Hack Name:  Final Fantasy III: Crosswinds
Genre: 
Released by: 
Language: 
Status:  In-Progress
Patch Version:  0.01
Last updated:  March 10, 2025
Type of Hack:  Cheats, Gameplay, Unlocker
Downloads:  21

Community Links

  • FFV Central website
  • FFV Central Discord—A community of players and creators of FFV mods and more
  • r/FinalFantasyMods subreddit

Features of Stable Build

  • All jobs are granted on New Game start.
  • Quick start skips Altar Cave and puts you directly at the Wind Crystal to face Land Turtle.
  • All dialogue is skipped.
  • Designed based on the open-world mode of the cousin hack, FFV: Whirlwind.

Patching Instructions

Use only with AWJ’s FFIII English fan translation.

Preview of Dev Build

  • Changing jobs no longer requires change points or levels.
  • Fly the Nautilus airship anytime using the Select button.  Works from the beginning of the game.
  • Surface World can be accessed early.  Flooded World can no longer be accessed.
  • The Underwater map can be accessed early.
  • Movement speed doubled in overworld, towns, and dungeons.
  • Eureka accessible even without Eureka Key.
  • Crystal Tower accessible even without Crystal Key.
  • Xande’s first room in Crystal Tower is skipped due to softlock potential during its cutscene.  The risk is due to the new sequence breaks.
  • Spells Exit and Warp can be cast anywhere.
  • Saving available even in towns and dungeons.
  • The weakened form of Cloud of Darkness can be fought without first finding the Dark Warriors.
  • Random encounters will no longer occur unless you have the B button held down while walking.
  • Fly the Invincible airship at any time by having the B button held when pressing Select.  Works from the beginning of the game.
  • The Land Turtle battle has been skipped.
  • The Statues of the Quest and hence the four Elemental Fangs can now be skipped in accessing the Ancients’ Maze.
  • Dev builds available on Discord.

For a demonstration, see the video below.

Authorized Hosts

RHP

Related Hacks

  • FFV: Whirlwind (SFC) [link]
  • Whirlwind Game Presets (SFC) [link]
  • FFV Challenge Pack (SFC) [link]

Tags

modernization, open world

Hashes: 
Filename: Final Fantasy III (EngT v1.1 by AWJ) (1999).nes
CRC-32: 74f03bbf
SHA-1: e183203762d2621b719cfbd5c6f65ba0051e04aa
File download: 
Help about patching:

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On most files, you can also press “Patch It”, to apply the patch without downloading the file.

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