The arrows must be equipped in Cecil's right hand and the bow in his left. Cecil should be equipped with a bow and arrows in the main menu.The first is performed with Cecil and the Avenger weapon, as well as being able to equip him with arrows and a bow. The "255 anything glitch" is a duo of glitches found in the SNES release, both of the same nature, but performed differently. Twitch clip showing the glitch in action. The player can then unequip that stack of swords and re-equip it, and Cecil will just equip one, leaving the player with 254 Crystal Swords (Edge can throw them). if the player had done this with the Crystal Sword, Cecil can equip it and the player gains 255 Crystal Swords). The player can also equip that spot (i.e. The player can do this with any empty slot in the inventory, as long as the first empty slot is not used for the swaps. This also works with characters who equip two weapons. The player can now visit a shop and sell the empty spot where the item used to be that the player unequipped. The game believes there are 65536 of the item in this spot although the spot looks blank. The player should equip the item from the right slot, and then unequip it again, having now swapped the "underflowed" item slot into the inventory.After the battle, the player can go to the equip menu and there is a symbol on the right side of the slot the player last unequipped.After swapping out either the weapon or the shield, the player needs to select the other item as well, and trade it to that same right empty slot in the inventory.During battle, one must select the right open slot and go up to trade with either the character's weapon or shield.The player needs to have two side-by-side slots open in the inventory.This glitch was previously documented in the February 1993 issue of Nintendo Power, where it instructed the player to flee the battle after performing the initial steps. This would also allow Edge to equip two Masamunes.
This bug could be exploited to multiply unique weapons, like the Crystal Sword or Gungnir spear, making them practical as ammunition for Edge's Throw command. Since the character can only hold one, the other will be left behind in the inventory.Įach character that begins the battle can use this bug to duplicate the items in both hands, but it works only once per battle, and only with the items equipped when the battle begins.
Phoenix Downs in particular are excellent for stocking up on, as they are not sold in shops. If done correctly, one will have an extra copy of the chosen item. The menu will come up normally if only is pressed, and if it does not vanish, the trick has not been performed correctly.
The menu that displays the weapons the character is holding should appear briefly before disappearing. When in battle, the player should hover the cursor over the items to be duplicated, press and at the same time.The player has to move the item(s) to the top-left and/or top-right positions of the item menu.Two items maximum can be chosen to duplicate per battle.