The Great Salt Lake at present
- "A lake on the Esthar continent. What used to be a beautiful lake is now a barren field. It's speculated that Esthar's experiments led to the lake's destruction."
- —FFVIII Info Corner
Hồ Muối Vĩ Đại (大塩湖, Daienko, Đại Diêm Hồ) là một địa danh trong Final Fantasy VIII. Đó là nơi Squall và nhóm bạn tiến vào thành phố Esthar bí mật.
Its name was confused with "the Salt Flats", which is the title for the location's music.
Story[]
Great Salt Lake before and after Esthar's experiments.
The Great Salt Lake used to be what its namesake stands for, but some sort of experiments conducted by the nearby country of Esthar destroyed all life, leaving behind huge fossils and an undead boss, Abadon. The former image was taken during Laguna's time and he used the picture in one of his Timber Maniacs articles. However, during the time the player party passes through the area, the lake is dried up and the city looming in the horizon has vanished.
Squall, carrying the unconscious Rinoa on his back, passes through the Great Salt Lake accompanied by Zell, Selphie, Edea, Quistis, and Irvine on their trip to Esthar to find out why Rinoa has fallen unconscious. After defeating the undead boss, Squall and the party arrive at a dead end; a cliff overlooking an endless landscape of salt. However, when they try to find a way down, the party notice a strange flicker at one end of the cliff. Touching the flicker, a ladder suddenly appears out of thin air, leading to a dark chamber. Without hesitation, the party climbs up the ladder into a chamber filled with hexagon panels. Eventually, they learn that it is part of Esthar's Optical Camouflage System (OCS) used to hide the entire city from outside view.
Locales[]
Seaside Station[]
Seaside Station
- "A station on the Esthar side of Horizon Bridge. It is currently abandoned."
- —FFVIII Info Corner
An abandoned station at the end of the Horizon Bridge. Just a few miles from it lies the Great Salt Lake.
Musical Theme[]
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"The Salt Flats" is the area's theme music.
Monsters[]
- NB: This list applies to the monsters found within and around the Great Salt Lake area.
All[]
- Vysage
- Lefty
- Righty
- Abadon (Boss)
Before Lunar Cry[]
- Mesmerize
- Malboro
- Hexadragon
- Caterchipillar
- Glacial Eye
- Gayla
- Bite Bug
After Lunar Cry[]
- Imp
- Torama
- Behemoth
- Iron Giant
- Turtapod
- Forbidden
- Cockatrice
- Ruby Dragon