Macalania Woods



Macalania is a geographical area of Spira in Final Fantasy X. Macalania is comprised of a vast forest filled with beautiful springs and campsites; a frozen Lake, where one of Rin's Travel Agencies can be found; and a magnificent ice palace: Macalania Temple which sits atop the frozen waters.

The ancestral protectors of Macalania are the three races of Musicians: a tall, blue-colored bird-like race with harps, a short race with saxophone-like instruments, and a rotund race with drums. The Guado are exiled to the woods in Final Fantasy X-2.

Macalania Woods
The Macalania Woods are a junction point for several other locations. It is connected to the Thunder Plains at the southern end, to Bevelle in the west, and to the Calm Lands in the east.

Final Fantasy X
A beautiful, glittering, maze-like bluish forest, the woods serve as setting for several plot developments to the story. Auron recalls an encounter with the Spherimorph and receives the first Jecht Sphere; the party hides out in the woods after escaping from Bevelle; and the Spring is the setting for Tidus and Yuna's romantic cutscene set to "Suteki da ne".

Final Fantasy X-2
Although there is no requirement to visit Macalania during the direct story of Final Fantasy X-2, several optional missions are available to gain items, dresspheres, and even change the fate of the inhabitants of the Woods.

The woods look much the same as they did in Final Fantasy X, but are dying due to the fayth at Macalania Temple fading away. The Guado have sought refuge here after being forced to leave Guadosalam by the vengeful Ronso. Completing several missions involving the Ronso and Guado will result in the Guado returning to Guadosalam joined by the musicians, but regardless of what choices the player makes, the woods will eventually fade away, although not shown in-game.

Yuna also confronts some emotional issues when she visits the Spring and fondly recalls her time there with Tidus.

Episode Complete
In order to get Episode Complete in Macalania Woods in Chapter 5 the player must do the following:
 * Chapter 3 - The player must defeat Garik at Mt. Gagazet.
 * Chapter 5 – The player must visit the spring near the exit to Lake Macalania and then the spring near the exit to the Calm Lands.

Final Fantasy X
The Temple is located north of the Macalania Woods. Constructed primarily of ice, the temple sits atop the frozen Lake Macalania. The High Priest of Macalania Temple is Maester Seymour Guado and it is here he is fought and killed by High Summoner Yuna and her Guardians. Both the temple's Fayth and its Aeon are female.

Even after the Guado noticed they were not traitors, Tromell stops them.

A glitch in the game is that Tromell stands beside the Farplane entrance/exit says, after the airship is obtained, "There is no point fighting you, as we cannot win", but at the entrance of Macalania, he wants to fight with Dark Shiva.

In the European and International versions of Final Fantasy X, Dark Shiva is summoned by a Guado priest at the entrance to the temple when the party returns with the airship.

After defeating Dark Shiva the party will be allowed back into the Temple and will be able to enter the Chamber of Fayth.

Final Fantasy X-2
Following their banishment from Guadosalam, the diminished effect of the Guado's protection and the disappearance of the fayth caused the lake to melt, and the temple sank to the bottom of Lake Macalania. As such, the road ends at the Travel Agency and the temple is not accessible. Its aeon, Shiva, is fought in the Farplane rather than the temple as a result.

O'aka XXIII bought the travel agency from Rin with money he borrowed from the Al Bhed. After the temple sank he was left with no customers and unable to pay his debt. Al Bhed come looking for him at the travel agency and O'aka escapes to the woods of Macalania. The Gullwings can chase him down and ask him to join them on the Celsius, or they can hand him over to the Al Bhed.

If the Gullwings hand him over to the Al Bhed O'aka is seen digging in Bikanel in an effort to pay off his debt to the Al Bhed. If the Gullwings take him aboard Celsius O'aka sets up a shop and uses the money he makes to pay to the Al Bhed. If O'aka manages to pay off his debt before Chapter 3, he returns to the travel agency and reopens his shop, after the Gullwings save it from being taken over by fiends. His brother, Wantz, eventually joins him.

Episode Complete
If the player took O'aka onboard the Celsius and paid off his debt before the Chapter 3 mission in Lake Macalania, they can gain an optional Episode Complete in Lake Macalania and witness O'aka and Wantz at the travel agency. The Episode Complete is not in replacement of the main one, and does not affect the attainment of Mascot dressphere.

Temple Aeon

 * Shiva

Temple Trials
A series of puzzles involving ice, the Destruction sphere of Macalania is needed to get Anima in Baaj Temple. What makes this temple unique is the fact that the trials are completed when leaving the Chamber of the Fayth after receiving the Aeon.

Open Areas

 * Macalania Woods Trail
 * Sky Trail
 * Camping site
 * Macalania Spring East ("Suteki da ne")
 * Travel Agency
 * Macalania Temple
 * Frozen Lake and Icy trails to the temple

Secret Areas

 * Macalania Spring North (where the first Jecht sphere is received)
 * Macalania Lake bottom

O'aka - In the Woods
''Note: O'aka's prices can be altered if the player views his wares without buying anything. O'aka will ask the player's opinion of his prices. Answering accordingly can change the prices by 25% higher or lower''.

Travel Agency (Al Bhed)
This shop is only available before O'aka and Wantz take over the Travel Agency.

Travel Agency (Wantz)
This shop is only available after an obtaining an Episode Complete at the Travel Agency during Chapter 5.

Travel Agency (O'aka)
This shop is only available after an obtaining an Episode Complete at the Travel Agency during Chapter 5.

Minigames

 * Butterfly Hunt (Final Fantasy X only)

Follow That O'aka

 * Note: This is not a compulsory mission, thus is not required to complete the game.

''O'aka is on the run from debt collectors. Go hunt him down, but stay on your toes! He's faster then the average Merchant!''
 * Objective: Find O'aka and corner him.
 * Unlock: Becomes available when the party returns to the Celsius after "Outrun the Leblanc Syndicate!"
 * Reward: Ice Queen Garment Grid.

Track down the Troupe!

 * Note: This is not a compulsory mission, thus is not required to complete the game.

''Find Donga and Pukutak somewhere in the woods. They have taken the form of whirling circles of butterflies. Enter the circles and they will return to their true forms.''
 * Objective: Meet with Donga and Pukutak.
 * Unlock: Becomes available when the party returns to the Celsius after they hand over the 'Awesome Sphere'.
 * Reward: Bitter Farewell accessory, Minerva's Plate Garment Grid.

Secure the Agency!

 * Note: This is not a compulsory mission, thus is not required to complete the game.

''Rout the fiends that have attacked the Travel Agency! There's no time to heal between battles, so you'll just have to withstand them all!''
 * Objective: Win six consecutive battles.
 * Unlock: Becomes available at the beginning of Chapter Three.
 * Reward: Pride of the Sword Garment Grid, Berserker dressphere, an Al Bhed Primer.

Final Fantasy X

 * One of the prizes for completing the Butterfly Hunt is the Saturn Sigil for Kimahri's Celestial Weapon, Spirit Lance. The mini-game must be played twice to receive the Sigil.
 * After receiving the first Jecht Sphere following the Spherimorph battle, a second can be found in the South, near the turn-off to the Calm Lands.

Final Fantasy X-2

 * Paine can obtain her special dressphere, Full Throttle in either Chapter One or Two by repeatedly talking to Tromell who will eventually reveal that he found a sphere that is of no use to him and presents it to the party.

Macalania Woods

 * Blue Element, Iguion, Murussu
 * Blue Element x2, Wasp
 * Chimera
 * Iguion, Murussu, Wasp
 * Wasp x2, Xiphos
 * Xiphos
 * Spherimorph (Boss)

Lake Macalania

 * Evil Eye, Ice Flan, Snow Wolf
 * Ice Flan, Mafdet, Snow Wolf
 * Ice Flan, Snow Wolf x2
 * Crawler, Negator (Boss)

Macalania Temple

 * Guado Guardian: Evil Eye x2
 * Guado Guardian: Ice Flan, Mafdet
 * Guado Guardian: Mafdet, Snow Wolf
 * Seymour, Guado Guardian x2, Anima (Boss)
 * Dark Shiva (Boss)

Macalania

 * Evil Eye, Ice Flan, Snow Wolf
 * Evil Eye x2, Mafdet
 * Ice Flan, Mafdet, Snow Wolf
 * Guado Guardian: Evil Eye x2
 * Guado Guardian: Ice Flan, Mafdet
 * Guado Guardian: Mafdet, Snow Wolf
 * Wendigo, Guado Guardian x2 (Boss)

Chapter 2

 * Deep Haizhe
 * Deep Haizhe, Haizhe x2
 * Deep Haizhe x2, Haizhe
 * Gold Elemental, Xiphactinus
 * Gold Elemental, Red Elemental
 * Xiphactinus x3

Chapter 5

 * Chocobo, Flan Blanco
 * Deep Haizhe, Lich x2
 * Amorphous Gel x2

Final Fantasy X
The music themes that plays in the Macalania Woods are "Calm Before the Storm" and "Macalania Forest", which is played on the northern areas of the forest. "Phantoms" plays in the Lake Macalania areas until the temple.

Final Fantasy X-2
The music theme that plays is called "Macalania Woods". It plays throughout Macalania.

Trivia

 * In Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy, there is a trade material called "Macalania Timber". The item's description mentions the wood contains Pyrefly extract.

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