Walkthrough:Kingdom Hearts II/The Land of Dragons

First Visit

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 humorous cutscene, Ping will join the party.

You'll be given 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. Every time you see one of these, be sure to talk to the Moogle and visit the "Synthesis" section. The Moogle will take note on how many Materials you have gathered and will give you prizes every time a quota is filled. 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, Chien Po and Captain Li Shang. During the cutscene, a group of Heartless will attack the camp. You must fight them, but don't let the Morale Gauge on the top left corner of the screne run out, otherwise it's game over. The gauge 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, in which he accepts. Now you must do three missions:

• The Surprise Attack

Description: A strange figure was seen at the Checkpoint! Head there quickly and defeat the enemy!
Defeat 15 Heartless before the Morale Gauge runs out. The bar is connected to a timer.

• The Ambush

Description: A mob is heading for the Checkpoint. Stop them while keeping an eye out for strange enemies!
Defeat all the Heartless at the Checkpoint without letting the Morale Gauge runs out. It will only drop if Sora is hit by the Assault Riders.

• The Search

Description: It seems the enemy has invaded the camp. Defeat every enemy you encounter!
Defeat all eight Heartless before the Morale Gauge runs out. The bar is connected to a timer. Use Fire on the tents to spawn out the hidden Heartless.

After clearing The Search, you'll obtain an AP Boost. After clearing all three, the Captain will now want you to clear a path on the Mountain Trail. The trail can be found at the rocky exit at the Checkpoint. 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 reaction command on each group of rocks along the path before the Morale Gauge runs out. 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 and collect some orbs to replenish the gauge. If it's the latter, avoid being hit at all costs.

After completing this mission, Yao, Ling and Chien Po will be impressed by 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 check the Moogle Store to replenish supplies and hand in Materials. After that, go into the cave and walk to the end. However, you'll soon realize that it's empty. Suddenly, Shan-Yu will send in a horde of Shadows and Assault Riders to attack Sora and Ping. Because Donald and Goofy are sealed out of the battle, neither one of them will be active in the battle.

The Shadows are numbered, and can get close to Sora in little time; since Fire will circle him, use it to take them out quickly. Blizzard should work well with the Assault Riders. At first, there will only be one Assault Rider, but once that (and the Shadows) are taken out, two more will appear. Make sure that you have at least one Potion, as the Assault Riders can really cut Sora's HP.

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, you'll see that the village is in ruins, and Captain Shang is injured. Shan-Yu and his horde 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 have to fight the Rapid Thusters along with some Bolt Towers. The battle is limited to a minute, and you don't have to beat them all. Sora fights alone in this battle.

After the battle, Yao will bring in a rocket cannon and plans to shoot Shan-Yu with it. Ping, however, has a different idea. He snatched the rocket and using Mushu, he lights up the rocket, sending it (with Mushu still on it) towards the mountain, causing an avalanche and presumally killing Mushu. This sends Shan-Yu off the cliff to his assumed death, and just after the Captain congratulates Ping for finishing off Shan-Yu, Mushu pops out of the snow (revealing that he survived) and blows Ping's secret: He is really a she, and her real name is Mulan.

Furious, the Captain expels Mulan from the army, and does the same to Sora, Donald and Goofy (who knew the truth), rather than execute them. Because her secret has been exposed, Mulan takes her armor off and decided to go home. At this point, the game will say "Ping has gone back to being Mulan. Mulan learned a new ability". From now on, Mulan will use her real name in gameplay stats. Her limit is now unlocked, and can be used in battle. Just before you regain control of the party, tutorials will appear to tell you about limits (unless you have already been to Beast's Castle).

Go down the mountains, and a cutscene will begin, in which it's revealed that Shan-Yu had survived the avalanche. Now, your main objective is to return to the Checkpoint and reach the palace. Don't forget to save at the Village.

Upon reaching the city, no one wants to listen to what Mulan has to say... until Donald spots Hayabusa flying over the palace towards Shan-Yu. Suddenly, some of the soldiers turn into Nightwalkers.

These Heartless, which are just a bunch of Nightwalkers and Bolt Towers, are actually quite easy to deal with. Use Fire to deal with the Nightwalkers, and attack the Bolt Towers with meel damage (as they are immune to magic). Another solution is to use Mulan's limit; Red Rocket, which can do quite a lot of damage if your levels are high enough.

After taking out the Heartless, head towards the palace. If you want to save, head back to the Bamboo Grove where you first met Mulan and Mushu. After that, get yourself ready for the boss battle with Shan-Yu.

After you defeat Shan-Yu, Sora will get five more HP, and an Aerial Sweep ability. Donald will get 4 more HP, Goofy will get Goofy Turbo ability and Mulan will get twenty more HP. Shan-Yu's sword is revealed to be the item that unlocks the Gate to the next world. Sora then obtains the Hidden Dragon Keychain.

If The Land of Dragons is the first world completed, the route to Olympus Coliseum will be unlocked, and you can enter either Beast's Castle or Olympus Coliseum (after completing the routes on the Gummi Ship for each). If this was the second world completed, and you have not exited this world or Beast's Castle during each trip, you will be automatically taken to Hollow Bastion. If this is the third world completed, Disney Castle is unlocked.

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