User talk:ShadowKatze/Missions

Intro
I've written up my strats to CoP on a number of sites now, but thought I would put all my mission experience here as I get time. As with my other "tips", these should be considered a suppliment to the real guide pages here on wiki. I find that most of the strats there work great, although my style of play requires some alterations to them on occasion and I try to be more inclusive of possible job combos than some of the writers. While obviously some jobs are better on certain fights, I know it's not always possible to get the "ideal" set up. I hope this will help at least one person. I will fill them in as I have time. ShadowKatze 15:26, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Bastok Missions
Gate gaurds in bastok include the ones at the exits to Mines, Markets, and Port obviously. However the gaurd by the presidents office can also give missions requiring a gate gaurd to start them.

1-1 The Zeruhn Report
Repeatable. Talk to a gate gaurd to select mission. Go to Zeruhn Mine and talk to Makarim (H-11) to get key item. Go to Metalworks and talk to Naji (J-8) to finish.

1-2 A Geological Survey
Repeatable. Talk to a gate gaurd to select mission. Go to Metalworks and talk to Cid (H-8) to get key item. Go to Dangruf Wadi (enter at D9 South Gustaberg). The only aggro here is goblins (sight) if you are very low level. Stay along right wall until you find the geyser at I-8. Stand on Geyser and it will move you to upper ledge and give you a key item. Return to Cid to finish.

1-3 Fetichism
Repeatable. Talk to any gate gaurd to select mission. Trade him a full set of fetich items (head, torso, arms, legs) to complete the mission. These can be bought on the AH or farmed safely in Palborough Mines at level 25 (+/- a few levels based on job) or on higher jobs in Konschtat Highlands, Pashhow Marshland, or Beadeaux. Rank 2 and 1,000 gil is your reward.

2-1 The Crystal Line
Starting with this mission you must either repeat previous missions or trade crystals to the I.M. by the gate to get enough rank points to do each new mission. Which you do, depends on prices and the time you have to repeat missions. It should be noted that you may also trade crystals to the signet givers in Jeuno. Talk to gate gaurd to accept the mission. Go to the metalworks and talk to Cid. He should give you a crystal, but if not any will work. Go to any of the tele-crags (Dem is the closest) and trade a crystal to the telepoint. This should get you a faded crystal. Trade the faded crystal back to Cid for a key item. Talk to Ayame (K-7 Metalworks) to finish.

2-2 Wading Beasts
Repeatable & Can Be Skipped. This is the mission I repeat in Bastok for rank points as lizard eggs tend to be cheaper than crystals for what you get out of them in rank. Talk to any gate gaurd to accept mission. Get a lizard egg. All higher level lizards drop eggs, but the ones in Gustaberg and the lower level ones in Dangruf Wadi do not. Easy to purchase from AH as well. Trade egg to Alois (J-8 Metalworks) to complete mission.

2-3 The Emissary
Talk to any gate gaurd to accept the mission. Go to Metalworks and Talk to Naji (J-8). At this point you have 2 choice. You must vist both San d'Oria and Windurst, but may do either first. Which you do first will change the mission requirements. Since I find it easier to do Sandy then Windy, that is the path described here. Go to North Sandy and talk to the people in your embassy there (K-10). Baraka first then Helaku. Go to the Chateau d'Oraguille and talk to Halver (I-9). Go to Ghelsba Outpost (zone from West Ronfaure @ E-4). Climb up to H-7 and kill Warchief Vatgit. You can solo him at level 20, but no real need to do this mission before level 25. Orcs aggro sight so if you are low level be careful to not link a large number. The Warchief will respawn every few minutes if killed. Return to Sandy and talk to Helaku to complete this half of the mission. Go to Port Windy and talk to Melek in your embassy there (F-6). Go to Windy Walls and enter Heavens Tower. Talk to Kupipi (behind desk thru first door) for key item. Go to Giddeus (zone from West Sarutabaruta @ F-8). Proceed to Balga's Dias (Zone at G-12). Again Yagudo are sight aggro so at level 25 you will need to invisible or kill your way there. Inside the Dias is a BC. Click on it to enter the fight. THIS FIGHT IS LEVEL 25 CAPPED and allows 6 people to enter. All those helping must be on this fight or already rank 3 or higher. You fight an Ahriman and a "Dragon". Any balanced group of 6 can win this fight. Personally, have done it with 3 as BLM, BLU, MNK and as BLM, MNK, DRG. Also if you check the official page you can see how a number of jobs have soloed it. Simple strategy is to sleep the dragon and then kill the eye first. There is no need to 2 hour with 6 people(didn't use with 3 the second time), but it can be fun. The eye can use petrify, but it wears off quickly. If you do not have sleep, then 2 houring can make the fight faster and safer, but should not really be needed. Also you should stay to the side of the dragon to avoid his curse breath if possible. After winning, speak to Melek (you exit the BC close to Port Windy. Just head east and you will see the enterance). Then return and talk to Naji in Bastok to finish the mission. Your reward is Rank 3 and 3,000 gil.

3-1 The Four Musketeers
Talk to any gate gaurd to accept mission. Go to Metalworks and talk to Iron Eater (J-8). Go to Beadeaux (Zone in in the southeast corner of Passhow Marshlands). You must kill 20 Copper Quadav and then zone out to Passhow Marshland for a Cut Scene that completes the mission. Quadavs aggro sound and at level 25 it is a slow process to kill 20 coppers solo. A party could easily do this. You can zone inbetween kills if needed. The computer will keep track of your # of kills. The mobs in Passhow will also aggro a lower level character, but you can ride a chocobo up to Beadeaux or use sneak as needed. The Pugils in Beadeaux also aggro sound. Any Quadav Helms you get doing this can be traded for a quest in Bastok. Reward is 900 gil each.

3-2 To the Forsaken Mines
'''Repeatable. Skippable.''' Talk to any gate gaurd to select mission. Go to Bastok Mines and talk to Davyad (K-6). Get a slice of hare meat. AH if you must, but can be easily farmed in Dangruf Wadi or Valkrum Dunes at a level capable of doing this mission. You will need 1 hare meat for each person doing the mission. Go to Gusgen Mines (zone is on east wall of Konschtat Highlands up by the Crag). In mines use sneak if the undead are not TOO WEAK. This can be soloed by most level 30 jobs with sneak, but if the undead link you are in trouble. Find the ??? by the pool at J-7 (Right, Left, Right, Right from enterance). Only do this fight in the Vana'diel daytime, unless you are fairly high level, as there is a NM ghost that pops here at night. Trade hare meat to ??? and kill the fish that pops. Fish drops 1 chunk of ore each time it is killed (Ore is Rare / Exculsive). Trade this ore to any gate gaurd to complete mission.

3-3 Jeuno
Talk to any gate gaurd to select mission. Go to Metalworks and talk to Lucius (I-9) for key item. Go to Ru'Lude Gardens in Jeuno and talk to Goggehn (H-10) at your embassy. If you already have the Delkfutt's Tower key, go directly to the basement thru the door at E-8 on the first floor. Otherwise here is how to reach the top. Either get the map (thru a simple quest - The Antique Collector) or print out copies to follow. A level 50 can solo this on most jobs, but a group of lower levels is fine too. You will need sneak and invisible unless you plan to kill the entire tower. You might also consider doing the ACP climb. It will cap you at level 30, but no XP lost if you are killed. You would have to be on the mission however. F1: exit at E-6, F2: exit at I-9, F3: exit at G-6, F4: exit at I-6, F5: exit at H-9, F6: exit at J-10, F7: exit at F6, F8: exit at I-6, F9: exit at I-9, F8(again): exit at F-9, F9(again): Exit at F-6. Once on F10 head to H-8 and kill the giant black Giga there (name is Porphyrion). The others will link, so if you are low level, you will need to clear them out slowly then pull the NM. When he dies, he drops 6 copies of the key. Everyone needs a copy but since the 4/8/9 update it becomes a key item on use. Trade key to elevator by the NM spawn point and go down. After the long trip down the stairs, go thru the first door and check the door at K-9 (you can skip straight to here if you already had the key) for a cut scene, then return to your embassy (check ambassador's door and with clerk) in Jeuno for your reward. You should get Rank 4 and 5,000 gil.

4-1 Magicite - Bastok
Talk to your ambassador in Jeuno to accept mission (remember you will have to trade crystals or repeat previous missions before he will give this mission). Check the Duke's Door at H-6 for another cut scene. Go to Lower Jeuno and talk to Aldo (J-8) inside the Neptune's Spire's back room. This requires Tenshodo Membership, which is easy quest. If you are repeating this mission for a new nation skip straight to retrieving the magicite. If this is your first time, make sure you read this carefully and get all the prep work done before you leave jeuno. After talking to Aldo, talk to Sattal-Mansal in the main room outside Aldo's Office. Then head down the street to the goblin shop and talk to Muckvix (H-10) in the back room. Next go to Upper Jeuno and talk to Paya-Sabya & Geebeh (I-8). Also talk to Baudin (G-8) while in upper Jeuno. Trade Baudin a piece of Coeurl meat for a key item. You can get the meat for the AH or from coeurls in Sauromugue Champaign or other areas. Return to Lower Jeuno and talk to Muckvix again for another key item. You are now ready to leave Jeuno. The rest of this mission is soloable at any level with sneak/invisible, however, you must fight 2 level 45 NMs for this part (not at the same time) so plan accordingly. If you are bringing a group of lower levels, be prepared for links. If not high level bring sneak oil and echo drops (casters only). Head for Beadeaux. Enter and head left until you find a tunnel. Take the first 2 rights and you will find a machine called a Mute. Clicking on it will silence you. Head back to the previous intersection and take the other path (south). Take the next right and you will pass a machine called the Afflictor. This will give you the status cursed unless you are already silenced (this is why you brought sneak oils even as a mage). If you have a WHM for Cursna, get everyone else silenced and he can just remove the curse on himself after this room (and the silence on the other casters). At the next intersection go straight (west) and you will be back on the surface. Continue along the west wall. You will past another Mute in case you need to be silenced again and also another Afflictor. After the second Afflictor, you can safely remove silence with the echo drops (or WHM as above) if you are a caster. Shortly after the Afflictor you should see a ramp leading up. Take it and follow the west wall south then east to I-10. Kill De'Vyu Headhunter. If lower level it would be wise to clear others from area first for clean pull. The WHM quadav are particularly annoying because they will heal him if they link. When he dies he drops 1-4 quadav charms. Everyone needs one, so you may have to wait for him to respawn (he comes back in about 15 minutes). I would go kill the other NM while you wait and come back since that one will also have to die several times for a large group. After killing De'Vyu, head north (do not take the path to the east) and follow that wall all the way back to the start at F-6. Kill Go'Bhu Gascon (again may have to clear links). He will drop 1-3 Quadav Augury Shells. Again everyone needs one so alternate killing NMs until you have all that you need. Once you have both items, return to Lower Jeuno and trade them (seperately) to Sattal-Mansal for the last 2 key items needed for this mission. If you are repeating this mission, you can start reading again, because you already had all the key items. You are now ready to go to the 3 strongholds. You can go in any order, I just have my personal preference. Also if you have the WotG expansion and the recall points a WHM can make this somewhat faster for you. You will need sneak and/or invisible in all 3 areas (or getting there thru the past) unless you are high level (will still need in past). One note is that the cut scenes are long and give a lot of the story. I enjoy them. Beadeaux: Recall-Passhow and thru the maw is fastest way here. Enter and follow left wall to tunnel. Take first left, zone into Qulun Dome(no aggro once here), and proceed thru door (you must have key items). Continue to back of area and click Magicite for cut scene. Davoi: Recall-Jugner and thru maw is fast way to get here. Enter and follow right wall to intersection at G-7. Take a left and you should find a wall of dark arts. It is gaurded by 2 orcs (and a bat at night). You must either kill them or wait until they look away to click on wall (you must have key item) and go thru (I hate doors that ask if you want thru). Once thru go down tunnel (only a few steps) to Monastic Cavern (no aggro once here). Proceed to the back of the area and check the Magicite for another cut scene. Castle Oztroja: Recall-Meriphataud and a brisk jog (they have added chocobo renters now if you like) to the maw is the quickest way to get here. This one is a pain, so I recommend getting a map. Yagudo are sight aggro, but there are some bats as well that are sound for lower levels. Enter and head mostly east (slight jog to the north at first intersection) to door at I-8. Stand between the 2 levers in front of the door (everyone one else stay back). Hit either lever and when it starts to turn, run back from door. If door opens everyone run thru, if the trap door opens, well that is why you ran back. If you fell thru the trap door you can escape, or walk back up to door. Which opens the trap door changes each game day. Once thru door, take the first right, then straight (west) at the next intersection. Continue along path until entering new map at G-7. From here continue north to new map at J-7. After a long walk, take a right (west) at first intersection and follow the right hand wall to door at H-9. 2 Yagudo gaurd it so you need to kill them or wait until they are looking away and click on one of the torches (must have key item) to go thru the door (again it asks you). They can aggro thru the door, so recast invisible immediately when thru the door. If you do get aggro at this point, run for it since you are almost there. From door, head south and take the first right (west). There will be a couple more Yags here and a big door, this door opens normally and the zone to the Altar Room (no aggro once inside) is just behind it. Go to the back of the area and click the Magicite for another cut scene. After getting all 3 magicite locations, return to Ru'Lude Gardens and check the Duke's Door. You will get a Cut Scene and an Airship pass (or 20,000 gil if you already have the pass). Speak to the clerk in your embassy to complete the mission. Your reward is 10,000 gil and Rank 5. Note that this also starts the next mission.

5-1 Darkness Rising
Speak to any gate gaurd. Go to Metalworks and speak to Naji for a cut scene and a key item. THIS FIGHT IS LVEL 50 CAPPED allowing 6 people to enter so come prepared for that (see suggestions below for jobs). Anyone that is on this mission (from any nation) or has completed it can enter. Head to Fei'Yin. If you have never been there, go to the northeast corner of East Ronfaure (K-4) and zone into Ranguemont Pass (map quest for this area is harder than some The Rescue). You may need sneak and invisible here so be sure to bring some and check the mobs as you go. If you are safe here, you will probably need it later anyway, so bring some. At the first interection go north. You will find a door. Talk to the gaurd at the control device to open it. At the intersections go north, north, east, east and you will eventually zone (L-4) into Beaucedine Glacier (easy quest in sandy for this map Her Majesty's Garden). If you do not have the map, just go down every ramp you can and never go up. You need to reach the northeast corner of the zone (J-4). Follow path mostly north to first down ramp (you will pass an up ramp). Then head south to next down ramp. Head back north to find last down ramp and continue north from there to the zone. Once in Fei'Yin (map from a series of windy quests ending with A Smudge on One's Record), head to the door at K-8 to zone into the Qu'Bia Arena. If you have no map, following the right hand wall will get you there eventually. This fight is pretty easy, but looks hard. There is 1 big skeleton and 2 smaller ones in the arena to start with, but when he is attacked lots of smaller ones start rushing in from all around. Only the big one needs to die and the fight ends when he does. He is a mage and can cast some fairly big spells, but can also be silenced. A BLU or a BRD can sleep the skeletons, but really it may be best to have someone tank them while the rest focus on the main fight. 2 MNKs can 2 hour and end this fight fast. MNK is also the best DD for this fight, but any will work. A SMN can 2hour to clear the small skeletons as well as damage the big one. Any balanced party can win this fight though. Just have your main tank (PLD is great for this) get initial aggro on the lich. This will mean the small skeletons will come for him. Try to silence the lich and then just fight him straight up. If your main tank is not comfortable with this plan, have a DD (BLU best) get the inital aggro and then kite the small skeletons. After killing the lich return to speak with Naji to complete mission.

5-2 Xarcabard, Land of Truths
Talk to any gate gaurd to accept the mission. Go to Metalworks and enter the president's office for a cut scene. Now you are off to the Throne Room of Castle Zvahl. THIS FIGHT IS 6 PERSON UNCAPPED. Again you can only enter the fight if you are on or past this mission (any nation). The Shadow Lord is a level 60 mob and I would bring a balanced party of around that level (It seems to be designed for a party of 65s to easily win). Some 75 jobs can solo him and most can duo or trio him. If you have never been to this region, return to Beaucedine Glacier and head north. Take the first up ramp and continue north. Take the next up ramp and continue north to zone into Xarcabard (same map quest as glacier) at E-6. Most things here aggro sound, but demons aggro sight. Head west and slightly north from zone. The Vzahl crystal is at the northwest corner of H-8 and you should grab that while here (if you already had it just tele to get here). Continue west from the crystal and you will come to the castle (easy map quest Northward) at D-7/8. Make sure to check mobs as you go for aggro. Most are sight except for the floating eyes that are for various reasons sound aggro. Once in castle bailey, head west. At first intersection go south and then down the stairs you will come to. Head north and take the first left (west) to zone onto the next map (F-8). Follow the left wall to H-9 and go north under the bridge. Go right (west) and take the first left (north). Go up the stairs at H-8 (not sure of path to be honest, but this is your target) and take the west path to zone into Keep at E-8. Continue west to main room. From here you may go north or south, but for this I will explain the south route (no real reason as they are the same length). You can just follow either wall and will find the exit after only 1-2 dead ends as well. Go south thru the first 2 doors then take door to the west. From there head south again and take the door on the west (the one furthest south). Go south to exit onto next map at H-10. Go north until you reach the intersection at G-8 and head west onto next map at E-8. Head west to teleporter (these automatically activate every little while so just stand in them until you warp). Head south to next teleporter. Head west to next teleporter. Head north to last teleporter. Head north or south (no difference) then west to zone at G-7. Continue west to reach the BC. If you are not doing this with 75s, it can be a challenging fight. You have to defeat the Shadowlord twice. The first form will use invincible (and will use it a lot once under 50%) so be prepared to do magic damage or have the fight last a long time. Note that if he is not using invincible, he is immune to magic damage so use it wisely. When he dies there is a short cut scene and you immediately are attacked by the second form. This form only has about 4000 HP, but deals a large amount of damage in AoEs so you need to kill him quickly. All DDs should plan on 2houring at this point and the mages should focus on keeping them alive. After defeating the second form, report back the to the president's office to complete the mission. Your reward is Rank 6 and 20,000 gil. You may also now enter Dynamis (if level 65) and start the Zilart Missions.

6-1 Return of the Talekeeper
Talk to any gate gaurd to select the mission. Go to Mines and talk to Medicine Eagle (H-6). Go to Zeruhn Mines and talk to Drake Fang (H-6). Head for Western Altepa Desert (if you have never been here, you need to get out more, but go thru Korroloka Tunnel and then follow the right wall once in Eastern Altepa Desert). This fight will take 2 parties of level 60 jobs or a couple 75s. Find the ??? at G-8. When ready, touch it to pop 2 manitcore type mobs. They are immune to sleep (all variants), but can be pulled solo using sneak and proper positioning. If you do pull only 1, wait until the other depops before killing it to complete the mission. Otherwise kill both to complete the mission. A balanced party of around 60 can handle each mob. After both are dead eveyone needs to check the ??? again to get a key item. Return to mines and talk to Tall Mountain (J-7) to complete the mission. This fight is in an open area and anyone may help regardless of nation or rank.

6-2 The Pirate's Cove
Talk to any gate gaurd to select this mission. Again this is an open fight so anyone can assist. You will need one chunk of Adaman Ore for each group of 6 needing this mission. You can mine this or buy from the AH (or get from some BCNMs). The same group that handled the previous mission can easily handle this one. Go to Metalworks and talk to Naji. Head to Norg and check the oak door at K-8. If this is you first trip to Norg, shame on you. From Jeuno take the airship to Kazham and from there chocobo mostly south to the outpost at G-11. Drop into one of the hole to the northwest of the outpost and head west to the tunnels. You will zone into the Sea Serpent Grotto around E-11. Follow the left wall to Norg (there is one semi-hidden door to click on). In Norg talk to Gilgamesh until he talks about this mission (he will talk about Zilart first if you have not been here before). Grab another chocobo in Norg and head west into the Yhoator Jungle (the jungles are a maze so giving directions only). Proceed to the northwest corner of this jungle (I-5) and zone into Ifrit's Cauldron (the tele crystal is at F-9 if for some reason you don't have it). Once in the Cauldron head south at first intersection and north at the second. ??? at H-7 will trigger fight. You can use sneak popping to pull only the bomb and this is recommend for a single party of 60s. Also clear the area of other mobs before the fight. When you trade the adaman ore to the ??? a bomb and a lizard will pop. Only the bomb needs to die. When it does, it will drop 6 Frag Rocks. Each person doing this quest needs 1 so if you have more than 6, you need to fight multiple times. Once you have the Frag Rock, return to Gilgamesh in Norg and trade it to him. Return to Metalworks and speak to Naji to complete mission. Your reward is Rank 7 and 40,000 gil.

7-1 The Final Image
Talk to any gate gaurd to select this mission. Go to Metalworks and talk to Cid (H-8). He will tell you to go to Ro'Maeve. This is in the northwest corner (F-5) of The Sanctuary of Zi'Tah (Northeast corner of Meriphataud Mountains - M-4). Once in Ro'Maeve you must locate a ???. It moves and can be at any of the following locations: D-10, E-9, E-10, E-11, G-9, I/J-8, K-10, K-11, L-10, L-7. Clicking the ??? will pop 2 golem mobs. All mobs in this area will aggro 75s and all aggro magic. Most also aggro sound (bombs are sight). It is therefore best to clear area around ??? before popping (be aware the ??? can move while you are doing this). Sneak popping will work and you may then pull the mobs individually (or allow one to depop while fighting the other). A balanced party of 65+ (one party for each golem best if not sneak popping) can defeat this fight and since it is another open fight, anyone can assist. Obviously being 75 helps though (some 75 jobs can solo this). Once Golems are defeated, you must click the ??? again to recieve a key item. Note that the ??? may have moved during your fight. If so you can complete this part of the mission anytime as long as you do not zone (including tractor) or log out. Talk to Cid again to finish this mission.

7-2 On My Way
Talk to any gate gaurd to select this mission. Go to Metalworks and talk to the President. Go to Port and talk to Hilda (E-6). Go to Palborough Mines and find your way to the upper level. Zone into Waughroon Shrine at H-10. This is a BC fight that only allows 6 people in. They must all be on or past this mission for Bastok (They can currently serve another nation if they completed this mission before switching). A balanced party of 65+ can handle this. There are 4 Quadav. A DRK, a WAR, a RDM, and a WHM. Start the fight with Sleepga and then kill them in the order listed (Slaughter, Graniteskin, Knightslayer, Soulsaver). Reapply sleepga as needed. As long as you are only fighting one at a time you will win. All will use their 2hours at some point, which is why the above order is recommended. Obviously, silencing the mages will also help. Once they are dead, return to Mines (you can take the boat at H-8 if you don't have warp) and talk to Gumbah (J-7). Then go to Metalworks and speak to the president to complete the mission. Your reward is Rank 8 and 60,000 gil.

8-1 The Chains That Bind Us
Talk to any gate gaurd to select this mission. Go to Metalworks and talk to Iron Eater (J-8). Head to the Western Altepa Desert and enter the Quicksand Caves at G-5. You may need sneak here avoid aggro. Head south to intersection and turn right (west). Activate weight door leading south at end of hall. Weight doors requires 1 galka, 3 taru, or any other combination of 2 to open. Continue south to second weight door and go thru it as well. Follow path to room at end with ???. Clear room then check ???. 3 Antica will spawn. A PLD, a BLM, and a WAR. They resist sleep, but repose and lullaby work fine. A balanced party of 70+ can handle these if they can be slept. Each will use their 2hour so killing in the listed order is recommended. (Princeps, Triarius, Centurio). After the win check the ??? and then exit back out to Western Altepa Desert and reenter the Quicksand Caves at D-12 (There is a tunnel at C-11 to get there). Follow path to K-8 and go east (thru weight door?) onto new map. Continue east to G-8 and go thru another weight door. At H-8 you will find a ???. Check it for a cut scene and then return to Metalworks and talk to Iron Eater to complete the mission. Note that castin escape in the Quicksands Caves will put you out close to the Korroloka Tunnel zone and the that casting escape in Korroloka Tunnel will put you out in Zeruhn Mine right by Bastok Mines.

8-2 Enter the Talekeeper
Talk to any gate gaurd to select this mission. Go to Zeruhn Mine and talk to Drake Fang (H-6). Head back to Western Altepa and zone into Kuftal Tunnel at H-4. Head North to H-7 and check the ??? there (on top of overlook). Everyone needs to check the ???. Now one person needs to check the ??? at the bottom of the overlook. This will pop 3 Ghost mobs. If you brought a big alliance you can clear the area around the second ??? and fight all 3 ghosts. However, most people sneak pop the ghosts and pull Gordov (he is the only one that needs to die to complete the mission) back to the top area. Puller can zone any aggro while main party grabs the ghost as he runs by. A balanced party of 70+ can handle this fight easily in this manner. If you do this, it is important that the other 2 ghosts despawn before you kill Gordov. Once he is defeated, have everyone sneak and go check the bottom ??? for a key item. There is no time limit to check the ???, but you can not zone or the Ghosts will respawn. Return and talk to Drake Fang to complete mission. Also talk to Iron Eater and Gumbah. Your reward is Rank 9 and 80,000 gil.

9-1 The Salt of the Earth
Talk to any gate gaurd to select this mission. Go to Metalworks and talk to Alois (J-8). This is the same idiot you have been getting eggs for and now he wants salt. Head to Rabao (zone from Western Altepa Desert at L-4) and talk to Dancing Wolf (G-7). Head to Gustav Tunnel. You can get there from Rabao, by going thru Kuftal Tunnel and Cape Teriggan, but I prefer (find safer) going thru Valkrum Dunes (zone at B-8 on secret beach). Entering Gustav from either end, head to the branch at G-9 and take it heading north. Everything here will aggro to 75 so bring invis for the goblins and sneak for everything else. At first intersection continue north (then turns west). At second intesection head east and follow the wall on your right to narrow area at H-7. This should make for a good camp. Remember that undead will blood aggro so if you are getting hit during the fight stay away from the ends of the narrow area. Send one person to the pool at G-6. Checking the ??? there will pop a slime mob. You will need to sneak pop this mob unless you brought a large alliance to clear the area first. Even with sneak pop, the mob will aggro the popper (the sneak is for the many other mobs in the area) so he needs to either run as soon as he hits the ??? (recommended) or sleep the slime and then reapply sneak (can be risky if other mobs too close). A balanced party of 75s can handle this (some have reported duoing this) but most people bring more. The slime itself is not horribly dangerous, but when you kill it, it splits into 2 smaller slimes. Each of these will split on death into 2 smaller slimes as well. These 4 slimes also split when they die for a total of 8 slimes to kill. The safest way (a must with a small group) is to kill one slime at a time all the way to the last split while kepping all the others slept. Having a tank that knows the order and taking auto target off while using an assist macro (similar to dynamis) is a great help here. Order of killing would be as follows: Giga, Macro, Micro, Nano, Nano, Micro, Nano, Nano, Macro, Micro, Nano, Nano, Micro, Nano, Nano. Another option is to manaburn them with a group of BLMs. When all the slimes are dead, everyone needs to sneak and check the ??? to get a key item. Some have reported that there is a time limit on checking the ???, but personally I did not experience this. Just remember that undead aggro sound and blood. Return to Dancing Wolf for a cut scene then to Alios to complete the mission.

9-2 Where Two Paths Converge
Talk to any gate gaurd to select this mission. Go to Metalworks and talk to Iron Eater (J-8). Head back to the Throne Room of Castle Zvahl. This is a 6 person BC and you can only do this fight if you are on this mission or have completed it previously (regardless of current nation). I would recommend a balanced party of 75s, but some people have beaten it with trios (one BLM solo reported). You fight Zeid. The first part of the fight, is just killing him. The second half you get a cut scene and Volker joins you. You have to keep him alive and kill Zeid to win. At this point Zeid also summons 2 shadows to aid him. If they are killed, he will just call more, but they have low HP so it may be worth killing them to prevent him from skill chaining with them. A solid PLD tank can handle tanking all 3. Zeid uses a weaponskill that induces sleep so Poison potions may be of help. DDs should save their 2hours for the second form to end the fight quickly. Without 2hours the fight will last longer, but is still quite winnable. If not using 2hours, have 1 DD focus on killing the shadows while the rest take down Zeid. Have your back up healer focus on curing Volker as needed. After winning report back to Iron Eater to complete the mission. Your reward is Rank 10, 100,000 gil, and a Bastok Flag to hang in your MH.

Windurst Missions
Gate gaurds in Windurst include the obvious ones by the exits in Waters, Woods, and Port, but also include the gaurd by Heavens Tower in Walls.

1-1 The Horutoto Ruins Experiment
Talk to a gate gaurd to select mission. I would guess you could be aggro free on this mission at about level 10. Goblins aggro sight, bat sounds, bomb sight and magic. Head to Port Windurst and talk to Hakkuru-Rinkuru in the Orastery at E-7. After cutscene head to East Sarutabaruta and find Sama Gohjima at the tower at J-7. After talking to him enter the tower and proceed down the stairs to the main room. Once in room circle around to cracked wall at H-9. Go thru cracked wall and head left. Click on Gate (I-10) for another cutscene then return to the main room and search the magical gizmos until you find the cracked mana orb (key item). Orb will be in random gizmo. Report back to Hakkuru-Rinkuru to complete this mission.

1-2 The Heart of the Matter
Talk to any gate gaurd to select mission. Most jobs will be safe on this mission by level 13. No aggro above level 15. Head to Windurst Woods and talk to Apururu in the Manustery at H-9 (you get some key items). Then head to East Sarutabaruta and find the tower at J-11. Talk to Pore-Ohre for another key item then enter the tower. Follow the hall into the main room and then circle the room checking each gizmo. There are 6. 4 are in plain sight and there are 2 behind the cracked walls (1 on the north and 1 on the south). After checking all 6 gizmos (you should place a key item at each) go thru the cracked wall on the east side of the main room and check the Door there. After this cutscene, return to the main room and check all 6 gizmos again (you should recieve a key item from each this time). Once you have all 6 glowing orbs (key items) you can return to Apururu to complete the mission. You may do this by warping directly to her or by walking back. Either will complete the mission successfully, but they will result in different cutscenes. The reward is the same either way and walking back, provides more story.

1-3 The Price of Peace
Talk to any gate gaurd to select mission. Aggro ranges are about the same as previous mission. Head to Windurst Water (south) and talk to Leppe-Hoppe on top of the Rhinostery at J-9. Then preoceed to West Sarutabaruta and enter Giddeus at F-8. Once in Giddeus, proceed to H-7 and talk to Laa Mozi then to G-7 and talk to Ghoo Pakya. If you are new to Giddeus, follow the left wall from the start to reach Laa and then return and follow the right wall to reach Ghoo. Return to Leppe-Hoppe then speak to any gate gaurd to complete mission. Reward is Rank 2 and 1000 gil.

2-1 Lost for Words
Starting with this mission you must either repeat previous missions or trade crystals to the W.W. by the gate to get enough rank points to do each new mission. Which you do, depends on prices and the time you have to repeat missions. It should be noted that you may also trade crystals to the signet givers in Jeuno. Talk to any gate gaurd to select mission. You will need some form of sneak/invisible for the Maze of Shakhrami portion of this mission unless you are doing this mission later than normal. Head to Windy Waters (north) and talk to Tosuka-Porika in the Optistery at G-8. You can also start the Glyph Hanger quest here for the Map of Horutoto Ruins if you like. Now head to Windy Woods and talk to Nanaa Mihgo at J-3. Now head to the Maze of Shakhrami. Entrance is at K-5 in Tahrongi Canyon if you have not been here before. You also run right pass Crag Mea so grab that telecrystal if you do not yet have it. Once in maze, head north and east to G-6. Take the northeast tunnel (on right) to second map. Head north to H-5 and you will find some (4) fossil rocks. Check them for a key item. If you are unlucky you will need to continue further into the maze by taking the tunnel to the south east. This will lead back to the first map. Continue south to J-10 and go west back to second map. Follow this tunnel until it leads back into a room at I-8. There are 2 more fossil rocks here if you did not get lucky on the first few. The correct rock is random (There is also a fossil rock at F-8 that will spawn a NM for another quest. NM is level 35 so avoid unless you are higher level). Once you get the key item return to Nanaa Mihgo. At this point you might also consider activating the quest Making Headlines, as it is in same location. Head to East Sarutabaruta and enter the tower at J-7. Once in the main room head west to G-8 and proceed thru the cracked wall there. On new map follow the wall on your right and you will reach a Mahogany Door at G-8. Click it for a cutscene. Return to Windurst and visit the House of the Hero in Windy Walls at G-3. Then return to Tosuka-Porika to finish the mission.

2-2 A Testing Time
'''Repeatable. Can be Skipped.''' Talk to any gate gaurd to select this mission. When ready to do mission head to Windy Waters (north) and talk to Moreno-Toeno in the Aurastery at L-6. You have 24 game hours to complete this mission (and it takes exactly that long) so be ready when you talk to him. Head immediately to Tahrongi Canyon and start killing things. Recommended level is at least 18 for most jobs solo. You must kill a minimum of 30 things (any mobs work) AND return to Moreno-Toeno in 24 game hours. You must speak to him after 23 game hours and before 24 game hours have past to complete this mission. If you talk to him early, he will tell you how much time is left. If you are at all late you fail the mission and must start over (or skip it). There is some debate as to parties being able to count each kill for everyone. I have not tried this, but I think it works if everyone is close enough to get XP (or would get XP if they were lower level) when a mobs is defeated. IF YOU ARE REPEATING THIS MISSION FOR RANK POINTS. The new mission is to kill 30 mobs in Buburimu Peninsula in 48 game hours (recommended level 25). Again he will only complete the quest if you talk to him between hour 47 and 48.

2-3 The Three Kingdoms
Talk to any gate gaurd to accept the mission. Go to Heaven's Tower (H-6 Windy Walls) and talk to Kupipi (in clerical chamber). At this point you have 2 choices. You must visit both San d'Oria and Bastok, but may do either first. Which you do first will change the mission requirements. Since I find it easier to do Sandy then Bastok, that is the path described here. Go to North Sandy and talk to the people in your embassy there (H-9). Heruze-Moruze first then Kasaroro. Go to the Chateau d'Oraguille and talk to Halver (I-9). Go to Ghelsba Outpost (zone from West Ronfaure @ E-4). Climb up to H-7 and kill Warchief Vatgit. You can solo him at level 20, but no real need to do this mission before level 25. Orcs aggro sight so if you are low level be careful to not link a large number. The Warchief will respawn every few minutes if killed. Return to Sandy and talk to Kasaroro to complete this half of the mission. Go to Bastok Metalworks and talk to Patt-Pott in your embassy there (I-7). Then talk to Pius at J-8 in the president's office. You then need to talk to Grohm at H-9 in the eatery (this is step people often forget). Proceed to Palborough Mines (K-3 North Gustaberg). Enter and head north to G-6 and go up. On second floor follow the wall on your left. It will curve around and eventually lead up at I-7. On third floor head west to G-7 then south until you reach the Waughroon Shrine (H-10). Quadav are sound aggro so at level 25 you will need to sneak or kill your way there. Inside the Shrine is a BC. Click on it to enter the fight. THIS FIGHT IS LEVEL 25 CAPPED and allows 6 people to enter. All those helping must be on this fight or already rank 3 or higher. You fight an Ahriman and a "Dragon". Any balanced group of 6 can win this fight. Personally, have done it with 4 as BLM, SMN, WAR, MNK and if you check the official page you can see how a number of jobs have soloed it. Simple strategy is to sleep the dragon and then kill the eye first. There is no need to 2 hour with 6 people, but it can be fun. The eye can use petrify, but it wears off quickly. If you do not have sleep, then 2 houring can make the fight faster and safer, but should not really be needed. After winning, head north to the elevator at I-8. Ignore elevator and go west then south to the boat at H-8. Use the boat to return to Zeruhn Mines. Go south then east and you will be back in Bastok Mines. Head back to Metalworks and speak to Patt-Pott. Then return and talk to Kupipi in Windy to finish the mission. Your reward is Rank 3 and 3,000 gil.

3-1 To Each His Own Right
Talk to any gate gaurd to accept mission. Then head to heavens tower and talk to Kupipi. She will give you the key item to access the door beside her. Head thru and climb the stairs to the top. Talk to Rhy Epocan for a cut scene. You can use the transporter you see before the last stair to warp to the bottom of the tower if you wish. Head to the Orastery in Port Windurst and talk to Hakkuru-Rinkuru for additional story (not required). Now head to Castle Oztroja (you can do the quest Onion Rings now as well if you are on it). If you have never been there it is accessed at L-8 in the Meriphataud Mountains (area north of Tahrongi Canyon). The fastest way to get there is to use Recall-Meriph if you have WotG or use Teleport-Mea if not. A level 30 will get aggro in the first part of the castle where you need to go. A level 50 would get aggro if you choose to walk out (warping is fine). Therefore you should plan to bring sneak (bats) and invisible (yagudo). Once in castle, take first left then right into a large room. Continue straight thru room and take first left. You should fine a door with 2 levers. You must stand in front of door and hit one of the levers. There are a couple yagudo here so if you are lower level you will need to fight them or be careful about dropping invisible. One lever will open the door. The other will open a trap door that drops you down to another area. Which is which changes each game day. For this mission, you want the trap door. You must open the trap door yourself to get the cut scene here. Once you have the cut scene return to Windurst and speak to Rhy Epocan to complete this mission.

3-2 Written in the Stars
Repeatable & Can be skipped Talk to any gate gaurd to accept this mission. Then head to Heaven's Tower and go up to the second floor. Talk to Zubaba to get the key item for this mission. To complete this mission you will need to get passed the 3-mage gate. There are 3 ways to do this. If you have a friend that has already completed this mission, they can open it for you. If you are higher level you can complete the quest line ending with Toraimarai Turmoil and access the area from that side. If you are doing this with a group for the first time, you will need a WHM, a BLM, and a RDM to open the gate. 1) IF going thru gate, enter the tower at J-7 in East Earutabaruta. Once inside follow the wall on your right to G-8 and go thru the cracked wall.  Head south and west to E-10 and go thru the gate there.  Continue to D-10 and go thru the cracked wall there.  Continue to the large room at H-9 and you will fine the 3-mage gate.  If using a friend, they can open it.  If you have 3 mages, have them stand on the circle colored to match their job (circles are very obvious in front of gate) and the gate will open.  NOTE: Gate can not be opened from the inside.  You may need sneak if you are lower level here.  If may need invisible to get to gate if you are lower than most people doing this.  Once inside follow the path to the dead end.  Wall thru the wall as it is fake.  2) IF going thru the canal enter it thru Windurst Walls and take first right and go down the stairs and continue straight to the intersection (even a 75 will need sneak for this first part). Go let then take the next right and go up the stairs. Go left and cross the first bridge you come to. Go right and follow path past hte next bridge and the next set of stairs. You will need to cross the first bridge past the stairs and go left. Then just follow path until you zone into the Ruins. You will be in a large room with bats and skeletons (thus the sneak). There are short halls leading from each corner leading to elemental gates. Check the gate of light (Northwest corner) for a cutscene. Head back to Windurst and talk to Zubaba to complete the mission. IMPORTANT NOTE FOR REPEATING: If you are repeating this mission for points or have skipped it and come back, you only need to trade Zubaba 3 rusty daggers for credit. Daggers drop from the skeletons in the big room by the elemental gates (also on AH, but rarely). The skeletons also drop the item needed for the Aspir spell quest (Making the Grade). Once you have completed this quest, trade a rolanberry to Kupipi in Heaven's Tower and she will give you a Portal Charm so you can open the 3-Mage gate by yourself. This is a great reason to do this mission even though it can be skipped. Everyone should get this charm if possible. As a note you must be a Windurst Citizen to get this charm, but you retain it even if you later change nations.

3-3 A New Journey
Talk to any gate gaurd to select mission. Go to Heaven's Tower and check the door at the top for key item. Go to Ru'Lude Gardens in Jeuno and talk to Pakh Jatalfih (I-9) at your embassy. If you already have the Delkfutt's Tower key, go directly to the basement thru the door at E-8 on the first floor. Otherwise here is how to reach the top. Either get the map (thru a simple quest - The Antique Collector) or print out copies to follow. A level 50 can solo this on most jobs, but a group of lower levels is fine too. You will need sneak and invisible unless you plan to kill the entire tower. You might also consider doing the ACP climb at the same time. You would be capped at level 30, but would not lose XP if killed. You would need to be on that mission however. F1: exit at E-6, F2: exit at I-9, F3: exit at G-6, F4: exit at I-6, F5: exit at H-9, F6: exit at J-10, F7: exit at F6, F8: exit at I-6, F9: exit at I-9, F8(again): exit at F-9, F9(again): Exit at F-6. Once on F10 head to H-8 and kill the giant black Giga there (name is Porphyrion). The others will link, so if you are low level, you will need to clear them out slowly then pull the NM. When he dies, he drops 6 copies of the key. Everyone needs a copy but sine the 4/8/9 update it is a key item once used, so that is nice. Trade key to elevator by the NM spawn point and go down. After the long trip down the stairs, go thru the first door and then check the door at M-7 (you can skip straight to here if you already had the key) for a cut scene then return to your embassy (check ambassador's door and with clerk) in Jeuno for your reward. You should get Rank 4 and 5,000 gil.

4-1 Magicite - Windurst
Talk to your ambassador in Jeuno to accept mission (remember you will have to trade crystals or repeat previous missions before he will give this mission). Check the Duke's Door at H-6 for another cut scene. Go to Lower Jeuno and talk to Aldo (J-8) inside the Neptune's Spire's back room. This requires Tenshodo Membership, which is easy quest. If you are repeating this mission for a new nation skip straight to retrieving the magicite. If this is your first time, make sure you read this carefully and get all the prep work done before you leave Jeuno. After talking to Aldo, talk to Sattal-Mansal in the main room outside Aldo's Office. Then head down the street to the goblin shop and talk to Muckvix (H-10) in the back room. Next go to Upper Jeuno and talk to Paya-Sabya & Geebeh (I-8). Also talk to Baudin (G-8) while in upper Jeuno. Trade Baudin a piece of Coeurl meat for a key item. You can get the meat for the AH or from coeurls in Sauromugue Champaign or other areas. Return to Lower Jeuno and talk to Muckvix again for another key item. You are now ready to leave Jeuno. The rest of this mission is soloable at any level with sneak/invisible, however, you must fight 2 level 45 NMs for this part (not at the same time) so plan accordingly. If you are bringing a group of lower levels, be prepared for links. If not high level bring sneak oil and echo drops (casters only). Head for Beadeaux. Enter and head left until you find a tunnel. Take the first 2 rights and you will find a machine called a Mute. Clicking on it will silence you. Head back to the previous intersection and take the other path (south). Take the next right and you will pass a machine called the Afflictor. This will give you the status cursed unless you are already silenced (this is why you brought sneak oils even as a mage). If you have a WHM for Cursna, get everyone else silenced and he can just remove the curse on himself after this room (and the silence on the other casters). At the next intersection go straight (west) and you will be back on the surface. Continue along the west wall. You will past another Mute in case you need to be silenced again and also another Afflictor. After the second Afflictor, you can safely remove silence with the echo drops (or WHM as above) if you are a caster. Shortly after the Afflictor you should see a ramp leading up. Take it and follow the west wall south then east to I-10. Kill De'Vyu Headhunter. If lower level it would be wise to clear others from area first for clean pull. The WHM quadav are particularly annoying because they will heal him if they link. When he dies he drops 1-4 quadav charms. Everyone needs one, so you may have to wait for him to respawn (he comes back in about 15 minutes - maybe less with the latest updates). I would go kill the other NM while you wait and come back since that one will also have to die several times for a large group. After killing De'Vyu, head north (do not take the path to the east) and follow that wall all the way back to the start at F-6. Kill Go'Bhu Gascon (again may have to clear links). He will drop 1-3 Quadav Augury Shells. Again everyone needs one so alternate killing NMs until you have all that you need. Once you have both items, return to Lower Jeuno and trade them (seperately) to Sattal-Mansal for the last 2 key items needed for this mission. If you are repeating this mission, you can start reading again, because you already had all the key items. You are now ready to go to the 3 strongholds. You can go in any order, I just have my personal preference. Also if you have the WotG expansion and the recall points a WHM can make this somewhat faster for you. You will need sneak and/or invisible in all 3 areas (or getting there thru the past) unless you are high level (will still need in past). One note is that the cut scenes are long and give a lot of the story. I enjoy them. Beadeaux: Recall-Passhow and thru the maw is fastest way here. Enter and follow left wall to tunnel. Take first left, zone into Qulun Dome(no aggro once here), and proceed thru door (you must have key items). Continue to back of area and click Magicite for cut scene. Davoi: Recall-Jugner and thru maw is fast way to get here. Enter and follow right wall to intersection at G-7. Take a left and you should find a wall of dark arts. It is gaurded by 2 orcs (and a bat at night). You must either kill them or wait until they look away to click on wall (you must have key item) and go thru (I hate doors that ask if you want thru). Once thru go down tunnel (only a few steps) to Monastic Cavern (no aggro once here). Proceed to the back of the area and check the Magicite for another cut scene. Castle Oztroja: Recall-Meriphataud and a brisk jog (they have added chocobo renters now if you like) to the maw is the quickest way to get here. This one is a pain, so I recommend getting a map. Yagudo are sight aggro, but there are some bats as well that are sound for lower levels. Enter and head mostly east (slight jog to the north at first intersection) to door at I-8. Stand between the 2 levers in front of the door (everyone one else stay back). Hit either lever and when it starts to turn, run back from door. If door opens everyone run thru, if the trap door opens, well that is why you ran back. If you fell thru the trap door you can escape, or walk back up to door. Which opens the trap door changes each game day. Once thru door, take the first right, then straight (west) at the next intersection. Continue along path until entering new map at G-7. From here continue north to new map at J-7. After a long walk, take a right (west) at first intersection and follow the right hand wall to door at H-9. 2 Yagudo gaurd it so you need to kill them or wait until they are looking away and click on one of the torches (must have key item) to go thru the door (again it asks you). They can aggro thru the door, so recast invisible immediately when thru the door. If you do get aggro at this point, run for it since you are almost there. From door, head south and take the first right (west). There will be a couple more Yags here and a big door, this door opens normally and the zone to the Altar Room (no aggro once inside) is just behind it. Go to the back of the area and click the Magicite for another cut scene. After getting all 3 magicite locations, return to Ru'Lude Gardens and check the Duke's Door. You will get a Cut Scene and an Airship pass (or 20,000 gil if you already have the pass). Speak to the clerk in your embassy to complete the mission. Your reward is 10,000 gil and Rank 5. Note that this also starts the next mission.

5-1 The Final Seal
Speak to any gate gaurd. Go to Heaven's Tower and check the door at hte top for a cut scene and a key item. THIS FIGHT IS LEVEL 50 CAPPED allowing 6 people to enter so come prepared for that (see suggestions below for jobs). Anyone that is on this mission (from any nation) or has completed it can enter. Head to Fei'Yin. If you have never been there, go to the northeast corner of East Ronfaure (K-4) and zone into Ranguemont Pass (map quest for this area is harder than some The Rescue). You may need sneak and invisible here so be sure to bring some and check the mobs as you go. If you are safe here, you will probably need it later anyway, so bring some. At the first interection go north. You will find a door. Talk to the gaurd at the control device to open it. At the intersections go north, north, east, east and you will eventually zone (L-4) into Beaucedine Glacier (easy quest in sandy for this map Her Majesty's Garden). If you do not have the map, just go down every ramp you can and never go up. You need to reach the northeast corner of the zone (J-4). Follow path mostly north to first down ramp (you will pass an up ramp). Then head south to next down ramp. Head back north to find last down ramp and continue north from there to the zone. Once in Fei'Yin (map from a series of windy quests ending with A Smudge on One's Record), head to the door at K-8 to zone into the Qu'Bia Arena. If you have no map, following the right hand wall will get you there eventually. This fight is pretty easy, but looks hard. There is 1 big skeleton and 2 smaller ones in the arena to start with, but when he is attacked lots of smaller ones start rushing in from all around. Only the big one needs to die and the fight ends when he does. He is a mage and can cast some fairly big spells, but can also be silenced. A BLU or a BRD can sleep the skeletons, but really it may be best to have someone tank them while the rest focus on the main fight. 2 MNKs can 2 hour and end this fight fast. MNK is also the best DD for this fight, but any will work. A SMN can 2hour to clear the small skeletons as well as damage the big one. Any balanced party can win this fight though. Just have your main tank (PLD is great for this) get initial aggro on the lich. This will mean the small skeletons will come for him. Try to silence the lich and then just fight him straight up. If your main tank is not comfortable with this plan, have a DD (BLU best) get the inital aggro and then kite the small skeletons. After killing the lich return to check the door at the top of Heaven's tower to complete mission.

5-2 The Shadow Awaits
Talk to any gate gaurd to accept the mission. Go to Heaven's Tower and check door at the top for a cut scene. Now you are off to the Throne Room of Castle Zvahl. THIS FIGHT IS 6 PERSON UNCAPPED. Again you can only enter the fight if you are on or past this mission (any nation). The Shadow Lord is a level 60 mob and I would bring a balanced party of around that level (It seems to be designed for a party of 65s to easily win). Some 75 jobs can solo him and most can duo or trio him. If you have never been to this region, return to Beaucedine Glacier and head north. Take the first up ramp and continue north. Take the next up ramp and continue north to zone into Xarcabard (same map quest as glacier) at E-6. Most things here aggro sound, but demons aggro sight. Head west and slightly north from zone. The Vzahl crystal is at the northwest corner of H-8 and you should grab that while here (if you already had it just tele to get here). Continue west from the crystal and you will come to the castle (easy map quest Northward) at D-7/8. Make sure to check mobs as you go for aggro. Most are sight except for the floating eyes that are for various reasons sound aggro. Once in castle bailey, head west. At first intersection go south and then down the stairs you will come to. Head north and take the first left (west) to zone onto the next map (F-8). Follow the left wall to H-9 and go north under the bridge. Go right (west) and take the first left (north). Go up the stairs at H-8 (not sure of path to be honest, but this is your target) and take the west path to zone into Keep at E-8. Continue west to main room. From here you may go north or south, but for this I will explain the south route (no real reason as they are the same length). You can just follow either wall and will find the exit after only 1-2 dead ends as well. Go south thru the first 2 doors then take door to the west. From there head south again and take the door on the west (the one furthest south). Go south to exit onto next map at H-10. Go north until you reach the intersection at G-8 and head west onto next map at E-8. Head west to teleporter (these automatically activate every little while so just stand in them until you warp). Head south to next teleporter. Head west to next teleporter. Head north to last teleporter. Head north or south (no difference) then west to zone at G-7. Continue west to reach the BC. If you are not doing this with 75s, it can be a challenging fight. You have to defeat the Shadowlord twice. The first form will use invincible (and will use it a lot once under 50%) so be prepared to do magic damage or have the fight last a long time. Note that if he is not using invincible, he is immune to magic damage so use it wisely. When he dies there is a short cut scene and you immediately are attacked by the second form. This form only has about 4000 HP, but deals a large amount of damage in AoEs so you need to kill him quickly. All DDs should plan on 2houring at this point and the mages should focus on keeping them alive. After defeating the second form, report back the to the top door in Heaven's Tower to complete the mission. Your reward is Rank 6 and 20,000 gil. You may also now enter Dynamis (if level 65) and start the Zilart Missions.

6-1 Full Moon Fountain
Talk to any Gate Gaurd to accept this mission. Then head to Port Windurst and talk to Hakkuru-Rinkuru at E-7 in the Orastery. Next head to West Sarutabaruta and enter the Tower at F-11. Once inside, proceed to the Magical Gizmo at J-8. Clicking it will spawn 4 Jack Cardians (level 62) so be careful. If doing with a group of lower levels (or to speed things along solo) it is possible to have sneak active when popping the NMs to avoid aggro. Then use a pet to pull any one of them and kill it while the others despawn (this take 2-3 minutes). As long as you kill it after the other despawn, clicking the Gizmon again, will get a cutscene and count as completing the fight. For reference Cardians have jobs based on their suit. Batons=BLM, Cups=WHM, Coins=RDM, Swords=PLD. Head back to the Orastery and speak to Hakkuru-Rinkuru for optional dialogue. Then head to Full Moon Fountain. If you ahve not been here, there are 2 paths. If you completed the earlier mission for the portal charm (or have a RDM,WHM,&BLM in your group) you can go thru the 3 mage gate to enter Toraimarai Canal. If you have completed the quest line ending with Toraimarai Turmoil you may enter the canal thru the gate in Windurst Walls. All aggro on either path is sound so have sneka ready and check all mobs. If entering from 3 mage side, follow only path until the first bridge. Cross bridge and continue along until first stairs. Go down and head south. Take first right (west) and go up the next stairs. Turn left (north) and follow the wall to your right until you come to the fountain (you will make one turn and pass thru a large room). If you enter from the Wall entrance, take the first right (west) and go down the stair (even 75s will need sneak until down stairs). Take the next left (south) and then the next right (west) to the stairs. Go up and head left (west). Cros the first bridge and go left (south). Follow the wall on your right until you come the to fountain (you will pass one set of stairs make one turn and pass thru a large room). You will get a Cutscene and the mission is complete.

6-2 Saintly Invitation
Talk to any gate gaurd to accept thsi mission. Then head to Heaven's Tower and check the door at the top for a cut scene and a key item. Next head out to Giddeus and the Burning Circle there. If you have not been to the cirle, just follow the right hand wall when you enter Giddeus and you will get there eventually. Fight is UNCAPPED & allows SIX to enter so prepare accordingly. You fight 4 Yags (level 64). A SMN (Profound), a NIN (Poisonmist), a SAM (Bloodfaced), and a WHM (Gentle). All can 2hour so the above order is recommended to get rid of the damaging 2hours first and prevent Benediction from waking everyone up. All mobs can be slept so any balanced party of 65+ can easily defeat them using sleepga and killing 1 at a time. Once you win, you get a key item. Head to Castle Oztroja and head up to the top floor. If you have not been here, then you are not above level 60, since this is where the level break quest is at. But I'll go over it anyway. Go thru the 2 lever door, but instead of heading north afterwords like the Magicite mission, head south. At turns head, South, West, West, East, West. This should take you across a large open area above the inner courtyard and bring you to a door with 4 levers on the wall by it. There are several yags here that will aggro to level 60 (and probably a little higher), so if not 75, you will need to kill them before you can open the door. To open the door you must get the right combo on the levers (either up or down on each). Combo changes daily. There is a room on the way here you can get the combo from, but I've never had a problem guessing it since there is no penalty. Once thru the door follow the only path until you find Yagudo Flagellants. These mobs (and those with them) will aggro to 75s so be prepared. If you are not 75, be sure to check all the mobs leading here and apply invis as needed. You must now kill Flagellants until you get a Judgment Key. you only need one for the party so if someone has open you are good. From the top of the stairs where you find the first flagellant, go straight to the next door. This room is "H" shaped. There is a torch in each "corner". Light any one torch to open the door. Door can also be opened from the inside so leave at least one person to go in. It may be safer to kill the yags around on torch if you have a group, but if solo it is possible to hit the torch, invis, and reach the door if you have good Mov+ (Flee for example). 2 can easily do it with one doing torch while one waits by door. I would recommend Reraise for the person hitting the switch, although sleepga then logout can work as well if you get caught. Once thru the door is the final puzzle. One person (multiple people just get in the way) should check the statue there. It will ask for 3 passwords. One at a time. In order. These change daily. They can be found in room through out the castle, but again I find guessing is faster than finding them all and hoping to reach the top in time. The passwords are from the following list. Simple enter them until you find the first one. Then repeat that one and cycle the remaining ones until you get the second word, then repeat process for word 3. The longest this has ever taken me is 10 minutes and I type slow. Words: Buxu, Deggi, Domi, Duxo, Duzu, Gadu, Haqa, Misu, Mjuu, Mong, Ouzi, Ovzi, Puqu, Quu, Xalmo, Xicu, Zhuu. Words are case sensitive and you probably recognize them as the yag NMs in the game. When 3 word enter correctly the trap door in front of statue opens and you drop thru. Proceed forward and up ramp and across circle. High Priest is Truesight, so may be easier to kill the yags if you have he people to do it. Once everyone is past High Priest, trade Key to door there. The door will not be open long and cannot be openned from the inside so make sure everyone is ready (tractor can work to bypass this, but why die). Once inside talk the Yag NPC for a key item and a necklace. Return to Heaven's Tower (you can drop back into main castle past the NPC) and check the door at the top. You will get 40,000 gil and RANK 7.

7-1 The Sixth Ministry
Talk to any gate gaurd to select this mission. Head to Windurst Waters (north map) and talk to Tosuka-Porika in the Optistery at G-8 for a key item. Head down into the Toraimarai Canal again. It will be easiest to enter thru Windurst Walls, but either way will work. Proceed to the large room at G-8 on the second map (map you are on when entering from Windurst). There you will find 4 Hinge Oils (slime mobs) you must kill all 4 to proceed thru the door on the far side of the room. They will link and have a high damage AoE TP move. The respawn on them is about 15 minutes and none can be present or the door remains locked. This means you must have a way to kill them somewhat efficiently (most 75s can). Once all are dead, proceed thru the door and check the stacks of books inside for a cut scene (There are multiple stacks. Correct one is on floor to left of enterance). Once you complete the Cutscene return to Tosuka-Porika to finish this mission.

7-2 Awakening of the Gods
Talk to any gate gaurd to select this mission. Head Windurst Waters (south map) and talk to Leppe-Hoppe on top of the Rhinostery (J-9). Then talk to Kerutoto inside the building (left hand side). Both have other quests they are involved in, so make sure you speak to them several times and confirm they are talking about this mission. Go to Kazham and speak to Romaa Mihgo (H-11) and then Vanono (G-7). Again make sure you are getting the dialogue for this mission not another quest. You will need a cursed key for each person doing the mission. Since this requires you to kill a Tonberry NM, you should all (the tank at a minimum) reset your tonberry hate thru the Everyone's Grudge quest. Next head to the Temple of Uggalepih using the entrance at J-11 in Yhoator Jungle. At the J7 intersection go North and pass thru the stone door. Contiune North and zone back into the jungle. Follow the wall to your right until you zone back into the temple. At this point you will need invisible or be ready to fight tonberries. If you do fight, call for help will keep you from getting tonberry hate. Follow the wall to your left until you come to a door (this is at the end of a hallway, not the small doors along the hall). Bonze Marberry is inside with several other regular tonberries and a hovertank. You only need to kill Bonze for the keys, but it will be safer if you can clear the room first. A balanced party of 65s should be able to handle this if they have no hate. Each time he is killed, Bonze will drop 2 cursed keys. His respawn is about 15 minutes. If you need something to do while waiting, this is also the area you get the Uggalepih Offering for the Carby Mitts NM spawn. After everyone has a key, exit Bonze's room to the north and proceed to the granite door at J6. Trade the key to the door for a cutscene. Note that this room has other functions so you will be allowed to trade your key (and will lose it) regardless of if you have the mission completed up to this point. If this happens you will need to go back and get any cutscenes you missed then farm a new key. Once you have this cut scene, return to Leppe-Hoppe for a final cut scene. You get 60,000 gil and RANK 8 for completing this mission.

8-1 Vain
Talk to any gate gaurd to select this mission. Then head to Windy Waters and talk to Moreno-Toeno for a cutscene and a key item. Next head to Ro'Maeve and check the spring at the top. If you have not been to Ro'Maeve, it is at the northwest corner of The Sanctuary of Zi'Tah. Also you will need sneak to reach the top unaggroed and nearly all mobs in this zone aggro casting as well as sound and will aggro 75s. Once you make this pointless trip, head to Davoi and enter the Monastic Cavern at H-11. Proceed thru the cavern and back into Davoi atI-8 (just follow the right hand wall if you don't have map). You will need invisible in cavern even at 75. Once back in Davoi you will see a house on a hill in front of you. Check mission page above to see how various jobs and job combos have soloed/duoed/trioed this NM. He is a level 71 BLM and casts some pretty nasty ga spells. I would recommend a full party of 65+ for this (prefferably 75s to make is safer). It's not that he's dangerous (although he can be), it's the larger number of other orcs around that will link. The elevator up to the house is on the far side of the hill (go left from zone). Kill any orcs needed to get to it and go up. Camp in front of the house and kil lany orcs that are potential aggro. Then open the doors (there are 2) and try to pull the orcs inside our one at a time. It will be hard, so be ready to sleepga and fight the NM. Everytime Dirtyhanded Gochakzuk is killed he drops 2 cursed wands. Everyone on the mission will need one. His respawn is 15-30 minutes so just keep area clear while you wait. Once it is cleared the first time, the fight should go pretty smooth. Have reraise up anyway though and watch out for sleepga followed by a series of ga3s. Once everyone has the wand, proceed east across the bridge and then north across another bridge (will need invisible unless you want ot fight some more). When you reach the platform across the second bridge talk to Sedal-Godjal. He will ask for the cursed wand (you can talk to him before killing NM if you want). Trade him the wand for a cut scene, then return to Moreno-Toeno to finish this mission.

8-2 The Jester Who'd Be King
Talk to any gate gaurd to select this mission. Head to Windurst Woods and talk to Apururu in the Manustery at H-9. You must then talk to the other Ministers. You will find Tosuka-Porika in the Optistery in Windurst Water (north map) at G-8. Then you must travel to Fei'Yin and speak to Rukususu at F-6 in the basement (see previous mission for directions). Final return to Davoi and speak to Sedal-Godjal at J-8 (see previous mission for directions). These 3 may be spoken to in any order. Then return and speak to Apururu, then Kupipi (in Heaven's Tower). Next head to West Sarutabaruta and enter the tower at F-4. Proceed to I-6 and go thru the cracked wall. On the second map, go to G-8 to find another cracked wall. This fight can be tricky, but is easily handled by a balanced party of 70+. A healer and a tank can easily do this fight at 75 if using the sneak pop method. Everyone should buff and then someone with sneak should check the wall. There are skeletons in the area that can aggro, but are not much of a threat. When wall checked 2 Queen Cardians will pop. Remember that Coins are RDMs and Swords are PLDs. Pull one (probably the PLD) and fight it. If the other depops during the fight, check the wall again for a cutscene. If the first one dies too fast, pull the second or you will hav to zone and repeat. Both will 2 hour so be careful of chainspell. After cut scene, return and talk to Apururu. Then Go to Windurst Walls and talk to Shantotto at K-7 for a key item. Then back to Apururu. You must now head to elemental gates beind the 3 mage gate. Again, I go thru the Toraimarai Canal, but you can go thru the 3 mage gate if needed. Once in room, check the Gate of Darkness (SE corner) for a cut scene. Return to Apururu to complete this mission. You get 80,000 gil and RANK 9. If you wish, you can speak to Shantotto for some final words.

9-1 Doll of the Dead
Talk to any gate gaurd to select this mission. Then head to Windurst Woods and talk to Apururu, then to Heaven's Tower to check the door at the top (will get a cutscene when zoning in and at door). Then back to Apururu and then to Windurst Walls to talk to Yoran-Oran (E-5), if you want optional dialogue. Now head to the The Boyahda Tree. If you have not been here, it can be entered from the southeast corner of The Sanctuary of Zi'Tah. Once inside the tree, proceed to the upper level and kill Elder or Old Goobues. Several jobs can solo these at 75, but I would at least a healer and a melee at 75 for this. A THF for TH can help a lot too and these mobs drop items for money as well. Since they are farmed, it might be possible to request the required item from people farming there if you are alone. It is R/E and only used for this mission, so they probably will not need it. Once everyone needing the mission has the Goobue Humus, proceed back to the first map and go to the E-4 area. This area map is from the coffer, so if you do not have it, a print out can be very helpful. Once there, talk to the NPC Mandies (Mandragora Wardens) until you get one that "wants something". Trade him the Humus for a cut scene an a key item. Then return to Apururu. Finally, revisit Full Moon Fountain to get the cut scene concluding this mission (see above for route to Fountain).

9-2 Moon Reading
Talk to any gate gaurd to select this mission. Then head to Heaven's Tower and check the door at the top. Next you must visit 3 places to recover key items. A WHM for teleports will make this much faster. The 3 places may be done in any order. Head to Ro'Maeve and check the spring at the top for a cutscece and key item. Remember that almost everything here is sound and magic aggro and will aggro 75s. Unless you are a Galka this will take at least 2 people (3 if all taru). Head to Western Altep and enter the Quicksand Caves at D-12. Mobs here can aggro 75s so sneak is advised to reduce fighting. Follow path to weight door at I-9 and go thru (door requires 1 galka, 3 taru, or any other combination of 2 to open). Once thru, head to H-7 and pass thru a second weight door (both can be opened from the inside). After second door, you will find a pit to drop into. Once down, follow the left wall until you zone into the Chamber of Oracles and get a cutscene and key item. Head back to the Temple of Uggalepih (same enterance as previous mission). You will need the Uggalepih Key that drops from Tonberry Cutters. One key will work for any sized group, but if you have a lot of tonberry hate you should be careful. Kill any Cutters on route for the key. Once inside, follow left wall until you zone into jungle. Then follow right wall until you zone back to temple. If you are not 75, invisible may be needed, so check mobs as you go. Once back in temple, head left and got to the door at E-8. Trade the key to the door and enter. You will lose the key and the door does not stay open long so make sure people are ready. If need be, the door will open from the inside. Check the ??? across the room from the door for a cutscene and a key item. Once you have all 3 key items, return to Heaven's Tower and check the door at the top again. After this cutscene proceed to Full Moon Fountain for the final fight FIGHT IS SIX PERSON AND UNCAPPED. Check mission page above for job combos that can duo/trio this fight. Personally, a balanced party of 70-75 should be pretty safe if they have a sleepga and a plan. Fight starts against the 4 Cardian Aces. Sleepga and kill one at a time. Recommended order would be BLM(batons), RDM(coins), PLD(swords), WHM(cups). This lets you rest MP while holding the least dangerous mob as this is only 1/2 the fight. Once the 4th Ace goes down, you will get a Cutscene and a Manticore and a Wyvern will spawn. You also get a NPC that must be kept alive to win. He's a BLM (based on his spells) and like to heavy nuke (and uses chainspell) to be sure to keep hate off him. The reason you want to rest to full while holding hte final Ace is that after about 2 minutes the NPC will get bored and attack. If you attack first he will follow your lead on target, but if he attacks first he doesn't have much HP. You should bring echo drops for the wyvern, but other than that the fight is pretty simple. Neither mob can be slept, so have everyon attack the Manticore while one person kites the Wyvern (BST is amazing for this fight). Once Manticore dies, focus on the wyvern. As long as your healers keep an eye on the NPC, you should be fine. Once everything is dead, return to Heaven's Tower and check the door twice, then talk to Kupipi at the enterance desk. You reward is 100,000 gil, RANK 10, and a Windurstian Flag for your MH.

San d'Oria Missions
Gate gaurds in San d'Oria are the ones at the exits to North and South Sandy. Unlike the other nations, there are none listed elsewhere in the city center.

1-1 Smash the Orcish Scouts
Repeatable. Talk to a gate gaurd to select mission. Go to West Ronfaure (or Ghelsba Outpost) by exiting thru the west gate in south sandy or the only gate in north sandy and kill Orcish Fodders until you get an Orcish Axe. This is safely done by most jobs by level 5. Trade axe to gate gaurd to finish. Axe is rare/exclusive so cannot be purchased and can be a pain to repeat.

1-2 Bat Hunt
Repeatable. Talk to a gate gaurd to select mission. You can also do the quest Grave Concerns at the same time. Most jobs should be safe doing this mission at level 8, but expect some aggro. Go to East Ronfaure by exiting the east gate in south sandy. Head south to H-11 and zone into King Ranperre's Tomb. Once in tomb head to I-10 killing any Ding Bats you find on the way (they will only be preset between 18:00 and 6:00 game time). If you do not have the map follow the right wall upon entry and you should reach the gravestone (you will have to leave wall to enter the underground tunnel, but then stay on right wall). Check gravestone for a cutscene. If the bats have not dropped any Orcish Mail Scales yet, continue to kill bats until they do and then check tombstone again. Return to San d'Oria and trade Orcish Mail Scales to gate gaurd to finish. NOTE: This mission is the easiest way to gain rank points due to the repeat being only accepting the mission then trading a single bat fang to the gate gaurd to complete. Bat fangs are considerable cheaper than crystals, especially since 1 fang equals about 1 stack of crystals for rank purposes.

1-3 Save the Children
Repeatable. Talk to a gate gaurd to select mission. Head to the Cathedral in North San d'Oria and talk to Arnau (M-6). He is the head priest in the chaple. Exit into West Ronfaure and follow the north wall until you zone into Ghelsba Outpost. Proceed to the hut at G-10. If you do not have the map, follow the right wall thru the first open area and then head southwest in the second open area. Most jobs can reach and complete this fight around level 10, but use your own judgment. Once at hut, check the door and choose to enter the BC when ready. Fight is against a level 8 WAR (300HP) and 2 level 6 RNG (150 HP). A full party of 6 can enter if desired (and might be more fun if all were under level 8), but all must be on or past this mission for San d'Oria. Kill the 3 Orcs to win the fight. After the Exit cutscene, check the door again for a final cutscene. After this cutscene return and report to a gate gaurd to complete this mission. Then speak to Arnau for an additional cutscene for plot. Reward is 1,000 gil and RANK 2. If repeating this mission, simply talk to the gate gaurd, do fight, and report back.

2-1 The Rescue Drill
Starting with this mission you must either repeat previous missions or trade crystals to the R.K. by the gate to get enough rank points to do each new mission. Which you do, depends on prices and the time you have to repeat missions, although as stated above, repeating Bat Hunt is both faster and cheaper unless something drastically changes in the economy. It should be noted that you may also trade crystals to the signet givers in Jeuno. There is no fight in this mission so you may do at any level, however, you will need sneak or possibly invisible if attempting at a lower level than 15 (may still aggro at 15). Since to obtain the next rank requires a 25 cap fight, I see no real reason to do this prior to that level if aggro is a concern. Also, if you have the quest A Timely Visit active, it may block completion of this mission due to sharing NPCs. Talk to gate gaurd to accept the mission. Exit into West Ronfaure and head south (can follow the road) to zone into La Theine Plateau at F-12. Head to E-6 (can follow road) and talk to Galaihaurat. Then head east to F-6 and talk to Equesobillot. From him, follow the path down into the canyon and talk to each NPC along the way until you reach the cave. Enter the cave to zone into Ordelle's Caves. Follow the left wall to find Ruillont. Talk to him and them return to La Theine Plateau and talk to each NPC there again until one gives you a sword. Trade sword to Ruillont (must be the one from this mission not a random bronze sword) then return to canyon and speak to Vicorpasse for key item. Speak to any gate gaurd to complete this mission.

2-2 The Davoi Report
Repeatable & Can Be Skipped. As with the previous mission, no fighting is required, but even at level 25 you can get aggro (shouldn't be a problem to most jobs barring links) so invisible is advised (and sneak at lower levels at night). Talk to any gate gaurd to select this mission. Head for Davoi. If you have not been there, the first step is to find Jugner Forest. You can zone into Jugner from La Theine at M-8. Once in Jugner following the right wall will eventually bring you to Davoi (G-12). Once in Davoi, you should see Zantaviat. Talk to him then proceed south to locate a ! by the pond there. Check ! for key item (careful of orcs if not high level) and return to Zantaviat. Then return to San d'Oria and speak the same gaurd you got hte mission from for optional dialogue. Head to the Cathedral in North San d'Oria and check the Papal Chambers on the top floor for a cutscene to complete this mission.

2-3 Journey Abroad
Talk to any gate gaurd to accept the mission. Go to the Chateau d'Oraguille and Talk to Halver(directly in front of you as you enter). At this point you have 2 choice. You must visit both Bastok and Windurst, but may do either first. Which you do first will change the mission requirements. Since I find it easier to do Bastok then Windy, that is the path described here. Go to Metalworks in Bastok and talk to Savae E Paleade in your embassy there (H-9). Then talk to Pius (right hand door in president's office). Then talk to Grohm in the eastery (still in metalworks). He will give you 3 pickaxes. You will need Mine Gravel next. You can buy on AH in bastok or mine your own on site. I mined mine because it's easy to do on site, but I broke 7 picks doing it, so may be less annoying to buy on AH if any up for sale. If you do mine, make sure to bring more than the 3 picks the NPC gives you. The shop behind the AH in mines sell them. Go to Palborough Mines (zone from North Gustaberg @ K-3). If you are mining, find a Mythril Seam and trade your pick axe to it until you get the gravel. There is a seam at F-7 on the first floor and if you are below level 30 this is safest (there are several others higher up). Once you have the Gravel, proceed to floor 3 (elevator at I-8) and go to the refiner at I-6. Trade the Gravel to the Refiner Lid AND pull the lever to activate the machine. Then drop off ledge to lower floor and pull lever there to retrieve the Mythril Sand. Return to Bastok using the boat at H-8 on floor 3 and trade the Sand to Savae E Paleade to complete this half of the mission. Go to Windy Woods and talk to Mourices and Forine in your embassy there (G-10). Go to Windy Walls and enter Heavens Tower. Talk to Kupipi (behind desk thru first door) for key item. Go to Giddeus (zone from West Sarutabaruta @ F-8). Proceed to Balga's Dias (Zone at G-12). Yagudo are sight aggro so at level 25 you will need to invisible or kill your way there. Inside the Dias is a BC. Click on it to enter the fight. THIS FIGHT IS LEVEL 25 CAPPED and allows 6 people to enter. All those helping must be on this fight or already rank 3 or higher. You fight an Ahriman and a "Dragon". Any balanced group of 6 can win this fight. Personally, have done it with 3 as BLM, BLU, MNK and as BLM, MNK, DRG. Also, if you check the official page you can see how a number of jobs have soloed it. Simple strategy is to sleep the dragon and then kill the eye first. There is no need to 2 hour with 6 people (didn't even with 3 the second time), but it can be fun. The eye can use petrify, but it wears off quickly. If you do not have sleep, then 2 houring can make the fight faster and safer, but should not really be needed. One thing to watch is the curse attack the dragon can do. It really screws your max MP/HP (reduces it to about 1/3), but is forward cone only so everyone should stay to the sides except main tank. After winning, speak to Mourices (You exit the BC close to Port Windy. Just head east and you will see the enterance). Then return and talk to Halver in Sandy to finish the mission. Your reward is Rank 3 and 3,000 gil.

3-1 Infiltrate Davoi
Repeatable Talk to any gate gaurd to select the mission. Head to the Chateau d'Oraguille and check the door at H-7 to speak to Prince Trion. Then head to Davoi. You should get a cutscene when you zone in. Then stay on the left wall until you reach the bridge in the H-7 area. There is a NPC named Quemaricond that patrols this passage. Make sure to check the mobs for aggro if you are not high level. Orcs are sight and if you do this at night bats are sound. When safe talk to NPC (his partol does take him into orc free area). Return to Sandy and talk to the Prince (same door) to complete the mission. Note: To repeat this mission, simply accept it, go to Davoi and talk to Zantaviat (at enterance) then check 3 !s at L-8, K-7, & J-7, Report back to gate gaurd to finish repeat. Bat Hunt is much faster to repeat though.

3-2 The Crystal Spring
Repeatable & Can Be Skipped. Talk to any gate gaurd to select the mission. Trade a Crystal Bass to the gate gaurd. Head to the Chateau d'Oraguille for a cutscene, then talk to Chalvatot at F-7 in the garden to complete this mission. To repeat this mission, simply trade a Crystal Bass to the gate gaurd, but Bat Hunt is cheaper for rank points. Note: To obtain a Crystal Bass you have 2 options. You can buy it on the AH (I paid 500 gil) or fish it up. I found the price was the same in Sandy or Jeuno, but none were up for sale in Sandy and records showed they sold much better in Jeuno. This makes no sense to me, but whatever. If you actually like fishing, you have my sympathy, but here's the info for that project. I'm told it fishes up fairly quickly and I would suggest that if this is true you get a bunch to either sell or for rank points later or for guild points since you are all the way out there anyway. The Crystal Spring is in Jugner Forest at J-9. It is not labelled on the map, but you can see it. Crystal Bass are also listed as being caught in The Sanctuary of Zi'Tah, so if you are there farming or something, that might be a time saver. Recommended bait is a Minnow Lure (but most bait can work). Recommended rods are Composite, Ebisu, Halcyon, Lu Shang, or Mithran. Remember to be careful to check to for aggro mobs before fishing.

3-3 Appointment to Jeuno
Talk to any gate gaurd to select mission. Go to Chateau d'Oraguille and talk to Halver, then check the door behind him to talk to the King and get a key item. Go to Ru'Lude Gardens in Jeuno and talk to Nelcabrit (G-9) at your embassy. If you already have the Delkfutt's Tower key, go directly to the basement thru the door at E-8 on the first floor. Otherwise here is how to reach the top. Either get the map (thru a simple quest - The Antique Collector) or print out copies to follow. A level 50 can solo this on most jobs, but a group of lower levels is fine too. You will need sneak and invisible unless you plan to kill the entire tower. You might also consider doing the ACP climb. It will cap you at level 30, but no XP lost if you are killed. You would have to be on the mission however. F1: exit at E-6, F2: exit at I-9, F3: exit at G-6, F4: exit at I-6, F5: exit at H-9, F6: exit at J-10, F7: exit at F6, F8: exit at I-6, F9: exit at I-9, F8(again): exit at F-9, F9(again): Exit at F-6. Once on F10 head to H-8 and kill the giant black Giga there (name is Porphyrion). The others will link, so if you are low level, you will need to clear them out slowly then pull the NM. When he dies, he drops 6 copies of the key. Everyone needs a copy but since the 4/8/9 update it becomes a key item on use. Trade key to elevator by the NM spawn point and go down. After the long trip down the stairs go thru the first door and then check the door at M-8 (you can skip straight to here if you already had the key) for a cut scene then return to your embassy (check ambassador's door and with clerk) in Jeuno for your reward. You should get Rank 4 and 5,000 gil.

4-1 Magicite - San d'Oria
Talk to your ambassador in Jeuno to accept mission (remember you will have to trade crystals or repeat previous missions before he will give this mission). Check the Duke's Door at H-6 for another cut scene. Go to Lower Jeuno and talk to Aldo (J-8) inside the Neptune's Spire's back room. This requires Tenshodo Membership, which is easy quest. If you are repeating this mission for a new nation skip you can now skip straight to retrieving the magicite. If this is your first time, make sure you read this carefully and get all the prep work done before you leave Jeuno. After talking to Aldo, talk to Sattal-Mansal in the main room outside Aldo's Office. Then head down the street to the goblin shop and talk to Muckvix (H-10) in the back room. Next go to Upper Jeuno and talk to Paya-Sabya & Geebeh (I-8). Also talk to Baudin (G-8) while in upper Jeuno. Trade Baudin a piece of Coeurl meat for a key item. You can get the meat for the AH or from coeurls in Sauromugue Champaign or other areas. Return to Lower Jeuno and talk to Muckvix again for another key item. You are now ready to leave Jeuno. The rest of this mission is soloable at any level with sneak/invisible, however, you must fight 2 level 45 NMs for this part (not at the same time) so plan accordingly. If you are bringing a group of lower levels, be prepared for links. If not high level bring sneak oil and echo drops (casters only). Head for Beadeaux. Enter and head left until you find a tunnel. Take the first 2 rights and you will find a machine called a Mute. Clicking on it will silence you. Head back to the previous intersection and take the other path (south). Take the next right and you will pass a machine called the Afflictor. This will give you the status cursed unless you are already silenced (this is why you brought sneak oils even as a mage). If you have a WHM for Cursna, get everyone else silenced and he can just remove the curse on himself after this room (and the silence on the other casters). At the next intersection go straight (west) and you will be back on the surface. Continue along the west wall. You will past another Mute in case you need to be silenced again and also another Afflictor. After the second Afflictor, you can safely remove silence with the echo drops (or WHM as above) if you are a caster. Shortly after the Afflictor you should see a ramp leading up. Take it and follow the west wall south then east to I-10. Kill De'Vyu Headhunter. If lower level it would be wise to clear others from area first for clean pull. The WHM quadav are particularly annoying because they will heal him if they link. When he dies he drops 1-4 quadav charms. Everyone needs one, so you may have to wait for him to respawn (he comes back in about 15 minutes). I would go kill the other NM while you wait and come back since that one will also have to die several times for a large group. After killing De'Vyu, head north (do not take the path to the east) and follow that wall all the way back to the start at F-6. Kill Go'Bhu Gascon (again may have to clear links). He will drop 1-3 Quadav Augury Shells. Again everyone needs one so alternate killing NMs until you have all that you need. Once you have both items, return to Lower Jeuno and trade them (seperately) to Sattal-Mansal for the last 2 key items needed for this mission. If you are repeating this mission, you can start reading again, because you already had all the key items. You are now ready to go to the 3 strongholds. You can go in any order, I just have my personal preference. Also if you have the WotG expansion and the recall points a WHM can make this somewhat faster for you. You will need sneak and/or invisible in all 3 areas (or getting there thru the past) unless you are high level (will still need in past). One note is that the cut scenes are long and give a lot of the story. I enjoy them. Beadeaux: Recall-Passhow and thru the maw is fastest way here. Enter and follow left wall to tunnel. Take first left, zone into Qulun Dome(no aggro once here), and proceed thru door (you must have key items). Continue to back of area and click Magicite for cut scene. Davoi: Recall-Jugner and thru maw is fast way to get here. Enter and follow right wall to intersection at G-7. Take a left and you should find a wall of dark arts. It is gaurded by 2 orcs (and a bat at night). You must either kill them or wait until they look away to click on wall (you must have key item) and go thru (I hate doors that ask if you want thru). Once thru go down tunnel (only a few steps) to Monastic Cavern (no aggro once here). Proceed to the back of the area and check the Magicite for another cut scene. Castle Oztroja: Recall-Meriphataud and a brisk jog (they have added chocobo renters now if you like) to the maw is the quickest way to get here. This one is a pain, so I recommend getting a map. Yagudo are sight aggro, but there are some bats as well that are sound for lower levels. Enter and head mostly east (slight jog to the north at first intersection) to door at I-8. Stand between the 2 levers in front of the door (everyone one else stay back). Hit either lever and when it starts to turn, run back from door. If door opens everyone run thru, if the trap door opens, well that is why you ran back. If you fell thru the trap door you can escape, or walk back up to door. Which opens the trap door changes each game day. Once thru door, take the first right, then straight (west) at the next intersection. Continue along path until entering new map at G-7. From here continue north to new map at J-7. After a long walk, take a right (west) at first intersection and follow the right hand wall to door at H-9. 2 Yagudo gaurd it so you need to kill them or wait until they are looking away and click on one of the torches (must have key item) to go thru the door (again it asks you). They can aggro thru the door, so recast invisible immediately when thru the door. If you do get aggro at this point, run for it since you are almost there. From door, head south and take the first right (west). There will be a couple more Yags here and a big door, this door opens normally and the zone to the Altar Room (no aggro once inside) is just behind it. Go to the back of the area and click the Magicite for another cut scene. After getting all 3 magicite locations, return to Ru'Lude Gardens and check the Duke's Door. You will get a Cut Scene and an Airship pass (or 20,000 gil if you already have the pass). Speak to the clerk in your embassy to complete the mission. Your reward is 10,000 gil and Rank 5. Note that this also starts the next mission.

5-1 The Ruins of Fei'Yin
Zone into Chateau d'Oraguille for a cut scene. Speak to any gate gaurd. Go to to Chateau and talk to Halver for a cut scene and a key item. THIS FIGHT IS LEVEL 50 CAP allowing 6 people to enter so come prepared for that (see suggestions below for jobs). Anyone that is on this mission (from any nation) or has completed it can enter. Head to Fei'Yin. If you have never been there, go to the northeast corner of East Ronfaure (K-4) and zone into Ranguemont Pass (map quest for this area is harder than some The Rescue). You may need sneak and invisible here so be sure to bring some and check the mobs as you go. If you are safe here, you will probably need it later anyway, so bring some. At the first interection go north. You will find a door. Talk to the gaurd at the control device to open it. At the intersections go north, north, east, east and you will eventually zone (L-4) into Beaucedine Glacier (easy quest in Sandy for this map Her Majesty's Garden). If you do not have the map, just go down every ramp you can and never go up. You need to reach the northeast corner of the zone (J-4). Follow path mostly north to first down ramp (you will pass an up ramp). Then head south to next down ramp. Head back north to find last down ramp and continue north from there to the zone. Once in Fei'Yin (map from a series of windy quests ending with A Smudge on One's Record), head to the door at K-8 to zone into the Qu'Bia Arena. If you have no map, following the right hand wall will get you there eventually. This fight is pretty easy, but looks hard. There is 1 big skeleton and 2 smaller ones in the arena to start with, but when he is attacked lots of smaller ones start rushing in from all around. Only the big one needs to die and the fight ends when he does. He is a mage and can cast some fairly big spells, but can also be silenced. A BLU or a BRD can sleep the skeletons, but really it may be best to have someone tank them while the rest focus on the main fight. 2 MNKs can 2 hour and end this fight fast. MNK is also the best DD for this fight, but any will work. A SMN can 2hour to clear the small skeletons as well as damage the big one. Any balanced party can win this fight though. Just have your main tank (PLD is great for this) get initial aggro on the lich. This will mean the small skeletons will come for him. Try to silence the lich and then just fight him straight up. If your main tank is not comfortable with this plan, have a DD (BLU best) get the inital aggro and then kite the small skeletons. After killing the lich return to Sandy and talk to Halver to complete mission.

5-2 The Shadow Lord
Talk to any gate gaurd to accept the mission. Go to Chateau d'Oraguille and talk to Halver (at entrance) and then Prince Trion (H-7 door). Now you are off to the Throne Room of Castle Zvahl. THIS FIGHT IS 6 PERSON UNCAPPED. Again you can only enter the fight if you are on or past this mission (any nation). The Shadow Lord is a level 60 mob and I would bring a balanced party of around that level (It seems to be designed for a party of 65s to easily win). Some 75 jobs can solo him and most can duo or trio him. If you have never been to this region, return to Beaucedine Glacier and head north. Take the first up ramp and continue north. Take the next up ramp and continue north to zone into Xarcabard (same map quest as glacier) at E-6. Most things here aggro sound, but demons aggro sight. Head west and slightly north from zone. The Vzahl crystal is at the northwest corner of H-8 and you should grab that while here (if you already had it just tele to get here). Continue west from the crystal and you will come to the castle (easy map quest Northward) at D-7/8. Make sure to check mobs as you go for aggro. Most are sight except for the floating eyes that are for various reasons sound aggro. Once in castle bailey, head west. At first intersection go south and then down the stairs you will come to. Head north and take the first left (west) to zone onto the next map (F-8). Follow the left wall to H-9 and go north under the bridge. Go right (west) and take the first left (north). Go up the stairs at H-8 (not sure of path to be honest, but this is your target) and take the west path to zone into Keep at E-8. Continue west to main room. From here you may go north or south, but for this I will explain the south route (no real reason as they are the same length). You can just follow either wall and will find the exit after only 1-2 dead ends as well. Go south thru the first 2 doors then take door to the west. From there head south again and take the door on the west (the one furthest south). Go south to exit onto next map at H-10. Go north until you reach the intersection at G-8 and head west onto next map at E-8. Head west to teleporter (these automatically activate every little while so just stand in them until you warp). Head south to next teleporter. Head west to next teleporter. Head north to last teleporter. Head north or south (no difference) then west to zone at G-7. Continue west to reach the BC. If you are not doing this with 75s, it can be a challenging fight. You have to defeat the Shadowlord twice. The first form will use invincible (and will use it a lot once under 50%) so be prepared to do magic damage or have the fight last a long time. Note that if he is not using invincible, he is immune to magic damage so use it wisely. When he dies there is a short cut scene and you immediately are attacked by the second form. This form only has about 4000 HP, but deals a large amount of damage in AoEs so you need to kill him quickly. All DDs should plan on 2houring at this point and the mages should focus on keeping them alive. After defeating the second form, report back the to Halver and then check the door behind him for a cut scene to complete the mission. Your reward is Rank 6 and 20,000 gil. You may also now enter Dynamis (if level 65) and start the Zilart Missions.

6-1 Leaute's Last Wishes
Talk to any gate gaurd to select this mission. Then head to the Chateau d'Oraguille and talk to Halver in the entrance hall. Then check the door to the Great Hall behind him for a cutscene with the King. Once you have the cutscene with the King you will need to head to Western Altep Desert for a fight. Touch the Dream Rose at G-7 (west side of mesa at oasis) to start fight. No cutscene here. Mob pops when anyone needing fight touches rose. The more people (pets and NPCs help also) you bring to this fight the better. It is in the open meaning anyone can help regardless of nation or rank. Up to an alliance of people needing this fight can do it at once (but probably not knowing that many needing it right?). Fight is against a cactuar mob. This mean he will use 1000 Needles. Thus the more people you have to split the damage the better. Personally, I soloed this on SMN75 using only carby. Longish fight (30-45 minutes), but not hard. He likes to use 1000 Needles a lot though so a party/alliance should have lots of healing. He will also use Needleshot that is high damage if it hits, but single target. He can use Photosynthesis (regen) as well, but this seemed rare. He has about 15k HP. There are others cactaurs at the oasis, but they did not link for me. They did however aggro into the mid 60s. Once fight is over, everyone needing the mission must touch the Dream Rose to get the key item needed for this mission. Then return and speak with Halver. To conclude the mission, head to the garden in the back of the Chateau for a cutscene. Cutscene will start when you enter the garden. There will be a question asked, but the answer does not matter. Mission is concluded when cutscene ends.

6-2 Ranperre's Final Rest
Talk to any gate gaurd to select this mission. Then head to the Chateau d'Oraguille and talk to Prine Trion (H-7 door). Once cutscene ends you are ready to head for King Ranperre's Tomb. As with Bat Hunt, following the right wall will bring you to to the underground entrance and out int othe open area on the south. Once in this south area follow the left wall all the way east to the next underground section. Head underground and continue ot stay on the wall to your left until you reach the "T" intersection and I-8. Head west here until you reach the stone door. Buff and get ready for a fight. This is an open fight and anyone may assist with it. Touching the Door spawns 3 Skeleton Mobs. 1 WAR (Yorgos) and 2 BLM (Soffeil & Ulbrig). If you have sneak active (and white HP) when you touch the door they will not aggro. You may then pull them one at a time (they do not link). This is easily soloed by most level 75 jobs by pulling Yorgos only. No matter which you are fighting, if the others despawn during the fight, killing the remaining one counts as winning. They take about 3 minutes to despawn so if you don't plan to fight all 3, make sure to watch for the other to despawn. Once the skeletons are defeated, check the door again for a cutscene and a key item. Return the key item to the gate gaurd (can check Trion's door for brief cutscene). WAIT UNITL AFTER JP MIDNITE. Then talk to Prince Trion (at his door) again. Return to King Ranperre's Tomb and check the Stone door for another cutscene. Then report to any gate gaurd to complete the mission (can check Trion's door for brief cutscene first if you want). Your Reward id RANK 7 and 40,000 gil.

7-1 Prestige of the Papsque
Talk to any gate gaurd to select this mission. Then head to Northern San d'Oria and go to the cathedral. Arnau in the main chapel will give you some optional dialogue, then head up stairs as far as possible to the Papal Chambers. Checking this door will give you a cutscene. Next head to the Chateau d'Oraguille and enter Bostaunieux Oubliette (I-8 if you have not been down there). There is prison in the cell at G-8 that will mention an earlier attempt to find the item you are seeking, but this is optional. Proceed to E-7 and talk to the gaurd there to drop down into the next level (this is one way so be sure you have everything ready). If you under 70, you should probably have sneak up before dropping down and even a 75 should use sneak going thru this zone. Head south and follow the wall on your right until you zone into West Ronfaure at E-10. You will be on a ledge with a ???. DO NOT DROP OFF LEDGE. If you do either before or during the the fight (or after before hitting ???) you will have to go back around and redo the fight. Buff up and get ready for fight. When ??? is checked, a NM Orc will spawn. This fight is in and open area so anyone can help. I have helped with it a few time and done it for myself and any Healer + DD can easily handle this fight at 70+. A level 65 Party should be fine and a lot of 75s can solo it. NM is a MNK67 so attacks a lot and uses Hundred Fists (bind him and wait it out if it's a problem). He was hitting me for about 20 per hit wth phalanx up and was easy to enfeeble (as RDM75 or WHM75). Should have about 16k in HP. After the fight, check the ??? again for a key item. Return to the Papal Door for a cutscene to conclude this mission.

7-2 The Secret Weapon
THIS FIGHT IS RESTRICTED TO SAN D'ORIANS ON OR PAST THIS MISSION (they can be former citizens as long as they have beaten this mission). Once you have enough rank points, the gate gaurd will tell you to head to garden in the back of the Chateau d'Oraguille. You will not be able to select another mission at this point. Head to the garden for a cutscene and then report back the the gate gaurd to formally accept the mission. Next head to the BC at Horlais Peak. THIS FIGHT IS UNCAPPED AND ALLOWS ONLY 6 PEOPLE TO ENTER. If you have not been there, you need to get out more. Head to Ghelsba Outpost (as in previous mission Save the Children). Once inside, follow left wall until you zone into Yughott Grotto at H-11. Continue along the Left wall until you zone into Fort Ghelsba at K-5 (This is second zone. First also goes to Fort, but will take longer). Stay on that left wall until you reach the hut at J-8. Go thru it to zone back into Grotto. Follow path thru 2 smaller room and in the big room exit to the north east (K-6) to reach peak. Once at Burning Circle, Enter, buff, rest mp, etc. Fight is against 3 Orc (PLD, DRG, RNG) and 2 War machines. All mobs are about level 68. Any balanced party of 65+ should do fine in this fight as along as they can sleep enough mobs to make the fight a 1 at a time affair. Most duos at 75 will be fine as long as they have some sleeping, healing, and DD ability. The 2 Warmachine and the PLD will resist sleep the most (PLD Resisted Elemental Seal Sleepga from my RDM75, but slept easily with Sleep 2) so they shuld be killed first. THe machines have a little under 2k in HP. The Orcs have about 4k. They will all 2hour (remembering that NPC DRG 2hour is still call wyvern). Best kill order is the 2 machines, PLD, DRG, Wyvern (can skip and still win but only 1k HP), RNG. Watch Invincible on PLD and don't waste weapon skills. Watch Eagle Eye Shot on the RNG if not at 75 on your tank (did 200ish to our PLD75/DNC). At 75, any DD can solo a mob with a little healing support (possibly from /DNC, but probably better to have healer). After winning, report back to any gate gaurd to complete the mission. Remember it's long walk back without warp or escape. Reward is RANK 8 and 60,000 gil.

8-1 Coming of Age
Talk to any gate gaurd to select this mission. Then enter the Chateau d'Oraguille for a cutscene. Speak to Halver (at enterance) and then head for Eastern Altep. You can Teleport Altep or if you have the outpost warp, use that. The entrance to Quicksand Caves you need is closer to the outpost, so I would recommend this. This fight is in an open area so anyone is allowed to help regardless of rank or city. A Party of 65s should easily be able to handle this mission. The hardest part would be dealling iwth aggro from cataurs (1000 needles) at the location. 70+ should have no problem with aggro unless resting. I think a lot of 75s could solo this fight and most jobs could easily duo it at 75. Once in Altep, head to H-10 (est of OP or south of Telepoint) and enter the Quicksand Caves. Travel as far west (D-9) as allowed then as far south as you can. You should be at a sand whirlpool. Stand in the middle of it to drop down to the next level. Once down, follow the left wall until you reach the fountain of kings. If you are in party that will get aggro (or wants TP) clear the room. Once buffed and ready have one person with sneak check the fountain (it's a pool, but the target will say fountain). 2 NM krakens will spwan in the pool. They are named Honor and Valor. You can fight both, but as with most of thee type of fights, you only need to kill one as along as the second depops before the first on dies. Which you fight is up to you. I have my preference, but it really depends on your set up, so I will review the main points about both. Note that to pull one you need to drop sneak and approach along the wall on the appropriate side. Do this slowly and you will only aggro one. Then simply pull him into main room to fight. Both mobs are immune to sleep, but other enfeebles will land. They are also both resistant to water and weak to ice/thunder. I tried to pull these using spells, but since they spawn in the pull, all I would get was the message "can not see target" until I was well within sound aggro range of both. Valor: This is MNK mob and he will use hundred fists. He has more HP than Honor, but I find him easier to kill. As a RDM75, I had little problem with hundred fists even though I don't have great gear. Killed him as a duo though so was split on tanking hundred fists. Especially if you have mages, this is the one I would fight. Honor: This is rumored to be a PLD (people say he used invicible). I don't know. I do know he can cast paralzega and more importantly silencega. He cast silencega a lot on us and we wiped because not enough echo drops. I would say that a couple of DD75s with /DNC could probably take him out fairly quickly though. He only has around 6k in HP. My RDM75 was able to take him to about 50% even silenced so he's pretty weak. Only think to watch for would be invincible, but other than that probably easier fight than Valor for DDs. In a party, WHM or /WHM for silena would be nice. Once you kill the mob(s), check the fountain again for a key item. Then report back to Halver for a cutscene. A quick way to get home, is to escape, go into Korroloka Tunnel (escape will drop you by entrance), escape again, and you will be at bastok (in Zeruhn Mines). Speaking to Halver will mark the mission as complete, but the gate gaurds will be busy with the party planning (princess' coming of age gala that you are not invited to), so no new missions can be accepted. After JP midnight, you will get a cutscene by zoning into Northern San d'Oria. After this cutscene you may once again talk to the gaurds for new missions.

8-2 Lightbringer
Talk to any gate gaurd to select this mission. Enter the Chateau and checck the Great Hall door for a cutscene. Then speak to Rahal (H-9). Once that is complete you are ready to head to the Yhoator Jungle. This is another open fight, so anyone wishing to assist may regardless of rank or city. This also means you may use a full alliance if you desire. Before doing this quest, it would not be a bad idea to rest tonberry hate (after farming key if you need to do that) by using the quest Everyone's Grudge (see Zilart Mission walk thru or the quest link for more info).

Rise of the Zilart Missions
Personally, I would only number the fights, but it's their game so they number everything so you can feel like you are progressing faster. Not that this mission tree needs help with that. It can be done in one long session (8-10 hours) pretty easily.

1: The New Frontier
Achieve rank 6 in your home nation. Then when you enter Norg, you will get a cutscene and the map to Norg. Congratulations on completing ZM1.

2: Welcome t'Norg
Go to the Oak Door (L-8) in Norg and check it for a cutscene. ZM2 Done.

3: Kazham's Chieftainess
Go to Kazham and talk to Jakoh Wahcondalo (J-9) for a cutscene and a key item. That's 3 done, stop me if I'm going to fast.

4: The Temple of Uggalepih
OK, this one requires you to actually run around some, but the fact the fight can be duoed easily by a number of jobs sort of takes away from it for me. If you have never done the quest involved in step 3 you should start reading there to save time later. One other note is that if you are planning to do the next mission directly after this one (or at least the Yhoat part of it), you should bring a garnet (and perhaps a rain lily). See next mission for details on why. Step 1: Obtain at least one Unlit Lantern for your party. They are Rare/Exclusive. If your party has 4 this will be faster, but you can do with 1 if needed. Lanterns drop from Tonberry Jinxers (in Yhoat jungle), Maledicters (in Temple), or Imprecators (in Den of Rancor). These are BLM mobs level 60-70 so be prepared for that. Personally, I killed the Maledicters because I wanted the temple coffer key as well. They also drop BLM tests, a few thunder type spells, and are easy to get to. There are several places to find them, but here is one. Enter Temple at J-11 in Yhoator Jungle. At first branch go north and continue north until you zone back into jungle. Head north and zone back into temple. Head east to H-7 and you should find several. Step 2: Obtain a Paintbrush of Souls (key item). Only 1 person in the party will need this, but it's not a bad idea to have one for other things. Also, it is on your way (although the farming will slow things down probably). Enter Temple of Uggalepih at same spot as step 1. Head south at first branch, north at second, and south at third. This puts you in a large room (G-8). Exit it to the northwest and you will find a door (F-7). You must use the Uggalepih Key to pass thru (each person must have key or get tractored thru). Key drops from Tonberry Cutters you will have seen getting here. Once thru door, check each of the 3 worn books in the room to get a rusty key (key item). Then check the old casket for the paintbrush. Step 3: After you have as many lanterns as you feel you need and the paintbrush, I recommend reseting your tonberry hate by using the Everyone's Grudge quest. At a bare minimum your tank should do this, but it's a safe idea for everyone (and some have reported the NM for the fight uses the party's hate not the target's). In case you don't know, the tonberry TP move of the same name does 5 damage for each tonberry you have killed. This may or may not be dangerous, but the NM version (such as in the coming fight) does 50 damage for each tonberry you have killed. This is cumulative for the entire game (being reset to 0 each time you do the quest) so that can add up fast. Personally, I've seen people hit for 7k and heard about twice that so while it's cool to see that kind of damage, you may want to reset hate, even though it means running to Norg (if you have never done it before) and spending a little cash (you have to buy forgiveness). If you have never done the quest, trade 3 gold beastcoins to Magephaud (Norg I-8). You will want to do this as step one, that way you can just stay in the temple once you have the the lantern(s). Enter the temple at the same location as in step 1. Head south at the first branch and also south at the second. follow the hall as it goes east to F-11. You will find a door on the south side of the pillar there. Enter it and speak to the tonberry priest to reset hate. This will be a straight fee in gil based on how many tonberries you have killed. It caps at 6k. Step 4: Finding the BC for the fight. Enter the temple at same location as other steps. Head south, north, north at the 3 branches to exit back to jungle at F-5. Proceed left and re-enter the temple H-11. Level 75s will not get aggro here, but lower levels should use invisible. If you do aggro tonberries, Call for Help. This will prevent building any tonberry hate after you reset it (any tonberries killed by the party count for all members that are in the zone at the time). Head west at first branch and go thru the wooden gate. Follow hall south as far as possible then go east to a door. If door is shut, there will be a doll mob gaurding it. This mob must die before door will open (door will then be open until it respawns). Most 75s can solo this mob easily, and most 60+ parties can handle it provided they stun meltdown. Once thru the door, head north until you come to a room with pictures hanging on the walls. The middle frame on the east side will be empty. Have 1 person with the paintbrush stand in front of this picture and click on it. Keep checking it until you get a message about a new painting starting to appear. Then wait for at least 30 seconds and click again (I hate this painting thing). This should finish the painting and open the hidden door in the northeast corner of the room. Get everyone thru it quickly and zone in to the Den of Rancor. At this point everyone will need sneak and invisible. Follow the wall on your right (south) until it reaches the altar of rancor (E-5). Everyone with a lantern should trade it to the altar to get fire. You may need to clear the room for this depending on luck. Follow the same wall back the large room at F-6 and take the first right (south). You should be by a hole in the northeast corner of F-7. Drop down here. Head north and west to E-5. Use the fire from your lanterns to light the 4 lanterns there. This will also probably require clearing the room. Each person can only light one lantern per fire so having 4 is faster, however, if you have less than 4, have those with lanterns return to the first altar for more fire (repeating the trip until all 4 lanterns are lit. To reach the first altar follow the wall to the east of the 4 lanterns until you zone to first map at I-5.  Once on first map you can take the first south to reach the large room at H-6.  Go west across this room and then follow the wall leading south to reach the altar (E-5).  Once you have all 4 lanterns lit the door by them will open and you can zone into the Sacrificial Chamber. Step 5: The Fight.  Checking the door will enter the fight.  There are 3 Tonberries.  Grav = THF (he has a crown). Moly = BLM.  Tung = SMN.  Sleep the BLM and the SMN and kill the THF (immune to sleep).  THF will use the TP move about 10% (also can use Perfect Dodge) and may one-shot whoever has hate (depending on reset). If duoing this be sure to reset hate on both people for this reason. Once THF is dead, silence the BLM and kill him. He will Manafont, but that's useless silenced. Then kill the SMN. He will astral flow with a random avatar, so make sure everyone is healed up. The astral flow shouldn't do more than 800 unbuffed so make sure to keep people healed up (or well back) and you are fine (I've never seen him do nearly that much but the 800 is reported as a max). After the fight you will get a cutscene and end up on the far side of the arena (it's a long walk back to help others). Use escape to exit temple and then re-enter to get back to help others (you can also fight your way out).

5: Headstone Pilgrimage
The objective of this mission is to retrieve 8 fragments (1 for each element) from around the land. Some require fighting, while some just require finding the headstone. Also, some will give bonus items if you trade the proper item the the headstone after getting the fragment. Therefore, prior to doing these, I recommend acquiring a rain lily and a garnet. The following is a list of the fragments, listed in the easiest order (for me) if doing this mission directly after the previous one. However, they may be obtained in any order. All of the fights are again duoable by many jobs (some say soloable) and any trio of 75s with the basic DDs+Healer set up should be fine. EACH PERSON MUST CLICK EACH HEADSTONE. Make sure after each headstone to check your key items for the fragment. Note that if two people click the headstone at the same time, only one will get a fragment (which is stupid, but can cause you to repeat if not caught). Dark: (FREE) You get this at the conclusion of the previous fight for free. Fire: (FIGHT) This is the longest walk. Head to Ifrit's Cauldron from G-6 in Yhoator Jungle. Everyone will need sneak and invisible (and watchout for bombs aggroing magic). Follow path to large room and exit it in the northwest corner. Path should lead to next map at H-8. Follow the left wall (on west at start) until it leads to the next map at D-12. At this point switch to the right wall (north here) and follow it to the firespout at H-7. You can wait for this to go down or trade an ice cluster to it to get it down. Continue east to zone onto next map at J-8. Again follow the left wall (north here) to middle of crater then back out to next map at E-7. Continue to follow left wall back to center and back out again to zone onto next map at G-7. At this point simply follow the path until you zone into Yuhtunga Jungle at C-7. You will go past 2 firespouts and an NM (Ash Dragon) before reaching zone. In jungle, head south to open area, then east under water fall to L-7 to find headstone. Clicking it will spawn 2 opo-opos. They cannot be slept, but kiting works well if you can't fight both at once. Once they die, EVERYONE check the headstone (if someone doesn't this one sucks to redo). Also, after getting fragment, trade your garnet to this headstone for an opo-opo necklace (highly sought after). Ice: (FREE) Cloister of Frost. If you have never been here, head to Fei'Yin (entered at J-4 Beaucedine Glacier). From enterance head north and take first path east. Follow it as it curves back to the west and go down the stairs at G-9 to map 2. After stairs, follow hall, going north as much as possible to zone into cloister at I-5. Sneak is needed for everyone on this second map. Water: (FREE) Head to La Theine Plateau and head down the canyon to zone into Ordelle's Caves at F-7. Once in caves, head east to I-6 onto next map. Then south and west to G-8. Head east and then take the south tunnel at H-9. Go up the stairs and continue south to the H-11/12 border and drop down a hole (this is sceond hole). Head east to I-6 (do no drop off edge) and take the tunnel there. Head south and take the first west. You should zone back into La Theine Plateau at the end of this tunnel. Follow the canyon to the end to find the headstone (G-11). Lightning: (FIGHT) Enter Behemoth's Dominion at D-5 in Qufim Island (passage starts at G-5 and is not on map). Once inside, follow the south wall to G-9 to find headstone. Click it once to spawn 2 weapon type mobs. You can sneak pop these to pull just one and let the other despawn if you want. After the fight, EVERYONE check headstone for fragment. Light: (FIGHT) Head to The Sanctuary of Zi'Tah. Go to J-9 and head north (and a little west) until you find the headstone (I-7). Touch it to spawn a doomed type mob. Kill it and have EVERYONE touch the headstone for the fragment. Remember where this one is as you will want to return here later. Wind: (FIGHT) Head to Cape Terrigan. This is on the far side of Kuftal Tunnel. Once there head north and west to reach F-7. You will find a tunnel there that is not on the map. Once in the tunnel, follow the right wall (east wall) until you find the headstone (this will be in a second tunnel) at H-5. Touching it will spawn a shadow mob. Kill it and have EVERYONE check the headstone again for the fragment. After you have the fragment, you can trade a rain lily to the headstone for a Flagellant's Rope (check item to see if you want it). Earth: (FREE) Enter the Quicksand Caves at J-9 in Western Altepa Desert. Follow right hand wall (on your west to start) to K-6 and drop down thru the sand whirlpool. Continue down path and zone back into the desert at N-4. Follow this path going south if possible and west if no path to the south is available. You will come to the headstone at H-9.

6: Thru the Quicksand Caves
MAKE SURE EVERYONE HAS THIS AS THEIR MISSION. Head to Western Altepa Desert. Go to the southwest corner and thru the tunnel at C-11 to reach the door to enter the Quicksand Caves (down ramp to D-12). Once in caves, head to I-9 and go thru the weight door. If you have never been thru these, you need 3 Taru, 1 Galka, or any combo of 2 to stand on the circle until it glows and the door opens. Once thru, head west to second weight door at H-7. Once thru this door you can drop down the hole you come to by going forward (F-7). Follow the left wall after drop to zone into the Chamber of Oracles (sneak may be needed). When ready, enter the BC. Buff and rest as usual. Fight is against 3 Antica mobs. A PLD (Cent), a BLM (Triar), and a RNG (Prince). They can all 2hour of course. Anyone that cast spells should bring echo drops for the Antica TP move that adds silence. Again there are various job combos that can duo these at 75 and most trios should be safe. The basic idea is to sleep the BLM and RNG while you kill the PLD (he can resist sleep the easiest). Once the PLD dies, silence the BLM (to block manafont) and kill him. Then kill the RNG. Blink tank should be careful on RNG due to high speed of attack and the possibility of eagle eye shot. Once they all die you will get a cut scene and exit into the area for the next mission. Only 6 may enter this fight, so if helping others, do the next missions then exit the area back into the quicksand caves. Following the right wall should bring you back to the BC enterance.

7: The Chamber of Oracles
You must touch each part of the device in this room to give it your fragments. Once all eight are placed you will get a cut scene to end this mission. Also, if you now return and check the headstone in The Sanctuary of Zi'Tah, you will get a bat earring (nice to have).

8: Return to Delkfutt's Tower
If you still have the key here, you can use it to go up to floor 10. If not see any of the nation missions (obtaining Rank 5) for the climb route. Enter tower (with key) and take a left to E-8 (past the stairs) and use key to enter door (each person must have). Follow the left wall (on north) to H-8 stairs. Ignore the stairs and use the ??? to go to floor 10. Exit large room in northwest corner (H-7) and follow the left wall (heading west at start) to stairs at F-9. Go up. You will need invisible here or fight (either is fine). Follow the right wall (heading north and east) to the stairs at J-7. Go up. Follow the left wall (heading south and west) to the porter at F-10. Use it when ready to enter fight. Fight allows 6 people. Again it can be safely trioed (some jobs have duoed). It is against one of the 2 annoying people from jueno. Important notes about this fight: He can use dispelga, silencega(bring echo drops), and slowga (must be erased). He likes to use enspells on his weapon. In addition to the extra damage, this also makes it so any damage taken from that element will heal him, so care should be taken when nuking. He is also immune to silence and sleep. He uses 2 main TP moves. Great Wheel is AoE doing 200ish damage, but reseting hate for those hit (mages need to really watch this). And Light Blade doing heavy damage to a single target (shadows should block this). He only has about 10k HP, so the fight can be pretty short with well equipped DD(s) using 2hour(s).

9: Ro'Maeve
Head back to Lower Jeuno and talk to Aldo (in the back of the Tenshodo - thru the Neptune's Spire Door) at J-8. You must currently be rank 5 or higher according to some reports (you might be lower if you had switched nations after starting these). Next head back to Norg and talk to Gilgamesh by checking the Oak Door (L-8).

10: The Temple of Desolation
Now head back to The Sanctuary of Zi'Tah. Check the headstone here for your bat earring if you haven't yet. Then proceed to the northwest corner of the map and zone into Ro'Maeve at F-5. You can buy this map (so no reason at all not to have it). Go thru Ro'Maeve and zone into the Hall of the Gods at H-3. Use sneak and invisible in Ro'Maeve or plan on a lot of fighting (most things will also magic aggro). Once in the Hall you are safe. Proceed to the end and check the gate TWICE. If you do not check it TWICE, you will be coming back here after people get frustrated that you missed a step somewhere.

11: The Hall of the Gods
Return to Norg and talk to Gilgamesh again.

12: The Mithra and the Crystal
Head to Rabao and talk to Maryoh Comyujah at (G-7). Then head back down to the D-12 entrance to the Quicksand Caves in the Western Altepa Desert. This is the same entrance you used in the earlier mission. Once inside, head to K-8 and use the weight door there (this is a different path once inside). Continue on the new map and use the weight door at G-8. Proceed forward and fall down the hole you find (again this is a different hole than the previous mission). Check the ??? there when you are ready to fight. It will spawn a vase mob. Again this is Duoable by a DD and healer. It will tend to resist silence, but is stunable to stop the ~ga spells. It likes to cast blindga so having a /whm is nice for that. Once it dies check the ??? again for a key item. Return to Rabao and report to Maryoh to get another key item and complete this mission.

13: The Gate of the Gods
Return to Ro'Maeve and enter the Hall of the Gods. Check the gate and it should now open. Once you are thru, check the Shimmering Cirle warp up. Once up proceed forward (the walls/doors will vanish as you approach) and enter Tu'lia (Sky). You should get a cutscene at the gate, the shimmering circle, and on entery to sky. This completes this mission and obviously grants sky access. I must add that I was deeply disappointed in sky from a graphic standpoint. It looks too similar to existing areas for me with nothing really special in it. As a note, if you are exploring sky, most things can magic aggro, but will not otherwise aggro. One very important note is that the dolls in the alcoves will aggro, while the ones walking around will not (but can link). Only approach the alcoves if you are looking for a fight.

14: Ark Angels (or Divine Might)
If your goal is to finish the missions fast for either the story or to qualify for the Bahamut fight, then you should do Ark Angels and then come back and do Divine Might when you get the chance. However, completing Divine Might does count as completing this mission and also grants an earring for winning. Of course, you also lose XP in the Divine Might fight. This is because it's a "Quest" while the Ark Angels are "Missions". Anyway, I'll outline both options here, but you only have to complete one to continue. Ark Angels: First, let me say that I did Divine Might and not Ark Angels, so I may not be able to give exactly the same level of advise as I normally try to give. However, the fights are the same in general. Reports of people duoing these can be found at the above link, but I would probably take a full group. To complete Ark Angels you must fight each "angel" individually in a BC. You can do this in any order, but if you are doing them all at once, it makes sense to either go clockwise or counterclockwise around sky to fight them. Also note that ONLY 6 PEOPLE can enter the arenas for these fights. I would recommend getting a printout (or similar) of the sky map to find the BCs, but basically, once you pick you direction, you just go to that corner of the outer island and find a red warp pad. It will take you to a small island with a the BC enterance (and a warp pad you can use to go back or continue on). I will list the fights in the same order as on Wiki here, but I'm not sure which direction they went (guessing counterclockwise). The "angels" are the pure crystal forms of each race and I must say look pretty cool. You will have already seen them in cutscenes, but fighting them is new. You should be aware that all "angels" have 2 jobs and can use all abilities from both as if level 75 (including 2 hours). They can also use one of the 2hours multiple times (but not both?). They also each have a unique weapon skill. HM: This is the Hume. He is a NIN-WAR with 2 swords. His weapon skill is Cross Reaver. It does cone damage of 500-900 + stun. He can use mighty strikes multiple times, but should only use Mijin Gakure once. Mijin Gakure for NMs is AoE and does not kill them. It is HP based so will probably wipe your party even if he is around 10% (1200-1300 reported there). Mages should definitely stay back and try to keep melees fully buffed and at max HP. Obviously only the tank should be in front of this mob. TT: This is the Taru-taru. He is a BLM-DRK with a scythe. His weapon skill is Amon Drive. It does AoE damage of 100-300 plus Paralysis & Petrify. Mages should stay well back. He also likes to teleport around the area making life rough on the melees. He of course knows all the BLM and DRK spells. MR: This is the Mithra. She is a THF-BST with an axe. She can use charm even with a pet out, so having a second tank is not a bad idea. Pet will usually be a tiger that can roar for a highly effective paralyze, but can also be a black mandy that likes to sleep everyone. Poision potions are recommended. Her weapon skill is Havoc Spiral. It does AoE damage of 100-300 plus sleep. Again mages stay back and let the melees do their job. EV: This is the Elvaan. She is a PLD-WHM with a sword and shield. Her weapon skill is Dominion Slash. It does AoE damage of 200-300 plus silence and dispel (bring echo drops). She also has Shield Strike. It is cone damage of 100ish plus stun. Also beware of Spirits Within one-shotting people since it is HP based. Having a tank kite this NM is not a bad idea to avoid this. GK: This is the Galka. He is a DRG-SAM with a great katana and a wyvern. He can Meikyo Shisui multiple times. His weapon skill is Dragonfall. It does AoE 100-300 plus Bind. A NIN tank may do better here due to avoiding skill chain damage with shadows. After all 5 BCs are defeated, you have completed this mission. Divine Might: THIS IS A BC DESIGNED FOR AN ALLIANCE OF 18 PEOPLE. Once in sky, proceed directly forward (thru one warp) to The Shrine of Ru'Avitau. Inside continue forward to the blank target and check it for a cutscene. This is not required to enter the fight, but is required if you want the fight to count for anything (so yeah it's required). Each time you do this fight 1 person will need a trigger. It's not a bad idea to have a couple people with triggers just in case you fail. The triggers are a pain to get. First you need a piece of parchment (leathercraft or AH) and a bottle of Illuminink (drops from dolls in Ro'Maeve by the Hall of the Gods enterance). Once you have both of these items, you have to trade them to the spring at H-6 in Ro'Maeve (same place you farmed the ink). Of course you can't jut trade them any time you like. No. You have to do it during a full moon. And wait there's more. It has to be between 0:00 and 3:00 game time. But wait, that's not enough. It also has to be clear weather. Stupid quests. Anyway, after you have a few triggers (they are Rare/Exclusive by the way), you are ready to round up 17 other morons to try this fight. This is easier than it sounds because some jobs can really use the earrings you can choose from after the fight. Please note that you can only have one earring at a time and gettting the trigger for the redo fight is more complicated and must be done by everyone redoing if they want a new earring (so pick the one you want the first time). The one nice thing about this fight is that you can enter it from any of the other Ark Angels BC entrances. However, EVERYONE MUST ENTER FROM THE SAME SPOT. In this fight you fight all 5 of the "angels" at the same time. Honestly, you should plan for a wipe to happen (probably 2), but if you all have reraise and are prepared you can just keep going and win. Like some of the harder BCs, the challenge here is the clock more than the mobs. There are 3 main strats for this fight, so I will review them both. Strat 1: Burn. You find 18 BLMs (or 15 and 3 BRDs or CORs) and you go nuke things. This is really a fast fight. You can also do this with 18 MNK (with maybe 3 WHMs in case of sleepga) burning with hundred fists. But let's be honest, how many people know 18 BLMs or MNKs. However if yo udo, burning works great and probably has the fewest deaths. Suggested kill order would be TT, MR, GK, HM, EV. Strat 2: Kite. You get 4 tanks with a healer paired with each (PLD and RDM works best). Each tank grabs an angel and pulls them up the stairs in the arena. Leave the BLM (TT) in the arena and he will not follow. Let 3 of the pairs kite their angel while the main group kills the first one. Then pick them off the kiters as needed. You could have a RDM or SMN kite solo, but I feel the Tank+healer works better. Up to you though and what you have. Suggested kill order would be MR, GK, HM, EV, TT. Strat 3: Tank. You just need a well geared/meritted PLD and some healers. PLD runs in and gets sight aggro on all the angels then runs back onto the stairs (healer should follow to remove sleep/bind if needed). Again TT will stay in the arena and out of the fight. The other 4 will beat on this PLD and you can pull them off to kill as needed. The super tank should have multiple healers in his party and do nothing to get hate on the mobs. Having an earth staff (and other damage reduction gear) helps a lot. Suggested kill order is MR, GK, HM, EV, TT. This is the method I personally used and it worked great. About kill order: The burn strat kills TT first because he is the most dangerous and the most squishy. You can do this with the kite strat to, if you need more room to kite. The other strats rely on the fact that TT will take himself out of the fight if you stay out of the arena so you can kill him last. The order on the others is based on the fact that MR and GK have pets. You do MR first because her pet is more trouble and she can sleep people. You save EV for last because multiple invincibles and a benediction combined with Spirits Within make her the most likely to wipe your party. Some people kill her first for this reason, but I prefer to only have her left when we get up after the wipe. On a wipe all the angels (pets should despawn if owner dead on wipe) will return to the arena (and full heal) so make sure to die outside of it (tractor will not work). After you win this fight, return to the unmarked target you started at for your reward (you can choose later).

15: The Sealed Shrine
After defeating all the Angels, enter the Shrine again from H-9 in the Gardens. You can skip this if you already have you Divine Might earring, since you entered the Shrine to get that. Next return to Norg and talk to Gilgamesh (the oak door again). Then return to the Ru'Aun Gardens and enter the Shrine again for another cutscene.

16: The Celestial Nexus
You will need sneak and invisible for this and many things also aggro magic so plan accordingly. Enter the Shrine of Ru'Avitau from I-6 entrance in Ru'Aun Gardens. Sneak (and invis?) then follow the path south to the branch at J-7 and go west. Continue west to the small room and H-7 with 2 monuments in it. Head south and then either east or west (hall circles around) to the small room at H-10. Head north from this room and down the stairs. You will continue north once past the stairs and walk thru 4 doors before reaching the Nexus. When ready enter the Nexus to fight. THIS IS A 6 PERSON FIGHT As usual, buffs wear on entery, so enter, buff and rest to full. Most balanced parties of 75s can handle this fight easily. To make this fight even easier, have everyone /NIN. The fight consists of 2 parts. Part one the boss will have armour and a pair of orbs gaurding him. You must destroy the armour before attacking him. The orbs can be killed, but just respawn so sleeping them is best (dark sleep better). If possible sleep them with single target spells to avoid mage getting hate on boss. Boss will cast AM and sleepga2 a lot so shadows and poison potions will be useful. Most of his TP moves are absorbed by multiple shadows so try to keep full shadows up if possible. At 66%, 33%, and 1% HP, he will do his super move called Phase Shift. It is absorbed by 2+ shadows, but does heavy AoE damage (up to 1300) plus Bind & Stun otherwise. There are 2 ways to deal with this part of the fight. If everyone (including mages) have Shadows then have the DDs 2hour the armour and just burn it down. It has about 10k HP. This will result in 3 Phase Shifts in quick succession so having shadows up is a must. If this is too risky, then just pound him down to 66% and let him Phase Shift. Give everyone a chance to heal up and repeat down to 33% and then again to 1%. Having a person that can stun sleepga2 will really help with this fight. BLU is good. Once the armour breaks then the boss will have about 2K HP and is fairly weak. Finish him off for a cutscene that will begin round 2. This version of the boss only has about 2500 HP, but has heavy melee resistance (75%?). He also likes to teleport around the arena and use a lot of spells. If in melee he attacks very rapidly. A BLM or a SMN are the best DDs for this part of the fight. Again /NIN on everyone will help because most of his spells and TP moves are absorbed by shadows. Even without a lot of magic DD, this fight should go fine as long as you can keep bind off the DDs and stun the ~ga spells. Again he likes Sleepga so poison potions will help. After he is defeated you will get a cutscene and appear in the Hall of the Gods.

17: Awakening
These 2 cutscenes can be done in either order. Return to Norg and talk to Gilgamesh (door at L-8). Return to Lower Jeuno and talk to Aldo (J-8 in Neptune's Spire)

Concluding Quests
There are several "Quests" that are really part of the ZM/CoP storyline. They are Storms of Fate, Shadows of the Departed, and Apocalypse Nigh. When these are completed, your mission log for both mission lines should read The Last Verse. I will add these Quests at the end of the CoP walk thru as you must finish that line before starting them. You do not have to finish ZM to do Storms of Fate, but must do so before progressing beyond that.

Chains of Promathia Missions
These "missions" are numbered screwy to me. I find the 1-1, 1-2, etc. to be pointless and confusing to the average player. I see people confused on what they need all the time on shouts. That said, CoP is by far my favorite mission set for challenge (It's good story too, but not my favorite). It's long. It's hard. It requires an actual commitment and you can't leech all the fights (which you can with pretty much every other mission set). I credit the level caps for this and I think all missions should have them (yeah I know lynch me now).

1-1 The Rites of Life
Enter Delkfutts Tower to get opening cut scene. Enter Upper Jeuno for next cut scene. While there talk to Monberaux (G-10) to complete step one.

1-2 Below the Arks
Head to Ru'Lude Gardens and talk to Pherimociel (G-6). Talk to Harith at H-5 (he doesn't say much). Go to any of the 3 crags (Mea, Dem, Holla) and check the shattered telepoint. This lets you into the Hall of Transference. Check the Machine on the left to enter the Promy area. These areas are 30 cap so dress accordingly. While there, you can farm Recollections. The ones you want are Pain, Fear, and Guilt. You can also buy these on the AH if you are lazy (or buy the finished product as well). When you exit the promy area, you can erase your memory of it by using one of the machines there. You must do this if you wish to enter a different promy before defeating this one. DO NOT erase your memory yet though. Return and talk to Harith again. He will now convert your recollections into anima (but not if your memory was erased). He charges 2,000 gil for this, but it is well worth it. After he offers to make anima you are free to erase you memory as needed. Anima is rare and if you trade a recollection for which you already have the anima, he will make the anima, but you will be unable to take it (or make any other trades) until you use/sell the one you have. I will discuss the use of these in the next section, but having a full set (1 of each) is never a bad thing. I recommend farming in Promy Holla since the majority of F1 drops are Pain and Fear, which are the 2 preferred anima.

1-3 The Mother Crystals
Commonly called Promys. This mission requires that you defeat each fo the 3 bosses inside the crags. These fights (and the areas leading to them) are all 30 cap. The fights themselves allow 6 people to enter. I recommend the following order: Dem, Mea, Holla. This is because I find Dem to be by far the easiest and Holla the most dangerous to an inexperienced group. You get a CS everytime you enter a unbeaten promy and a CS after each win. On the third win you will get a CS putting you on mission 2-1. I will talk about each boss separately, but first let review what to bring. Amina: Everyone should bring Hysteroanima and Psychoanima. Terroanima is optional, but not a bad idea if your main DDs are RNGs. Establish and order of use and stick to it. If you use a second anima of the same type before the first one wears it is wasted. However the mob can be affected by all 3 types at once. If everyone brought anima, then start the fight out by using it and go from there. If you are short some, then start out using Psycho and then start on hystero at about 60% since TP spam mode begins around 50% most fights (it gets really bad under 20%). Terro is for emergency use only. Psychoanima blocks all normal attacks from the mob for around 30 seconds. Hysteroanima blocks all TP moves from the mob for around 30 seconds. The mob will still ready these moves, but they will no be completed. Terroanima forces the mob to flee from the person that has hate for around 30 seconds. It can still attack if it get close to someone. Food/Meds: Hi-pots for the tank especially a PLD. Not bad for DDs either depending on healing. Ethers of some sort for SMNs to make sure you can astral 3 times if needed. Juice of some sort for all mages. MP+ Food for mages. ATT+ for DDs. DEF+ for PLD. However on Holla Melees should not eat food at all Climbing: Step one is to pick a promy. After you enter, each floor has increasingly dangerous enemies. It is generally wise to not fight more than you need to. Since they weakened the enemies and number present, it is now fine to fight as needed even on floor 4, but I would not suggest fighting more than 1 enemy at a time. Also note that on floor 3 there can be a NM that should be avoided by most 6 person parties. On each floor there are Memory Receptacle that you must fight to unlock the warp to the next floor. These are gaurded by weak mobs that spawn from the receptacle. You should kill all of these first then attack when everyone is ready (MRs do not aggro). During the fight DDs should use AoE Weeaponskills to kill any spawns or have a RNG pick them off. MRs do a heavy AoE knockback move, so melees should stand with their back to a pillar for the fight. Mages can stay out fo the AoE and then run in to heal after it goes off. Having stoneskin up not a bad idea either. Floor 1 has only one MR. Floors 2 & 3 each have 3 to choose from. The correct one is random. After you kill the MR the warp will only stay open a few minutes (if none appear move to another site), so raise (if needed) and go thru before resting. Mages should go thru first with DDs gaurding against the smaller mobs that may have spawned during the fight. Floor 4 just has an exit into the spire where you prepare for the real fight. Most people just have a NIN or /NIN (SMN can as well) train the mobs from the starting point to the spire. This relies on that person knowing the way (at least one of you should check out the maps online). You can just follow the wall (left or right works) to get to the MR/Spire, but if you do this be sure to go slow and safe and kill any aggros. Party: The ideal Party is SMNx6 or RNGx6 (2hour and done). However normal people can beat these easily with a balanced party. I would recommend the following: 2 Tank - WAR/NINx2, 1 Healer - WHM, 3 DDs - SMNs, RNGs, or WARs. Honestly, any combination will work as long as you have tank, healer, DDs. I'm just stating ideals. I think I have done Promy with people on all the jobs except DNC and SCH and I see both of them as being great for it. Everyone should be ready to 2hour, but you can do these fights easily without 2hours if everyone has anima. Bosses: DEM - This boss has high DEF, but really doesn't fight back much. He can do an AoE Para move, an AoE damage move, and a 200 HP drain (ignores shadows). However, his special move is called Fission. He can make up to 6 little copies of himself (1 at a time) to help fight. These can eat thru a blink tank quickly, but they have low HP. If you have a SMN (the more the better), they can kill all offspring with 1 Astral Flow (this also does 10-20% of the boss health). For this reason SMN is the best DD here. If you don't have one, assign another DD to engage them if they come. If anima use is consistant, they will never appear. MEA - This boss has high EVA and can hit fairly hard. I would definitely recommend a blink tank(and any melee DD should /NIN if they can). He can do a high damage/knockback AoE called carousel that is absorbed by shadows. He also has an AoE poison, an AoE slow/gravity, and a throatstab type move (reduce target to 5% HP and resets hate). SMN is still a great DD with Astral Flow, but a RNG using holy bolt and Eagle Eye Shot (does 20-30%) is nice too. If Anima not used correctly he will spam carousel toward the end and wipe your party. HOLLA - This boss can steal your buffs. Do not use protect/shell or DEF food on your tanks. His steal move will even steal shadows, so a PLD or maybe a WAR/MNK tank is best. If there are no buffs to steal the move drains 200 HP and he spams it if anima not properly used. He also can erase himself, do AoE Plague, and AoE damage. His worst move is AoE sleep/curse so bring poison potions for everyone. RNG is best DD here. If you are a SMN, you must unsummon your avatar if it is slept or any bloodpact used (including astral ones) will be lost. Also, it is best to cast an ~ga spell before Eagle Eye Shot or Astral Flow if the boss has absorb any shadows. Fight: The general idea is to plan to 2hour. As I said, with anima this is not needed, but makes for much safer and faster fights. If you really want to blitz all 3 quickly though, bring and apply anima (everyone) and just chip them down. Anima can buy you 3+ minutes of the mob not fighting back so go nuts on it and save you 2hours for holla (the most dangerous). If you use WAR/NINs, they can Mighty Strikes to start the fight, since this helps them hold hate and does damage. MNKs (and other melee DDs) should wait until hate is established before they 2hour. They should also wait for the first hysteroanima to be used since they may generate a lot of TP in the mob (especialy MNK) and their 2hour is wasted if they get slept (holla) or die from hate (mea). As stated above, SMN can do 10-20% per astral flow pact. I generally astral around 50%, but if you have SMNx2 (or more, do it as soon as hate is established and repeat every minute. Fight should end before (or on) your 3rd one.  Notes for SMNs: Use the avatar strong on the day you are fighting, Make sure avatar is awake (holla), Make sure hate is steady so the target will not move, and Make sure you have at least 60MP.  Obviously Terroanima is very bad for SMNs.  I also would prefer not to fight on light or dark day, but if you do use an elemental avatar (Carby is weak attacker, Some people like Fenrir for howling moon - I don't, Diabolos should never be used for astral pacts due to the nature of Ruinous Omen).  If you are using RNGs as your main DD, as stated above Eagle Eye Shot does 20-30%.  This is great as a finish move, but obvious generates a lot of hate.  RNG should always bring a terroanima for use if EES fails to kill the mob.  Obviously, if you have both RNG and SMN DDs, you would be better served to let the SMNs astral flow early in the fight and have the RNGs finish the damage at the end. If using BLM as DD, they should apply a terroanima and then manafont when they think they can finish the fight. I recommend using the element of the day for this as a SMN would. Again, they should go after the SMN since they are using terroanima and this will render the SMN useless. WHM should always bring reraise in case of a wipe prior to use of the 2hours and a Terroanima to use in case benediction is needed. The main thing about the fight (and this is always true of any situation) is to not panic. Bad things can happen, mistakes can be made, mobs can get in lucky hits, and if you all stay focused you can still win. Also I can't say this enough, bring anima. It's cheap (especially if you farm it) and highly effective.

2-1 An Invitation West
After defeating all three Promy areas, you will recieve a cut scene that ends with you in Lufaise Meadows. You may now access this area thru the Swirling Vortex at I-9 in Valkrum Dunes. You may also use the Swirling Vortex at E-6 in Qufim Island (it's way back in the cave by the tower) to acess Misareaux Coast. The Coast is a higher aggro area, so if crossing with a mid level job you may get aggro. Meadows should stop aggro by level 50. Orc & Giga are sight, Bugards are sound, Bombs are sight and magic (they only spawn during fog). Fomor are sound and blood (they only spawn at night). If you have not killed any fomor they are not aggressive at all.

2-2 The Lost City
After the previous cut scene head for the Tavnazian Safehold. The fast route is to head west at every chance. The zone is at F-10 in Meadows. Once you are in the Safehold, head south to the main room with the bridge across it. While you are here you should take the time to do the quest Unforgiven for the map to the Safehold, Meadows, and Coast. It is on the way to the CoP cut scenes anyway. The Nomad Moggles are thru the hall to the West before you cross the bridge (the map quest starts in the hall to the west after you cross the bridge). Cross the bridge and you will see a ramp heading up on the east. On the second floor, head east and south to the walnut door at K-10 (this one will open, the other one wiil not). If you are doing the map quest, the ??? for that is right here as well. Once you go thru the door, talk to Despachiaire, then return to the ground floor (and finish your map quest). If you head west from the ramp when you reach the groud level you will see a ramp leading down. Go down this and head North to the Sewer Entrance and check it for a cut scene. You can either enter or not as you choose. If you do enter, you can exit with nothing negative happening.

2-3 Distant Beliefs
THIS AREA IS 40 CAP. Once you have a party organized, enter the the aqueducts to find the minotaur. 2 BSTs can use familar on the larger slimes in this area to kill him although Mortal Ray can cause problems. A normal party should include a WHM (for cursna), a NIN (who can tank facing away from the mob) and then as many DDs as you feel you need for the fight. A couple MNKs, SMNs, WARs, etc. that can spike damage with 2hours round this out nicely. You can bring an entire alliance, so no need to skimp on DDs. Just remember to bring healers for them. Personally, I do not like having Range DDs for this fight, since hate outside of melee generally results in a draw-in followed by a TP move. If you have a fairly good party, you can kill your way to the fight. In this area, only slimes (sound) and Taurus (true-sight) will aggro unless you have fomor hate. If you have killed any fomor in the tavazian regions, I would strongly recommend clearing this hate by killing beastmen &/or Taurus before doing this mission. If you do not have a THF, you will need to kill fomor for a key for this mission, so after obtaining the key, reset hate. If you do have hate fomor will aggro to sound and blood with the range increasing based on your hate level. The easiest way to do this mission is to have the main group wait at the start and have 1 person (who knows the way) go to where the minotaur lives. This person should have reraise as they will need to pass thru several rooms with taurus mobs (this is why some people prefer killing their way thru). One thing to note about this ara is that it contains ladders which you have to click on AND say yes I want to climb up (you can just drop off coming down). Taurus mobs can "see" up these ladders so be careful near the tops. The actual climb is in cut scene, but it will not drop hate if you are being chased. The path: From the start, sneak (slimes) and take the first right then the first left (wrong way quickly dead-ends). You will come to a room with 3 taurus and a ladder on the far side. People farm these a lot so you may have a clear path. Once up the ladder on the far side take the next right. You will come to another taurus room. When safe, drop into it and head north into a hall there. This hall leads to another large room with Taurus and at least 1 slime (need sneak again). Also some fomor here. You need to exit this room by the ladder in the northwest corner (this is the trickiest part if you send one guy). Once up that ladder, take the first right (may need sneak) and follow the hallways to another drop into a taurus room (fomor also). When safe drop down and head north. A NM taurus can pop in this room and if the minotaur fight goes well you can kill it after. Once in this hallway, stop and make sure everyone is ready. Buffs, food, not AFK, NOT FIGHTING, etc. Then go north to the end of the hall (short hall) and west until the hall goes north again. Looking north you should see the minotaur. At this point feel free to write SE and describe your deep disappointment that they have no idea what a minotaur looks like. As you approach the Minotaur, he will use draw-in on EVERYONE in your alliance who is anywhere in the aqueducts. Also anything you are currently fighting will be drawn-in with you. Minotaur is a taurus mob and uses all the normal moves. The 2 most dangerous ones are Mow (AoE damage and poison, both fairly strong) and Mortal Ray (single target death). Mortal Ray only works if you face the taurus, so always unlock targeting and be ready to turn away. Also, it has a timer once you are hit so it is possible to recover. You need to have cursna or holy water used on you. Both can be resisted though, so WHM should cast as many times as he can and spamming holy waters is not a bad idea (although costly). They say the removal rate is about 1/3-1/4, however personally, it seems more like 1/10 based on what I have seen and done. Once the minotaur is dead, get EVERYONE out of the room. Anyone dead needs to be raised, tractored, or home point (you can still complete if you homepoint AFTER he dies). Rest in the hall out of sight of the minotuar room. He respawns fairly fast (under 5 minutes easily) and if he can still see anyone, everyone will get drawn-in again for a new fight (if you die and have to home point, the first win still counts), which will generate good feeling amoung the rest of the party I'm sure (I know it has the 2 times I've seen it happen). After resting to full, you are ready for the second half of the this mission. Head back across the the taurus room and up the ladder. Follow hall back to the branch at H5 (this is where you need to come back to if you had to homepoint, so see above for instructions from start) and continue West. After a bend to the south you will come to another ladder into a big room. There are Taurus here so be careful dropping down. From ladder head south into the next hall. Follow that to a gate. Make sure you do NOT drop off the ledge by the gate or you will have to run back around a long way to get back up. Open the gate using the bronze key that you farmed or a THF with tools. A THF does not have to be 40 to pick this gate, but usually uses more tools if he is not. The lowest I have seen trying this was 37, but I'm sure lower than that could given time and tools or luck. When gate opens go thru fast. If not everyone gets thru, it will open from the inside. There will be a Taurus mob in this hall. You can kill it with a balanced party (assuming tank is watching mortal ray closely, but if you prefer to not risk it, have a SMN call Garuda, use aeriel armour, and sick her on it. The party can run by to the ladder at the end of the hall.  Going up the ladder will break aggro.  There are 3 fomor at the ladder so use sneak if you have hate.  They aggro as a party, so tricky to fight depending on your numbers.  You should get a brief Cut Scene at the ladder.  Once up the ladder, head north.  There will be 2 Taurus mobs in this hall.  It's easiest to kill them, but if for some reason you are doing the low numbers approach, have the SMN use garuda again (PLD or THF can do this with their 2hr or a BST with a pet).  The person drawing the taurus mobs off will die this time (except maybe the BST), so see below for where to run.  At the end of the hall is a door leading into a room full of fomor, so have sneak if you have hate. The fomor here are all in a party, so I advise against fighting unless you have a lot of people. In this room go straight forward to the opposite wall then right and back to the west wall (you entered from the west). There is a ??? in the bookshelf here that opens a hidden door in the south wall. Run into the hidden hallway and wait there. If the person doing the sac pull needs the mission this is where they should die. In this hall you will find 10 oil lamps. The farthest on each end opens the hidden door on that end. The other 8 each have an element written on them when you click on them. You have to click on the correct 2 to open the hidden door in the middle of the hallway leading west. If anyone gets thru the door, if can be easily opened from the inside. The correct 2 depend on the day. Have everyone stand still and don't touch anything. Then have 2 people hit the switches. They need to be hit almost exactly at the same time, so using the in-game clock can help. You must hit the element matching the current day AND the element which is weak on the current day. Order is Fire>Ice>Wind>Earth>Thunder>Water>Fire>Etc. On Light or Dark day you must hit the Light and Dark lamps. Some people claim this can be soloed, but I have not seen it successfully done, so always bring at least 2 people (You probably had more than that to kill the minotaur anyway right?). At the end of this hall is another gate. Touch it for a cut scene then head back to the safehold. Most people will tele/warp/escape out, but if you want to walk, here is the path. First while you are here, check the 2 rooms on either end of the hall for random ???s. If you get lucky you will get the map of this area. Note the the door to the south is one-way, so leave a person to let you back in. Also both rooms have fomor so sneak if you have hate. Once you get the map (or decide it's not there) go into the north room and click the ??? in the shelf by the east wall. This opens a door in the east wall. Enter. Sneak (undead) and then drop down hole. Head south past first turn and then east at H9. North at next turn will bring you to a gate. it opens from this side so go thru and head east. There are taurus here so watch out. Once in hall, follow it to the next room. There are taurus here and a ladder to go up (directly south of hall). Once up ladder head west to first branch and go south. Follow this hall to another drop in to a room with 3 taurus (this is the one people farm). Once past this room, sneak (slimes), and take a right then a left. Following this will bring you back to the exit. Once in the safehold, head to the second floor and talk to Justinus at J-6 to complete this mission.

2-4 An Eternal Melody
Once you talk to Justinus check the Walnut Door up the ramp from him at K-7. There are 2 walnut doors so make sure you get the right one. The one for cut scenes does not open and is the closer of the 2. The other one lead into Despachiaire quarters (K-9/10). After this cut scene head the Misareaux Coast (the G-6 exit is the fastest from safehold). Go to the gate at I-11 and check it for a cut scene. Then return to the safehold and cross the bridge in the main area of the first floor for another cut scene that will end this mission.

2-5 Ancient Vows
Commonly called the Mammet fight. BOTH the fight AND the area to get to the fight are 40 CAP. Head to F-7 in Misareaux Coast and check the dilapidated gate. Once inside, head to the Spatial displacement and enter Riverne Site A01. At this point you will be capped at level 40 so plan accordingly. Head North to the the first spatial displacement and enter. From there head west and south. It is important to remember that Hippogryphs are True sight mobs and that drakes are sight. Avoid the hippogryphs (although if you aggro some and they drop tailfeathers, save those for later). When you come to the area with the drakes, you will need to farm 2 Giant Scales. They drop about 50%. The only real concern is not linking extra Drakes or Aggroing hippogryphs, since the drakes can be dangerous on their own. Make sure you keep the tanks and mages unsilenced and you should do fine though. The first group of drakes is the lowest level so easier to farm. Scales are not rare, so having 1 person hold them is fine. After you have the scales proceed west. Follow the wall on your right to G-10. You will go pass on Unstable Displacemt before reaching the correct one. When everyone is ready, trade 1 scale to the unstable displacement at G-10. Once traded, everyone has about 30-45 seconds to enter before it closes, so be ready. Once thru, invis. This isle has bomb clusters so remember they aggro sight AND magic. Head west along the north side of the island. You will pass one spatial displacement before reaching the correct one at E-10. If invis is wearing it should be safe to recast it by the first displacement. At E-10 trade one giant scale to the unstable displacement and enter. Again remember there is a time limit so make sure everyone is ready. The next island has a bunch of hippogryphs on it. You can fight them if you want, but it is really better to avoid them. The spatial displacement you want is on the northeast corner of the island (the one on the northwest is for a quest if you are helping someone else repeat this - Confessions of a Bellmaker). Once thru the displacement head forward to the last displacement and enter Monarch Linn. This area is uncapped so you can use potion/ether tanks, etc. You will be capped again when you enter the fight and have all buff except food removed. Enter the fight and get the cut scene. It's one of the best in my opinion so enjoy it and then exit the fight so it won't count against your timer. The fight itself is against 3 Mammet mobs. They can shift jobs during combat so I will review each jobs they have. If you bring yellow liquids, using one will lock that mammet in it's current form for roughly 30 seconds. They sell cheap so bringing some doesn't hurt and you get more back during the fight since they drop from the mammets themselves. Other than that, Hi-potions are nice, as are Jackolanterns for NINs, Juice for casters, and tacos for PLDs. Mammets' job and moves are determined by their current weapon. Polearm: This is a good form to lock them in. It hits fairly hard, but is slower and does not do any nasty AoE TP moves. Staff: This is not a bad form either IF you silence it. Otherwise it will cast a lot of ~ga spells that are a pain for NINs and healers. Still no really nasty TP moves, but if you have a BLM as DD be warned that PSYCHOMANCY is AoE Aspir (healers beware too) and MIND WALL makes all spells heal the mammet. Sword: Never lock it in sword on purpose. It will be constantly using hi damage AoE TP moves that will mess you up. Hands: This form is not bad fighting, but never lock it in this form because of one move. TRANSMOGRIFICATION converts all physical damage into healing. If you see it use this move, everyone must disengage or you will heal it to full fairly fast. Remember, the only way for a mammet to gain HP is for you to heal it, so if you see it's HP going up, STOP HIITTING IT. The effect lasts about 30 seconds. The typical set up is 3 NIN tanks (1 for each Mammet) and 3 WHM healers (1 for each NIN). Fight spread out and just slowly kill them all. You can use a PLD to replace a NIN if needed and you can also replace a WHM with RDM, SCH, BLM, or SMN. I have not tried DNC on this fight, but it might work as well. If you are using a tank other than NIN (or maybe PLD) make sure they bring lots of Hi-potions. Another great way to do this fight if you can't find 3 tanks is to kite 1-2 mammets while you kill them 1 at a time. The best kiter for this fight is BST. Just sic your pet on one then recall and you can kite it long enough for the rest of the party to kill 1 mammet easily. I really good BST can kite 2 mammets if needed, but it's not easy. If using the kite method, have the tank get first aggro and then let he kiters pull off of him. The final method is the super tank method. A well geared PLD can probably run in and get sight aggro on all of them. Then stand there and get beat on while the mages keep him alive until the melees can kill the mammets 1 at a time. I have never tried this as I prefer the kiting method, but I would suggest the melees 2hour the first mammet to make this easier. This fight does not require 2hours to win, but as long as you watch out for trasnmogrify they make it go much faster. The first time you win this fight, you will appear in South Gustaberg (repeats appear in Monarch Linn). You also get 1000 XP for being alive when the fight is won (repeats get this also). Head to Bastok for the next Mission.

3-1 The Call of the Wyrm King
After last fight, you arrive in South Gustaberg (out towards the light house). Head North and you should come to Bastok (Mines). Once in the city, head to Port and approach the Airship Building. A cutscene will trigger as you walk up to the building if you come from the Markets side. If you come from the MH side it will trigger as walk away towards the Markets zone. Once you get the cutscene, head thru Markets to the Metalworks and talk to Cid (H-8 upper level) for another cutscene.

3-2 A Vessel Without a Captain
After talking to Cid, head to Jeuno. Click on the door to the Tenshodo for a cutscene. For those that don't know the Tenshodo is in the back of the Neptune's Spire in Lower Jeuno (I-7). Then head to Ru'Lude Gardens and approach the Audience Chamber (H-7) for another cutscene.

3-3 The Road Forks
This part of the Mission contains 2 Paths. You may do either path first or can be working on both paths at once, but the steps in each path must be done in order within that path. There is no real advantage to doing both paths at the same time and which is easier depends on where your home nation is. I will therefore describe each path separately randomly selecting the Sandy path first. On both paths make sure you get the right conversations from the NPCs as they are also involved in quests. I would talk to each several times to be safe. SANDY PATH: Zone into Northern San d'Oria for a cutscene. Go to the Catherdral there and talk to Arnau (giving the sermon in main room). Then talk to Chasalvige in the Manuscript Room (room on left as you enter cathedral). From there head to Jugner and enter Carpenter's Landing from the cave at E-6. Proceed to H-10 and find Guilloud. Talking to him will trigger a fight, so be ready before you do (Some people have reported him giving other conversation first, but I never have seen this). Fight is against a Morbol NM. Easy Duo at 75 (most jobs could solo as /NIN or /WHM), however if doing this at 40, you will want a full party minimum since Morbol are nasty. After fight, Talk to Guillond again and then head to Southern San d'Oria. Talk to Hinaree (B-6) to finish this path. WINDY PATH: (or as I call it "Why I hate taru")  Zone into Windurst Waters for cutscene. Head to the south map and talk to Ohbiru-Dohbiru (J-9) in the Rhinostery. Go to Windurst Walls and talk to Yoran-Oran (E-5) for a cutscene. Go to Windurst Waters Tavern and talk to Kyume-Romeh (F-10) for another cutscene. Go to south map of Windurst Waters and talk to Honoi-Gomoi (E-7 upper floor) for a key item. Talk to Yoran-Oran again. Head to Tahrongi Canyon and enter the Maze of Shakhrami at K-5. Go north thru Maze to Attohwa Chasm at F-5. Talk to Jakaka by enterance to get a Flaxen Pouch (this is optional for doing ENM here later). Head East thru caves into the open area on the eastern side of the chasm. From there head north and circle around the area (avoiding caves) until you reach K-8. You will find "loose sand". Kill any Antlion mobs in the area. Again most 75s can easily solo this (they need a quick way to get hate though), but if you are level 40 you will need at least a full party. Click the sand to spawn a NM antlion. The fight is pretty straight forward except for one minor detail. Everytime the antlion does a TP move it resets all hate, deaggros, and heads back for the sand. If allowed to touch the sand, he is instantly back to full HP. Therefore, it is best to pull him away from the sand as much as possible (thus clearing the other antlions before fighting). He runs back to the sand very quickly, so someone must be able to get hate on him quickly every time he uses a TP move. Fight can turn into a long frustrating exercise (but it's not the worst part of this path). Once he dies, check sand again for key item. You now have 1 hour to reach the top of the mountain. If you fail, you lose the key item and must check sand again (you also lose item if you logoff, which allows you to reset the hour if you are feeling slow). If you return later you can get the key item without the fight as long as no one in your party need the fight. Level 75s will not get aggro during this, but lower levels will want to sneak for the antlions and scorpions. From sand head right around the corner there to K-9. You will be at the base of a trail leading up the mountain. You can fall off the trail easily and if you do, you will have to restart most likely. Climb takes about 15 minutes if you are somewhat familiar with it, but can take a lot longer if unguided on a first run. There are Miasma Vents that will block your path from time to time. Some are permanent. Some are temporary. At each vent wait for about a minute. If it goes away, continue on that path. If it is permanent, drop off the edge at that point. Be very careful to land on the ledge below rather than falling to the ground. From the new ledge continue on. Here is the quick version of the climbing guide (see link on main page for full version). First 3 forks go up, then straight (north) to temp vent. Continue past vent across bridge to permanent vent. Drop down, go forward, and drop off end. Go North at first fork to permanent vent and drop again. Head up bone path and take the right forks to what looks like a dead end. Walk as far up and over on the cliff as you can (must get past rock before dropping) and continue to temp vent. Continue west and again drop past a large rock. Continue west and cross another bone path to a permanent vent. Drop down (this is trickest) and hug mountain until you can go up (this is where most people fall). Go up until you find another temp vent. Once past it, cross more bones. At the end of the bones carefully drop off end (last drop). You will come to one more temp vent, but just continue to the right until you find the cradle of rebirth. Check it for 3 key items (if you brought the flaxen pouch trade it to the cradle an then return the item you get to Jakaka). Return to Windurst Walls and talk to Yoran-Oran. Go to Port Windurst and talk to Yujuju (M-6) by Airship Building. Go to Windurst Waters north map and talk to Tosuka-Porika (G-8) at the Optistery. Go back to Windurst Walls and talk to Yoran-Oran to finish this path. Once BOTH paths are complete, head back to Bastok and talk to Cid for final cutscene.

3-4 Tending Aged Wounds
After talking to Cid, head to Lower Jeuno for a cutscene. Then check the Tenshodo Door there for a second cutscene.

3-5 Darkness Named
After cutscenes go to Upper Jeuno and talk to Monberaux (G-10). Then back to Tenshodo and talk to Ghebi Damomohe (the clerk in the front). You need to trade her a chip from Pso'Xja. Chips are Ex so you have ot farm your own. If you are not 75, the easiest place to farm is the tower at F-7 in Glacier. The Diremites close to the enterance drop a chip and they are midlevel. At 40 probably need a full party though. At 75 I prefer the tower at G-9. Killing mimics is easy and has the highest drop rate. Also check the quest A Reputation in Ruins before heading there (need jeuno cutscene). If you get a florid stone from the diremites, trade that to the same person as the chip. It if for ENM access here. After trading the chip (Carmine, Gray, or Cyan), you get 500 gil and a key item. THIS AREA AND FIGHT ARE LEVEL 40 CAP After gearing as needed, head back to the glacier and enter the tower at H-8 (right by the outpost if you warp out). If you know the way you can just run thru here without sneak or invisible as you will "zone" at intervals to shed aggro (if you are unsure use both at the start). You must walk thru red & black shimmering walls to "warp" to different areas in this tower. Each time will remove sneak and invisible so don't waste oil/powder after the first one (the first warp is the only really long run). The order of the warps is red, black, red, black. After the last one, sneak and go down the elevator. During ice weather it doesn't hurt to invis as well (bombs). From elevator run forward to the "T" and go left to door. Go thru and enter the uncapped rest area before the fight (fight is capped still). Once everyone is ready, enter the fight (6 people only). Once inside, buff, rest MP, then run down hall to actual arena. You will be above Diabolos and he will not aggro until you attack or drop down. The key to this fight is not to panic. He has some annoying moves, but the capped version isn't a big deal (Prime fight sucks, but that's a different topic). Best set up is Tank (I prefer NIN, but PLD is fine), WHM (almost a must for this fight), Stunner (DRK only for me. BLU is not reliable enough), and then any other 3 (mainly DDs, but buffer or assisting healer good too). On main page there is a map of the tiles that are safe to stand on. I say safe because random tiles will fall away during the fight and if you fall you will be killed by uncapped diremites under the arena. I prefer tanking Diabolos where he starts with the mages opposite there and any range DD to the side. Let the tank go in first and establish hate (Diabolos will use Draw-In at the startof the fight). DDs should go easy on the damage until hate is set. WHM needs to stay alert for sleepga and cast curaga immediately (DDs using poison potions is not a bad idea). Stunner has 1 job and only 1 job. As DRK you may want to do more DD, but you are only there to stun Nightmare. Nightmare will sleep the party and inflict heavy Bio damage per tick. Poison potions will not wake you up either. Only being hit or cured will. All DDs and especially the tank should bring a few Hi-potions to help keep hate off the main healer. If positioned correctly, the WHM will not be slept with nightmare, if the stunner misses, and can curaga just like a regular sleepga. Benediction should be used if to full heal (and remove the bio) only when needed to save a life. I've never lost this fight (yet) and have survived fights where nightmare landed 3 times. I think most loses are due to panic over nightmare or fear of using Benediction. Benediction usually doesn't get hate either since the DRK or the tank will have really pissed diabolos off by then. My perfect set up would be NIN, WHM, DRK, DRK, RNG, RDM. RDM would spam Dispel to get rid of phalanx (spam because diabolos has absorb all). Perfect set up aside, any tank, heal, stun, 3dd set up will work. Mages should of course bring refresh drinks. After fight you get 1000 XP (if alive) and a cutscene. (If helping more than 6, you will need to exit the tower and run back thru to get to the fight again.) Return to Monberaux to finish this mission. You now also have access to Dreamworld Dynamis and the Diabolos Prime Quest.

4-1 Sheltering Doubt
Go to Tavnazian Safehold for a cutscene. At this point the Auction House there will be available. It is in the same section as the nomad moogles on floor 1, just on other end of the hallway. You may also now do the supply quest for this area when you country owns it. Having the outpost warp to here will be helpful for the rest of the missions. After entering the safehold go to the top and talk to Despachiaire (K-10). Then Justinus (J-6). After the talking head out to Misareaux Coast (first right is best exit) and check the gate at I-11 for cutscene ending this mission.

4-2 The Savage
THIS AREA AND FIGHT ARE BOTH LEVEL 50 CAP Return and talk to Justinus again (optional for story). Then gear up and head to the Riverne at F-7 Misareaux Coast. You can now enter either site A or site B. Enter Site B for a cutscene and to continue this mission. (You can also now do the quest Go! Go! Gobmuffin! if you want the map to Riverne areas.) For this mission you need to have 1 giant scale from the drakes here or in site A.  Once you enter proceed forward and use the spatial displacement. Once thru you should find a group of drakes in front of you. Kill them until you have a scale. If you proceed past the drakes you will find some hippogryphs. The item used in this fight is called a Mistmelt. You can buy them on the AH under goldsmithing, but if none are up (or you prefer to farm like I do) you must kill hippogryphs (either riverne site works as will Grauberg [S]) for their tailfeathers (you can also check to see if any feathers are up for sale under clothcraft). To turn feathers into melts you must trade 2 tailfeathers to Ferchinne at G-9 on floor 1 of Tavnazian Safehold. Melts are not rare or exclusive so take as many was you like. I would recommend at least 3 for my strategy, but since they are easily sold back after the fight, I would take as many as you can farm or buy feathers for (good profit buying feathers and selling melts). Having 6 is a good plan and allows for accidents. Once you have the melts and the giant scale enter Riverne Site B (assuming you farmed melts and had to come back) and proceed back to where you were killing the drakes. Use invisible (for drakes & bombs) and sneak (for morbols) as needed (remember hippogryphs are truesight and bombs aggro magic). Proceed west then north to the displacement at J-7. Once thru the first displacement continue northwest to next displacement (ignore displacement to northeast). Continue northwest to next displacement. It is unstable and will require the giant scale, so make sure everyone is ready before trading. Once thru, head west to next displacement at F-6. From there head south along hte edge to first displacement you come to. Once thru that one, continue south to entrance of Monarch Linn. This is the uncapped resting area before the fight. Enter the arena and enjoy the cutscene. Once it ends exit and get ready for the fight. All buffs will be removed on entering as usual. Fight is 6 person only. Enter. Buff. Fight. Enemy for this fight is a great wyrm Ouryu. He is earth element, so do not fight on earthday (windday is best). There are 2 preferred strategies for this fight, but a "normal" party set up can win with enough melts. The hard part is when he flies up no melee can hit him and all of his attacks do more damage. Also when he lands he does damage to those around him. Mistmelts force him to land immediately and negate all landing damage. You only have to get him to about 30% before he will quit so plan accordingly. He also uses invincible at some point so melees need to watch for that so weaponskills and or 2hours are not wasted on it. A lot of his moves are blocked by shadows, but I would still prefer a PLD tank because of his high damage output. My ideal set up would be SMNx6. One Windday, Garuda can easily tank him even if only one SMN in the group. Astral Flow then Aerial Blast does 700-800 easily and in a party with 2 or more SMNs the fight is resolved quickly. The other main strategy is to use BLMx6 and alternate using Freeze and Sleep2 until his dies. This is also highly effective. Throwing a WHM in to alternate repose with sleep makes it even better because resists build slower. For those of you without acces to 6 SMNs or 6 BLMs, just bring a lot of mistmelts and chip him down slowly (or in chunks with your 2hours). As I said, if given the choice of BLM or SMN I take SMN. Only need 1 in the party and you will win if you have 3-4 melts. SMN should have at least 1 MP recovery item and a refresh, so he can aerial blast all 3 times (use elemental siphon as well). Having dispel helps as well, becaue the Wyrm will start the fight fully buffed (inculding protect, shell, and stoneskin). Important notes about his attacks. Most are forward facing cones so melee him from the sides. Mages can easily be one hit by his breath attack. Wyrms really hate being attacked from behind so don't. If someone behind the wyrm gets hate he will likely use spike flail. This is absorbed by shadows (take 3 I think), but everyone else will be dead. It will do over 1000 damage (easily over) to everyone in the arena. At 50 cap only galkas have a chance to survive that most times. He also has a dispel all move that removes food as well as buffs. Once you win you will exit the far side of Monarch Linn (you can return to the start if you are helping more than 6 do this). Everyone surviving will get 1500 XP for the win. Return to Tavnazian Safehold and talk to Justinus to finish this mission.

4-3 The Secrets of Worship
THIS AREA IS LEVEL 50 CAP Talk to Justinus (until he quits saying new things) then check the walnut door above him for a cutscene. After the cutscene gear up for 50 cap again and head back to Misareaux Coast (second exit faster this time) and go to the gate at G-4. You will get another cutscene when you enter Sacarium thru the gate. (You may start the quest Paradise, Salvation, and Maps now also if you want the map here.) Someone should have a printout (or be able to check online) for the map here, because it has a maze section that changes based on the day. All mobs here aggro sound except the Taurus (truesight) and most also aggro blood, so plan accordingly. Once you exit the south part of the maze follow the hall to the first branch and set up camp in the short hallway to the room there. You will be killing fomor here for a coral crest key. If you also want to farm subligar you can (any of the fomor in sacarium will drop the key), but make sure everyone knows you are farming subligar before you start as that can take a lot longer. Access to the Sacarium also means you can do Swift Belt runs so if you do that, get a key then. You should plan to get 2 keys (mission can be done with one, but easier with 2). Once you get the 2 keys leave the area and start killing orcs and gigas in the tavnazian areas. You are doing this to resest fomor hate. This is optional, but makes this horrible mission much easier. The swift belt fight requires capped fomor hate, so doing that first (it also resets hate) might benefit some. Also killing Taurus mobs helps with fomor hate (and they drop the pop item for the swift belt). To check hate level talk to Resauchamet in the safehold (K-6 above Justinus). All kills by party count both for and against hate. Once everyone (no point in doing this if you don't all reset hate) has no hate (Resauchamet will say you have "a fairly good head start" in addition to his normal doom and gloom stuff), return to Sacarium and exit maze to the south again. Fomor will now only aggro if attacked so sneak only needed for skeletons and gazers in the maze (unless you get lost). Head east until you come to the corner gaurded by a Taurus. You can kill (risky because of doom from Mortal Ray) or just wait until he turns to run past. Head north from Taurus. You will come to 2 hallways leading east. Each will have 6 really weak skeletons in it that will not aggro. Kill all 12 (if you don't they link with the NM and just cause problems). At the end of the hall is a large room with some bats, Taurus, and a NM Corse (giant skeleton in case you have not met one before) named Kermet. Camp in either hall and pull the NM. It's a pretty normal fight (if you killed the skeletons first), but watch out for charm. Should be no need to 2hour on this. MNKs, of course, easily beat up this mob. He drops a Sea Lion Crest Key. Make sure a different person gets this than the 2 coral keys. This is a permanent item (unlike the coral keys), so if you know someone with one, you can skip this fight. Once you have the 2 coral keys and the sea lion key, continue north to the next Taurus corner. Head west there to the door at H-7. Have one person with a coral key and the person with the sea lion key stand by the door and everyone else stand back. Have the person with the coral key trade it to the SMALL keyhole and the person with the Sea Lion key trade to the LARGE keyhole. This must be done in order and within a few seconds of each other. If done corrctly, the door opens and everyone can run thru (it can be opened from the inside so only one has to get thru. The person holding the coral key will be frozen for a short time and the key will break (so don't panic).  Note that the key will break either way so be sure to do it right.  Once everyone one is thru the door take the first right (west) and check the gate at the end of the hallway for a cutscene.  If you have extra people (and no extra key) you can leave a person here to open the door after the fight (they can get the key item once the other people are there to trade off on door duty), but if you had 2 keys take everyone for the fight.  Each room that comes off the east/west running hallways contains a ??? at the teacher's desk.  Which one triggers the fight moves randomly, so you just have to check them until you get it (note that if you drop off the ledge in the northern hall you have to go thru the maze to get back to the room in the south and the door to finish the mission). All the rooms contain multiple fomor, so if you didn't rest hate you will have to either clear the room (takes a large group because of repop times) or pull the mobs into the hall (and be very careful not to get into aggro range during fight). Overall it's just much eaiser to have no hate. Note that using Area effect attacks in the room full of non aggro fomors will result in them attacking you so don't. The mob that pops is a ghost (the Professor) and 2 small ghosts (pupils). Only the professor needs to die (and the other 2 just resummon anyway). Best set up is to have 2 tanks. One for the professor and one for the pupils (I prefer PLD as main and NIN for the pupils). 1 Healer and then the rest DDs to kill the professor. WHM is good for banish on ghosts. The only hard part of this fight is that they can randomly teleport around the room (which breaks target lock), but just keep fighting and you will be fine. Also healer(s) should stay away from main fight to avoid sleepga from the professor (use posion potions if this really bothers you). If fighting the professor in the hallway, use the same stategy except do not follow him into the room when he teleports. Just wait for him to return to fight you. Using the dual tank method a party of 6 can win this fight reliably without 2hours. However, if you have a BST (2 can duo this), grab one of the blubbereyes (past the taurus mobs) and Familiar it for great damage. Once professor dies examine the ??? again for a key item. You can get this item as long as you do not zone after the fight (tractor counts as zoning, which is another reason to reset hate). Return to the coral/sealion door and use your second coral key to enter in the same manner as th first time. Check the same gate for another cutscene to end the mission. Once everyone is thru the cutscene you can walk out (or teleport, escape, etc.) or farm subligar.

4-4 Slanderous Utterings
Return to Tavnazian Safehold and talk to Despachiaire (K-10 top floor). Go the basement and zone into the Sea Lion Den. Check gate there for cutscene. Talk to Despachiaire again. This ends the required part of the mission, but for more story, talk to Parelbriaux (K-7) then head to Northern San d'Oria and talk to Chasalvige (L-6) then Port San d'Oria and talk to Anoki (H-6). The entire sandy thing is a wild goose chase, but I like to get all the story.

5-1 The Enduring Tumult of War
Zone into Port Bastok to start Chapter 5. Head to Metalworks and talk to Cid again. Head to Beaucedine Glacier and enter the tower at F-7 (commonly called the Nue Tower) for a cutscene. Follow the hall to the first room and go straight across to the stone door. Checking the door will trigger a NM golem. He does not have a huge amount of HP, but does regen at 100 per tick. Most 75 DDs can solo him using spike damage, but a full party of 50s (maybe more) will be needed if you are doing this at the earliest level (next fight is 50 cap). Once the golem dies, you can pass thru the door at anytime by clicking on it. Once thru the door you will find an elevator. It is safer to use sneak before riding the elevator as you will pass mobs that aggro sound and magic on the way down. However, often you can ride with no aggro so your choice. At bottom is a short hallway to another stone door. Click it to get a cutscene and enter Promyvion - Vahzl and finish this mission. Note the Promyvion- Vahzl will be level 50 cap so you should be prepared for that.

5-2 Desires of Emptiness
THIS AREA AND FIGHT ARE LEVEL CAP 50. As with the other Promy climbs having a map accessible helps, but is not required. The basic climb strategy is the same. Stay together, try not to fight unless forced (and never link), follow the outer wall to find targets (only if no map). You still have to kill Memory Receptacles to unlock the warps up. They are still random as to if they are real or fake. Review the other promy notes for strategy. Here I will go over the new features. Floor 1: No change. Floor 2: No change. Floor 3: Before finding the receptacle, you need to find the Memory Flux (J-8). The Flux is always at a fixed location. Checking it will pop a NM. It is a larger version of the boss from Promy Dem. Use the same stategy to defeat it without anima or 2hours. Your DDs might want to store TP on a smaller mob in the area to start the fight. With 6 this can be a challenge, but doable. An alliance should have little trouble. The main concern as always is the smaller mobs that it can spawn. These should be killed quickly if the main mob is at high HP (they will die with it). BLU is again a good job for this because of the stun spam. Also a COR for Monk's Roll is very nice. Everyone should have reraise in case fight goes poorly though. After NM dies EVERYONE CHECK THE FLUX. You will get a cutscene required for the final fight. If you zone, before checking the flux, you will have to fight the NM again and your party will hate you. Zoning (aside from the obvious) includes being tractored and going to a different floor inside Promy V. If you are dead when the NM dies, that's fine. There is now time limit on getting the cutscene. You just can't zone. Once you get the cutscene you can warp directly to this flux from the door if you return. Once everyone has the cutscene seek out the receptacle as normal and continue up. Floor 4: Again you must first find a Flux (M-6). Checking the flux pops a NM again. This is a larger version of the Mea Boss. As with that fight Carousel is the worst move (but asorbed by shadows). He can also do impalement (drops HP to 5% and hate reset). He also does a poison and gravity move. Again everyone should have reraise, but the fight should go smoothly even with 6 (more still better). Again BLU and COR are nice to have. After NM dies EVERYONE CHECK THE FLUX. Again these cutscenes are required and if you zone you have to fight again and your party will really hate you. After getting this cutscene you can warp to this flux from the entrance door. Once everyone has the cutscene seek out the receptacle and head up. Floor 5: Find the Flux at D-6. The NM from this one is a version of the Holla boss (which is no surprise if you were paying attention). Remember that he has that nasty AoE sleep (so poison potions help) and can steal buffs (so don't over buff the tank). Try to keep at least 1 buff on everyone though so he steals that rather than HP. Again I recommend Reraise for all and an alliance, but 6 can do. BLU & COR always help. After NM dies EVERYONE CHECK THE FLUX. Seriously, these are required and if you miss this one your party will want to see you flayed alive. Same as with other 2, you can not zone, but other than that there is no time limit. Also after the cutscene you can warp back to the flux from the entrance door. After everyone has the cutscene head to G-8 and enter the spire. As with the other promy fights, this is an uncapped area to rest and talk strategy in. If you did not get all 3 cutscenes from the fluxes you will not be able to enter (note attempting to enter counts as zoning if you are missing the last cutscene) and you will have to explain to your party why they have to refight one (or more) of the NMs. For this fight, EVERYONE should bring ALL 3 anima. The odds are you will not use all of them, but so much better to have and not need than need and not have. Also they sell fairly well, so if unused you get the money back (or make money if you farmed them). The only good part is that if you need to resupply you can warp right back to that floor 5 flux (this also lets friends come help if you lose party members at some point). Other than the anima, you should consider the following supplies. Mages should bring refresh drinks (ethers if you are really worried) and MP+ food. Melee (maybe others) should have a supply of poison potions. DDs should have their best party food. Tank may want to skip food because of the drain ability of the holla boss, but should at least have a supply of hi-potions (PLD will want refresh drink and maybe ethers). Everyone should have reraise. This fight is 6 person only, so if you came as an alliance you will need to break up now. Once you complete the fight, you can choose to return here, so some people can go twice is numbers are not evenly divided into balanced parties. The actual fight is against harder versions of all 3 bosses from the first promys. Don't panic though, you fight them one at a time for the most part. Note that if you attack all 3 they will all attack you. When you enter, buff and rest MP. Before you will be the 3 NMs in the middle of the promy circle. From right to left it will be Holla, Mea, Dem. You can pull any one you want as they do not link. When the one you are fighting reaches 20% the next one to the left will aggro. When the second one reaches 20% the final one will aggro. This means that if you pull Holla, your order will be Holla-Mea-Dem. If you pull Mea, your order will be Mea-Dem-Holla. And if you pull Dem, your order will be Dem-Holla-Mea. Which order you do this fight in depends on party set up and personal preference. Most people prefer, Mea-Dem-Holla. Personally I think I like Holla-Mea-Dem may better, but either is fine. I see no reason to pull Dem first ever. If you have 6 SMNs you can just have all astral flow and clear all mobs at once (and I would love to try that), but for normal people I will discuss a few of the strategies commonly used (or that I use). Keep in mind that as with the other promy mobs, these also have an elemental core that affects there resist rates to elemental attacks. Strat 1: Tank, PLD or NIN is fine although I probably prefer NIN. Healer, WHM would definitely be my choice here, in case benediction is needed. Buffer, COR is much better than BRD for this because of MNKs roll. DDs, MNK (to add to MNKs roll) and any spike damage DD will work. Back up healer, SMN. DDs should all /nin because a lot of the TP moves from the bosses can be absorbed by shadows. Pull Mea. Straight tank it to about 25%. If it uses impalement and kills your tank just exit and restart. At 25% have the tank use Hystreoanima and one DD use Psychoanima. The other DD should be able to 2hour at this point and kill it. The anima lasts about 30 seconds so if it wears have the tank use psycho and the DD use hystero. Dem will aggro at 20% so the buffer should hit him with a terroanima when he does. If it wears before the first mob is dead, the back up healer can use another one on him. When Mea dies, Commence the fight with Dem. If needed, the tank should be able to kite the Dem mob while the party rests. At 50% have the second DD use hystreo and then psycho anima on the mob. This should limit the number of babies it makes. If babies (more than one) are out before this SMN should astral flow and kill them all. When anima wears (wait until 25% if possible the buffer should reapply both anima (hystero first). This should last until mob is dead.  When Holla aggros, the DD should use anima on it.  If more than 2 are needed then it should go DD, DD, Tank, Healer.  Once Dem is dead target Holla.  Again Tank can kite if rest is needed.  Fight this mob straight up, but remember the sleep and the triple drain moves it has.  At 50% backup healer should use hystero and then psycho.  If others still have anima they should plan to use it when this wears.  The main healer should save their anima for 20%.  At that point use both (hystero first) and have the last DD 2hour (and SMN is they didn't earlier).  Should be an easy win as long as you have that last set of anima to finish him with. Strat 2: Tank, again either is fine but PLD may be better.  Healer, again WHM.  Buffer, either is fine, but I still like COR. DD, MNK to go with COR. Back up healers, BLMx2. Pull Holla then same basic strat until 25%. Apply hystero and psycho at that point and at 20% (when Mea aggros), have the BLMs cast freeze as buffer uses terroanima on Mea. The double freeze should kill Holla. When it dies Tank can fully buff and then kite Mea until MP ready. Again fight Mea down to 25% and use hsytero and psycho (if you only used 1 set on Holla you could use a set at 50% as well). When Dem aggros, BLMs do double freeze again to finish Mea. Tank then kites Dem while party rests. At this point you should still have 3-4 major animas sets left. If you have 4, use at 75% and then again as soon as they wear. If you only have 3, start at 60%, but save the last set for 25%. The major danger is the babies overwhelming you so keep anima on as much as possible once you get the HP down. PLD should invincible if needed as the babies spawn with shared hate. Again BLMs should finish the fight at 20%. This means that the DD can 2hour as needed to clear out babies or to take a big chunk of damage around 50%. If needed, the terroanima can be used to kite babies (unless there are just too many). Strat 3: DD tank, SAM probably best. Healer, WHM again. Back up healer, any fine, but I like SMN for astral flow if needed. Stunners BLUx2 for headbutt. Buffer, optional I would still take COR, but could take another DD here. Pull Mea and fight much like the first strat. BLUs should alternate headbutts to keep mob mostly stunned. Apply anima at 25% and have one azure lore to finish the mob after Dem aggros. Remember to have a rotation for terroanima on Dem because this party will probably kill a little slower and you should plan on using all 3. Tank should kite if party needs rest. Again when fighting Dem, babies will be a problem (SMN if present should astral flow to clear them if needed). Again plan to use 3 sets of hystero and pyscho anima on Dem. One at 60% one at 40% and one at 20%. Other BLU should azure lore to finish this part of the fight. Plan to use your other 3 terroanima kiting Holla during this time. Once Dem is dead, tank can kite holla while party rests. With 2 sets of anima left, plan to use one at 50% and the other at 20%. As soon as the last hystero is used the SAM should 2hour to kill the mob. As long as the BLU stuns are landing this set up should go smoothly. For more notes on how to handle the individual bosses, see the sections for them under those missions. Anyone still alive after the fight gets 1500 XP. Upon exiting the fight, you can go to the tower at I-7 and talk the the 3 taru there (This is optional story dialogue). Report back to Cid to finish this mission.

5-3 Three Paths
Talk to Cid a few time to make sure you get all the dialogue (or clear up other quests you may have with him). He will give you 3 choices of which path to follow. You answer does not matter. You must complete all three and you may work on them all at the same time. Therefore I will simply outline the easiest path thru them without bothering to divide them into separate mission. I will mark each part to note the path (L for Louverance, U for Ulmia, T for Tenzen) since inside each path you must go in order, but if you just go in this order you will be fine. If you prefer them as separate missions, check the above link for the main page. Some of the fights/areas are uncapped, while some are level 50 cap and other are level 60 cap. I will note which are which as I go. Be aware that most of the NPCs/??? you have to get cutscenes from have other quest as well, so talk to them all more than once to make sure you are getting the right conversation. L: Talk to Despachiaire (K-10) on the upper floor of Tavnazian Safehold. Talk to him at least twice. T: Head to La Theine Plateau and check the ??? at G-6 for a cutscene with Tenzen. U: Contiune up to Southern San d'Oria and talk to Hinaree (A-6). The zone into Port San d'Oria for another cutscene. From there go to Northern San d'Oria and talk to Chasalvige (L-6). Now it is off to Windurst Waters (south map) to talk to Kerutoto (J-8). Then to Windurst Walls to talk to Yoran Oran (E-5). L: Next go to Windurst Woods and talk to Perih Vashai (K-7). Then head out to Bibiki Bay. If you have not been there, it is reach thru Buburimu Peninsula (I-10). In Bibiki Bay, take the ferry to Purgonorgo Isle. The ferry has several routes, so make sure you get the right one. Once on the Isle head to H-11 and check the ???Warmachine for a cutscene. Then head back to Windurst Walls and talk to Yoran-Oran (optional for story). At this point you are done with the pointless run and are ready to start the running involving fights so get your party ready and geared for 50 cap (having 60 cap gear ready too is good if you have a long time and want to go thru all of this in one sitting). Again the paths can be done in any order, but any fights on the same path must be done in order. Here is a suggested order of doing in on sitting. Order is based on a need to use 2hours in some fights and being able to rest them in others. FIGHT IS LEVEL 50 CAP (area to reach fight can aggro to level 75 though) U: Head to Attohwa Chasm (depending on level you will need invisible, but the mobs aggroing sound will aggro to level 75). Follow the same path as when you fought the antlion here until you come out of the cave at I-9. Follow the wall north and enter the cave at I-8. Follow that cave south and west until you cross the chasm. Then north to cross the chasm again and west to cross it a third time. Shortly after that you will exit the cave at F-7. Follow the wall north to another cave at F-6. Note that some of the plants in this area will poison you as you walk by and at night undead can blood aggro you so poisona is advised. Follow this cave to cross the chasm a final time and enter Boneyard Gully. Check the Dark Miasma to enter the fight (Head Wind), which as stated is level 50 cap. This fight is quick (win or lose). Enter and buff. Everyone should have reraise for this fight unless using a SMN burn method (and then some with raise still should in case of a mistake). You will want to fight near the mouth of the first canyon. This is just before a hill with the Mithra on the other side. Party set up should be PLD (NIN could but would be very hard), Healer (WHM by far the better choice), and 4 DDs. 1 PLD and 3 SMNs can clear this mission easily. Also if using 3+ SMNs a BST can tank this fight using a pet. Tank may die, but mission should be an easy win with 3+ SMNs. A single SMN can win this fight in a full party though (since they won't be hit until last) using 3 Astral Flows. Basic Strategy is for the PLD to pull the Mithra. They share hate and also have a pet rabbit and a wyvern. If killed, pets are resummoned. If master killed, pet stays. If party wipes, mithra return to the starting position (which is why you don't fight them there) and any pets without masters despawn. They only have about 2000 HP (pets under 1000) so 3 Astrals will kill them. Ass soon as the PLD gets back to the party everyone should go all out on one mithra. I would kill X then Z then Y, but that is optional. I would save Y for last because she is DRK/MNK and can counter and drain so fight can go longer. All DDs should 2hour to start the fight (SMN should astral flow on the pull and hit the blood pact as soon as mithra in range). PLD should invincible if any of the other DDs (not avatars) draw hate. PLD should invincible instantly if the mithra start talking as they are going to skill chain and it will do enough damage to kill a well geared galka PLD (seen this happen several times). The trick to this fight is to eliminate as many mithra as fast as you can. They have an insanely high regain and will skill chain almost constantly (some claim even one can skill chain with herself). If you do the quest Mithran Delicacies or buy the reward for it at the AH, use that will remove the regain effect for a short time. Personally I have never bothered, but if you do not have a SMN, this might be worthwhile. As stated above if allowed to skill chain with all 3 mithra, they can one shot anyone by doing a 3 step light/dark skill chain. They have access to all weapon skills for there weapons (Scythe, Spear, Dagger) up to and including the quested ones. If you can eliminate at least one mithra before wiping, you can reraise and finish the fight (although I would recast reraise before reengaging). Anyone alive at the end of the fight get 1000 XP. THIS AREA IS LEVEL 50 CAP (no main fight just small ones gettin there) T: Head to Beaucedine Glacier and enter the tower at J-8. Proceed forward and you will come to the first in a long series of doors (16). When you open each door a gargoyle will spawn and you have to kill it. Each one has a few more HP than the last, but it's just a long boring series of fights. The only thing to note is that the rooms also contain others mobs that can aggro thru the doors. They cover a range of mobs (tonberries, bats, blobs, bombs, vases) so can aggro sight, sound, or magic. It is usually safest to have your PLD run up to the door and wait a few seconds to see if aggro is coming. He should then cast a low MP spell to check for magic aggro before opening the door. Rarely, a door will just open (trap fails) and they can be picked by a THF to bypass the fights (not good odds of success). After every 4th door you can reach the center area, so if you die there you can be tractored to then end. Once a Gargoyle is killed the door only stays open for a short time so everyone needs to get thru. If someone does not, gargoyle will need to be fought again. It can be provoked thru a closed door though. Once all doors are bypassed, use sneak (for Diremites) and go down elevator. Check Avatar gate for CS and then exit. If you are continuing on Tenzen's path, the next stop is Jeuno so warp is fine. If you have escape, it will drop you out "close" to sandy so your choice. This guide will recommend continuing with the ice land part of the fights so no warp. THIS FIGHT IS LEVEL 60 CAP (area to reach fight will aggro to 75) U: Since you are already in the glacier, head up to Xarcabard and from the the Uleguerand Range (Xarcabard F-6). You will want to bring Shu'Meyo Salts for this fight. They are from the quest Bombs Away!, or can be purchased. If you have a high damage output set up, 3 is plenty, but having more won't hurt and they can be resold. Once in U. Range, head east (use sneak/invis as needed) to a hole at J-9. Remember Taurus mobs are truesight. Drop down and continue north (need sneak) to zone into Bearclaw Pinnacle. Organize plan then enter BC. Fight is against 1 bomb. He will grow in size and power over the fight and will use his version of self-destruct after about 45 seconds. Using the salt will prevent the growth and add about 20 seconds to his self-destruct timer. Timer does not start until you engage him, so buff and rest MP. Once PLD (or other tank) aggros him use salt and go all out. Reapply salt every 25 seconds, but if everyone has 2hours ready the fight is very fast. SMN and BLM are great DDs for this, but any spike DD will work fine. If you do not have 2hours, you can take him down just fine as long as you remember to keep applying salt. If he blows himself up you lose regardless of othr factors. Anyone alive on the win gets 1000 XP. This ends Ulmia's Path. You can talk to Cid if you want, but probably easier to wait for other 2 paths to end unless you are from bastok. NO LEVEL CAP T: Head to Upper Jeuno and talk to Monberaux (G-10). Then Ru'Lude Gardens and talk to Pherimociel (G-6) Back to Monberaux, then out to Batallia Downs and check the ??? at J-9 (just outside wall to Jeuno). After cutscene CHECK THE ??? AGAIN for key item. Next head out to Delkfutt's Tower and check the gate at H-5 on the ground floor. This will spawn an NM doll that cast spells based on the current day (do not pop on thunderday unless you like thundaga 3 and thunder 4 hitting you). Light day is the easiest fight, but as long as party is ready this fight is not bad at 75. 60s would want to fight on lightday or bring a larger group. It is immune to silence and stun so don't rely on those to stop the big nukes. After it dies check the gate again for cutscene. THIS AREA IS LEVEL 60 CAP Next head back to the glacier. If you have it active using the flower warp in batalia is the fastest way, but whatever will work. Enter the tower at H-10. You will not be fighting here so make sure everyone brings sneak/invis. Casters need to be aware that some mobs will agrro casting and watch for them. Another annoying thing in this area is that some doors are one-way, so walking thru them will cause the camera angle to change in the third person view. Personally i switch to first person when walking thru doorways here for that reason, but as long as you pay attention you will be fine. It is useful to have the map hereand/or a printout as well, but here is the path you should follow. In first room go north. This will bring you to a corner forcing you to turn west. Follow that hall thur 2 rooms to the next corner that forces you south. Follow that hall thru 2 rooms to the next corner that forces you east. Follow that hall thru 2 rooms to the next corner that forces you north. Go north into first room then turn west (if you enter second room to north you ware back where you started). I this room drop thru the hole. Follow the hall south into next room and face north (hall turns) and you should see the elevator. Make sure you have sneak/invis and go down. Check the avatar gate for the cutscene. There is a good chance of aggro after cutscene (sight, sound, and magic), so either clear the room first, be ready to homepoint, or be fast on the warp/escape/tele. This ends Tenzen's path. Again you can report to Cid if you like, but just as easy to do it all at the end. THIS FIGHT IS LEVEL 60 CAP (area to reach can aggro 75s depending on route) L: Head to Oldton Movalpolos. Cutscene on zoning in means you have not skipped a step in this path. You need to reach the BC in Mine Shaft #2716. If you want to walk there, you'll need to go look it up, because I never have. If you want to warp there (like a sane person), there are several options. The cheapest is by having the key item pot from the quest Return to the Depths and trading a Ahriman Tear to Tarnotik (K-10). The same goblin NPC also will warp you there if you trade him a snow lily (tears much cheaper). Trade a sylvan stone to Twinkbrix (E-13) then pay him 2k to be warped. You may also gamble with him if you do not have the stone, by betting 1-10k on a chance to get the item the stone gives, but you still have to pay the 2k to warp. For how to farm the stone see section on farming gold key after the fight (key can be farmed first and you get stone at same time). Once you at the BC, enter, buff, rest MP, etc. You are fighting 4 moblins and a bugbear. The moblins should be killed in the order C, M, S, T. That is BLM, WHM, THF, RDM. They can all be silenced, but not slept. PLD can super tank them easily while DDs pick them off. Bugbear should be kited during this time. The moblins can summon the bugbear back to help them so kiter needs to watch for this. RDM is good for kiting this as is NIN. If DDs want ot speed this up, 2hours are good for that, but not required (easiest fight really). Once all enemies are defeated al live get 1000 XP. Once fight done, escape and head to Bastok (this fastest assuming you are not from bastok). Talk to Cid. If you have not reported from teh other others paths yet, you will ned to talk to him multiple times so make sure you get all the possible conversations. Now head back to Oldton and enter Newton at I-12. You need to kill moblins here until everyone in the party (needing mission) has a gold key. The bugbears here drop the sylvan stone mentioned earlier. Once everyone has the key, warp back to the mineshaft using one of the methods above and trade the key to the BC entrance for a final cutscene. Report back to Cid in Bastok. This should be the final path so talk to him once to end it and again to complete the mission and chapter.

6-1 For Whom the Verse is Sung
Head to Ru'Lude Gardens and talk to Pherimociel (G-6) for a cutscene (may have to talk more than once). Go to Upper Jeuno and check the Marble Bridge Eatery for a cutscene. Return to Ru'Lure Gardens for a cutscene that ends this mission.

6-2 A Place to Return
Approach the Duke's palace in Ru'Lude Gardens for a cutscene. Then talk to Pherimociel again. Now head to Misareaux Coast and check the gate at I-11. This will spawn 3 NMs so be ready. In theory a lot of level 75 jobs can solo these, but I'd say it's much safer with at least three 75s or a full party (or more) at 60. They can be slept and it should be noted they will aggro anyone even if they are not on the mission once they are spawned. Sleeping them and then pulling one to kill seems to work (as long as others despawn during fight). After they die, check gate for a cutscene to end the mission.

6-3 More Questions Than Answers
Return and talk with Pherimociel again, then check the audience chamber door there in the palace for a cutscene. Next head to Selbina and talk to Mathilde (H-9) for a cutscene. You may continue to talk to her after the cutscene fo additional dialogue. This end the mission.

6-4 One to be Feared
Head to Bastok and talk to Cid, then to Tavnazia and enter the Sealion Den. When ready check the gate there to enter the worst BC in this mission set. Make sure EVERYONE brings a polymer pump. You can buy these or quest them thru the Chips quest. They are rare so each person must have their own. You may not need them all, but odds are you will and this fight just sucks without them (I have beaten it once with no pumps, but would never recommend it). You may also want to bring a few yellow liquids. Personally, I would just plan on farming them during the BC practice runs, but that is up to you. Everyone should bring reraise for the real run (you should plan to use it at least twice). THIS FIGHT IS LEVEL 60 CAP This fight is really 3 BCNM fights combined with a single 45 minute timer. Everyone should enter and get the first cutscene then exit. Time is the hardest part of this fight so this will save you some. There are more cutscenes during the fight. I recommend reading them as fast as possible since they count against your time, but if you like the storyline (like me) reading them the first time is fine because you will likely lose a few times anyway. You will appear in a "waiting area" when you zone in. The clock is running, but you are allowed to buff here. When ready click the door and choose to close to the other ship for the fight. After each round you will returned to this area to regroup. You will lose TP, but all other buffs should stay active. You will also be given full HP & MP, so unless you need to raise someone (or wait for weaken to wear) you should immediately check the door and close for the next fight. You also have the option to exit the fight when checking this door. Round 1: You are faced with 5 Mammets. These are the same as you fought earlier, but adjusted for the 60 cap set up. Most DDs/Tanks can solo or hold a mammet so if you are a DD heavy party this is one approach. Personally, I prefer the super kite method. A NIN (could do with PLD, but NIN much easier) using a jack-o-lantern, wind staff, and bat earrings (with blinding potions) can easily tank all the mammets. Using the food and items is optional, but will make this easier. The NIN simply runs in and gets sight aggro on all mammets and runs into a corner and waits. All they need to do is cast shadows as needed (and use blinding potions if they wear). The rest of the party pulls the mammets 1 at a time and kills them. Having 2 mages is best so that one can keep an eye on the NIN for haste and to heal if the mammets go BLM and start spamming ~ga spells. As long as the NIN does not actively engag the mammets he can be healed with no hate. As I said, a PLD can also do this job and may be easier to have later, but the NIN is best for this round. Both have good points. This person should also have a good supply of hi-potions. The main party should use yellow liquids to lock the mammets in polearm form (or staff form if mage is paying attention and uses silence). The worse forms are sword (spams AoE damage TP moves) and hands (transmogrify absorbs any physical damage as HP). Read about the mammets from the earlier missions if you have forgotten what they do. With cutscenes and fight this part should be done in under 10 minutes. You might consider using quatermaster for the yellow liquids if you don't bring any. You can just repeat this part of the mission to farm them though. Other than food (and liquids) no real resources should be used in this fight. If they get lucky and kill someone, just exit and restart. Round 2: After the cutscene you will face a robot type mob called Omega. It attacks faster as it's HP drops so keeping slow (and elegy if you have BRD) on it is important. It inlicts stun with each hit so a NIN losing shadows can die quickly. It can use a number of TP moves that inflict damage, but the main danger until 25% HP is guided missile, which does high damage and is AoE. He also has a paralyze move (forward cone) and a petrify move (rear cone). For initial pull, tank should stay away from main party so that any AoE (mobs will open with a TP move) only hits the tank. You can use pumps on this mob starting about 50% and reapplying as needed. Pumps will block all TP moves for 1 minute and are very nice. I would plan to use 4 here and save 2 for the final round. At 25% Omega gains another 2 TP moves called Discharger and Pile Pitch. Discharger gives it Shock Spikes (making melee 2hours very dangerous to the user) and magic immunity (Astral Flow Pacts still land). Also, it cannot be dispelled. Pile Pitch reduces target to 5% HP and resets hate. Obviously, both of these can really mess up your fight (tank should use hi-Potions to regain hate). If you are doing well on pumps and chipping away at him, wait until the pump is used after 25% and have a melee 2hour and try to finish him. If he gets Discharger up (or manages to kill the tank) just save pumps and 2hours and wipe (if no one dies using a RNG 2hour combo here is fine since it is not affected but discharger). You should do as much damage as possible before the wipe (without wasting a 2hour) though. Wipe where you started and when he returns to his start, get back up. He will regen, but the amount is almost nothing. When unweakened, pull with a pump and finish him off with a 2hour (only if needed). This fight should take about 15 minutes counting the cutscenes. If you are under 15 minutes left in the BC, I would exit at this point and start over. Round 3: The final fight is against another robot mob called Ultima. This fight is easier than Omega, but the plan is similar. All of Ultima's physical attacks can inflict Paralyze so again, NINs need to be very careful and the healer needs to be quick with status removals. Ultima also likes to use Chemical Bomb, which inflicts slow AND elegy (must be erased x2 as it overwrites haste). Ultima will use Particle Shield that severely reduces physical damage. This should be dispelled immediately. Starting at about 70% he will use Nuclear Waste (AoE all resists down) followed by an elemental attack that does 500ish damage plus a status effect. Smoke = Petrify, Hydro = Poison, Cryo = Paralyze, Turbo = Silence, Flame = Plague, High-Tension = Stun. For this reason I highly recommend a WHM on this mission. Otherwise a petrify can end the fight pretty fast. Paralyze and Silence also need immediate attention on the tank. About 40% Ultima adds Equalizer to it's list of TP moves. This is a 300-900ish AoE move. At this point pumps should be used, but save the last one for the final 15% or so. You should have enough time to wipe here and then finish the fight like with omega if things have gone smoothly, but of course, wipe is plan B. At 20% Ultima adds it's final TP move, Antimatter. Antimatter ignores shadows and does 300-900 damage. It is also a ranged attack. If it kills someone, the wipe strat is probably best, but if you can get your final pump off at this point and everyone is up, your remaining 2hours should finish it. Notes: EVERYONE should have a pump and their 2hour ready. EVERYONE should have reraise (at least 2 uses available). All DDs/Tanks should have hi-potions. Food is up to you, but you should have some (same as XP party mostly). Mages should have juices. Have one person designated to call for pumps and 2hours (and to call for a wipe). Be prepared to repeat this fight a number of times. If you are easily frustrated, this fight may very well suck for you. While you may beat it first try, most groups are here for a number of trys. This means either one long session or trying on multiple days since the fight is long (and pumps and 2hours are almost required). Party set up can be almost anything as long as you ahve Tank, DDs, healers. Fewer DDs, mean longer fights and require better timing on pumps. More DDs can mean faster fights, but required more self healing and timing on 2hours. My ideal party would be: PLD - NIN is OK, but they are really squishy if shadows drop, so they have to be very good. WHM - Benediction and Stona are the main reason, but they also draw less hate. I recommend /SMN for refresh. COR - I'm a huge fan of MNKs roll, also Wild Card can really help if you are lucky. However, a BRD can really help with elegy on Omega and Soul Voice can help damage and isn't random, so your call here. If you do bring a COR, make sure he has dark cards (for Dispel) and Earth cards (for enhancing slow). Replacing this buffer slot with another DD is fine too. BLM - Can help heal (/WHM) while they damage and having alternate types of damage is nice. Also they can AM after a wipe if time short and mob has low HP (nice use for Manafont). Just be sure not to waste nukes on Discharger. RNG - Being able to stay out of AoE damage is nice for a DD in this fight. Also having a spike damage 2hour is nice. Just need to be careful of hate control especially on Omega since pile pitch resets it and anyone drawing hate behind the mob can trigger it's petrify attack. /NIN probably safer, but can /SAM if they really want. SAM - Tank for main party on mammets and then solid DD for robots. A nice quick 2hour that can work with the BLM for bonus damage is nice too. /NIN is the norm for melee (especially tanking the mammets), but /RNG with capped archery is an option. I take SAM over MNK (or WAR) here just because of Discharger. BLU for stunning isn't a bad choice either. Other jobs work great of course, the above is just what I would pick. It's a tough fight and the time limit makes it very hard. Anyone alive for the win gets 1500 XP. Upon exit you will be in Lufaise Meadows and will be given a ducal gaurd's ring (first time only). The ring allows you to teleport Jeuno 5 times and sells to NPC for about 2k. I do not know of a way to rechage it at this time.

7-1 Chains and Bonds
Enter Tavnazian Safehold for a cutscene. Enter Sealion Den for a cutscene. Back into Safehold. Check the Sewer entrance for a cutscene. Check the walnut door at K-7 top floor for a cutscene (this is the door that you can't open).

7-2 Flames in the Darkness
Head to Misareaux Coast and check the gate at F-7 for a cutscene. Go back to Sealion Den and talk to Sueleen for a cutscene. Head to Ru'Lude Gardens and approach the palace for a cutscene. Go to Upper Jeuno and check the Marble Bridge Tavern's door for a cutscene.

7-3 Fire in the Eyes of Men
Head to Movapolos and check the entrance to Mine Shaft #2716 again for a cutscene. See previous mission for ways to warp to this location. Head to Bastok and talk to Cid. Wait until next game day and talk to Cid again. May have to zone in addition to waiting the game day.

7-4 Calm Before the Storm
This is another 3 path mision, but it's faster at least. Again you can do them in any order based on who you have with you and how much time they have. A WHM to travel always helps of course. All the fights are uncapped and require more than a party if doing them at 60. It should be noted that the rest of the CoP missions are really designed for a full party of 75s. These particular fights can be easily handled by a tank, a DD, and a healer although I would probably recommend a regular party for speed and safety (see main page for how various jobs can solo these if needed). Dalham - Head to Bibiki Bay and when ready check the ??? at F-6 to spawn the kraken style mob. It attacks faster as it's HP drops (ending at near hundred fist speed), but it's accuracy is not great. It's is immune to sleep and will build resistance to bind/gravity. Best estimate of it's level is 72. When it dies, check the ??? again for cutscene. Tonberries - Head to Jugner forest and zone into Carpenter's Landing at J-8. Head to I-9 and click the ??? when ready to fight. A single Tonberry will appear (NIN). As soon as he takes damage, he will call 3 friends (BLM, SMN, THF). All can use 2hours, the worst being the NIN's. If you pull the NIN far enough away, his friends will not find you (they spawn by ???), but they have a large range they can track in. After all Tonberries are dead (or despawned prior to killing last one) check the ??? for a cutscene. Boggelmann - Go to Misareaux Coast and check the storage compartment at E-7 to spawn a Bugard NM. This is the easiest fight, but just be careful. After he dies, check the compartment again for a cutscene. After all 3 fights are won, talk to Cid for another cutscene and then go to the Sealion Den and talk to Sueleen to finish this misison.

7-5 The Warrior's Path
Check the gate in Sealion Den to enter this BC. There is no way to exit this fight, so make sure everyone is ready. This fight is against Tenzen (who I never trusted anyway). He is backed up by the 3 annoying taru-tarus. Don't get excited, you can't kill them. You can target them, but they are not able to take damage so just ignore them. They will buff/heal Tenzen and debuff/nuke person drawing intial hate (so using a pet to start the fight is a smart move). Tenzen uses all the SAM weapons skills up to Kasha, but has different names for them. He also uses a high damage bow skill (possibly Namas Arrow?) and another great katana skill that closes his super skill chain. This BC is just another damage test so bring mostly DDs. A DD party could probably burn this with 2hours pretty safely, but I like having at least 1 mage (SMN for the pet). Once everyone is buffed just go all out (2hours and anything else you want) to kill him fast (he quits around 15%). He can 2hour at will (multiple times) and may or may not end the fight when he does. He will always do a 3 weapon skill chain and has the option to use a 4th skill to to create a Cosmic Elucidation chain (even if some of the first skills miss). If Cosmic Elucidation is triggered, it does 1k+ to everyone and the fight ends (even if people survive). During the fight he will also eat a rice ball. This greatly increases his defense scores so get in as much damage as possible at the start of the fight. His final weapon skill will ignore shadows, but can be evaded with third eye to prevent the skill chain. Personally, I have always just 2hour burned this fight so have not seen this super chain go off. Upon winning this fight you are awarded 1k XP (if alive) and access to Sea (where you will be when you exit).

8-1 Garden of Antiquity
Now that you have access here, you may use the Dimensional Portals at the 3 main teleport crags to warp to this area. You can use the Auroral Updraft near where the portal drops you to warp back to the main one (H-12). Holla is the safest shortcut. Just head southeast from where you appear to the updraft. The other 2 work as well though. Mea head Northest. Dem head north (follow the wall headed east). A basic note about safety here. Nothing you can target will attack you. However, there are several things that do aggro. The "sharks" you see swimming under the water, will aggro sight (fairly narrow cone, but long range sometimes), so have someone watching the sea. The "jellyfish" you sometimes see in the sky will also aggro if you get under them, so someone should watch the sky as well. They will probably wipe your party if you try to fight one so either let the guy die or sleep it and run (they move at flee speed when they wake up). Also the "dolphin" mobs will "aggro" you and follow you arround until they get bored. They will not attack unless you do damage to them though (great way to skill up song or enfeebling skills). You will autotarget them if you have it active though and avatars apparently think they are a threat and will attack them, leading to needless fights and potentially dangerous links. OK. now on with the mission. If you want the map here, you have to talk to all the Quasilumin (glowy NPC balls). I recommend using a printout to locate all of them, but I will mention where they are as I go. Talk to each one twice (only need to do that with the last one, but I find it safer) to get the map. From where you appear, head to H-11 and check the gate there (Crystalline Field). The red pillar (Auroral Updraft) south that at H-12 is the exit back to Sealion Den. After the cutscene at the gate, get the glowy below it. You may do these 3 fights in any order. The following is just the easiest for me. Head south past the updraft, getting 2 more glowys near updraft and another to the east (just north of the island there). Continue south to H-13 and find a Rubious Crystal with another glowy by it. When ready, hit the crystal to start a fight. Fight is against 3 of the "Angel" type mobs. Their jobs are WHM, WAR, SAM and they can 2hour. A balanced party of 75s can easily defeat these using elemental seal sleepga and taking them one at a time. After all die, hit crystal again for another cutscene. Head west. Once you are in G-13 you will be forced to turn north briefly. Continue north to the glowy (just west of island) and then continue west. Stay close to the north wall as you continue west and you should find another glowy. The next glowy is due west from this one. From there continue along the north wall. It will tun you back east and lead you to another glowy. Once you have that one, head back west along the wall south of that glowy (that you followed to get there). When the wall turns south, break off and head due west to the next glowy. You should now be in the middle of D-11. Follow the wall north and you will come to 3 glowys in quick succession. Contiune along this wall and when it turns back to the west, you should come to another Rubious Crystal (D-10). Click on it when ready for another fight. It is the same as the last fight except the jobs of the NMs are RDM, DRK, RNG. After they die, click crystal for another cutscene. After cutscene head east until you cannot go east (should be in E-10). Follow this wall north and you will find 2 glowys. Continue along this wall to E-8 and you will find another updraft. Clicking it gives you the option to return to the start. Do so. Head East and a little south to the glowy at J-13. From there follow the wall north. It will curve back to the west an then turn north. At this point continue west to get glowy at I-11. This puts you on the interior wall. Follow it north and you will come to the final 3 glowys (K-10) in a group. From the last glowy head due east and you should find the last Rubious Crystal. Check when ready to fight. Again "Angel" mobs. The jobs for these 3 are BLM, PLD, MNK. After they die check crystal for cutscene and then head north. You will find another updraft (L-8) that will take you back to the start. Head north and check the Crystalinne Field (it is now a door to the Palace) to zone into the palace. Once in the Palace, proceed forward to the Gate of the Gods and check it. There is nothing to aggro in this room. When cutscene ends you should have your Tavnazian Ring (once daily teleport to the safehold).

8-2 A Fate Decided
First the basic notes for this area. "Angels" do not aggro (and I don't recommend attacking them). All the "crystal" mobs will not aggro IF in ball form. They each have a second form based on which floor you are on that does aggro. Possible forms are bird, spider, & knight. They will cast spells and like promy mobs are based on the element seen glowing within them. "Vase" mobs have an eye on 2 sides. They aggro sight, but only in a narrow cone (both eyes), so if you run right after the eye passes you and follow their rotation you can avoid aggroing them. When dealing with them solo, I would sleep (light based sleep better) them and log out if I screwed up, but with a little practice it's easy to avoid them (A group can kill them just fine if needed). To get the map here you have to talk to glowys again (only 10 though). I will note where they are as I go. It is much better to get them during this mission as they are a pain to come back for later. This mission will take about 2hours. You can speed this up a little by not fighting everything, but you have to escort NPCs for certain sections and so you have to fight those sections. Also, if you go part way and leave you will have to start all over. Therefore, just plan on having 2 hours free at least. NPCs escorted are glowys as well, so I will call them NPCs and continue to call the map NPCs glowys. On the escorts, have only 1 person controling the NPC. You will need to talk to start/stop the NPC and to complete the escort when it reaches the end. It's just easier to have a designated controller for this. A mage or other backline job is best so that the melees can lead the way and clear rooms, but your choice. One nice thing about this missions is that you get some XP for your wasted time running around, since you have to kill a fair number of the mobs. You start this walk by entering the door to the east of the Gate of the Gods. Continue east to J-10 and then follow the hall south to J-12. You should find a glowy in the alcove to the west. Backtrack to start and head north at I-10. Follow the hall into the room at J-8 (this will be the second large room you come to). Along the south wall you will find a alcove. Click it to activate NPC. He will cross the room to the alcove on the north. Once there, talk to him again and he will open the door on the east end of the main room. Hurry thru this door before it closes. If someone is slow, it should open from the far side. Head east down the hall to the next room. Then south. Then east. Then north to L-8. There head west and talk to the glowy in the room. Exit room and continue north. Then west to L-7. There go north and use the transporter. From warp pad head south. Then east. Then south to L-8. Entering the room to the east here should get another alcove. Check it to start NPC again. You will need to clear the path for this one so be ready. Continue south. Then west. Then north to K-8. There you should find a hall heading west. Follow that to the end. NPC will open the door into another larger room. NPC will proceed to the alcove in the southwest corner to finish his route. Talk to him there and he will open the door in the southeast corner. Again, get thru before it closes. Follow the hall leading south thru a series of small rooms until you come to the big room at I-10. Head east to J-10 and then follow hall to the south. At end of hall, head east. Then south to K-12. To your east should be a warp pad. Use it. From pad, head west. Then south. Then west. Then north to glowy at J-12. Then head back to the pad and use it again. From pad head west. Then north. Then west to J-11. Take hallway to the north to get back the large room at I-10. In the northeast corner of this room is another alcove to start an NPC. Follow him west (again clearing the way). At H-11, stop NPC and check the rooms to the south for another glowy. Then back to NPC and continue west to the larger room at G-10. The ending alcove is in the northwest corner of this room. Talk to the NPC and he will open the door to the west. Hurry thru. Follow hall south. Then west. Then south to E-12. Check room to east for glowy, then continue south. Then east. Then north to G-12. Room to the east here should have warp pad. Use it. From pad head west. Then south. Then west. Then north to glowy at top of F-12. Then backtrack to the south. Then east to bottom of F-12. Head north to larger room at G-10. The start alcove for the NPC is in the northwest corner. Follow him north until you reach the large room ar G-8 (this will be the second large room). Stop NPC and head west to E-8. Then north. Then west. Then south. Then east to D-8. You should see a warp pad to your south. Use it. From pad, go north. Then east. Then north to E-8. Follow hall east to larger room and take the first door south. Continue thru a series of rooms to the glowy at G-9. If you go thru the gate to the south of this room you cannot get back and will have to go back around starting on the third escort (so don't). From glowy, head back north thru the rooms to the big room at F-8. Take the hall to the west to E-8. Then south. Then west to D-8 and south to the warp pad. Use it again. From pad, head north. Then west. Then north. Then east. Then south to E-8. From there head back east to the NPC you left (if he leaves then you can just head south to where he started to get a new one). Start NPC again and follow him north to the room at H-7. There is a glowy to talk to in the northeast corner. The end alcove is in southeast corner. Talk to glowy then NPC to open door to the north. Hurry thru. Follow hall to end at H-4. Then east. Then south to I-5. Check room to west for glowy. Then back North. Then west. Then south to G-5. You should see a warp pad to the west. Use it. From pad head east. Then north. Then east to H-4. Check the room to the south for final glowy. Talk to it twice and you should get map. If not you missed one. Head back north to H-4. Then east. Then south. Then west to H-5. Follow hall there south all the way to the end. The first cerment portal will open into a room, but the second will spawn a NM when you check it, so be ready. The NM is a crystal mob like those you have been killing (probably) on your way here. It can shift from ball to knight to bird to spider at random and is just a more powerful version of each. It can 2 hour once during the fight and which it uses is based on current form. Spider = WAR, Bird = THF, Knight = PLD, Ball = BLM. A balanced party should have no trouble with this mob. You can use 2hours if you want, but I have never seen a need. The BLM form will cast high level nukes (~ga 4) based on it's element (the day spawned so light/dark the easiest) and the Spider form uses sickle slash, but otherwise this mob is pretty harmless. Once it dies check the portal again for a cutscene. When everyone is done, escape.

8-3 When Angels Fall
This section can be soloed easily with sleep (light based best) and log out to bypass the mobs. A normal party should have no trouble fighting thru though. A multiple sleep party can still sleep a lot of things to speed things up if they want though. Again you can kill for XP to make up for the wasted time if you want. Mobs here are the same as the previous mission, but slightly higher level (and some of the vases spin a lot faster). This mission will take about 2 hours (not including fight) if you have multiple races and want the map. To solo your own tower with no map would take under 20 miuntes. Bring someone who can escape to help speed things up. This walk-thru assumes you have escape and want the map. The Climbs Head back into the Grand Palace of Hu'Xzoi and enter the Gate of the Gods for a cutscene (it is now a door into the The Garden of Ru'Hmet). Once in the garden you must climb a specific tower based on your race. There are 10 glowys here to talk to for the map again as well. Each tower has a glowy so if you want the map, you have to climb them all anyway. Therefore, I will give a walk thru based on obtaining the map as much as completing the mission. The tower climbs are given in no real order and it makes no difference. When checking the ebon panels at the top, everyone should check the first one regardless of race, but then must also check there specific racial one for a second cutscene. Taru-taru: Head west from start until you are forced south. Continue south to end of hall at F-12. Then east. Then south to G-12. Warp pad is to your east. Use it. From pad, head west. Then south. Then west. Then north to E-12. Warp pad is to your west. Use it. From pad head east. Then north. Then east. Then south to G-12. Warp pad is to the east. Use it. Top floor is clear so just run in and check the ebon panel for a cutscene. If you are a Taru-taru (I'm sorry), check the panel a second time for a cutscene and you are done with this part of the mission. After all Taru-tarus have finished the second cutscene, head back down the warp pad to previous floor. From pad head west up ramp. It will be gaurded by 2 vase mobs. Elemental Seal Sleepga them and go thru door. Check room to south for glowy. Once everyone has talked to glowy, escape and reenter the garden (escape puts you right outside palace). Mithra: Head to the north end of the main room. Going thru the door there, will put you in a room with a glowy, so get that and return to the main room. Exit it thru the door in the northwest corner. Continue west as far as possible and then north as far as possible. The last room north will have a glowy, but things here will aggro you, so it is safer to clear the room first. After talking to glowy, head back south one room and head west (at F-8). Continue west to end of hall at E-8. Then south. Then west to D-8. Warp pad is directly south. Use it. From pad head north. Then west. Then north. Then east to D-7. Warp pad should be to your north. Use it. From pad head south. Then east. Then south. Then west to D-8. You should see a glowy in the first small room to the south as you enter this larger room. The warp pad is to the south. Talk to glowy then use pad (if you have aggro, use pad to lose it and then come back for glowy). Top floor is clear so just run in and check the ebon panel for a cutscene. If you are a Mithra (good choice), check the panel a second time for a cutscene and you are done with this part of the mission. After all Mithra have finished the second cutscene, escape and reenter garden. Humes: Exit main room thru northwest door. Continue west as far as possible and then north to F-8. Turn east here and continue east to main room at H-7 (you are forced to go north once). From main room, head north to H-5. Then west. Then north to G-5. Warp pad is to west. Use it. From pad head east. Then north. Then east. Then south to I-5. Warp pad is to east. Use it. From pad head west. Then south. Then west. Then north to G-5. Warp pad is on west. Use it. Top floor is clear so just run in and check the ebon panel for a cutscene. If you are a Hume, check the panel a second time for a cutscene and you are done with this part of the mission. After all Humes have finished the second cutscene, head back down the warp pad to previous floor. From pad head east up ramp. It will be gaurded by 2 vase mobs. Elemental Seal Sleepga them and go thru door. Check room to north for glowy. Once everyone has talked to glowy, escape and reenter the garden. Elvaan: Exit main room thru the northeast door. Go thru small room and take a south in the next (large) room to check for a glowy. Return after glowy and continue east as far as possible. Then north to I-8. Then east to end of hall at K-8. Then north. Then east to L-7. Warp pad is north. Use it. From warp, head south. Then east. Then south. Then west to K-8. Warp is to the south. use it. From warp, head north. Then west. Then east to L-7. Warp is to north, but there is a glowy to the south by the ramp (east side). Talking to it will probably aggro the vases so be ready with elemental seal sleepga and warp up as soon as you talk to glowy. Top floor is clear so just run in and check the ebon panel for a cutscene. If you are a Elvaan (why?), check the panel a second time for a cutscene and you are done with this part of the mission. After all Elvaan have finished the second cutscene, escape and reenter garden. Galka: Head east from the start as far as you can go. Then south to J-12. Then east. Then south to K-12. Warp pad is to the east. Use it. From pad head west. Then south. Then west. Then north to I-12. Warp is to the west. Use it. From pad head east. Then north. Then east. Then south to K-12. Warp is to the east. Use it. Top floor is clear so just run in and check the ebon panel for a cutscene. If you are a Galka, check the panel a second time for a cutscene and you are done with this part of the mission. After all Galka have finished the second cutscene, head back down the warp pad to previous floor. From pad head west up ramp. It will be gaurded by 2 vase mobs. Elemental Seal Sleepga them and go thru door. Check room for glowy. Once everyone has talked to glowy, escape and reenter the garden. If you have the Zilart missions done for Sky access, you may now do the Teleport Sky Miniquest for access thru the crags. The Brands After everyone in your party has their key item from their tower climb you need to reach the center of the first floor. To do this you must past thru a room (choice of 3) that has 4 vase mobs on alcoves. If any of the 4 aggro you, they all attack AND the doors are locked. This means you must avoid aggro (preferred), fight (no chance with 6), or die (likely). If you die, make sure to do it by the far door so you can reraise and continue on once the vases reset. If you want to try to get past them with skill, it is possible if you use the north room (they turn slower). People who have completed this mission can short cut to the center so a BLM there can tractor people in. Also you can have a pet job aggro the vases from outside the room and kite them while people run over to the far door. When pet (and owner if not careful) die, the pots will return to the start alcoves and the door will open. This method relies on pet job already having done this mission (or being willing to die) and vases can aggro on way back to alcoves so be careful using it. The following path will take you to the north room. I recommend than each person runs thru solo. This will allow everyone a chance to make it. You will not be able to come back out after this room to change jobs for the fight (unless you run thru the vase room again) so everyone actually needing this mission (helpers can come and go safely) should be on the appropriate job at this point. Read section on fight below for job recommendations. Exit main room from northeast. Head as far east as possible (to large room) then north. If you want to try the death method exit this room to the northwest and head west to center. Otherwise exit to the north and turn west in first room (J-8). Contiune east until forced north and take first east to main room. Center room is now directly south of you. Once in center (see methods above), use warp pad to go up. You will find a glowy near where you appear. Now you have to find the 2 brands (Dawn & Twilight). You may do these in either order, but I find doing the longer one first (Twilight) to be easier for me. Twilight: Head south from pad. Exit first room to the east and proceed to large room (second). Then south. Then east. Then north as far as you can go. You should see a hazy area in the west of this room (one at each corner). Go thru this to warp to other side (shed hates). From this room head south as far as possible. Then east as far as possible and check the gate there for the brand (key item). Backtrack west. Then north to warp haze. Backtrack south. Then east. Then north (1 room). Then east back to the start (warp pad to your north, but don't use it). Dawn: With the warp pad 1 room to your north, head south 1 room. Then exit that room to the east. Exit the next room thru the north. This is a warp haze so hate will be shed. Head north to the room at H-8. Then east to large room. Check gate on north end of room for brand (key item). Final glowy is on the west side of this room. Talk to it twice for the map. After glowy backtrack. Exit room to southwest. Turn south in next room and continue to warp haze. Exit room to east then head north back to the warp pad. Use it and go up. Fight Check the gate here for a cutscene. After everyone has the first cutscene, you can enter the fight by checking the gate again. This fight is different in that people out side the BC can see the chat log of people fighting thru the door. The fight itself is against 4 vases. It is exactly like the room you died in (well probably died) coming thru on the first floor, except you have to fight. There are 4 vases. The 2 larger ones are RDM. The 2 smaller are BLM. After you enter, fully buff and rest MP. Time should not be a concern in this fight (assuming people don't go AFK). You may want to take a practice run to get the feel for the fight, but on the real deal you will be 2hour burning things and a wipe is probable and not problem. These vases tend to resist sleep, but even a /blm can elemental seal sleepga them. My ideal setup would be the following: Tank - PLD (NIN works quite well also, but I just like the PLD better because of the ~ga3 spells). Healer - WHM/BLM (RDM or SCH is fine too as long as they /blm, but I like having bendiction) Healer2 - BLM/WHM (also good DD here. It is fine to use a RDM, WHM, or SCH as long as they /blm though). DDs - Any work, but I like MNKs for hundred fists. 1 MNK can make short work of a BLM pot (around 6k HP) using his 2 hour and speed is the name of the game here. Buffer - COR (I really like MNKs roll if you haven't noticed by now. BRD will work fine though and is really nice for hymnus.  Either COR or BRD should /blm if possible for another ES Sleepga). After the full buff, have tank run right down the middle of the room to the far side and one of your /blm people use elemental seal (but don't cast yet). That is where you will want to fight. He should be targeted on one of the small vases and everyone should turn off autotarget to /assist him. Kill order is the 2 small vases first then the 2 big ones. All 4 should go for tank. They may cast a spell before engaging (it will not be a big spell), so wait for them to move off the starting alcoves and approach the tank. Once they are engaged, the person that used ES should cast Sleepga. DDs should 2hour now and make sure the first vase dies. As soon as it does start work on the second small one (depending on DDs you may want to plan 1 2hour on each BLM vase). All the vases are immune to silence. The BLM vases will cast tier 3 ~ga spells (and tier 4 nukes) and the RDMs will nuke (and enfeeble) and even more annoying dispel (so watch reraise). If the 2 BLM vases die before the first sleepga wears you have won (barring major stupidity). However, I would recommend that when the first pot dies (or when they all wake up if that happens first) the BLM Elemental Seal Sleepga 2 (if you don't have a BLM just wait for the first sleep to wear and have second /blm Elemental Seal Sleepga). Now that both BLM vases are dead you can wipe on this end of the room and be safe to stand up if needed. One wipe is typical for this fight, but just depends on the party. The main key is to 2hour early with the DDs. Spike damage at the start of the fight instead of at the end. Things to watch for that can screw you up: NIN tank getting hit with a couple ~ga3 spells and dying early. Sleeper casting to early and not getting all 4 vases in range. Second sleeper not seeing pots wake up until they kill people. DDs "saving" 2hours to finish the fight (seriously, they help a lot more at the first than the end). Not killing the BLMs before wipe so safe raise is not possible. Vases using Optic Induration. This is a petrify move (which is why I like a WHM as healer) and is a cone, so tank should not have his back to the party. It also does a lot of damage (could 1 shot a NIN tank). Consider stunning it if possible. RDM vases using Dispelga and having no raiser with reraise still up on wipe. Have to really watch this. RDM vases using Silencega. Everyone should have drops. Having a BLM vases use Reactor Cool (ice spikes) and screwing up a melee 2hour. This isn't a huge problem usually, but healers should watch for it. People not understanding where to wipe and being unable to safely raise on a wipe. Run staight across room after fight starts and wipe there. Vases fleeing from battle. If they reach their alcove during the fight they are full healed, so stun them if they run (this is also why you make sure they move off the alcoves to start the fight). If you wipe though, they don't regen so go down swinging. As a final note, this fight isn't that hard if everyone is on the same page, but it is the last real obstacle to the completion of CoP adn if you leave without completing the fight you have to go back thru the vase room on floor one to try again. After fight, everyone still up gets 1k XP. Cross the room you are in and check the convergence for a cutscene. Once everyone has the cutscene escape.

8-4 Dawn
You will get a cutscene upon entering Al'Taieu (if you escaped after last fight it will be then). After cutscene reenter the palace and go thru the Gate of the Gods to the garden. Continue north and use the gate in the second room (by a glowy). It will now allow access directly to the warp pad. Use it and go down. Follow hall to large room and check the paradox for a cutscene. When everyone is ready, check the paradox again to start the final battle. Promathia is big and tough looking, but really this fight is a joke. And by joke I mean that a skilled healing job could probably solo it with some practice and a little luck. However, I will go over the strat since plans are good. I'd also like to add that this is my favorite arena in the game and I wish we did more fights here. One major difference from a regular BC is that if you all die, you lose immediately, so no wiping allowed. Party: Tank - PLD - They can just take a hit better and Promathia can hit hard if he wants too. However /nin is good for this and a straight NIN tank could do OK, if they are good. Honestly, you don't have to have a tank, but it won't hurt. Healer - WHM - They can be a dedicated healer and the ~na spells can help a lot. I'm pretty sure 2 WHMs could duo this fight. Buffer - BRD - Not really needed though. I choose BRD here over COR because of flexibility. DDs - BLMs & RNGs. Ranged attacks are much better for this fight because of all the AoE Promathia does. He can kill melees quickly so nuke/kite works well on him. Prishe - She joins you for this fight. She will attack eventually, if you don't, so just rest until she does. She can also tank this fight just fine. Also her 2hour is Benediction (also uses Hundred Fists). She can be healed and also will heal the players. If she dies, she can be raised and will rejoin the fight with no time weakened. Selh'teus - He also joins you for this fight. He is an OK DD, but his real use is that he will stun Promathia often. Stun lasts for 30 seconds and if you have melee DDs, this is when they should attack (then run again when it wears). His 2hour is like Benediction, but heals HP, MP, & TP (now why can't we have that). Oh and he can use it twice. Also if he dies you lose automatically and you can't heal him. Form 1 Enter the BC and buff. Rest MP as much as possible before Prishe attacks. Tank should then get hate and kite Promathia. Save all resources (2hours, meds, etc) for second form. Promathia has stun, dispel (3 effects), curse, and plague. He also has Comet (high damage but absorbed by shadows). Tank will usually be out of range, but whm should remove effects as needed (curse being the worst probably). DDs should attack at will (kiting if they get hate), even melees. Everyone should keep shadows up if possible (stoneskin/blink for mages). The first form should die depressingly fast. Form 2 When form 1 dies, you will get a short cutscene and be allowed to rest. Rebuff (if needed) and rest MP as much as possible before Prishe attacks again. Again have tank grab hate and kite. This time any melee should only attack after Selh'teus uses his stun move (Luminous Lance). Range DDs can attack at will and kite as needed. In addition to his moves from form one, Promathia gains AoE (large AoE) Silence (Seal of Quiescense) and Amnesia (Winds of Oblivion) moves. Both of these moves will last 75 seconds roughly and neither can be removed by any means. Also he will either have physical or magic immunity up at all time. To tell which, look at the circle under him. Red is physical (Wheel of Impregnability) and green is magic (Bastion of Twilight). Prishe will use Nullifying Dropkick on occasion to dispel these for about 30 seconds. Obviously all DDs need to watch for when their type of damage will actually work. Promathia also gets Meteor instead of Comet. The only difference being Meteor is AoE. It is still absorbed by shadows and the target can usually get out of range (long cast time). Main thing is to keep Prishe up and just chip away at it. To be honest she can solo this whole fight if you can keep her healed. When Promathia dies, everyone alive gets 2k XP. You must now wait until JP midnight to get the cutscenes to finish up the missions. Final Cutscenes These first five may be done in any order. Again having a WHM to help will make things go faster. 1: Go to Southern San d'Oria and talk to Hinaree (B-6). Then zone into the Uleguerand Range for a cutscene. Then return to San d'Oria and approach the manor Hinaree lives in for final cutscene. 2: Go to Port Windurst and talk to Chipmy-Popmy (C-8). Then head to Bibiki Bay (do #3 on way) and take the boat to Purgonorgo Isle. Check Warmachine ??? at H-11 for final cutscene and a colored drop. 3: Zone into Mhaura for final cutscene. 4: Zone into Oldton Movalpolos for final cutscene (unless Bastok is your home point this is on way to #5). 5: Go to Metalworks and talk to Cid (H-8 upper floor) for final cutscene. After these 5, head to Ru'lude Gardens and approach the palace for a cutscene. Then go to Upper Jeuno and check the Marble Bridge Tavern for a cutscene. You may now choose your ring (you may also choose to wait if you are not sure). Next proceed to Tavnazian Safehold and check the walnut door at K-7 on the upper floor for a cutscene. Finally go out in Lufaise Meadows and head to F-6. This is in a dangerous area so sneak/invis is advised. When you approach the cliff you will get the final cutscene (very nice). This will drop invis, but sneak should stay up and that is the one you need (if you have any fomor hate). If you did not choose a ring, you may do so at any time at the Marble Bridge Tavern. Note that you can change your ring, but it's a long process, so you should make sure you have the one you want. '''THIS COMPLETES COP. HOWEVER, TO FINISH THE STORY AND TIE IN IT TO THE ZM STORY, COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING QUESTS'''

Storms of Fate
THIS BCNM IS DESIGNED FOR AN ALLIANCE OF 18. THE AREA TO REACH FIGHT IS LEVEL 50 CAP, BUT THE ACTUAL FIGHT IS UNCAPPED AND DESIGNED FOR LEVEL 75 ALLIANCE. Go to Ru'Lude Gardens and start to enter the palace. This will trigger a cut scene and flag the quest. Next proceed to Riverne - Site B01 and enter. This will also give a cutscene. From there, take you alliance and proceed thru Riverne. You will need one giant scale (from drakes here) for the unstable displacement at H-6. This is the same path to reach the normal BC here until the end, but I will note the path in case you have forgotten. Enter. Use displacement directly to southwest. Head all the way west then all the way north and use displacement at J-7. Proceed directly northwest and use displacement. Head west and use unstable displacement (this is where you need the scale). The scale will only hold displacement open a short time, so make sure everyone is ready to go thru before trading. Once thru contiune west and use displacement. Head southwest and you will come to the displacement leading to Monarch Linn and the ??? for the quest Spice Gals. Get ??? if have quest flagged, but continue southwest ignoring the displacement. You should reach a green displacement on the west side of E-7. Click it for a cutscene. Once everyone has gotten the cutscene, you can click it a second time to start the fight. It is important to note that the fight is in a BC type setting, but that any buffs applied outside will carry into the fight and that since the prep area is 50 cap and the fight is 75 cap, SE is nice (for once) and restores all HP/MP on entry. Therefore fully buff (as much as you can at 50) and then enter the fight. You can also build TP on mobs if you want, but might be dangerous this far in. This fight is against Bahamut. He will start the fight buffed with shell/protect 5, stoneskin, and phalanx. He can also cast cure 5, fire 5, firaga 4, flare 2, silencega, graviga, and dispelga. His TP moves are as follows: Absolute Terror = AoE terror (blocked by shadows), Trample = AoE Damage 200-500 + knock back + bind (blocked by shadows), Sweeping Flail = AoE Damage 100-300 + knock back (blocked by shadows), Touchdown = AoE Damage 300 + knock back, and Tempest Wing = Cone Wind Damage 400. In addition, he will use Megaflare every 10% health lost. Cone Fire Damage 800. At 10% he will use Gigaflare. Cone Fire Damage 1200. If he is stunned out of megaflare he will immediately use it again when stun wears. If he is stunned out of gigaflare he will either use it or megaflare immediately when stun wears. General setup would be to bring 3 parties. Party 1 being a tank party. Party 2 being a DD party. Party 3 being a nuke party. Party 1 should have 2-3 tanks, a BRD, and 2-3 healers. Party 2 should have 3-4 DDs, a BRD or COR, and a healer. Party 3 should be a COR or BRD and the rest BLMs Best Tanks would be PLD/NIN if they can hold hate. Healers should keep shell and barfire up at all times. Obviously it is best to also /nin on all DDs if possible. Anyone with dispel should use it at the start of the fight to strip bahamut's starting buffs them make sure he doesn't put them back up. BLMs (and anyone with stun) should go light on damage at start to get hate set on tanks. Stun rotation should be set up prior to fight. Megaflare is not worth stunning, but Firaga 4 and Dispelga should be stunned if at all possible. Gigaflare at 10% is also worth stunning. 2hours should be used as needed, but are not absolutely needed to win this fight. All melees should bring hipotions to help with healing and mana users should have juices. If tank party wipes, it is possible to kite bahamut if needed. When I did this fight, the DD party contained a NIN/WAR that started the fight as main tank. The DD party ended up wiping and this prolonged the fight, but we still easily won inside the 30 minute time limit. After defeating Bahamut, return to the palace in Ru'Lude Gardens for the final cutscene to finish this quest. YOU MUST DO THIS IN THE CONQUEST PERIOD BEFORE FLAGGING IN THE NEXT QUEST. NOTE THAT THIS ALSO GRANTS ENTRANCE TO THE BCNM The Wyrmking Descends.

Shadows of the Departed
TO START THIS QUEST YOU MUST HAVE COMPLETED ALL ZILART MISSIONS. TO START THIS QUEST YOU MUST HAVE COMPLETED STORMS OF FATE BEFORE THE MOST RECENT CONQUEST TALLY. Go to the palace in Ru'Lude Gardens to trigger the cutscene starting this quest. You then must proceed to floor 4 of the first 3 promys and touch the memory flux to get a key item. There are a number of jobs that claim they can solo this and I found it to be an easy duo. Using you NPC is also an option. However, I prefer to just join a shout for someone doing the promy runs and help people out while I do this quest. Here are the locations of the memory fluxes. If you can't remember how to reach the top floor, look back at those walk thrus. If no whm present using a reraise item would not be a bad idea. It is also possible to get the flux after the fight if you prefer. Just choose to return to the spire entrance rather than exiting. HOLLA - J-10 - This is south and west of the spire. It is generally easier to get this flux on the way to the spire since I like to go the western route to the spire. However, if you go the eastern route, it would be better to leave party at spire while you get the flux before or after the fight. MEA - K-6 - This is due west of the spire. It is much easier to let main party go to spire and then go get the flux either before or after the fight. DEM - K-4 - This is right by the entrance to the floor and can be gotten as soon as you enter the floor. Once you have the 3 key items, return to the palace in Ru'Lude Gardens for a cutscene to complete the quest.

Apocalypse Nigh
THIS IS AN UNCAPPED 6 PERSON BCNM FIGHT. I have not yet attempted this fight, so I will add to the strat section when I have done it personally. Wait until Japan Midnight after completing the previous quest and return to the palace in Ru'Lude Gardens for a cutscene flagging this quest. Head to the Sealion's Den for another cutscene. Enter The Garden of Ru'Hmet for another cutscene. Return to the Empyreal Paradox (where you fought Promathia) and check the radiance for a final cutscene. After everyone has this cutscene, click it again to enter the fight. Buffs will carry into the fight, so buff and rest outside the fight. Fight is against the 2 nut jobs you have to fight during the Zilart Missions. The only difference being you have to fight them both at once and they are slightly more powerful. After winning the fight, return to Lower Jeuno and talk to Aldo (in Neptune's Spire). You must currently be rank 5 or higher (if you switched nations you might be lower). After Aldo, head to Norg and speak to Gilgamesh (the oak door). You must wait until Japan midnight after the fight before talking to Gilgamesh (midnight after the fight not midnight after Aldo). Gilgamesh will give you a choice of 4 earrings as a reward. You can choose later if you want time to think. Also you can repeat these last 2 quests to change earrings if you desire, but better to make sure you have the one you want to start with.

The Last Verse
THIS IS NOT A CURRENT MISSION, BUT SIMPLY SHOWS YOU HAVE FINISHED THE COP & ZM STORYLINES. Both your CoP and Zilart mission logs should show this as your active mission once you complete Apocalypse Nigh.

Treasures of Aht Urhgan Missions
This is really good storyline although it starts out really slow for me. Also, the fights are too easy as I only lost the final fight going thru it the first time and have only lost one other fight when doing repeats. One important note of this mission tree is that you will have to wait a REAL DAY on several occasions before continuing. This is to prevent people from completing the storyline in a afternoon like with Zilart or ACP. It will be very frustrating if you have to wait a day after just getting one cutscene, so try to plan your time to reach the next "day break" each time you work on these missions. I will be sure to note where they are.

1: Land of Sacred Serpents
You must first complete the quest The Road to Aht Urhgan to acquire the ferry pass for Whitegate. I would also recommend doing Lure of the Wildcat in each of the 3 starter cities and Jeuno before heading to whitegate. Then proceed to Mhaura and board the ferry there. Be aware there are 2 ferries, so make sure you take the one to Aht Urhgan and not the one to Selbina. Once in Whitegate go up the stairs in front of the port and follow the balcony right to the room at I-10. Enter and talk to Naja Salaheem.

2: Immortal Sentries
Naja will ask you to deliver supplies (key item) to one of the staging points around the nation. There are 6 of these but Nyzul Isle Staging Point will not count for this mission. Other than that, the choice is yours which you visit. Personally, I would suggest getting them all done as soon as possible since they are how you access assaults and some will have good party locations, but some will not be used much so the choice is yours. Also, you will need Imperial Standing (similar to Conquest Points) to use the outgoing transport, so you may wish to wait until you have some built up. The following are directions to each Staging Point. To get full instructions you can click on the link provided for each. Azouph Isle Staging Point - This is the easiest and most used staging point to reach. Cross town and take the ferry (I-5) to Nashmau. From Nashmau, exit the town to the north into the Mire. Follow left wall (you will sneak and invis even at 75) thru the first tunnel you come to. Once thru tunnel follow the right wall until you come to the staging point gate. Please be aware that imps are TRUESIGHT. If you are not 75, you may want to bring reraise, although there are usually parties in the area XPing on the imps. Halvung Staging Point - This is also used in a number of parties and very easy to reach if you have access to escape. If you do not have escape (or a friend with escape), check the link to see the route. Head to H-7 and zone to Bhaflau Thickets. Note that Puks & Tigers are sight, Treants & Ochu are sound, and undead are sound & blood aggro. Head west and follow passage to open area. Continue west into second open area (either south or west passage will get you there). Exit this area to the west into a third open area. Exit this area to the south and follow the passage west to another open area. Enter cave at northwest corner of this area and you should zone into Halvung. Once inside use escape to appear in Mount Zhaylom. You will need sneak for oozes/crawlers and invis for bombs here. You might consider starting the quest Rock Bottom while here for the map. Follow the wall on your east (when you appear) around this open area, thru a tunnel, another open area and a passage to the staging point gate. Mamool Ja Staging Point - Exit Whitegate at H-10 into Wajaom Woodlands (see notes on Bhaflau Thickets for types of aggro). Head west until you reach F-6 then south until you reach D-12. You will find a cave there that is the zone into Mamook. Use both sneak and invisible here, but remember that frogs are TRUESOUND (frogs can be killed by 2-3 75s, but are really pretty deadly). Also, Lurkers (and a few NMs) are TRUESIGHT. Follow path to open area. Follow wall and exit into large open area to the south at I-7/8. Continue south to ramp at H/I-9 and go up. From there head west then south into small room. From there head west and follow the left wall to exit at F-10. Once you zone into Bhaflau Thickets, stay on the left wall until you reach the staging point gate. This is a popular merit camp, but invis may still be needed. Dvucca Isle Staging Point - This staging point is pretty easy to get, but you will not need it until later in this mission tree and can get it then if you desire. Few people party here, but it is possible. You will need an imperial silver piece (Remnants Permit or Captain Badge if you are further along also work). Cross town and take the ferry (I-5) to Nashmau (or go thru to Azouph Staging Point to Nashmau). Once in Nashmau, exit town to the west into Mire and follow the left wall to the cave gaurded by a NPC at E-11. NPC will need 1 imperial silver piece to allow passage (or as stated above). Once in, head forward and take the warp on the right. After warp head straight and follow hall until you zone back into the Mire. Talk to NPC gaurding this cave (no charge to leave) then follow right wall to staging point gate (will need sneak/invis). Watch for Imps again, but generally they stay clear. Ilrusi Atoll Staging Point - You can also check this link to see the route that leads past Dvucca Staging Point, but this is the route I generally take. You can also activate the flag quests for COR and PUP on this route if you wish(quests are No Strings Attached & Luck of the Draw). This staging point is extremely useful for doing assaults, but is rarely used for other purposes. If you are a SMN or know a SMN that will take you on assault, I would get at 50, otherwise, it can wait. Cross town and take the ferry (I-5) to Nashmau (or go thru to Azouph Staging Point to Nashmau). Exit Nashmau to the north into the Mire. Follow left wall (you will need sneak and invis even at 75) thru the first tunnel you come to. Once thru tunnel, stay on the left wall until the first intersection and head north. Once thru the next tunnel, check the ??? behind the pool there. You will get a key you will need later. This key can only be obtained once per week by each character from the ??? (can also be farmed in Reef). Once you have the Lamia Fang Key (one for group is enough), head east up the slope then north until you come to tunnel gaurded by lamia and undead. Enter tunnel and you will eventually zone into Arrapago Reef. You will need sneak for the undead here and invis for the lamia/merrow. Remember that Flayers are TRUESOUND and deadly. You should have reraise, but it may be hard to die in a safe spot with all the undead around, so be very careful. Follow the path forward across the first shipwreck (??? for PUP is here). Continue east as much as possible until you reach a locked gate. The Lamia Fang Key opens this gate, but will break when used. Hurry thru when gate opens (can also be opened from other side). If you want the COR quest ??? head west thru gate to second shipwreck then return and head north to gate there. Once thru gate head down ramp then west until you come to a small island. Cross this island and stay along the left wall. You will come to a ship, but before that you will see a Flayer. Be very careful to go past him. Cross the shipwreck and follow path southwest. Conitune along path until you come to the next shipwreck. Do not cross this ship, but continue past it and take the west path. Once on this path, follow the right wall until ou reach some caves. There are 3 imps in caves so take care. However, the staging point gate is in the tunnel beyond the 2 rooms with imps so if you do get aggro you can just run to the gate and try to get thru (sleeping imps is useful, but if it fails it is safe to reraise by gate). Once you have reached any Staging Point, talk to the NPC there and use the Runic Portal to return to Whitegate (free to return and you must do this to activate the portal for your later use). Talk to Naja to complete this mission. You may now also trade her the items obtained from Lure of the Wildcat. Having all 4 items prior to trading will result in a larger reward. For completion of this mission you are awarded the rank of Private Second Class, 150 Imperial Standing, the right to recieve Sanction from whitegate gaurds (like signet but different bonuses you select), access to a Mog Locker, and the ability to pay (300 gil) for a warp to whitegate from any city where you completed the lure of the wildcat quest.

3: President Salaheem
Talk to Naja (may need to zone after last mission, but not sure). Talk to Rytaal (K-10) at the Commissions Agency to learn about Assault. Talk to Naja again (optional) and then to Fubruhn (F-11) by Mog House to learn about your Mog Locker. He is also the person to speak to about upgrading and expanding access to your locker. Return and talk to Naja again to complete this mission (again may have to Zone). THERE IS A REAL DAY WAIT AT THIS POINT SO TIME TO RELAX

4: Knight of Gold
Talk to Naja after JP midnight. Talk to Cacaroon (G-11) for a cutscene. Trade Cacaroon an imperial bronze piece (or 1000 gil) for a second cutscene. Head to K-8 and enter the Walahra Temple for a cutscene. Then head to K-12 and enter the Shararat Teahouse for another cutscene. In this cutscene you will be asked a number of questions. For Question 1, select each answer in any order. For Question 2, select the only answer. For Question 3, select "San d'Orian Price" (which you should know anyway). For Question 4, select Trion (although it doesn't really matter and it's funny to see him get mad if you're wrong). This cutscene ends this mission and you should get a key item.

5: Confessions of Royalty
Head to San d'Oria and enter the Chateau. Talk to Halver for a cutscene to end this mission. THERE IS A REAL DAY WAIT AT THIS POINT SO TIME TO RELAX

6: Easterly Winds
After JP midnight, head to Ru'Lude Gardens and approach the palace for a cutscene. You will be asked questions, but the answer don't matter that much. However if you want 10 imperial bronze pieces answer "yes" on Question 1 and "that's what I'm here for" on Question 3. This ends this mission.

7: Westerly Winds
Return to Whitegate and check the Teahouse again for a cut scene and an imperial silver piece. Then report to Naja for a second imperial silver piece. You will be asked questions, but they don't matter (good for laughs though). This ends this mission. THERE IS A REAL DAY WAIT AT THIS POINT SO TIME TO RELAX

8: A Mercenary Life
Return to Mercenary Headquarters after JP midnight.

9: Undersea Scouting
Talk to Naja (if she doesn't mention the ruins zone and try again). You should bring a imperial silver piece and 3 imperial mythril pieces on this mission. Next exit whitegate into Bhaflau Thickets at H-7. You will need sneak/invis as mention in previous mission. Make your way to the northwest corner of the map (F-6). You should find a cave gaurded by a NPC. Talk to the NPC and trade her the 3 imperial mythril pieces for a map of the ruins and then the silver piece for entrance to the ruins (can skip the map, but it's recommended). Once inside head down the hall to the door at H-8. Reaching it ends this mission.

10: Astral Waves
Check the door for a cutscene (probably did this anyway right?). Then return to Naja to report. This will end the mission. NOTE: it will be best to get the Nyzul Isle Staging Point while here. Once you go thru the door use the warp pad on the north as you come out of the hall. In the next room use the warp pad on the west. From this room head north or south (no difference) then east as far as you can. Go thru closed door and continue east until you reach the staging point gate. As with the others, enter and use the runic portal to return to whitegate. This Staging point is important for access to merit party areas and several end game events (nyzul isle and salvage). WAIT ONE GAME DAY TO START NEXT MISSION

11: Imperial Schemes
On the next game day after reporting from the last mission, talk to Naja again for another cutscene.

12: Royal Puppeteer
In the previous cutscene Naja should tell you to interrogate the locals. If not, zone and try again. Once you have the cutscene (you could farm this while waiting for the day to change), head to Bhaflau Thickets or Wajaom Woodlands and kill the big pink Ochus. Personally, I think I'm 5/5 on this drop, but I'm told it's not 100%. The mobs are easy solo at 75 for most jobs and I got my original one in a mid 60s party that was killing puks in the woodlands. Once everyone needing the mission has a Vial of Jody Acid (and the cutscene if you did the farming first) head to Nashmau (You should bring a imperial silver piece if you also plan to activate the Dvucca Isle Staging Point as mentioned in upcoming missions). You can either take the boat or go thru the runic portals from the earlier mission. Once in Nashmau, talk to Pyopyoroon at H-7. All the rats look alike and have similar names, but he'll be there in the left back corner when you come off the boat. Trade him the Acid for a key item to end this mission.

13: Lost Kingdom
Take the west exit into the mire. Proceed down the path until you come the graveyard. If it is night be careful of the skeleton mobs. It would be best to wait until they despawn or to clear them, although you can also kite the NM to a safe area. Everyone on the mission needs to check the headstone at E-10 (Jazaraat's Headstone) for a cutscene. Once everyone is ready, check it again to spawn Jazaraat. Fight is pretty easy with any DD/NIN+healer combo at 75 and you can check the above link for jobs that can solo him. He can hit hard, but as /nin that's not a big issue. Also in case you missed it, he's a fomor type mob so be ready for those TP moves. Once he is dead, check the headstone again for a key item (coin). You must check the headstone for the coin prior to zoning or you must redo the fight. NOTE: You will be asked for more coins later. All you need to do is recheck the headstone and you will get a new coin without a fight.

14: The Dolphin Crest
Report back to Naja to complete this mission. If you have not yet activate the Azouph Isle Staging Point this would a good time to do so. Most likely, you have so if you still need the Dvucca Isle Staging Point you should do that one to return to Whitegate. See earlier mission for path to either from Nashmau.

15: The Black Coffin
EVERYONE ENTERING THIS FIGHT MUST HAVE THE Ephramadian Gold Coin KEY ITEM. Even if you are just repeating for a friend you will need to get a coin. FIGHT IS UNCAPPED AND ALLOWS 6 PEOPLE TO ENTER. Talk to Naja to start this mission (may need to zone after last mission report?). Head to the Dvucca Isle Staging Point (If you don't have it yet, see above for path or click link for path thru Nyzul Isle Staging Point). From staging point, head down path to open area. You will need sneak and invis here and please remember imps are TRUESIGHT. If you do get aggro, try to fight as far from other mobs as possible due to the blood aggro that will happen here. In open area head west and a little south until you reach a tunnel. Go thru and continue west thru the next open area. The western edge of this area is fake brush you can walk thru. Once thru the brush, contiune on path until you zone into the Reef. Once in reef continue down path until you reach the cutter (still use scneak as needed). When you approach the ship, you will get a cutscene if you are on this mission. Once that cutscene is done (question does not matter), make sure everyone is ready and click the cutter door to select the fight. Fight starts as 5 Fomor (RNGx2, RDMx2, COR). Buff and rest after you enter until NPC starts fight or you are ready. Most DDs can solo one each and you get an NPC to help you (NPC can die and you will still win). However, this is the strat I would recommend. Party: Healer x2, DD/NIN x4). Have your healers /BLM for the fight. One should use elemental seal sleepga at the start.  These are fomor, but they are still sleepable woth dark sleep.  Once they are slept, have all DDs focus on the one the NPC attacks.  If Fomor wake up, the sleeper can kite them around the ship.  I have had no problems doing this on either RDM, WHM, or SMN.  Once the DDs kill the last one round 2 will start (might consider holding the last one if possible to rest MP if needed).  Round 2 is another 5 fomor (RNGx2, RDM, MNK, COR).  The COR this round is the Captain.  He will be higher level than the crew.  THe battle ends when the captain is around 20% HP.  The main page recommends kiting him while you kill the crew, but I've never bothered with that.  Just have the second /BLM elemental seal sleepga at the start and everyone go nuts on the captain.  Again, just kite anything that wakes up while you kill the captain. He can get off some nasty TP moves, but he goes down pretty fast (especially if you all 2hour). After fight you will get a very nice cutscene and end up in Nashmau if this is your first win. Repeat winners are left at the cutter after the fight, so be ready for that. If you are in Nashmau, I would recommend running out to get a new coin from the headstone, since you will need it again later. NOTE: If you lose you will need to get a new coin key item before trying again.

16: Ghosts of the Past
Report back to Naja for a cutscene. I really hate that a single cutscene counts as mission in this tree so often.

17: Guests of the Empire
Talk to Naja again (may need to zone first?) for another cutscene. She will give you a visual list of armour that will work for the next mission, but easier to check the above link to se a list of known items that work. Next check the Imperial Gate (L-8/9) wearing "appropriate" gear for a long (20+ minute) cutscene. NOTE: Only the body piece really matters, but you must still wear hands, legs, and feet of some sort. Also you cannot wear any weapon or shield or you will be denied entry. As for what to wear, most DDs have a Scorpion Harness or Hauby. For the more mage inclined, most gear that gives refresh or MP recovery or magic attack works, but check list if you have problems. It's generally not hard to find a cheap piece your job can wear in case you don't have any already and worst case, you can buy a piece for the cutscene and resell it. Your reward for this mission is an Imperial Mythril Piece and access to Salvage (talk to Zasshal by assault office for info). THERE IS A REAL DAY WAIT AT THIS POINT SO TIME TO RELAX

18: Passing Glory
After JP midnight talk to Naja for the next cutscene. You must zone before she will talk to you.

19: Sweets for the Soul
Go over the the Teahouse for a cutscene.

20: Teahouse Tumult
I would recommend being able to warp/escpape/tele after this mission Head to Wajaom Woodlands (see above for aggressive mobs there is not on Chocobo). Porceed west to G-7 and enter the Aydeewa Subterrane. Once in Subterrane, head down tunnel and take the first south at intersection. You will need sneak and invisble from here due to chigoes mainly, but also tigers and ochus (and possibly a few other things). You should reach a pond ar F-8. Continue south into another tunnel and head to E-9. In this room head west and down ramp (E-9 still). Once down ramp, you should find a blank target in front of you. You will need to drop invis to check it, so watch the tigers. Cutscene is fairly long and there is no way to tell if you are safe to exit it because of possible tiger aggro. Once out of cutscene, reapply invis if you aren't under attack and then warp/escape/tele to get out. NOTE: If doing this with a group, each person should bring their own exit, however, I have noticed that teleport can be used in some cutscenes to transport members still in the cutscene as well as those outside of it. People were transported after the cutscene was finished not during it. However I have not test this for this particular cut scene and do not know if it is a general rule or was just a glitch. It could also work with escape, but again, I have not tested it.

21: Finders Keepers
Report back to Naja.

22: Shield of Diplomacy
Well we are to the second fight of the story. FIGHT IS UNCAPPED AND ALLOWS SIX PEOPLE TO ENTER. You will need to reach the Navukgo Execution Chamber. This is the hardest part of the fight for most people. I go thru Halvung Staging Point, but honestly the way listed on the above link thru Nyzul Staging Point is probably quicker and safer, I've just never went that way so I will describe this path. From Halvung Staging Point stay on the right wall until you come to a large gate. To open this you need the key item Cast Metal Plate, which is found by checking ??? in the zone. Only one person needs the key item and the gate can open from the far side. This is a popular BLM camp, so it's very possible that people will be there and let you thru if you ask nicely. Once thru the gate continue along the right wall and zone into Halvung at G-7. It's a long walk and you will need sneak/invis. Also note that Wamoura are TRUESOUND. Once in Halvung, proceed west and zone back into Mount Zhayolm (will need invis). Now follow the left wall until you enter a tunnel at C-7. Head South at the first intersection and east at the second to reach the chamber. Upon entering the chamber you should get a cutscene. Then proceed further in and check the gate for another cut scene. When everyone is ready, check gate again to select the fight. Enter. Buff. Rest MP. Etc. Fight is against a Khimera type mob (about 30k HP) and you will have the annoying BLM from windy helping you. Check above link for ways to solo this while the BLM kill it, but here is the set up I suggest. Party: Tank (PLD is good, but MNK/NIN or NIN is fine), Healer x2, Buffer (if wanted) and rest DDs. 2hours are not needed but as always can speed things along. NPC does not need to survive for you to win, but will help with damage if she is healed (she warps away at about 50% of her health if not healed). Just as a note, it is possible to win even if everyone is killed if the NPC is able to defeat the mob before she warps. The mob does have some annoying TP moves, but as long as the healers are watching, it's not really a hard fight. DDs do not have to /NIN if they prefer another sub, because the TP moves strip shadows anyway. Again, I would plan to warp/tele after this fight. There will be a cutscene when you win, but then you are left in the middle of nowhere.

23: Social Graces
Report to Naja for a cutscene. YOU MUST WAIT ONE GAME DAY BEFORE CONTINUING TO THE NEXT MISSION.

24: Foiled Ambition
On the next game day talk to Naja again (you must zone before getting the new cutscene) for another cutscene and a reward of 5 imperial gold pieces. YAY! YOU MUST WAIT A REAL DAY BEFORE THE NEXT MISSION SO RELAX.

25: Playing the Part
After JP midnight, report back ot Naja for yet another cutscene.

26: Seal of the Serpent
Talk to Naja again and ask questions. Then head to Imperial Gate again for a cutscene. Remember that you cannot take any weapons (or shields) into the imperial city.

27: Misplaced Nobility
Return to the blank target you checked in Mission 20 and check it again. See that mission for directions. Again be ready to warp/escape/etc when cutscene done.

28: Bastion of Knowledge
Return to Whitegate and enter the Walahra Temple for a cutscene.

29: Puppet in Peril
FIGHT IS UNCAPPED AND ALLOWS SIX PEOPLE TO ENTER. Go to the Mamool Ja Staging Point. If you don't have it by now then get it using the directions listed previously. From the staging point follow the left wall until you zone into the Jade Sepulcher. Check the ornamental door there for a long cutscene (15-20 minutes). Once everyone is ready, check the door again to select the fight. Fight is against one Mamool riding a Wivre (around 14k HP). He is a PLD so can resist enfeeble fairly well without help (elemental seal, threnody, etc.). He also will random switch targets so the "tank" needs to be watching for this in case a mage get in trouble. With this in mind, every person should be prepared to tank the mob for at least a short time while the main tank regains hate. The Mamool will annouce who he is targeting whenever he decides to randomly change. He has an AoE TP move called Clobber that does heavy damage if hate shifts to someone behind him, but it's not nearly as bad as spike flail. At around 50% he will start to use granite skin (stoneskin on the front half) more often (rarely uses before). At around 30% he will start doing an AoE fire attack so try to keep barfire up for everyone. At around 25% he will increase his use of graniteskin and cures and also gains a good regen. Therefore it would be best to save 2hours for this point. For example a RDM can chainspell blizzard3 at this point to kill him (and have fun). My recommend party set up would be as follows: tank (PLD, but NIN or WAR/NIN or MNK/NIN work), Healer x2 (WHM for barfire/auspice/solace, RDM for chainspell/dispel/gravity), DD x3(SMN and BLM work well in addition to standard melee DDs, DRG is especially nice). Fight should got pretty smooth regardless of set up though. After the fight you will get a cutscene to conclude the mission.

30: Prevalence of Pirates
Return to the Cutter in Arrapago Reef where you did the Black Coffin mission (see above for directions) and check it. You will get one cutscene when you enter the reef (regardless of where you enter it) and another when you check the cutter door.

31: Shades of Vengeance
From the cutter, return to Dvucca Isle Staging Point (see above for directions or just warp and then zone using runic portal). If you for some reason use the runic portal to get there, you can take an assault in this area to warp for free since you will not leave the staging point for this mission. Check the Assault Entrance there to select this mission. You can check the link above for strats, but the easiest way to do this is SMN duo (could solo easily too). There are a group of 10 lamia at H-9 (head south as much as you can and you'll find them). You need to kill 3 to trigger a cutscene and complete the mission (this is my favorite cutscene by the way). They are pretty weak and can be slept with dark sleep (but not light), however, they have enpoison and several poison attacks (some AoE) that inflict 80/tick poison that is no joke. This is why SMN works so well. However a normal party is fine as long as you bring antidote and have some method to pull. Carby pull to avoid links is best, but a really good puller may be able to not get all 10 at once. After fight enjoy the cutscene. If for some reason you fail the mission, you can get a new permit from the NPC at this staging point once per game day. If you are already past this mission, you may enter to help others without a permit.

32: In the Blood
Report back to Naja for a cutscene and an imperial gold piece reward. THERE IS A REAL DAY WAIT TO CONTINUE SO REST UP AND RELAX.

33: Sentinels' Honor
After JP midnight talk to Naja again. You must zone before you can get the new cutscene.

34: Testing the Waters
If you have not already gotten another Ephramadian Gold Coin key item, return to the graveyard outside Nashmau (see earlier mission) for another and then head to the Cutter again (also see earlier mission). Note that if you are getting the Coin anyway, it will be quicker to bring a silver piece and short cut thru Nyzul as if going to Dvucca Staging Point (see directions for reaching that stagin point earlier). Check the cutter for a cutscene that will take you to Talacca Cove (must have coin to get cutscene) and end this mission. If you are helping a friend with this, you do not need to get the coin. Simple meet him at Talacca Cove for the next mission. Also if you fail the coming fight, you do not need to redo this cut scene, but can simply redo the fight at the cove.

35: Legacy of the Lost
THIS FIGHT IS UNCAPPED AND SIX PEOPLE ARE ALLOWED TO ENTER. If you are helping or redoing this fight and for some reason can not find the cove, head to Nashmau and take the west exit into the mire. Follow the path thru the graveyard and zone into the cove at E-9. Follow the left wall until you find a tunnel. Enter the tunnel and follow it to a rock slab. If you are donig this for the first time, the previous mission should have dropped you off here. Check the Rock Slab to select the fight. Enter. Buff. Rest MP. Etc. Fight is against 1 NIN Yagudo (from the cutscenes) with around 13k HP. He uses all the Yag TP move (with new names) and a couple of special ones for him. Due to his use of Sweep, it is good to /NIN when possible. Be very wary of his NIN 2hour. As with all NMs he can use it multiple times. His special moves are Shibaraku (AoE high damage and knock back) and the ability to clone himself (3-6 at once). The cloning is not a TP move really, but he does it at random. His clones have about 2k HP, but will despawn by themselves in 10-40 seconds. They share hate with the NM, but can be easily kited but a mage with stoneskin/phalanx using diaga (or other ga). They will copy all of the NMs moves (nin spells and TP) including his 2hour (this can easily wipe a party). The Yagudo can also teleport to attack people when hate shifts. He will typically use a TP move (Shibaraku most likely) as soon as he appears, so healers and support jobs (and range DDs) should be careful of hate control and stay fully buffed. He will give up around 10% resulting in a win. Any balanced party can win this fight with patience, but here is my recommendations for it. Tank: PLD. NIN could, but when the clones come, PLD can take the beating better until they are kited (or super tank them if needed). PLD can also Rampart Mijin Gakure if they time it right. Healer x2: WHM for main heal and RDM for support, debuffs, buffs, and kiting. DDx3: RNG good for this as long as they are careful on hate control early. DRG (or other pet jobs) suffer because pet is likely to die from sweeps. A job that can tank after Mijin Gakure kills your main tank is not bad either. DDs should be aware that this mob has very high evasion. Reports indicate that unbuffed DDs hit around 65% so ACC food is recommended. You could also replace a DD (or healer) with a buffer for more ACC. Main thing on this fight is to not panic. If people die, just keep at it (full wipe you should just redo). Personally, I have won this fight with a PLD, WHM, and BRD doing most of the work (RDM, DRG, SAM spent most of the fight face down), but it was long (and SAM did get in a 2hour). After the fight you get a cutscene to finish this mission. Your answers in the cutscene don't matter.

36: Gaze of the Saboteur
When you exit the fight head south. take the first left (east), but then continue south and west to zone into the mire at G-10 (if you need to redo the fight for others head north here instead of zoning to be back at the Rock Slab). Once in mire follow the right wall thru the graveyard to zone into Hazhalm Testing Grounds at E-10 for a cutscene. Follow the tunnel and check the gate for another cutscene and a key item.

37: Path of Blood
Report back to Naja (should talk to her twice). YOU MUST WAIT A REAL DAY BEFORE THE NEXT MISSION SO RELAX TIME AGAIN.

38: Stirrings of War
After JP midnight head over to the Teahouse for a cutscene ending this mission and a key item(you must have zoned since the previous mission).

39: Allied Rumblings
Head to Ru'Lude Gardens and approach the palace for the next cutscene.

40: Unraveling Reason
Speak to Pherimociel at G-6 in Ru'Lude Gardens (popular gaurd from CoP missions) ot get a cutscene. ZONE and return ONE GAME DAY later. Speaking to Pherimociel again will give you anither cutscene and a question. Select "Ready!" to continue the mission. NOTE: This will trigger a cutscene that ends with you in Wajaom Woodlands at the Leypoint, so if you are in need of a free trip to the Near East, this is it.

41: Light of Judgment
If continuing directly from last mission, head east to until you come to whitegate (bird rental at leypoint if you like). Once in Whitegate, talk to Rodin-Comidin for a cutscene and a key item. NOTE: If you fail the following fight he will need to give you a new key item each time, but anyone past this fight may enter without the item.

42: Path of Darkness
Head to the Nyzul Isle Stagin Point (accepting an assault here first will allow you to do this for free). Check the blank target on the lamp where you appear for a cutscene. This will also bar you from entering mercnary HQ until the mission is complete, so best to not get this cutscene until ready to do the fight. Once cutscene ends, head to the runic seal to select the fight. This fight needs to be prepared for, but isn't overly hard. However, bad luck can cause a lose. The main source of bad luck is that your fearless leader, Naja, joins you for the fight and must be kept alive (about 1k HP). A DD heavy set up with a healer/sleeper can win this fight by each person soloing a gear, but I prefer the super kite strat so I'll go over that here more. Party: Tank PLD with earth staff for kiting phases. Healers x2 WHM and RDM so party and kite have separate healers (can do with single healer if you prefer a buffer). DD x3 DRG is good as gears "fly" and /mage can add healing if needed. Strat: Enter, buff, rest, etc. Round 1: When ready, have PLD run into first room and aggro (sight only) the BLU stand there. She will summon 4 gear mobs, which will go for the PLD. PLD then retreats to first room and starts making laps. RDM must sleep the BLU (and keep her slept until the gears die). Having several sleeper just in case is not bad. It is possible to sleep the gears but they will likely resist(gravity and bind should work though). Naja will attack one target at random. If she goes for the BLU you probably can't keep her alive and will have to redo, but if the PLD kites the gears back to the party fast enough she should take one of them. All the DDs should focus on the gear Naja attacks if possible. Kill the gears one at a time and then attack the BLU. The BLU will warp around 25% health and be waiting further in. Once she warps, rest to full (rebuff as needed) and go forward. One thing to be careful of is that if she warps while someone is using a ranged attack (or possibly a spell), it is possble that she will be struck after warping which will trigger round 2 immediately Round 2: This is identical with the exception the 4 gear mobs are now 4 triple gears (BLU will start at 100% HP again). Obviously this makes them more dangerous, but the same strat will still work fine. Again the BLU should be slept until all gears are dead and she will warp again when low on HP. Rest up for round 3. Round 3: The BLU has turned into a soulflayer (full HP) and needs to be killed. This is an all out attack, but pretty standard fight. If you have not fought a flayer before consider yourself lucky. They use icespike continually and also do AoE Curse, Bio, Blind in addition to very heavy nukes. They resist magic heavily and have a high DEF score. A steady approach will be an easy win though if debuffs are removed quickly (especially from tank). After the fight you will get a cutscene ending the mission. As stated previously, if you fail you must return to the NPC fro mthe previous mission to get a new key item.

43: Fangs of the Lion
Report to Naja for a cutscene and the key item for the next fight. NOTE: If you fail the next fight, you must return to Naja for a new Key Item each time.

44: Nashmeira's Plea
Return to Nyzul Isle Staging Point(again getting an assualt for this area allows free transport). Check the blank target for another cutscene then the runic seal to select the fight. Most people redo this fight a number of times before winning, but it's not that hard if people will follow instructions and pay attention. It is however a long fight. It is similar the CoP Airship fight in that is 45 clock and has multiple stages. The actual fight is much easier though. Most important note is party set up, because of the specific damage requirements at the first. Party: Recommended for a lot strat guides is a PLD, Healer (possibly 2) and then BLMs and RNGs to finish the party. I've done it this way and it goes really well, but I would also like to recommend an alternative set up. I've done this several times with PLD, Healer x2, MNK x2, and then random other person (buffer or stunner nice). If no stunner available, one of the healers or buffers should /DRK for stun. Fight: This fight is divided into 5 smaller fights with certain requirements for each. Time is the reason most parties lose so attention to detail is important. Enter, buff, rest MP, etc. Round 1: You will see a BLU and a Mech. Ignore the Mech and pull the BLU. Be sure to stun him every time he tries to use Eyes on Me. Especailly after he uses Azure Lore as it can 1 hit a well geared PLD. If using the RNG - BLM method, let the BLM(s) sleep nuke him down. If using my MNK method have both MNKs use formless strikes (this is magic damage) and kill him. He will die fairly fast reguardless of damage type. Round 2: BLU will immediately reraise to full HP and be more powerful. He will also state which type of damage did the majority of damage (range, melee, or magic) to his last form. Kill him again. Again make sure to stun Eyes on Me and know he will use Azure lore again. If using the RNG - BLM (or any DDs + BLM) method, have the BLMs rest MP (still need to stun though) until he well under 50% then kill him. This will be the hardest phase of this strat. If using the MNK method just kill him. He has slightly better HP and DEF in this form, but should still go down fairly fast. Round 3: BLU will immediately reraise again. Once more he will have full HP and be more powerful. Again he will use Azure Lore. He will also state the type of damage that did the majority of damage to his second form. IF THE DAMGE TYPE IN ROUND 1 AND ROUND 2 IS THE SAME, HE WILL BE IMMUNE TO THAT DAMAGE TYPE. His HP and DEF will be higher regardless of immunity. Kill him a final time making sure to stun Eyes on Me every time. When he dies this time, he'll stay down so you can rest after he dies if needed. Round 4: As soon as you have a DD (or tank) and a healer ready to go, attack the mech. He's very weak and should be used to build TP. At 50% he will become invunerable if th BLU is not killed first. Once the Mech is at 50% and the BLU defeated 3 times, you will get a short cutscene and then the "real" fight starts. Round 5: Alexander cheats. He has way more HP than he needs and then can heal him self for a lot. One think to remember is that his healling move is also an erase move. Therefore it's mostly triggered by enfeebles and DoTs. I know it's hard as a RDM or maybe a BLM, but NO ENFEEBLES OR DOTS make a faster fight. Strat for the fight is pretty simple. PLD gets hate (rest should wait a little to let him establish this) and stands off to the side well out of melee. I've never tried this fight without a PLD tank and I really suspect it would be brutally hard with any other strat. PLD should gear for magic defense. His job the whole fight is to stand there and take nukes. The Nukes are AoE (but not large area) so he needs to be away from the rest of the group. Healer should stand by entrance hall just in range to cure PLD. Back up healer has the job to cure others in the party. If using RNG - BLM strat, just get at edge of range and light him up. This goes pretty fast and has little risk as long as PLD can hold hate. If a range attacker does get hate they should run out of range and rest. If using the MNK strat (or melee DDs with your RNGs/BLMs) they should position themselves to the sides of the Mech. This will prevent physical attacks and if the PLD holds hate they will go untouched. I know you're thinking this sounds pretty easy and it is. However, there is a trick. It comes at 50%. Alexander will "2hour". He will be saying random things the whole fight, but when you see a line of Omegas (the greek letter that looks like a horseshoe) come across the screen prepare to die. Many strats plan a wipe at this point and just want to die safe. Alexander will not regen if left alone and tractor works in this arena. Also his aggro range is only normal sound aggro so this plan is valid. However, there are a few things that can make this go smoother with luck and timing. First: PLD should try to Rampart this move. If successful it can go almost unnoticed. It is an AoE move, but centered on target so if everyone is out of the way, you're golden. Second (and not nearly as good): if some one other than the PLD steals hate right before the Omega, that person takes the full hit and dies leaving the rest of the party fully functional. Third (the dumb luck plan): Sometimes you just get lucky and the moves is weak. One thing that does not work is stunning him. He'll just use it when he unstuns, but this could by the PLD time to rampart or people to scatter. However you deal with the Omega at 50%, you will be faced with it again once the mech drops below 10%. Again if the PLD can take the full blow he might live and you win easy. Chainstun is an option at this point also. If you have lots of time you could wipe again, but time will be close. Likely this is when everyone should be ready to 2hour. WHM if Omega hits party and DDs if they are still up and ready to fight. After this second Omega, just finish him off. As long as you have time you will win easily. You will get a fairly long cutscene after the win. If you lost, you will need to get a new key item (and lecture) from Naja to repeat. Honestly, doing a test run without 2hours may help people understand some of the mechanics of the fight. The greatest number of loses seem to come from person(s) who just don't listen to the instructions and die needlessly. Usually a test run (or 2) either calms these people down or makes them leave. Either way makes for a smoother run.

45: Ragnarok
Return to Naja for a cutscene.

46: Imperial Coronation
Visit Imperial Whitegate for a cutscene. NOTE: You must wear "appropriate clothes" again as with Mission 17 and no weapons/shields. See that mission for list of garb.

47: The Empress Crowned
Not sure how the same cutscence constitutes a new mission, but whatever. At the end of the cutscene you are allowed to select your ring as a prize (you can think about it and come back later if you wish). Currently, you cannot change your choice, so choose wisely. Options are as follows: Balrahn's Ring, Jalzahn's Ring, Ulthalam's Ring. You will also get a Whitegate flag for your mog house.

48: Eternal Mercenary
Talk to Naja one more time for your Glory Crown and to complete this mission tree. CONGRATULATIONS!

Wings of the Goddess Missions
I like these story lines but the fights are pretty easy at the start. Probably a good balance of solo vs party required stuff by the time they finish the missions though. An important note is that you need to complete the storyline for at least 1 nation in the past as you do the missions or you cannot progress. I like to do all 3 for the story and will list all 3 as they go, but you only need to complete 1 city if you are in a hurry or can't find people. One note is that the city quests all give rewards so they are probably worth doing even if you hate story (if you hate story why play though?).

1: Cavernous Maws
Mission one is to enter the past using a Maw in Batallia Downs (H-5), Rolanberry Fields (H-6), or Sauromugue Champaign (K-9 but thru Garlaige Citadel). You will get a cutscene when you enter and be randomly dropped at one of these same 3 Maws in the past. Go thru the maw back into the present to activate it for further use. YOU CAN ONLY USE A MAW IN THE PRESENT AFTER USING IT IN THE PAST. The exception is the first trip obviously. Therefore, make sure if you are at the Sauromugue Champaign Maw, you go to another maw after activating this one so you don't have to go thru Garlaige to get to the past each time. If you have the time, I would recommend getting all 3 of these Maws while you are here (can do as you do the next missions too). The Sauromugue Champaign one is great for getting past Garlaige gates solo and the Rolanberry Fields one is great for getting to Jeuno.

2: Back to the Beginning
Once you have activate a maw it is time to choose a nation to ally with in the past. This choice is totally unrelated to your present affiliation and does not effect your ability to do all 3 storylines. Remember you only need to do 1 storyline to advance the missions, but get rewards for all of them. I would suggest joining Bastok as it is the hardest place to reach if it is not your home nation, but easiest to reach first. San d'Oria may be a better choice if you plan to do the bigger campaign ops for money drops, since more people join that one, even though it's a long walk. Mages might consider joining Windurst for cheaper prices on gear from Allied Notes, but remember you can switch nations fairly cheaply later. Also note that completing quest 1 for a city means you are allied with that city and you may skip quest 1 for the other cities and continue with the storylines from quest 2 for the respective cities. You may still complete quest 1 to switch countries or just for story if you desire. If you are doing the quest 1 for an additional city you may skip the acquiring the letter of recommendation for that city. I will outline the path to each city in it's quest #1 section, inculding the Maws and Telepoints. This means you can easily have all Shadow Reign travel available to you by visiting each city.

Bastok 1: The Fighting Fourth
Remember many mobs will aggro even 75s so check everything and have Sneak/Invisible ready. Head to Batallia Downs (S) and enter The Eldieme Necropolis (S) at J-10. Proceed forward until you see Turbulent Storm. He will give you a Blue Recommendation Letter key item (note you may have all 3 letters at once) and tell you to head to Bastok to sign up. Before leaving you should do the quest, Lost in Translocation for the map to Grauberg (S). If you need the Maw in Batallia Downs (S) it is at H-5. Head to Rolanberry Fields (S) (same zone as present day). If you need the Maw it is at H-6. You may also want to zone into Crawlers's Nest (same zone as present day) to activate that as an campaign warp since it is on your way (see windy quest for map quest there). From Rolanberry, zone to Pashhow Marshlands (S) (same as present day) and head south and a little west. Both the Maw (K-8) and the Telepoint (J-9) are on your way. You can rent birds at the Telepoint for allied notes, but obviously you don't have any if this is your first city trip. The path to Konschtat Highlands is blocked in the past, so you must find an alternate route. There are 2 possible zones. They are at G-11 and H-11. Either will take you to Grauberg (S). Once in Grauberg, head south. This zone has Chigoes, so watch for them. If you used the H-11 zone, you will be forced west after a while, but that is fine. When you reach J-6 both paths converge. Continue south staying along the wall on your east. If you follow this wall you will eventually reach the zone to North Gustaberg (S) at C-14. Head south across the river and to the cliff at F-9. In the Shadow Reign Era, there is a ramp leading up this cliff (also the path to South Gustaberg will be blocked). head up the ramp. As you go up, talk to the Lycopodium (NPC) on the ramp. This will allow you to warp up this cliff in the present by trading a flower (most will work) to the glowy ball there. Once up the cliff, head east. The Maw is at K-7 and the zone to Bastok Market (S) is at J-9 (only 1 city area available in the past). Once in Bastok, talk to Adelbrecht at E-8 (where the AH will be built in present). Zone back to North Gustaberg (S) and head to I-8. Go up the hill and then north on the first level. At I-6 you should find a tower with a guard. Speak to Gebhardt for a cutscene. Then head back down the hill and west to the cliff. Go down the ramp then south to the tower at E-11. Talk to Roderich for a cutscene. Next head to the zone to Konschtat Highlands. It is blocked off, but check the barricade there for a cutscene. Return to report to Roderich (optional) and then back o Adelbrecht to complete the mission and join the Bastok army. You will recieve a Bronze Ribbon Key Item, which allows you to do campaign, and a pair of Sprinter's Shoes, that allow faster movement for charges. The shoes are a cheap purchase with AN once they run out of charges and well worth having.

Bastok 2: Better Part of Valor
Zone into North Gustaberg (S) from Bastok Markets (S) for a cutscene. Reenter Batok Markets (S) and speak to Engelhart at K-10 (where music shop will be built). Return to North Gustaberg (S) and head to F-8. There is a ??? at the base of the cliff on the south side of the river. Check it for a cutscene. Next you will need a Gnole Claw. Any gnole type mob can drop this (although rare drop from what I've seen) or you can buy from AH. I got mine soloing the Gnoles in Batallia Downs (S). For a small group, the ones by the Jugner Forest (S) Maw might have a higher drop rate. Claws still cost more than the reward fro this mission, so I would still farm them, but that is an individual choice. Once you have the claw travel to Vunkerl Inlet (S) (see sandy quest for direction on getting there) and find the goblin, Leadavox, at the I-6/J-6 border. You will get a cutscene and he will ask for a gnole claw (you can get this cutscene without getting a claw first, but faster to have one). Trade Claw to goblin for a key item. Then return to Bastok Markets (S) and talk to Engelhart to complete this mission.

Bastok 3: Fires of Discontent
Zone and wait for the game day to change, then speak to Engelhart (Bastok Markets (S) K-10) again. Speak to Pagdako at H-9. Then return to Bastok in the present (thru maw in North Gustaberg if it's not your home point or nation) and speak to Iron Eater (Metalworks J-8). Make sure it sounds like Iron Eater is talking about this quest as he can be involved in several others. Return and speak to Engelhart again. Head to Grauberg (S) and find the cave entrance at H-5. Remember things aggro to 75 including chigoes so use sneak/invis as needed (or ride a chocobo). Enter cave and check the ??? (I-6) for a cutscene. Next return to Bastok Markets (S) and speak with Engelhart again. Speak to Gentle Tiger (H-6) who gaurds the Metalworks entrance. If you have SCH AF quest active, it may conflict with this cutscene so you should complete that first. Return to Engelhart to complete this mission. Your reward is 10,000 gil and the ability to continue the main mission tree.

San d'Oria 1: Steamed Rams
Remember many mobs will aggro even 75s so check everything and have Sneak/Invisible ready. Head to Sauromugue Champaign (S) and enter Garlaige Citadel (S) at G-11 (same as present day). Proceed east until you can go north. Go north as far as possible then head east again. Continue east to I-6 on second map (banishing gate 3) and speak to Randecque. He will give you a Red Recommendation Letter key item (note you may have all 3 letters at once) and tell you to head to San d'Oria to sign up. If you need the Maw in Sauromugue Champaign (S) (and I highly recommend getting it) it is at K-9. To reach it, continue east past Randecque and zone back into Sauromugue Champaign (S). Proceed north and east to the maw at K-9. This Maw is very useful in that it allows you to bypass the first and third banishing gate when you do not have 4 people to open them. Also while in Garlaige Citadel (S) you should talk to the Lycopodium (NPC). To reach him proceed south from Randecque (probably do this first) all the way to F-9 then west past banishing gate 2 and take the first south path. Lycopodium should be on stairs past door. Once you have talked to him, you may trade a flower (most work) to the glowy ball there in the present to bypass the second banishing gate. Before leaving you should also do the quest The Flipside of Things for the map to Vunkerl Inlet (S). Head to Rolanberry Fields (S) (same zone as present day). If you need the Maw it is at H-6. From Rolanberry, zone to Batallia Downs (S) (same as present day). The once in Batallia, head to J-10 and enter The Eldieme Necropolis so that you can use the campaign warp there later (see bastok quest line for map quest there). Exit Necropolis and head to H-5 for the Maw here (if you need). Once you have the Maw head to F-6 / F-5 border and talk to the Lycopodium NPC on the ramp there. This will allow you to trade a flower to h glowy ball there in the present and warp to the upper portion of Batallia Downs without going thru Beaucedine Glacier. Once you have all the runnign around done, zone into Jugner Forest (S) at F-9 (same zone as present). This map has been altered by a lot of one-way walls (they have ramps to bypass only in certain directions) so do not expect to easily travel familiar paths. Head south folooing the wall on your left until you enter a cave and zone into Vunkerl Inlet (S). In Vunkerl, head southeast to the canyon at G-5 and head east thru it. Then continue south across a bridge. Then east thru another canyon (this is where the goblin for the bastok quest will be) then south across another bridge. Continue south until you reach the outpost at G-10. From there head west thru the canyon at F-10 then south to open area at F-11. Head west following the wall on your right until you zone back into Jugner at D-10. You should now be on the west side of the river. Make sure you do not cross any one way bridges or you will have ot go back around again. Follow the river north to the crossing at J-9. At this point you can continue to follow it north, but I would make a samll detour for the Maw and Telepoint here. There is a wall to the south so you need to follow the road around past the outpost to the west. There is a gate at H-7. Check it. Then as you go check all the lookout platforms for a ???. Checking the ??? (it moves) wille give you a key item to open this gate if needed later. Continue west along road then south to G-9 for the Telepoint. They rent birds here for AN, but if this is your first city that is of little help. Contiune east to river then south to H-11 to get the Maw. Once you have the Maw follow the river north until you reach the lake (all walls will have ramps heading north). At lake head west and zone into East Ronfaure (S) at F-5. The Maw for this zone is at H-5. You can zone into Southern San d'Oria (S) at hte same location you would in the present. Now that you are finally here, talk to Mainchelite (I-9). He will ask you to search for clues in East Ronfaure (S). They should be at ???s in J-7(northwest corner), I-8 (at waterfall), and H-8 to the north of tower. Once you have all the clues, report back to Mainchelite to complete the mission become a member of the San d'Orian army. Your reward is a Bronze Ribbon (allowing you to enter Campaign Battles/Ops and Sprinters Shoes that have charges for faster movement (and can be replace thru use of AN). Upon completion you may also start either of the other cities quests on number 2 rather than 1.

San d'Oria 2: Gifts of the Griffon
In Southern San d'Oria (S) talk to Louxiard (G-7) for a cutscene. You have choice in the cutscene, but like most of the game, your choice does not matter. After the cutscene, zone and then return and speak to Louxiard again. Then proceed to E-7 and speak to Rholont for a cutscene and a some Plumes d'or. Trade the plumes (1 each) to the following people (all in same zone). Machionage (C-6), Louxiard (G-7), Illeuse (H-9), Rongelots N Distuad (I-9), Sabiliont (I-11), Elnonde (K-9), and Loillie (K-9, accessible thru gate at L-8). Return to Rholont to complete mission. Reward is a Deathstone for gobbiebag quest or to sell.

San d'Oria 3: Claws of the Griffon
Zone and wait until the game day changes then speak to Rholont (E-7) again. Zone again and speak to him again. Next head to Jugner Forest (S). To get the correct cutscene you must zone from East Ronfaure (S) into Jugner Forest (S). From the zone, head east then follow lake shore then river south until you can cross. Once acrros head to I6 and check the ??? there for a cutscene. If in a group everyone needs to get this cutscene. After everyone has the cutscene, buff up and have one person hit the ??? again to pop an NM orc. Most 75s can solo this fight, but a duo is always safer and more people should be added if the group is not 75. Once NM is defeated, check the ??? again for a cutscene to end the mission. You will receive an Angelstone for the gobbiebag quest or to sell and may now conitnue with the main mission tree.

Windurst 1: Snake on the Plains
Remember many mobs will aggro even 75s so check everything and have Sneak/Invisible ready. Head to Rolanberry Fields (S) and enter Crawlers' Nest (S) at F-13 (same as present day). Proceed to L-8 and speak to Kalsu-Kalasu. He will give you a Green Recommendation Letter key item (note you may have all 3 letters at once) and tell you to head to Windurst to sign up. While in Crawlers' Nest (S) you should do the quest The Weekly Adventurer for the map to Fort Karugo-Narugo (S). Head back to Rolanberry. Maw is at H-6 if you still need it. Zone to Sauromugue Champaign (S) at L-5 (same as present). While in Sauromugue Champaign (S) you should stop in at Garlaige Citadel (S) (same zone as present), so you can campaign warp there later (see sandy quest for map quest there). It is on your way to the zone into Meriphataud Mountains (S) at K-11 (same as present) anyway. In Meriphataud, the Maw is at K-6 (a little north of Castle Oztroja entrance. This is out of your way, but worth getting.  The Telepoint is at I-8.  You should get the Maw first and then the telepoint as this will save time.  They rent birds for AN at the telepoint, but if this is your first city, that will not help.  From the Telepoint, head due west and you should find a cave that zones into Fort Karugo-Narugo (S).  If you miss the cave, there are 2 others.  One to the north and one to the south, so after reaching the western wall of the zone you can follow it either direction and find one. Depending on which cave you enter from, you will either need to head north or south at first, but west if the main direction.  Once you reach the G column on the map head south if possible.  All paths converge at G-6.  Take the canyon leading southwest from there and follow the wall on your left until you reach I-9. From there, go as far south as possible until you are forced west again. Follow the wall on your south until you zone into West Sarutabaruta (S) at D-13. Head south and get the Maw at H-9. Then back north and east to enter Windurst Waters (S) at J-8. Now that you are here, speak to Miah Riyuh at H-9 for a cutscene and key item. Exit back into West Sarutabaruta (S) and check the tower entrances at F-4, J-8, and F-11 to reseal them. Once complete, report to Miah Riyuh to finish the mission and join the Windusrt army. You will receive a Bronze Ribbon (allowing you to do campaign battles/ops and a pair of sprinters shoes (allowing faster movement with charges) which can be replaced thru AN as needed.

Windurst 2: The Tigeress Stirs
Zone into Windurst Waters (S) from West Sarutabaruta (S) for a cutscene and a key item. Speak with Dhea Prandoleh as H-10. Head back out to West Sarutabaruta (S) and check the ??? at I-6 (by the tree) for a key item. Return to Windurst Waters (S) and check the Acolyte Hostel's door at K-5 (bottom left door) to complete this mission. Your reward is a Hi-elixir to use or sell.

Windurst 3: The Tigeress Strikes
Speak to Dhea Prandoleh at H-10 in Windurst Waters (S). head out to Fort Karugo-Narugo (S). The easiest way would be to campaign warp if you ahve a few allied notes. This will drop you at I-9. Head west thru the portal there and up the hill into the actual fort. On the the new map speak to Rotih Moalghett at I-8 (above where you enter if you came the warp route). Next head back out to where you appeared on the warp (the door below the NPC will take you there if you came another route). Once you exit the portal, head east and you should find a ??? at the top of I-9. Check it for a cutscene. Everyone needing the fight should check for this cutscene. Once everyone has the cutscene, buff and have one person check it again to start the fight. Fight is against a Lynx NM. It can be soloed, but much safer to at least duo. Moves to note on the Lynx are as follows. Chaotic Eye = Silence. Petrifacative Breath = Petrify. And the big one, Blink of Peril. Blink of Peril reduces target to 1% HP AND resets hate. It is, however, a gaze attack and can be avoid by facing away when it is readied. Once NM is defeated, check ??? for another cutscene. Then return to Dhea Prandoleh to complete the mission. Your reward is a furniture item call a Star Globe and the ability to continue with the main mission tree.

3: Cait Sith
After completing quest 3 in any city, use the Maw in Batillia, Rolanbery, or Sauromugue to get another cutscene with Cait Sith. You will be asked to assist further and not really given an option to say no. To continue, you must now complete more city quests. Remember that you can do all 3 cities if you like (I do), but are only required to complete 1 set to advance. I'll point out (although it should be obvious) that if yo uare only doing 1 city, you must continue to do the same city at each stage.

Bastok 4: Light in the Darkness
If you just complete Fires of Discontent, you must wait for the game day to change and zone. Then speak to Gentle Tiger who gaurds the entrance to the Metalworks in Bastok (S). Then speak to Pagdako (H-9) and then Blatherix (F-8). You will need to trade Blatherix 30 chunks of Goblin Chocolate OR 5,000 gil. Personally I made the chocolate much cheaper than 5k, but check AH prices (or vendors if you are making) to see which is better. He will give you a key item to access the fight. If you fail the fight he will give you a new key for 10 chunks of goblin chocolate or 1,000 gil. THIS FIGHT IS 6 PERSON and you must be on (and have a key) or past this mission to enter. Now head to Pashhow Marshlands (S). You can ride (or walk) from Bastok (S) or Recall to the telepoint (and get a bird there maybe), but at some point YOU MUST ZONE FROM GRAUBERG TO PASHHOW for a cutscene. Once you have the cutscene for enter Pashhow from Grauberg, proceed to the Corroded Door at F-5. You may buff before entry and it should be noted that like assault, reraise will wear if you are kicked out of the arena. XP is lost in this fight if you die. When everyone is buffed, rested, etc. The leader (only leader my do this) should check the door and choose to enter the battle. Fight can be duoed by a DD and healer at 75 easily and a balanced party should have no trouble 65+ (probably lower). Main thing is to be safe on pulls and have sleep ready if needed. There are 10 mobs present at start. 9 are Sapphirine Quadav and one is a Sapphire Quadav. The Sapphire is considered an NM and has more HP (2k), hits harder, and will use Benediction. Your objective is to kill any 7 of the mobs. They are all true sound and will link. They are typically in groups of 3 with the NM wandering around. The smaller mobs are pretty weak (especially at 75) so pulling a group of 3 is not a big deal. They will resist gravity and bind, but sleep works fine. If you kill the NM the rest scatter making it so you can kill them link free, but this isn't needed generally. It shuld be noted that you start in the middle of the room and the turtles are all around you (but out of aggro range. You should quickly pick a direct to move so as to only fight one group of 3 at a time. once you win this BCNM, return to Gentle Tiger for a cutscene.  In it you will be asked questions about what happens in the cutscenes.  Correct answers (if you don't watch >.<) are as follows:  1- The ventilztion shaft.  2- The senator did not light the lantern.  3- The senator was distracted. You reward is an Adaman Ingot for gobbiebag quest or to sell.

Bastok 5: Burden of Suspicion
You must zone and wait until the next game day for the next mission. Speak to Gentle Tiger (H-6) again. Then Speak to Engelhart (K-10). Next head to The Eldieme Necropolis (S) (you can campaign warp there). You will need to have a campaign battle going on or the Sandy NPCs defending it for the doors to be open. If campaign is going on, get tags so that if you die, you do not lose XP. From the entrance stay along the left wall until you reach the room at G-9. Drop thru the hole here. Sneak/Invis and head east and stay long the left wall until you the 2 rooms at I-7. You must drop invis to check the sarcophagus in the northern room for a cutscene. The easy way to do this is to buff up then sleepga the room. Checking the Sarcophagus will drop hate. The cutscene is a long one and when it ends the orcs will likely aggro you again. In a group this is bad trying to time the cutscene to end the same for everyone, but solo you can sleepga again and warp (or just warp with item). The "easy" way is if you have campaign tags just die and homepoint as no XP is lost that way. It is possible to reach the zone ahead of the orcs, if you are fast so that is also an option. And of course a group could jsut kill them all. Once you have the cutscene, report back to Gentle Tiger and then talk to Blatherix (F-8) to complete this mission. Your reward is an Elixir to use or sell and the ability to continue with the main mission tree.

San d'Oria 4: Boy and the Beast
If doing directly after Claws of the Griffon, you may need to zone and wait untl the game day changes. Then talk to Raustigne in San d'Oria (S) (I-7) for a cut scene. Then talk to Rholont (E-7) for another. Head to Vunkerl Inlet (S). Easiest way will be to campaign warp then head north until you cross the first bridge, then go west thru the pass and north across the second bridge, but you could also ride a chocobo. Check the ??? on the north side of the H-6 Bridge for a cut scene and a key item. Now head to F-5 and check the Leafy Patch. You can reach this easily by heading north to pass then west thru 2 passes to the spring. You will be asked which color of herb you wish to pick. You cab check your key item, but the color is based on the time of day you pick the herb. 0:00-7:59=red, 8:00-15:59=Blue, and 16:00-23:59=Green. Herb is key item. Return to the ??? at H-6 and check it for a cut scene. If you picked the wrong color, you will be told to go back and get another one. If you got the right one the mission is completed. Your reward is a Carbon Fishing Rod.

San d'Oria 5: Wrath of the Griffon
Talk to Rholont in San d'Oria (S) (E-7) for a cut scene. Head to Jugner Forest (S). Fastest way will be to use Recall-Jugner but Campain warp or bird work too. Head to the ??? at H-10. This is just south east of the Telepoint. EVERYONE needing the mission should check the ??? for a cutscene. Note that the ??? is under lookout platform (with orc) and Gnoles do partol the area, so be careful of aggro if in a small group. Buff, rest, etc., then have one person check the ??? again to pop the NM Orc. This fight is in the open and anyone can help regardless of progress on the missions. The fight can be soloed by a number of jobs if aggro from gnoles can be avoided, but I would probably recommend using a healer + DD strat as duo (3+ is safer). To avoid links pull the NM to the edge of the river east of the platform. Gnole may still aggro, but it is rarer. NM is MNK, but does not use Hundred Fists. He does have one extra TP move and uses Counter Stance, which should be dispelled if possible. His bonus TP move is Tornado Edge. It does minor damage, but inflicts MaxHP, MP, AND TP down on a single target, which can be annoying. It is absorbed by multiple shadows (probably 3). Once he dies, EVERYONE needing the mission, should check the ??? again for another cut scene. Then return to talk to Rholont in San d'Oria (S) to complete the mission. Your reward is the ability to continue the main mission tree and a key item. The key item may be traded to Wyatt (L-6) for 20,147 gil (other uses may be possible, but nothing confirmed)

Windurst 4: Knot Quite There
If doing this directly after The Tigress Strikes, you may need to zone and wait a game day. In Windurst (S) north section check the door to the Acolyte Hostel (K-5). This is the same door as the previous mission. Next head to Sauromugue Campaign (S). You can campaign warp the Meriphataud Mountains (S) and head north to zone into Sauromugue. you could also just campaign warp the Sauromugue, but the mobs you need to farm are closer to the Meriphataud zone unless beastmen control the region (then they are at most forts in zone. You will need to farm a 108-knot Quipu fro mteh Prior(BLM), Pythoness(SMN), Zealot(MNK), Missionary(NIN), Lutenist(BRD), Abbot(WHM), or Inquisitor(SAM) Yagudo in the zone. If Allied controlled, they are only found in the forts along the east edge of the zone.  Most 75s should be able to solo these, but should be careful of links and treasure hunter obviously helps.  EVERYONE doing the mission will need the item. Once you have the item, head the the Bulwark Gate at F-6 (where zone to Jeuno should be) and check it for a cutscene (you can do this first if you want, just faster to already have item).  Check a second time if you whish to see a second cutscene, but this is optional.  Trade the 108-knot Quipu to the gate for a cutscene. You may check the gate again for another cutscene, but it is again optional. Zone into San d'Oria (S) for a cut scene and then check the door to the house at M-8 for a final cutscene to conclude this mission. Your reward is a platinum beast coin.

A Crystalline Prophecy Missions
First, let me say that I thought the ZM missions and even the ToAU mission trees were to easy. I stand corrected. A blind monkey could do these ACP missions on a weekend and never be pressed for time (assuming said monkey has a level 75 job). By far the biggest danger of these missions is boredom.

1: A Crystalline Prophecy
Enter Lower Jeuno for a cutscene. Yep that's it. I will note that if you enter it from your Mog House after changing jobs, it will not register the cut scene.

2: The Echo Awakens
This will be quicker if you know a WHM and have the past telepoints so you can recall to the past and go thru the maws (could also use outpost warps). These can be done in any order, this is just my pattern. In a group, each person doing the mission will need each seedspall. Go to Jugner Forest (present) and kill orc until you get a Seedspall Lux. Go to Pashhow Marshlands (present) and kill Quadav until you get a Seedspall Luna. Go to Meriphataud Mountains (present) and kill Yagudo until you get a Seedspall Astrum. Personally, drop rate on all of these is pretty good without TH, but for a group a THF would speed it up some. Once you have all 3 Seedspalls, head to Qufim Island and trade them to the ??? at G-6 (half way between tower and pugil alley camp) for a cutscene to end this mission. NOTE: You can get a bonus prize each day by trading the 3 seedspall to Squintrox Dryeyes in Port Jeuno (G-8) and then trading the key he gives you to the coffer in the Tenshodo in Lower Jeuno.

3: Gatherer of Light (Part 1)
Well, back to killing defenseless things around Jeuno. Goblins are the main target, but I'm told the items can drop from any mobs (possibly at a lower %). Again this is easy solo, but TH may help. Please note that the items that drop are Key Items (similar to items needed to enter limbus) and go directly to random people in the party (regardless of who gets kill or where in area other people are). Again each person on mission must get the key items to continue. They may be done in any order and the fights may be done at any time after getting the required item. Go to Batallia Downs and kill until you get a Bowl of Goblin Salad ket item. Once you all have the salad have 1 person go up to the ??? at F-5 and check it to pop NM. Easiest to reach thru the flower warp if you have that active. You could all go up, but complete waste of time if you are level 50+. A Goblin WAR NM will pop and you kill him. Everyone with a salad will get a Seedspall Roseum key item. Go to Rolanberry Fields and kill until you get a Jug of Greasy Goblin Juice key item. Once you all have the Juice, send one person to the ??? at D-11. This is reached thru Crawlers' Nest. Again you could all go, but it's a waste of time if you are 50+. Check ??? to pop a Goblin THF NM and kill him. Everyone with Juice will get the key item Seedspall Caerulum. Go to Sauromugue Champaign and kill until you get a Chunk of Smoked Goblin Grub key item. Send one person to the ??? at I-9 (right on corner of grid). This will be easiest if you can retrace and go thru Garlaige Citadel (S) then the Maw in Sauromugue Champaign (S). Again, all can go but waste of time 50+. Check ??? to pop Goblin RNG NM and kill. Everyone with Grub, will get a Seedspall Viridis key item. Once you have all the Seedspall key items, return to the ??? in Qufim Island for a cutscene to end this mission. NOTE: If repeating this, you can choose to give the food key items to Squintrox Dryeyes in Port Jeuno (G-8) for a key, then trade that to the coffer in the Tenshodo in Lower Jeuno for a random prize. You keep the food items after completing this mission, so you can do this at least once with no effort. See next mision for further note about this.

4: Gatherer of Light (Part 2)
Well, since you are there, you know you want to check the ??? again. However, first make sure you entire group is close to the ???. If you are to far away you will lose your key items and not get credit for the mission. Anyone in the group with the Seedspall key items can check the ??? a second time t ostart the fight. You will be attacked by waves of Mandies. No more than 5 at a time, with respawn time about 3 seconds (or less). You must fight (and not leave ???) until you have kill 30 (as a group). Each mandy has about 400 hp and is weak to everything. I've heard of level 75s losing this fight solo, but I honestly have no idea how. Anyone with any type of AoE will kill them very quickly. Once they are all dead, you get 500XP and an Amber Key key item. Key may be traded to the coffer in Tenshodo in Lower Jeuno for a random prize. Check ??? again to complete this mission. NOTE: If you wish to repeat this mission, you must fight the 3 NMs again for the Seedspalls. Also you are only allowed to repeat this mission or the one before each earth day. Complete either, will reset both timers.

5: Those Who Lurk in Shadows (Part 1)
Zone into Fei'Yin for a Cutscene. I'll assume you can fine Fei'Yin by now.

6: Those Who Lurk in Shadows (Part 2)
Once in Fei'Yin you have 30 minutes (warning every 10 minutes) to find 9 glowy balls (Seed Afterglows). Touching each will give you a different color mark on your hand and the when you touch the 9th you will be give the choice of taking the Mark of the Seed or an Azure Key. If you fail on time, simply zone out to reset timer. If you are completely lost, mov+ may help, but really is not needed. NOTE: If you take the key you can trade it for a random prize from the Tenshodo Coffer. However, you cannot continue (or repeat) this mission until 1 Earth day AFTER trading in the key. Take the Mark of the Seed to proceed with the mission (you must also do this to get the reward from the next fight if helping). Here is my route for touching the glowy balls. They move a little, so keep an eye out for that. From enterance proceed down stairs into first large room. Seed 1 will be here. Exit this room to the northeast and follow hall into fountain room. Seed 2 will be here. Exit room to north and follow hall in to next large room. Seed 3 is here. Exit room to south and head east at crossroads to last big room on this floor. Seed 4 is here. Exit room to west (where you came in) and continue west at crossroad to fountain room. Exit this room to south and head west at intersection to go to basement level. Follow the hall around checking all the small rooms (with doors) until you come to big room. If you have not found the Seed by then, you missed it and need to recheck the rooms. Once you find the seed in the small rooms enter the lare room. Seed 6 will be here. Exit room to northeast and follow hall around. Again check all the small rooms until you find Seed 7. This seed will be in one of the 8 rooms in the north/south hall, so make sure you don't miss it. Once the hall loops back east, continue check the small rooms for Seed 8. It can be in any of the small rooms remaining between here and the stairs back up (14 total). Once you find it conitue south then west until you are forced north and find the stairs back to the first floor (not the ones you came down). Final Seed will be in one of the 4 open rooms or the 2 small rooms in this areas. If you start your loop to the south immediately after coming up the stairs you will cover the 6 rooms quickly. Once you have the Mark of the Seed key item, proceed to Qu'Bia Arena (you should know where that is too) on the first floor of Fei'Yin. Check the Circle there for a cutscene to end this mission. While in Fei'Yin farming a Enfire 2 is fast and easy as well.

7: Those Who Lurk in Shadows (Part 3)
Check the Cirlce in Qu'Bia Arena again and choose to enter the fight. This fight is UNCAPPED AND ALLOWS 6 MEMBERS so plan accordingly. Fight is against 2 Beastman mobs with low DEF and ATT (to a 75) and can be defeated with any semi balanced party of 6 75s. However, I will go over the basic strategy. Mobs are immune to black sleep and tend to resist white sleep, however gravity should work fine. There is one of each beastman type (original beastmen). All can 2hour and each has a special move which is AoE. Yagudo is a WHM and has the special ability Feather Maelstrom, which does Amnesia and Bio. Quadav is a RDM and has the special ability Thunderous Yowl, which does Curse and Plague. Orc is a WAR and has special ability Phantasmal Dance, which does Damage, Knockback and Bind. Goblin is a THF and has the special ability Saucepan, which overwrites food giving -10 to all stats (even if no food used) for 30 minutes. He also randomly will vanish then sneak attack before using a TP move. This will force those targeting him to relocate him and reengage weapons. The above order is recommended of the kill order. The mobs have some shared hate, but if the main tank can sight aggro them all and then 1 person (RDM works well) kite the THF as much as possible, the fight is pretty easy. 2hours are not required, but will make things go faster. Melees planning to 2 hours should do so at the start of fight. I would take a PLD (other melee tanks work too), 3 DD (or 2+ a buffer), a RDM (to kite gob), and a WHM (other healer is fine, but I like Auspice and Solace). If you fail you must repeat the previous mission by gathering the glowy balls again. If you win, you will get 700XP and an Ivory Key for the Tenshodo Chest. As with the previous missions, the Azure and Ivory Keys share a timer and only one can be used per earth day.

8: Remember Me in Your Dreams
Zone into the Hall of the Gods from Ro'Maeve for a cutscene. I'll assume you can find that by now too. They just make you come here to waste time.

9: Born of Her Nightmares
Zone into Delkfutt's Tower for another cutscene. If you can't find this by now, I can't help you.

10: Banishing the Echo
There are several strategies from this mission based on time and people available. The basic premise is that you must climb to the top of the tower while level capped at 30 and while doing so, you must check a glowy ball on each floor for a key item. You either have a high level friend(s) clear the path for you or bring a method of sneak/invisible (and I would suggest reraise). No XP is lost if you die while under the level cap and no XP is gained for mobs killed while under it either. Using a party to climb will work fine as long as the WHM has reraise and can raise everyone else. Note that zoning will remove your level cap, so you must still die in a safe spot to raise since tractor will count as zoning. Also, if you do have to home point, you will retain all key items gained to that point and can continue the climb for the level capping glowy on that section. There are 3 level Capping Glowy Balls. One on each section (lower, middle, upper) of the tower. You do not get the key item unless you are under the level cap effect so you must reapply it when zoning up to the new section. If you are doing the fight later, I would just solo the climb on WHM (for reraise), but RDM, DNC, SCH, and NIN also work well (for sneak/invis), and any job can do this with powders and oils. The following is a guide to the glowy balls on each floor of the tower. Most are in the direct path you must take to reach the top so it's really not much of a challenge to find them. Most are surrounded by mobs however so you must be careful if you do not have reraise. Please note that Goblins & Gigas aggro sight, while Bats aggro sound and Dolls & Pots aggro Magic. You can fight a lot of these mobs safely (especially in a party) on the lower floors, but it's just a waste of time. F1: At first intersection you will see a Seed Fragment. Touch it to apply the level cap. Head east and Seed Afterglow (Amicitia) will be in first room surrounded by Golins. Exit room to northeast and conitue to follow the hall to the stairs at F-6. F2: Head east and south to H-7. Afterglow (Veritas) will be north of the large pillar in main room by Gigas. From there, continue northeast thru hall to smaller room then east to hall. Follow that hall south then west to stairs at J-9. F3: Exit north (only way) and follow hall past first small room. Once in the main room, head south until you find the Afterglow (Sapientia) at I-9 by the Goblin and Giga. Then head west and north to the warp at G-6. F4: There sill be a Seed Fragment by where you appear. Use it to recap before continuing (I would rest MP before capping if you are using MP). Head south (only way) and follow hall to find the Afterglow (Sanctitas) at H-10 in a room of goblins. Conitune to follow hall to first real intersection at I-8 (rest quickly dead end if you go the wrong way). Head east in to small room, then north to stairs at J-7. F5: Head east and follow Hall to small room at G-7 for next Afterglow (Felicitas). This one also has gobin gaurds. From there coninute south and follow hall to stairs at H-9. F6: From stairs go north to hall on far side of main room. Follow hall to small room and head west. Follow hall to next small room of goblins at F-8 for next afterglow (Divitia). Continue south to warp at F-10. F7: Head northeast in main room to H-9. The Afterglow (Studium) is just south of the main pillar. It is near Gigas, Bats, and possibly a pot or elemental. Then head northwest to stairs at F-7. F8: Head east to stairs at I-7. Afterglow (Amoris) is to the south in I-8 by the Gigas just to the east of the main pillar. F9(temp): Head south (only way) to stairs down. F8(temp): Head west (only way) to stairs up. F9: Head northwest thru hall to main room then north to Afterglow (Caritas) at G-8 just west of main pillar. Conitune north to hall leading to small room then west to warp. F10: There will be a Seed Fragment by where you appear. Rest to full and then recap (you might consider killing Giga's to south before capping). Head south to the room full of Gigas. You have to go thru this door so if not killing be careful when dropping invis to open. Continue past door to stairs and Afterglow (Constantia) at F-9 gaurded by a doll. F11: Head northeast (only way) to main room. Afterglow (Spei) in alng north wall at H-7. Gigas, bats, and pots/dolls in this room, but people tend to farm here a lot too. Exit main room northeast to stairs at I-6. F12: Head southwest to porter at F-10. You will pass last Afterglow (Salus) at H-7 on your way. Again this room has a lot of high level mobs, but people also farm them a lot. Once in Stellar Fulcrum check the Seed Fragment there. If you have gotten all 12 afterglows, you will lose those key items and be given an Omnis Stone (also a key item). If you do not recieve an Omnis Stone, check your key items to see which Afterglow(s) you missed and return to get them. Remember to be capped when touching the Afterglows. Acquiring the Omnis Stone completes this mission. NOTE: To repeat the following fight for a prize, you must repeat this climb each time. Prize can only be obtained once per real day.

11: Ode of Life Bestowing
Check the door in Stellar Fulcrum for a cutscene. When ready, check again and select enter the fight. THIS FIGHT IS UNCAPPED 6 PERSON FIGHT. Buffs will be removed on entry. Anyone may assist with this fight, but to get a reward, you must have an Omnis Stone and not have already redeemed a reward for this fight in the same real day. Strat for this fight is so easy it's ridiculus. You need a Tank (PLD will work best I think), a Healer (any, but I like WHM for Solace), a stunner (anything /DRK will work, but RDM/DRK for healing/refresh is best, although any buffer /DRK is good too. BLM would work fine too, but they would not do much damage on nukes), 2 Range DDs (this includes SMN as well as bow users),  1 Melee DD (any works, but SAM is good because also can range attacks well). Enter fight. Buff. Rest MP. Seed Crystal has a lot of nasty moves that are AoE, but won't quit hit the whole room. The top of the stairs is safe and so are the edges by the walls (especially the back corners). PLD runs in and provokes Seed Crystal while rest of party stays at top of stairs. Be sure to provoke/flash/etc. as often as possible for hate. After inital aggro, the PLD should run toward a wall and just keep running as the Seed wil use draw-in. The majority of the time, the PLD will be out of range of the attacks using this method. Be sure to angle to a wall where the healer will be in range if needed. One of the Seed moves resets all ability timers, so using Invincible right at the start for added hate isn't a waste since you will likely have it stripped anyway at some point. A magic defense set up will work best for this fight as almost all damage taken will be magical. The rest of the party stays at the top of the stairs and tries not to go to sleep. Healer needs to just heal PLD and the melee DD mainly (if melee DD is BLU they self heal), although range DDs may be drawn-in if they get to close and have hate. The range DDs do just that. You stay at the top of the stairs and shoot. Only getting closer for weapon skills (or blood pacts if SMN). Every so often the Seed will create a clone of a party member. The Melee DD should immediately pull the clone to the top of the stairs and kill it. If this DD is also able to do good range damage (such as SAM) then he can be doing that to alleviate bordom between clones. Clones are not a serious threat unless allowed to appear in numbers. Stunner has one job. Watch for Seed to begin casting ~ga3 and stun it. Stun (BLM or DRK) will rarely be resisted regardless of main job (BLU Stuns will be resisted a lot), but other enfeebles will be resisted. One stunner is fine as the timing on the ~ga3s seems to be longer than stun recast. Therefore stunner can buff or heal or range DD between stuns if they are watching the timing. Seed will use the following moves in addition to ~ga3s. Seed of Nihility : resets all Job abilities currently ready for use with the exception of charged abiiities (COR and SCH). AoE as discussed above. Seed of Deception : creates clone of random(?) party member. Range is entire battle field. Seed of Deference : Short range AoE Charm. All in range are turned into Mandies and attack the party. Charm lasts a long time and anyone charmed should be slept. PLD must keep running to avoid being in range for this move. No one else should be in range. Seed of Judgement : At about 50% HP the Seed will add a new attack. It does heavy AoE damage and knock back. The damage can be absorbed by shadows. This is when healer really needs to wake up and watch PLD because PLD needs to run more than heal himself. Attack can hit a PLD geared and buffed for magic defense at over 700. Other characters have taken upwards of 1300, so stay well back. The range is most of the room as discussed above. The time limit on the fight is 30 minutes so a wipe usually will mean a lose. Seed has about 25,000 HP. If you do lose, you must repeat the previous mission to acquire a new omnis stone to entire the fight. If you manage to stay awake, you should win though. When you win you get 750XP and an Ebon Key and a Prismatic Key. The Keys are only awarded if you are on the mission and have not redeemed the same key on the same earth day. Prismatic Key is only awarded on the first win (or on a redo after discarding special armour). NOTE: To redo fight for a prize you must repeat the previous mission to get an Omnis Stone, Not have an Ebon Key in your temp items, and not ahve traded in an Ebon key on the same real day. If you want to get a new Prismatic Key, you must also discard your reward armour prior to entering the fight.

12: A Crystalline Prophecy (Finale)
Return to the Tenshodo in Lower Jeuno and redeem your keys. Ebon will give a random prize and the Prismatic will allow you to select and customize a body piece (you can wait until later if you want time to think about it). Head to Selbina and talk to Mathilde (H-9) for a concluding cutscene. CONGRATULATIONS ON COMPLETION OF THIS MISSION TREE! (Hope you didn't get to bored).