Eureka (Final Fantasy III)

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Eureka
(禁断の地エウレカ, Kindan no chi Eureka?)
Background information
Type	Bonus dungeon
Region	Accessed through Crystal Tower, Surface World
Gameplay details
Items	Fuma Garb Chocobo's Wrath White Musk x3 Elixir x4 Chocobo's Wrath Phoenix Down x3 Ribbon Shuriken x4 Moonring Blade Omnirod Masamune Excalibur Elder Staff Ragnarok Many found in shops
Enemies	Abaia Acheron Haokah Oceanus Sleipnir Ninja (boss) Amon (boss) Kunoichi (boss) General (boss) Scylla (boss) Guardian (boss)
Quests	Obtaining better equipment

The Forbidden Land, Eureka is an optional dungeon in the game Final Fantasy III which contains some of the best equipment in the game. A gateway to it can be found at the bottom floor of the Crystal Tower, but the Eureka Key is required. Doga and Unei unlock the Eureka Key, and give it to the Warriors of the Light, granting them access to Eureka, knowing they need better equipment to fight Xande. This equipment was sealed away long ago because considered too powerful for humans to behold.

In the original NES version, the Sage and Ninja jobs are found in this dungeon, being given to the player once they have defeated Scylla.

Items

Finding the Moonring Blade.

Item	Location
Fuma Garb	First Area
Chocobo's Wrath	First Area
White Musk	First Area
Elixir	First Area
White Musk	Right room at Second Area
Chocobo's Wrath	Right room at Second Area
Phoenix Down	Right room at Second Area
White Musk	Left room at Second Area
Ribbon	Second Area (Middle), guarded by Ninja
Shuriken	Southwestern room on Second area
Elixir	Third Area
Shuriken	Third Area
Phoenix Down	Third Area
Moonring Blade	Fourth Area, guarded by Amon
Omnirod	Fifth Area
Masamune	Fifth Area, guarded by Kunoichi
Phoenix Down	Fifth Area
Excalibur	Sixth Area, guarded by General
Elder Staff	Seventh Area, guarded by Scylla
Ragnarok	Seventh Area, guarded by Guardian
Elixir	Eighth Area
Shuriken	Eighth Area
Elixir	Eighth Area
Shuriken	Eighth Area

Shops

The shops of Eureka.

In the final area of Eureka, the player can find three shopkeepers (one of whom is reached via a hidden passage) selling some of the best spells, summons, and equipment in the game. This is also the only place where Shuriken can be purchased, though at a ridiculously high price.

Magic Shop

Item	Famicom cost	3D cost
Flare	60,000 gil
Death	60,000 gil
Meteor	60,000 gil
Tornado	60,000 gil
Arise	60,000 gil
Holy	60,000 gil

Summon Shop

Item	Famicom cost	3D cost
Catastro	45,000 gil	40,000 gil
Leviath	55,000 gil	50,000 gil
Bahamur	65,000 gil	60,000 gil

Hidden Shop

Hidden from plain view. (Found by walking to the right, through the wall on the screen where the other two shopkeepers stand.)

Item	Famicom cost	3D cost
Shuriken	65,000 gil
Crystal Shield	50,000 gil
Crystal Mail	65,000 gil	50,000 gil
Crystal Gloves	50,000 gil
Crystal Helm	50,000 gil
Apollo Harp	N/A	60,000 gil

Enemies

• Abaia
• Sleipnir
• Haokah
• Acheron
• Oceanus
• Ninja (boss)
• Amon (boss)
• Kunoichi (boss)
• General (boss)
• Scylla (boss)
• Guardian (boss)

The optional bosses fought here are a manifestation of the weapon they are protecting.

Battle background

Musical themes

"The Forbidden Land, Eureka" from Final Fantasy III (3D)

Eureka has its own exclusive background theme, originally titled as "Forbidden Land" (禁断の地エウレカ, Kindan no Chi Eureka?) in the Original Sound Version, and was titled as "The Forbidden Land, Eureka" in the Original Soundtrack. It is available as a battle background music for Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy as part of a downloadable content pack of three tracks from Final Fantasy III. It is also a Field Music Sequence in Theatrhythm Final Fantasy All-Star Carnival.

Other appearances

Final Fantasy XIV

Main article: Forbidden Land, Eureka (Final Fantasy XIV)

Added in Patch 4.25 "Rise of a New Sun," The Forbidden Land, Eureka, is an instanced area that up to 144 players can explore simultaneously. Though it pulls from Final Fantasy III in its name and in the concept of an extensive side area you can explore, the plot primarily includes references to Final Fantasy V. The player works with Krile to find out what happened to the Students of Baldesion after the disappearance of the Isle of Val, complete with flashbacks involving her grandfather.

Final Fantasy Tactics

This once prosperous capital of the Kashka Dynasty was destroyed in the Cataclysm, along with the vast legacy of its royal family. It is now a necrohol, populated by spirits drawn to the shades of its past glory.

The Forbidden Land Eureka.

The Forbidden Land Eureka was mentioned as one of the wonders.

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Other media

Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy has a trade material called "Eureka Metal".

Gallery

Entrance to Eureka (NES).

Eureka's first floor (NES).

Eureka's second floor (NES).

Eureka's third floor (NES).

Eureka's fourth floor (NES).

Eureka's fifth floor (NES).

Eureka's sixth floor (NES).

Eureka's seventh floor (NES).

Eureka's eighth floor (NES).

Entrance to Eureka (Steam).

Etymology

[view · edit · purge]Eureka is an interjection used to celebrate a discovery or invention. "Eureka" comes from the Ancient Greek word εὕρηκα heúrēka, meaning "I have found (it)".