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Queen of Cards

Final Fantasy VIII - Triple Triad: Queen of Cards

The Queen of Cards is known as a master of Triple Triad; she is well respected for her skills and any rule she adopts soon spreads among the players in the region she is playing in. Her father is a painter of new cards in Dollet and her son is also a player back in her home town.


She travels from town to town looking for opponents worthy of challenging and she is part of a side quest where you can obtain rare cards.


This quest must be completed before fighting Seifer at Lunatic Pandora.


Queen of Cards Quest

Although the Queen of Cards does not carry any rare cards, her quest allows you to gain 5 rare cards.

Getting Started

To start this quest, you need to find her in Balamb Town and get her to move to Dollet; she will move when she gains or loses a rare card. Once she is in Dollet, you can ask her about her father and she will mention the card she needs.


If you have lost the card she needs to her, she will say her father has created a new card and that she gave the old card to her son. The new cards created are in circulation now and must be won from a specific player.

Card Lost Card Created Location of created card
Mini Mog Kiros Deling City - Man in black in shopping center
Sacred Irvine Fisherman's Horizon - Held by Flo (Mayors wife)
Chicobo Chubby Chocobo Balamb Garden - Cadet outside Library (on bench)
Alexander Doomtrain Timber - Pub Owner *
Doomtrain Phoenix Esthar City - President's Aide

(*) Does not always play the card; you will have to challenge him several times to get the card.

Locations

After the Queen wins or loses a rare card, she will move to a new location; these locations are:

  • Balamb Town - Outside train station
  • Dollet - Dollet Pub
  • Galbadia - Deling City Hotel
  • Fisherman's Horizon - Near the Save Point
  • Trabia - Shumi Village Inn
  • Centra - Winhill Hotel
  • Esthar - Esthar City Palace
  • Lunar Gate - Entrance


Her movements between locations are varied and there is a chance of certain movements being made:

  • Balamb Town → Dollet (3/8); Deling City (5/8)
  • Deling City → Balamb Town (1/8); Dollet (1/8); Winhill (1/8); Fisherman's Horizon (5/8)
  • Dollet → Balamb Town (3/8); Deling City (5/8)
  • Shumi Village → Balamb Town (1/4); Dollet (1/2); Lunar Gate (1/4)
  • Winhill → Deling City (3/8), Dollet (3/8), FH (1/4)
  • Fisherman's Horizon → Dollet (1/8), Winhill (1/4), Esthar (5/8).
  • Esthar → Dollet (1/8), Shumi Village (1/4), FH (1/8), Lunar Gate (1/2).
  • Lunar Gate → Random area; no hint given.

Strategy

The fastest way to complete this quest is to do as follows:


  1. Lose MiniMog, Sacred, Chicobo and Alexander cards in Balamb with the trade rule set to either All or Diff.
  2. Make sure she has travelled to Dollet but do not challenge her.
  3. Abolish the rule "Random" in Dollet.
  4. Win the Doomtrain card from the Timber pub owner (can take a while as he does not always play the card)
  5. Lose Doomtrain to Queen of Cards in Dollet.


You can then challenge her son to get the cards you lost back and then challenge the players who have the new cards.

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