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The One Ring achievement in FFIX

The One Ring

Obtain Madain's Ring via mining.

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How to unlock the The One Ring achievement

  • chmccarthychmccarthy
    27 Feb 2019 27 Feb 2019
    -Missable Achievement-

    This is done in Fossil Roo, in the second area, (Just right of the Fossil Roo/Cavern. Your menu will call this Fossil Roo/Mining site) there is a miner that will let you mine if you trade him a potion. Up in the top right hand corner of the map, is where you dig out Kuppo for another achievement. You can buy potions from Kuppo if you've ran out.

    The ring isn't in an exact specific location due to the fact that this mini game is based on a random number generator. I found the best method was to pause, and press RB to turn on High Speed Mode. While this mode is on, move to either the upper floor, or bottom and mash A or X when the exclamation point shows. Hit it about 5-10 times, and if you don't find anything, move to another location and repeat. You will either find, ore, hi-potions, or Madian's Ring (which is rare).

    On average, you will find about 4 to 5 items before items basically stop spawning. If none of them are Madian's Ring, walk to the edge of the map, and tell the miner you are done mining. Walk through to another room, and phase back to Fossil Roo/Mining site, trade another potion and go back at it. The key is to change the map, because this resets the treasures.

    I put on youtube videos and went to town, moving every-time I heard the item collection ding. Eventually getting it. Mind you, because it is random, this could take quite a few tries. But with super speed on, it'll make the search bearable.

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    DUBBLEUPThank you! It took me about 8 refreshes
    Posted by DUBBLEUP on 27 Sep 20 at 20:46
    MF LightsAdding some flavor to this. I tested this pretty thoroughly and can confirm chmccarthy's findings above. To make life a bit easier, I noticed there seem to be 5 minable zones on the top and 3 on the bottom of the pillar. You can easily identify them using the wooden slats on the ground you walk on. You will notice they are made of horizontal boards bound by rope and the rope is next to the edge of each wooden section. These are the zones. Stand in the middle of each zone, mine 10 times. If you get nothing, move to the next zone. You get as he said, 4-5 items per run. If you get 5 items before trying all 8 zones, dont bother continuing. Zone out and back in, rinse a repeat.
    Posted by MF Lights on 24 Apr 23 at 23:34
    MF LightsCorrection to the above, I was able to get a 6th item in a single go, so maybe best to mine all 8 spots each time.
    Posted by MF Lights on 25 Apr 23 at 02:02
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  • TG Airborne 88TG Airborne 88
    01 Dec 2020 24 Feb 2019
    Missable achievement!

    When you progress normally in the game until you reach Fossil Roo, there will be a miner picking the rocks. He will ask you if you want to have a go at it as well after trading him.
    This is the same part where you can free the moogle out of the rocks for
    Final Fantasy IXPeek-A-BooThe Peek-A-Boo achievement in Final Fantasy IX worth 29 pointsFree Kuppo from a wall in Fossil Roo.


    This is your only shot at getting it, so it would be wise to have a second save, if you'd like to continue and do this later, as it turns out this is RNG. Because of that, I already have to start a second playthrough, since you cannot enter anymore (you can try, I did to find out the hard way) as the staircases leading down to Fossil Roo is being blocked.
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    Ruff Rida310Watch "Madain's Ring guarantee drop!!!! Fossil Roo/Mining site Final Fantasy IX"
    https://youtu.be/DaHGRKjdZOU

    Make sure you lower the volume in case it's too loud
    Posted by Ruff Rida310 on 22 Jun 19 at 04:00
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