Enemy of the Empire (II)

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Walkthrough

Zone into Gustav Tunnel from Cape Teriggan or Valkurm Dunes and find the Outcropping at (F-10). It is near the Cape Teriggan zone.
Check the Outcropping once for a CS.
- If you're in a party and forget to click the Outcropping before the fight you will get the message "Now is not the time for that!" You must then leave Gustav Tunnel and reenter to get the initial CS.
Checking the outcropping a second time will give the option to start the next mission: Enemy of the Empire (II) a fight vs. 3 Tenshodo members.
- The Black Book is taken when the battle begins. You must redo the Black Book quest if you lose the battle, else you will not get credit

Buffs will not wear when you enter the fight.
If soloing; recommend getting FOV buffs from the Field Manual at the Cape Terrigan Zone.
NPC buddies, and PUP automatons despawn when the fight begins.
EXP is not lost if you're defeated.

Three Tenshodo NPCs spawn and spam Utsusemi: Ni for a couple of seconds and then each will produce 4 clones of themself.
- Clones are quite weak, AoE damage will work well.
- Clones seem to resist all sleep spells
- Ninjutsu magic is spammed causing really bad spell lock when changing targets.
- TP is not reset on entry of the Confrontation, building before entry is highly recommended.
- Eventually the NPCs will become targetable, and they must be defeated to win the battle.
- Easiest way to tell which one is real is they take less damage and maintain their HP while all the clones respawn with 100% HP
In order to make the NPCs targetable, you must defeat one of each type of clone (Taru, Galka, Hume).
- Even after becoming targetable, the Ninjas will still continue to spawn clones of themselves. Pay attention to which enemy is using Utsusemi to know which is the enemy that needs to be defeated.
  - Just defeating 1 of each will not make them targetable while this may be required i still had to wait about 5 more mins after killing 1 of each before i could target the real NPC's
After defeating the real versions, any clones still out will shortly depop.
Cactuar Key is given as a reward for winning the battle.
After receiving the Cactuar Key, do not leave, check the Outcropping again for the next CS
- If you do Zone you do not have to do the fight over. You can zone back in and check outcropping again for CS

Mission Orders: The overzealous young Tenshodo agents are not interested in listening to reason. In the name of your empress, you have no choice but to flex your adventurer muscles and pound some sense into them.

SPOILER WARNING: Details about the Final Fantasy XI in-game storyline follow.