Heckran Cave

Heckran Cave is a dungeon found in 1000 AD. It is on the Medina continent at the base of the mountain north of Melchior's hut. It contains a Key Item check; make your way through the dungeon and defeat Heckran, then jump into the pool of water. It will take you near to Lucca's house (Note: If you become stuck in the whirlpool, save and reset to fix). Enter and speak to Taban to receive the item.

It is notable amongst early-game areas for its relatively high TP yields, but unfortunately none of the battles inside can be repeated.

Requirements: None in standard flags. Heckran Cave may be completed as soon as Jets of Time begins (this is not the case in Lost Worlds).

Recommendations: Be able to clear enemies with a full-screen magical damage tech. Many of the enemies in the cave are heavily resistant to physical damage. The boss, Heckran, is also resistant to physical attacks and should be damaged magically.

Bosses

Heckran

HP	Def	MDef	XP	TP	Gold
2100	253	50	600	10	1500
Vulnerabilities	Light	Water	Fire	Shadow	Tossable
	100%	100%	100%	100%	Yes
	No Status Vulnerabilities

Strategy

Heckran's defense is quite high, so defeat him with magical damage of any or no element.

Heckran attacks with Water-based magic and occasionally his claws. He will begin using single-target Water spells for low-to-moderate damage and then do some single-target Cyclones for moderate-to-high damage. Watch your characters' HP, as early in the game most characters may not survive two of his attacks back-to-back.

When Heckran goes into his defensive stance (“Go ahead! Try and attack!”), attacking him will trigger a powerful party-wide Water 2 spell that is best avoided. Use this time to heal up if you need to. Watch for the battle message “Brief counterattack break.” Once this pops up, you're good to attack him again, even if he doesn't appear to have disengaged from his stance yet.

Boss Randomization

Vanilla Boss	Randomized?	HP Range	if Rust Tyrano
Heckran	Y	2100 - 3100	3150 - 4150

Encounters

Heckran Cave Skips

#	Enemies	Location	XP	TP	G	Avoid	Run
Encounters whose trigger can be avoided by skipping that area, but aren't skippable if you want to pass by them, are marked with *.
1	Hench x2	Entrance	300	2	?	No	No
2	Jinn Bottle x1 Octoblush x3	Entrance	250	25	155	No	Yes
3	Tempurite x2	Waterfall Room	150	10	90	Yes	Yes
4	Rolypoly x3	Side Room	150	15	150	No*	Yes
5	Cave Bat x3	Side Room	150	15	120	No*	Yes
6	Tempurite x4	Waterfall Room	300	20	180	No	Yes
7	Rolypoly x4	Below Waterfall Room	200	20	200	No	Yes
8	Cave Bat x3	Below Waterfall Room	150	15	120	Yes	Yes
9	Jinn Bottle x1 Octoblush x3	Entrance	250	25	155	Yes	Yes