In The Final Fantasy Legend, the player navigates a character throughout the game world with a party of up to four characters, exploring areas and interacting with non-player characters. Most of the game occurs in towns, castles, caves, and similar areas.[2] To aid exploration on the field screen, the game makes use of various signs within towns.[3] The player is initially limited to the World of Continent to explore,[4] and given access to later worlds as his or her party climbs the Tower. Players can save their game anytime and anywhere when not in combat to a save slot for later play.[5]
Players can journey between field screen locations via the world map, a downsized representation of Final Fantasy Legend's various worlds. Players can freely navigate around the world map screen unless restricted by terrain, such as water or mountains.[6] The goal in each world is to find the entrance to the next level of the Tower.[7] Random enemy encounters occasionally interrupt travel across the world map screen and hostile areas, as in other Final Fantasy related games