A short cinematic will play as Balamb Garden crashes into the piers and docks of Fishermans Horizon. Headmaster Cid will ask everyone to remain calm using the intercom before asking Squall to head to shore with the other two party members.

Note that these will be the same two party members who accompanied Squall as part of “Team 2” in the previous mission. Your other party members who traveled to the Galbadia Missile Base are not available for this section of the game.

Follow Headmaster Cid’s instructions and take the elevator down to the second floor (2F). Proceed out the back of the hall and out to the balcony.

Some representatives from Fishermans Horizon (FH) will meet with Squall and will tell them not to cause any trouble during their visit to the town.

Factory

These first few screens that you access in Fishermans Horizon are referred to as the “Factory” due to all the warehouses and equipment that can be seen in the background.

Keep heading to the right along the catwalks until you reach an area with a hidden ladder up against the smokestack (and shown in the screenshot below). Climb down the ladder and proceed left.

Speak to the man sitting at the edge of the dock. This man is known as the “Master Fisherman,” and he is involved in two small side quests that you can do while in Fishermans Horizon.

The first side quest is pretty straightforward. Speak to the Master Fisherman and select “I’m sorry… It’s our fault” when presented with that option. The man will thank Squall for his honesty by providing him with the Occult Fan III book.

The second quest has quite a few more steps. Speak to the Master Fisherman one more time, and he will ask Squall for a favor. He will explain that he wants you to find his pupil over by the docks. He asks that you speak to him once you get there. You need to talk to the Master Fisherman again to enable these next steps.

Climb back up the smokestack ladder and continue heading to the right. Talk to the man standing near the elevator (“Familiar Face”) and select “Yes” to use the elevator to go down to the lower level. Continue to the right until you reach the large solar panelled area, but don’t take the stairs down to the house just yet.

Fishermans Horizon

This area of the city is labelled “Fishermans Horizon” when you pull up the menu screen. Travel to the right and find a Save Point to save your game. There is also a Draw Point that contains Regen magic.

Likely, your characters are already carrying the maximum amount of Regen magic that they can have, if you have been playing a fair bit of Triple Triad that is, but if not, make sure that one of your character’s draws this magic if they have room and make room for it if they don’t.

Follow the set of train tracks that lead off to the right from the Save Point and Draw Point.

Residential Area

Walk past the man sitting on the tracks and enter the doorway on the left side of the screen. This house is the Fishermans Horizon Inn, and you can rest your characters for 100 gil. More importantly, however, is that there is a Timber Maniacs issue upstairs on the floor.

There is a shop in this area which sells the following items:

On the right side of the screen, opposite the Inn, are some docks that you can walk across. Head right into the next area, where you can find a young boy out on a boat. The old man in the shop also offers access to a Junk Shop where you can upgrade your weapons.

Speak to the boy in the boat. When he asks if you like fishing, choose “Sort of” and when he asks if you saw an old man fishing by the port, choose “I saw him”. Next, when he asks what you thought of the old man, choose “I was sort of… impressed”.

A short cutscene will take place with the young boy nearly strangling the shop owner to death. You’ve done everything you can here for now, but we will be revisiting this area shortly.

Travel back to the large solar panelled area and take the stairs towards the house in the center of the panels and at the center of Fishermans Horizon. Consider saving your game at the Save Point before heading down.

Sun Panel

Follow the stairs to the right until you reach the house in the middle.

Residential Area

Take the stairs and head through the doorway of the house in the middle of the solar panels. Go up to the second floor to find the mayor of Fishermans Horizon, Mayor Dobe, and his wife. They will cut right to the chase by asking when Squall and his team will be leaving FH.

There is a hidden Draw Point on the second floor of Mayor Dobe’s house, which contains Ultima magic. Do not miss out on the opportunity to Draw this magic! Ultima is the strongest magic spell in the game and is very helpful when junctioned to your character’s attributes.

Exit the house and look for a man off to the right of the platform, sitting with his legs hanging off the ledge. This man is Martine, the headmaster of Galbadia Garden, and he plays a fairly significant role in the Triple Triad side quest (if you have lost any cards so far).

Exit the residential area once you have completed all these tasks.

Sun Panel

Travel to the left, back up the panel, and some dialogue will automatically pop up as you make your way back to the upper ridge of Fishermans Horizon. Galbadia Soldiers are attacking the town!

Fishermans Horizon

Flo will follow the group up the stairs and blame Squall and his team for the Galbadian Soldiers attacking Fishermans Horizon. Mayor Dobe will then proceed through the group, suggesting that he will “go talk to them”. Consider saving your game again and then following the tracks back down to the Residential Area.

Residential Area

As you pass through this area for the second time, you can now be thrown into random battles against Elite Soldiers, G-Soldiers, GIM47N, and SAM08G enemies. Each of these enemies is very easy to defeat, but consider Drawing Protect, Reflect, or Life magic from a SAM07G enemy if you run into them. GIM47N enemies also have Esuna magic and Curaga magic (if they are high enough level, so not all of them) that you can Draw if you need any.

Go north into the next screen, and another cutscene will occur. You can see Mayor Dobe attempting to reason with a Galbadian Soldier looking for Ellone. Choose to “Go help” when presented with the option. To make an upcoming boss battle much easier, though, consider junctioning Blind magic to your characters if they have a Guardian Force with the ST-Atk-J ability.

The first battle will be against an Elite Soldier and two G-Soldiers. Defeat them, and the next boss battle (if you can call it that) will begin.

Your other three party members will emerge from the wreckage of BGH251F2 once the battle has concluded. Speak to Rinoa once all the party members have left. Finally, speak to Mayor Dobe after Rinoa has left and select “(I want him to understand us)”, then “(Try to continue)”.

Leave the area by heading south, and then return to this area to speak with the new person who has appeared near where Mayor Dobe was standing. This person is the Cafeteria Lady’s son. Choose the option to respond with “Isn’t he the cafeteria lady’s son?” when you have the choice.

Before leaving the area where you fought BGH251F2, take the train tracks up to the residence and go through the doorway.

his house belongs to the Grease Monkey, and you will be returning to this area again as part of the Shumi Village side quest later on in the game. Grab the Timber Maniacs issue on the ground for now, though, and leave the area.

Go back south to the docks and speak to the young boy again for another short cutscene where he will ask Squall to tell his master of the young boy’s fishing skill. Continue back along the pathway towards Balamb Garden until you encounter Irvine.

With Irvine following you, go down the smoke stack again and speak to the Master Fisherman. After a short discussion about the Master Fisherman’s pupil, he will ask you to meet him at the Inn.

Travel back to the Inn and take the stairs up to the second floor to meet with the Master Fisherman one more time. The Master Fisherman will ask if you would like to keep him company for a bit longer. Select “Why not…?”.

Follow him out to the docks and speak to the shopkeeper again. Select “I think you’re right” when given the option. At the end of the dialogue, you will receive a free Megalixir; it’s worth all the extra work!

Travel back to the Factory and then back aboard Balamb Garden. Irvine will suggest that you meet up with Selphie in the Quad, which is your next destination once you re-board the Garden.