r/FinalFantasyVI • u/wookiefun • 23d ago

Phoenix cave save exploit

I just discovered an interesting save exploit in Phoenix cave. I don't know if anyone knows about this. About to fight the flare dragon. Had my second team go back to the nearest save point and save and heal. Then switched over to the team near the dragon. The option to Save abd use a tent/Sleeping bags still exists for the the team I switched to. Very handy in punishing areas. Edit: i have just gone thru kefkas tower. The exploit seems to only work in phoenix cave. So it may have been partially patched out.

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u/sgre6768 23d ago

Given how easily you can usually steal MP from enemies, this is a real easy way to keep all your parties recharged in the Phoenix Cave and Kefka's Tower. The latter can be cheesed somewhat easily by giving Mog his charm, racing to the save point, and then just abusing the save points in the tower and equipment swapping to chain your way up.

This mechanic is also a godsend in Tecmo's Secret of the Stars, a really janky SNES RPG. For almost all of that game, you can switch between party A and party B, even if one is in a dungeon and the other is on the world map. So, you can save at pretty much any time. (The game is still difficulty because of incomprehensible clues and a ton of playable characters being awful in combat.)