The Hellfire Chasm is one of the four bonus dungeons in the Dawn of Souls version of the original Final Fantasy, and one of the five in the 20th Anniversary Edition and iOS versions. It is located in the southeast end of the swampy island and directly south of the cave of Bahamut in Cardia Islands. It is accessible after defeating Marilith in Mount Gulg. It is longer than Earthgift Shrine with 10 floors, but shorter than Lifespring Grotto and Whisperwind Cove. The Archfiends from Final Fantasy IV appear here.
True to its name, the Hellfire Chasm contains many floors that are filled with lava. The party will need constant healing to reverse the HP-draining effects of the lava tiles, which even appear in a level reminiscent of the Sunken Shrine. Scarmiglione and Cagnazzo appear on floor 5, though the player may only battle one during each run through the dungeon. Likewise, either Barbariccia or Rubicante may be battled on floor 10.
Contents
Items[edit | edit source]
In the Hellfire Chasm, treasure lists are static on each floor, but what varies is the number of chest each floor has, and these are randomly sorted for each run.
| Item | Location |
|---|---|
| Cockatrice Claw | First Floor |
| Stamina Plus | |
| Remedy | |
| Hermes' Shoes | |
| Speed Plus | |
| Echo Grass | Second Floor |
| Hi-Potion | |
| Blue Fang | |
| X-Potion | |
| Bard's Tunic | |
| Phoenix Down | Third Floor |
| Stamina Plus | |
| Red Fang | |
| Mind Plus | |
| Sage's Surplice | |
| 700 gil | Fourth Floor |
| Eyedrops | |
| Giant's Tonic | |
| Turbo Ether | |
| Silver Apple | |
| Red Curtain | Sixth Floor |
| Blue Fang | |
| Strength Tonic | |
| Luck Plus | |
| Thief's Gloves | |
| 150 gil | Seventh Floor |
| Hi-Potion | |
| Faerie Tonic | |
| Hermes' Shoes | |
| Twist Headband | |
| White Curtain | Eighth Floor |
| 250 gil | |
| Blue Curtain | |
| Power Plus | |
| Sage's Mitre | |
| Emergency Exit | Ninth Floor |
| Giant's Tonic | |
| Ether | |
| Soma Drop | |
| War Hammer |
| Floor | Number of Chests |
|---|---|
| Lava path | 3 |
| Spiral lava path | 4 |
| Lava maze | 2 |
| Fire temple | 4 |
| World Map | 5 |
| Fire cave maze | 5 |
| Cave with walking commoners | 4 |
Enemies[edit | edit source]
- Black Goblin
- Blue Troll
- Catoblepas
- Dark Elemental
- Death Elemental
- Devil Hound
- Elm Gigas
- Gloom Widow
- Hundlegs
- Poison Naga
- Python
- Silver Dragon
- Wild Nakk
- Yellow Ogre
- Scarmiglione (boss)
- Cagnazzo (boss)
- Barbariccia (boss)
- Rubicante (boss)
Musical themes[edit | edit source]
In the 20th Anniversary version, a remix of the Final Fantasy IV boss theme plays while fighting the bosses in this dungeon. Previously, "Boss Battle B" was used for that purpose in the Dawn of Souls version.
Gallery[edit | edit source]
Etymology[edit | edit source]
In many mythological, folklore and religious traditions, hell is a place of torment and punishment in an afterlife.
