Al Bhed Primer Locations

Number

Location

Decodes

Primer I

Salvage Ship/ Bikanel*

Y ⇒ A

Primer II

Besaid Village

P ⇒  B

Primer III

S.S. Liki / Bikanel*

L ⇒ C

Primer IV

Kilika

T ⇒ D

Primer V

S.S. Winno / Bikanel*

A ⇒ E

Primer VI

Luca

V ⇒ F

Primer VII

Luca

K ⇒ G

Primer VIII

(Gift from Rin)

R ⇒ H

Primer IX

Mi'ihen Highroad

E ⇒ I

Primer X

Mushroom Rock Road

Z ⇒ J

Primer XI

Djose Highroad

G ⇒ K

Primer XII

Moonflow

M ⇒ L

Primer XIII

Guadosalam

S ⇒ M

Primer XIV

Rin / Bikanel*

H ⇒ N

Primer XV

Macalania Woods

U ⇒ O

Primer XVI

Lake Macalania

B ⇒ P

Primer XVII

Bikanel - Sanubia Desert

X ⇒ Q

Primer XVIII

Bikanel - Sanubia Desert

N ⇒ R

Primer XIX

Al Bhed Home

C ⇒ S

Primer XX

Al Bhed Home

D ⇒ T

Primer XXI

Al Bhed Home

I ⇒ U

Primer XXII

Bevelle Temple

J ⇒ V

Primer XXIII

Calm Lands

F ⇒ W

Primer XXIV

Remiem Temple

Q ⇒ X

Primer XXV

Cavern of the Stolen Fayth

O ⇒ Y

Primer XXVI

Omega Ruins

W ⇒ Z

Save sphere's on the left, primer's on the right.

If you miss this one, don't worry! It's in the NW part of Sanubia Desert - Oasis, the area where your party first arrives on Bikanel Island.

Sorry, I don't have a screencap for that. But this guide will tell you things others don't. :)

The primer is on the floor in front of the reception desk.

Besides Al Bhed areas, the primers usually appear near travelers, sailors, and tourist areas, NOT devout Yevonites.

They sometimes hint at heresy against Yevon.

The primer is on the floor in the lower right-hand corner of the screen.

The Power Room of the ferry is belowdecks, near O'aka.

You can only enter the Power Room on your first trip to Kilika. If you miss it, this primer reappears by Wakka's lean-to near the Oasis on Bikanel Island.

The primer is on the counter behind the barfly.

The pub is the hut at the N end of the dock. It's closed when you first arrive, but open the next morning.

The barkeep is Kulukan, a blitzer. Her sister was in a broken hut in the nw corner of the village, just before the path heads towards shore.

The primer is on the floor behind the helmsman.

If you miss it, it appears near Kimahri in the Sanubian Desert.

Trivia: When you first board, the Goer girls are spying on Keepa in the hold. After their teammates taunt Tidus, they kidnap Keepa! His buddy Botta isn't much help.

Go to the locker room hallway opposite the Aurochs' locker room, on the LEFT side of the stadium entrance.

It's on the floor behind Isken, a Kilika Beast player (addled by Sin's toxin when he first shows up in Kilka).

Trivia: Look out the window at the fishies!

This one's in Luca Sphere Theater near the reception counter.

Trivia: If you revisit Luca after Operation Mi'ihen, it's under martial law. People blame the Crusaders for abandoning Luca during the tournament, and praise the warrior monks who replace them in protecting the city. Very clever, Kinoc.

Rin gives you Primer VIII while chatting with you in the Mi'ihen Highroad inn.

Trivia: There's several maps on display in here, including one at upper left helpfully labeled "Map" in Spiran. The map above Tidus' head is a close-up of the peninsula from Luca (southern tip) to Djose (NE corner of map).

This one's in front of a stone marker (click screencap for better view) on the northern stretch of the Highroad.

There's a feather on the ground (examine it while riding) off to the left.

Trivia: Maechen / O'aka / Mika are voiced by Dwight Schultz: Lt. Broccoli on Star Trek; a zillion other roles.

Notice the lift-pad on the upper right. This lift goes to where Luzzu and Gatta are arguing.

Directions: After taking the lift up from the long winding road, proceed to the next lift, but don't take it yet. Head left to a path circling a stone column. Al Bhed Primer #10 is lying near the end of it. See larger view.

The primer is behind the fourth rocky pillar north of the save sphere. There's a chest on the left just before you reach it.

Finally, an easy one. This primer is on the Shoopuf loading platform after you cross the Moonflow.

Tip: there's an easy-to-miss chest in the woods on the left just after meeting Rikku.

Trivia: One of the few errors in the English subtitles: Maechen's Shoopuf speech misspells "schnoz."

#13 is in the house to the left of Seymour's mansion.

Trivia: After entering Thunder Plains, turn back and go to Farplane to see secret cutscenes with Lulu, O'aka's brother Wantz, and a Crusader family. Return again after Zanarkand and Cavern of Stolen Fayth for two more short secret cutscenes with Tromell and Jyscal, Lulu and Ginnem.

Talk to Rikku, then Rin when he enters. He will give Tidus Primer #14 if you say your studies are going "Okay."

Some guides say you have to talk to other guardians before Rikku. I'm not sure on that, but talk to Rikku before following Yuna.

If you miss this primer, it'll be in Sanubia Desert - East, on the left just after you meet Rikku.

On the north side of Macalania Forest, north of the save sphere, south of the clearing with Jecht's sphere, there's a path heading right that goes up into the sky. At first, the aerial part is blocked. The Al Bhed primer is just before the block.

I'm not 100% I've identified the correct blob, but this is about the right spot.

Primer #16 is easier to see in the game than in this screenshot.

It's on the ground in front of the left-hand corner of the Lake Macalania Travel Agency, when facing the front door.

Tip: Clasko and his bird eventually move; come back after Bevelle to reach the chest he's blocking.

Dang that's tiny!

Remember that sign beside a Save Sphere telling you that on the left, there's strong fiends, and weaker ones on the right?

Al Bhed Primer XVII is hidden among the "strong" fiends. It's under a ruined dome in the nw part of the Central region. Note the minimap.

Al Bhed Primer #18 is to the left of the sign right before you leave the "Sanubia Desert - Central" area. I think the sign says, "This way to Home."

Trivia: The logo on the the airship reads "Cid," even when Tidus sees it as an underwater shipwreck at the game's start. I guess every airship belongs to one Cid or another!

Here's the first "missible" primer you can't return for later.

Al Bhed Primer #19 is next to some burning rubble on the left side of the of the paved area outside the entrance to Home.

Do NOT enter without it. Each time you go through a door to a new section of Home, it seals behind you.

After Rikku says, "The Summoners' Sanctum -- follow me!" there's a battle, then she says, "Over here!" Go down some steps, then BACKTRACK to a door on the left ( green square on minimap).

I've brightened the room so you can see the primer, sitting on a bunk under the right-hand corner of some blue laundry on the ceiling.

Head north down steps again. Save at Save sphere on left, but do NOT enter door beside it. Go back to Y intersection and go RIGHT.

Primer is on floor outside a room with nasty chimeras.

There are TWO puzzle-chests in there. See Al Bhed Home Guide for help with them.

After Yuna's wedding, enter temple. Go down.

Note the Save Sphere up ahead. Don't pass it without grabbing primer; you can't return here.

Food for thought: why is an Al Bhed primer in the temple? Usually they only show up near Al Bhed or people who travel a lot (sailors, blitzers).

Yay! Easy to see, just way the heck on the northwest corner of the Calm Lands.

When you first get to the Calm Lands, the chocobo just to the right of this area lets you train a chocobo for riding. (Belgemine is parked SE of here.)

Trivia: Lady Yocun trained as a Crusader down in the gorge before becoming High Summoner.

The primer's on the ground on the left side of Remiem Temple.

You'll need a chocobo to reach Remiem. The trainer is on the north rim, western side when you first enter Calm Lands; later she's near Calm Lands Agency or the south rim, east side.

Examine yellow feather in SE Calm Lands while on chocobo to reach Remiem.

Go waaay back into the Cavern of the Stolen Fayth. Save at the save sphere. Then backtrack to T intersection and go left to a short dead end.

Trivia: When Lulu couldn't stop Yuna from starting summoner training, the novice black mage started going on pilgrimages with other summoners, hoping to defeat Sin and keep Yuna safe.

Beam down to Omega Ruins, prepared for Greater Marlboros.

Enter, go left. Passage slopes down, curves to right. Pass small room on left. When you reach glyph at T intersection, go right. Corridor curls around to north, to 4 chests.

Behind the chests, to the right of the lefthand torch, is Primer 26. [MAP]