Sora's saga continues with another giant Kingdom Hearts RPG on the PS2. Of course, he's not alone. Joining him on his quest are Donald, Goofy, King Mickey, and IGN Guides. If you're looking for help saving Kairi from the Heartless and ruthless Organization XIII, you've come to the right place. Take a look inside IGN's Kingdom Hearts II guide for a detailed walkthrough, help getting started, and an instructions on how to get past those side quests. Think of our guide as the Keyblade to unlocking the secrets of the Keyblade.

Look inside the guide for:

• Basics: We'll get you off on the right path with info on Abilities and Drive Forms.
• Walkthrough: The entire main quest told the way only IGN can.
• Side Missions: They're not necessary, but you'll want to do these quests.
• Secrets: Hints and unlockables for those that need extra help.

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You must finish the fight with Axel in Twilight Town.

You must beat Sephiroth, the optional boss at Hollow Bastion.

You must beat Barbossa at Port Royal.

You must beat Hades in the 'Underworld' section of Olympus Coliseum.

Speak to Yuna after beating Hades in the 'Underworld' section.

Beat the Hydra at Olympus Coliseum.

Beat Shan-Yu in The Land of Dragons.

You have to beat the Test Subject in Halloween Town.

Defeat Pete at Timeless River.

You must finish Sora's first visit to Twilight Town.

You must beat Xigbar in The World that Never Was.

You must finish the Space Paranoids.

You must talk to Beast after returning to Beast's Castle.

You must to Ansem's study in Hollow Bastion.

You must finish the 'Spooky Cave' Mini-Game in the Hundred-Acre Wood.

You must beat Jafar in Agrabah.

You must finish Chapter 3 of Atlantica.

You must get the Ultima Recipe in the basement of the mansion in Twilight Town. Once that's done, you can use the Moogle Shops to synthesize the keychain.

You must get Valor Form at The Mysterious Tower.

Finish all the worlds and Jiminy's Journal if you're in "standard mode," or just finish all of the worlds in you're in "proud mode."

You can pick it up in the 100 Acre Wood world. It'll become available after the second cutscene.

You have to beat the Volcano and Blizzard Lord.

Once you acquire Master Form, you'll find it in the hallway to the computer room in Hollow Bastion.

After the second visit to Port Royal, you'll find it in the ship grevayard.

You must obtain Level 1 with S, A, or B Ranks.

• Cactuar S-Rank: The Broken Highway Mission 2
• Cait Sith S-Rank: The Sunlight Storm Mission 2
• Chocobo S-Rank: The Ancient Highway Mission 2
• Fenrir S-Rank: The Assault of the Dreadnought Mission 2
• Highwind Model S-Rank: The Asteroid Sweep Mission 2
• Kingdom Model S-Rank: The Asteroid Sweep Mission 2
• Mandragora S-Rank: The Floating Island Mission 2
• Moogle S-Rank: The Splash Island Mission 2
• Mushroom Model S-Rank: The Assault of the Dreadnought Mission 1
• PuPu S-Rank: The Stardust Sweep Mission 2
• Secret Model S-Rank: The Assault of the Dreadnought Mission 3
• Tonberry S-Rank: The Phantom Storm Mission 2

Get through Level 1 and 2 with S, A, or B Ranks.

You must achieve a Metal Level of Level 30.

Max out all four drive forms and summons to level 7.

You must win the previous cups and beat the first fight with Xemnas.

You can find it in the Disney Castle's Library.

You can find it in the Hallow Bastion at the Crystal Fissure.

You can find it in Agrabah at the Tower.

You can find it at the Land of the Dragons in the Throne Room.

You can find it in the Pride Lands at the Oasis.

All you have to do seal all Keyholes.

You Form levels must be at Lv. 5, except Final Form. You must also unlock Paradox Cup: Pain and Panic.

Your Summon level should be at Lv. 5 and have the Paradox: Cup Pain and Panic unlocked.

You must complete the Olympus Coliseum for the second time.

You must complete Disney Castle for the first time.

For Forms you get later, there is a quicker way to refill up the Drive Gauge. First, once the Drive Gauge fills up, do a Drive as usual. Before the Drive Gauge goes to empty, use a save point to exit out to the WorldMap. Come back and your Drive Gauge should be back to Max.

For a second way, it is with Olympus Coliseum later on. Enter and Exit out one of the Tournaments, your Drive Gauge will also be Max, regardless what you had.

That means if you have an empty Drive Gauge, you can fill it up to Max with the second way. Remember, later on, Summonings also require Drive Gauge and that means this is pretty handy.

After you get the Ukelele Charm near the Computer Room in Hollow Bastion, go to any Underworld Coliseum Match and Summon Stitch. The second you do, wait for Ohana to appear in the Limit space. Use it, and use the square button command four times. Then, while there is still time, use the TRIANGLE command. After it's over, you will have time to use it again. When you are done, you will see you have a lot of points, but no monster is dead.

You might think it's useless, but if you want to see the Secret Ending in Normal Mode, then you'll almost need this trick for some of the matches to complete the insane amount of points you need to complete the Olympus Coliseum part of Jiminy's Journal.

Easily level up Master Form by going to the corridors outside Ansem's Lab. Leave Ansem's Lab and go to the first main room. Three Crimson Jazz enemies should appear. Change to the Master Form, beat the enemies, and collect the orbs they drop and keep moving to the other enemies. It's possible to kill them all within the same change. When you Drive Gauge depletes, go to Olympus for a recharge. You can find seven Crimson Jazz enemies for a total of 70 to 80 XP each time.

Max out the level of your summoning and all your drives (including the Final Form).

Synthesis materials a must if you want the Ultima Weapon or any of several extremely useful items. If you are having a hard time collecting enough materials for synthesis, try to put both Donald and Goofy into your party, then equip Sora, Donald, and Goofy with the "Lucky Lucky" ability (5 AP to equip, Sora won't acquire it until lvl.99 if you chose the staff with Roxas after meeting Namine).

Equip them with the weapons that have the "Lucky Lucky" ability: Sora- Sweet Memories keyblade (100-Acre Wood), Donald - Meteor Staff, Goofy - Genji Shield (Olympus Colussium). Finally, equip one of the three with the Lucky Ring accessory for a total of 7 Lucky-Luckys. Enemies should drop items at a far greater rate, sometimes even two items at once.

You'll receive these items when you complete 100 Acre Wood.

Finish the Atlantica side mission.

A good way to get Orichalcums is to find the Bulky Vendors. They go in a loop from planet to planet. Look in these planets to see which one you first find a Bulky Vendor in:

Agrabah ... in the Bazaar
Halloween Town ... Yuletide Hill
Beast Castle ... West Hall
The Land of Dragons ... Checkpoint
Olympus Coliseum ... Entrance to Cave of The Dead

Start with the planet you first found a Bulky Vendor and go down this list. Once it ends go back to the top. Orichalcums can help you make the Ultima Weapon. This system also helps you get eperiance points because Bulky Vendors give you 1100 exp. each! You might not get Orchalcums on the first try. But keep doing this and you will get Orchalcums!

Having trouble with Cloud, Leon, Yuffi and Tifa? Well here's a little tip that will garantee victory in a matter of minutes or seconds if done correctly. Simply put Reflega into your quick command display (any button will do) and cast the spell at the very beginning of the match.

All four will attack you, and the damage reflected is immense. Once your magic or health begins to get too low, simply glide to an empty side of the field and use a Hi-potion or ether. This way might be the cheapest way to win, but is very effective.

After beating Scar and finishing Pride Lands for a second time there will be several Rapid Thruster heartless on the Peak each time you return there. These will give you 56 experience points a piece and are easy level-ups for levels 60 and lower.

To get more Rapid Thrusters to appear, all you must do is go back into the King's Den and then go directly back to the Peak. There will be another swarm of Rapid Thrusters there (all of which you can defeat for experience points unlike other scenarios where there are many Rapid Thrusters that can not be defeated. NOTE: Not all Rapid Thrusters will be open to attack all at once, more will become attackable as more are defeated).

You can also use the Thunder and Magnet magic options (or upgraded versions of them) as these will make the process quicker. They will also drop lots of magic orbs which will quickly refill your magic guage if you run around collecting the dropped orbs.

Submitted by a_guy_named_me (tall_one37)

You need not to be lv 99! and have all the growth abilities( but they sure help)!! you'll need a big defence status. also remove any lucky lucky and drive abilities but leave trinity limit!(sora can perform the limit alone) AS shortcuts i recommend hi-potions, elixirs, reflega , curaga(seph. is immune to elemental spells like blizzaga) AS a keyblade i strictly recommend the ultima weapon(for it's ability!)

the battle: sephiroth will start with a FLASH, one of his devestating atttacks! be sure to press triangle immediately! after s. will begin a combo and hurls you in the air! DO NOT PREESS NOTHING!! when an orb appears press square( retalating slash) and begin your combo. after a few minutes s. will summon dark orbs in the arena which will stay stationary for a few seconds, be sure to use reflega on them! s. usually uses his ultimate attack! you can identify it because he floats and says SIN HEARTLESS ANGEL! jump(double jump) or use trinity limit yo stop it. s. also has his pillars of flame( he says PERISH NOW!) run away!!! then after some damage s. will have a pink glow(Safer mode i think) keep away from him as s. will get stronger!

If you need a specific Nobody or Heartless (except for bosses) to appear for experience or for synthesis items, simply defeat one batch of them and then proceed to a save point that has access to the World Map and gummi routes. Then, go back to that world (or wherever else you may need to) and all heartless / nobodies will reappear there in their original number.

For example, go to the Proof of Existence save point in The World That Never Was. From there, go to the balcony in The Hall of Empty Melodies where there are some nobodies. Once those are defeated, go back to Proof of Existence and go to the World Map. Then go directly back to the balcony of Hall of Empty Melodies and they will appear there again.