Unlock Messina Mine if you chose the land route for the Corsairs?

[Mouko]

As the title suggests, I went over the land route to recruit the corsairs without a fuss... but now I find out I missed out on unlocking the Messina Mines doing it that way. Can I unlock them a different way or will I just have to keep it in mind for my next playthrough?

[機関車D51]

At the snes-version , it was a fatal mistake ! ( missing special item )
May be the recover-route exist in this version , but it was not known yet.
At least , New Game + is waiting you !

[unskilled-]

TBH your not missing much aside from some chests.

AFAIK if there is something there for a later quest it should show up eventually.

[Mouko]

I was afraid of that... well, nothing I can do about it now! New Game Plus it is!

[third2us]

After unlock the cape (land route). Go to the ship to unlock Messina Mine. So, yeah... you miss this round.

[swightly]

Where exactly do you go to unlock the messina mines? I remember unlocking both cape and waterway maze for the corsair quest and chose to go through waterway maze. Didnt find any mines at all

[unskilled-]

Originally posted by swightly:

Where exactly do you go to unlock the messina mines? I remember unlocking both cape and waterway maze for the corsair quest and chose to go through waterway maze. Didnt find any mines at all

There's another corsair captain on the ship in town that you can talk to. He'll ask you (if you don't beat him up first) to clear the Messina mines for passage through the waterway maze.

Since there is no loot in the waterway maze, might as well take the overland route for some treasure, you'll eventually have to go through the waterway maze eventually and by that time the overland route will be blocked.

You don't have to clear the Messina mines either as once you complete the corsair quest the mines will be clear and you can pick up the treasure from there.