Lethe River

The Lete River is a river that flows through Final Fantasy VI in the World of Balance. Its origin is in the Sabil Mountain Range and has a glacial input near Narshe. The river flows through the mountains and has two discharges. One of them is near the port city of Nikeah and the other is near Gau's Father's House. It conveniently passes by the Returners' Hideout, and the Returners built rafts in order to escape their hideout in an emergency. One such emergency came about when the Empire invaded South Figaro, and Terra, Edgar, Sabin, and Banon had to escape. They rode down the river towards Narshe, but they had to fight Ultros on the way. They defeated him easily, but Ultros stuck one of his tentacles to Terra's leg. As a result, Sabin tried to fight it off with a Blitz. The struggle sent him down the river towards Gau's Father's House, and the others continued down to Narshe.

The Lete River has two points at which the player party has to choose a path. At the first spot, all three paths converge at the first of two Save Points, but the other path puts the party in a loop if they choose to go up. Many players have used this "Lete River trick" as a way to gain many levels fast, although it requires a turbo controller or one with autofire.

Going down the Lete River a second time puts the party at Gau's Father's House.

Monster Formations

 * Nautiloid, Exocite
 * Pterodon X2
 * Pterodon, Exocite X2
 * Pterodon, Nautiloid, Exocite
 * Ultros (boss) (first fight)