Developing in HD is a major pain in the ass and a resource sink, and this was foreshadowed by FFX's world being very small to accommodate the focus on graphics and cutscenes. The story of 13 not just hurr durr they're on the run, man , I mean the focus on personal problems keeping the scope small was clearly written in accordance with the world they were willing to design.
Not to paint this as a clear negative point, but 13 was likely always going to have a world with little onscreen representation of a society, with reasons far more basic and binding than artistic choice. Stop reporting each other. Go post in other topics and chill. User Info: omegafire Ecclesiastes posted And imo, that wasn't a bad thing - in fact, I liked it quite a lot, and it remains my favorite FF game out of all I've played.
The lack of certain familiar elements wasn't at all a detraction, but in fact a highlight; much like cliche, it's not a guaranteed bad thing can be, but not always : Just someone with different standards for reality and fiction. The latter is generally much more open, and is personally considered much more interesting. User Info: tiornys. Oerba itself is wonderful.
They could make a bigger world if they wanted to. User Info: Melodia. I think on top of that, the fact they did a release hurt in the same respect. Certainly I think it's the big reason you can never go back to any part of Cocoon except Eden.
User Info: JolosGhost. Cie'th are former l'Cie who failed to complete their Focus. Oerba is a designated Special Protected Zone, so visitors are not allowed. However, you might get permission from the Academy for an airship flyover. Oerba—the place it all began. The place where the Pulse fal'Cie lay dreaming. Vanille and Fang's home. Just maybe After completing the trials of Taejin's Tower , Oerba is only a short distance away. While Vanille and Fang recall their hometown covered in flowers, they come to accept it is now a barren land devoid of color.
The party is free to explore the village, which includes finding spare parts to repair Bhakti , Vanille's pet robot, but when they reach the end of the Rust-eaten Bridge they encounter Galenth Dysley in the form of Serah reciting the hymn of Ragnarok.
After failing to trick the party with the imitation Serah, Dysley informs the l'Cie he has had the resurrected Cid Raines succeed him as Primarch and engineered a back-up plan to destroy Cocoon if the l'Cie refuse to follow their Focus. Following a battle with Dysley in his true form as Barthandelus , he invites the party to "release Cocoon from her suffering" and departs, leaving them an airship transformed from Menrva. Before their departure, Vanille activates a purple Cie'th Stone and reads the story of the War of Transgression, which reveals the events behind her and Fang's participation in the war, the goddess Etro 's intervention, and how Barthandelus brought them and Anima within the Pulse Vestige into Cocoon to finish what they had started.
With their knowledge of Dysley's plan to make Cocoon tear itself apart, the l'Cie fly Menrva out of Oerba and through a gate into Eden. The Academy made Oerba a protected area in memory of Vanille and Fang's sacrifice.
Centuries later, Oerba is caught within a paradox due to its past and future overlapping causing Temporal Rifts to emerge. As they resolve the anomalies, Oerba recovers. Caius and his companion, seeress Yeul , corner Noel and Serah on the roof of the old schoolhouse saying they have been watching them. Caius tells Serah and Noel he knows of their travels through time because of Yeul's visions.
He engages them in battle seeking to sanction them but before he can kill Noel, Yeul intervenes, saying time has already been changed, and she and Caius leave the area. Note that once you leave the final area, you cannot return to Chapter 11's areas until the end of Chapter Compare Oerba to other Locations.
The location where this map is found. Treasure The specific map where this treasure can be found. Unique monsters are only encountered during one-time plot encounters; mission monsters appear only during missions; the final bosses make up the last set of encounters in the game; eidolons are special monsters that are not defeated through sheer martial prowess; note that multiple monsters may have the same name, especially in the case of multi-stage bosses.
The monster's strength; a standard physical attack will deal approximately this amount of damage. The monster's magic power; a typical magic attack will deal approximately this amount of damage. A monster's chain resistance indicates how quickly its chain meter fills up; a chain resistance of 70 is normal, and every 30 points modifies the chain bonus per hit by that same amount; thus, the chain meter of a monster with a chain resistance of 40 will increase at double speed compared to 70 , or triple speed with a chain resistance of 10; a chain resistance of negates all chain modifiers, reducing each hit to a minimal change to the chain gauge; when a monster is staggered, its chain resistance is reduced to 0.
A monster's stagger index is an adjusted value that gives a relative measure of how hard a monster is to stagger; this number is based on how many hits the monster's chain gauge would require to reach the stagger point with a chain resistance of 70; for instance, a monster with a chain resistance of 70 and a stagger point of The item you are most likely to earn after defeating this monster in combat; it is not possible to earn both the common drop and the rare drop from a single monster.
The chance that you will earn the monster's common drop after combat; this chance can be modified by certain accessories. The item you are less likely to earn after defeating this monster in combat; it is not possible to earn both the common drop and the rare drop from a single monster. The chance that you will earn the monster's rare drop after combat; this chance can be modified by certain accessories.
The elements and status ailments that this monster is especially vulnerable to; the exact level of vulnerability is listed on the monster page. Rare items cannot be purchased, but may be dropped by monsters or gained by dismantling weapons or accessories. Consumable items are used in combat, while shrouds are used while exploring. The cost to purchase this item from a retail network, if it is available for sale. Special weapons cannot be found, and can only be purchased from special shops that must be unlocked; upgraded weapons are created with experience and catalysts; ultimate weapons are the highest level of upgrade; all ultimate weapons for a given character share a name, but have different statistics.
The passive ability granted by this weapon; purchaseable weapons with a passive ability will grant a superior version of that same ability once upgraded; not all passive abilities are helpful; if you hover over the ability name, the tooltip text will describe the ability's effect. This indicates the range of strength granted by this weapon; for non-purchaseable weapons, the low end of this range is based on the level the weapon will be created at; if you hover over the bonus range, the tooltip text will give you the exact per-level formula for the strength score.
This indicates the range of magic granted by this weapon; for non-purchaseable weapons, the low end of this range is based on the level the weapon will be created at; if you hover over the bonus range, the tooltip text will give you the exact per-level formula for the magic score. Some weapons may contribute towards a synthesized ability; you will also need to equip at least one accessory with the same synthesized ability to gain its effects; details of the trigger requirements and effects of the synthesized ability can be found on its information page.
The cost to purchase this weapon from a retail network, if it is available for sale. The amount of gil you would receive for selling the weapon to a retail shop at its minimum level; value increases as the weapon gains levels; if you hover over the value, the tooltip text will give you the exact per-level formula for the value.
Each weapon has an associated rank, which determines how much experience the weapon gains from components of any given rank; a higher-rank weapon typically requires more or higher-quality components to upgrade. The per-level cost to upgrade this weapon; this cost increases at each level past the first, as indicated by the formula.
If this weapon is mastered and upgraded, it turns into a more powerful weapon; because accumulated experience is carried over, the new weapon will be created above level 1, as indicated here. Reward: Cobaltite. Note: at this point of the game you will nuke them in no time. The next one is right next to the previous target. The Mark, however, is in an entirely different location. You'll have to return to the Vallis Media area to reach Yaschas Massif follow the red star on your map if you need.
In case you didn't get it earlier, while you are in Vallis Media you should open the treasure by the waterfall where Hope was found when you obtained Alexander, earlier, to get a Rune Bracelet. Here is a map of the treasures available in Yaschas Massif. Mark: Ugallu. Reward: Platinum Bangle. Secondary reward: Bomb Core x 3. Note: approach him from his right side the side where a Waystone will be if you want to attempt a pre-emptive strike to make things easier -- he won't see you.
The next stone is in this area; it's a Waystone. After accepting the quest, follow the red star to avoid getting lost. As you progress, the red star will be located to the far upper-right corner of your map, so just keep going forward and you will eventually reach your target. Mark: Adroa x 4, Verdelet x 2. Reward: Pearl Necklace. Note: it's possible to pre-emptive strike these enemies. After you jump up the platform where they are, stick to the right side and try to touch the back of the one closest to you by running around him at a safe distance.
If he spots you, enter battle and hit Start and Retry. When you finally succeed, open the battle with Quake to Stagger them all, and then use triple COM to defeat them quickly -- you don't want to let them summon new enemies in the battle. If they do, you might as well retry.
You encountered the next Cie'th Stone on your way to the target of your previous mission; backtrack to reach it again. Then keep backtracking and follow the red star to find the target. Mark: Edimmu. Reward: Sorcerer's Mark. Secondary reward: Bomb Core x 5. Note: you can pre-emptive-strike this enemy. To do so, lure him out of his nest, as far as possible from his original location. Then, when you see him flying back towards his original position, run towards him to hit him while he's still flying away.
The fight is best done with Magic-oriented characters here, so it's better if you replace Fang with Vanille. Kelger's Cup Completed all low-level Cie'th Stone missions. From the last mission, return to the areas where the previous Cie'th stone was past the central Waystone, down some tree logs. Then, at a fork, proceed towards the area that should still be unexplored to eventually find it. Mark: Munchkin Maestro, 4x Munchkin. Reward: Fulmen Ring. Note: don't bother with pre-emptive strike.
Ruinga will tear the enemies apart here; cast it manually if necessary it can juggle and effectively stop the minions. The next stone is located at the far end of the area where the previous one was, so go back there and you'll see it on your map.
Target Location: The Paddrean Archaeopolis. Mark: Bituitus. Note: you can't pre-emptive strike this guy. Use Vanille Leader , Lightning, Sazh. Start the fight by spamming Deshell manually, and then when everyone has Haste switch immediately to [2] to cleanse the status ailments Deprotect and Deshell he inflicted with Miasma. Then switch to [3] and keep healing with Vanille while Lightning and Sazh do all the damage with Ruin.
Whenever the boss uses Miasma or his lightning attack, switch back to [2] to cast Esuna and Cura again. You may want to use Doctor's Code and Potions too, but they shouldn't be necessary; if you want to use them, the best moment is when you are under Daze effect can't act for a few seconds after Miasma, and you need to heal item consumption is allowed, unlike other actions, even while Dazed.
The fight will go by very quickly despite you won't aim at Staggering the enemy; Ruin attacks on a Deshelled enemy of this type are devastating even without Staggering.
Paradigm [4] is just in case you need to renew Deshell, which shouldn't be the case since Haste should make you finish before your first buffs expire. The enemies temporarily disappeared from the area when the previous enemy spawned -- use this opportunity to loot the treasure spheres in this area before they get back. Use the Waystone of this area to fast-travel to the other area of Yaschas Massif Tsubaddran Highlands.
From there, backtrack out of this whole place and return to Vallis Media. Mark: Rakshasa, 3x Flan. Reward: Collector Catalog. Note: you can get a pre-emptive strike if you try it from the other side of the water the Yaschas Massif side , but it doesn't matter. Use Fang Leader , Lightning, Sazh. Spam Ruinga manually with Fang for as long as there are Flans alive use only Ruinga, don't add any other attack ; this will keep the enemies busy and prevent them from merging with each other.
When everyone has Haste, switch to the second Paradigm and keep spamming Ruinga. When all the Flans are dead, stay in this Paradigm and Auto-Battle until you Stagger the main enemy; then Launch him in the air and switch to the third Paradigm possibly while Fang is in the air, to avoid the Paradigm Shift animation for a fast kill.
Mark: Kaiser Behemoth. Reward: Rhodochrosite. Note: you can pre-emptive strike him. To do so, get his attention by luring him from his left he will stand in position, but he will look to the left now.
Then go around him and surprise him from behind that is to say, from where was originally his right side. He's surprisingly weak for a Class-C enemy; good for us. Now head towards the South-most part of the Steppe hug the mountains to the South , and proceed West from the entrance. You'll reach a path that is currently blocked by a red barrier, and the next Stone is just before it.
Mark: Geiseric. Reward: Royal Armlet. Note: pre-emptive strike is not possible. This mini-boss has , of HP and hits hard. On the other hand, he is weak against Deprotect, Deshell, Slow, and all elements. He usually doesn't get "stunned" by your attacks while Staggered, but he can be Launched; unfortunately, Launch will often fail against this enemy having the Vigilance status helps to fix this, but we're simply going to rely on another approach.
The battle requires a full-Magic approach because of the scarce reliability of COM's Launch, and also the relatively small amount of damage dealt by COMs. Hope had Magic, Vanille had , Sazh also The boss uses tremendous attacks, so you must cast Protect and Faith in this order! The boss will attack now, and he will "cancel" your Faith casting; therefore Vanille will receive only Protect. Next, cast Protect and Faith on Sazh, who at this point has finished casting Haste on everyone and will cast Faith on Vanille.
Now everyone has Haste, Protect, Faith, and the boss has Deshell on. Switch to [3] and quickly Stagger him in a turn or so. After Staggering, if you need healing as it's likely to be the case , switch to [5] to let Vanille heal you.
Stay in [5] for as long as the situation is under control. When the HP start to get really low, switch to [6] for more healing. The boss will eventually spawn a side arm, which deals incredible damage. As soon as he spawns it, switch to [4] and Deshell it; then quickly Stagger the arm, and finish it off with [3]. If you need healing you can switch to [5] after Staggering the arm. Repeat this process recasting Deshell on the boss with [4] when it wears off , and you'll defeat him after a bunch of Staggers.
To reach the next mission, hug the South mountains and head towards the previous Cie'th stone; you'll find it after the path that leads to the previous Cie'th, by a small "hill". Mark: Goblin Chieftain, 3x Goblin. Secondary reward: Bomb Shell x 4. Note: pre-emptive strike is possible; approach them from the left side, that is the side where the closest Save Station is.
Mark: Pulsework Champion. Reward: 3x Perfect Conductor. Secondary reward: 4x Piezoelectric Element. Note: you can pre-emptive attack him, although it's a bit difficult. I managed to do so from the North side, after using Start and Retry to reset his position. You'll see the next and last, for now mission if you check Southeast of the previous Waystone, next to an "empty" on the map area, which is in fact a lake.
After starting the mission, the target will be located in the central-South area of the Steppe this area was unlocked by completing one of the previous missions. Mark: Shagin x 2, Ceratosaur x 2. Reward: Gysahl Reins Chocobos become available to ride. The game will tell you about Chocobos with a mini-tutorial. If you want more info about the "treasures" found with Chocobos, check this map:.
You'll have to dig at least 20x treasures for an achievement. Up to five treasures will spawn in the Steppe every time you enter it. I don't suggest deliberately looking for treasures yet, but if you see the "! You can find a link to it in the General hints and tips for quicker reference in the future. The treasures obtained from Chocobo-hunting are usually random, but after some digs you will get a fixed treasure. In particular:.
Gysahl Wreath Discovered buried treasure with a little help from a chocobo. Many valuable items are in this list, but consider them as an extra plus for the mandatory 20x digs you need for the achievement, rather than considering digging with Chocobos a reliable method to obtain these items.
Thanks to the Chocobo you can also access some treasure spheres that were previously unavailable. Here is a map of these treasures. Note that the last three are located behind a red barrier that will only be removed after completing a quest in the future quest 30 ; they are not relevant items for now, so you can ignore them.
Even if you don't feel like hunting treasures with the Chocobo too much, try to locate at least one first treasure before leaving: the pre-determined Gold Nugget that you'll get is worth 60, Gil!
It's all done now -- time to proceed with the story. Reach a Waystone and warp to Oerba if you are ready to go. Map of Chapter 11 - Gran Pulse - Oerba. Although the village is small, it's also infested by terrible enemies. Some of them can hardly be avoided; others can't be avoided. If they do, you're good to go; if they don't, you should probably go back to the Steppe and farm some CP to reach these numbers. On the left side, before the Waystone, there's a dead end with a treasure Perovskite ; you probably got this earlier, but anyway.
Proceed towards the "houses" on the right after going down a slope, and go upstairs to get inside. On the floor, in the kitchen, there is a small robot. Speak with him: it's Bhakti. This robot is associated with three things:. There are no direct rewards for doing this, but the next two points will become available once he's repaired - He will give you rewards every X steps taken on Gran Pulse. The last one is for 10, steps. An Achievement will unlock once the final reward is claimed - He will also give you a reward for collecting every Accessory and Weapon of the game.
Another Achievement will unlock after this milestone is reached. The third point is not going to be of much interest anytime soon. However, the rewards for merely walking on Gran Pulse and repairing him are great at this point of the game, so let's go get them while we explore the village. The five parts requested by Bhakti are marked on your map as interaction points. One is in the upper-right corner of the open area in front of the house Power Cable.
Backtrack a little bit and go up some narrow stairs to access a small building. Here there will be a Vetala the same nasty Cie'th that probably gave you quite some trouble back in Taejin's Tower guarding the second part for Bhakti Battery Pack.
You are more powerful now compared to your first encounter with him, so the strategy used there keep Fang as SEN all the time, rely on Poison casted by Vanille, and try to Stagger him with Sazh for extra damage should give you an easy win now. Proceed further through the village, and fight a couple of enemies to gain access to a treasure sphere containing the Heavenly Axis weapon for Vanille Belladonna Wand is better, so stick with it. Go down the slope and hop past a few tree roots on the street.
Make sure to fight the Vampire enemy between them; after the fight you will receive a third part for Bhakti Trochoid Gear as a special drop from him.
After the tree roots, turn left up some stairs to reach anothre treasure sphere Librascope. Another part for Bhakti is here, also guarded by a bunch of enemies, among which another Vetala. If necessary, help yourself with Summons. After a tough battle you'll be able to get the Aspheric Lens. Go through the door on the left side to access some stairs; go up to reach the rooftop, where two treasures can be claimed -- a Moogle Puppet and the Pleiades Hi-Power weapon for Sazh they are a weapon good for hard farming, but their HP malus makes them bad for the average situation.
There is also a dormant Cie'th stone on this roof; nevermind about it for now. After getting everything, go back outside. Continue through the village and you will eventually reach a Save Station.
Go up the nearby stairs to enter another area. Right in front of the roof where you came from there will be the last piece of Bhakti Metal Plate. On the left side there is a treasure containing a Flamebane Brooch Critical Barfire. Even if you already have all the five parts now, hold on a minute before going back to Bhakti, and proceed to open anothe treasure ahead on the bridge.
Fight your way North. This treasure contains the Taming Pole weapon for Fang; this is one of those weapons with high stats and Stagger Lock. Since it's exactly the weapon that we're going to upgrade with Bhakti's rewards, make one last effort and fight this other Vetala to acquire the precious weapon.
One last treasure will be found past the last Save Station, and contains an Ethersol , but we'll go there later. Now it's time to go back to Bhakti and receive your prizes. After Bhakti is repaired, talk to him again and he will give you rewards depending on how many steps you've taken on Gran Pulse.
Chance are that you will have taken much more than 10, steps by now, and therefore you will receive all of the following rewards: 10x Deceptisol, 2x Ultracompact Reactor, 1x Gold Nugget, 5x Perfume, 3x Platinum Ingot.
Moreover you will unlock:. Pulsian Pioneer Took over 10, steps on the lowerworld surface. The 3x Platinum Ingot are the most important ones for now; each of them sells for , Gil, and therefore you now have , "free" Gil in your bank account, ready to be spent on whatever you want. Sort of. It will take a while before being able to farm Gil methodically, so please avoid wasting them on unnecessary purchases weapons or accessories, or bad usage of materials for upgrades.
You can also sell the Gold Nugget for 60, Gil, the Perfumes for 12, Gil each, and the other Gold Nugget that you should have obtained with the Chocobo earlier by digging the first treasure. This brings us to a total of more than , Gil to spend.
The other three characters, thankfully, don't really matter for now, even if in your main party you're going to replace Sazh with Hope soon. It would be nice to get our hands on the Belladonna Wand upgrade Malboro Wand for Vanille, and Snow's Winged Saint upgrade from the Paladin weapon , but unfortunately they require catalysts Uraninite and Scarletite, respectively that are out of budget.
They are not all that important though, don't worry. All the details about upgrading can be found in the Equipment Upgrading Guide page, but here's a quick summary. They are all equally effective and equally expensive, so you can use them indiscriminately. Using 36x of any of these three Organic Materials on a piece of equipment will give it an EXP x 3 bonus.
Once the bonus is applied, you will then use a variable amount of Inorganic materials to add massive amounts of EXP to upgrade it. The two best Inorganic materials are the Ultracompact Reactor, useful for very large amounts of EXP typically only weapons will need these , and the Superconductors, useful for smaller amounts of EXP.
They are not cheap, so please don't buy the wrong amounts and use them effectively as you'll be told. To be safe, save the game before doing upgrades , just in case.
Make sure to have enough Inorganic materials before applying them. For example, if you need use three Ultracompact Reactors and you only have two in your inventory, buy another one before using three of them at once -- using two first, and one later, is NOT the same, since the first Inorganic materials will reset or at least lower the EXP bonus from the Organic material, and therefore the next Inorganic material will not benefit from the bonus unless you consume more Organic materials to re-add the bonus.
Use 36x of any of the three Organic materials mentioned earlier to add the 3x EXP bonus. You should already have an Uraninite from your journey two, actually , and you should already have two Ultracompact Reactors since they were part of the Bhakti rewards.
Therefore this upgrade will only cost you 50, Gil to buy the third Ultracompact Reactor and about 3, 2, Gil for the Organic materials.
Use 17x Superconductor to reach max level. Use 1x Perovskite to upgrade it to Hyades Magnums Lv Use 36x Sturdy Bone. Use 3x Ultracompact Reactor. Use 29x Superconductor to reach max level. Total: a bit less than , Gil Perovskite not counted since you should already have one, found just in Oerba. I know it's expensive, but it's worth it, trust me. Use 33x Superconductor to reach max level. Use an Uraninite to upgrade it to Venus Gospel Lv Total: about , Gil, without factoring the Uraninite since you should have got a second one in Sulyya Springs.
So far we've spent about , Gil -- still another abundant , to use. Considering that we can't really do much about the other weapons, let's talk about accessories. There are many accessories that you probably wish to upgrade, but some of them are particularly important. The one I'm specifically talking about is the Black Belt, an accessory that will be essential to get the Growth Egg early on, and will continue to be useful in a lot of battles including most boss battles.
Right now you can equip nine of them at most three per character , so let's just make these for now. Each one costs 4, Gil. You should already have two of these, so to purchase the remaining ones you'll have to spend 31, Gil.
Still, that means that you'll take half the damage from physical attacks when you have them all equipped! They cost and upgrade exactly like Black Belts, so just do what you did with Black Belts to upgrade them to max level too.
Cost will be the same too a bit less actually, since you have more than 2x Rune Bracelets from treasures, so you'll have to buy less to get a total of nine. We're almost out of money now, but don't worry: we won't have to make any other upgrade for a long time. If you want, now you can go farm Behemoth King and Megistotherian in The Archylte Steppe to complete the farming of Stage 8 of Crystarium if you didn't complete it earlier.
Once you're satisfied, let's continue with the story and kick the last boss's face with your new gear, so you can unlock Stage 9 of Crystarium and then farm more CP to fill it up. Double check your equipment and Paradigms before continuing to the boss fight. You want to fight with this party: Lightning, Vanille, Fang. Please note that in the strategy below I'm not assuming that you did all the suggested upgrades.
If you did hopefully that's the case , the fight will obviously feel easier than how it looks when you read the strategy. Every character deployed should have at least 2, HP to be considered "safe enough". Fang already has high HP on her own, so she can get Strength-boosting equipment Brawler's and Warrior's Wristband instead.
Lightning should be given a Doctor's Code. Use Fortisol and Aegisol to give yourself a little advantage; they are not all that important, but a head start is always nice. Boss Fight -????????????? Chapter 11 Boss The boss has 3,, HP. He is subject to Deprotect, Deshell, Imperil, Slow. This fight unfortunately doesn't have a fixed approach that you can follow, and will require you to constantly adjust to the situation with Paradigm Shifts. The boss has a series of different attacks.
The most common HP-damaging attack is a series of small lasers; they don't deal a lot of damage on their own, but they will add up as the battle goes on. The boss can also inflict several status ailments, among which Cursega and Dazega.
You can't really do much about it; equipping Accessories against these statuses would help, but it would also occupy slots that can be used for more important stuff such as HP bangles , and it's simply not worth it.
The boss won't cast buffs on himself, which is a relief. This move is the main reason why the fight can't go "mathematically" towards a certain situation, and sudden changes will happen. This move somehow reminds of the original multi-hit attack he had in Chapter 9, but it's actually not half as bad as that old move: the damage dealt is moderate, and can be quickly healed with Potions and MEDs. Make sure to always have green HP though, or else this is indeed an attack that can cost you a game-over.
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