot of use for Coral Rings in the near future (though you'll want four by end-game). Lamia's Tiara can be found in the Pyramid of Moore, the Angel Robe is largely inferior to something like the Black Robe. The grand item here is the Hermes Sandals. What do they do? They grant the wearer inherent Haste, and this tidbit makes them the best accessories in the game.Protect Rings are awesome as all-round protective accessories. When the boss fight in question features certain elemental attacks, you will probably want to resort to Flame or Coral Rings. For some characters, a Thief's Gloves, Kornago Gourd or Kaiser Knuckles is needed for what you want to do. But the Hermes Sandals, in my humble opinion, are what you should be wearing when you don't have a specific reason to be wearing anything else. They allow you take twice as many turns. You don't defend as well as you could be, but you absorb far fewer hits, can react faster to a surprise attack. Furthermore, when a character with Hermes Sandals is killed, they'll still have Haste when revived, something 
Hastega can't do for you.Angel Rings or Protect Rings because you know you're going to cast Hastega; if dying is improbable, it's worth considering. Anyway, if you have the Gil, buy four. Now, leave the Armor Shop and find the Weapon Shop.
Rune Bow and the Kiku-Ichimonji. The former is useless. Very, very useless. It's a Bow that sets Silence one third of the time. And deals worthless damage. Also, you can wield it in one hand? The Kiku-Ichimonji is a stronger Katana than the Osafune. If you picked up the Masamune earlier, or if you stole a Murasame from a Rukh on the ocean, this is useless to you. If not, grab one. There's no specific reason you should buy anything else here.
Arise recovers a KO'd character with full HP while Dispel removes all positive magic effects from a target; you already had this spell at your disposal if you had a 
Judgement Staff, but now it's legit. Death simply sets Death on a single target while Osmose drains MP. Banish can instantly destroy a non-Heavy target, but its hit rate isn't too hot. Its fluff indicates that targets hit by Banish are sent to the Interdimensional Rift, so that's something fun. Quick is crazy; it sets the character casting it in some sort of time hole, giving him or her two turns while the rest of the battlefield takes no action. It's real great but also crazy expensive on MP; 99 MP plus two spells (or four with !Dualcast) absolutely destroys your MP reserve. It is likely Gil is running low by now; the only truly useful spell you won't want to miss is Arise.Thief Knife, a Knife that uses !Mug instead of !Attack half of the time. You'll have to corner the bartender to get it. Leave using the stairs.Mirage Vest, some clothing which is a bit less solid defensively than the Black Garb but gives the wearer a single Image at the start of every battle, making him or her evade any single physical attack which comes his or her way. It's very awesome, so I suggest you take the tour; check out our section on special equipment for details!
Twin Lance if you were lazy in the face of your forefathers. And Objet d'Arts, lazy in their face too.Defender from him.Goblin Punch, Level X Blue spells, etc. will remain the same, unlike levels gained through Hero Cocktails and the like.Mirage Vest. Your tour will lead you to the following places: