15 Most Ridiculously Difficult Challenges In Final Fantasy History

There has never been a better time waster in a Final Fantasy title than the Triple Triad card game featured in VIII given both its addictiveness and the fact that there was an ability to refine spare cards into items. Some could only be sourced in this fashion, whilst others could be sourced discs in advance of when they'd show up otherwise or tens of levels ahead of when enemies would drop them.

There were 110 cards in total, split into 10 tiers. With the exception of the PuPu card that was tied to a sidequest, every card in tiers 1-7 was infinitely obtainable. Every card in tiers 8-10 could only be acquired once, with a specific enemy dropping or a specific NPC holding it. Alongside were just five exceptions, all of which were tied to a quest involving the Queen Of Cards - a character that would move across different locations.

Players had to manipulate her to one of these in particular before losing five specific rare cards to her in games. These losses would prompt the creation of the five cards that weren't obtainable elsewhere, though they were distributed to random NPCs with no plot significance, making them all but impossible to track down without instructions.