To Awaken a Sleeping Heart

After returning to Yen Sid's tower, Riku is tasked with awakening Sora's sleeping heart. This involves entering Sora's dreams and unlocking seven Sleeping Keyholes.

Dive into Sora's dreams. Tag 30 Soras by running into them. There are two main types of Sora appearances to tag. There is no time limit.

Ignore the attacking dark figures; they are not a significant threat.

Upon landing, Riku is attacked by the Armored Ventus Nightmare.

After defeating the Armored Ventus Nightmare, its armor shatters, revealing Sora. Riku attempts to pull Sora out of a whirlpool of darkness but fails.

Riku picks up the returned Kingdom Key and seals a Keyhole.

Riku finds himself on Destiny Islands and encounters Roxas, who asks about Riku's fears. Choose an option (e.g., "Losing something that’s important").

Roxas disappears, and Riku finds Ventus, who asks about the one thing Riku cares about most. Choose an option (e.g., "My close friends").

Ventus disappears, and Riku finds Sora, who has transformed into Xion. Xion asks what Riku wishes for. Choose an option (e.g., "To recover something important").

Xion disappears. Riku finds a bottle in the water containing a note. DiZ (Ansem the Wise) appears and explains that his research is digitized within Sora, serving as a clue. He reveals Sora's unique ability to become human without losing his Nobody and his potential to restore connections and awaken lost individuals like Aqua, Terra, and Ventus.

Riku decides he needs to awaken Sora. Sora was freed from his imprisonment after the Armored Ventus Nightmare was defeated. After the three dream encounters, Sora awakens.

Riku seals the final Keyhole and returns home, concluding the story.