Walkthrough:Kingdom Hearts II/The Land of Dragons

The Land of Dragons

This is one of the first Disney worlds in the game. Upon landing, a cutscene will begin involving your old ally, Mushu, along with a young "man" named Ping. After this hummous cutscene, Ping will join the party.

You'll be givin a quick tutorial about switching party members (unless you have visited Beast's Castle first), though at this point, Ping cannot be swapped out. You'll also encounter a Moogle Shop. If you have any Synthesis items, use it to hand them in. Now, walk down the path and you'll reach a camp. Walk to the line of soldiers, and a cutscene will begin, which will introduce you to Yao, Ling, Chin Po and Captain Lei Shang. During the cutscene, a group of Heartless will attack the camp. You must fight them, but don't let the Morale Gauge Bar on the top left corner of the screne run out, otherwise it's game over. It will go down everytime Ping is attacked.

After the battle, the Captain will allow Sora, Donald and Goofy into his army, but will turn down Ping. Sora asks the captain to give Ping another chance, which he accepts. Now you must do three missions:

• The Suprise Attack: Defeat 15 Heartless before the Morale Gauge Bar runs out. The bar is connected to a timer.
• The Ambush (?) : Defeat all the Heartless at the Checkpoint without letting the Morale Gauge Bar reach empty. It will only drop if Sora is hit by the Assault Riders.
• The Search: Defeat all eight Heartless before the Morale Gauge Bar runs out. The bar is connected to a timer. Use Fire on the tents to spawn out the hidden Heartless.

After clearing all three missions, you'll obtain an AP Boost. The captain now wants you to clear a path on the Mountain Trail . The trail can be found at the rocky exit at the Check Point. Once you reach the path, you'll enter a short cutscene with Hayabusa flying over the party. Now, you must clear a path by using Rockshatter on each group of rocks along the path before the Morale Gauge Bar reaches empty. How the bar goes down is a suprise, meaning either time or being attacked by Heartless can knock it down. If it's the former, once it's low, attack the Heartless to repel it. If it's the latter, avoid being hit at all costs.

After completing this mission, Yao, Ling and Chin Po will be impressed with Ping, and the captain will finally allow "him" to join the army, despite still not being impressed. In the village, Mushu will claim that he saw Shan Yu walk into a nearby cave. The village will have a Moogle Shop and a save point, so save the game and cash in your Synthsis items. After that, go into the cave and walk to the end. However, you'll soon relise that it's empty. Suddenly, Shan Yu will send in a whored of Shadows and Assault Riders to attack Sora and Ping. Because Donald and Goofy are sealed out of the battle, nither one of them will be active in the battle.

After the battle, Sora will obtain Slide Dash, Ping will gain five more HP along with Hyper Healing, and Donald and Goofy will rejoin the party. Once you exit the cave, the village will be in ruins, and the captain will be scratched. Shan Yu and his whored of Heartless have headed towards the Summit. Head through the mountains and you'll encounter Shan Yu on top of the summit with a whole bunch of Rapid Thusters. Now, you'll fight to fight the Rapid Thusters along with some Bolt Towers. The battle will only take one minute, and you don't have to beat them all.