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Early Leveling Via Dustia Method

Earn some more gil and buy a bunch of Phoenix Downs from either Nalbina or Migelo's in Rabanastre (if you've done the Sunstone quest) to prepare for some serious leveling. Once you have a good stash, head over to the Westersand and beat yourself up until your HP drops below 10%. Once you're there, go to the Corridor of Sand.

Dustia, a rare monster, will show up. It is an undead monster, so a Phoenix Down will kill it in one shot. It is also a teleporting monster, which means that if you kill it but leave the area before the Exp/LP totals show up, it will respawn once you reenter the area. You get about 1100 Exp per Dustia. This translates to about 20 levels in around an hour, less if you get good at it. What's also good about this method is that you effectively build up a chain and can stand to make some serious gil. Practice picking up the loot and exiting without breaking your chain and you'll be able to pick up a lot of Book of Orgains, which you'll be able to sell for a lot of cash. By the way, I don't take credit for this method.

Remember, whenever you want to leave and save before heading back for more, you have to be below 10% of your max HP before Dustia will spawn.

Gladius (For Early Leveling)

Stats: +45 dagger, Windstrike
Method: Steal from Lindbur Wolf - Dalmasca Westersand, Shimmering Horizons

Chain more than 20 Wolves in the Westersand and head to Shimmering Horizons. Lindbur Wolf will be here with a few lackeys. Equip the Leather Shield. Repeatedly cast Blind on the Lindbur Wolf until it connects. It should almost never be able to hit you now. Get rid of the small fry and steal from Lindbur Wolf until you obtain the Gladius.

The Wyrmhero Blade (The Best Sword)

The 'best' sword in the game, but more of a slower, more powerful Excalibur.
This is pretty much a trophy and won't be used much if you get it, since it has
the slowest attack rate of anything in the game. Anyway, it is:

Sword (2H) Element: Holy
Attack: 130
Evasion: 50

To get it, sell 1 Omega Badge, 1 Godslayer's Badge, and 1 Lu Shang's Badge. Basically you need those 3 things, sell them to the Bazaar, and buy the blade for 65000 Gil. Get them like this:

- The Omega Badge is received after beating the optional boss, Omega Mk. XII. He is located in the depths of the Great Crystal. Check out this map:

Crystal Grande

That should guide you nicely. If you need help navigating, I'm gunna copy and paste my walkthru of getting the Zodiac Estucheon here, since its relatively the same path. First, look up at the Excalibur section, and proceed to the platform where the Excalibur is/was. Then...

Assuming youre at the Excalibur platform and looking at the Great Crystal map noted above, return all the way to Waystone (WS) XIV. Head NE once to the Leo Gate Stone, touch it, and return to WS XIV. Now go SW to the first platform, North to the next, NE to the next. Now go
NW (*not* to the Excalibur platform) to the next area. Go down the only path accessible and open the Leo Gate. Go North 2 screens to WS XV.

Touching that, it takes you to WS XVI. This is the very confusing part, so refer to the map often. Head North to the Libra Gate Stone and touch it. Now move West to open Libra Gate II (L2 on the map). Go South a ways to the Capricorn Gate Stone and touch it. Now backtrack all the way to WS XVI, head East once and open Capricorn Gate I (C1). Proceed forward
and touch the Virgo Gate Stone. Now backtrack back to the Libra Gate Stone, dont touch it, and go NE once. You should now be on the platform with 2 Gates. Open the Virgo Gate II (V2) which should be on your left. Proceed through and North a platform or two to reach WS XVII. Touch it.
Youll be at WS XVIII. North once is a Save Crystal. Use that, then go NW to the Aquarius Gate Stone. Touch that and backtrack to WS XVIII, touch it, and return to WS XVII. Go back many platforms until you reach the platform just BEFORE the Capricorn Gate Stone. Instead of going there, go West and open the Aquarius Gate I (A1). Now backtrack to the Capricorn Gate Stone again, touch that, and go all the way past Libra Gate Stone to the platform with V2 and C2. Open Capricorn Gate II (C2). Now backtrack to where we just opened Aquarius Gate I (A1) and continue forward to the Taurus Gate Stone. Touch that and backtrack to the Libra Gate Stone,
forward through where Capricorn Gate II used to be, and East one platform. Open Taurus Gate I (as opposed to Taurus II, in the Zodiac Estucheon case) and go to WS XXI. Now just keep touching Waystones and you'll arive at Omega. I might post a guide on him later, for now just google him if you need help.

- The Godslayer's Badge is received after beating the Yiazmat mark. He is arguably the strogset monster in the game, with 50 million HP. Killing him in 2 hours time is considered extremely fast. To unlock Yiazmat, first kill Hellwyrm. Then Montblanc will allow you to take on Yiazmat. Again, I might post a guide at some point, just Google him.

- The Lu Shang's Badge is the last item and you get it from the fishing minigame. unlock the Den of the River Lord. Catch the Riverlord fish to get this item. The secret to this is memorizing the *last 3 keys* in any given combination. Once you familiarize yourself with the last 3 combos, you can do this much faster. Because you'll take some time with the first 3 keys, then once you get to the familiar last 3, you can push those out quickly to save yourself. For example, one combination of the last 3 is L1 - X - R1. This is a simple sweeping motion from left to right, obviously, and once you realize that it's this combo, you can pull it off quickly.

The Masamune (Strongest Katana in the Game)

The Masamune is the best Samurai Katana you can get in the game. It is really good
and in addition to crazy damage, it has a 40% combo rate! And 70% if you use its
partner, the Genji Gloves! So, the Masamune is:

Katana (2H) Element: none
Attack: 93 Combo Rate: 40%
Evasion: 5

Sweet. It's possible to get TWO Masamune in the game. One from Gilgamesh and another if you make it. If you havent gotten the Tournesol yet, you can overlap the Gemsteels to get it. It requires 2 Mallets, 3 Orichalcum, and 2 Gemsteel.

we need 3 ingredients. Remember doing the Tournesol? Well here we go again. You gotta get 2 Mallets, 3 Orichalcum, and 2 Gemsteel. And 350,000 Gil.

- For the Mallets, we can get these from a rare game. Named Bombshell. Firstly, go defeat the Antlion Hunt and youll get a nice Site 3 key. Now head over to Phon Coast and search northern Hunter's Camp. Next to the dude that fell from Bhujerba is the Site 11 key. Got that, now head to Lhusu Mines/Lasche Span, which is in the deep Western area of the Mines (read up on Gilgamesh). Now look, theres a 20% chance he'll be here. If not, go one area away and return. Steal from him till you get a Mallet, then run TWO areas away. Return. Steal. The Mallet also drops from Purobolos enemies in the Pharos. Also, you'll prolly have 1 already from Montblanc (the Clan moogle) for killing King Bomb. So just do this once.

- Now for the Orichalcum. Go to Pharos/First Ascent. Look around for 10 Deidars and kill them. Now go to floor 48F and Vishno will be where the Aeronite was. Steal. You might get a Damascus Steel. Once you steal something, run 2 areas away to reset the Steal. Go back and repeat, etc. Ironically, these things also drop from Deidars themselves, so you can try chaining them if you want. Or Poach them.

- Gemsteel time. You need 2, but you should have one from the clan (for having 8 Espers). Then you only need one. The Gemsteel itself is comprised of 2 Damascus Steel (you might have some from Stealing from Vishno), 1 Scarletite, and 2 Hell-Gate Flames. For this and more, look above at Section Vb. Now you just need to sell ALL this everything to get it.

Ok, sell the Gemsteel ingredients for ONE GEMSTEEL per time. Assuming youre making 2 (even though you should have one from the Clan for 8 Espers). Then simply sell the rest of the ingredients to unlock the Masamune, and buy it for 350k Gil.

Now, if you want to do this and get the Tournesol too, sell in this order:
- 3 Empyreal Soul
- 3 Serpentarius
- 2 Mallet
- 3 Orichalcum
- 3 Gemsteel

Now both the Masamune and the Tournesol will be unlocked.

Sky Pirate's Den Characters

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Non-Player Character
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| Character | Requirement |
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| Dalan - Enter every zones in the Ivalice* |
| Gurdy - Spended gil reach to 1,000,000 |
| Gabranth - Trigger all concurrences (Quickening) |
| Migelo - Sell over 1000 loot |
| Montblanc - Get chain combo up to 50 |
| Rasler - Master all characters License Board |
| Reks - Total Clan Point reach to 500,000 |
| Vayne - Perform technique/skill 100 times |
| Vossler - Collect all techniques/skills |
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*Note: Not only just obtain tha maps, you must enter every zones
(except final dungeon) at least once to unlock Dalan.

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Enemy Character
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| Character | Requirement |
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| Carrot - Clear Carrot mob hunting mission |
| Death Gaze - Clear Death Gaze mob hunting mission |
| Fafnir - Clear Fafnir mob hunting mission |
| Gilgamesh - Clear Gilgamesh mob hunting mission |
| Hell Wyrm - Defeat Hell Wyrm/Majinryuu optional boss |
| Behemoth King - Clear Behemoth King mob hunting mission |
| Mimic - Unlock Canopic Jar in Bazzar and buy it |
| Trickster - Clear Trickster mob hunting mission |
| Yazmat/Yiazmat - Clear Yazmat mob hunting mission |
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Other Character
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| Character | Requirement |
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| BaGamnon - Complete everything in Bestiary |
| Belias - Defeat/obtain all Espers |
| Chocobo - Travel over 50,000 steps |
| Crystal - Learn all magics with all characters |
| Ultima - Defeat Ultima Esper |
| Zodiac - Defeat Zodiac/Zodiark Esper |
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Rare Monster 71-80

Rare Monster No. 71/80

Name : Drowned (354)

HP : 22066
EX : 816
LP : 11

Weak : Holy
Drops : Scathe Mote, Foul Flesh
Steal : Forbidden Flesh
Original : Ghoul
Rare Rank : *****
Location : Garamsythe Waterway/ No. 4 Cloaca Spur
Appearance : 5% chance to appear for each 15 second after five minutes
staying here. Need to close No. 4 and 11 waterway first.

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Rare Monster No. 72/80

Name : Velelu (356)

HP : 37369
EX : 1213
LP : 13

Weak : Holy
Drops : Foul Flesh, Save The Queen
Steal : Capricorn Gem
Original : Banshee
Rare Rank : ***
Location : Nabreus Deadlands/ The Fog Mutters
Appearance : West from the Gate Crystal, before the rotate shape section.
Go South from the Gate Crystal, then North-West to the hidden
path can reach there. Appear randomly when anyone below 20% HP.

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Rare Monster No. 73/80

Name : Disma (358)

HP : 99466
EX : 2477
LP : 18

Weak : Holy
Drops : Engage Dead/Accursed Trophy
Steal : Minerva Bustier, Mirage Vest
Original : Zombie Warlock
Rare Rank : *****
Location : Lhusu Mines/ Site 6 South, Site 5
Appearance : 5% chance to replace any Dark Lord. I found it at North of
Site 6 South. It's very tough!

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Rare Monster No. 74/80

Name : Ancbolder (360)

HP : 14142
EX : 1062
LP : 7

Weak : Wind
Drops : Engage Brain/Mind Trophy
Steal : Forbidden Flesh
Original : Striker
Rare Rank : **
Location : Paramina Rift/ Karydine Glacier
Appearance : Kill all enemies in Karydine Glacier at South-East,
exit and re-enter. It's random.

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Rare Monster No. 75/80

Name : Wendice (362)

HP : 30503
EX : 1360
LP : 11

Weak : Thunder
Drops : Engage Fear/Frigid Trophy
Steal : Gemini Gem
Original : Wendigo
Rare Rank : ***
Location : Sochen Cave Palace/ Destiny's March
Appearance : Circle area with a cross, also North from the five ways section.
Defeat a Wendigo before this section, and defeat three Wendigos
in this section within five minutes.

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Rare Monster No. 76/80

Name : Anchag (364)

HP : 30515
EX : 1296
LP : 11

Weak : Fire
Drops : Festering Flesh, Obelisk
Steal : Damascus Steel
Poach : Forbidden Flesh
Original : Dullahan
Rare Rank : **
Location : Paramina Rift/ Karydine Glacier
Appearance : Kill all enemies in Karydine Glacier at South-East,
exit and re-enter. It's random. (same as No. 74 Ancbolder)

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Rare Monster No. 77/80

Name : Bluesang (366)

HP : 30815
EX : 1262
LP : 11

Weak : Water
Drops : Engage Sad/Cruel Trophy
Steal : Damascus Steel
Original : Dullahan
Rare Rank : *****
Location : Cerobi Steppe/ Crossfield
Appearance : North from the Save Crystal, 40% chance to spawn around that two
windmills there (windmill No.7).

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Rare Monster No. 78/80

Name : Avenger (368)

HP : 106000
EX : 3626
LP : 16

Drops : Engage Criminal/Vile Trophy
Steal : Muramasa
Original : Bune
Rare Rank : *****
Location : Pharos at Ridorana/ Second Ascent
Appearance : It has 40% chance to appear in 63F North-West area around
the stairs.

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Rare Monster No. 79/80

Name : Alteci (370)

HP : 52281
EX : 1842
LP : 11

Weak : Ice
Drops : Engage Eagle/Fell Trophy
Steal : Behemoth Steak
Original : Behemoth
Rare Rank : ***
Location : Zertinan Caverns/ The Undershore
Appearance : South-West from the Save Crystal, get over 10 chain combo from
Mallicant to make this spawn.

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Rare Monster No. 80/80

Name : Urutan Exile (372)

HP : 4153
EX : 205
LP : 3

Weak : Wind
Drops : Earth Stone, Osafune
Steal : Hi-Potion, Phoenix Down
Original : Urutan Exile
Rare Rank : **
Location : Ogir-Yensa Sandsea/ Platform 2-Refinery
Appearance : Defeat 100 Urutan Yensa only will you have a chance to find him,
and don't leave the Ogir-Yensa before the kill count reaches to
100 or you need to start over again. He is near the exit to
Nam-Yensa Sandsea area. Not rule out a possiblity of random
appearance.

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Rare Monster 60-70

Rare Monster No. 61/70

Name : Dustia (334)

HP : 7272
EX : 337
LP : 3

Weak : Holy
Drops : Flame Staff, Book of Orgain
Steal : Book of Orgain-Mille
Poach : Capricorn Gem
Original : Oversoul
Rare Rank : ***
Location : Dalmasca Westersand/ Corridor of Sand
Appearance : North section before the Dragon's Lair/Wyrm Next. It will show
up when anyone of your main team is below 10% of Max HP.

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Rare Monster No. 62/70

Name : Ishteen (336)

HP : 34043
EX : 1420
LP : 11

Weak : Holy
Drops : Engage Skull/Bony Trophy
Steal : Soul of Thamasa
Original : Reaper
Rare Rank : *****
Location : Barheim Passage
Appearance : Appear randomly at East-West Bypass or Zaviah Span.

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Rare Monster No. 63/70

Name : Vorres (338)

HP : 63938
EX : 2381
LP : 13

Weak : Holy
Drops : Engage Hell/Gravesoil Trophy
Steal : Soul Powder
Original : Gazer
Rare Rank : *****
Location : Necrohol of Nabudis/ Hall of the Ivory Covenant
Appearance : The corridor in front of the room of Fury optional boss.
Find a Dark Element and lure it to attack you only will this
monster show up. I found this after sucessfully escape from
Dark Elemental.

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Rare Monster No. 64/70

Name : Negalmuur (340)

HP : 18970
EX : 875
LP : 7

Weak : Holy
Drops : Dark Stone, Vanishga Mote, Book of Orgain
Steal : Capricorn Gem
Poach : Book of Orgain-Mille
Original : Nightwalker
Rare Rank : *
Location : Stilshrine of Miriam/ Ward of the Sword-King
Appearance : The corridor at West from Save Crystal (go bottom from the
Save Crystal), kill all monsters there, exit and re-enter.
Sometimes the other monsters might re-spawn, make sure clear
all of them.

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Rare Monster No. 65/70

Name : Larva Eater (342)

HP : 108648
EX : 3808
LP : 17

Weak : Ice
Drops : Danjuro, Demon Eyeball
Steal : Scorpio Gem
Original : Gargoyle
Rare Rank : *
Location : Crystal Grande/The Great Crystal
Appearance : The area near the Way Stone XIII, XIV, XVI platform, get certain
amount of chain combo (over 20) from killing Necrophobe, it will
show with Reaper at XIII or XIV platform. You have to kill over
256 enemies in the Crystal Grande.

Recommend try at Way Stone XIII, when you've chained Necrophobe,
Reaper will show up and a chance to encounter this rare monster
with the Reaper. Leave for other platforms if it's not here,
but not using the Way Stone. It has a rare appearance at many
other Way Stone area as well, check this map to explore,

(check the second link if the first link doesn't work)
db.gamefaqs.com/console/ps2/file/final_fantasy_xii_crystal_grande_upper.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v515/sephiroth_y/crystal_map.jpg

This is not rare actually, but problem is everytime you enter this place,
it will only show in one of several areas that listed above, so if you get
wrong area, you wouldn't found it no matter how much you chain the Necrophobe.

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Rare Monster No. 66/70

Name : Arioch (344)

HP : 43500
EX : 1836
LP : 13

Weak : Holy
Drops : Engage Fancy/Vengeful Trophy
Steal : Sage's Ring
Original : Gargoyle Baron
Rare Rank : *****
Location : Nabreus Deadlands/ The Slumbermead
Appearance : South from the Gate Crystal, 40% chance to spawn this monster
for each entry. I found this after I've have killed all enemies.

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Rare Monster No. 67/70

Name : Fideliant (346)

HP : 5195
EX : 309
LP : 3

Weak : Holy
Drops : Heavy Lance, Bone Fragment
Steal : Capricorn Gem, Bone Fragment
Poach : Broken Spear
Original : Dark Skeleton
Rare Rank : *****
Location : Dalmasca Westersand/ The Midfault
Appearance : Central of the place. It has 20% chance to appear for each entry.

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Rare Monster No. 68/70

Name : Crystal Knight (348)

HP : 102000
EX : 3377
LP : 17

Weak : Holy
Drops : Engage Flame/Skull Trophy
Steal : Glimmering Robes
Original : Crusader
Rare Rank : *
Location : Crystal Grande/The Great Crystal
Appearance : Inside Crystal Grande, push the switch of Gate Sagittarius then
back to Way Stone XX platform within the time limit will see it.
Take the different way for going back the the Way Stone XX.

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Rare Monster No. 69/70

Name : Grave Lord (350)

HP : 41376
EX : 1594
LP : 13

Weak : Holy
Drops : Bone Fragment, Diamond Helm
Steal : Death's-Head
Poach : Blood-darkened Bone
Original : Dark Lord
Rare Rank : ***
Location : Golmore Jungle/ The Rustling Chapel
Appearance : South section just before to Feywood, kill all monsters and lately
the Dark Skeleton. It will appear around the central.

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Rare Monster No. 70/70

Name : Zombie Lord (352)

HP : 21590
EX : 835
LP : 11

Weak : Holy
Drops : Engage Soul/Soulless Trophy
Steal : Close Helm
Original : Forbidden
Rare Rank : ****
Location : Tomb of Raithwall/ Northfall Passage
Appearance : In North section where you switch the Orange stone to open the
secret passage. Search the East area, it will spawn when your
game clock's minute is between 0 and 29.

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