Snow (location)



Snow is a broad term applying to any areas on the World Map generally covered in snow, ice, glaciers, etc. They often include Ice-themed enemies and provide the player with Ice Equipment through battle victories or local shops.

Final Fantasy
Though nowhere in World A is icy, there exists an Ice Cave near Mt. Gulg, which is ironically a volcano. Many of the floors are made of thin sheets of ice that break when the armored Warriors of Light step on them. Hidden deep under the ice is the Levistone that reveals the Lufenian Airship.

Final Fantasy II
On the northern reaches of the map is a large glacial area called the Snowfield. Among the snow-topped mountains in this region is the town of Salamand. The town's strong men were taken by The Palamecian Empire to mine Mythril before the party arrives there in the game. They also kidnapped Nelly, the daughter of one of the few remaining men Josef to use her life against him. Josef asks the party to rescue her in exchange for telling them how to steal Mythril from the Empire.

Also among the Snowfield is the Snow Cave where the Goddess's Bell is hidden. The party, accompanied by Josef, must traverse the Snowfield via Snowcraft and descend into the cave to locate the bell.

Final Fantasy VI
Narshe is a village built into the base of a northern mountain range, and the entire village and the mountain slopes overlooking it are covered in ice. The icefield over the village serves as the stage for a climactic early in the game when Kefka Palazzo attacks the town to seize the frozen Esper Valigarmanda dug up in the town's mines, and the Returners fight off his troops and defeat Kefka in battle to send him fleeing. In the World of Ruin the player can encounter the Ice Dragon in the same location.

The Dance associated with the snowfield terrain is the Snowman Rondo, also known as the Snowman Jazz, and allows Mog to use various Ice-elemental attacks in battle.

Final Fantasy VII
The northern continent of The Planet is in a massive region known as the Icicle Area. On it sits the Great Glacier, a huge ice plain that covers nearly the entire continent. On this continent rests the Icicle Inn, a tourist lodge and resort that is the second most northern settlement on the Planet. During Before Crisis -Final Fantasy VII-, AVALANCHE has a base here. During Final Fantasy VII, the popular snowboarding minigame takes place here.

Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII-
In Crisis Core, a new town is revealed just to the north of the Icicle Inn called Modeoheim. The Shinra Electric Power Company once attempted to build a Mako Reactor on the mountainside, though were forced to close and abandon the excavation site, likely due to the extreme temperatures and harsh terrain. The town of Modeoheim seems to have sprung up and died with the idea of the reactor. It may have been meant to feed off the Mako energy and rival the Icicle Inn as a warmer resort, as its primary feature seems to be a huge bath house. Genesis Rhapsodos and Hollander use the town and excavation site as a temporary base.

Final Fantasy VIII
The northernmost continent Trabia is an icy, arctic region. It's major points of interest are Trabia Garden, where nearly all the continent's human citizens live, the Shumi Village, home of the Shumi and Moomba races, and a massive crater where Esthar triggered the Lunar Cry 17 years before the game's events. The landscape is dominated by mountains, icy plains, and chocobo forests.

Final Fantasy IX
The Ice Cavern is not located in an icy area, but is frozen within. The party must travel through it to reach a high point to see above the Mist. Vivi Orunitia uses his magic to melt the ice as the party journeys through the cavern.

Final Fantasy X
The Macalania region of Spira is one of the largest and divided into two distinct areas - an ethereal blue forest and the icy region around the frozen Lake Macalania and Macalania Temple that houses the Shiva Aeon. The party fights Seymour Guado for the first time in this temple after Yuna obtains Shiva. They also fight an Al Bhed machina on the lake, and after obtaining Shiva and fleeing the Guado, they become trapped beneath the ice of the frozen lake, on top of what they soon realize is Sin's back.

Final Fantasy XII and the Ivalice Alliance
There was an age called the Time of the Glaciers in which Ivalice experienced a great ice age. Cold-blooded populations, such as the Croakadile, had a hard time surviving and dwindled greatly.

In Final Fantasy Tactics Advance, there is a wintry area, where the city of St. Ivalice is situated.

Final Fantasy XIII-2
Snow is found on Bresha Ruins 300 AF and Vile Peaks 10 AF. When in snow terrain Noel and Serah display shivering animations when standing still or when walking, and when out in snowfall they are covered in snow with the tops of their heads and parts of their equipment white. If the player rides a chocobo in the snow the chocobo is similarly snow-covered.

Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy
In World B, the entire southern region of the world is covered in a glacial area called the Elven Snowfields. This rendition of Mount Gulg is extinct and snow covered, surrounded by ice, making more sense of Final Fantasy's Ice Cave. Several storylines run through this region, including Chapter 7 of Teachery of the Gods and Chapter 1 and Chapter 3 of Light to All. During Chapter 3 Terra alludes to the snowfields of Narshe when she mentions feeling nostalgic watching the snow.