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Dragon's Neck Coliseum

The Dragon's Neck Coliseum is a location in the game Final Fantasy VI. It is located at the northwest corner of the world. Before the end of the world, it is just a small cabin called the Dragon's Neck Cabin.

World of Balance

In the World of Balance, the Coliseum does not exist yet, but a house stands in its future location. The owner of the house decides to build a coliseum there because he believes that people are at their best when they are at war. There is a Hero Ring in a pot in the house.

World of Ruin

The Coliseum on the World Map

One year after the Apocalypse, the Coliseum has been completed, and the owner is very pleased with Kefka for allowing this to happen. He hired Ultros as a receptionist. Other people who hang out at the Colosseum include Siegfried and the (presumably) lone surviving Imperial soldier.

Players can now fight battles in the Coliseum. Battles begin when the player bets an item. There is no turning back once the item is chosen. A character must then be selected because all battles are one on one. The chosen character performs actions automatically and they are not chosen by the player. If the player wins, he or she will get a different item. If he or she loses, he or she will not get anything. The player will not get the original item back unless their character uses a Teleport spell to exit the battle.

Betting List

A Coliseum battle

• If a wager does not appear in this list, then typically the fight is with Typhon and the reward is Elixir. Typhon's immediate first action is Snort, which aborts the fight without the player losing their wager, unless the character is fast and strong enough to kill Typhon before he gets his first turn. In this case, they of course win an Elixir and lose their wager.
• If Shadow has survived the Floating Continent, has been rescued from the Cave in the Veldt and has not been regained into the party, then betting the Ichigeki will result in a fight against Shadow, with the Ichigeki as the reward, after which Shadow will rejoin the party. Otherwise, betting Ichigeki will have the default Typhon/Elixir result.
• In the Game Boy Advance version, betting Excalipoor will result in a fight with Onion Dasher, followed by a fight between Gilgamesh and the current party under your active control, with Merit Award and the Esper Gilgamesh as the reward.
• This list is also available as a series of flowcharts that shows the paths of chains of consecutive bets and their destinations.

Celes fighting Shadow

Choosing a character in the Coliseum

Shadow joins the party

Music

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"Johnny C. Bad" from Final Fantasy VI
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"Johnny C. Bad" is the background theme that plays at the Dragon's Neck Coliseum.

Gallery

The Coliseum. (SNES)

The Coliseum on the World Map. (SNES)

Celes fighting Shadow. (SNES)