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Obel Lake

Final Fantasy VIII - Obel Lake Quest

FF8 Obel Lake Location

The Obel Lake quest is a big scavenger hunt for two items; Three Stars and Luck-J Scroll.


To start, head to Obel Lake; this is north of Timber and is distinguished by being in a 'C' shape with an outcropping of land in the middle.


If you examine the lake you will get 2 options, choose "Try Humming", repeat this a few times to get the attention of the creature of the lake.


He will say he is looking for his friend, Mr. Monkey who can be found in the forest near Dollet.


This quest is available until Disc 4 (Return via Portal)

FF8 Obel Lake Quest Forest Location

When you enter the forest, you will find Mr. Monkey and be given 2 choices. Choosing either of these will result in the same thing, Mr. Monkey says "You suck!" then runs away.


Head back to Obel Lake and talk to the creature again. He will give you clues to places where you will find things of interest.

"Take a break at the railroad bridge."


"At the beach in Balamb, something special washes ashore at times."


"Take some time off at Eldbeak Peninsula."


"You'll find something on an island east of Timber, too."

"There's also something on top of a mountain with a lake and a cavern."


"Back in the day, south of here, there used to be a small but beautiful village surrounded by deep forests. Everyone lived happy lives there."


"Mr. Monkey had a rock like this I think..."


Your first goal is to find some rocks... sounds fun!

Rock #1

FF8 Obel Lake Quest - Rock 1 Location

(Mr. Monkey had a rock like this I think...)


The first rock can be obtained by first interacting with the lake and choosing "Throw a rock", you want the message to say "The rock skipped many, many times."


Once you have had this message (May take a number of goes), head back to the Dollet forest and find Mr. Monkey. Throw a rock at him until he throws one back at you. This is the first rock and has the letters "U R H A E O".

Rock #2

FF8 Obel Lake Quest - Rock 2 Location

(You'll find something on an island east of Timber, too.)


The next rock can be found on a small island east of Timber, near the bridge to Fisherman's Horizon, called Mandy Beach.


Land the Ragnarok here and walk around tapping [Confirm] to find the rock


This rock has the letters "R E A I D R"

Rock #3

FF8 Obel Lake Quest - Rock 3 Location

(At the beach in Balam, something special washes ashore at times.)


This rock can be found on the Balamb island shore; but there are a lot of rocks here.


Search along the shore line until you find the one with the letters "S T S L R M"

Rock #4

FF8 Obel Lake Quest - Rock 4 Location

(There's also something on top of a mountain with a lake and cavern.)


The last rock can be found on top of a mountain to the north west of Timber called Monterosa Plateau.


Search around until you find a "Bird warming an egg", choose to "Check it out" and defeat the enemies. There is a rock here with the letters "E A S N P D"

FF8 Obel Lake Quest - Rock Message

Once you have all 4 rocks, head back to Obel Lake and speak to the creature again. All 4 sets of letters will be shown:


S T S L R M

U R H A E O

R E A I D R

E A S N P D


If you read this from top to bottom, right to left you will get: "Mordred Plains Has Treasure".


Head to Mordred Plains, north of Esthar where you will find a small area with coloured rocks. Each coloured rock has a quirk:

FF8 Obel Lake Quest - Modred Plains Rock Search

  • Blue will tell you what the various aspects of the rocks are.
  • Black will repeat the same thing.
  • White will talk nonsense.
  • Red says the opposite of what it means.

Find the Red rocks but do the opposite of what they say; if they say east, go west.


When the red rock says "The treasure is not here" you have found it, search again to find Three Stars.


FF8 Obel Lake Quest - Eldbeak Peninsula

There is one more item to find and some interesting places (Hidden Draw Points).


"Take some time off at Eldbeak Peninsula".


This is a small peninsula on the Trabia continent, north of Balamb Town. Head there and examine the very tip of the peninsula to find a stone pillar with a clue: "TRETIMEASUREATMINOFFDEISLE".


This clue combines both the clue from the creature and this one. The original clue says "Take some time off at Eldbeak Peninsula", if you remove TIME OFF from the new clue you get "TREASUREATMINDEISLE" or "TREASURE AT MINDE ISLE".


This is a small island south-west of Esthar (North of the eastern most part of Centra Continent), search the island to find a Luck-J Scroll.

FF8 Obel Lake Quest - Village Rubble

"Back in the day, south of here, there used to be a small but beautiful village surrounded by deep forests. Everyone lived a happy life there."


This clue only leads to a small area surrounded by forests to the east of Edea's House. Upon finding it, Squall will mention the rubble but that is all there is here.


"Take a break at the railroad bridge"


This refers to the small railroad bridges where you can find Hidden Draw Points. Check the bridges for spells like Fire, Aero and Break.

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