Final Fantasy VIII Tips & Tricks

Place the game disc in an audio CD player and play track two to hear the song "Eyes On Me" by Faye Wong.

Since the enemies level up as you do, try to keep your level as low as possible for easier battles. As long as your magic is good, defeating your opponents will not be a problem. Draw high level magic when your level is low to increase your status.

Find Adamantoise on the beach west of Dollet.

Talk to Cid as soon as you get your rank reports from you SeeD field test to get the Battle Meter.

Go to Island Closest To Hell and fight Greendels (yellow and green things with a tail blade).

Card Mod a Laguna Card to get 100 Heroes. These are especially helpful against Omega Weapon and Ultimecia.

To get a Mega Phoenix, you must have GF Alexander and the ability Level Medicine-RF. Refine 50 Phoenix into one Mega Phoenix.

To get Pulse Ammo for Squall's best weapon, The Lionheart, and Irvine's best Limit Break bullets, go to the forest outside of Edea's orphanage and battle a Blitz. Mug him and you will receive a Power Generator. Use Ifrit's Ammo RF and change the Power Generator into 20 Pulse Ammo.

To get 100 Rosetta Stones, collect 100 Curse Spikes and refine them into 100 Dark Matter. Then refine 100 Dark Matter into 100 Shaman Stones. Finally, refine the 100 Shaman Stones into 100 Rosetta Stones.

Battle T-Rexaur and after awhile you should obtain enough Star Fragments to remodel all the weapons that require it.