If you attack him by any means, he will Run Away.
He will then say he is hungry and wants food. When you slay all the enemies, there is a chance Gau will appear (See the Leap portion of the next section for more details). These also include enemies in areas are no longer accessible, such as the enemies on the Phantom Train or World of Balance World Map when you are in the World of Ruin. The enemies you face will consist of previously encountered enemies and their formations (mechanics will be further explained in the Veldt Batlle Formations seection), including Surrounded and Pincer Attack formations. The overworld theme will then change to Wild West while you wander the Veldt. You can name him whatever and he runs off to the Veldt Badlands. After surviving the encounter and washing up ashore in The Veldt, Gau will appear.
In Sabin's Scenario, you will eventually have to face a series of Opinicus Fish and a Rhizopas boss.
You can download the font file and instructions to replace it here. On an off note, I call this the Gau Bible because I refer to him as God Emperor Gau and his teammates are nothing more than his disciples or librarians smiting those who dare challenge the presence of the one, true God.įinally, if you notice in my Attacks section and my videos that my font for the game is different from yours, this is because I changed the font to Book Antiqua Bold. This guide is indeed massive and it is a lot easier when multiple eyes pick up on mistakes. The guide's length is both a side effect of being thorough and to prevent 20 questions from being asked later.Īlso, if see any mistakes or have any suggestions to improve the quality of this guide, post them in the Comments section. However, I suggest you still give a Gau a try when you can, even if you must use his OP Rages to do so. If you wish to play to collect the Rages, you can still use this guide, follow the Walkthrough and use the provided checklist in the Appendix section. I will warn you that this guide is not only for those who wish to acquire all 253 Rages, but it will also be more centralized on using Gau in actual combat and enjoying it rather than seeing him as a tedious chore to complete.
With 253 Rages in this game, this can definitely be troublesome to some players, especially those starting out or even late game when your Rage Menu gets massive and full of options. If you want to be a Gau player, you will also need to have some general idea on which Rage does what and their general strengths and weaknesses. Death or Poison can heal Undead or you can utilize absorptions as an alternative to heal). However, you can easily adapt with the correct Rage choices, put up safeguards through equipment, or use alternatives to maintain them in battle (eg.
Whatever the reason, the Gau Bible is here for you.Īfter completing the game 5 times now, I used Sabin almost religiously. Or maybe you are a returning fan and you are sick of using Stray Cat and want a new use for him. Why am I even using him!?" and then you notice there is an achievement called King of Beasts on the card (get all 253 Rages).
If you are reading this, you are either using Gau and want a little more information on how to use him correctly or you just got him and you want to get an idea of how he works.