Uploaded April 2019 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
There exists an unused (and normally both inaccessible as well as invisible) model of the Black Materia in the Weapon Store in Icicle Inn. It is the same Black Materia model that is used in the Temple of the Ancients, where you get to see it and actually interact with it after the Temple is shrunk down into it. In Icicle Inn, however, one cannot interact with it. Still, I find it very strange that someone even put this model there considering that the Black Materia seems to have no connection to this Weapon store in Icicle Inn and its owners, or does it!? -- Watch live at twitch.tv/xerokynos
There exists an unused (and normally both inaccessible as well as invisible) model of the Black Materia in the Weapon Store in Icicle Inn. It is the same Black Materia model that is used in the Temple of the Ancients, where you get to see it and actually interact with it after the Temple is shrunk down into it. In Icicle Inn, however, one cannot interact with it. Still, I find it very strange that someone even put this model there considering that the Black Materia seems to have no connection to this Weapon store in Icicle Inn and its owners, or does it!? -- Watch live at twitch.tv/xerokynos



![Final Fantasy VIII : 100% Speedrun in 11:24:01
This is my Personal Best for the 100% RTA (Real Time Attack) category, played on the French Steam PC Version, using real time. The current WR is 11:23:10, you can check out a leaderboard for this speedrun at http://www.speedrun.com/ff8#100_PC1.
This is another 6-minute improvement to my latest run of 11:30:02 (https://secure.twitch.tv/xerokynos/v/...) from less than a week ago. As I mentioned in my last run, it was found a while ago that the French version of FF8 is faster than the English version due to faster text scrolling speed by probably around 8 minutes. This is actually my first run I completed on the French version. The current WR does use the French version as well. Once again, I lost quite some time to having absolutely horrible item luck.
My next goal with this speedrun is to get it lower towards 11:15-11:20. I recently started it running more frequently again and will not stop until this is accomplished.
As FF8 does not have a proper game completion counter, one will have to define on ones own what is to be understood by 100%. Obviously, determining what to include in 100% can be controversial and seem arbitrary. Regardless, I feel that the prerequisites I have come up with for the 100% category allow for an interesting speedrun and are as close as possible to what is intuitively understood by 100%.
Here is what my definition of 100% is:
1] Defeat all bosses
2] Get all GFs
2.1) Get all 16 junctionable GFs
2.2) Get Odin and Gilgamesh
2.3) Get Phoenix (use a Phoenix Pinion in a battle)
2.4) Get Boko and MiniMog from Chocobo World
3] Finish all sidequests:
3.1) Winhill: Get a Holy Stone by collecting all vase shards
3.2) Shumi Village: Get a Phoenix Pinion and a Status Guard
3.3) Chocobo Forests: Find treasure in all 6 Chocobo Forests, then go to the Chocobo Sanctuary to watch the Chocobo Dance and get the Chicobo Card and Gysahl Greens
3.4) CC Quest: Defeat all Members of the Card Club in Balamb Garden before Disc4
3.4) Obel Lake: Find a Three Stars and a Luck-J Scroll
3.5) Ultimecias Castle: Activate the 4th Gate outside the Castle, get the Rosetta Stone and open up all closed doors
4] Have all characters learn all of their Limit Breaks
5] Have all characters have their ultimate weapon
6] Have 1 of each item
7] Own all cards
8] Have all 16 junctionable GFs learn all of their pre-set abilities, do not make them forget abilities that cannot be taught again
9] All tutorial entries are known
10] Read 12 Timber Maniacs
Remarks on my reasoning for these goals:
My general idea behind this 100% definition is to prevent missing anything permanently.
This why I specifically include getting Gilgamesh in the GF subgoal. Even though Gilgamesh is arguably by far a less useful and more annoying GF to have than Odin, Gilgamesh can be missed permanently if one does not recruit Odin before fighting Seifer at the end of Disc3.
I have Chocobo World running permanently to have Boko collect items in Chocobo World, which I later transfer back to FF8. Additionally, I use a glitch that allows me to continuously transfer the items I got in Chocobo World to FF8, in turn allowing me to duplicate and get rare items extremely fast.
Also, if youd like to watch these runs live, follow me on Twitch:
http://www.twitch.tv/xerokynos Final Fantasy VIII : 100% Speedrun in 11:24:01](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4gcu8oOVhmo/mqdefault.jpg)






