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Final Fantasy XIII-2: FAQ/Walkthrough by Split Infinity Version Serah, Last Updated 2012-02-01 View/Download Original File Liked this FAQ? Click here to recommend this item to other users. Hosted by GameFAQs Return to Final Fantasy XIII-2 (PS3) FAQs & Guides

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-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=SPLIT INFINITY PRESENTS -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=Don't forget to click on 'RECOMMEND' button at the top of this guide! My YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/user/SplitPlaythru Come! Subscribe to my videos for better games' experience! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------Name of game: Final Fantasy XIII-2 / [US version] Type of guide: Complete Spoiler-free Walkthrough / FAQ Platform: Playstation 3 Version: Serah, released on 1st February 2012 Authors: Damir Kolar (Split Infinity) <lifearmor(at)gmail(dot)com> Copyrighted to: (c) Damir Kolar (Split Infinity) - All rights reserved Made in: MS Word, Courier New, Font Size 10, Chrs/Line 79 Best viewed: MS Word, Courier New, Font Size 10, Chrs/Line 79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------If you like this guide, be sure to drop me an e-mail and tell me about it. The only thing this guide cannot do is play the game for you. On SplitPlaythru's youtube channel you can find the entire video walkthru! =============================================================================== =============================================================================== 01.) LATEST UPDATES - G0100 =============================================================================== =============================================================================== - Version Serah (1st February 2012) # Conversion for American audience done up to Episode 4. =============================================================================== ___ ___ _ _ _ _____ ___ ___ _ _ ___ | \ / _ \| \| | /_\_ _|_ _/ _ \| \| / __| | |) | (_) | .` |/ _ \| | | | (_) | .` \__ \ |___/ \___/|_|\_/_/ \_\_| |___\___/|_|\_|___/ =============================================================================== If you found the guide useful and would like to support me in future endeavours of covering the titles you enjoy playing, then perhaps you would like to consider making a donation. You can do so through Paypal, the account is: lifearmor@gmail.com Thank you for reading this guide. I hope it meets your expectations in completing the game fully in order to provide maximum enjoyment.

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=============================================================================== =============================================================================== TABLE OF CONTENTS =============================================================================== =============================================================================== If you need to find something quickly, press and hold CTRL (Control), then press F button. This will bring up 'Find and Replace' box. In it type the word you're looking for and you should be taken to it immediately. This is much faster than scrolling through entire guide. For your convenience I've inserted special search codes near every section to help you easily hop on to that section by using search code provided. Each search code will appear only twice in whole guide - thus getting stray hits will be impossible. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------SECTION NUMBER AND NAME | CODE | WHAT IS IT ABOUT? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------01.) Latest Updates | G0100 | Read what was added in last update. 02.) Legal Information | G0200 | Copyright protection and legal info. 03.) Abbreviations | G0300 | What do abbreviated words stand for...? 04.) Status Changes | G0400 | Explanation of status changes. 05.) Video References | G0500 | Video walkthru. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------06.) Walkthrough | G0600 | Guide from start to finish. | WLK01 | AF??? Valhalla | WLK02 | AF003 New Bodhum | WLK03 | AF005 Bresha Ruins (Wild Artifact) | WLK04 | AF010 Yaschas Massif | WLK05 | AF200 Oerba (Wild Artifact) | WLK06 | AF01X Yaschas Massif | WLK07 | AF??? The Void Beyond | WLK08 | AF300 Sunleth Waterscape (Wild Artifact) | WLK09 | AF??? Archylte Steppe (Wild Artifact) | WLK10 | AF300 Sunleth Waterscape | WLK11 | AF??? Coliseum | WLK12 | AF300 Sunleth Waterscape | WLK13 | AF??? The Void Beyond | WLK14 | AF??? Serendipity (Wild Artifact) | WLK15 | AF400 Academia | WLK16 | AF200 Augusta Tower (Wild Artifact) | WLK17 | AF300 Augusta Tower | WLK18 | AF200 Augusta Tower | WLK19 | AF4XX Academia (Wild Artifact) | WLK20 | AF100 Yaschas Massif (Wild Artifact) | WLK21 | AF4XX Academia | WLK22 | AF??? Valhalla | WLK23 | AF00X New Bodhum | WLK24 | AF700 Dying World (Wild Artifact)

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| WLK25 | AF700 New Bodhum | WLK26 | AF500 Academia | WLK27 | AF100 Yaschas Massif | WLK28 | AF400 Sunleth Waterscape | WLK29 | AF005 Bresha Ruins | WLK30 | AF300 Bresha Ruins (Wild Artifact) | WLK31 | AF005 Bresha Ruins | WLK32 | AF01X Yaschas Massif | WLK33 | AF010 Yaschas Massif | WLK34 | AF01X Yaschas Massif | WLK35 | AF110 Yaschas Massif | WLK36 | AF010 Yaschas Massif | WLK37 | AF110 Yaschas Massif | WLK38 | AF700 Dying World | WLK39 | AF100 Bresha Ruins | WLK40 | AF300 Bresha Ruins | WLK41 | AF100 Bresha Ruins | WLK42 | AF300 Bresha Ruins | WLK43 | AF100 Yaschas Massif | WLK44 | AF110 Yaschas Massif | WLK45 | AF100 Bresha Ruins | WLK46 | AF700 New Bodhum | WLK47 | AF200 Oerba | WLK48 | AF200 Augusta Tower | WLK49 | AF300 Augusta Tower | WLK50 | AF??? Archylte Steppe | WLK51 | AF200 Vile Peaks | WLK52 | AF4XX Academia | WLK53 | AF010 Vile Peaks | WLK54 | AF200 Vile Peaks (Twilight Odin) | WLK55 | AF300 Oerba | WLK56 | AF400 Oerba | WLK57 | AF400 Academia | WLK58 | AF??? Serendipity | WLK59 | Paradox Endings | WLK60 | AF4XX Academia | WLK61 | Secret Ending | WLK62 | Gaming tips ??.) Past Revisions | G??00 | History of this guide resides here... ??.) Credits | G??00 | All who contributed... Thank you. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

FOE --------------- field of encounter HC --------------------- Historia Crux HLV --------------------------- halves HP ------------------------ Hit Points IMM --------------------------- immune KI -------------------------- Key Item LT ---------------------- Live Trigger MAG ----------------- Magic Power stat MC ------------------------- Mog Clock N ------------------------------ north na -------------------- not applicable NE ------------------------- northeast NS ------------------- nothing special NW ------------------------- northwest PS ----------------- preemptive strike rephy -------- regular physical attack RF -------------------- reinforcements RST ------------------------ resistant S ------------------------------ south SE ------------------------- southeast STR -------------------- Strength stat SW ------------------------- southwest TB --------------------- treasure ball TC --------------------- treasure cube TM --------------------- Target Marker VS ---------------------------- versus W ------------------------------- west WKN ------------------------- weakness -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

=============================================================================== =============================================================================== 05.) STATUS CHANGES - G0500 =============================================================================== =============================================================================== THIS SECTION IS STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION. Certain buffs can only be cast by captured monsters (like Enwater, for example), and until I find out an enemy capable of casting Bravera, or Faithra, those buffs (and debuffs) won't make it to the list. The game features 13 buffs (positive status changes) and 14 debuffs (negative status ailments), which I have confirmed to exist in the game. Buffs are: Bravery, Faith, Haste, Protect, Shell, Vigilance, Veil, Enfire, Enfrost, Enthunder, Enwind, Regen, Reraise. Debuffs are: Debrave, Pain, Defaith, Fog, Slow, Daze, Deprotect, Deshell, Curse, Poison, Dispel, Imperil, Doom (enemy only), Wound Damage. You can have up to 8 buffs and/or debuffs applied to one target at once. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=ABBREVIATIONS IN STATUS CHARTS -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=STATUS - name of status EFF - effects of status change/ailment CUR - how can the status change/ailment be removed PRE - equipment that prevents the status change/ailment INF - magic and equipment that bestows the status change/ailment -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=POSITIVE STATUS CHANGES [BUFFS] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=BRAVERY EFF | Increases target's STR by ??% for a period of time, increasing | physical damage done to enemies. Also affects Ravager's

=============================================================================== =============================================================================== 03.) ABBREVIATIONS - G0400 =============================================================================== =============================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ABS --------------------------- absorb acc ------------------------ accessory AOE ------------------- area of effect ATBG -------- Active Time Battle Gauge SRG -------------------- Stagger Gauge CA --------- Cinematic Action Sequence cca --------------- in rough estimates CG ----------------------- Chain Gauge chr ----------------- single character chrs ------------- multiple characters CP ------------------ Crystogen Points cross --------------------- crossroads E ------------------------------- east esp ----------------------- especially FL ------------------------ Feral Link

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| Strike-type skills. | Cannot coexist with Debrave. CUR | Debrave, Dispel, KO. PRE | --INF | Bravery. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - FAITH EFF | Increases target's MAG by ??% for a period of time, increasing | magic damage done to enemies. Also affects Saboteur's skills and | increases amount of HP recovered by Medic's skills. | Cannot coexist with Defaith. CUR | Defaith, Dispel, KO. PRE | --INF | Faith. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - HASTE EFF | Increases target's ATBG recharge rate by 50% for a period of time. | Cannot coexist with Slow. CUR | Slow, Dispel, KO. PRE | --INF | Haste. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - VIGILANCE EFF | Increases target's success rate of using skills and reduces the | likelihood of target's actions being interrupted by the enemy for | a period of time. | Cannot coexist with Curse. CUR | Curse, Dispel, KO. PRE | --INF | Vigilance. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ENFIRE EFF | Adds fire element to attacks and increases fire damage dealt by | those attacks for ??% for a period of time. | Cannot coexist with Enfrost, Enthunder, Enaero. CUR | Enfrost, Enthunder, Enwind, Dispel, KO. PRE | --INF | Enfire. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ENFROST EFF | Adds ice element to attacks. and increases ice damage dealt by | those attacks for ??% for a period of time. | Cannot coexist with Enfire, Enthunder, Enaero. CUR | Enfire, Enthunder, Enwind, Dispel, KO. PRE | --INF | Enfrost. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ENTHUNDER EFF | Adds lightning element to attacks and increases lightning damage | dealt by those attacks for ??% for a period of time. | Cannot coexist with Enfire, Enfrost, Enaero. CUR | Enfire, Enfrost, Enwind, Dispel, KO. PRE | --INF | Enthunder. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ENAERO EFF | Adds wind element to attacks and increases wind damage dealt by | those attacks for ??% for a period of time. | Cannot coexist with Enfire, Enfrost, Enthunder. CUR | Enfire, Enfrost, Enthunder, Dispel, KO. PRE | --INF | Enwind. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - PROTECT EFF | Target takes ??% less damage from all physical attacks for a | period of time.

| Cannot coexist with Deprotect. CUR | Deprotect, Dispel, KO. PRE | --INF | Protect. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - SHELL EFF | Target takes ??% less damage from all magic attacks for a period | of time. | Cannot coexist with Deshell. CUR | Deshell, Dispel, KO. PRE | --INF | Shell. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - VEIL EFF | Increases target's status ailment resistance by 50% for a period | of time. CUR | Dispel, KO. PRE | --INF | Veil. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - REGEN EFF | Gradually restores HP over time for a period of time. Cannot be | dispeled. CUR | KO. PRE | --INF | Various FLs and monster abilities. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - RERAISE EFF | Revives target from KO with full HP. Cannot be dispeled. | of time. CUR | KO. PRE | --INF | Various FLs and monster abilities. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=NEGATIVE STATUS AILMENTS [DEBUFFS] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=DEBRAVE EFF | Reduces target's STR by ??% for a period of time, reducing | physical damage done to enemies. Also affects Ravager's | Strike-type skills. | Cannot coexist with Bravery. CUR | Bravery, Esuna, KO. PRE | --INF | Various enemy skills. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - DEFAITH EFF | Reduces target's MAG by ??% for a period of time, reducing magic | damage done to enemies. Also affects strength of Saboteur's | spells, and amount of HP recovered by Medic's spells. | Cannot coexist with Faith. CUR | Faith, Esuna, KO. PRE | --INF | Various enemy skills. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - DEPROTECT EFF | Reduces target's resistance to physical attacks by ??% for a | period of time, making it far more susceptible to physical damage. | Cannot coexist with Protect. CUR | Protect, Esuna, KO. PRE | --INF | Deprotect. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - DESHELL EFF | Reduces target's resistance to magic attacks by ??% a period of | time, making it far more susceptible to magic damage. CUR | Shell, Esuna, KO.

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PRE | --INF | Deshell. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - POISON EFF | For a period of time target takes continuous damage over time at a | rate of 1% of MAX HP lost per 3 seconds. Can inflict KO if not | treated. CUR | Antidote, Esuna, KO. PRE | --INF | Poison. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - IMPERIL EFF | For a period of time, reduces target's elemental resistance by one | level in following order: | absorb -> immune -> resistant -> halves -> normal -> weakness. | As for your chrs, they take double damage from all | elemental-based attacks. CUR | Wax, Esuna, KO. PRE | --INF | Imperil. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - SLOW EFF | Reduces target's ATBG recharge rate by 50% for a period of time. CUR | Esuna, KO. PRE | --INF | Slow. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - FOG EFF | Seals target's magic abilities for a period of time. CUR | Mallet, Esuna, KO. PRE | --INF | Fog. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - PAIN EFF | Seals target's physical abilities for a period of time. CUR | Painkiller, Esuna, KO. PRE | --INF | Pain. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - CURSE EFF | For a period of time, causes target's actions more likely to fail, | and increases the likelihood of enemy's actions not being | interrupted by the target. Also increases wound damage taken. CUR | Holy Water, Vigilance, Esuna, KO. PRE | --INF | Curse. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - DAZE EFF | For a period of time, renders target immobile, halting target's | actions completely. Target sustains double damage from next | damaging attack, which also unstuns the target. CUR | Foul Liquid, Esuna, KO. PRE | --INF | Daze. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - PROVOKE EFF | For a period of time, affected target will turn its undivided | attention solely towards the provoker, relentlessly assaulting it. CUR | --PRE | --INF | Provoke, Challenge. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - DOOM EFF | A counter appears above the chr affected with Doom. Once the | counter expires, chr undergoes KO. Amount of time on the counter | can be extended by setting Battle Speed to [Slow] in config menu.

CUR | --PRE | --INF | Various enemy skills. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - WOUND DAMAGE EFF | Target's MAX HP is permanently reduced until end of battle, at | which point it returns to its original value. It can also be | recovered mid-battle by using Wound Potion. You can lower target's | MAX HP as far as 25% of its original value - so if target's | original MAX HP is 10000 HP, you can reduce it to mere 2500 HP. CUR | Wound Potion, KO. PRE | --INF | Wound. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

=============================================================================== =============================================================================== 05.) VIDEO REFERENCES - G0600 =============================================================================== =============================================================================== For those who require help in getting thru the game further than what the walkthru covers, here's something you could definitely use. I've made a video playthru of the entire game from start to finish. It's available here: http://www.youtube.com/SplitPlaythru

=============================================================================== =============================================================================== 06.) WALKTHROUGH - G0700 =============================================================================== =============================================================================== - UNTIL I GET US VERSION, I WILL BE SKIPPING TREASURE SPOILS OF NON-IMPORTANT TREASURE BALLS AND CUBIC CHESTS (like for example 3x Potion in New Bodhum). - Add more information for Infusion submenu of Monster menu. - Add more information of Tune selection in Paradigm Pack menu. - Add more info on 3rd option of auto-creating paradigms. Wait for main menu to come up, and then choose one of following entries. - NEW GAME starts a new game - LOAD GAME / CONTINUE loads a previously saved game - DOWNLOADABLE CONTENT connects you to PSN - BEGINNER'S PRIMER tells you about events from FFXIII - EXTRAS installs XMB themes which are unlocked by getting certain trophies - SETTINGS allows you to customize several options Upon selecting New Game, you can choose between [Normal Mode] or [Easy Mode]. - enemies in EM are about 20% weaker - Wound Damage in EM is automatically recovered - 5*ing a battle in NM awards Item drop 200% Up and Rare drop 200% Up bonuses - NM is associated with at least one trophy Whenever possible, I'll be playing with Serah as leader. I just love girls.

PROLOGUE ============================================================= PROLOGUE WLK01 AF??? VALHALLA PROLOGUE ============================================================= PROLOGUE Enjoy the introduction scene. It is Lightning Valkyrie VS Soul E...! Eh, got taken away by likeness of the swords. The badass' name is Censor Bypass, and

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he's the main antagonist of the game. ---------------------------------- TUTORIAL! ---------------------------------ACTIVE TIME BATTLE TUTORIAL ---------------------------------- TUTORIAL! ---------------------------------In lower left corner of battle screen you have the following: a) ATB gauge which has 6 segments - the maximum amount. All other characters and monsters start with three ATB segments. b) List of commands. Currently you only have three: - Auto-battle will have AI choose the most appropriate action. - Abilities lets you choose commands you want to use. - Items lets you use available battle items. ATBG slowly fills from left to right. Once it is full, your leader will execute inputted commands in the order listed above the ATBG. Most commands cost one segment of ATBG, though you will also access commands which take 2, 3 or all segments of ATBG. Once you choose Auto-battle, you will have to choose the target you want to attack. Currently there's only one enemy, so choose its name and let it rip. If you choose Abilities, you can then choose which commands you want your chr to execute. Each command is added to ATBG, and you can add as many commands as there are available segments. Greyed out commands cannot be added to ATBG. Once you've selected your commands, the game will provide you with a list of possible targets. There's only one enemy, so choose its name and let it rip. Maximum amount of segments you can obtain is six. Two are obtained by upgrading Crystarium nodes, and one is obtained by purchasing chr's weapon with [ATB+1] passive ability. In a) b) c) lower right corner of battle screen you have several pieces of info: Chr's name Chr's current HP (if it drops to zero, chr is KOed) A green bar representing ratio of chr's current to MAX HP

HP | CHAIN | STGGR | CP | GIL | STR | MAG | KEV | LAUNCH | CAPTURE ??? | ??? | ???% | 0 | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | no | no ---------------------------- ATTACK VULNERABILITIES --------------------------FIRE | ICE | THUNDER | WIND | PHYSICAL | MAGICAL ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? ------------------------------ STATUS AFFINITIES -----------------------------DEPR | DESH | SLOW | POSN | IMPE | CURS | PAIN | FOG | DAZE | PROV | DSPL ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? NORMAL ----------------------------- ITEMS ------------------------------- RARE ??? | ??? --------------------------------- HINTS & TIPS -------------------------------??? ------------------------------- ADDITIONAL NOTES -----------------------------None ------------------------------ GET READY! FIGHT! -----------------------------Lightning is well equipped for the battle at hand. You can fry Bahamut with lightning raining from the sky, fill it with bullets from Light's gunblade, or in case of emergency healing totally fill your HP and at same time bestowing Protect and Shell. Bahamut, on the other hand, often swipes at Light, or breathes some fire in path of Odin. After losing about 50% HP, Bahamut roars and gets few new tricks. It can now deliver a punishing divebomb and shoot several projectiles. Take care to renew HP if they drop low and keep troubling Bahamut until the battle concludes. ------------------ CONGRATULATIONS! YOU ARE LIGHTNINGTORIOUS! ----------------CINEMATIC ACTION SEQUENCE INCOMING! - tilt left analog UP - press X (short pause before next) - MASH Square (short pause before next) - press either Square or Circle - press either Square or Circle - tilt left analog UP - press either Square or Circle - MASH X - tilt left analog RIGHT - press Circle - press X

In upper right corner of the screen you have a Stagger Gauge of the targeted enemy. The game will explain it later in the game, so don't concern with it just yet. -------------------------------- TUTORIAL END! ----------------------------------------------------------------- TUTORIAL! ---------------------------------PREVENTING THE ATTACKS TUTORIAL ---------------------------------- TUTORIAL! ---------------------------------Just as you can attack enemies and sometimes prevent them from their attack going off, they can do the same to you. There are a couple of variations of how can enemies forbid or inhibit your movement. - knock your chr to the ground, after which he/she will stand up - launch your chr in the air, then he/she comes crashing down, and will stand up after a few seconds - Daze status prevents your chr from moving, and causes next attack received to inflict greater damage - Fog status prevents your chr from using attacks of magical nature - Pain status prevents your chr from using attacks of physical nature - when hit, your chr will often stagger a little, but not enough to be knocked on the ground -------------------------------- TUTORIAL END! -------------------------------Lightning faces off VS Bahamut. Since this is first battle, it isn't terribly difficult, but you must still be careful not to get carried away. ------------------------ HERE COMES A NEW CHALLENGER! ------------------------No001 Chaos Bahamut T: ??? S: ??? --------------------------------- STATISTICS ----------------------------------

------------------------ HERE COMES A NEW CHALLENGER! ------------------------No002 Chaos Bahamut T: ??? S: ??? --------------------------------- STATISTICS ---------------------------------HP | CHAIN | STGGR | CP | GIL | STR | MAG | KEV | LAUNCH | CAPTURE ??? | ??? | ???% | 0 | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | no | no ---------------------------- ATTACK VULNERABILITIES --------------------------FIRE | ICE | THUNDER | WIND | PHYSICAL | MAGICAL ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? ------------------------------ STATUS AFFINITIES -----------------------------DEPR | DESH | SLOW | POSN | IMPE | CURS | PAIN | FOG | DAZE | PROV | DSPL ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? NORMAL ----------------------------- ITEMS ------------------------------- RARE ??? | ??? --------------------------------- HINTS & TIPS -------------------------------??? ------------------------------- ADDITIONAL NOTES -----------------------------None ------------------------------ GET READY! FIGHT! -----------------------------Lightning is again well equipped for the battle at hand. You can either fry Bahamut with lightning (yet again, hehe), unleash homing projectiles, or in case of emergeny healing totally fill your HP and at same time bestowing Haste. Bahamut can unleash Mega Flare for about 1000 damage, but it's not much to inhibit you on the path of victory. ------------------ CONGRATULATIONS! YOU ARE LIGHTNINGTORIOUS! -----------------

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EPISODE 1 =========================================================== EPISODE 1 WLK02 AF003 - NEW BODHUM EPISODE 1 =========================================================== EPISODE 1 This portion of the guide will feature many tutorials to get you used to the game, so bear with me. Fortunately most of the stuff remains the same as in FFXIII, so I won't have a tough job. Enter Serah, the main protagonist - and you get to control her. Serah has even less monies than Light did in FFXIII. Zero gil to start the game with is not fun at all. ---------------------------------- TUTORIAL! ---------------------------------CAMERA CONTROL TUTORIAL ---------------------------------- TUTORIAL! ---------------------------------Choose the appropriate camera setting for yourself (mainly for upskirt shots of Serah), which would be first option. -------------------------------- TUTORIAL END! -------------------------------By advancing the storyline or meeting special requirements you will obtain entries into your DATALOG. ---------------------------------- TUTORIAL! ---------------------------------MAIN MENU TUTORIAL ---------------------------------- TUTORIAL! ---------------------------------Your main menu currently has five entries. Advancing the game will add nine more submenus for a total of 14 entries - however, I'll include them now (but the explanations will come when required!). a) c) c) d) e) f) g) h) i) j) k) l) m) n) PARTY PARADIGMS (edit paradigms and your paradigm pack) CRYSTARIUM (enhance character parameters and gain new abilities) MONSTERS (adorn, name, infuse, or release members of captured monsters) EQUIPMENT (select weapons and accessories worn by your chrs) CHANGE LEADER (switch between Serah and Noel as leading protagonist) STATUS (view detailed chr status info) INVENTORY (view and sort items, weapons, accessories, etc.) DATALOG (view various info on areas, chrs, terms, enemies, etc.) BESTIARY (view info about monsters you have defeated) FRAGMENTS (view the shards of time that you have collected) FRAGMENT SKILLS (view your fragment skills and their effects) MAP (view the map of current area) COSTUMES (change the appearance of Serah and Noel) SETTINGS (change various options)

Both Serah's and Noel's starting roles are Commando, Ravager and Sentinel. Your prearranged paradigms are: COM/COM, RAV/COM, COM/SEN, SEN/SEN. The enemies you face are no threat so destroy them with extreme prejudice! ---------------------------------- TUTORIAL! ---------------------------------LIBRA SCREEN TUTORIAL ---------------------------------- TUTORIAL! ---------------------------------By pressing R1 you can access Libra screen of all enemies you're fighting and haven't been defeated yet. The screen is setup like this: a) Top left corner has: - Enemy's name - Enemy's current / MAX HP (by reducing current HP to zero enemy is KOed) b) Upper right corner lists negative statuses enemy is immune to. From left to right you have: - Deprotect (take more physical damage) - Deshell (take more magical damage) - Slow (enemy's ATBG fills 50% slower) - Poison (continuous damage over time) - Imperil (fire, water, thunder and ice resistances down by 1 rank) - Curse (enemy's attacks interrupted easier, own attacks interrupted harder) - Pain (cannot use physical abilities) - Fog (cannot use magical abilities) - Daze (cannot move, receive double damage from next attack) - Provoke (cannot be provoked by SEN) - Dispel (remove the latest buff/debuff applied [rightmost one]) c) On left side of the screen you have the following: - CHAIN RESISTANCE (how resilient the enemy is against chaining) - STAGGER POINT (amount of Stagger you must inflict before enemy staggers) - COMMON DROP is item which is dropped most of time - RARE DROP is item which is rarely dropped d) On right side of the screen you have enemy's vulnerabilities to four elements, as well as physical and magical attacks. There are six types of affinities the enemy can sport and they are: a) WHITE - none (takes full damage of the attack) b) BLUE - weakness (takes double damage from such attack) c) YELLOW - half (takes 50% less damage from such attack) d) ORANGE - resistant (damage from such attack is reduced by 90%) e) RED - immunity (takes no damage from such attack [word GUARD appears]) f) PURPLE - absorption (attack heals enemy - 30% of the usual damage) recovery) e) On bottom of the screen you have four lines of enemy information, which may provide hints as to how to battle the enemy efficiently, or warn you of enemy's special abilities. Whenever you press R1 and you access Libra screen of the enemy you haven't fought yet, everything will be filled with question marks. You need to fight this enemy a couple of times before the entries fill up with relevant information. Alternatively you can use Libra Scope item which scans all enemies in battle and reveals all info. -------------------------------- TUTORIAL END! -------------------------------In the main menu new entries have been added: Equipment, Status and Bestiary. ---------------------------------- TUTORIAL! ---------------------------------ATTACK CHAIN TUTORIAL ---------------------------------- TUTORIAL! ---------------------------------Now let's talk about chain and Stagger. a) By continuously attacking the enemy, thus chaining the attacks together, you're increasing enemy's Chain gauge (evident by yellow bar being filled from left to right). b) Physical attacks add little % to CG, but they also cause CG to decrease slowly, allowing you ample time to chain together next series of attacks. c) Magical attacks add a lot of % to CG, but they also cause CG to decrease

And here are options in Settings menu. - 1st option is CAMERA. [X axis normal; Y axis inverted] [X axis normal; Y axis normal] [X axis inverted; Y axis inverted] [X axis inverted; Y axis normal] - 2nd option is CAMERA SENSITIVITY. - 3rd option is BRIGHTNESS. - 4th option is MAGFINY FONT. <On> makes text huge. - 5th option is EVENT SUBTITLES. Choose <On> or <Off>. - 6th option is SPEAKER NAMES. Choose <On> or <Off>. - 7th option is NON-EVENT SUBTITLES. Choose <On> or <Off>. - 8th option is HELP MESSAGES. Choose <On> or <Off>. - 9th option is BATTLE DIFFICULTY. Choose <Normal mode> or <Easy mode>. - 10th option is DEFAULT BATTLE COMMAND. Choose <Auto-battle> or <Abilities>. - 11th option is TARGET SELECTION. Choose <From list> or <Via cursor>. - 12th option is MINI-MAP SETTINGS. - 13th option is MAP SETTINGS. -------------------------------- TUTORIAL END! -------------------------------Check the door and answer LT. Jump over obstacles by pressing Circle and head outside for LT, then slip into the event battle.

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rapidly, not allowing you to string together attacks easily. d) Every enemy in the game has its own CG and it starts at 100% once battle commences. e) Once you add enough % to enemy's CG, that enemy enters STAGGER STATE. For example, an enemy you fight has CG of 300%. When battle starts, its CG begins at 100%. This means that you have to keep chaining attacks together for so long until you accumulate additional 200% towards enemy's CG. f) In Stagger the enemy is extremely vulnerable, more susceptible to status changes, takes much more damage from attacks, and cannot respond well to your attacks. Additionally, sometimes attack and/or status affinities may change in Stagger. g) Once the enemy is Staggered, bonus 100% is added to CG. In aforementioned case, CG would become 400%. h) Maximum value CG can reach is 999,9%. i) % on the CG has another effect. All of your attacks will inflict higher damage affected by the amount displayed on CG. In aforementioned case, your attacks would inflict 4x greater damage than usual. j) Once the enemy is Staggered, its CG will start to slowly deplete from right to left. Until the bar is completely gone, all additional attacks by you will keep adding % to CG. Once the bar is empty, enemy's CG returns to 100% and you have to Stagger it again. -------------------------------- TUTORIAL END! -------------------------------There is a big commotion on the beach, so run into few enemies roaming around to get to know them better in the afterlife. ---------------------------------- TUTORIAL! ---------------------------------PARADIGM SYSTEM TUTORIAL ---------------------------------- TUTORIAL! ---------------------------------Your chrs have roles assigned to them and they are as follows: a) ATTACKER / COMMANDO - excels at physical combat b) BLASTER / RAVAGER - excels at magical combat c) DEFENDER / SENTINEL - draws enemy's attention and acts as a tank d) JAMMER / SABOTEUR - pesters enemies with negative statuses e) ENHANCER / SYNERGIST - protects the party with positive statuses f) HEALER / MEDIC - excels at healing the party and reviving KOed allies In lower portion of the screen you have two additions: a) PARADIGM can be accessed by pressing L1. What does it do? It allows you to change chrs' roles in battle on the fly by choosing one of predetermined setups (you can have a maximum of six setups). b) Between chr's name and numerical HP display you'll see a shortened name for chr's role - COM for Commando, RAV for Ravager and so forth. You can assign characters the most effective roles for a given situation by changing your party's paradigm. You can switch between paradigms as often as you like. Each paradigm assigns specific roles to the members of your party. These roles define the spells and abilities available to a party member, as well as their general behavior in combat. There's a wide variety of paradigms to choose from. Offensive paradigms concentrate on dealing damage to enemies, while defensive paradigms focus on party protection and healing. It is very important to shift paradigms to suit your situation. You can press left analog to scan the paradigms available and see the list of roles that each comprises. For example, the paradigm Relentless Assault is an offensive paradigm in which multiple attackers coordinate their efforts. The paradigm's two Ravagers target whichever enemy Commando attacks, with the goal of quickly filling the enemy's chaing gauge in order to stagger it. If you wish to continue using the Relentless Assault paradigm, press Circle to close the paradigm deck. If you wish to change paradigms, select a new paradigm with left analog and then press X.

-------------------------------- TUTORIAL END! -------------------------------Once you clear the beach completely, there will be some scenes. Afterwards follow Noel towards N and talk to him for LT. ---------------------------------- TUTORIAL! ---------------------------------MOG CLOCK (ENCOUNTER) TUTORIAL ---------------------------------- TUTORIAL! ---------------------------------When not in battle mode, a minimap is displayed in upper right corner. While prancing around, enemies will randomly spawn next to you and Mog Clock will pop below your protagonist. Enemies are also marked on minimap as red dots. Mog Clock comprises of two segments, green and yellow. While the counter is still green, the spawned enemies are unable to move, and you can easily secure Preemptive Strike by hitting them with chr's weapon. However, if the counter enters yellow zone, the enemies begin to move and wil try to engage battle with your chrs. If they manage to touch you, battle initiates with no advantage for either side. If MC runs out while you're still in enemy's field of encounter, battle starts as well - you will also be unable to restart the battle. If you secure the PS, a few of the enemies will get 20% bonus to their Stagger Gauges, and the party begins the battle with Haste buff in effect. Few more pointers for battles! - After the battle is won, you get: a) items, which are dropped by enemies (there's no Steal command) b) CP, which are used to purchase upgrade nodes in Crystarium c) Gil, which is dropped by enemies (huge improvement over FFXIII) - After battle is won, you will be given a star ranking. Star rank depends on: TARGET TIME - time alloted for taking out all enemies BATTLE DURATION - how quickly you defeated all enemies ENEMY POINTS - self-explanatory PREEMPTIVE BONUS - self-explanatory Points awarded depend on how quickly you took out the enemies, damage incurred/taken, and some other factors. - Star ranking has two uses: a) beating last boss with five stars gives you a trophy b) it influences drop rate of spoils obtained after battle - Your HP is completely recovered after each battle. - There are only three chrs' stats - HP, STR, and MAG. - There are only two types of equipment - weapons and accessories. - You can store a maximum of 999999 CP, the rest is then wasted. - If your leader is KOed, the game switches over to Noel/Serah. But if both protagonists are KOed, then the game is over. Choose top option to restart the battle by being returned to the map just before entering the battle. If you choose bottom option, you will be returned to title screen. - If the battle at hand proves too tough, simply grind out for CP. You're not restricted by some silly Crystarium levels, like in FFXIII. -------------------------------- TUTORIAL END! ----------------------------------------------------------------- TUTORIAL! ---------------------------------ITEM USAGE TUTORIAL ---------------------------------- TUTORIAL! ---------------------------------When in a pinch, items can save your day. Items can be used instantly, and using items does not affect ATBG in any way. Some items are used on all party members, and some can be used only on one. Choosing Item command will bring up a list of available battle items. Choose the one you need at the moment and then select who you want to use it on. AI can assist you by automatically putting the cursor on the one that needs it the most.

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-------------------------------- TUTORIAL END! -------------------------------Go up the wooden railing, jump up the stone and proceed N, open TB for 3x Potion, then talk to Noel for LT. Follow him N still, and at this time Moogle's bobble will light up and he'll point to a certain treasure ball. Open it for the map of New Bodhum. Talk to Gadot for LT. Follow Noel up the slope, and at the U-turn bag Librascope from TB. Cross some tree trunks and talk to Yuj for LT, nab Phoenix Down from TB, then talk to Maqui for LT. Go down the slope to the right of Maqui for first serious boss battle. ------------------------ HERE COMES A NEW CHALLENGER! ------------------------No??? Gogmagog T: ??? S: ??? --------------------------------- STATISTICS ---------------------------------HP | CHAIN | STGGR | CP | GIL | STR | MAG | KEV | LAUNCH | CAPTURE 4200 | 90 | 120% | 300 | 450 | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | no ---------------------------- ATTACK VULNERABILITIES --------------------------FIRE | ICE | THUNDER | WIND | PHYSICAL | MAGICAL normal | normal | normal | normal | normal | normal ------------------------------ STATUS AFFINITIES -----------------------------DEPR | DESH | SLOW | POSN | IMPE | CURS | PAIN | FOG | DAZE | PROV | DSPL | | | | | | | | | | NORMAL ----------------------------- ITEMS ------------------------------- RARE Phoenix Down | ??? --------------------------------- HINTS & TIPS -------------------------------Unremarkable. ------------------------------- ADDITIONAL NOTES -----------------------------None ---------------------------------- SKILL LIST -------------------------------------------------------------- GET READY! FIGHT! -----------------------------Switch to RAV/COM, and have Serah pump Gog full of magic until it's staggered, then switch to dual COM and rip it a new one. Boss shoots you with two rounds of Ruin and then readies giant swipe - to reduce the damage, switch to SEN/SEN. -------------------- CONGRATULATIONS! YOU ARE SERAHTORIOUS! ------------------AF003 NEW BODHUM FRAGMENT - Gogmagog Fragment Alpha (01/04) obtained! There's a total of 160 frags in the game - some are very easy to obtain, some are very hard or annoying (say hi to casino for me). Collecting all of them is required for secret ending. New entry has been added to main menu - Fragments. Follow Noel to the fallen meteor, open two TBs for 300 gil and 2x Gysahl Greens, then examine the meteor... Serah wakes up in a new day inside NORA's, with a couple of new additions to main menu - Party Paradigms and Crystarium. ---------------------------------- TUTORIAL! ---------------------------------CRYSTARIUM TUTORIAL ---------------------------------- TUTORIAL! ---------------------------------The members of your party can now develop their powers, learning new abilities, or improving attributes such as Strength, Magic, and HP. Crystarium is chr's and monster's growth chart, on which you can buy various upgrade nodes. When it comes to Noel and Serah, you can purchase nodes by expending CP, which are obtained by winning battles. CP cost is small at start - only 100CP per node. But as you progress over the Crystarium, the cost for purchasing nodes increases every so often to a staggering amount of 3000+CP per node. Each node awards you a bonus to HP and/or STR and/or MAG. If your chosen role reaches an appropriate level upon purchasing a node, that role will also learn an ability. Both Serah and Noel learn only a limited amount of skills per role. And ability XYZ on Serah's Ravager role may not be at Noel's Ravager role at all. To give an example, only monsters can come with Haste spell.

Whenever you want to level up using Crystarium, you need to choose a role you want to develop. Serah's roles are COM lv2, RAV lv1, and SEN lv2. Choose to develop COM for 100CP - the next node will light up and you get a small bonus to HP and ATK, and COM is now lv3. The cost for next node increases to 120CP, and next node is bigger than the one we just purchased. Choose to develop RAV next to lv2 - expend 120CP and receive a small bonus to HP, as well as learn new ability for RAV. However, there's an additional bonus of +2 to MAG because you leveled up a role on a bigger node. Basically, depending on the role you level up when reaching bigger node, you receive a small bonus afterwards: - COM gives you additional +2 to ATK - RAV gives you additional +2 to MAG - SEN gives you additional +6 to HP - SAB gives you additional +2 to ATK (even level) OR +2 to MAG (odd level) - SYN gives you additional +6 to HP (even level) OR +2 to MAG (odd level) - MED gives you additional +6 to HP Next, once you're around the Crystarium grid, it levels up and you're offered up to six of the following bonuses (you can choose only one): - additional bar to ATBG (up to twice) - special battle ability (after purchasing both ATB bars) - +20 capacity to equipping accessories (up to twice) - +10 capacity to equipping accessories (after purchasing both +20 capacities) - unlock MED role - unlock SAB role - unlock SYN role - COM Bonus Boost (making it more effective) - COM Bonus Boost II (making it even more effective) - RAV Bonus Boost (making it more effective) - RAV Bonus Boost II (making it even more effective) - SEN Bonus Boost (making it more effective) - SEN Bonus Boost II (making it even more effective) - SAB Bonus Boost (making it more effective) - SAB Bonus Boost II (making it even more effective) - SYN Bonus Boost (making it more effective) - SYN Bonus Boost II (making it even more effective) - MED Bonus Boost (making it more effective) - MED Bonus Boost II (making it even more effective) However, to level up monsters, you need to feed them various monster materials, obtained from battles and other means. Each time you use a required amount of items to purchase a node, monster's HP, STR and MAG will increase. Also, each item bears a small additional boost to certain stat - that can be STR, MAG, HP or all three at once. Monster materials have grades, and the required grade of material increases as you level up monsters in Crystarium. Once you're around the Crystarium grid for a monster, it levels up and you're offered one of the following bonuses: - additional bar to ATBG (up to twice) - monster's role level up 1 (making it more effective) - monster's role level up 2 (making it even more effective) Serah and Noel can reach lv99 in any of the six roles they have available. But monsters are a different story - not all of them can reach lv99, and they only have one role at any given time. For example, Pulsework Soldier's role will always be SEN. Abilities can only be used when in the corresponding role, but attribute bonuses like +4 to MAG apply across all roles. -------------------------------- TUTORIAL END! -------------------------------Here's how I chose my roles and level up bonuses. SERAH: On bigger nodes I leveled RAV for extra MAG. At Crystarium level ups I chose RAV Bonus Boost, RAV Bonus Boost II, Unlock SAB role, Unlock MED role,

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ATB LEVEL +1, ATB LEVEL +1, SAB Bonus Boost, SAB Bonus Boost II. NOEL: On bigger nodes I leveled COM for extra ATK. At Crystarium level ups I chose COM Bonus Boost, COM Bonus Boost II, Unlock SYN role, Unlock MED role, ATB LEVEL +1, ATB LEVEL +1, SYN Bonus Boost, SYN Bonus Boost II. Next to Serah a cube will pop up, containing Live Trigger reward. Depending on your choices in LT events, you're awarded monster items used for adorning them. If you make poor choices, you'll get something crappy as a Potion. However, LTs have no effect on the overall story at all. Talk to Lebreau for LT, and then head outside. ---------------------------------- TUTORIAL! ---------------------------------MOOGLE HUNTER TUTORIAL ---------------------------------- TUTORIAL! ---------------------------------Whenever an important item or whatever else is nearby, Moogle's bobble will light up, alerting you to it. So just follow the furball and press X (in some cases R1 is required). However, there are several concealed treasures which have a ring around them. While you're able to see these, you cannot uncover them just yet. You have to progress further in the story to unlock SP version of Moogle Hunter. -------------------------------- TUTORIAL END! -------------------------------Go S and Moogle's bobble lights up - he darts over to some cat, so talk to it. Cat tries to escape, but Moogle keeps up just fine, so follow him to SW corner and talk to the cat again for LT, then Noel for LT. Also in SW corner are remains of the house where some vegetables are being grown - examine those for LT. A bunch of kids have gathered nearby and they appear chat with them for LT. After the scene Maqui accuses something, and latter runs away. Finally examine the the beach to find Lightning's Knife (Serah's present in FFXIII) for LT. quite lively, so have a kid in orange vestment of palm tree between rocks on to Lightning for her b-day

Bangle and Phoenix Down from two TBs. On the very same spot as you fought Gogmagog... ------------------------ HERE COMES A NEW CHALLENGER! ------------------------No??? ab Gogmagog T: ??? S: ??? --------------------------------- STATISTICS ---------------------------------HP | CHAIN | STGGR | CP | GIL | STR | MAG | KEV | LAUNCH | CAPTURE 4200 | 90 | 120% | 300 | 450 | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | no a 4200 | 90 | 120% | 300 | 450 | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | no b ---------------------------- ATTACK VULNERABILITIES --------------------------FIRE | ICE | THUNDER | WIND | PHYSICAL | MAGICAL normal | normal | normal | normal | resist | resist a normal | normal | normal | normal | normal | normal b ------------------------------ STATUS AFFINITIES -----------------------------DEPR | DESH | SLOW | POSN | IMPE | CURS | PAIN | FOG | DAZE | PROV | DSPL | | | | | | | | | | NORMAL ----------------------------- ITEMS ------------------------------- RARE Phoenix Down | ??? --------------------------------- HINTS & TIPS -------------------------------Unremarkable. ------------------------------- ADDITIONAL NOTES -----------------------------None ---------------------------------- SKILL LIST -------------------------------------------------------------- GET READY! FIGHT! -----------------------------A small alteration in boss tactic starts by boss making itself resistant to both physical and magical damage. Until you stagger it, you deal 10% of usual damage only. Make RAV/COM combo and press the attack until Gog is staggered, at which point its shield dissipates and boss again takes full damage from all attacks. Combine into COM/COM for swift dispatch, and heal with Potions if HPs are low. -------------------- CONGRATULATIONS! YOU ARE SERAHTORIOUS! ------------------AF003 NEW BODHUM FRAGMENT - Gogmagog Fragment Beta (02/04) obtained! KWEH! Look, it's a chocobo, and very soon too! Approach the chocster and press X to ride it. Doing so will expend 1 Gysahl Greens from your inventory, and you can ride yellow chocobo for unlimited amount of time. There's also the red version, which continuously drains your supply of Gysahls while riding it. While riding a chocobo, all random battles are void (except event battles and fights against enemies that you actually see), you can examine TBs and TCs, talk to people and use a shop. Pressing Circle causes chocobo to jump (hold down Circle for a bit of gliding), and L1 dismounts the bird. Anyways, mount the chocster and ride it back to New Bodhum to the girl near the beach. Hand over the item she needs for AF003 NEW BODHUM FRAGMENT - Heart Prism (03/04)! Also ensure that you cover 100% of the map (needed for a quest later in the game). Oookay, now head for warp gate in [Meteorite Impact Site] and use it to welcome Historia Crux, a time machine of sorts. At LT press Triangle to continue AF005 Bresha Ruins is unlocked! Here's a completed shabby ASCII map of Historia Crux.

Immediately E to the palm tree is a girl on the beach, sitting down. Talk to her to initiate a quest. Wut? ---------------------------------- TUTORIAL! ---------------------------------QUEST TUTORIAL ---------------------------------- TUTORIAL! ---------------------------------Yaaay, quests return for this installment of FF. They're of various kinds: - kill a monster - find an item (either in cube or dropped by monster) - complete a task - answer quiz questions Completing the quests is necessary in order to collect all 160 frags. -------------------------------- TUTORIAL END! -------------------------------For this particular quest, a treasure cube has appeared along NW edge of the map, containing the Medical Kit wanted by the beach girl - but you cannot get to it just yet. Now follow the stupid kid, until you catch up to him. Spank him with LT (X) and LT (Triangle) so he gives you Snow's Necklace, and then chalk it up with LT. Follow Noel down the ledge and before stepping on the beach, you can talk to him for LT. Enter New Bodhum for a scene at the pier, and then walk into Serah's room. Examine the mirror to obtain Giant's Artefact (activates the orange gate in AF3 New Bodhum). Walk outside for a scene and then depart for the crater on very N. Along E edge of the map a new path has opened because the water receded - collect Iron

AF300 | AF01X | AFXXX OE ------+ | AF200 | AF010 | AF003 NB -- AF005 | |

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AFXXX CO AF300 BR | | | AF110 YM | +-- ????? ?? | ????? ?? Key: NB - New Bodhum VA - Valhalla BR - Bresha Ruins YM - Yaschas Massif OE - Oerba AT - Augusta Tower SW - Spoiler world

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- press X This will stagger the boss, allowing you to deal greater damage. Switch to COM/COM at this point and send the gigantic pile of paradox to the pits. -------------------- CONGRATULATIONS! YOU ARE SERAHTORIOUS! ------------------CINEMATIC ACTION SEQUENCE INCOMING! - MASH Triangle Being accurate in all CAs for the boss yields Silver Gear, an item for adorning the monsters. Talk to the Captain in red armor to get things moving, then talk to Noel for LT, then the sentry in front of the cell for LT, and again for LT at this point a blonde woman comes running. Her name is Alyssa and she'll help you out. After Alyssa and the soldier are done conversing, talk to the soldier again and you're free for LT. Afterwards you need to talk to Alyssa again, but before that explore the area for a couple of treasures - 400 gil, 350 gil, Black Belt. If you go back to the soldier next to the cell, you'll see a brief image of a treasure floating in the air. Very soon you will get the ability to uncover these treasures, so hold onto your moogles for now. Heard of Time Reversal? You can try it immediately, but first you need to find a required item... go to the warp gate you arrived at in this timeline, turn W and in dead end nail TC with 'Leaving' Gate Seal that unlocks Time Reversal in AF003 New Bodhum. Along E edge of starting area you can find Chocolina, a crazy girl in chocobo suit. She'll be haunting you wherever you go, offering her warez at exorbitant prices. Items she's selling also depend on which HC area you're in - in this timeline she offers battle items (Potion, Phoenix Down, Remedy, Wound Potion, Antidote, Holy Water, Painkiller, Mallet, Wax), weapons (Meteorblaze, Howling Soul), accessories (Iron Bangle, Black Belt, Rune Bracelet, Star Pendant, Pearl Necklace, Warding Talisman), monster materials (not available just yet), and special items (Gysahl Greens, and eventually monster decorations). Anyway, at this point you can purchase better weapons for Serah and Noel, so equip them right away. Talk to Alyssa to receive Academy Communicator and a map of Bresha Ruins. Change Leader entry has also been to main menu, as well as battle menu. Now you can proceed up the stairs in NE corner to continue exploring Bresha Ruins. Bag 2x Potion from TB, and an event battle will unfold - kill all enemies to obtain two monster crystals, and unlock Monster Raid battle ability. Accept next tutorial and add Cait Sith to empty monster slot, then choose your default paradigm. Upon quitting the menu next event battle unfolds. ---------------------------------- TUTORIAL! ---------------------------------FERAL LINK TUTORIAL ---------------------------------- TUTORIAL! ---------------------------------Each monster comes with unique ability which you can release upon filling Feral Link gauge, which is located below the monster's HP gauge. When FL is full, you can press Square to unleash monster's unique ability. Each such ability comes with QTE button input - complete it as quickly as you can in order to get big Synchro Boost, which increases the effectivenes of the skill. -------------------------------- TUTORIAL END! -------------------------------Monsters entry has been added to main menu. Now I'll be talking about monster development and paradigms. ---------------------------------- TUTORIAL! ---------------------------------MONSTERS MENU TUTORIAL ---------------------------------- TUTORIAL! ---------------------------------Whenever you kill a monster, there's a chance that you'll obtain its crystal (not all monsters can be captured). Getting the monster's crystal adds the monster to your menagerie.

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Note: The hexagons to the extreme left on Historia Crux are DLC content. There are three types of warp gates. - Blue warp gate can only be activated by using Wild Artifact on it. There's 10 blue warp gates in the entire game and just as many Wild Artifacts. - Orange warp gate requires a very specific Artifact which is obtained during the course of the game. - Black warp gate is always activated, and it's the warp gate you use to arrive in specific timeline.

EPISODE 2 =========================================================== EPISODE 2 WLK03 AF005 - BRESHA RUINS EPISODE 2 =========================================================== EPISODE 2 A boss battle immediately upon entering. ------------------------ HERE COMES A NEW CHALLENGER! ------------------------No??? Paradox Alpha T: ??? S: ??? --------------------------------- STATISTICS ---------------------------------HP | CHAIN | STGGR | CP | GIL | STR | MAG | KEV | LAUNCH | CAPTURE 4920 | 90 | 200% | 100 | 150 | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | no ---------------------------- ATTACK VULNERABILITIES --------------------------FIRE | ICE | THUNDER | WIND | PHYSICAL | MAGICAL halves | halves | halves | halves | halves | halves ------------------------------ STATUS AFFINITIES -----------------------------DEPR | DESH | SLOW | POSN | IMPE | CURS | PAIN | FOG | DAZE | PROV | DSPL | | | imm | | | imm | imm | imm | | NORMAL ----------------------------- ITEMS ------------------------------- RARE Phoenix Down | ??? --------------------------------- HINTS & TIPS -------------------------------Hint1: ??? ------------------------------- ADDITIONAL NOTES -----------------------------None ---------------------------------- SKILL LIST -------------------------------------------------------------- GET READY! FIGHT! -----------------------------Ugh, this giant is quite resilient to all damage, and delivers powerful strikes with Wound Damage. As I explained in status changes section, Wound Damage permanently reduces your MAX HP until end of battle, or until cured with Blood Potion. Switch to RAV/COM and endure a couple of boss attacks until it readies to slam you again. CINEMATIC ACTION SEQUENCE INCOMING! - tilt left analog RIGHT Being successful negates all damage from the attack, grants Bravery buff to Noel and Faith buff to Serah. Endure some more attacks and now... CINEMATIC ACTION SEQUENCE INCOMING! - tilt left analog RIGHT - tile left analog UP

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There are four things you can do in Monster menu: - add decorative items on the monster (serves no purpose whatsoever) - rename the monster (serves no purpose as well) - infuse the monster with other monsters (this is what I'm talking about) - release the monster You'll likely spend a lot of time in Infusion submenu, trying to make that perfect monster. Let me give you an example of how you can improve your favorite monster. - You have a lv40 Flanitor, MED, 4000 HP, 250 MAG. - You want to increase Flanitor's HP. - Go to Flanitor's Infusion submenu and look for a monster with passive ability HP+15% or similar. - Infuse Flanitor with selected monster and Flanitor's HP will increase. A monster learns battle/passive abilities as you level up its Crystarium by having the monster reach certain level. For example, the monster gets HP+10% passive ability upon reaching lv10, and can cast Haste upon reaching lv20. Single monster can have up to 10 passive abilities at any given time. -------------------------------- TUTORIAL END! -------------------------------At this point I went back to AF003 New Bodhum and captured Pulsework Soldier. Its SEN role kept me cruising for a bruising all the way to the end of the game. For other alternative you can capture Pulsework Knight - though it's max is lv20, it learns Mediguard, a very useful SEN ability which recovers HP while SEN is guarding. For MED I kept Cait Sith (increase its lv a few times so it learns Esuna), which was later replaced by Flanitor. And for COM I have Meonekton, which is later replaced by Kichu, a special Ochu monster found in Archylte Steppe which we shall visit in near future. ---------------------------------- TUTORIAL! ---------------------------------PARADIGM PACK TUTORIAL ---------------------------------- TUTORIAL! ---------------------------------Upon entering Paradigm Pack menu, you're greeted with following choices. - 1st allows you to add captured monsters to one of the three slots. - 2nd allows you create paradigms as you see fit by choosing roles for Serah and Noel. Monster can only have one role, and it cannot be changed. Pressing Square on chosen paradigm will make it a default paradigm, meaning that you begin the battles with that paradigm. Pressing Triangle allows you to save your paradigm selections in one of three slots (which can later be loaded via Triangle again).*1 - 3rd allows you to auto-create paradigms based on preference of attacking power, defensive positioning or well-balanced. - 4th allows you to delete paradigms (default paradigm cannot be deleted). *1 note: By choosing Tune option you can select how your party members behave in chosen paradigm. Will everyone focus on leader's target? Or will each member choose his/her/its own target? It's up to you to decide. -------------------------------- TUTORIAL END! -------------------------------Proceed up next set of stairs, get scared by giant hand and turn left to find an orange warp gate near lots of pillars (this is best way to describe locations of warp gates). Examine it for LT, then follow Moogle to its glowing bobble position and talk to nearby soldier. You gain Moogle Hunt ability! When you find an invisible TB, TC or something else floating in the air, but still barely visible, press R1 in its vicinity to have Moogle reveal it, allowing you to claim it for yourself. There's Chocolina's shop nearby (she will often times be in your way, allowing you for easy access to her shop, so that you don't have to backtrack) and she now sells monster materials (Potent Droplet, Potent Bolt). You have obtained WILD ARTIFACT (01/10)! Wild Artifact allows you to activate

blue warp gates, leading you to other time zones. The warp gate you just passed is orange, so Wild Artifact won't work on it. Note if you return to Alyssa in starting area, there's invisible TB near her with Librascope. You can choose to take the tunnel on the right, or path on the left. To the left of the tunnel is concealed TB containing a Capsule (needed for a quest in this timeline) - take the tunnel for it leads to orange warp gate in the cavern and some treasure - Capsule, 8x Potent Droplets, Rune Bracelet (concealed). Examine orange gate for LT, and then go W from orange gate. When you exit the tunnel, proceed N (that giant hand will smash the surroundings again), and then turn E, collect 2x Gysahl Greens, find another shop of Chocolina's, and Phoenix Down nearby. There is a big giant Atlas LT... Let's take care of it immediately. ------------------------ HERE COMES A NEW CHALLENGER! ------------------------No??? Atlas (full power) T: ??? S: ??? --------------------------------- STATISTICS ---------------------------------HP | CHAIN | STGGR | CP | GIL | STR | MAG | KEV | LAUNCH | CAPTURE 156000 | 80 | 900% | 500 | 1000 | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | no ---------------------------- ATTACK VULNERABILITIES --------------------------FIRE | ICE | THUNDER | WIND | PHYSICAL | MAGICAL halves | halves | resist | resist | halves | halves ------------------------------ STATUS AFFINITIES -----------------------------DEPR | DESH | SLOW | POSN | IMPE | CURS | PAIN | FOG | DAZE | PROV | DSPL | | | imm | | | imm | imm | imm | | NORMAL ----------------------------- ITEMS ------------------------------- RARE ??? | ??? --------------------------------- HINTS & TIPS -------------------------------Hint1: Hint2: Hint3: ------------------------------- ADDITIONAL NOTES -----------------------------None ---------------------------------- SKILL LIST -------------------------------------------------------------- GET READY! FIGHT! -----------------------------Oh... I guess I can't defeat it just yet (unless I've been insane and leveled up to the maximum, which I did not). -------------------- CONGRATULATIONS! YOU ARE ATLASTORIOUS! ------------------PARADOX ENDING - Kicking Atlas' ass while it's in full power state will award you with paradox ending (01/08) and a fragment (I will not yet keep track of this fragment, but I'll do so when I actually return to kill Atlas in its full power state). But it's unlikely you're able to do so on first visit, so you need to grow stronger. Return to this area later in the game with help of Time Reversal and become the girl with absolute power who takes down bigass giant. OK, retry. Turn around and enter the tunnel on the right. When you reach a cavern (nab TB with Orange Newsboy Cap) with paths branching E, W and another corridor connecting the cavern with outside area (Chocolina's shop is in this corridor as well), hike W to dead end with LT (grab Star Pendant from concealed TB), and then E to find a special device... Enter Temporal Rift, a mess of synhronizing the timeline. There's three different types of rifts. - Collect all crystal fragments in the area, while the panels you step on disappear when you get off of them. - Connect the star system of shown monster by linking together two crystals when they're of the same color. - Clear all numbers on the clock. For clock puzzles download the Shockwave app. It will help you amazingly. And for the record I DID NOT MAKE IT. I found it: http://www1.axfc.net/uploader/He/dl.pl Pressing Square resets the current stage of the puzzle, and pressing R1 + L1 at the same time quits the puzzle. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Fellow GameFAQs user DarkSist sent me the following: The clock puzzle has many solutions, so from the moment you find one of them, you may stop, 'cause you have solved the puzzle. To solve it, you have to follow the following steps: 1) Number the nodes (see between the brackets) f.i. 1[1] 2[6] 1[2] 3[5] 1[3] 1[4] 2) Write down for each node the nodes that can follow it. In this case, there are 6 follow-ups. so, [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [1] -> -> [1] -> [2] -> [3] -> [2] -> [2] [2] or [6] or [3] or [4] or [5] or [4]

can't go any further. For every continuation, you repeat step 7a until you can't go any further. If you have made a chain that goes through every node, great! You may stop now, 'cause you have found a solution. If you haven't go to step 7b. 7b) Longing the chains of step 7a on the left side. You can see in step 3 how many follow-ups end in the left node for each of your chains of step 7a. And you can see in step 2 what those follow-ups are. Like in step 7a, if the node is on the right side in step 5a or 5b, you may only use that follow-up. Our chain in 7a was [4] -> [5] -> [2] -> [1] -> [6]. The left side of it is [4]. In step 3, you can see that 2 nodes can be followed by node [4]. These are [3] -> [4] and [6] -> [4]. There isn't a follow-up in step 5a and 5b with [4] on the right side, so node [4] may follow both nodes. But because [6] is already in the chain, only node [3] can be put before the chain. So we have found a solution for our puzzle ([3] -> [4] -> [5] -> [2] -> [1] -> [6]). You may stop now, but for the sake of our example, we will continue and suppose we haven't found one. For every continuation, we will repeat step 7b until we can't go any further. If you haven't found a solution by now, go to step 8. 8) Try doing 7a and 7b all over, but starting with another chain than in step 6. Repeat this for every chain in step 6. f.i. suppose [2] -> [1] wasn't a follow-up in step 5b, then you could make 2 chains in step 6 (chain [4] -> [5] -> [2] and chain [1]->[6]). The longest chain would have been [4] -> [5] -> [2]. We would have started with it in steps 7a and 7b. If we wouldn't have found a solution, we would now repeat steps 7a and 7b, but now starting with chain [1] -> [6]. 9) If you haven't found a solution by now, that means that one of the followups in steps 5a or 5b isn't used in the chain. So either the whole chain begins with a node on the right side of the arrow in step 5b (see step 9a) or ends with a node on the left side of the arrow in step 5a (see step 9b). 9 a) In the first case, you start with that node (i.e. on the right side of the arrow in step 5b) and then try longing the chain on the right side by repeating step 7a. f.i. for node [1] -> [2] -> [1] -> [6] -> [1] -> [6] -> [1] -> [6] -> So now if you nodes [5] and [1], you will [3] -> [4] -> [2] -> [3] -> [4] -> [3] -> [4] -> [5] -> wouldn't have [6]. end up with the following chains: [5] (not a solution and you can't go any further) [4] -> [5] (a solution) [2] (not a solution and you can't go any further) [2] -> [3] (a solution) found a solution, you could repeat it starting with

3) Write down how many times a node is on the right side of the arrow in step 2 [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] 1 4 2 2 1 1

4) If one of the nodes in step 3 has a 0 next to it, then you know you have to start with that node. (That isn't the case in this example). When that's the case, then after step 5, you only have to do step 9a, but start with the node that has a 0 next to it (in step 3) instead.

5 a) Write down all nodes that can be followed by only 1 node (see step 2) [5] -> [2] 5 b) Write down all nodes that are only once on the right side of the arrow (see step 3) [2] -> [1] [4] -> [5] [1] -> [6] 6) Now you know that all the follow-ups in steps 5a and 5b must be in the solution. (This isn't always the case, but most of the times it is. In the cases where it isn't, see step 9). Now make the longest chain you can make with the follow-ups of steps 5a and 5b. here: [4] -> [5] -> [2] -> [1] -> [6] 7) Try longing the chain as far as possible by going through all possible continuations. 7 a) Longing the chain on the right side. You can use the follow-ups in step 2, but if the node, that you're on, is in the left side in either step 5a or 5b, you can only use those follow-ups : [4] -> [5] -> [2] -> [1] -> [6] Because of step 2, node [6] can be followed by either [2] or [4]. There isn't a follow-up in steps 5a and 5b with [6] on the left side, so node [6] may be followed by both. But because both [2] and [4] are already in the chain, you

9 b) In the second case, you end with that node (i.e. on the left side of the arrow in step 5a) and then try longing the chain on the left side by repeating step 7b. f.i. for node [5], you will end up with the following chains: [1] -> [6] -> [2] -> [3] -> [4] -> [5] (a solution) [3] -> [2] -> [1] -> [6] -> [4] -> [5] (a solution) If you have followed these steps, you'll have found the solution for the puzzle. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------Now with that out of the way, clear the three stages of crystallizing to obtain AF005 BRESHA RUINS FRAGMENT - Delicate Crystal (01/08). Examine the device to deal a slight shock to Atlas... oooh, ran outta juice? Return to Atlas to deal with it.

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I had these paradigms prepared. 1. COM/COM/SEN 2. RAV/COM/SEN - default paradigm 3. RAV/RAV/SEN 4. SEN/SEN/MED 5. RAV/COM/MED 6. SEN/SEN/SEN ------------------------ HERE COMES A NEW CHALLENGER! ------------------------No???ab Atlas (weakened) T: ??? S: ??? --------------------------------- STATISTICS ---------------------------------HP | CHAIN | STGGR | CP | GIL | STR | MAG | KEV | LAUNCH | CAPTURE 156000*1 | 80 | 200% | 500 | 600 | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | no a 156000*1 | 80 | 200% | 500 | 600 | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | no b ---------------------------- ATTACK VULNERABILITIES --------------------------FIRE | ICE | THUNDER | WIND | PHYSICAL | MAGICAL weak | weak | | | halves | halves a weak | weak | | | | b ------------------------------ STATUS AFFINITIES -----------------------------DEPR | DESH | SLOW | POSN | IMPE | CURS | PAIN | FOG | DAZE | PROV | DSPL | | | imm | | | imm | imm | imm | | NORMAL ----------------------------- ITEMS ------------------------------- RARE ??? | ??? --------------------------------- HINTS & TIPS -------------------------------Hint1: Hint2: Hint3: ------------------------------- ADDITIONAL NOTES -----------------------------*1: Atlas begins the battle with 15600 HP. ---------------------------------- SKILL LIST -------------------------------------------------------------- GET READY! FIGHT! -----------------------------Oh... I guess it can't defeat us just yet. Soften it up with RAV/COM/SEN and after two or three loadouts of punishment switch to RAV/RAV/SEN to quickly stack up its SG. Switch to COM/COM/SEN if SG begins to deplete too quickly to slow down its depletion rate. Atlas lets out a yell, which inflicts Curse - respond by switching to RAV/COM/MED and have Cait Sith Esuna everyone, so that you're not interrupted while launching attacks. Upon staggering Atlas, it slumps over and takes normal damage from both magic and physicals. Continue the assault until it falls. -------------------- CONGRATULATIONS! YOU ARE SERAHTORIOUS! ------------------CINEMATIC ACTION SEQUENCE INCOMING! - tilt left analog RIGHT - press Circle - tilt left analog RIGHT - press X - tilt left analog RIGHT - press X - tilt left analog RIGHT - press X For perfect CA you get Fragment Crystal. Answer LT and nab AF005 BRESHA RUINS FRAGMENT - Atlas Fragment (02/08). Advance into the area past Atlas and examine the monument for some scenes. Chocobos can now be employed for riding. Check the corner NE of the monument you examined and press R1 to uncover Eclipse Artifact which activates orange warp gate in [Echoes of the Past] area with pillars. Now remember where the giant hand smashed the environment for the second time? Go there and use R1 to nab Reunion Artifact which activates orange warp gate in [Echoes of the Past] cavern area. Go to warp gate in [Echoes of the Past] area with the pillars and activate it it unlocks AF010 Yaschas Massif timeline. ---------------------------------- TUTORIAL! ----------------------------------

TIME REVERSAL TUTORIAL ---------------------------------- TUTORIAL! ---------------------------------Time Reversal allows you to replay any of the timelines you've visited from the beginning. This way you can make different choices in LTs, and thus obtain different items from TC that appear as a result of your choices. Time Reversal is also important for achieving several paradox endings. To employ Time Reversal, select the timeline you wish to replay and press R1. When you want to return back to original timeline, press R1 again. -------------------------------- TUTORIAL END! -------------------------------Press L1 while in Historia Crux to switch between two different types of views. Return to AF005 Bresha Ruins and activate the orange gate in [Echoes of the Past] cavern area to unlock AF300 Sunleth Waterscape.

EPISODE 3-A ======================================================= EPISODE 3-A WLK04 AF010 YASCHAS MASSIF EPISODE 3-A ======================================================= EPISODE 3-A Path N is blocked, so we go E instead. Before dropping down the cliff, talk to the guy to receive a map of Yaschas Massif, and then again for LT. So, walk E, then N and then veer W to enter the dark area... For as long as you remain in searchlight's beam, you will not encounter any enemies. Should you currently be encountering some, your Mog Clock will recover to full value. If you encounter any Behemoths, it may be best to run for now one sports 32000 HP and is difficult to defeat. Regardless, make your way N to Chocolina's shop - she sells new weapons (Lunar Stinger, Volatile Spark, Amazon Bow [Chain Bonus lv1], Survivor's Edge [Chain Bonus lv1], Faerie's Bow [ATB rate +25%], Rune Tooth [ATB rate +25%], new acc (Power Wristband, Magician's Mark, Metal Armband, Serenity Sachet, Delicate Iron Bangle, Durable Iron Bangle, Delicate Black Belt, Durable Black Belt, Delivate Rune Bracelet, Durable Rune Bracelet), and new monster mats (Power Droplet, Mana Droplet, Vitality Droplet, Power Bolt, Mana Bolt, Vitality Bolt) and turn right around the curve. Bash up TC for 'Scars' Gate Seal (enables Time Reversal in AF005 Bresha Ruins), then go NE, and N again. At this point you can talk to Noel for LT. Talk to the girl to left of Chocolina's and suit up for next boss battle! Buy some Wound Potions and ensure one of your paradigms is SEN/SEN/SEN! ------------------------ HERE COMES A NEW CHALLENGER! ------------------------No??? ab Aloeidai T: ??? S: ??? --------------------------------- STATISTICS ---------------------------------HP | CHAIN | STGGR | CP | GIL | STR | MAG | KEV | LAUNCH | CAPTURE 52990 | 80 | 150% | 0 | 0 | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | no a 52990 | 90 | 150% | 0 | 0 | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | no b ---------------------------- ATTACK VULNERABILITIES --------------------------FIRE | ICE | THUNDER | WIND | PHYSICAL | MAGICAL normal | normal | normal | normal | normal | normal a normal | normal | normal | normal | resist | resist a ------------------------------ STATUS AFFINITIES -----------------------------DEPR | DESH | SLOW | POSN | IMPE | CURS | PAIN | FOG | DAZE | PROV | DSPL imm | imm | | imm | imm | imm | imm | imm | imm | | NORMAL ----------------------------- ITEMS ------------------------------- RARE none | none --------------------------------- HINTS & TIPS -------------------------------Hint1: Hint2: Hint3: Hint4: ------------------------------- ADDITIONAL NOTES ------------------------------

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None ---------------------------------- SKILL LIST --------------------------------Deprotega, Deshellga, Ruinga, Swipe, Landshatter ------------------------------ GET READY! FIGHT! -----------------------------Sucker begins by imposing Deshell and/or Deprotect on your party, so whip out paradigm with Cait Sith and Esuna yourselves before you're hit with too many Ruingas to handle. Once you stagger it, attempt to remove as much HPs as you can. Once the staggering period is over, Alo shields itself with a barrier that makes it resistant to all attacks. Once you stagger it again, the barrier is gone and Alo takes full damage from everything. Alo will now ready bigass attack - as soon as caption appears, switch to triple SEN paradigm to greatly reduce the damage. If you don't defeat it during second stagger, the process repeats by Alo casting resistant shield on self, etc. -------------------- CONGRATULATIONS! YOU ARE SERAHTORIOUS! ------------------Hope appears and sends Alo packing. AF010 YASCHAS MASSIF FRAGMENT - Aloeidai Fragment (01/05) obtained. Wait for Hope and Alyssa to stop yapping, then explore the area. Talk to the '!' soldier to free the path forward, then to Hope when he stops again for LT (Triangle), and again talk to Hope. You get Hollow Artefact which activates orange warp gate in [The Pass of Paddra], E dead end in middle of the map. Talk to Hope for LT and then depart for orange warp gate. Examine it for LT, and the gate unlocks AF200 Oerba timeline.

downstairs. Moogle's bobble lights up near the dark space and another time rift is revealed. Complete three stages of star systeming to get AF200 OERBA FRAGMENT - Time's Coral (03/05). Go downstairs to enter sandypassage leading to the stairs, which point N towards the beach. Nearby is also an orange warp gate... which we can't use yet. Go down to the beach, nab Librascope from TB, and walk alongside the beach to the ruined school. Go to the rooftop and examine the pedestal with strange multi-sided cube on it. Have these paradigms among your chosen ones: 1. SAB/RAV/SEN (SEN as Pulsework Soldier) 2. SEN/SEN/SEN 3. MED/MED/MED (MED as Cait Sith) 4. COM/COM/COM (COM as Behemoth) 5. COM/COM/SEN 6. BLA/BLA/MED ------------------------ HERE COMES A NEW CHALLENGER! ------------------------No??? suiaC T: ??? S: ??? --------------------------------- STATISTICS ---------------------------------HP | CHAIN | STGGR | CP | GIL | STR | MAG | KEV | LAUNCH | CAPTURE 34560 | 50 | 300% | 0 | 0 | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | no ---------------------------- ATTACK VULNERABILITIES --------------------------FIRE | ICE | THUNDER | WIND | PHYSICAL | MAGICAL normal | normal | normal | normal | halves | halves ------------------------------ STATUS AFFINITIES -----------------------------DEPR | DESH | SLOW | POSN | IMPE | CURS | PAIN | FOG | DAZE | PROV | DSPL | | | | | | imm | imm | imm | | NORMAL ----------------------------- ITEMS ------------------------------- RARE none | none --------------------------------- HINTS & TIPS -------------------------------Hint1: Hint2: Hint3: Hint4: ------------------------------- ADDITIONAL NOTES -----------------------------None ---------------------------------- SKILL LIST --------------------------------Eye of Bahamut, Body and Soul, ------------------------------ GET READY! FIGHT! -----------------------------A very tough sucker to take down, indeed. At start of battle, boss fortifies himself with Reraise (which cannot be dispeled). He can also produce a mass of buffs on himself, and gain Regen (which cannot be dispeled). Start with setup <1.> and keep pelting the guy with Poison until it sticks, then add Deprotect as well. Switch to setup <6.> and pour magic damage until boss is staggered. Switch to setup <4.> at this time for some mega damage. At this time boss is likely to put Bravery, Faith and Regen on himself, but just ignore it and continue the assault for victory! -------------------- CONGRATULATIONS! YOU ARE SERAHTORIOUS! ------------------Damn stinkbomb - no CP or gil? Behind you collect Artefact or Origins, which activates the orange warp gate in [Village Proper], near the stairway to the beach. Answer LT, and now return to orange warp gate. Chocobo riding has also been enabled! PARADOX ENDING - After you beat the game, visit the Serendipity timeline. Enter the leftmost building and talk to the girl dressed as chocobo to unlock Grand Cross fragment skill. MAKE SURE TO TURN IT ON! Use Time Reversal on AF200 Oerba timeline and proceed to the place of boss encounter. When you begin the battle, words "GRAND CROSS" appear on screen, and you fight stronger version of the boss. Defeat him for paradox ending (02/08). Examine the orange warp gate for LT and off you go. The gate unlocks AF01X

EPISODE 3-A ======================================================= EPISODE 3-A WLK05 AF200 OERBA EPISODE 3-A ======================================================= EPISODE 3-A At this time I've expanded Crystarium for the fourth time. Hint: Make sure to unlock Serah's SAB role and learn Poison spell ASAP. It's very useful for taking down some tough enemies and bosses. A good leveling spot is [The Pass of Paddra] in the dark area where Feral Behemoths exclusively appear. One drops 300 CP, 360 gil, and you can get a good monster with Feral Link (Feral Behemoth is a poor COM with slow attack speed). Serah learns Poison once her SAB role is lv9. Walk forward, jump the gap in the road and press R1 near dark space to reveal time rift, leading into temporal rift. In this type of labyrinth, you will be shown a star system of a monster or object from world of FFXIII-2 (in first case it's Cait Sith). Stand in a spot where a crystal is, then hold X and connect the crystal with one of the connecting crystals. At the time of being connected both crystals have to be of the same color. And some crystals are connected to more than one crystal, which causes them to switch colors. Since this is just a warm up, the systems are not hard to connect, but they get progressively harder the further you are in the game. Complete this puzzle to get AF200 OERBA FRAGMENT - Time's Stardust (01/05). Continue down the road and drop down the ledge thru opening in stone fence to the right. Proceed SE, then around the house (this used to be Vanille's house if you played FFXIII) - now you can go down the slope on the right, or enter the plaza in front of the house. Go to the plaza, and close to your left is small set of stairs leading inside the house. On lower level you can nab TB with map of Oerba, and on top of stairs collect TC with 'Visions' Gate Seal (enables Time Reversal on AF010 Yaschas Massif). NW from Vanille's house is Chocolina's shop - she has some new acc, and new special items. Approach the dark space on side of the plaza and press R1 at the spot with Moogle's glowing bobble to reveal next time rift. Complete two stages of star systeming to get AF200 OERBA FRAGMENT - Time's Shell (02/05). Go up the slope on your left and the proceed W, then turn right and go

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Yaschas Massif timeline. At this time I've expanded Crystarium for the fifth time.

EPISODE 3-A ======================================================= EPISODE 3-A WLK06 AF01X YASCHAS MASSIF EPISODE 3-A ======================================================= EPISODE 3-A There are two gates here, both are located in SW portion of the map. Blue warp gate is along the W edge, and orange warp gate is at the very S. But first, jump up few ledges, open TC for 'Encounters' Gate Seal (enables Time Reversal in AF200 Oerba), jump up one more ledge, talk to Noel for LT, then run to the encampment in the N to talk to Hope. Before entering the camp a scene will play, after which talk to Noel for LT. Chocolina's shop doesn't have anything new, sigh. Talk to Hope for a scene, then try leaving for another scene, talk to Hope for LT, and then ascend the metallic slope next to Hope's tent. At the top look very closely for a tiny invisible image of an item. Press R1 to uncover it, and then collect Mysterious Artefact. Now walk over to blue warp gate in [The Pass of Paddra] along W edge of the map and use Wild Artefact to activate the warp which unlocks AF300 Augusta Tower. While still on HC, choose to go back to AF01X Yaschas Massif. Walk over to orange warp gate to extreme S in the dead end. Examine the gate, answer "Yes." and Mysterious Artefact changes into Illusionary Artefact that activates the very gate you've examined. This gate leads to Between Time and Space timeline.

| | imm | imm | imm | imm | imm | imm | imm | | imm NORMAL ----------------------------- ITEMS ------------------------------- RARE ??? | ??? --------------------------------- HINTS & TIPS -------------------------------Hint1: Hint2: Hint3: Hint4: ------------------------------- ADDITIONAL NOTES -----------------------------None ---------------------------------- SKILL LIST -------------------------------------------------------------- GET READY! FIGHT! -----------------------------Flan gets continuously healed by a bunch of smaller Flans near the bottom of giant Flan, and you cannot do anything about it. At start of battle entire team gets poisoned, so whip out MED paradigms and Esuna yourself. Then the Flan keeps slapping you with those big hands of his. Stick Deprotect and Deshell on the tomato until it's staggered, and then bring out the pain with triple COMs. As an added bonus Snow fights alongside you, but you cannot directly control his actions. CINEMATIC ACTION SEQUENCE INCOMING! (after removing about 20% of boss' HP) - press Square Doing so grants Protect to entire party. When boss' HP is quite low, it readies a big slam telegraphed by raising its arms high in the air. Switch to triple SEN to guard big chunk of damage, then proceed to regular slimekicking. -------------------- CONGRATULATIONS! YOU ARE SERAHTORIOUS! ------------------CINEMATIC ACTION SEQUENCE INCOMING! - tilt left analog UP - press Square - MASH Square - MASH Circle - tilt left analog RIGHT Reward for perfect CA is Crystal Heart. Um, the flan isn't dead yet? Party promptly escapes for LT, then talk to Snow to get the map of Sunleth Waterscape. PARADOX ENDING - Kicking Giant Flan's ass while it's in full power state will award you with paradox ending (03/08). But it's unlikely you're able to do so on first visit, so you need to grow stronger. Return to this area later in the game with help of Time Reversal and become the girl with absolute power who takes down bigass flan. Anyway, currently you're on very N of the map in [Base of the Crystal]. To your left is N orange warp gate, so just examine it for reference, then go S, grab onto the vine to swing over past giant Flan and reach 4waycross. You came from NE... to NW is another orange warp gate in [Forest Crossroads]. For now steer SE and check in with Chocolina - she has new acc only (Ember Ring, Frost Ring, Spark Ring, Zephyr Ring). Continue past crazy chocobo girl and path splits. There's an apparition of Flans blocking your way, so get rid of them with R1. Take the left path, walk over tree trunks and use the vine to swing further, then continue to jump up next two platforms until you reach the dead end. Oho, an artefact! But it's occupied by some minor enemies, which can be quickly dealt with. After the battle deal with LT, and you nab Thundering Artefact activates orange warp gate in [Base of the Crystal]. Jump down to lower platform, but don't grab the vine yet! Continue jumping down and you reach a platform with apparently nothing here. But take a look around - above you is a fragment! Oho! You need the ability which is obtained from other part of this area and we'll go get it now. Return to that vine I told you to ignore and swing across. Chocobo riding

EPISODE 3-A ======================================================= EPISODE 3-A WLK07 AF??? THE VOID BEYOND EPISODE 3-A ======================================================= EPISODE 3-A Upon popping up there will be two AF??? nodes. Left one leads to Serendipity, but you cannot go very far because the entrance is firmly sealed. Other than the scene and nearby TB there's nothing else you can do here, so beam yourself up via the gate and choose The Void Beyond node to end up in the void. TB directly S of your position has a map of you're done here! Examine the time gate and Historia Crux, there is unlocked node below you to Serendipity (but you still cannot go Void Beyond. And that's it. Yup, off you go. Upon appearing on AF01X Yaschas Massif, which takes further than the door).

Regardless, we're done with this, so mosey on over to AF300 Sunleth Waterscape.

EPISODE 3-B ======================================================= EPISODE 3-B WLK08 AF300 SUNLETH WATERSCAPE EPISODE 3-B ======================================================= EPISODE 3-B Serah leaves Noel to sulk alone for a while, and control switches to Noel. Follow Serah to what appears to be a gigantic Flan monster. Hey, is that Snow? ------------------------ HERE COMES A NEW CHALLENGER! ------------------------No??? Royal Ripeness T: ??? S: ??? --------------------------------- STATISTICS ---------------------------------HP | CHAIN | STGGR | CP | GIL | STR | MAG | KEV | LAUNCH | CAPTURE 102160 | 75 | 200% | 300 | 0 | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | no ---------------------------- ATTACK VULNERABILITIES --------------------------FIRE | ICE | THUNDER | WIND | PHYSICAL | MAGICAL absorb | normal | normal | weak | normal | normal ------------------------------ STATUS AFFINITIES -----------------------------DEPR | DESH | SLOW | POSN | IMPE | CURS | PAIN | FOG | DAZE | PROV | DSPL

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enabled - sweet! Mosey over to 4waycross and check down SW path. Prepare for next boss batt...? What? I got me a monstar! While traversing the area on the beast, party spots several TBs out of reach, and suggest throwing the moogle to retrieve them. But moogle doesn't approve, hehe. ---------------------------------- TUTORIAL! ---------------------------------MOOGLE THROWING TUTORIAL ---------------------------------- TUTORIAL! ---------------------------------When you see a treasure out of reach, or just feel like being bad, you can toss the moogle to retrieve it. Hold L1 to ready the moogle, move left analog to adjust the angle of the throw, and finally press R1 to toss! A circle at the end of throw arc will tell you where the moogle will land. If it's near TB or TC, he'll get the contents for you. Moogle can also catch monsters, but not in battle. If you toss him at a specific spot, you can find a very special monster - Gold Chocobo, Silver Chocobo, Kichu - to name a few. First you need to acquire the relevant fragment skill, though. -------------------------------- TUTORIAL END! -------------------------------Practice moogle throwing on the three TBs near you, and when you nab them all (contain You can nab Librascope, Silver Bangle, and 8x Mana Chip), the beast moves on. Look to your left now! When you spot an artefact, ready the moogle and toss it to retrieve WILD ARTEFACT (02/10). Get off the beast when it stops, and pass Chocolina to swing over - when you land, moogle's bobble lights up. there's a concealed vine dangling from above, so press Don't use that vine, instead go as far S as you can to gate in [Bow Isle]. go SE. Use the vine to NE from your position R1 to uncover the vine. discover S orange warp

You know they're right one when caption "Target located!" will pop onscreen. Skin them all to accomplish the quest and get AF??? ARCHYLTE STEPPE FRAGMENT Goblin Fragment (01/12). Check the red Cactuar stone and you're warped back to nomad settlement along with AF??? ARCHYLTE STEPPE FRAGMENT - Crimson Crystal (02/12). This Cactuar stone can be activated in any weather conditions. Different weather, you ask? Just keep playing. Talk to nomad chief, and now he wants you to talk to the girl tending the sheep just outside his house. Talk to the girl and she mentions that outside noman settlement there are three big sheep grazing in the grass. Your task is to "talk" to all of them by approaching them and pressing X (get Rough Wool, Fluffy Wool, and Thick Wool). Once you nab all three, return to the girl for AF??? ARCHYLTE STEPPE FRAGMENT Woolly Stone (03/12). Talk to her again and now you can mess with weather control device in chief's house. Talk with the girl nearby for instructions on how to operate it - basically you flip two levers between up and down position. Here's the weather conditions! a) left down, right down - sunny weather b) left down, right up - stormy weather c) left up, right up - windy weather d) left up, right down - rainy weather Flip both levers down to make sunny weather and Faeryl pops up in E dead end of the steppe, along with possible Long Gui. Talk to the chief for LT, then flip right lever to up position to make stormy weather and remove Long Gui from equation. Depart for Faeryl battle! 1. 2. 3. 4. RAV/RAV/COM (default) SEN/SEN/SEN MED/MED/MED COM/COM/COM

Then there's a path that branched off to SW we haven't yet explored. Jump over tree trunks until you reach the bottom. Another artefact is being guarded by a bunch of minor enemies. Clear them all to obtain Combat Artefact which activates S orange warp gate. And killing off those enemies also enabled chocobo riding in this part of Waterscape. Return to the vine we've uncovered short while ago and swing over to only unexplored portion left (well, there's still left where giant Flan is, but you have to kill it first), collect two TBs and use another vine to land near Chocolina. At the spot you landed is one more concealed vine, hence use R1 to uncover it. Ride the beast back to 4waycross, take SE path, take a left past the chocobo, swing with the vine over to the E, turn around and drop down to the lone platform with a fragment above you. Toss the moogle up to retrieve AF300 SUNLETH WATERSCAPE FRAGMENT - Extraordinary Egg (01/02). Now work your way over to N orange warp gate in [Base of the Crystal] and use it to unlock AF??? Archylte Steppe.

EPISODE 3-B ======================================================= EPISODE 3-B WLK09 AF??? ARCHYLTE STEPPE EPISODE 3-B ======================================================= EPISODE 3-B Upon arriving go NW to enter the nomad settlement. To the right of the stairs leading to nomad chief you can find Chocolina (some new acc for sale). Talk to nomad chief to obtain map of Archylte Steppe, and then he troubles you with some enemies that are haunting the steppe. Choose to accept the quest. Go S from the settlement to yellow "!" on the map and several enemies spawn.

------------------------ HERE COMES A NEW CHALLENGER! ------------------------No??? Faeryl T: ??? S: ??? --------------------------------- STATISTICS ---------------------------------HP | CHAIN | STGGR | CP | GIL | STR | MAG | KEV | LAUNCH | CAPTURE 108120 | 90 | 150% | 0 | 0 | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | no ---------------------------- ATTACK VULNERABILITIES --------------------------FIRE | ICE | THUNDER | WATER | PHYSICAL | MAGICAL absorb | weak | weak | absorb | normal | normal ------------------------------ STATUS AFFINITIES -----------------------------DEPR | DESH | SLOW | POSN | IMPE | CURS | PAIN | FOG | DAZE | PROV | DSPL imm | imm | | imm | | imm | imm | imm | imm | | NORMAL ----------------------------- ITEMS ------------------------------- RARE ??? | none --------------------------------- HINTS & TIPS -------------------------------Hint1: Hint2: Hint3: Hint4: ------------------------------- ADDITIONAL NOTES -----------------------------None ---------------------------------- SKILL LIST -------------------------------------------------------------- GET READY! FIGHT! -----------------------------Bleh, Faeryl is immune to several statuses I find very useful on bosses. So we'll have to take different approach with paradigms I listed above. At start of battle Faeryl charges for one of its big attacks. Unleash one set of stacked commands and then switch to <2.> and wait for boss to land to finish this particular attack. Switch to <3.> to heal quickly, and then back to <1.> to stagger the foe. Upon achieving so, unleash two more sets of commands for bigger chain boost, and then comply with <4.> for mega damage against Marduk. As soon as Faeryl breaks out of stagger, it unleashes another big attack, so quickly switch to <2.>, and then <3.> to recover sustained damage.

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Faeryl has annoying tendency to draw you in close and then follow up by roasting you with flame breath, and it's also keen on wind magic. After several rounds of fire, wind, heart, earth, water and Captain Planet Faeryl readies to charge for its signature move, so wait in <2.> until it's finished and repeat the exercise to off the boss. -------------------- CONGRATULATIONS! YOU ARE SERAHTORIOUS! ------------------AF??? ARCHYLTE STEPPE FRAGMENT - Black Hole Gem (04/12) obtained. Nothing else to do here, so leave to Historia Crux and return to AF300 Sunleth Waterscape.

------------------------------ GET READY! FIGHT! -----------------------------Flan powers up with Bravery, Faith and Haste, and those cannot be dispeled cos of boss immunity to Dispel, so you'll have to wing it. Instead stick Deprotect and Deshell on sucker, then whack it around for a good stagger. Apply triple SEN or triple MED when necessary, and unleash triple COM fury when boss is staggered. Victory cannot elude you much longer. -------------------- CONGRATULATIONS! YOU ARE SERAHTORIOUS! ------------------AF300 SUNLETH WATERSCAPE FRAGMENT - Mutantomato Fragment (02/02) obtained. At the spot where Flan was defeated you can nab Mysterious Artefact. Go examine central orange warp gate in [Forest Crossroads], choose "Yes." and you get Restoration Artefact which activates this very warp gate.

EPISODE 3-B ======================================================= EPISODE 3-B WLK10 AF300 SUNLETH WATERSCAPE EPISODE 3-B ======================================================= EPISODE 3-B Make your way to S orange warp gate in [Bow Isle] and use Combat Artefact to activate it. The timeline unlocked this time is AF??? Coliseum.

EPISODE 3-B ======================================================= EPISODE 3-B WLK13 AF??? THE VOID BEYOND EPISODE 3-B ======================================================= EPISODE 3-B Another node is added to the right of Void Beyond node - that one being Coliseum (you've already done everything you can in Coliseum, so don't visit). Pick Void Beyond node instead and off you go. After the scenes loot all TBs, especially two TC out of reach which award you with 'Prediction' Gate Seal (unlocks Time Reversal in AF??? Coliseum) and 'The Calm' Gate Seal (unlocks Time Reversal in AF??? Archylte Steppe) - then exit Void Beyond. Doing so unlocks AF400 Academia and AF??? Serendipity. Let's visit the latter!

EPISODE 3-B ======================================================= EPISODE 3-B WLK11 AF??? COLISEUM EPISODE 3-B ======================================================= EPISODE 3-B Walk to the center and nab AF??? COLISEUM FRAGMENT - White Hole Gem (01/01). That was easy. There are a lot of TBs outta reach around the coliseum so moogle will see a lot of kupokupokupoooooo. Har har. Near the warp gate is concealed TB with map of Coliseum. When you nabbed all treasures, leave for Historia Crux and visit AF300 Sunleth Waterscape once more. At this time I've expanded the Crystarium for the sixth time.

EPISODE 3-B ======================================================= EPISODE 3-B WLK14 AF??? SERENDIPITY EPISODE 3-B ======================================================= EPISODE 3-B Woah, the door is open - yesss! Talk to the girl at the entrance to get map of Serendipity, and then enteeeer. Leftmost house is connected to unlocking fragment skills once you meet certain requirements. At this time I unlocked 1st skill - Mog's Manifestation (can find monsters and items in strange places), and 4th skill - Haggler (can sell items for more gil). There are 14 skills in total and they can be found in last entry for your main menu - Fragment Skills. Just above the leftmost house open TC for 'The Fall' Gate Seal that enables Time Reversal on AF01X Yaschas Massif. Topmost house features chocobo racing, an excellent way to obtain some kickass accessories - I suggest you rather wait until we grab gold chocobo. Before exiting the house, check the tiny chicobo on W side to obtain AF??? SERENDIPITY FRAGMENT - Chocochick Down (01/05). Rightmost house is the damned casino. fragment, and then never again. Three shop also sells a Wild Artefact but I - you need 100000 gil to be converted Wild Artefact. Slots should only be used to get the frags can be bought for chips. The casino suggest to wait a while before buying it into 10000 chips, and that is the cost of

EPISODE 3-B ======================================================= EPISODE 3-B WLK12 AF300 SUNLETH WATERSCAPE EPISODE 3-B ======================================================= EPISODE 3-B Where's Snow? Deep in trouble with that flan - why can't he just leave it alone in its demise? Run to Snow's help once more. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. RAV/RAV/COM SEN/SEN/SEN MED/MED/MED COM/COM/COM SAB/RAV/COM (default)

------------------------ HERE COMES A NEW CHALLENGER! ------------------------No??? Mutantomato T: ??? S: ??? --------------------------------- STATISTICS ---------------------------------HP | CHAIN | STGGR | CP | GIL | STR | MAG | KEV | LAUNCH | CAPTURE 102160 | 85 | 250% | 300 | 0 | ??? | ??? | ??? | no | no ---------------------------- ATTACK VULNERABILITIES --------------------------FIRE | ICE | THUNDER | WIND | PHYSICAL | MAGICAL absorb | normal | normal | weak | halves | halves ------------------------------ STATUS AFFINITIES -----------------------------DEPR | DESH | SLOW | POSN | IMPE | CURS | PAIN | FOG | DAZE | PROV | DSPL | | imm | imm | | imm | imm | imm | imm | | imm NORMAL ----------------------------- ITEMS ------------------------------- RARE ??? | ??? --------------------------------- HINTS & TIPS -------------------------------Hint1: Hint2: Hint3: Hint4: ------------------------------- ADDITIONAL NOTES -----------------------------None ---------------------------------- SKILL LIST ---------------------------------

That's about it, exit to Historia Crux and choose AF400 Academia. Note: To get one of best COM monsters in the game, warp to AF??? Archylte Steppe. Go S from nomad settlement and look for a small patch of red flowers in the field of grass. Toss Moogle in that patch at least two times to get Cichu.

EPISODE 4 =========================================================== EPISODE 4 WLK15 AF400 ACADEMIA EPISODE 4 =========================================================== EPISODE 4 Things turn ugly very soon - unlike most areas we've been through, you'll see

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all enemies onscreen in this timeline. You'll also fight an insane amount of battles, cos new foes keep spawning all over the place. From starting position go E, then examine the panel to change the color of nearby escalator from red to blue. Go up the escalator and then dash N for a scene. Currently you're in a safe zone where enemies cannot pursue you. Examine the yellow terminal to get the map of Academia and notice about defeating robotic enemies in order to clear the barriers further on in the city. Turn left around the corner and check in with Chocolina - she sells new weapons, new acc and lv2 monster materials. Talk to the blonde girl tending another of yellow terminals to take on the quest of covering all game maps 100%. We already have New Bodhum covered, so that gives AF400 ACADEMIA FRAGMENT (01/13). Near the girl is TC with 'Farewells' Gate Seal that unlocks Time Reversal in AF300 Sunleth Waterscape. The next point of interest is located after twists and turns with lots of enemies blocking your path - we shall attempt the shortest route. From Chocolina go W and bash up some enemies that have surely amassed just beyond the barrier. Further E is 3x Koboldroid Yan - dismantle them to remove the yellow barrier they've been protecting. Now follow my instructions to the letter - go S over short catwalk, then turn E again to spot Fencer, a big silver robot guarding another orange barrier. With the robot gone so is the barrier - there's a set of stairs leading N which you should take... and fall into an event battle. Afterwards proceed E downstairs near the escalator. At the bottom turn left onto the main street and make a beeline straight W, fighting off waves of enemies. There will be another scene with Soul Edge - after it rolls continue going W and go down blue escalator. A scene of bridge collapsing plays, and the enemies stop bothering you for a while. Dash N and then W across broken bridge, then turn N again and blitz thru enemies for the panel, which changes nearby escalator from red to blue. Take that escalator up, turn W into the alley, and then turn S. Here's info on great spot for CP and gil Grindaga, though you will need a controller with turbo function. - From the last turn you made S you soon spot a red escalator going down to the W. You'll have to continuously jump in order to make it to the bottom. - Head W, and then N to spot a panel which changes the color of escalator behind you from red to blue. - Ride that escalator up and you find yourself near TB. - Slightly more S from you is an orange barrier with a big silver robot on other side. - Stand as close to the barrier as you can, and now tape down X button. - As soon as you win a random battle, the Mog Clock for next one will appear immediately. - All you do is stand still and let X button do the work. - Watch CP and gil roll in while you do nothing. If grinding to be powerful isn't your game, then ignore the last paragraph and continue from here... Anyway, you're S-bound now - ignore the red escalator branching off W, and take the next road W. Then turn N and engage big silver robot that guards a barrier. Dismantle it and barrier is kaputt, then ride the blue escalator up. If you need supplies, Chocolina's is to the right. If your acc capacity is at 100, you can equip three acc that increase ATK by 10% to gain synth-ability (3% of damage incurred is absorbed as HP recovery). From Chocolina go W and win two event battles before it's time for hentai... ------------------------ HERE COMES A NEW CHALLENGER! ------------------------No???ab Zenobia T: ??? S: ???

--------------------------------- STATISTICS ---------------------------------HP | CHAIN | STGGR | CP | GIL | STR | MAG | KEV | LAUNCH | CAPTURE 209920 | 100 | 300% | 0 | 0 | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | no a 209920 | 50 | 300% | 0 | 0 | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | no b ---------------------------- ATTACK VULNERABILITIES --------------------------FIRE | ICE | THUNDER | WATER | PHYSICAL | MAGICAL normal | normal | normal | normal | immune | immune a normal | normal | normal | normal | halves | normal b ------------------------------ STATUS AFFINITIES -----------------------------DEPR | DESH | SLOW | POSN | IMPE | CURS | PAIN | FOG | DAZE | PROV | DSPL imm | imm | imm | imm | imm | imm | imm | imm | imm | imm | imm a | | | | | | imm | imm | imm | | b NORMAL ----------------------------- ITEMS ------------------------------- RARE ??? | none --------------------------------- HINTS & TIPS -------------------------------Hint1: Hint2: Hint3: ------------------------------- ADDITIONAL NOTES -----------------------------None ---------------------------------- SKILL LIST -------------------------------------------------------- HERE COMES A NEW CHALLENGER! ------------------------No??? Zenobia's Tentacle T: ??? S: ??? --------------------------------- STATISTICS ---------------------------------HP | CHAIN | STGGR | CP | GIL | STR | MAG | KEV | LAUNCH | CAPTURE 9184 | 50 | 130% | 0 | | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | no ---------------------------- ATTACK VULNERABILITIES --------------------------FIRE | ICE | THUNDER | WIND | PHYSICAL | MAGICAL weak | weak | weak | weak | halves | normal ------------------------------ STATUS AFFINITIES -----------------------------DEPR | DESH | SLOW | POSN | IMPE | CURS | PAIN | FOG | DAZE | PROV | DSPL | | | | | | | | imm | | NORMAL ----------------------------- ITEMS ------------------------------- RARE none | none --------------------------------- HINTS & TIPS -------------------------------Unremarkable. ------------------------------- ADDITIONAL NOTES -----------------------------None ---------------------------------- SKILL LIST -------------------------------------------------------------- GET READY! FIGHT! -----------------------------At start of battle Zenobia immediately deploys three sets of tentacles which shield the boss from any harm. The tentacles are weak to all element magic and can thus be quickly destroyed. With tentacles gone, Zenobia now takes full brunt of magic assaults, but still halves physicals. Employing SAB is not a shabby idea - Deprotect, Deshell and Poison debuffs are great ways to severely weaken Zenobia as you whittle down its HPs. With about 75% of health lost Zenobia deploys another set of tentacles (clearing any debuffs it has incurred) - this time tentacles can also attack as well as heal Zenobia. Destroy them with a set of three RAVs, briefly switch to triple SEN to reduce damage from incoming attack as tentacles protrude from ground below your chrs, and then finish off Zenobia as well. -------------------- CONGRATULATIONS! YOU ARE SERAHTORIOUS! ------------------CINEMATIC ACTION SEQUENCE INCOMING! - tilt left analog UP - tilt left analog LEFT - press Circle - tilt left analog RIGHT - press Circle - tile left analog RIGHT - MASH X AF400 ACADEMIA FRAGMENT (02/13) obtained, as well as OOparts which activate the W orange gate in this timeline. Go N to find the orange gate in question and

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use it to unlock AF200 Augusta Tower timeline.

[7]). Inside SW room examine the terminal twice to rotate SW room, then exit SE to reach the aforementioned lowered elevator (robotic voice will say number [1]). Stand on it, and fiddle with the terminal to rise to floor 15. FLOOR 15 Here we have three circular walkways with SW and W rooms. Walk thru SW room onto middle walkway, check the terminal thrice to rotate SW room and you can now reach W room (robotic voice will say number [7]). Bash the terminal next to W room twice to rotate it (robotic voice will say number [2]). Examine the orange monitor in the room for LT (answer is 1237172 - or the numbers robotic voice was spewing) and AF300 AUGUSTA TOWER FRAGMENT (01/01). You also get Access Key TYPE-50, and that annoying screen effect is gone, too. Leave for HC, and reenter AF200 Augusta Tower.

EPISODE 4 =========================================================== EPISODE 4 WLK16 AF200 AUGUSTA TOWER EPISODE 4 =========================================================== EPISODE 4 A tower area? Duh. FLOOR 50 In the room examine all four orange terminals, enter next room. Again examine all four orange (the answer is 9261) and your reward is map of and see how it's made of circular walkways and

then exit the room, head S and terminals - one spits out LT Augusta Tower. Toss a look at it rooms connecting these walkways.

Floor 50 has four rooms - NW, W, SW and SE. Currently you're in SW room, so exit to outer walkway, make a beeline for W room and go thru it to get to middle walkway. Turn N and collect WILD OOPARTS (03/10), then go the opposite way and examine the terminal near the gap in walkway. It looks like you're hosed since you need to find another Augusta Tower timeline. To find another Augusta Tower timeline, here's how to proceed... - You used OOparts in AF200 Oerba timeline to unlock AF01X Yaschas Massif. - In AF01X Yaschas Massif use Wild OOparts on blue warp gate along W edge of the map. - Bam, AF300 Augusta Tower timeline unlocked. Before we go there, I can go and collect two more Wild OOparts! a) Go to AF200 Oerba timeline and go to the big tree in the middle of the map. SE from this tree is a house, and on E side of this house is a ledge with Wild OOparts resting on it. Toss the moogle over there to nab WILD OOPARTS (04/10). b) Go to AF??? Serendipity timeline, and purchase WILD OOPARTS (05/10) for 10000 chips (or 7500 chips in you have acquired Deflation fragment skill). If you are gilpinching, you can grab these Wild OOparts later.

EPISODE 4 =========================================================== EPISODE 4 WLK18 AF200 AUGUSTA TOWER EPISODE 4 =========================================================== EPISODE 4 FLOOR 50 Check the terminal that wouldn't budge before - since we have the keycard, a connecting platform rises from below, allowing you to proceed toward SE room. Inside is Chocolina with nothing new to offer, then talk to Alyssa. After the scene go just a bit N and check the terminal to call up connecting platform between middle and inner walkways - talk to Alyssa again for LT and board the central elevator. Fight thru three event battle before you reach floor 51. FLOOR 51 Here we have three circular walkways (actually four, but I'm dismissing the one around the elevator for the simplicity) and five rooms - SE, SW, S, NW and N. Also, next to the elevator are four terminals which turn NW, W, SW and SE rooms. And near the SE room is TC - throw moogle at it to retrieve Reverse Clock (enables Time Reversal on AF300 Augusta Tower). Operate terminal No.3 once, terminal No.1 once, and terminal No.4 thrice - now you have access to N room. Inside examine the orange terminal to get Access Key TYPE-52, then board the central elevator again. Check the terminal and choose "Yes." to rise to floor 52, and LT. FLOOR 52 Here we have three circular walkways and four rooms - SW, W, NW and NE. Proceed to SW room and check the terminal inside once to rotate SW room. Check into W room, operate the terminal inside twice to get access to middle walkway. Here operate No.3 terminal twice to rotate NW room, then back to W room and operate the terminal inside twice to rotate W room. Now you have access to NE room, and inside there's an orange terminal awarding you Access Key Top Floor. Hoof it back to SW room, check the terminal once to rotate SW room, then board the central elevator and choose "Yes." to rise to top floor. A wild Behemoth has appeared... TOP FLOOR Chocolina's shop stop is here - perhaps you could consider buying weapons that speed up ATB gauge by 25% or 30%? Think of it as a permanent Haste effect. When you're done shopping, ascend nearby stairs, receive OOparts which activate the orange warp gate on top floor and brace yourself for several bosses in a row. ------------------------ HERE COMES A NEW CHALLENGER! ------------------------No??? Demi Fal'Cie Adam T: ??? S: ??? --------------------------------- STATISTICS ---------------------------------HP | CHAIN | STGGR | CP | GIL | STR | MAG | KEV | LAUNCH | CAPTURE 74250 | 40 | 200% | 0 | 0 | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | no

EPISODE 4 =========================================================== EPISODE 4 WLK17 AF300 AUGUSTA TOWER EPISODE 4 =========================================================== EPISODE 4 FLOOR 12 Okay, three circular walkways with SW, SE and E rooms. Your starting point is in E room - check the orange terminal to turn E room around, enabling you to exit. The general way to navigate the tower is fiddling with terminals - they turn rooms around and connect walkways allowing you to poke around. Note - in this area you can capture Flanitor, a very good MED monster. Exit to middle walkway, and a robotic voice will say a number [1]. Go S, check next terminal to rotate SE room and walk thru it to outer walkway. Robotic voice will say number [2], walk W and examine next terminal twice to rotate SW room. When you step out of it to middle walkwa, robotic voice will say number [3]. An elevator descends in middle of the floor, so board it and fiddle with the terminal to go to floor 14. FLOOR 14 Here we have three circular walkways with W and SW rooms. Step off the elevator and breeze W to middle walkway with Chocolina's (sells new acc). There is also a scene of another elevator being lowered near outer walkway. Check the terminal S from Chocolina twice to rotate W room. Walk thru W room onto outer walkway into SW room (robotic voice will say number

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---------------------------- ATTACK VULNERABILITIES --------------------------FIRE | ICE | THUNDER | WIND | PHYSICAL | MAGICAL normal | normal | normal | normal | normal | normal ------------------------------ STATUS AFFINITIES -----------------------------DEPR | DESH | SLOW | POSN | IMPE | CURS | PAIN | FOG | DAZE | PROV | DSPL | | imm | imm | imm | imm | imm | imm | imm | | imm NORMAL ----------------------------- ITEMS ------------------------------- RARE ??? | none --------------------------------- HINTS & TIPS -------------------------------Hint1: Hint2: ------------------------------- ADDITIONAL NOTES -----------------------------None ---------------------------------- SKILL LIST -------------------------------------------------------- HERE COMES A NEW CHALLENGER! ------------------------No??? Left Manipulator T: ??? S: ??? --------------------------------- STATISTICS ---------------------------------HP | CHAIN | STGGR | CP | GIL | STR | MAG | KEV | LAUNCH | CAPTURE 11420 | 50 | 150% | 0 | 0 | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | no ---------------------------- ATTACK VULNERABILITIES --------------------------FIRE | ICE | THUNDER | WIND | PHYSICAL | MAGICAL normal | normal | normal | normal | normal | normal ------------------------------ STATUS AFFINITIES -----------------------------DEPR | DESH | SLOW | POSN | IMPE | CURS | PAIN | FOG | DAZE | PROV | DSPL | | imm | | | imm | imm | imm | imm | | imm NORMAL ----------------------------- ITEMS ------------------------------- RARE ??? | none --------------------------------- HINTS & TIPS -------------------------------Hint1: ------------------------------- ADDITIONAL NOTES -----------------------------None ---------------------------------- SKILL LIST -------------------------------------------------------- HERE COMES A NEW CHALLENGER! ------------------------No??? Right Manipulator T: ??? S: ??? --------------------------------- STATISTICS ---------------------------------HP | CHAIN | STGGR | CP | GIL | STR | MAG | KEV | LAUNCH | CAPTURE 11420 | 50 | 150% | 0 | 0 | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | no ---------------------------- ATTACK VULNERABILITIES --------------------------FIRE | ICE | THUNDER | WIND | PHYSICAL | MAGICAL normal | normal | normal | normal | normal | normal ------------------------------ STATUS AFFINITIES -----------------------------DEPR | DESH | SLOW | POSN | IMPE | CURS | PAIN | FOG | DAZE | PROV | DSPL | | imm | | | imm | imm | imm | imm | | imm NORMAL ----------------------------- ITEMS ------------------------------- RARE ??? | ??? --------------------------------- HINTS & TIPS -------------------------------Hint1: ------------------------------- ADDITIONAL NOTES -----------------------------None ---------------------------------- SKILL LIST -------------------------------------------------------------- GET READY! FIGHT! -----------------------------This version of Fal'Cie focuses magic damage, hence you will immediately be pestered with Imperil and Curse on all party members, so cure that with Esunas. Meanwhile all opponents gain Faith status. Smite off both Manipulators to cause the main body's magic attacks be reduced to simply lv1 element spells. Fal'Cie will eventually recall both Manipulators at full HPs, but they fall easily. -------------------- CONGRATULATIONS! YOU ARE SERAHTORIOUS! ------------------It is not over yet. ------------------------ HERE COMES A NEW CHALLENGER! ------------------------No??? Demi Fal'Cie Adam T: ??? S: ??? --------------------------------- STATISTICS ----------------------------------

HP | CHAIN | STGGR | CP | GIL | STR | MAG | KEV | LAUNCH | CAPTURE 212160 | 40 | 200% | 0 | 0 | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | no ---------------------------- ATTACK VULNERABILITIES --------------------------FIRE | ICE | THUNDER | WIND | PHYSICAL | MAGICAL normal | normal | normal | normal | normal | normal ------------------------------ STATUS AFFINITIES -----------------------------DEPR | DESH | SLOW | POSN | IMPE | CURS | PAIN | FOG | DAZE | PROV | DSPL | | imm | imm | imm | imm | imm | imm | imm | | imm NORMAL ----------------------------- ITEMS ------------------------------- RARE ??? | none --------------------------------- HINTS & TIPS -------------------------------Hint1: Hint2: Hint3: ------------------------------- ADDITIONAL NOTES -----------------------------None ---------------------------------- SKILL LIST -------------------------------------------------------- HERE COMES A NEW CHALLENGER! ------------------------No??? Left Manipulator T: ??? S: ??? --------------------------------- STATISTICS ---------------------------------HP | CHAIN | STGGR | CP | GIL | STR | MAG | KEV | LAUNCH | CAPTURE 16320 | 50 | 150% | 0 | 0 | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | no ---------------------------- ATTACK VULNERABILITIES --------------------------FIRE | ICE | THUNDER | WIND | PHYSICAL | MAGICAL normal | normal | normal | normal | normal | normal ------------------------------ STATUS AFFINITIES -----------------------------DEPR | DESH | SLOW | POSN | IMPE | CURS | PAIN | FOG | DAZE | PROV | DSPL | | imm | | | imm | imm | imm | imm | | imm NORMAL ----------------------------- ITEMS ------------------------------- RARE ??? | none --------------------------------- HINTS & TIPS -------------------------------Hint1: Hint2: Hint3: ------------------------------- ADDITIONAL NOTES -----------------------------None ---------------------------------- SKILL LIST -------------------------------------------------------- HERE COMES A NEW CHALLENGER! ------------------------No??? Right Manipulator T: ??? S: ??? --------------------------------- STATISTICS ---------------------------------HP | CHAIN | STGGR | CP | GIL | STR | MAG | KEV | LAUNCH | CAPTURE 16320 | 50 | 150% | 0 | 0 | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | no ---------------------------- ATTACK VULNERABILITIES --------------------------FIRE | ICE | THUNDER | WIND | PHYSICAL | MAGICAL normal | normal | normal | normal | normal | normal ------------------------------ STATUS AFFINITIES -----------------------------DEPR | DESH | SLOW | POSN | IMPE | CURS | PAIN | FOG | DAZE | PROV | DSPL | | imm | | | imm | imm | imm | imm | | imm NORMAL ----------------------------- ITEMS ------------------------------- RARE ??? | ??? --------------------------------- HINTS & TIPS -------------------------------Hint1: Hint2: Hint3: ------------------------------- ADDITIONAL NOTES -----------------------------None ---------------------------------- SKILL LIST -------------------------------------------------------------- GET READY! FIGHT! -----------------------------This version of Fal'Cie focuses on physical damage output, so Bravery and Protect on all opponents, while you need to take down bigger chunk of HPs. Smite off both Manipulators to cause the main body's attacks to become weaker. Fal'Cie will eventually recall both Manipulators at full HPs, but they fall easily. -------------------- CONGRATULATIONS! YOU ARE SERAHTORIOUS! -------------------

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CINEMATIC ACTION SEQUENCE INCOMING! - tilt left analog RIGHT - tilt left analog UP - tilt left analog RIGHT - press Circle - MASH X - tilt left analog RIGHT - MASH X Hello, LT - if you want to bash heads with the boss continuously, choose anything but Square. PARADOX ENDING - After you beat the game, visit the Serendipity timeline. Enter the leftmost building and talk to the girl dressed as chocobo to unlock Grand Cross fragment skill. MAKE SURE TO TURN IT ON! Use Time Reversal on AF200 Augusta Tower timeline and proceed to the place of boss encounter. When you begin the battle, words "GRAND CROSS" appear on screen, and you fight stronger version of the boss. Defeat it for paradox ending (04/08). More details shall be added later. Nab AF200 AUGUSTA TOWER FRAGMENT (01/04). With the boss gone and dusted, check the terminal to free up the access to orange warp gate nearby. Using the warp gate unlocks AF4XX Academia timeline.

Now to hunt for graviton cores' locations! a) ALPHA - Warp to AF003 New Bodhum. Walk over to the E part of the middle of the map. There are two metallic platforms, and one of them is raised a bit. Hop on the raised platform and there's a concealed item. Use R1 to reveil it and nab AF003 NEW BODHUM FRAGMENT (04/04). Leave to HC. b) BETA - Warp to AF005 Bresha Ruins. Grab a chocobo, and from central orange gate ride E to the staircase leading down to S. Jump over the staircase's stone fence to the left and moogle's bobble starts glowing. Hidden in the grass is a concealed item. Use R1 to reveal it and nab AF005 BRESHA RUINS FRAGMENT (03/08). Leave to HC. c) GAMMA - Warp to AF200 Oerba. From big tree in middle of the map walk briefly SE to spot a pile of sand against the stone fence. By choco-jumping from this pile of sand you can land on nearby roof of the of the building next to Chocolina's shop. There's a concealed item floating around - Use R1 to reveal it and nab AF200 OERBA FRAGMENT (04/05). Leave to HC. d) DELTA - Warp to AF400 Academia (great). Make force to Chocolina's shop in W district. Going N from Chocolina's is red escalator leading N to a dead end. Go down the escalator to find a concealed item. Use R1 to reveal it and nab AF400 ACADEMIA FRAGMENT (03/13). Do not leave the timeline yet! Also next to Chocolina's shop is a blue escalator leading down to the S - jump down it, and then make an immediate 180-degree turn to find next escalator leading down to N. At the bottom again make a hard 180-degree turn and walk as far S as you can to discover a blue gate! Use one unit of Wild OOparts to activate the blue gate, which unlocks AF100 Yaschas Massif timeline.

EPISODE 4 =========================================================== EPISODE 4 WLK19 AF4XX ACADEMIA EPISODE 4 =========================================================== EPISODE 4 There are two warp gates here: a) Orange gate along E side b) Blue gate near Chocolina's shop Quite a vast improvement over the hellhole we had to walk thru several hours back... if you somehow missed getting the map of Academia in previous timeline, you can get it again by examining orange panel bit N from your position. Ride the long escalator N to find Chocolina's shop (no new warez), then fiddle with nearby orange terminal for a scene about 13th Ark. Navigate the city all the way to the N and enter the large building. Inside toss the moogle at TC behind the counter to get Reverse Clock (unlocks Time Reversal in AF200 Augusta Tower). Then look for a man with white hair, graywhite sweater, and blue jeans. Talk to him to initiate the monster data quest defeat at least one copy of every enemy in the game to obtain the fragment (DLC foes do not count). Also inside the same area look for a concealed image of a man - use Moogle Hunter nearby to reveal a man named "Daddy Bear" (if you played FFXIII, you'll recognize him as being Lightning's captain). Talk to him to initiate a quiz quest - answer correctly to get a fragment... or fail like I did to get nothing, except initiate the quest. Regardless of the outcome, Daddy Bear will ninjawarp to one of 10 different locations inside AF4XX Academia - three locations are within W district, and seven are within E district. Daddy Bear holds five fragments in total - to get first fragment, you have to answer one question, two correct answers for second fragment, and so on until five questions for fifth fragment. Note that each time when you get a fragment, or answer incorrectly, Daddy Bear ninjawarps to a new location (but never again inside the large N building you first met him in). Enter the oval room at extreme N and talk to Alyssa or Hope to move things along, then Hope two more times for LT, then Alyssa two more times. You learn of five graviton cores that need to be collected. Hoppalongcassidy to E district, SE corner and look for a concealed image of something floating in the air. Press R1 to reveal the hidden item and then nab WILD OOPARTS (06/10).

EPISODE 4 =========================================================== EPISODE 4 WLK20 AF100 Yaschas Massif EPISODE 4 =========================================================== EPISODE 4 There is one warp gate here: a) Blue gate on very S in one of dead ends The sole reason we came here is to collect one specific fragment, and then we're outta here. You start in the camp to the NE of the map, and your objective lies in SW portion of the map (in the area with searchlights). Grab a blue chocobo for riding - while these birds behave exactly the same while yellow ones, blue chocies continuously drain your reserves of Gysahl Greens. And they tend to run away from you once you dismount. Now to hunt for the last graviton core's location! e) EPSILON - Once you make it to the searchlight area, look at the map. There are three triangular cracks in the ground, and the piece you're looking for is near the largest crack. Moogle's bobble also lights up when you're in close vicinity. Sniff for a concealed item, use R1 to reveal it and nab AF100 YASCHAS MASSIF FRAGMENT (01/07). All graviton cores have been collected! Return to AF4XX Academia.

EPISODE 4 =========================================================== EPISODE 4 WLK21 AF4XX ACADEMIA EPISODE 4 =========================================================== EPISODE 4 Return to Alyssa and talk to her five times to hand over graviton cores Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta and Epsilon. After Epsilon being given, a scene plays, in which you get OOparts that activate orange warp gate along E side. PARADOX ENDING - After you beat the game, visit the Serendipity timeline. Enter the leftmost building and talk to the girl dressed as chocobo to unlock Grand Cross fragment skill. MAKE SURE TO TURN IT ON! Return to AF4XX Academia and do Time Reversal. Replay the map up to the point where you give Alyssa graviton cores. DO NOT SKIP THE EVENTS DURING THIS TIME. Eventually you're offered Live Trigger choice! Press Triangle for paradox ending (05/08). More details shall be added later.

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After getting the OOparts, talk to Noel who's standing near the door. Exit the building completely and grab a chocobo, ride it S, turn E and up the ramp. While on the ramp, you'll spot the activated orange warp gate on the E platform. Dismount the chocster, examine the orange warp gate for LT (Triangle), which in turn unlocks... Hmm, the things seem to go very wrong for both Serah and Noel...

Academia timeline, give Alyssa five graviton cores, and proceed to the place of this encounter. When you begin the battle, words "GRAND CROSS" appear on screen, and you fight stronger version of the boss. Defeat him for paradox ending (06/08). More details shall be added later.

EPISODE 5 =========================================================== EPISODE 5 WLK23 AF00X NEW BODHUM EPISODE 5 =========================================================== EPISODE 5 After waking up, talk to Lebreau for LT, Gadot for LT, Yuju LT and Marquee for LT. Next walk inside NORA's house to find somebody important... everybody's gone. Walk to the pier opposite of NORA's house and talk to *THE WOMAN* (swoon) standing there for LT (Triangle). PARADOX ENDING - This is the first of paradox endings you can get without beating the game or becoming very powerful. At the offered Live Trigger press Triangle to get paradox ending (07/08), as well as AF00X NEW BODHUM FRAGMENT (01/03). After you nab the fragment, you're returned to "Between time and space" area. A new area gets unlocked in middle node, AF00X New Bodhum. When you return, your gameplay resumes just before LT, but this time choose X in order to advance the game. Hey, whose voice is that I hear? Walk aaaall the way E to the crates and talk to the... hm, spoiler? When the scene concludes, look along crater's edges to find AF00X NEW BODHUM FRAGMENT (02/03) and AF00X NEW BODHUM FRAGMENT (03/03), then step in the time warp.

EPISODE 5 =========================================================== EPISODE 5 WLK22 AF??? VALHALLA EPISODE 5 =========================================================== EPISODE 5 You have three AF??? nodes, and the one you need to go is the middle one. Valhalla again, though this time you control Serah only, and moogle is kinda out of commission too (can only do Moogle Hunter with R1). Walk E until you spot a familiar figure... Talk to her for LT and BETWEEN TIME AND SPACE FRAGMENT (01/05). She moves further E, and upon discussion gives you LT, as well as parts with BETWEEN TIME AND SPACE FRAGMENT (02/05). Now she moves SW between two sets of stairs - chat with her for BETWEEN TIME AND SPACE FRAGMENT (03/05)... stop moving so much. Walk back downstairs to the E and slap her for BETWEEN TIME AND SPACE FRAGMENT (04/05), and finally walk upstairs to talk to the girl one more time for BETWEEN TIME AND SPACE FRAGMENT (05/05). Dart W upstairs and press R1 near concealed Chocolina, who amazingly sells nothing new. Hey, girl, shape up! Talk to elusive girl for the final time... ------------------------ HERE COMES A NEW CHALLENGER! ------------------------No??? suiaC T: ??? S: ??? --------------------------------- STATISTICS ---------------------------------HP | CHAIN | STGGR | CP | GIL | STR | MAG | KEV | LAUNCH | CAPTURE 12000 | 50 | 200% | 0 | 0 | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | no ---------------------------- ATTACK VULNERABILITIES --------------------------FIRE | ICE | THUNDER | WIND | PHYSICAL | MAGICAL normal | normal | normal | normal | halves | halves ------------------------------ STATUS AFFINITIES -----------------------------DEPR | DESH | SLOW | POSN | IMPE | CURS | PAIN | FOG | DAZE | PROV | DSPL | | | | | | imm | imm | imm | | NORMAL ----------------------------- ITEMS ------------------------------- RARE none | none --------------------------------- HINTS & TIPS -------------------------------Hint1: Hint2: Hint3: Hint4: ------------------------------- ADDITIONAL NOTES -----------------------------None ---------------------------------- SKILL LIST -------------------------------------------------------------- GET READY! FIGHT! -----------------------------It's Serah and her monsters against the boss. He retains pretty much the same moves as from first battle, and gains the ability to instantly remove accumulated CG, making it hard to achieve Stagger. There are two trump cards you can bring in this battle - SEN monster with Regen Guard, and Serah's SAB role. Stick Poison on the badass while SEN monster draws the heat. Dispel boss' buffs as they pop and ensure Poison is always on. -------------------- CONGRATULATIONS! YOU ARE SERAHTORIOUS! ------------------Serah is cruisin' for a bruisin'... PARADOX ENDING - After you beat the game, visit the Serendipity timeline. Enter the leftmost building and talk to the girl dressed as chocobo to unlock Grand Cross fragment skill. MAKE SURE TO TURN IT ON! Use Time Reversal on AF4XX

EPISODE 5 =========================================================== EPISODE 5 WLK24 AF700 DYING WORLD EPISODE 5 =========================================================== EPISODE 5 A new area appears in middle node, this one being AF700 Dying World, so pop in for a visit. There is one warp gate here: a) Blue gate on S end of W section of the map. Moogle is totally unavailable for a while. Walk W for a scene with Noel and Behemoth, then E for a scene with Noel and Censor Bypass, talk to Censor Bypass for a scene with Noel, and then moogle comes back (enabling Moogle Hunter again). Go SE to enter the settlement with a lot of shadows of the people - if you use R1 next to the person's shadow, that person falls to the ground and disappears. I'm not sure if it has any consequence story-wise, but I still advise not using R1. About 20 steps from entering the settlement you should spot a concealed TB floating in the air. Use R1 nearby and loot the TB for map of Dying World. In an alcove N from this TB locate concealed Chocolina - give her a push with R1 and check hew warez, for she sells new weapons. Shortly before exiting the village a shadow of Noel is standing (moogle's bobble light up as well). Punch him with R1 to get him moving into next scene, and then try addressing the girl Noel spoke to for another scene. Afterwards go SE for a scene with Noel and Censor Bypass... ------------------------ HERE COMES A NEW CHALLENGER! ------------------------No??? suiaC T: ??? S: ??? --------------------------------- STATISTICS ---------------------------------HP | CHAIN | STGGR | CP | GIL | STR | MAG | KEV | LAUNCH | CAPTURE 5000 | 50 | 150% | 0 | 0 | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | no ---------------------------- ATTACK VULNERABILITIES --------------------------FIRE | ICE | THUNDER | WIND | PHYSICAL | MAGICAL normal | normal | normal | normal | halves | halves

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------------------------------ STATUS AFFINITIES -----------------------------DEPR | DESH | SLOW | POSN | IMPE | CURS | PAIN | FOG | DAZE | PROV | DSPL | | | | | | imm | imm | imm | | NORMAL ----------------------------- ITEMS ------------------------------- RARE ??? | none --------------------------------- HINTS & TIPS -------------------------------Hint1: Hint2: Hint3: Hint4: ------------------------------- ADDITIONAL NOTES -----------------------------None ---------------------------------- SKILL LIST -------------------------------------------------------------- GET READY! FIGHT! -----------------------------You control only Noel against the boss. He retains pretty much the same moves as from first battle, and gains the ability to instantly remove accumulated CG, making it hard to achieve Stagger. Because the boss only has 5000 HP, winning this battle isn't hard at all. -------------------- CONGRATULATIONS! YOU ARE SERAHTORIOUS? ------------------PARADOX ENDING - After you beat the game, visit the Serendipity timeline. Enter the leftmost building and talk to the girl dressed as chocobo to unlock Grand Cross fragment skill. Use Time Reversal on AF4XX Academia timeline, give Alyssa five graviton cores, defeat Censor Bypass within Valhalla. After you arrive into AF700 Dying World, MAKE SURE TO TURN ON GRAND CROSS FRAGMENT SKILL! Proceed to the place of this encounter. When you begin the battle, words "GRAND CROSS" appear on screen, and you fight stronger version of the boss. Defeat him for paradox ending (08/08). More details shall be added later. After the battle proceed to the N towards a monument a girl. Afterwards both Noel and Serah are warped to Dying World, and they start at S edge (Moogle Hunter close to Noah thrice to have both you and him warp a up next to Chocolina's shop. Restock if you need and boss fight... for a scene with Noel and the middle section of is disabled again). Get bit N, and finally you end then approach Noel for a

concealed TC - use R1 and collect Gold Chocobo from TC. Then retrace all the way back to the monument in E section of the map, towards the N. While going from the settlement towards the monument, keep an eye out for TC behind a stone fence to the right - it contains Reverse Clock (unlocks Time Reversal in AF4XX Academia). Examine the pedestal, then talk to the moogle, and finally step into time warp.

EPISODE 5 =========================================================== EPISODE 5 WLK25 AF700 NEW BODHUM EPISODE 5 =========================================================== EPISODE 5 There's one warp gate here: a) Orange gate at the pier. Moogle's functions have been fully restored. From the start walk W until you can run again, then return all the way E to where you started and moogle's bobble lights up. There's a concealed TC in SE corner just out of reach, press R1 to uncover it and then toss the moogle to recover AF700 NEW BODHUM FRAGMENT (01/05). Check the time warp in front of the pier and *THE WOMAN* appears. After the scene is over, Moogle Hunter ability is upgraded. You will find a couple of concealed treasures with rings around them, and the upgrade you just received allows you to open such treasures. On W side of the map you can find concealed Chocolina's shop. R1 it to discover she sells nothing new. Directly S from Chocolina in SW corner moogle's bobble lights up again - there's a concealed TC just out of reach. Press R1 to uncover it and toss moogle at it to recover AF700 NEW BODHUM FRAGMENT (02/05). Directly N from the pier there's a concealed item - use R1 to uncover it and claim OOparts which activate S orange gate. SE from Chocolina's is a concealed TC - uncover it with R1 to claim AF700 NEW BODHUM FRAGMENT (03/05). And lastly, NE from the pier is concealed TC that hides map of New Bodhum. Now go to S orange gate and activate it to leave the place and return to HC. Next area unlocked is AF500 Academia... but return to AF700 Dying World for now. You start in S section, N side. Schlepp S towards the image of the bridge, press R1 to form the bridge and walk across to the SW for 15 or so steps. Next to red chocster is a concealed TC, press R1 to uncover it and bag AF700 DYING WORLD FRAGMENT (02/04). Get to the bridge connecting W and central sections of the map, press R1 to form the bridge and now walk all the way thru the settlement towards the monument on N side of E section of the map. Once there, press R1 near the pedestal, then examine it for LT (Triangle). Your reward is WILD OOPARTS (07/10). Leave for HC. Drop by Serendipity timeline to unlock two more fragment skills. You get 3rd skill Deflation (can buy items at reduced price), and 6th skill Gravity Jump (hold Circle while jumping to slow your descent). Now onward to AF??? Archylte Steppe. With Gravity Jump it is now possible to jump the gap separating E and W sections of Archylte Steppe. Actually, you can reach earlier by using the gold Cactuar statue as a warp, but I did not focus on completing many subquests while I'm writing the main walkthru. Anyway, blitz your Serah all the way W and then walk along the edge looking into the ravine, until you spot another ledge with something floating on it. Toss the moogle down there to recover WILD OOPARTS (08/10). Now leave for HC and depart to AF500 Academia.

------------------------ HERE COMES A NEW CHALLENGER! ------------------------No??? Gogmagog T: ??? S: ??? --------------------------------- STATISTICS ---------------------------------HP | CHAIN | STGGR | CP | GIL | STR | MAG | KEV | LAUNCH | CAPTURE 146400 | 55 | 200% | 300 | 450 | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | no ---------------------------- ATTACK VULNERABILITIES --------------------------FIRE | ICE | THUNDER | WIND | PHYSICAL | MAGICAL normal | normal | normal | normal | normal | normal ------------------------------ STATUS AFFINITIES -----------------------------DEPR | DESH | SLOW | POSN | IMPE | CURS | PAIN | FOG | DAZE | PROV | DSPL | | | imm | | imm | | | imm | | NORMAL ----------------------------- ITEMS ------------------------------- RARE ??? | none --------------------------------- HINTS & TIPS -------------------------------Hint1: Hint2: Hint3: ------------------------------- ADDITIONAL NOTES -----------------------------None ---------------------------------- SKILL LIST -------------------------------------------------------------- GET READY! FIGHT! -----------------------------A peculiar boss, that needs to get spanked for final time. It will put debuffs on self, which include Deshell, Defaith, Debrave, Fog, Deprotect and Pain. After it suffers from all that stuff, it uses a skill that clears all debuffs from boss and gives them to you! Plus Gog can heal itself. -------------------- CONGRATULATIONS! YOU ARE SERAHTORIOUS! ------------------Answer LT, and collect AF700 DYING WORLD FRAGMENT (01/04). Look at the map of Dying World - middle section is connected to the W section with a bridge. If you N from that bridge and just follow the edge, you'll eventually get to a

FINAL EPISODE =================================================== FINAL EPISODE WLK26 AF500 ACADEMIA FINAL EPISODE =================================================== FINAL EPISODE

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Not good with these type of areas, so we go with liberal directions. From start go S and pry open TC with Reverse Clock (unlocks Time Reversal in AF700 Dying World), then go N, examine Cactuar stone to make a checkpoint (in case you fall down, you restart at last Cactuar stone you checked), shop at Chocolina's (new weapons, new acc, lv3 and lv4 monster mats), go N for a scene. Turn W and cross the block to the platform to W. Turn N and wait for L-block to connect with a platform to NW, then cross the L-block to the platform. Use the stairs to N and examine Cactuar stone to make a checkpoint. Turn E and go over rotating block to the platform to E with TB that contains map of AF500 Academia. Return to last Cactuar stone, turn N and use the stairs to N. Cross the rotating block to set of stairs to NE. Now you can reach the platform with yellow "!"... ------------------------ HERE COMES A NEW CHALLENGER! ------------------------No??? Paco Amethyst T: ??? S: ??? --------------------------------- STATISTICS ---------------------------------HP | CHAIN | STGGR | CP | GIL | STR | MAG | KEV | LAUNCH | CAPTURE 250400 | 40 | 200% | 0 | | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | no ---------------------------- ATTACK VULNERABILITIES --------------------------FIRE | ICE | THUNDER | WIND | PHYSICAL | MAGICAL weak | absorb | halves | halves | normal | normal ------------------------------ STATUS AFFINITIES -----------------------------DEPR | DESH | SLOW | POSN | IMPE | CURS | PAIN | FOG | DAZE | PROV | DSPL | | imm | imm | imm | imm | imm | imm | imm | | NORMAL ----------------------------- ITEMS ------------------------------- RARE ??? | ??? --------------------------------- HINTS & TIPS -------------------------------Hint1: Hint2: Hint3: Hint4: ------------------------------- ADDITIONAL NOTES -----------------------------None ---------------------------------- SKILL LIST -------------------------------------------------------- HERE COMES A NEW CHALLENGER! ------------------------No??? Paco Ruby T: ??? S: ??? --------------------------------- STATISTICS ---------------------------------HP | CHAIN | STGGR | CP | GIL | STR | MAG | KEV | LAUNCH | CAPTURE 250400 | 40 | 200% | 0 | | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | no ---------------------------- ATTACK VULNERABILITIES --------------------------FIRE | ICE | THUNDER | WIND | PHYSICAL | MAGICAL weak | absorb | halves | halves | normal | normal ------------------------------ STATUS AFFINITIES -----------------------------DEPR | DESH | SLOW | POSN | IMPE | CURS | PAIN | FOG | DAZE | PROV | DSPL | | imm | imm | imm | imm | imm | imm | imm | | NORMAL ----------------------------- ITEMS ------------------------------- RARE ??? | ??? --------------------------------- HINTS & TIPS -------------------------------Hint1: Hint2: Hint3: Hint4: ------------------------------- ADDITIONAL NOTES -----------------------------None ---------------------------------- SKILL LIST -------------------------------------------------------------- GET READY! FIGHT! -----------------------------A couple of elemental monsters that don't mix. Both foes emit AOE element attacks, and stomp the ground for physical damage. They're immune to many useful debuffs, except Deprotect and Deshell, which you seriously need to consider sticking on them. These bozos aren't dangerous otherwise.

At one point remaining Paco starts a chant to revive the one you already dispatched, so hurry it up before that happens. If the Paco you're still fighting has for example 20000 HPs when the chant is complete, revived Paco will also have 20000 HPs, so use this info to your advantage. -------------------- CONGRATULATIONS! YOU ARE SERAHTORIOUS! ------------------In the scene that follows a blue cube pops up, Noel touches it and it turns purple. Touching these cubes will cause some rotating blocks to change their pattern. You also nab AF500 ACADEMIA FRAGMENT (01/02) for added booty. Cactuar stone on this platform is auto-activated. Jump on the block to S, wait for E L-block to connect you with platform to SE, then cross the L-block to SE platform. Cross the E I-block to E platform and examine Cactuar stone for a checkpont. Board the stairs to N when they're properly aligned, and then use L-block to N to reach platform to NE. Activate Cactuar stone for a checkpoint, use the stairs to N and touch purple cube to have it turn blue. Use the stairs to S, turn W and cross L-block to the platform to NW. Go W, touch Cactuar stone for a checkpoint and touch blue cube to have it turn purple. Hop on T-block to N, and ride it to the platform to W. Here examine purple cube to have it turn blue, then use T-block to the E to ride it to E platform. Here loot TC with Reverse Clock (unlocks Time Reversal on AF700 New Bodhum). Next board the stairs to E when they're properly aligned to reach another platform to E. Kick Cactuar stone for checkpoint, ignore the cube and hop on L-block to N. At the other end wait for T-block to W, jump on it and get off to the platform to W. Board another T-block to W, and wait until it connects to L-block to W. Cross the L-block to the platform to SW. Here examine both Cactuar stone for checkpoint and blue cube to have it turn purple. Cross L-block to N when its other end points E so that you wait on the tip of I-block. From here hop on T-block to E and have it carry you to the platform to NE. Use stairs to W, and cross L-block to W to reach the stairs to NW. Hop on platform to N and quickly dash for stairs to E to reach final platform before the last bosses of the game. Here you have Chocolina's shop, a Cactuar stone that is auto-activated, and a big red Cactuar stone which warps you to start of the dungeon. Also loot TC containing Reverse Clock (unlocks Time Reversal on AF500 Academia). Before tackling final bosses, make necessary preparations. 1. SEN/SEN/SEN (Pulsework Soldier) 2. MED/MED/MED (Flanitor) 3. COM/COM/COM (Kichu) 4. RAV/RAV/COM (Kichu) 5. SAB/RAV/MED (Flanitor) 6. SAB/MED/MED (Flanitor): default paradigm Finally, cross the I-block to N to engage the final boss battles. ------------------------ HERE COMES A NEW CHALLENGER! ------------------------No??? Chaos Bahamut T: ??? S: ??? --------------------------------- STATISTICS ---------------------------------HP | CHAIN | STGGR | CP | GIL | STR | MAG | KEV | LAUNCH | CAPTURE 79930 | 60 | 999,9%| 300 | 450 | ??? | ??? | ??? | no | no ---------------------------- ATTACK VULNERABILITIES --------------------------FIRE | ICE | THUNDER | WIND | PHYSICAL | MAGICAL halves | halves | halves | halves | halves | halves ------------------------------ STATUS AFFINITIES -----------------------------DEPR | DESH | SLOW | POSN | IMPE | CURS | PAIN | FOG | DAZE | PROV | DSPL | | | imm | | imm | imm | imm | imm | imm | imm NORMAL ----------------------------- ITEMS ------------------------------- RARE Phoenix Down | ???

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--------------------------------- HINTS & TIPS -------------------------------Hint1: Hint2: Hint3: ------------------------------- ADDITIONAL NOTES -----------------------------None ---------------------------------- SKILL LIST -------------------------------------------------------------- GET READY! FIGHT! -----------------------------Chaos dude is a rather chaotic battle... it alternates between two modes of combat, close-quarters and long range - it starts in close-quarters. Boss swipes at your chrs a few times, or spits out AOE flame. Then it changes to flying mode during which it can deploy one of three attacks - straight line beam, some homing projectiles, or a hugeass AOE magic attack (also inflicts big wound damage). At start of battle manually command Serah to launch Deprotect until it sticks, and then switch to <3.> to finish off this battle. -------------------- CONGRATULATIONS! YOU ARE SERAHTORIOUS! ------------------Start round 2! ------------------------ HERE COMES A NEW CHALLENGER! ------------------------No??? suiaC T: ??? S: ??? --------------------------------- STATISTICS ---------------------------------HP | CHAIN | STGGR | CP | GIL | STR | MAG | KEV | LAUNCH | CAPTURE 38830 | 50 | 300% | 0 | 0 | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | no ---------------------------- ATTACK VULNERABILITIES --------------------------FIRE | ICE | THUNDER | WIND | PHYSICAL | MAGICAL normal | normal | normal | normal | halves | halves ------------------------------ STATUS AFFINITIES -----------------------------DEPR | DESH | SLOW | POSN | IMPE | CURS | PAIN | FOG | DAZE | PROV | DSPL | | | | | | imm | imm | imm | imm | NORMAL ----------------------------- ITEMS ------------------------------- RARE none | none --------------------------------- HINTS & TIPS -------------------------------Hint1: Hint2: Hint3: Hint4: ------------------------------- ADDITIONAL NOTES -----------------------------None ---------------------------------- SKILL LIST -------------------------------------------------------------- GET READY! FIGHT! -----------------------------Censor Bypass gains a new attack which debuffs one chr with Curse, Deprotect, Deshell, Poison and Daze. The old pals are still there, including the ability to insta-remove accumulated CG making him hard to stagger, as well as remove debuffs and buff self a lot. He's also immune to Provoke in this round. Serah's SAB role with Poison, Deprotect and Deshell will be good choice for this battle. In your favor also plays boss' AI - until he loses about half HPs, he'll attack one character only. After he smokes half of his reserves, he starts to get nasty in releasing AOE attacks that inflict Wound Damage as well. In times of need bust out <2.> -------------------- CONGRATULATIONS! YOU ARE SERAHTORIOUS! ------------------Start round 3... When battle starts, press Start, pick 1st choice, then 1st choice, and again 1st choice to be returned to main menu. After you leave it, you continue just before round 3. Change your paradigms like this... 1. SEN/SEN/SEN (Pulsework Soldier) 2. MED/MED/MED (Flanitor) 3. COM/COM/COM (Kichu) 4. RAV/RAV/COM (Kichu) 5. SAB/RAV/SEN (Pulsework Soldier) 6. SAB/MED/SEN (Pulsework Soldier): default paradigm ------------------------ HERE COMES A NEW CHALLENGER! ------------------------No??? suiaC T: ??? S: ??? --------------------------------- STATISTICS ----------------------------------

HP | CHAIN | STGGR | CP | GIL | STR | MAG | KEV | LAUNCH | CAPTURE 52950 | 50 | 200% | 0 | 0 | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | no ---------------------------- ATTACK VULNERABILITIES --------------------------FIRE | ICE | THUNDER | WIND | PHYSICAL | MAGICAL normal | normal | normal | normal | halves | halves ------------------------------ STATUS AFFINITIES -----------------------------DEPR | DESH | SLOW | POSN | IMPE | CURS | PAIN | FOG | DAZE | PROV | DSPL | | | | | | imm | imm | imm | | NORMAL ----------------------------- ITEMS ------------------------------- RARE none | none --------------------------------- HINTS & TIPS -------------------------------Hint1: Hint2: Hint3: Hint4: ------------------------------- ADDITIONAL NOTES -----------------------------None ---------------------------------- SKILL LIST -------------------------------------------------------------- GET READY! FIGHT! -----------------------------Censor Bypass gains a new attack which debuffs one chr with Curse, Deprotect, Deshell, Poison and Daze. The old pals are still there, including the ability to insta-remove accumulated CG making him hard to stagger, as well as remove debuffs and buff self a lot. He's not immune to Provoke, though. But he can cast Ultima? Serah's SAB role with Poison, Deprotect and Deshell will be good choice for this battle. Your monster SEN will attract a lot of boss hate, hehe - it will be healed by Noel, while Serah debuffs Censor Bypass or removes his buffs. Try to always keep Poison active - that way you keep boss' Regen at bay. When boss' CG is at about 150% and he's in middle of launching an attack, switch to <4.> and attempt to quickly stagger him. If you succeed, you pretty much have this battle in the bag. Ideally, <6.> and <4.> would be all you need to win this battle. But wait, he revives? Oh well, just take his HPs down one more time. -------------------- CONGRATULATIONS! YOU ARE SERAHTORIOUS! ------------------Begin round 4! ------------------------ HERE COMES A NEW CHALLENGER! ------------------------No??? Red Bahamut T: ??? S: ??? --------------------------------- STATISTICS ---------------------------------HP | CHAIN | STGGR | CP | GIL | STR | MAG | KEV | LAUNCH | CAPTURE 141200 | 50 | 300% | 0 | 0 | ??? | ??? | ??? | no | no ---------------------------- ATTACK VULNERABILITIES --------------------------FIRE | ICE | THUNDER | WIND | PHYSICAL | MAGICAL halves | normal | halves | normal | halves | normal ------------------------------ STATUS AFFINITIES -----------------------------DEPR | DESH | SLOW | POSN | IMPE | CURS | PAIN | FOG | DAZE | PROV | DSPL | | | | | | | imm | imm | | imm NORMAL ----------------------------- ITEMS ------------------------------- RARE | --------------------------------- HINTS & TIPS -------------------------------Hint1: Hint2: Hint3: ------------------------------- ADDITIONAL NOTES -----------------------------None ---------------------------------- SKILL LIST -------------------------------------------------------- HERE COMES A NEW CHALLENGER! ------------------------No??? Gold Bahamut T: ??? S: ??? --------------------------------- STATISTICS ---------------------------------HP | CHAIN | STGGR | CP | GIL | STR | MAG | KEV | LAUNCH | CAPTURE 141200 | 50 | 300% | 0 | 0 | ??? | ??? | ??? | no | no ---------------------------- ATTACK VULNERABILITIES --------------------------FIRE | ICE | THUNDER | WIND | PHYSICAL | MAGICAL normal | halves | normal | halves | normal | halves

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------------------------------ STATUS AFFINITIES -----------------------------DEPR | DESH | SLOW | POSN | IMPE | CURS | PAIN | FOG | DAZE | PROV | DSPL | | | | | | imm | | imm | | imm NORMAL ----------------------------- ITEMS ------------------------------- RARE | --------------------------------- HINTS & TIPS -------------------------------Hint1: Hint2: Hint3: ------------------------------- ADDITIONAL NOTES -----------------------------None ---------------------------------- SKILL LIST -------------------------------------------------------- HERE COMES A NEW CHALLENGER! ------------------------No???ab Purple Bahamut T: ??? S: ??? --------------------------------- STATISTICS ---------------------------------HP | CHAIN | STGGR | CP | GIL | STR | MAG | KEV | LAUNCH | CAPTURE 1059000 | 100 | 300% | 0 | 0 | ??? | ??? | ??? | no | no a 1059000 | 100 | 300% | 0 | 0 | ??? | ??? | ??? | no | no b ---------------------------- ATTACK VULNERABILITIES --------------------------FIRE | ICE | THUNDER | WIND | PHYSICAL | MAGICAL immune | immune | immune | immune | immune | immune a normal | normal | normal | normal | normal | normal b ------------------------------ STATUS AFFINITIES -----------------------------DEPR | DESH | SLOW | POSN | IMPE | CURS | PAIN | FOG | DAZE | PROV | DSPL imm | imm | imm | imm | imm | imm | imm | imm | imm | imm | imm a | | imm | | | imm | imm | imm | imm | | imm b NORMAL ----------------------------- ITEMS ------------------------------- RARE | --------------------------------- HINTS & TIPS -------------------------------Hint1: Hint2: Hint3: Hint4: ------------------------------- ADDITIONAL NOTES -----------------------------None ---------------------------------- SKILL LIST -------------------------------------------------------- HERE COMES A NEW CHALLENGER! ------------------------No??? Reinforcement T: ??? S: ??? --------------------------------- STATISTICS ---------------------------------HP | CHAIN | STGGR | CP | GIL | STR | MAG | KEV | LAUNCH | CAPTURE 3177 | 0 | 120% | 0 | 0 | ??? | ??? | ??? | no | no ---------------------------- ATTACK VULNERABILITIES --------------------------FIRE | ICE | THUNDER | WIND | PHYSICAL | MAGICAL weak | weak | weak | weak | normal | normal ------------------------------ STATUS AFFINITIES -----------------------------DEPR | DESH | SLOW | POSN | IMPE | CURS | PAIN | FOG | DAZE | PROV | DSPL imm | imm | imm | imm | imm | imm | imm | imm | imm | imm | NORMAL ----------------------------- ITEMS ------------------------------- RARE | --------------------------------- HINTS & TIPS -------------------------------Hint1: Hint2: ------------------------------- ADDITIONAL NOTES -----------------------------None ---------------------------------- SKILL LIST -------------------------------------------------------------- GET READY! FIGHT! -----------------------------One of frontline Bahamuts sports constant Protect and Shell, while the other sports constant Bravery and Haste (you can't dispel them, cos they're immune to Dispel). Until you defeat both Gold and Red, you can't touch the main Bahamut in the backline. Now about their attacks - Gold mainly annoys you with status changes (Deprotect, Curse, Deshell) and minor Wound Damage, while Red swipes in front of it (if you're far enough, it'll miss completely), and tosses wind and fire magic.

Check to see which Bahamut has Bravery and Haste, and target that Bahamut. Inflict Deprotect at least, then switch to <4.> to Stagger it, and <3.> to finish it off. When both Bahamuts fall, Purple one steps on the scene. First it launches some stink cloud which debuffs everybody it hits with Slow, Poison and Curse. Remove these with <2.>, and then connect to <6.> to add Poison on sucker, while your monster SEN draws the attacks. Purple Bahamut has AOE attacks (similar to those of Paco bosses), can call reinforcements in forms of some crystals, and can summon a gigantic sword that falls on battlefield. When the boss charges up for its Gigaflare attack (countdown captions appear), switch to <1.> to greatly reduce the damage. Eventually, Purple retreats to backline and one of two frontline Bahamuts you defeated comes back for another asskicking. It's possible that other frontline Bahamut is also revived if you don't off destroy current one quickly enough. Simply repeat what you did before and you will be Serahtorious. -------------------- CONGRATULATIONS! YOU ARE SERAHTORIOUS! ------------------CINEMATIC ACTION SEQUENCE INCOMING! - Press Circle or Square. Or press nothing. Outcome is always the same. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=CONGRATULATIONS!!!! YOU'VE COMPLETED THE GAME SUCCESSFULLY! CONGRATULATIONS!!!! -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=Enjoy the ending credits. Afterwards you get AF500 ACADEMIA FRAGMENT (02/02), unlock AF??? Valhalla timeline (the beginning of the game), and Reverse Clock which enables Time Reversal on AF??? Valhalla. Visit AF??? Serendipity, enter leftmost house and talk to chocobo-girl to unlock 14th fragment skill Grand Cross (enables access to several of paradox endings). Here're all fragment skills: 01. Mog's Manifestation (available from start of Episode 4) 02. Quick Mog (collect all fragments in Oerba timelines, paradox ending included) 03. Deflation (available from start of Episode 6) 04. Haggler (available from start of Episode 4) 05. Chocobo Music (something with Archylte Steppe fragments) 06. Gravity Jump (available from start of Episode 6) 07. Kill Field (obtain the fragment for completing enemy report) 08. Monster Collector (collect all fragments from Vile Peaks timelines) 09. Master Encounter (collect all fragments from Yaschas Massif timelines) 10. Battle Mania (obtain all fragments for completing 100% of all maps) 11. Growth Egg (collect all fragments from Yaschas Massif timelines) 12. Goddess Perspective (obtain specific fragment, exact details unknown yet) 13. Master Clock (obtain all 160 fragments) 14. Grand Cross (beat the game) Chocolina now sells new weapons, new accessories and lv5 monster mats.

POST-GAME STUFF =============================================== POST-GAME STUFF WLK27 AF100 YASCHAS MASSIF POST-GAME STUFF =============================================== POST-GAME STUFF Go to the encampment in NE corner and chat with the red sphere, who wants you to find an item, located in middle of the map, E dead end. Go there and locate concealed TC, pop R1 to uncover it and claim the item. Upon returning you receive AF100 YASCHAS MASSIF FRAGMENT (02/07). Next red sphere you can talk to is located S from Chocolina's shop. This one wants an item from concealed TC inside Hope's tent. Upon returning you receive AF100 YASCHAS MASSIF FRAGMENT (03/07). Next red sphere you can talk to is located on S end of the map, just before S

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blue warp gate. This one wants an item from concealed TC, located just a bit S from Chocolina. Also, while near Chocolina, take a look down from top of the ramp to find another TC - toss moogle at it to collect Reverse Clock which enables Time Reversal in AF100 Yaschas Massif. Upon returning the requested items you receive AF100 YASCHAS MASSIF FRAGMENT (04/07). Next red sphere you can talk to is located just a bit N from the area with searchlights. This one wants an item from TC located beneath one of the ramps in the encampment. Go down the ramp near Chocolina and then stop - to your left is a twisty ramp that leads up to the face of some statue. TC you seek is below this ramp - toss the moogle to it to retrieve the requested item. Upon returning you receive AF100 YASCHAS MASSIF FRAGMENT (05/07). Finally, return to the blue "!" that popped up and enter the time warp. Oho, it's a clock puzzle. I explained those when you first entered time labyrinth in AF200 Oerba so please refer to that. Complete 3 stages of clockworking to obtain AF100 YASCHAS MASSIF FRAGMENT (06/07), and WILD OOPARTS (09/10). There is one more time gate in Yaschas Massif - it is found just before S blue warp gate. Complete 4 stages of clockworking to obtain AF100 YASCHAS MASSIF FRAGMENT (07/07). Now you can activate S blue warp gate to access AF400 Sunleth Waterscape.

at the TB to retrieve the item. Bring the item back to him for AF005 BRESHA RUINS FRAGMENT (04/08). Also in the same area one of the soldiers in yellow armor gives you a quest to kill a monster for fragment. To find this enemy, go to NW corner of the map and roam around for a bit. Terminate the enemy for AF005 BRESHA RUINS FRAGMENT (05/08). PARADOX ENDING ACQUISITION... Exit to HC, and do Time Reversal on AF005 Bresha Ruins. Proceed past the first boss battle and advance onto Atlas, WITHOUT fiddling with the machine that makes it weaker. Kick Atlas' ass to unlock AFXXX Archylte Steppe timeline on HC, which is where you also end up. Enter AFXXX Archylte Steppe, and view the paradox ending to receive AFXXX ARCHYLTE STEPPE FRAGMENT (01/01). Upon returning to normal HC timeline AFXXX Archylte Steppe already has Time Reversal unlocked. At NE dead end near the monument you can talk to a man who wants you to bring him a flower, which can be found in AF300 Bresha Ruins (but we haven't uncovered that timeline yet). Talk to the guard in front of a jail cell for a quest to retrieve an item. At this point I was able to unlock the prison gate leading to SW part of the map. Unfortunately I don't recall at this moment where I got the required item, but wait until the US version. Anyway, go past the gate and you enter the underground cavern (you can see the orange gate across). Before making left turn there's a concealed TB with the item requested. Return it to the guard for AF005 BRESHA RUINS FRAGMENT (06/08). Next, there's a girl roaming around on SE end of the map, around the fenced area with that giant hand. Talk to her to initiate a retrieval quest - the item is with concealed TC next to the jail guard. Bring it back to the girl for AF005 BRESHA RUINS FRAGMENT (07/08). Now all that's left is proceed past the prison gate you unlocked and activate SW blue gate, which unlocks AF300 Bresha Ruins timeline.

POST-GAME STUFF =============================================== POST-GAME STUFF WLK28 AF400 SUNLETH WATERSCAPE POST-GAME STUFF =============================================== POST-GAME STUFF This one is pretty fun to do! There's a plethora of Flans at start, which then run away to hide from you. You need to locate five sets of Flans - the set will always consist of three big Flans, and one little Flan who is concealed. At the beginning you immediately run into three red Flans... moogle's bobble lights up as well. Where moogle stops, there's hard-to-see little red Flan poke it with R1 for AF400 SUNLETH WATERSCAPE FRAGMENT (01/07). White Flan set is found on extreme S. Upon poking little Flan (moogle's bobble can help) with R1 you receive AF400 SUNLETH WATERSCAPE FRAGMENT (02/07). Blue Flan set can be sniffed out by taking left route via the vine. Upon poking little Flan (moogle's bobble can help) with R1 you receive AF400 SUNLETH WATERSCAPE FRAGMENT (03/07). Ride the beast towards N and reach 4waycross. Here's yellow Flan set... jump to a set of trunks to NW, and then get on the lowest trunk you can. Here's where little yellow Flan is concealed. Smash it with R1 for AF400 SUNLETH WATERSCAPE FRAGMENT (04/07). And for last one go SE from 4waycross, pass Chocolina and dark blue Flan set is in sight. Jump down on trunks leading SE to a dead end and moogle's bobble lights up. Set concealed little Flan on fire with R1 to receive AF400 SUNLETH WATERSCAPE FRAGMENT (05/07). Now proceed to blue "!" and kick the mucus of five Flans in event battle for AF400 SUNLETH WATERSCAPE FRAGMENT (06/07), and Reverse Clock which enables Time Reversal in AF400 Sunleth Waterscape. Return a bit S to the large clearing where you fought and above blue circle in the ground is a concealed item. Poke it with R1 to recover AF400 SUNLETH WATERSCAPE FRAGMENT (07/07).

POST-GAME STUFF =============================================== POST-GAME STUFF WLK30 AF300 BRESHA RUINS POST-GAME STUFF =============================================== POST-GAME STUFF Serah looks pretty with snow all over her. And moogle is hilarious with his big red nose, lol. Grab red chocobo ahead, and then use it to jump over stone fence in the area to the right. Here nab TC with Reverse Clock that unlocks Time Reversal in AF300 Bresha Ruins. Talk to the scientist on the stairs for a retrieval quest - the item is within concealed TC in NW corner of the map. Return it to the scientist for AF300 BRESHA RUINS FRAGMENT (01/04). Enter the underground area in middle of the map and talk to the scientist here for a quest, involving talking to specific soldier in the pillars area. Do so in order to get a requested item, then return to the scientist for AF300 BRESHA RUINS FRAGMENT (02/04). Swerve to NE corner of the map to find a "concealed" man, then kick his ass with R1, and talk to him for a quest. He wants you to talk to another man, who can be found in underground area in middle of the map. You'll have to answer several LTs before he hands over the required item - LT (Square), LT (X) and LT (Circle). Bring the item back to the man for AF300 BRESHA RUINS FRAGMENT (03/04). And he also leaves behind WILD OOPARTS (10/10). Near this man you can collect a quest item. E from the man is a flower, and S from the man is a teddy bear (can examine it, but not take yet). Finally, check

POST-GAME STUFF =============================================== POST-GAME STUFF WLK29 AF005 BRESHA RUINS POST-GAME STUFF =============================================== POST-GAME STUFF In the area next to central orange warp gate talk to one of the soldiers in red armor to initiate a retrieval quest. The item needed is located on SE end of the map, inside TB within the fenced area. Get to the blue "!" and toss moogle

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the small clearing to find a blue warp gate. Activate it to unlock AF110 Yaschas Massif timeline. Enter AF005 Bresha Ruins for now.

Deliver the two items we collected in AF010 Yaschas Massif to interested parties for AF01X YASCHAS MASSIF FRAGMENT (03/04) and AF01X YASCHAS MASSIF FRAGMENT (04/04). That covers this timeline at last.

POST-GAME STUFF =============================================== POST-GAME STUFF WLK31 AF005 BRESHA RUINS POST-GAME STUFF =============================================== POST-GAME STUFF Take the flower you collected from AF300 Bresha Ruins to the man in NE corner of the map for AF005 BRESHA RUINS FRAGMENT (08/08). Now depart for AF01X Yaschas Massif.

POST-GAME STUFF =============================================== POST-GAME STUFF WLK35 AF110 YASCHAS MASSIF POST-GAME STUFF =============================================== POST-GAME STUFF Have a word with red sphere in NE encampment, who wants you to find a concealed woman. The woman in question is walking around in the passage SW from searchlight area - kiss her with R1 and then talk to her before she runs away. You get an item, which needs to be delivered to red sphere to get AF110 YASCHAS MASSIF FRAGMENT (01/06). If you climb the ramp leading to the face of some statue, you can nab TC with Reverse Clock (enables Time Reversal in AF110 Yaschas Massif). Head over to the searchlight area, and look down in the ravine N from the area. Ahead is TC with the item needed for the woman's quest in AF010 Yaschas Massif.

POST-GAME STUFF =============================================== POST-GAME STUFF WLK32 AF01X YASCHAS MASSIF POST-GAME STUFF =============================================== POST-GAME STUFF Enter the encampment. Near the ramp leading to the statue talk to the man who wants you to retrieve three items. First is in TC inside the triangular crack in the ground very close to blue warp gate (moogle throwing). Second is within concealed TC near 3waycross E from the blue warp gate. Third is hidden in TC below the T-junction bridge in S end of the map. Give all these items to the man for AF01X YASCHAS MASSIF FRAGMENT (01/04). In the encampment there's a guy with shield cap going around. He gives you a quest to kill a monster, which can be found in SW corner of the map. Squish the foe for AF01X YASCHAS MASSIF FRAGMENT (02/04). Now you can to the girl on elevated ledge near searchlight area. She wants an item from somewhere in AF010 Yaschas Massif. And one more person needs something from same timeline - talk to the man in NE corner of the encampment for quest info.

POST-GAME STUFF =============================================== POST-GAME STUFF WLK36 AF010 YASCHAS MASSIF POST-GAME STUFF =============================================== POST-GAME STUFF Deliver two items we grabbed from AF110 Yaschas Massif, and AF01X Yaschas Massif to interested parties for AF010 YASCHAS MASSIF FRAGMENT (04/05) and AF010 YASCHAS MASSIF FRAGMENT (05/05). This concludes the timeline.

POST-GAME STUFF =============================================== POST-GAME STUFF WLK33 AF010 YASCHAS MASSIF POST-GAME STUFF =============================================== POST-GAME STUFF Go to the searchlight area and sniff around for two TC containing items needed by two people from AF01X Yaschas Massif. One is on the elevated ledge near searchlight area (you'll need a chocster to land up there), and the other is along SE edge of searchlight area. While we're here, let's take care of remaining fragments. Talk to the girl N from searchlight area for a quest - she needs some Behemoth Fangs. Just kill one Behemoth in the searchlight area and you get a Fang. Hand it over for AF010 YASCHAS MASSIF FRAGMENT (02/05). Next, climb the ramp to statue's face. There's concealed TC floating near face's mouth. Use R1 to reveal it, and toss moogle at it to recover AF010 YASCHAS MASSIF FRAGMENT (03/05). Next, talk to the girl around the ramp leading to the statue. She wants an item from AF110 Yaschas Massif. Finally, talk to the man near the ramp leading to Hope's tent. He wants an item from AF01X Yaschas Massif.

POST-GAME STUFF =============================================== POST-GAME STUFF WLK37 AF110 YASCHAS MASSIF POST-GAME STUFF =============================================== POST-GAME STUFF Next red sphere is also in NE encampment, near the ramp leading to the statue. Talk to it for next quest - near the searchlight area is an elevated ledge with a man on it. Use a chocster to get access to the ledge, talk to the man for LT (Triangle is the answer) and receive an item. With the item in hand return to red sphere to claim AF110 YASCHAS MASSIF FRAGMENT (02/06). Note - before he gave me an item, I did two more things. There is a concealed TC within Hope's tent - kick it with R1 and then claim the contents. There is also a concealed man in E dead end, which needs to be slapped with R1 and talked to. I'm not sure at this moment if the above two things influence anything. Next red sphere is on top of the ramp above Hope's tent. It needs an item, whic is hidden in concealed TC near the biggest ground crack in searchlight area. With the item in hand return to red sphere to claim AF110 YASCHAS MASSIF FRAGMENT (03/06). Time warp has now appeared in SW corner of the map. Enter it, clear four stages of clockworking and claim AF110 YASCHAS MASSIF FRAGMENT (04/06). Next, talk to the red sphere next to Chocolina's - it wants you to kill a beast roaming around the searchlight area. When it's history, bag AF110 YASCHAS MASSIF FRAGMENT (05/06). Final fragment for this area can't be obtained yet, so exit to HC.

POST-GAME STUFF =============================================== POST-GAME STUFF WLK34 AF01X YASCHAS MASSIF POST-GAME STUFF =============================================== POST-GAME STUFF Look for TC which is hidden behind the boxes below the ramp leading to Hope's tent (moogle throwing). It contains the item for the man's quest in AF010 Yaschas Massif.

POST-GAME STUFF =============================================== POST-GAME STUFF WLK38 AF700 DYING WORLD POST-GAME STUFF =============================================== POST-GAME STUFF

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Inside the settlement is a well, and inside the well is TC. Toss moogle inside the well to recover AF700 DYING WORLD FRAGMENT (03/04). For final fragment go to the black gate, and head W from it. You'll spot a TC on an elevation you cannot reach, but moogle sure can. Have him retrieve AF700 DYING WORLD FRAGMENT (04/04). Now head for blue gate at SW of the map and activate it to unlock AF100 Bresha Ruins.

POST-GAME STUFF =============================================== POST-GAME STUFF WLK44 AF110 YASCHAS MASSIF POST-GAME STUFF =============================================== POST-GAME STUFF Now about that guy that was concealed in E dead end... answer LT (X) and he finally remembers who he is (thanks to the item we received from AF100 Yaschas Massif) and spits out AF110 YASCHAS MASSIF FRAGMENT (06/06).

POST-GAME STUFF =============================================== POST-GAME STUFF WLK39 AF100 BRESHA RUINS POST-GAME STUFF =============================================== POST-GAME STUFF Talk to the girl W from black gate to trigger a retrieval quest - the item needed is within concealed TC in NW underground area. Return the item to the girl for AF100 BRESHA RUINS FRAGMENT (01/06). Talk to the man in front of N entrance to middle underground area for a retrieval quest. In middle underground area look for a concealed man and kick him with R1 to get an item. Return the item to quest giver for AF100 BRESHA RUINS FRAGMENT (02/06). In the pillars area open TC with Reverse Clock (unlocks Time Reversal for AF??? Serendipity), then talk to the man near E end of the map. He wants you to talk to PSICOM officer for a series of LTs - LT (Square), LT (X), LT (Triangle). Bag AF100 BRESHA RUINS FRAGMENT (03/06). Return to the black gate and talk to the man nearby - he needs an item from AF300 Bresha Ruins.

POST-GAME STUFF =============================================== POST-GAME STUFF WLK45 AF100 BRESHA RUINS POST-GAME STUFF =============================================== POST-GAME STUFF With both passwords talk to the scientist in control device room. Pocket AF100 BRESHA RUINS FRAGMENT (05/06), but then some troubles appear outside after you talk to him again. Accept the quest and head for the pillars area. Kill the monster that appears to collect AF100 BRESHA RUINS FRAGMENT (06/06). Return to HC and do Time Reversal of AF700 New Bodhum.

POST-GAME STUFF =============================================== POST-GAME STUFF WLK46 AF700 NEW BODHUM POST-GAME STUFF =============================================== POST-GAME STUFF Two new fragments have appeared - on W side of the map collect AF700 NEW BODHUM FRAGMENT (04/05), and on approximate SE side of the map retrieve AF700 NEW BODHUM FRAGMENT (05/05).

POST-GAME STUFF =============================================== POST-GAME STUFF WLK40 AF300 BRESHA RUINS POST-GAME STUFF =============================================== POST-GAME STUFF Simply go to E dead end and collect the teddy bear near the monument.

POST-GAME STUFF =============================================== POST-GAME STUFF WLK47 AF200 OERBA POST-GAME STUFF =============================================== POST-GAME STUFF Return to black gate - very close nearby is a concealed item in the air. Kick it with R1 and collect AF200 OERBA FRAGMENT (05/05).

POST-GAME STUFF =============================================== POST-GAME STUFF WLK41 AF100 BRESHA RUINS POST-GAME STUFF =============================================== POST-GAME STUFF Give the teddy bear to the man for AF100 BRESHA RUINS FRAGMENT (04/06). With this deed you now have access to the N room with control device. Talk to the man in front of device for a quest of obtaining two passwords. Also kick open concealed TC with Reverse Clock (enables Time Reversal in AF100 Bresha Ruins). That password thingey is spread over two other timelines...

POST-GAME STUFF =============================================== POST-GAME STUFF WLK48 AF200 AUGUSTA TOWER POST-GAME STUFF =============================================== POST-GAME STUFF FLOOR 50 Go thru SE room and loop around to NW room. Examine terminal No.3 once to turn NW room, then go inside and examine the terminal for a quest. Somewhere on F50 is TYPE-A item... go check SE room and look up in one of the corners to locate TC. Toss moogle at it to retrieve the item, then bring it back to the terminal in NW room for AF200 AUGUSTA TOWER FRAGMENT (02/04). Now check the other terminal, who wants you to retrieve TYPE-B item, located somewhere on F49. FLOOR 49 Here we have three circular walkways and two rooms - SE and SW. Go SW to middle walkway and operate terminal No.2 once to turn SW room, then go thru SW room to outer walkway and head N. Along W side of the room observe for TC - toss moogle at it to get the item required by the terminal. Loop around the outer walkway to reach the blue gate - activate it to unlock AF300 Oerba, then return to AF200 Augusta Tower. Continue going N on outer walkway, operate the terminal once to turn SE room and go thru the room to reach middle walkway. Now walk N and toss your view down towards NE. You'll spot a TC all the way down in the depths - aling your moogle throw properly and moogle grabs TYPE-C item from the TC. Return to F50.

POST-GAME STUFF =============================================== POST-GAME STUFF WLK42 AF300 BRESHA RUINS POST-GAME STUFF =============================================== POST-GAME STUFF Go to the room with control device and talk to the scientist, then examine the device to be pulled into time labyrinth. Complete three stages of crystalizing, and then bag AF300 BRESHA RUINS FRAGMENT (04/04). That's it for this area.

POST-GAME STUFF =============================================== POST-GAME STUFF WLK43 AF100 YASCHAS MASSIF POST-GAME STUFF =============================================== POST-GAME STUFF Go to Hope's tent and talk to the girl inside to get an item.

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FLOOR 50 Give the item to needy terminal for AF200 AUGUSTA TOWER FRAGMENT (03/04), then examine the third terminal in this room. This one wants to have TYPE-C item, also hidden somewhere on F49, which we already have. In return you get AF200 AUGUSTA TOWER FRAGMENT (04/04), and Access Card TYPE-13.

Nomad chief offers a quest to kill Ochu. Make rainy weather and depart for blue "!" to face off VS Ochu. After planting it you get AF??? ARCHYLTE STEPPE FRAGMENT (10/12). Leave for HC and come back right away. Nomad chief offers a quest to kill Yomi, while the girl tending the ship offers a quest to kill Invincible. Make cloudy weather and depart for blue "!" to face off VS Invincible. Kill it for AF??? ARCHYLTE STEPPE FRAGMENT (11/12). Make stormy weather with lightnings and grab a chocobo. W from a blue gate is a high pillar, on which you can jump from the ledge to the S while on a chocobo (hold Circle to glide). When you land on top of pillar, Serah auto-dismounts the chocster, Yomi appears and battle begins. Pluck all Yomi's feathers for AF??? ARCHYLTE STEPPE FRAGMENT (12/12).

POST-GAME STUFF =============================================== POST-GAME STUFF WLK49 AF300 AUGUSTA TOWER POST-GAME STUFF =============================================== POST-GAME STUFF Board the lift on F15, and examine the control terminal... Now you can reach F13, which doesn't have anything interesting, except for having to go here for 100% map completion.

POST-GAME STUFF =============================================== POST-GAME STUFF WLK50 AF??? ARCHYLTE STEPPE POST-GAME STUFF =============================================== POST-GAME STUFF First a refresher on how the weather control device operates in chief's... left down, right down - sunny weather left down, right up - stormy weather with lightnings left up, right up - cloudy weather left up, right down - rainy weather As you know, we already activated one of red Cactuar stones, that warp you to nomad settlement. Make the sunny weather and then head S from nomad settlement, towards the blue gate (you cannot activate it just yet, be patient). Shortly before reaching the gate, there is a big stone in shape of a Cactuar. Behind this stone is concealed red Cactuar stone, so take its needles with R1 to uncover it, then examine it for AF??? ARCHYLTE STEPPE FRAGMENT (05/12). Next, go SW from nomad settlement and approximately in middle of the map is a green Cactuar stone surrounded by cactii. Examine the green Cactuar stone to force a Gigantuar to spawn nearby, and then kill it. Next, jump the gap separating E and W sections of the steppe. Immediately next to the pond is a stone, and it its shadow is a concealed green Cactuar stone. Take its needles with R1 to reveal it, then examine it to force a Gigantuar to spawn nearby. Kill the Gigantuar and that's two down, one more to go. Now go directly W from this green Cactuar stone until you spot a concealed green Cactuar stone in the pond. Use R1 to reveal it, and then examine it for AF??? ARCHYLTE STEPPE FRAGMENT (06/12). Make rainy weather, and jump the gap to W section of the steppe. Approximately SW from second green Cactuar stone you'll find another concealed green Cactuar stone. Reveal it with R1, then examine it for a Gigantuar to spawn and promptly dispatch the latter. Killing all three Gigantuars removes the mist around blue gate, which can now be activated - it unlocks AF200 Vile Peaks timeline. Make cloudy weather, and depart to blue gate, then turn W. See the small tornado? Inside it is concealed gold Cactuar stone, so reveal it with R1. Examine it to be warped to W area of the steppe, and you bag AF??? ARCHYLTE STEPPE FRAGMENT (07/12) as well. Make stormy weather and depart to SW area of the steppe. You just cannot miss concealed, but electrified green Cactuar stone. Reveal with R1, examine and AF??? ARCHYLTE STEPPE FRAGMENT (08/12) is yours. Chocobo riding is now enabled by talking to a girl next to chocobo corral. Make sunny weather and bag Long Gui for AF??? ARCHYLTE STEPPE FRAGMENT (09/12).

POST-GAME STUFF =============================================== POST-GAME STUFF WLK51 AF200 VILE PEAKS POST-GAME STUFF =============================================== POST-GAME STUFF Oh oh oh! A known figure appears! Near black gate is a concealed soldier, lying on the ground. Use R1 to reveal it and talk to him to trigger a quest, get map of Vile Peaks and AF200 VILE PEAKS FRAGMENT (01/08). Go W and take the only path available. Soon you meet a soldier in yellow armor, who runs away after being spoken to. Catch up to him to get AF200 VILE PEAKS FRAGMENT (02/08). Continue W to meet a soldier in red armor, who keeps shooting at some black mist. Accept his quest to receive AF200 VILE PEAKS FRAGMENT (03/08). You cannot fight black mist at this moment... Return to black gate and talk to yellow soldier for LT (Square) to get AF200 VILE PEAKS FRAGMENT (04/08). This is all at the moment.

POST-GAME STUFF =============================================== POST-GAME STUFF WLK52 AF4XX ACADEMIA POST-GAME STUFF =============================================== POST-GAME STUFF Le sigh, prepare for torture, hehe. - "Defeat" the quiz terminal in Academia's reception hall for AF4XX ACADEMIA FRAGMENT (01/11). - "Defeat" the quiz terminal in W section, N end for AF4XX ACADEMIA FRAGMENT (02/11). - "Defeat" the quiz terminal in W section, S end for AF4XX ACADEMIA FRAGMENT (03/11). - "Defeat" the quiz terminal in E section for AF4XX ACADEMIA FRAGMENT (04/11). - Locate Daddy Bear and correctly answer one question for AF4XX ACADEMIA FRAGMENT (05/11). - Locate Daddy Bear and correctly answer two questions for AF4XX ACADEMIA FRAGMENT (06/11). - Locate Daddy Bear and correctly answer three questions for AF4XX ACADEMIA FRAGMENT (07/11). - Locate Daddy Bear and correctly answer four questions for AF4XX ACADEMIA FRAGMENT (08/11). - Locate Daddy Bear and correctly answer five questions for AF4XX ACADEMIA FRAGMENT (09/11). When you've enough quizzes, visit Chocolina's shop in E section of the map and activate nearby blue gate. It unlocks AF010 Vile Peaks timeline.

POST-GAME STUFF =============================================== POST-GAME STUFF WLK53 AF010 VILE PEAKS POST-GAME STUFF =============================================== POST-GAME STUFF

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Waltz S and soon you happen upon concealed soldier lying in the snow. Press R1 to reveal it and talk to him for a quest and AF010 VILE PEAKS FRAGMENT (01/04). Proceed to the very E and talk to soldier in yellow armor for a quest and AF010 VILE PEAKS FRAGMENT (02/04). You can now explore N region of Vile Peaks, because there's a bridge now. Proceed towards blue "!" and prepare for battle against Twilight Odin. Terminate the summon to obtain AF010 VILE PEAKS FRAGMENT (03/04). Venture forth toward next blue "!" and there you'll find a concealed soldier in red armor. Reveal it with R1 and talk to him for AF010 VILE PEAKS FRAGMENT (04/04).

g) Concealed time warp at the bottom of the stairs near the beach has 3 rounds of crystallizing. Your reward is AF300 OERBA FRAGMENT (07/09). h) Time warp near blue gate has 3 rounds of clockworking. Your reward is AF300 OERBA FRAGMENT (08/09). Completing this time warp allows you to use the blue gate, but it has also spawned another time gate S from your position. h) Time warp on S end of the map has 5 rounds of stargazing. Your reward is AF300 OERBA FRAGMENT (09/09). Activate the blue gate - in unlocks AF400 Oerba.

POST-GAME STUFF =============================================== POST-GAME STUFF WLK56 AF400 OERBA POST-GAME STUFF =============================================== POST-GAME STUFF First, depart for the beach - a bit E from the school building is a hard-to-see concealed item floating in air. Use R1 to reveal it and bag AF400 OERBA FRAGMENT (01/09) - this is also named Graviton core Zeta. Now, go upstairs from the beach and you'll spot some roots. At the top of these roots is TC - toss moogle on it to retrieve Reverse Clock (unlocks Time Reversal of AF400 Oerba). Then enter Vanille's house for moogle's bobble to light up. Press R1 near his position to reveal a time warp. And now for blasted time warps. a) Concealed time warp in Vanille's house has 6 rounds of stargazing. Your reward is AF400 OERBA FRAGMENT (02/09). b) Time warp N from Vanille's house has 5 rounds of stargazing. Your reward is AF400 OERBA FRAGMENT (03/09). c) Time warp on the clearing W from Vanille's house has 2 rounds of crystallizing. Your reward is AF400 OERBA FRAGMENT (04/09). d) Time warp NW from the big tree has 3 rounds of crystallizing. Your reward is AF400 OERBA FRAGMENT (05/09). e) Time warp W from the stairs leading to the beach has 4 rounds of stargazing. Your reward is AF400 OERBA FRAGMENT (06/09). f) Time warp near the bottom of the stairs leading to the beach has 6 rounds of clockworking. A scene plays after completing stage 6... Your reward is AF400 OERBA FRAGMENT (07/09). g) Time warp along the beach on NE has 3 rounds of clockworking. Your reward is AF400 OERBA FRAGMENT (08/09). Next go to the roof of the school and follow moogle's glowing bobble. Press R1 near his position to reveal a time warp. h) Concealed time warp on top of the school has 3 rounds of clockworking. Your reward is AF400 OERBA FRAGMENT (09/09).

POST-GAME STUFF =============================================== POST-GAME STUFF WLK54 AF200 VILE PEAKS POST-GAME STUFF =============================================== POST-GAME STUFF The black mist on W side of the map has now subsided - go there for a rematch against Twilight Odin. After the battle you obtain AF200 VILE PEAKS FRAGMENT (05/08), Odin joins as a recruitable sidekick (yessss!). Additional spoils are: Reverse Clock which enables Time Reversal in AF010 Vile Peaks, and another Reverse Clock which enables Time Reversal in AF200 Vile Peaks. Go back towards E end... hey, a black shadow of a man! Press R1 to reveal him... and it's Sazh. Talk to him for AF200 VILE PEAKS FRAGMENT (06/08). On E plateau talk to the soldier in yellow armor for AF200 VILE PEAKS FRAGMENT (07/08). And finally, there's the shadow of *THE WOMAN* (swoon)... Use R1 to reveal her, and bag AF200 VILE PEAKS FRAGMENT (08/08).

POST-GAME STUFF =============================================== POST-GAME STUFF WLK55 AF300 OERBA POST-GAME STUFF =============================================== POST-GAME STUFF I warn you, this is a test of your wits... A plethora of time labyrinths await to test your mettle. You're bound to go crazy. When you appear, go up the ramp NW from black gate. Rotate the camera so that you can look over the stone fence and spot a TC resting above some crates. Toss moogle on the TC to recover Reverse Clock which enables Time Reversal in AF300 Oerba. Now go to the big tree in middle of the map and stand next to mailbox NW from the tree. Look on the lower ledge at NE corner of nearby house to spot another TC - toss moogle at it to recover Reverse Clock (unlocks Time Reversal in AF400 Academia). And now for blasted time warps. a) Time warp SE from black gate has 3 rounds of stargazing. Your reward is AF300 OERBA FRAGMENT (01/09). b) Time warp W from black gate (below the remains of the big sign) has 5 rounds of stargazing. Your reward is AF300 OERBA FRAGMENT (02/09). c) Time warp N from big tree has 4 rounds of stargazing. Your reward is AF300 OERBA FRAGMENT (03/09). d) Time warp W from big tree has 2 rounds of clockworking. Your reward is AF300 OERBA FRAGMENT (04/09). Afterwards go downstairs to the N and once you're at the bottom of the stairs, moogle's bobble lights up. Press R1 near moogle's position to reveal a time warp. e) Concealed time warp at the bottom of the stairs around NW house has 2 rounds of clockworking. Your reward is AF300 OERBA FRAGMENT (05/09). f) Time warp just above the stairs leading to the beach has 2 rounds of crystallizing. Your reward is AF300 OERBA FRAGMENT (06/09). Completing six time warps causes a new time warp to appear in front of blue gate. Go downstairs to the beach for moogle's bobble to light up. Press R1 near his position to reveal a time warp.

POST-GAME STUFF =============================================== POST-GAME STUFF WLK57 AF400 ACADEMIA POST-GAME STUFF =============================================== POST-GAME STUFF There's a wealth of fragments here now that we have 100% in all maps. Go to the map girl marked with blue "!" and start talking to her for fragrain... - 100% coverage of Bresha Ruins awards AF400 ACADEMIA FRAGMENT (04/13) - 100% coverage of Sunleth Waterscape awards AF400 ACADEMIA FRAGMENT (05/13) - 100% coverage of Yaschas Massif awards AF400 ACADEMIA FRAGMENT (06/13) - 100% coverage of Oerba awards AF400 ACADEMIA FRAGMENT (07/13) - 100% coverage of Academia awards AF400 ACADEMIA FRAGMENT (08/13) - 100% coverage of Augusta Tower awards AF400 ACADEMIA FRAGMENT (09/13) - 100% coverage of Vile Peaks awards AF400 ACADEMIA FRAGMENT (10/13) - 100% coverage of Archylte Steppe awards AF400 ACADEMIA FRAGMENT (11/13) - 100% coverage of Dying World awards AF400 ACADEMIA FRAGMENT (12/13) - Completing all maps awards AF400 ACADEMIA FRAGMENT (13/13)

POST-GAME STUFF =============================================== POST-GAME STUFF WLK58 AF??? SERENDIPITY POST-GAME STUFF =============================================== POST-GAME STUFF

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I recommend you come here sporting at least 500000 gil. Go to the rightmost house and convert all gil into chips. - Buy AF??? SERENDIPITY FRAGMENT (02/05) for 10000 chips - Buy AF??? SERENDIPITY FRAGMENT (03/05) for 9800 chips - Buy AF??? SERENDIPITY FRAGMENT (04/05) for 10000 chips Now save your game. For finale enter the slot machine, tape down L1 button and go watch a movie or something. Check back once you run out of chips - check the fragments menu and if you got AF??? SERENDIPITY FRAGMENT (05/05) by scoring "777" or "triple microchu" while slot machine was in Overbreak, congratulate yourself. If not, reload your game and try again.

Episode 5. Proceed to the next boss encounter, where Serah and her monsters fight against Censor Bypass. Defeat him to proceed forward to AF00X New Bodhum, and advance the events until you talk to *THE WOMAN* on the pier. At the offered Live Trigger press Triangle to get paradox ending, and a fragment. I already completed this paradox ending in the course of walkthru. PARADOX ENDING - Successor of Chaos Do Time Reversal on AF4XX Academia. Replay the map up to the point where you give Alyssa graviton cores, and proceed by taking the orange gate into start of Episode 5. Proceed to the next boss encounter, where Serah and her monsters fight against Censor Bypass. Defeat him to proceed forward to AF00X New Bodhum, and advance the events until you talk to *THE WOMAN* on the pier. At the offered Live Trigger press X to advance to AF700 Dying World. Now turn on Grand Cross fragment skill. Proceed to the place of boss battle where Noel is going solo VS Censor Bypass. When you begin the battle, words "GRAND CROSS" appear on screen, and you fight stronger version of the boss. When he keels over, you unlock AFXXX Dying World. Visit the timeline, view the ending and get AFXXX DYING WORLD FRAGMENT (01/01).

POST-GAME STUFF =============================================== POST-GAME STUFF WLK59 PARADOX ENDINGS POST-GAME STUFF =============================================== POST-GAME STUFF PARADOX ENDING - Our war Do Time Reversal on AF005 Bresha Ruins, defeat the first boss of the area and proceed trhu the scenes. When you're tasked with operating the control device, instead simply go and defeat Atlas while it's at full power. Once he's gone, you unlock AFXXX Archylte Steppe. Visit the timeline, view the ending and get the fragment. I've already done this ending in the walkthru. PARADOX ENDING - Dream road of atonement Turn on Grand Cross fragment skill and do Time Reversal on AF200 Oerba. Proceed to the place of boss encounter. When you begin the battle, words "GRAND CROSS" appear on screen, and you fight stronger version of the boss. After he bites the dust, AFXXX Oerba is unlocked. Visit the timeline, view the ending and get AFXXX OERBA FRAGMENT (01/01). PARADOX ENDING - Control pudding with pudding Do Time Reversal on AF300 Sunleth Waterscape and defea the first boss of the area. When you're tasked with trying to find something to shrink the boss, instead simply go and defeat Giant Flan's ass while it's in full power state. After it's melted away, you unlock AFXXX Sunleth Waterscape. Visit the timeline, view the ending and get AFXXX SUNLETH WATERSCAPE FRAGMENT (01/01). PARADOX ENDING - Replica of the soul Turn on Grand Cross fragment skill and do Time Reversal on AF200 Augusta Tower. Climb to the very top of the tower and begin the battle. Words "GRAND CROSS" appear on screen, and you fight stronger version of the boss. When it croaks, you unlock AFXXX Augusta Tower. Visit the timeline, view the ending and get AFXXX AUGUSTA TOWER FRAGMENT (01/01). PARADOX ENDING - Couple's departure Turn on Grand Cross fragment skill and do Time Reversal on AF4XX Academia. Replay the map up to the point where you give Alyssa graviton cores. DO NOT SKIP THE EVENTS DURING THIS TIME. Eventually you're offered Live Trigger choice! Press Triangle for paradox ending, view it and bag AF4XX ACADEMIA FRAGMENT (10/11). PARADOX ENDING - Sky of the end of the world Do Time Reversal on AF4XX Academia. Replay the map up to the point where you give Alyssa graviton cores, and proceed by taking the orange gate into start of Episode 5. When Serah is all alone in Valhalla, turn on Grand Cross fragment skill. Proceed to the next boss encounter, where Serah and her monsters fight against Censor Bypass. When you begin the battle, words "GRAND CROSS" appear on screen, and you fight stronger version of the boss. When he keels over, you unlock AFXXX New Bodhum. Visit the timeline, view the ending and get AFXXX NEW BODHUM FRAGMENT (01/01). PARADOX ENDING - Eternal rest Do Time Reversal on AF4XX Academia. Replay the map up to the point where you give Alyssa graviton cores, and proceed by taking the orange gate into start of

POST-GAME STUFF =============================================== POST-GAME STUFF WLK60 AF4XX ACADEMIA POST-GAME STUFF =============================================== POST-GAME STUFF And now for the last fragment of the game. Once you fight all enemies at least once, AND defeat them so that they appear in enemy report, go talk to the dude in Academia's reception area. He'll fork over AF4XX ACADEMIA FRAGMENT (11/11).

POST-GAME STUFF =============================================== POST-GAME STUFF WLK61 SECRET ENDING POST-GAME STUFF =============================================== POST-GAME STUFF Go to AF500 Academia, and make sure to turn on Grand Cross fragment skill. Cruise thru the boss marathon and after ending credits have rolled, secret ending of the game plays. That's it - not counting DLC, you've done everything the game has to offer.

POST-GAME STUFF =============================================== POST-GAME STUFF WLK62 GAMING TIPS POST-GAME STUFF =============================================== POST-GAME STUFF ------------------------------------------------------------------------------FARMING UP TO 48000 GIL PER BATTLE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------This is information I compiled together to help you gather gil at an efficient rate of up to 48000 gil per battle. The info has been collected from various sources, but most of the credit goes to Kouli, who gave me the initial idea to begin with. First, the requirements: - AF100 Bresha Ruins unlocked - Reasonably well developed characters and a good monster with Commando role (Kichu for example) - Must have beaten the game (not sure on this) The following is highly recommended, but not necessary: - Master Encounter fragment skill - increases or decreases the chance of random encounter [the skill is unlocked by collecting all fragments from Yaschas Massif timelines - cannot confirm 100%] - Battle Mania fragment skill - increases the chances of rare enemy popping up [the skill is unlocked by covering all in-game maps 100%] - Master Clock fragment skill - speeds the game up, or slows it down [the skill

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is finding all fragments] You'll also need a Gold Chocobo, which is found in AF700 Dying World in a concealed TC - north of the bridge leading to the western area, just follow the border and you'll find it. As for Kichu, it can be found in Archylte Steppe. Go S from nomad settlement and look for patch of red flowers in the grass. Once found, toss Moogle into the patch a few times and Kichu's yours. Now, let's begin. 1. Level up your Gold Chocobo until it's at lv45, which is its max LV. Maxed out Goldie has A speed and A stamina, making it a very good candidate to winning chocobo races in the Casino. 2. Keep winning races until you get to Fal'Cie class - here aim for race called "Dahaka's stake". If the race doesn't appear, you can use certain items to refresh the race list and see if it comes up. 3. Obtain 2x Collector's Catalog by winning the race "Dahaka's stake". 4. Obtain 4x Sunpetal, which is a rare drop from Microchu. These guys can be found in Archylte steppe, W region, during the rains. 5. Obtain 4x Phoenix Blood, which can be bought at the casino for 1600 chips (equivalent of 16000 gil). 6. Go to Archylte Steppe's Chocolina shop and buy two units of [Collector's Catalog "Heavy Formula"] for 40000 gil. 7. Properties of upgraded Collector's Catalog are: increased chance of getting rare item, more gil dropped by enemies (stacks!), and getting more items. Now for the bonanza. 1. Go to AF100 Bresha Ruins and equip both upgraded Collector's Catalog. 2. If you have them, turn on Master Encounter, Battle Mania and Master Clock frag-skills. Also play on Normal Mode. 3. Roam around and avoid unnecessary encounters by running from them. Wait for a black sphere to pop up, causing the screen to go black-and-whitish. This means that Don Tonberry has spawned. 4. Approach the sphere and whack it to get Preemptive Strike on Don. 5. Don is not terribly difficulty opponent to defeat, and can take you about 90 seconds to kick its ass (stronger you are, faster you can defeat it). 6. Now the battle spoils! If you get 5* ranking, you get [Rare drop 320% Up] and [Item drop 500% Up]. Don itself drops 18360 gil, Scarletite in 99% cases, and in rare instances Hermes Sandals. 7. Scarletite can be sold for 18700 gil, and Hermes Sandals for 11000 gil. 8. In the end, your net profit can be 48060 gil per battle.

dismounts the chocster, Yomi appears and battle begins. 4. I made poor decisions when upgrading the Crystarium of my characters, so my stats aren't terribly flashy. I require about 150-180 secs to smash Yomi, depending on how many times it protects itself. 5. Now the battle spoils - with two Collector's Catalogs equipped, you get a staggering 144000 gil! With one CC you get 96000 gil (tested and confirmed). 6. Battling Yomi will also yield the elusive Trapezohedron, which is needed for weapons with additional ATB bar. When Yomi's history, leave to HC, come back to the Steppe and flip either switch two times to return to stormy weather, causing Yomi to reappear.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------KICHU THE KILLING MACHINE, AND NONE IS EQUAL! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------a) OBTAINING KICHU Warp to AF??? Archylte Steppe, then go S from nomad settlement and look for a small patch of red flowers in the field of grass. Toss Moogle in that patch at least two times to get Kichu (you may obtain an adornment first, so that's why you need to try twice sometimes). Once you obtain Kichu, start feeding it with materials that raise STR. b) KICHU'S STATS Here's an example of stats for a good Kichu build. LV 70, 5830 HP, 1520 ATK, 460 MAG, ATB Lv6 [HP/ATK/MAG can vary*1] Passive skills: HP +30%, Role Affinity, Physical attack +35%, Auto-Bravery, Physical resistance +36%, Magical resistance +36%, ATB recovery via Attack, ATB recovery via Attack UP, Synchro charge up, Ensemble c) WHY IS KICHU SO GREAT? - Hard to kill: HP+30%, 36% resistance to all attacks - High attack: Strong base attack, ATK+35%, Auto-Bravery, Role Affinity*2 - Fast: ATB recovery when attacking + upgrade (quicker than auto-haste) d) PROCESS OF GODLY BUILD First you need to capture 8 monsters. Here you have their names (I couldn't find three english names), monster role, HPs when fought as an enemy, general encounter spot, and details under which type they're listed in Enemy Report. - Mud Frog, RAV, 36600 HP, W Archylte Steppe (rain, sunny, cloudy) 2nd type, 2nd subtype - Tonberry, COM, 393939 HP, AF300 Bresha Ruins 2nd type, 17th subtype - Niaomao, SYN, 21960 HP, W Archylte Steppe (rain) 2nd type, 18th subtype - Green Chocobo, MED, 146400 HP, AF100 Yaschas Massif 2nd type, 19th subtype - Moblin Center, SEN, 61000 HP, W Archylte Steppe (rain, sunny, cloudy) 2nd type, 13th subtype - Nekomata, SAB, 24400 HP, AF400 Oerba, beach 2nd type, 18th subtype - Fehita Kata, RAV, 15680 HP, AF400 Academia*3 3rd type, 1st subtype - Frag Leech, COM, 3250 HP, AF200 Oerba, beach 3rd type, 6th subtype Once you capture all monsters listed, level them up on Crystarium. - Mud Frog to lv19 - Tonberry to lv24 (ATK+35%) - Niaomao to lv23 (36% resistance to magic damage) - Green Chocobo to lv48 (36% resistance to physical damage) - Moblin Center to lv40 (Auto-Bravery) - Nekomata to lv54 (HP+30%) - Fehita Kata to lv18 (Aspir system recovery UP*4) - Frag Leech to lv30 (Role Affinity*5)

------------------------------------------------------------------------------FARMING 144000 GIL IN LESS THAN FIVE MINUTES ------------------------------------------------------------------------------Much of the preparations for this tip are the same as previous farming tip. The requirements: - AF??? Archylte Steppe unlocked - Reasonably well developed characters and a good monster with Commando role - Master Clock fragment skill is useful, but not required - 2 units of Collector's Catalog "Heavy formula" - Weapons with ATBG+50% speed up (won from Invincible) help immensely Now for the bonanza. 1. Go to AF??? Archylte Steppe and equip two upgraded Collector's Catalog. 2. If you have it, turn on Master Clock frag-skill. Also play on Easy Mode. 3. Make stormy weather with lightnings and grab a chocobo. W from a blue gate is a high pillar, on which you can jump from the ledge to the S while on a chocobo (hold Circle to glide). When you land on top of pillar, Serah auto-

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Next, go - Select - Infuse - Infuse - Infuse - Infuse - Infuse - Select - Infuse - Infuse - Infuse - You're

to Monsters menu, and proceed exactly as shown here! lv19 Mud Frog. Mud Frog with lv24 Tonberry. Mud Frog with lv23 Niaomao. Mud Frog with lv48 Green Chocobo. Mud Frog with lv40 Moblin Center. Mud Frog with lv54 Nekomata. lv70 Kichu. Kichu with lv19 Mud Frog. Kichu with lv18 Fehita Kata. Kichu with lv30 Frag Leech. done!*6

*1 Statistics can vary depending on what materials you used when leveling up. *2 If 2 COM are in team, physical damage is raised by 20% (or 10% for 1 COM). *3 Only two units of this enemy exist. Save before fighting it, and reload if you're unsuccessful in capturing it. *4 ATB charges faster when attacking *5 Damage increase depending on COMs in the team. 1 COM increases damage by 10%, and 2 COM increase damage by 20%. *6 You're welcome to choose other abilities based on your taste. Some players might prefer Kichu to learn Ruinga or other useful abilities. The choice is totally up to you.

=============================================================================== =============================================================================== ??.) PAST REVISIONS - G??00 =============================================================================== =============================================================================== - Version Serah (15th January 2012) # Added "Gaming tips" section. - Version Serah (8th January 2012) # Contains full storyline walkthru from start till the end of game. - Version Serah (5th January 2012) # Contains full walkthru from start of game 'til Episode 4 AF200 Augusta Tower. - Version Serah (2nd January 2012) # Contains full walkthru from start of game until Episode 3-A AF01X Yaschas.

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