Whisperwind Cove (Final Fantasy)

The Whisperwind Cove is a Soul of Chaos bonus dungeon in the Dawn of Souls and 20th Anniversary Edition releases of Final Fantasy. The entrance to the Cove is located in the river system of the Cavern of Ice region, and can only be reached by canoe. However, it is sealed until the Fiend of Wind, Tiamat, is defeated. Within players can challenge bosses from Final Fantasy VI. It is the longest of the Soul of Chaos dungeons and features the superboss Death Gaze on its final floor.

Layout[]

The Whisperwind Cove contains fourty floors after the entrance, with all floors bar B10, B20, B30, and B40 presented in random order; the excepted floors feature the boss encounters. It is only possible to exit the Cove on the boss floors, where the player must defeat a boss in order to leave. Entering this dungeon unprepared is a common mistake, as its bosses can over twelve times as much HP as Tiamat had, with Death Gaze surpassing the final boss, but losing a battle in the Cove ejects the party to the world map rather than the title screen, retaining any items or experience they gained. Unlike other Soul of Chaos dungeons, it is possible to defeat all four bosses in a single run, though its sheer length still makes for a daunting task.

The floors are based on several different environments:

Eight maps based on the Cavern of Ice.
Six maps based on the Cavern of Earth.
The boss floors and four maps based on the Flying Fortress.
Four maps based on the Marsh Cave.
Two maps based on the Giant's Cave.
Two maps based on Mount Gulg; the entrance also uses a modified Mount Gulg tileset.
Two maps based on the Waterfall Cavern.
A flooded map based on the Western Keep.
A floating continent.
A swamp filled with the souls of dead monsters.
The fairy kingdom of Feyhome.
Five towns, including part of B30.

While some flooors are straightforward dungeons with little to worry about beyond random encounters and navigation, the are many exceptions. The simplest complications are the damage floors of the Cavern of Ice and Mount Gulg maps, with the Gulg maps in particular being almost completely covered in them.

One of the Cavern of Ice floors features a puzzle where players must speak with beavers and direct them to the left or right per the random quota of an old NPC in order to proceed. The Western Keep map is filled with fixed NPC encounters in addition to random encounters, while in the swamp the party must speak to each soul of the departed in order to proceed, two of these being the bosses Astos and Vampire which will attack the party. Feyhome is filled with fairy NPCs that upon (optionally) speaking with them can either fully restore the party's HP and MP or reduce them to 1. All of these maps still feature random encounters in addition to their other objectives.

Five maps are non-combat floors, featuring no encounters but additional objectives in order to proceed. This includes one of the Cavern of Earth floors, where the party must decipher the brogue of a group of dwarves in order to deliver the correct items to each of them in order to proceed. In an abandoned desert town filled with robots, the party must speak with the lone active robot and then find parts from the broken down robots to repair its friend. In a town filled with with children, the party is tasked with finding a child of a randomly selected hair color, made more difficult by the doors of the town acting as non-linear portals to other parts of the town. Finally, two of the non-combat floors are fairly standard towns, complete with inns and vendors, making for a much-needed respite in the lengthy dungeon.

Floor B30 is also a unique boss floor where it begins in a town full of the undead instead of a standard boss floor. The party must speak with the guard on the center island to gain access to the actual boss room. Defeating the boss will lift the curse on the town, returning the townsfolk to life, though it sadly features no amenities. Access to the next floor becomes available in the northeast of the town only after defeating the boss.

Shops[]

Two of the floors feature villages complete with shops.

Mage village[]

The village filled with mages features a static purchase list, where the party purchase every magic spell from the variety of White and Black Wizards (each wizard carrying four spells), while the Red Wizards will sell the player weapons, armor, or items.

Weapon shop

Name	Cost
Wizard's Staff	50,000
Thor's Hammer	40,000
Healing Staff	25,000
Mage's Staff	25,000
Light Axe	10,000

Armor shop

Name	Cost
White Robe	25,000
Black Robe	25,000
Protect Cloak	20,000
Protect Ring	16,000
Gauntlets	15,000

Item shop

Name	Cost
Light Curtain	1,000
Red Curtain	300
White Curtain	300
Blue Curtain	300
Lunar Curtain	500

Level 1 black magic shop

Name	Cost
Fire	50
Sleep	50
Focus	50
Thunder	50

Level 2 black magic shop

Name	Cost
Blizzard	250
Dark	250
Temper	250
Slow	250

Level 3 black magic shop

Name	Cost
Fira	1,000
Hold	1,000
Thundara	1,000
Focara	1,000

Level 4 black magic shop

Name	Cost
Sleepra	2,500
Haste	2,500
Confuse	2,500
Blizzara	2,500

Level 5 black magic shop

Name	Cost
Firaga	4,000
Scourge	4,000
Teleport	4,000
Slowra	4,000

Level 6 black magic shop

Name	Cost
Thundaga	13,000
Death	13,000
Quake	13,000
Stun	13,000

Level 7 black magic shop

Name	Cost
Blizzaga	30,000
Break	30,000
Saber	30,000
Blind	30,000

Level 8 black magic shop

Name	Cost
Flare	40,000
Stop	40,000
Warp	40,000
Kill	40,000

Level 1 white magic shop

Name	Cost
Cure	50
Dia	50
Protect	50
Blink	50

Level 2 white magic shop

Name	Cost
Blindna	250
Silence	250
NulShock	250
Invis	250

Level 3 white magic shop

Name	Cost
Cura	1,000
Diara	1,000
NulBlaze	1,000
Heal	1,000

Level 4 white magic shop

Name	Cost
Poisona	2,500
Fear	2,500
NulFrost	2,500
Vox	2,500

Level 5 white magic shop

Name	Cost
Curaga	4,000
Life	4,000
Diaga	4,000
Healara	4,000

Level 6 black magic shop

Name	Cost
Stone	13,000
Exit	13,000
Protera	13,000
Invisira	13,000

Level 7 white magic shop

Name	Cost
Curaja	30,000
Diaja	30,000
NulDeath	30,000
Healaga	30,000

Level 8 white magic shop

Name	Cost
Full-Life	40,000
Holy	40,000
NulAll	40,000
Dispel	40,000

River village[]

The river village contains only a single shop. However, its inventory changes depending on which floor it is encountered on.

B1-9

Name	Cost
Duel Rapier	75,900
Gladius	73,900
Bard's Tunic	67,300
Hi-Potion	150
Protect Drink	1,000

B11-19

Name	Cost
Viking Axe	43,300
Mage Masher	69,700
Sage's Surplice	70,000
Turbo Ether	500
Phoenix Down	500

B21-29

Name	Cost
Kotetsu	55,900
Kenpogi	61,200
Zephyr Cape	51,000
Wizard's Hat	46,600
Remedy	1,500

B31-39

Name	Cost
War Hammer	38,000
Ogrekiller	37,100
Sage's Mitre	45,200
Elven Cloak	55,800
Hermes' Shoe	6,500

Items[]

Treasure lists are static on each floor. The number of chests each floor has varies with up to five chests, and these are randomly sorted for each run. The flooded Western Keep map features an additional five chests for a total of ten, with the five extra chests having their own loot table separate from the chests than normally appear on every floor. Floor B40 additionally features a static chest behind Death Gaze that always contains the Ultima Weapon.

Floor	Treasure	Undead Castle Treasure
1	Blue Fang, 2500 gil, Tiger Mask, Spider's Silk, Golden Apple, Stamina Plus	Turbo Ether, Hermes' Shoes, Protect Drink, Genji Helm
2	Cockatrice Claw, Hermes' Shoes, Protect Drink, Spider's Silk, Light Curtain, Silver Apple	Mind Plus, Giant's Tonic, Strength Tonic, Elixir
3	Soma Drop, Turbo Ether, Luck Plus, Speed Drink, Potion, Phoenix Down	White Fang, Speed Plus, Remedy, Crystal Mail
4	Ether, Faerie Tonic, X-Potion, Vampire Fang, 600 gil, White Curtain	Spider's Silk, Dry Ether, Emergency Exit, Ogrekiller
5	Phoenix Down, Remedy, Hi-Potion, Stamina Plus, Blue Curtain, Golden Apple	Giant's Tonic, Speed Drink, Soma Drop, Dark Claymore
6	100 gil, Eye Drops, 120 gil, Phoenix Down, Echo Grass, Power Plus	Turbo Ether, Mind Plus, Megalixir, Bard's Tunic
7	Soma Drop, Red Curtain, Hi-Potion, Protect Drink, Red Fang, Wizard's Hat	Silver Apple, Hermes' Shoes, Elixir, Speed Plus
8	Phoenix Down, Spider's Silk, Faerie Tonic, Ether, Emergency Exit, 2400 gil	X-Potion, Silver Apple, Power Plus, Black Cowl
9	Stamina Plus, Eye Drops, Turbo Ether, 14000 gil, White Fang, Hermes' Shoes	Mind Plus, Soma Drop, Lunar Curtain, Enhancer
10	—	—
11	Ether, Hi-Potion, Echo Grass, Protect Drink, Luck Plus, Hermes' Shoes	Light Curtain, Strength Tonic, Spider's Silk, Orichalcum
12	Eye Drops, 132 gil, Megalixir, Hi-Potion, Spider's Silk, Power Plus	Remedy, White Fang, Golden Apple, Soma Drop
13	Strength Tonic, Giant's Tonic, X-Potion, Stamina Plus, 240 gil, Ether	Dry Ether, Elixir, Light Robe, Mage Masher
14	Red Fang, Turbo Ether, Emergency Exit, Speed Drink, Silver Apple, Light Curtain	Speed Plus, Spider's Silk, Blue Curtain, Crystal Helm
15	X-Potion, Cockatrice Claw, Power Plus, Hermes' Shoes, Remedy, White Fang	Elixir, Giant's Tonic, Ogrekiller, Power Plus
16	Faerie Tonic, Protect Drink, Lunar Curtain, Spider's Silk, Ether, X-Potion	Luck Plus, Mind Plus, Silver Apple, Thief's Armlet
17	Red Curtain, Remedy, Speed Drink, Phoenix Down, Turbo Ether, Vampire Fang	Soma Drop, Elixir, Elven Cloak, Assassin Dagger
18	Speed Plus, Blue Fang, Potion, Phoenix Down, Turbo Ether, Golden Apple	N/A (Hermes' Shoes, Megalixir, X-Potion, Bard's Tunic)
19	Soma Drop, Golden Apple, Eye Drops, 110 gil, White Fang, White Curtain	Elixir, Blue Fang, 20000 gil, Gladius
20	—	—
21	Speed Plus, Speed Drink, Echo Grass, Luck Plus, Giant's Tonic, Soma Drop	Hi-Potion, Dry Ether, Elixir, Red Cap
22	560 gil, Potion, Remedy, Mind Plus, Light Curtain, Faerie Tonic	Hermes' Shoes, Silver Apple, Golden Apple, Blue Curtain
23	Wizard's Hat, X-Potion, Protect Drink, Emergency Exit, Strength Tonic, Phoenix Down	Soma Drop, Stamina Plus, Phoenix Down, Crystal Gloves
24	Hi-Potion, Cockatrice Claw, Mind Plus, Lunar Curtain, Spider's Silk, Speed Drink	Golden Apple, Power Plus, Remedy, Braveheart
25	6300 gil, Potion, Turbo Ether, Power Plus, Soma Drop, Vampire Fang	Phoenix Down, Hi-Potion, Elixir, Genji Armor
26	White Fang, Eye Drops, Elixir, Speed Drink, Emergency Exit, X-Potion	Giant's Tonic, Light Curtain, Hermes' Shoes, Sage's Staff
27	2600 gil, Stamina Plus, Strength Tonic, White Curtain, Blue Curtain, Hi-Potion	Mind Plus, Elixir, Soma Drop, Crystal Shield
28	Faerie Tonic, Golden Apple, Megalixir, Spider's Silk, Ether, Remedy	Hermes' Shoes, Giant's Tonic, Luck Plus, Kotetsu
29	X-Potion, Phoenix Down, Echo Grass, Protect Drink, Hermes' Shoes, Dry Ether	Speed Drink, Red Fang, Elixir, Black Garb
30	—	—
31	Turbo Ether, Golden Apple, Lunar Curtain, Power Plus, Remedy, White Fang	Emergency Exit, Elixir, Kenpogi, Ogrekiller
32	Soma Drop, Hi-Potion, 63000 gil, Faerie Tonic, Speed Drink, Phoenix Down	Blue Curtain, Speed Plus, Elixir, Red Jacket
33	Giant's Tonic, Light Curtain, Phoenix Down, Mind Plus, Red Curtain, X-Potion	Hermes' Shoes, Turbo Ether, Emergency Exit, Angel's Ring^{[note 1]}
34	Elixir, 120 gil, Stamina Plus, Cockatrice Claw, Ether, Strength Tonic	23000 gil, X-Potion, Golden Apple, Rune Axe
35	Zephyr Cape, Soma Drop, Silver Apple, Hermes' Shoes, Luck Plus, Blue Curtain	Speed Plus, Megalixir, Blue Fang, Black Garb
36	Eye Drops, 26464 gil, Hi-Potion, Dry Ether, Phoenix Down, Viking Axe	Giant's Tonic, X-Potion, Elixir, Sage's Mitre
37	Potion, Power Plus, Speed Drink, Ether, Phoenix Down, Red Fang	Elixir, Mind Plus, Soma Drop, Gladius
38	White Fang, Emergency Exit, Speed Plus, Echo Grass, Dry Ether, Silver Apple	X-Potion, Cockatrice Claw, Megalixir, Duel Rapier
39	Soma Drop, Megalixir, Giant's Tonic, Faerie Tonic, Remedy, Golden Apple	Light Curtain, Phoenix Down, Asura, Kikuichimonji
40	Ultima Weapon	—

Encounters[]

Encounters (random floors)				Area
B1-9	B11-19	B21-29	B31-39	Area
[18/64] Python x3-7 [15/64] Catoblepas x1-2 [12/64] Black Goblin x1-5 [12/64] Python x2-6 [7/64] Gloom Widow x4-8	[12/64] Black Goblin x1-5 [12/64] Python x2-6 [12/64] Python x3-7 [12/64] Catoblepas x1-2 [6/64] Gloom Widow x4-8 [6/64] Elm Gigas x1-2 [3/64] Dark Elemental x1 [1/64] Yellow Ogre x1-4	[15/64] Black Goblin x0-5, Dark Wolf x1-3, Elm Gigas x0-2, Catoblepas x0-2 [12/64] Elm Gigas x1-2 [12/64] Dark Elemental x1 [12/64] Yellow Ogre x1-4 [7/64] Black Goblin x1-4, Knocker x0-2 [6/64] Red Flan x2-5, Gloom Widow x0-5	[15/64] Dark Wolf x2-5 [12/64] Knocker x1-5 [12/64] Squidraken x2-4 [12/64] Earth Troll x1-2 [6/64] Earth Troll x1-2, Sekhret x0-1 [6/64] Rock Gargoyle x3-8 [1/64] Sekhret x1-2	Cavern of Earth
[18/64] Black Goblin x1-5 [18/64] Gloom Widow x1-3 [15/64] Gloom Widow x2-4 [13/64] Revenant x1-5	[18/64] Black Goblin x1-5 [15/64] Gloom Widow x1-3 [12/64] Gloom Widow x2-4 [12/64] Revenant x1-5 [7/64] Elm Gigas x1-3	[39/64] Elm Gigas x1-3 [18/64] Reaper x1-5, Revenant x0-3 [7/64] Elm Gigas x1, Dark Wolf x0-2	[12/64] Poison Eagle x4-8 [12/64] Knocker x1-5 [12/64] Dark Wolf x3-7 [12/64] Squidraken x1-3 [6/64] Reaper x2-6 [6/64] Black Dragon x1-2 [3/64] Undergrounder x1 [1/64] Squidraken x3-7	Cavern of Ice
[21/64] Skuldier x2-4 [18/64] Black Goblin x1-5 [13/64] Gloom Widow x1-3 [12/64] Desertpede x2-4	[18/64] Black Goblin x1-5 [15/64] Yellow Ogre x1-2 [12/64] Desertpede x2-4 [12/64] Skuldier x2-4 [7/64] Gloom Widow x1-3	[24/64] Bonesnatch x1, Skuldier x2-4, Flood Gigas x1 [18/64] Yellow Ogre x1-2 [12/64] Black Goblin x1-4, Knocker x0-2 [6/64] Bonesnatch x1-2, Skuldier x2-4 [4/64] Skuldier x3-5, Flood Gigas x0-2	[15/64] Bonesnatch x1-3 [13/64] Mad Ogre x1 [12/64] Knocker x1-5 [12/64] Reaper x2-4 [6/64] Devil Wizard x1 [6/64] Rock Gargoyle x2-3	Feyhome
[24/64] Black Goblin x1-5 [13/64] Gloom Widow x4-8 [12/64] Python x2-6 [9/64] Catoblepas x1-2 [6/64] Python x3-7	[12/64] Elm Gigas x1-2 [12/64] Catoblepas x1-2 [12/64] Gloom Widow x4-8 [12/64] Black Goblin x1-5 [6/64] Yellow Ogre x1-4 [6/64] Python x2-6 [4/64] Dark Elemental x1	[12/64] Black Goblin x0-5, Dark Wolf x1-3, Elm Gigas x0-2, Catoblepas x0-2 [12/64] Red Flan x2-5, Gloom Widow x0-5 [12/64] Black Goblin x1-4, Knocker x0-2 [12/64] Elm Gigas x1-2 [12/64] Dark Elemental x1 [4/64] Yellow Ogre x1-4	[12/64] Knocker x1-5 [12/64] Earth Troll x1-2, Sekhret x0-1 [12/64] Squidraken x2-4 [12/64] Earth Troll x1-2 [7/64] Sekhret x1-2 [6/64] Dark Wolf x2-5 [3/64] Rock Gargoyle x3-8	Floating Continent
[45/64] Black Goblin x1-5 [19/64] Death Elemental x2-4	[30/64] Black Goblin x1-5 [27/64] Death Elemental x2-4 [7/64] Death Manticore x3-4	[24/64] Duel Knight x1, Unicorn x1-2 [18/64] Death Manticore x3-4 [12/64] Knocker x1-5 [6/64] Duel Knight x2-5 [3/64] Devil Wizard x1-2 [1/64] Prototype x1	[12/64] Earth Plant x1-2 [12/64] Devil Wizard x1-2 [12/64] Duel Knight x2-5 [12/64] Bloody Eye x1 [6/64] Mage Chimera x1 [6/64] Prototype x1 [3/64] Mythril Golem x1 [1/64] Yamatano Orochi x1-2	Flying Fortress
[27/64] Black Goblin x1-5 [19/64] Wild Nakk x4-8 [18/64] Gloom Widow x1-3	[24/64] Black Goblin x1-5 [24/64] Wild Nakk x4-8 [6/64] Gloom Widow x1-3 [6/64] Blood Tiger x1-3 [4/64] Yellow Dragon x1	[24/64] Blood Tiger x1-3 [24/64] Yellow Dragon x1 [9/64] Poison Eagle x4-8 [6/64] Knocker x1-5 [1/64] Pharaoh x1-2	[24/64] Knocker x1-5 [18/64] Poison Eagle x4-8 [15/64] Mad Ogre x1 [7/64] Pharaoh x1-2	Giant's Cave Waterfall Cavern
[18/64] Black Goblin x1-5 [18/64] Desertpede x2-4 [15/64] Skuldier x2-4 [13/64] Revenant x2-3	[18/64] Desertpede x2-4 [15/64] Skuldier x2-4 [13/64] Yellow Ogre x1-2 [12/64] Black Goblin x1-5 [6/64] Revenant x2-3	[25/64] Yellow Ogre x1-2 [18/64] Black Goblin x1-4, Knocker x0-2 [12/64] Bonesnatch x1-2, Skuldier x2-4 [6/64] Bonesnatch x1, Skuldier x2-4, Flood Gigas x1 [3/64] Skuldier x3-5, Flood Gigas x0-2	[24/64] Knocker x1-5 [12/64] Reaper x2-4 [12/64] Rock Gargoyle x2-3 [9/64] Bonesnatch x1-3 [7/64] Mad Ogre x1	Marsh Cave
[45/64] Black Goblin x1-5 [19/64] Catoblepas x1-3	[15/64] Black Goblin x1-5 [12/64] Catoblepas x1-3 [12/64] Devil Hound x1 [12/64] Devil Hound x1-2 [6/64] Hundlegs x1-4 [6/64] Dark Elemental x1-2 [1/64] Silver Dragon x1	[12/64] Dark Elemental x1-2 [12/64] Devil Hound x1 [12/64] Devil Hound x1-2 [12/64] Hundlegs x1-4 [6/64] Silver Dragon x1 [6/64] Knocker x1-5 [3/64] Red Flan x3-6 [1/64] Rock Gargoyle x2-5	[24/64] Knocker x1-5 [12/64] Red Flan x3-6 [12/64] Rock Gargoyle x2-5 [12/64] Flare Gigas x1-2 [3/64] Sekhret x1-2 [1/64] Yamatano Orochi x1	Mount Gulg
[Boss] Astos [Boss] Vampire [33/64] Revenant x1-5 [31/64] Revenant x2-3	[Boss] Astos [Boss] Vampire [33/64] Dark Elemental x1 [31/64] Dark Elemental x1-2	[Boss] Astos [Boss] Vampire [18/64] Bonesnatch x1, Skuldier x2-4, Flood Gigas x1 [18/64] Bonesnatch x1-2, Skuldier x2-4 [15/64] Bonesnatch x1-3 [13/64] Bonesnatch x2-4	[Boss] Astos [Boss] Vampire [64/64] Reaper x2-4	Swamp
[Fixed] Devil Wizard x1 [Fixed] Pharaoh x1 [Fixed] Revenant x1-5 [18/64] Black Goblin x1-5 [18/64] Desertpede x2-4 [15/64] Skuldier x2-4 [13/64] Revenant x2-3	[Fixed] Devil Wizard x1 [Fixed] Pharaoh x1 [Fixed] Revenant x1-5 [18/64] Desertpede x2-4 [15/64] Skuldier x2-4 [13/64] Yellow Ogre x1-2 [12/64] Black Goblin x1-5 [6/64] Revenant x2-3	[Fixed] Devil Wizard x1 [Fixed] Pharaoh x1 [Fixed] Revenant x1-5 [25/64] Yellow Ogre x1-2 [18/64] Black Goblin x1-4, Knocker x0-2 [12/64] Bonesnatch x1-2, Skuldier x2-4 [6/64] Bonesnatch x1, Skuldier x2-4, Flood Gigas x1 [3/64] Skuldier x3-5, Flood Gigas x0-2	[Fixed] Devil Wizard x1 [Fixed] Pharaoh x1 [Fixed] Revenant x1-5 [24/64] Knocker x1-5 [12/64] Reaper x2-4 [12/64] Rock Gargoyle x2-3 [6/64] Mad Ogre x1 [6/64] Duel Knight x1-2 [3/64] Bonesnatch x1-3 [1/64] Holy Dragon x2-4	Western Keep
Encounters (fixed floors)				Area
[Boss] Typhon				B10
[Boss] Orthros				B20
[Boss] Phantom Train				B30
[Boss] Death Gaze				B40

Surrounding region[]

Whisperwind Cove falls within the Cavern of Ice encounter region.

Encounter	Areas
[24/64] Goblin Guard x2-5, Werewolf x0-2 [12/64] Ogre x1-2 [12/64] Ghast x1-4 [6/64] Warg Wolf x2-5, Wolf x0-3 [6/64] Tarantula x1-4 [3/64] Ogre Chief x1, Ogre x1-2 [1/64] Scorpion x2-4	Land
[24/64] Hydra x1-2, Crocodile x0-3 [18/64] Piranha x0-2, Crocodile x0-2, Ochu x1, Hydra x0-1 [12/64] Neochu x1 [9/64] White Croc x1-2, Red Piranha x0-3 [1/64] White Croc x1, Red Piranha x1-4	Rivers

Musical themes[]

"Dead Music"

In the 20th Anniversary version, a remix of the Final Fantasy VI boss battle theme plays while fighting the bosses in this dungeon.

"Dead Music" is the background theme for the village cursed by the Phantom Train.

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Maps[]

Notes[]

↑ Due to a programming oversight, the Western Keep map can never spawn on the 33rd floor. As this is the only possible way to obtain the Angel's Ring, the Ring is thus unobtainable.

[1] Due to a programming oversight, the Western Keep map can never spawn on the 33rd floor. As this is the only possible way to obtain the Angel's Ring, the Ring is thus unobtainable.

[note 1]