Balfonheim Race

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< About >
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It's a Mini-game as well. During the race, keep pressing 'Circle' and 'X'
buttons to run. 'Circle' works to turn your character to right and 'X' works
to turn your character to left while running. You must reach to the end point
of the race by using the combination of 'Circle' and 'X' buttons. Also you must
get the first place for the rewards and level up.


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< Starting >
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You can start this mini game after Pharos at Ridorana event. Talk to Rikken
for the infomation of the final stage, talk to him again to start this mini
game.

Later when you want to challenge the racing again, just talk to Rikken at the
same place to start it. Each win of the racing would bring you to the next
level. Read below for the rewards of each level.


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< Rewards >
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Lv 1 - Potion x1
Lv 2 - Phoenix Down x1
Lv 3 - Eye Drops x1
Lv 4 - Antidote x1
Lv 5 - 10 gil, Echo Herbs x1
Lv 6 - Gold Needle x1
Lv 7 - Alarm Clock x1
Lv 8 - Handkerchief x1
Lv 9 - Bucchas's Wine x1
Lv 10 - 100 gil, Balance Mote x2

Lv 11 - Potion x2
Lv 12 - Phoenix Down x2
Lv 13 - Eye Drops x2
Lv 14 - Antidote x2
Lv 15 - 20 gil, Echo Herbs x2
Lv 16 - Gold Needle x2
Lv 17 - Alarm Clock x2
Lv 18 - Handkerchief x2
Lv 19 - Bucchas's Wine x2
Lv 20 - 300 gil, Float Mote x2

Lv 21 - Potion x3
Lv 22 - Phoenix Down x3
Lv 23 - Eye Drops x3
Lv 24 - Antidote x3
Lv 25 - 30 gil, Echo Herbs x3
Lv 26 - Gold Needle x3
Lv 27 - Alarm Clock x3
Lv 28 - Handkerchief x3
Lv 29 - Bucchas's Wine x3
Lv 30 - 800 gil, Telepo-Stone x3

Lv 31 - Potion x4
Lv 32 - Phoenix Down x4
Lv 33 - Eye Drops x4
Lv 34 - Antidote x4
Lv 35 - 40 gil, Echo Herbs x4
Lv 36 - Gold Needle x4
Lv 37 - Alarm Clock x4
Lv 38 - Handkerchief x4
Lv 39 - Bucchas's Wine x4
Lv 40 - 1,500 gil, Vanishga Mote x2

Lv 41 - Potion x5
Lv 42 - Phoenix Down x5
Lv 43 - Eye Drops x5
Lv 44 - Antidote x5
Lv 45 - 50 gil, Echo Herbs x5
Lv 46 - Gold Needle x5
Lv 47 - Alarm Clock x5
Lv 48 - Handkerchief x5
Lv 49 - Bucchas's Wine x5
Lv 50 - 2,500 gil, Reflectga Mote x2

Lv 51 - Potion x6
Lv 52 - Phoenix Down x6
Lv 53 - Eye Drops x6
Lv 54 - Antidote x6
Lv 55 - 60 gil, Echo Herbs x6
Lv 56 - Gold Needle x6
Lv 57 - Alarm Clock x6
Lv 58 - Handkerchief x6
Lv 59 - Bucchas's Wine x6
Lv 60 - 3,500 gil, Hi-Ether x2

Lv 61 - Potion x7
Lv 62 - Phoenix Down x7
Lv 63 - Eye Drops x7
Lv 64 - Antidote x7
Lv 65 - 70 gil, Echo Herbs x7
Lv 66 - Gold Needle x7
Lv 67 - Alarm Clock x7
Lv 68 - Handkerchief x7
Lv 69 - Bucchas's Wine x7
Lv 70 - 4,500 gil, Holy Mote x2

Lv 71 - Potion x8
Lv 72 - Phoenix Down x8
Lv 73 - Eye Drops x8
Lv 74 - Antidote x8
Lv 75 - 80 gil, Echo Herbs x8
Lv 76 - Gold Needle x8
Lv 77 - Alarm Clock x8
Lv 78 - Handkerchief x8
Lv 79 - Bucchas's Wine x8
Lv 80 - 6,000 gil, Hastega Mote x2, Caramel x1

Lv 81 - Potion x9
Lv 82 - Phoenix Down x9
Lv 83 - Eye Drops x9
Lv 84 - Antidote x9
Lv 85 - 90 gil, Echo Herbs x9
Lv 86 - Gold Needle x9
Lv 87 - Alarm Clock x9
Lv 88 - Handkerchief x9
Lv 89 - Bucchas's Wine x9
Lv 90 - 8,000 gil, Scathe Mote x2, Slime Oil x1

Lv 91 - Potion x10
Lv 92 - Phoenix Down x10
Lv 93 - Eye Drops x10
Lv 94 - Antidote x10
Lv 95 - 100 gil, Echo Herbs x10
Lv 96 - Gold Needle x10
Lv 97 - Alarm Clock x10
Lv 98 - Handkerchief x10
Lv 99 - Bucchas's Wine x10
Lv100 - 10,000 gil, Elixir x2, Unpurified Ether x1

Cockatrice Find

Before anything about this quest, you must get:

- Story reaches to Imperial City of Archades.
- Completely clear Cluckatrice/Niwatoris rank E Mob/Mark Hunt.
- Clear Gil Snapper/Gilgame rank C Mob/Mark Hunt mission.
- Find the Feather Of The Flock in the South-East section where you fought
Gil Snapper/Gilgame mob, you can only reach there during rainy season.

If you've done everything above, the go to Giza Plains camp section during
DRY SEASON. Talk to Tira by the stable knowing the Cockatrices were gone, know
start to find them in the locations below:

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- Jahara, Land of the Garif -
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Head to middle section meet with Cockatrice. Talk to the Cockatrice and the
cattle breeder beside, tell him you came from Giza Plains. Then move to the
inner section and talk to the eldest Garif will obtain Eldest Garif's Present,
just give it to Cockatrice. Before leaving, talk to the breeder again for
Platinum Dagger.

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- Dalmasca Eastersand -
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For certain reason, you must finish the 'Back to Barheim Passage' quest and
get Sluice Gate Key for first. Return to Dalmasca Eastersand Gate Crystal
section, talk to the boy by the river shore and send Nasir (wolf), Aril (kid)
and Sasana (Cockatrice) to Northern shore one by one. After that, talk to
Sasana again for Koga Blade (Ninja Sword).

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- Eruyt Village -
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Go to the Northern area, find Mjrn and Cockatrice in the right end. After
speaking with them, pick up the Dewdrops Pebble left from Mjrn, give it to
her. Now search the entire village for other 8 more stones.

Dewdrop Pebble locations:

In the Northern section,
- you can find one in front of the trunk door along with a viera.
- opposite side from above location.

From the Northern section down to the lower section,
- on the stairs, one is on the outer trunk beside.
- the three ways junction with a suspension bridge, find it beside one of the
tied block.
- West area, go right hand side, examine the weapon shelf for another one.
- in the round garden, you can see a shinning thing in the middle, talk to the
nearest viera to obtain it.
- on the middle of the stairs to bottom, find it on the outer side.
- East area, there is a bridge faces to South, but it has been blocked, the
end of that bridge contain another stone.

After collecting all 8 of them, back to Northern section and pass all of
them to Mjrn. Talk to Cockatrice again, the last pebble will appear beside
the Cockatrice, pass it the Myulin also. Reward of this part is Yoichi Bow.

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- Imperial City of Archades -
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You need to obtain all 28 White Leafs/Pinewood Chops in the four sections at
East. It's actually mentioned in the main walkthrough at Archades part, if
you had follow the walkthrough, definitely the Sandalwood Chop is already
inside your inventory.

(I've mentioned this in the 7a-5. 80 Rare Monsters quest, if you had already
done this, just head to highland Terrace to find the Cockatrice, it's at the
North of the Gate Crystal.)

Same like how you get 9 White Leafs for the taxi guard to travel. Just run
around speak with any one of the 28 appointed NPCs for the information, then
inform to the other one of the pair to complete it.

In the section beside Airship Terminal/Aerodrome, you can speak with the girl
who's runing around, and she will tell you the remaining White Leaf for each
section.

After all, go to a shop and find the Guild Counter/Chop Master inside that
shop, trade all 28 White Leafs for the Black Feather/Sandalwood Chop. Now head
to West section where the Gate Crystal by, go to North. With the Black Feather/
Sandalwood Chop, you now can enter the highland Terrace. Inside there, just get
close to the giant Cockatrice and talk to it, then choose the first option to
obtain Tumulus hand bomb weapon.

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- Royal City of Rabanastre -
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Completed all four events above, back to Rabanastre and find the Cockatrice at
the Northern point. Once you check on the Cockatrice, it will run away, now
you need to chase it. When closing to the Cockatrice, you do have to walk,
otherwise it will run into a distance, and you're not able to chase it by
running.

The two corridors at both sides corner are the key points to catch up with it,
if you lost to get it, just drive it until the next corridor. Near the side
corner, the Cockatrice will just keep going on the street, so you just need to
walk into the corridor for short cut, as long as you don't show in front of
it, you should catch up with it after the corridor. Talk to it and choose the
first option, it will stay at the Northern area. Talk to it again and choose
second option for Diamond Sword, and it will gone for Giza Plains.

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- Port At Balfonheim -
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Same section with Gate Crystal, talk to the moogle opposite of the map seller,
who's walking around the chocobo stable. Then talk to the girl looking at the
chocobo stable and show her the Feather Of The Flock, the moogle just now will
come around. Now talk to the Chocobo Stable Guardian to watch some scenes. You
will get Defender (Greatsword) for this part.


After all, back to Giza Plains camp section during DRY SEASON. Talk to Tira for
ending the quest. Obtain Hi-Ether x2.

Sisters

This quest start from the Airship, the Cabin Chief in the the Lounge. When

you're able to travel with Airship, you could have a chance to meet with a man

in the Airship Lounge, he's talking with the Cabin Chief in the counter.





Check on them to listen what are they talking about. The man is come from high

society (who also has 7 brothers in his family), he's offering the marriage to

the girl, but with certain reasons, the girl refuse him. Now he turns to you

and ask you to travel for another 6 routes of flight, find 6 other sisters and

tell them about this theme, then the man (whom you see at the counter) will

give up this marriage. So now what you need to do is keeping travelling to

defferent trips by normal flight to find the remaining 6 sisters. You would

get the key item, Ann's Letter from when you start quest.

When you found the different sister by the Cabin Chief counter, you could also

see a man in front of the counter. Talk to the Cabin Chief and show her the

Ann's Letter that you got from the first sister. Repeat this to the remaining

sister. Once you've done, you will get Ring of Renewal (accessory).


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| Tips & Hint |

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| Start this with Death Gaze rank H/VII Mob Hunt. Since you have to travel |

| some other places to get more informations of this mob, so while you |

| travelling to different trips, just have a look on the Cabin Chief in |

| Lounge see whather encounter the other sisters or not. Save some times |

| by doing so. |

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You should take the different flights to encounte other sisters.

Below are the possible flights to encounter the sisters, take them repeatedly

if you didn't found the sisters.

Rabanastre <-> Bhujerba

Rabanastre <-> Nalbina

Rabanastre <-> Archades

Bhujerba <-> Balfonheim

Balfonheim <-> Archades

Archades <-> Nalbina

According to the advises from 6th sister, take 'Nalbina -> Balfonheim'

to search the last sister.

** thanks to Thaisak inform various flights to find the sisters.

Garamsythe Waterway

Dire Rat Ghost Ichthon Steeling

Lv : 1-4 Lv : 5-6 Lv : 3-4 Lv : 2-3

HP : 62-112 HP : 324-334 HP : 130-141 HP : 94-110

Weak : Water Weak : Holy Weak : Thunder Weak : Earth

Drop/Steal Drop/Steal Drop/Steal Drop/Steal

- Antidote - Dark Magicite - Eye Drops - Antidote

- Fire Stone - Dark Stone - Fish Scale - Bat Fang

- Leather Shield - Echo Herbs - Potion - Phoenix Down

- Libra Gem - Glass Jewel - Phoenix Down - Pebble

- Rat Pelt - Pebble - Pebble - Wind Stone

- Rat Tail - Telepo-Stone - Water Stone

Gigantoad Imperial Swordsman

Lv : 5-6 Lv : ?

HP : 341-346 HP : 150-160

Weak : Fire Weak : -

Drop/Steal Drop/Steal

- 50 gil - Potion

- Horn

- Leather Helm

- Potion

- Water Stone

In the Water Way, Balthier and Fran join the party. Also a Save Crystal is

just in front of you. Go down Balthier will explain more about the Gambit

functions. After that, "Party" and "Gambit" options have been added in the

Party Menu. Next, check the dead bodies on left side, then leave here.

Next section, turn left from the junction, hit that golden urn for the map.

Now you need to go central section. Explore the corners in different areas can

find some gil and items, as well as Escutcheon shield. Another Save Crystal is

in the South-East section. Go to the bottom to meet with Ashe, and she will

join as guest character for now. Defeat the Imperial Swordsman after the scene,

move to next section, prepare to cast Fire spell with Fran.

BOSS : Flan x4

HP : 360-420

Very easy, just take them down one by one.

Reached the central section, can find a Save Crystal here, now prepare for

the boss battle before open the gate which leads to Overflow Cloaca.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<< BOSS >>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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| Firemane |

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| Lv : 7 Possible Steal: | .--- Lv to challenge ---.

| HP : 3571 - Grimoire Togail | | Recommended: > 6 |

| Weak : Water - Phoenix Down | | Minimum Lv : > 4 |

| ELE. : Fire - Potion | | Average Lv : > 4 |

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Consider this is the first real boss in the game, nothing hard actually.

This boss is weak against Water. It can Poison you, just remember to cure it.

Because of Ashe only performs the attacks during the battle, keep healing

her, she can help lot.

The Royal Palace Of Rabanastre

Save Crystal is just right behind you. Hit the golden statue/urn for the map.

Start from now, DON'T touch that treasure chest on the right, one of the two

chests there hiding an Elixir, do not open it if you want 'Strongest Halberd/

Zodiac Spear' weapon easily later of the game. For more details about this

weapon, read the "11. Weapons" section.

In the hall, go forward to watch an event. Talk to the soldier, then talk to

the Palace Servent near the pole. Now press "Square" to call the soldier over,

once he leaves his position, run past him, up the stairs and enter the door.

The map of this area is roughly like this:

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X__ A ____________B |____

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___ C _______D____ |

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_____| |____________| _____

S_____ F ____________E |

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You start at S, and don't care about the passages at right side. Some soldiers

are blocking your way at point A,C,E.

All you need to do is press "Square" to provoke the soldiers away from blocking

you. First provoke the soldiers at E from F area, while they're coming, run to

the passage below of the map. Now no more soldiers at E, so go to B and provoke

the A soldier. Then go to D, examine the Lion Signet on the floor and use the

Crescent Stone that was given by Dalan before, and the Faint Wall at X will be

activated. Now provoke the C soldiers from D, then run back to E and provoke

the F soldiers. Go back to the passage below and move to X.

Inside the secret passage, just go to the end of the passage and check the

switch on the left wall, push it to unlock the door on the other side here,

open it to next area. After the scene, you will obtain Goddess's Magicite,

now just run to upper level through the stairs to trigger another scene.

Garamsythe Waterway

Dire Rat Ichthon Steeling

Lv : 1-4 Lv : 3-4 Lv : 2-3

HP : 62-112 HP : 130-141 HP : 94-110

Weak : Water Weak : Thunder Weak : Earth

Drop/Steal Drop/Steal Drop/Steal

- Antidote - Eye Drops - Antidote

- Fire Stone - Fish Scale - Bat Fang

- Leather Shield - Potion - Phoenix Down

- Libra Gem - Phoenix Down - Pebble

- Rat Pelt - Pebble - Wind Stone

- Rat Tail - Water Stone

A Save Crystal is here. The right route leads to nothing, just run up the left

route. Go East and then North, eventually you'll come to the North Spur Sluice,

find the chest at the West end of this section for a Mage Masher.

Downtown/Lowtown

Penelo will leave the party before you entering Dalan's Place. You will

obtain a key item, the Crescent Stone after speaking with Dalan. Now move to

the Northern area which is the Storehouse 5. Remember the chest in front of

Dalan's Place is the chest that you're NOT supposed to open, or else you'll

lose an easy chance to obtain one of the strongest weapons later. Once you

reach the Storehouse, Kytes will give some items to you. Now enter the left

gate which leads to your next objective.