Looking to get a good start in Final Fantasy XV? These tips for things to do first in the new Final Fantasy will help make sure you get off on your quest on the right foot!
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Maximize your Ability Point Efficiency[edit]
While there’s no one right way to distribute APs, there’s an early game strategy that can pay off big. Several abilities on the exploration tree enable characters to build AP from performing everyday activities. Of these Happy Camping and Happier Camping are potentially the best to take early. You’re going to be doing a LOT of camping in FF 15, and gaining extra AP from this necessary and frequent activity is eventually going to yield big rewards. The short-term sacrifice in AP will be more than mitigated by the long term gains from developing this tree as early as possible.
Play the Waiting Game[edit]
One of the most powerful weapons in your arsenal isn’t a sword or a spell. It’s a menu option. By switching your combat mode in the Options menu from Active to Wait, you’ll set battles to stop whenever you’re not moving. From the Wait view, you can access enemy vulnerabilities, get the lay of the battlefield, and take a look at your allies. You can even bolster making decisions from Wait Mode by spending AP in the Wait Mode Ascension ability tree, to deal more damage or increase the amount that time is frozen for.
That’s Hold Block, Not Tap Block
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To block, hold square (PS4) or X (Xbox One) down when prompted. Don’t tap it. Tapping won’t block, holding will. And since blocking opens up parries and real chances for teamwork damage, this is an especially important for more difficult battles. (The same goes for locking on to enemies.)
Play The Tutorial. Seriously.
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Final Fantasy 15’s combat is action-oriented, but it’s not always simple. The brief, unobtrusive, and optional combat tutorial will make sure you understand the basic nuances of attacking, defense, mobility, and team combat that you might not pick up just by jumping in.
Parry, Flanks, and Utilize Teamwork[edit]
While you’re going to be tempted to spam offense in many encounters, don’t neglect the powerful influence of defense and stealth. Successful evasions followed by a parry can create openings for more damaging counters. Flanking attacks and hits from the rear can deal much more damage, especially against higher-level enemies. And your team members special powers and Techniques are tremendously important. You should utilize teammates special attacks at every opportunity. And don’t forget you can crouch behind large objects to quickly recover HP and MP!
Get That Chocobo[edit]
From the very first outpost you’ll find an inactive Chocobo Rent-a-Bird station. In order to activate them, you’ll have to go on a short but tough sidequest starting in Chapter 3: The Open World, where Prompto will ask to visit the Wiz Chocobo Post as part of the Friends of a Feather side quest. The quest will culminate in a Beast Hunt to take down a ferocious level 15 Behemoth, but if you are strong and careful, you can take out the beast and gain the ability to rent Chocobos, letting you move much faster than simple running - and you’ll be able to use this increased speed in placed where the Regalia can’t get to.
Gather Ye Rosebuds While You May[edit]
Recipeingredients are practically always worth the trouble to gather. A well-cooked meal can significantly bolster your party’s abilities before a big fight, but you can’t make the best food if you don’t have the best ingredients. If you see a foodstuff icon nearby, divert and gather some ingredients. Also keep an eye out for Mineral Deposits and the occasional Treasure Spot.
Dine and Dash[edit]
Early in Final Fantasy XV you’ll be looking for chances to see the countryside, gather materials, and get some XP and AP under your belt. Hunts are a great way to do all of these. To trigger Hunts, visit the local diner in a settlement and talk with the server. Your first stop in any town should be the local diner. These roadside stands are staffed by helpful servers who can reveal certain important quest info on the world map, as well as assigning you random bounty quests.
Take on The Big Boys[edit]
If you have the skill, the patience, and the potions, you can take down enemies far above your current level. This isn’t always worth the Phoenix Downs you’ll burn, but it is a good idea to engage in some quests a few levels above your own. Doing so can net you decent XP and Gil, but more importantly, it adds chances to gather rare items, like new Recipe-inspiring ingredients or treasures.
Stock Up[edit]
While you don’t want to waste your cash, Potions, Elixirs, and Phoenix Downs are especially important in FF15. After finishing a few easy hunts, hit a service station and build a small stockpile of these vital curative items.
Don't Stay Out Late![edit]
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Early in the game you’re not well equipped to deal with Daemons. Confine your activities to daylight. If there’s any chance a mission is going to keep you away from a campsite before sundown, wait a day...it’s just not worth the trouble!
Resting vs. Camping[edit]
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Hotels and campsites serve very different purposes. Campsites are a huge boon before a hunt or a big fight, as they allow you to prepare delicious food to see you through a hard day’s battle. Hotels and caravans, on the other hand, offer big XP bonuses. Remember, you don’t cash in XP until a day ends. If you’ve just beaten a boss or a bunch of enemies on a hunt, sleeping that night in a hotel can vastly increase your experience reward.
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Weapons (guide pages 202-207) Various weapon attributes have been adjusted and the adjusted values are marked in green font in the following table.
Swords
Greatswords
Polearms
Engine Blade Broadsword Engine Blade II Airstep Sword Rune Saber Flame Tongue Ice Brand Blood Sword Engine Blade III Durandal Enhancer Soul Saber Ultima Blade Balmung Blazefire Saber* Two-handed Sword War Sword Blade of Brennaere Claymore Force Stealer Hardedge Thunderbolt Duel Code Force Stealer II Hyperion Iron Duke Dominator Apocalypse Masamune* Javelin Drain Lance Drain Lance II Mythril Lance Rapier Lance Storm Lance Ice Spear Wyvern Lance Drain Lance III Radiant Lance
*Downloadable Content (DLC)
28 42 40 83 103 117 137 198 207 232 276 343 364 446 71 48 78 131 156 210 244 345 370 463 496 581 583 597 88 18 33 48 55 68 113 133 161 195 205
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
0 0 0 0 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 53 65 82 98 202 153 246 468 308 310 153 298 403 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 6 15 7 8 7 10 11 25 11 12 12 40 11 9 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 11 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 0 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 0 12 0 12 0 0 0 18 0 0 0 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DARK RESISTANCE
LIGHTNING RESISTANCE
ICE RESISTANCE
FIRE RESISTANCE
SHOT RESISTANCE
SPIRIT MODIFIER
MAGIC MODIFIER
VITALITY MODIFIER
STRENGTH MODIFIER
NAME
MAX MP MODIFIER
MAX HP MODIFIER
CATEGORY
CRITICAL
ATTACK
Weapon Overview
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Polearms
Daggers
Firearms
Shields
Dragoon Lance Precision Lance Flayer Gae Bolg* Daggers Avengers Cutlasses Mythril Knives Plunderers Assassin's Daggers Delta Daggers Plunderers II Main Gauches Orichalcum Ulric's Kukris Organyx Vigilantes Zwill Crossblade Mage Mashers* Handgun Cocytus Calamity Mythril Pistol Valiant Rebellion Valiant II Flame Gun Quicksilver Enforcer Executioner Hyper Magnum Death Penalty Cerberus Kite Shield Absorb Shield Ice Shield Thunder Shield Flame Shield Hero's Shield Absorb Shield II Black Prince Power Shield Wizard Shield Aegis Shield Ziedrich
*Downloadable Content (DLC)
246 266 337 75 20 43 58 62 111 126 153 183 192 223 234 248 290 345 66 32 45 53 96 147 167 200 210 222 243 363 388 424 156 52 83 93 111 126 144 167 175 176 225 292 327
4 4 4 4 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 13 8 8 8 8 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 282 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 4 4 6 6 10 7 6 15 7 9 24 10 8 5 13 0 0 0 0 11 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 30 18 21 22 25 38 32 6 34 55 50
0 0 0 0 5 5 10 50 10 10 15 30 21 20 48 23 20 25 32 0 0 0 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 99 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 32 0 0 0 4 7 5 11 12 15 21 16 18 19 22 21 25 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 12 10 12 9 22 12 13 11 12 11 14
15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DARK RESISTANCE
LIGHTNING RESISTANCE
ICE RESISTANCE
FIRE RESISTANCE
BULLET RESISTANCE
SPIRIT MODIFIER
MAGIC MODIFIER
VITALITY MODIFIER
STRENGTH MODIFIER
MAX MP MODIFIER
CRITICAL
NAME ATTACK
CATEGORY
MAX HP MODIFIER
Weapon Overview (Continued)
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -50 -100 0 0 0 0 60 0 0 0 0 100
Accessories (guide pages 208-209) Certain accessory parameters have also been adjusted and these are marked in green font in the following table. Affected Accessories
NAME
PARAMETER
Soldier's Anklet Warrior's Anklet Fencer's Anklet Knight's Anklet Crusader's Anklet Champion's Anklet Emperor's Anklet Anklet of the Gods Potpourri White Sage Power Stone Oracle Card Pendulum Lavender Oil Purified Salt Tarot Card Soul of Thamasa Robe of the Lord
Vitality +40 Vitality +50 Vitality +60 Vitality +70 Vitality +80 Vitality +100 Vitality +120 Vitality +150 Spirit +40 Spirit +50 Spirit +60 Spirit +70 Spirit +80 Spirit +100 Spirit +120 Spirit +150 Exclusive to Noctis; Max MP +50 Exclusive to Noctis; MP Recovery Rate +5%
10 0 7 0 0 8 22 0 12 0 0 13 0 0 50 0 0 0 0 10 -50 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 -40 10 0 0 0 25 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 -40 10 0 0 0 25 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 -40 10 0 0 0 25 0
DARK RESISTANCE
LIGHTNING RESISTANCE
0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 30 0 0 50 0 0 -30 0 0 0 0 100 0
ICE RESISTANCE
0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 0 30 0 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 150 0 0 100
FIRE RESISTANCE
0 0 9 0 0 5 0 0 21 0 0 13 30 -80 0 50 30 0 0 200 0 0 0 0 0
BULLET RESISTANCE
SPIRIT MODIFIER
STRENGTH MODIFIER
MAX MP MODIFIER
2 12 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 7 2 18 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 12 3 100 2 0 7 0 0 4 6 150 2 0 2 200 1 1,000 2 300 0 3 5 0 3 0 6 0
MAGIC MODIFIER
Royal Arms
61 74 90 108 153 181 323 339 356 374 397 432 194 483 203 153 396 177 518 251 334 237 388 361 141
VITALITY MODIFIER
Machinery
Auto Crossbow Bioblaster Circular Saw Gravity Well Noiseblaster Drillbreaker Auto Crossbow Plus Bioblaster Plus Circular Saw Plus Gravity Well Plus Noiseblaster Plus Drillbreaker Plus Sword of the Wise Axe of the Conqueror Bow of the Clever Swords of the Wanderer Blade of the Mystic Star of the Rogue Sword of the Tall Shield of the Just Mace of the Fierce Scepter of the Pious Trident of the Oracle Katana of the Warrior Sword of the Father
CRITICAL
NAME ATTACK
CATEGORY
MAX HP MODIFIER
Weapon Overview (Continued)
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 -40 10 0 50 0 -50 0
Ingredients (guide page 211-212) The following ingredients have been added to the game. Affected Ingredients
NAME Luncheon Meat
Chocobean
Sweet Pepper
Bulette Shank
Gigantoad Steak Garulessa Steak Shieldshears Claw
Cygillan Crab Beetroot
Garlic
Karlabos Claw Allural Sea Bass Fillet Zipper Barramundi Fillet
Lucian Carp Fillet
Mighty Barramundi Fillet Dank Barramundi Fillet Wennath Salmon Fillet
AVAILABILITY
AVAILABILITY: DETAILS
Shop
Shopping on the Road (anytime), Mini-Mart (Hammerhead), JM Market (Longwythe Rest Area), Aldare's (Galdin Quay), JM Market (Prairie Outpost), Kiosk (Wiz Chocobo Post), Fallstar Foods (Lestallum), JM Market (Old Lestallum)
Collectible
Leide and Duscae regions
Shop
Mini-Mart (Hammerhead), JM Market (Longwythe Rest Area), Aldare's (Galdin Quay), JM Market (Prairie Outpost), Furloch Farms (Lestallum)
Collectible
Leide region
Shop
Shopping on the Road (Anytime), Mini-Mart (Hammerhead), JM Market (Longwythe Rest Area), Aldare's (Galdin Quay), JM Market (Prairie Outpost), Kiosk (Wiz Chocobo Post), Furloch Farms (Lestallum), JM Market (Old Lestallum), Parvinath General Store (Meldacio Hunter HQ), Gobunant’s Boat (Altissia)
Enemy drop
Bulettes (x2) 50%
Shop
Shopping on the Road (from Chapter 3), Kiosk (Wiz Chocobo Post), Fallstar Foods (Lestallum), JM Market (Old Lestallum), Parvinath General Store (Meldacio Hunter HQ)
Enemy drop
Gigantoads (x2) 75%
Shop
Shopping on the Road (from Chapter 5), Prissock General Store (Lestallum), JM Market (Old Lestallum), Parvinath General Store (Meldacio Hunter HQ)
Shop
Prissock General Store (Lestallum), Parvinath General Store (Meldacio Hunter HQ)
Enemy drop
Shieldshears (x2-3) 50%
Shop
Shopping on the Road (from Chapter 15), Prissock General Store (Lestallum), JM Market (Cape Caem)
Shop
Shopping on the Road (from Chapter 15), Prissock General Store (Lestallum), Gamberetto’s Catch (Altissia)
Collectible
Duscae region
Shop
Furloch Farms (Lestallum), JM Market (Old Lestallum)
Collectible
Duscae and Cleigne regions
Shop
Shopping on the Road (from Chapter 3), Kiosk (Wiz Chocobo Post), Furloch Farms (Lestallum), JM Market (Old Lestallum), Parvinath General Store (Meldacio Hunter HQ), Old Gobunant’s Boat (Altissia)
Enemy drop
Karlaboses (x2) 50%
Shop
JM Market (Cape Caem)
Fishing Mini-game
Allural Sea Bass, Coral Allural Sea Bass, Copper Allural Sea Bass
Shop
Gamberetto’s Catch (Altissia)
Fishing mini-game
Zipper Barramundi
Shop
Gamberetto’s Catch (Altissia)
Fishing mini-game
Lucian Carp Bronze Lucian Carp Sunset Lucian Carp Dusk Lucian Carp
Shop
Gamberetto’s Catch (Altissia)
Fishing mini-game
Mighty Barramundi
Shop
Gamberetto’s Catch (Altissia)
Fishing mini-game
Dank Barramundi
Shop
Gamberetto’s Catch (Altissia)
Fishing mini-game
Wennath Salmon
Shop
Gamberetto’s Catch (Altissia)
Recipes (guide page 212-213) New recipes have been added to the game. New Recipes
NAME
INGREDIENTS REQUIRED
EFFECTS
AVAILABILITY
Mystery Meat Sushi
Luncheon Meat
Strength +50, HP +100
Acquire Luncheon Meat
Chocobean, Lucian Tomato, Strength +40, HP +300 Sweet Pepper Daggerquill Breast, Gighee Ham, Multi-Meat HP +100, EXP +20% Aegir Root Sandwich Strength +100, HP Recovery Classic Tomato & Birdbeast Egg, Lucian Tomato Rate x1.5 Egg Stir-Fry Leiden Potato HP +300 Dish and Chips Grilled Wild Trevally Fillet, Leiden Pepper Strength +70, HP +100 Trevally Charcuterie on Fine Gighee Ham Strength +80, HP +200 Toast Fried Frontier Bulette Shank, Cleigne Wheat HP +500, Critical Rate +30% Skewer Daggerquill Breast, Dualhorn Strength +100, HP Recovery Quillhorn Soup Steak, Wild Onion Rate x1.75 Creamy Shieldshears Claw, Birdbeast Strength +100, Magic +100, Crustacean Egg, Eos Green Peas HP +400 Omelette Shieldshears Claw, Birdbeast Strength +100, Magic +100, Egg-Fried HP +600 Crustacean Bowl Egg, Saxham Rice Battered Barramundi Fillet, Leiden Potato Strength +100, HP +500 Barramundi Strength +100, Magic +100, Crown City Dive- Bulette Shank, Cleigne Wheat, HP +300 Style Dumplings Leiden Pepper Burly Bean Bowl
Ace Hunter's Schnitzel
Bulette Shank, Leiden Potato, Cleigne Wheat
Strength +120, HP +400
Cannedwich
Luncheon Meat, Cleigne Wheat
Strength +100, HP +300
Strength +80, HP +500, Fire Resistance +50 HP +400, HP Recovery Rate Triple Truffle Funguar, Alstroom, Saxham Rice x1.75, Immune to Poison Risotto Bulette Shank, Beetroot, Leiden Strength +100, HP +500, Meat-and-Beet Potato Immune to Poison Bouillon Strength +100, HP +500, HP Free-Range Fowl Basilisk Breast, Saxham Rice Recovery Rate x1.25 over Rice Garden Curry
Leiden Potato, Schier Turmeric, Saxham Rice
Purchase Chili con Carne at Takka’s Pit Stop (Hammerhead) Obtain an Aegir Root from a Food Spot in Leide Read Orienteering Checkpoint G, a few steps to the south of the motel in the Longwythe Rest Area Purchase Kenny’s Fries at any Crow’s Nest Diner Acquire Trevally Fillet Acquire Fine Gighee Ham Acquire a Bulette Shank after defeating a Bulette Acquire Wild Onion Obtain a Shieldshears Claw Purchase Iron Shelf Recipes, Vol. 1 from JM Market (Old Lestallum) Read Orienteering Checkpoint F, a few steps to the south of the arms vendor at Galdin Quay Read Orienteering Checkpoint B on a wall in the West Leiden Tunnel Read Orienteering Checkpoint C located on the door of a shack across the street from Coernix Station (Cauthess) Observe a woman eating a Cannedwich next to the dart board and radio at Prairie Outpost after reaching Chapter 3 Obtain Schier Turmeric from a Food Spot Obtain an Alstroom from a Food Spot Read Oric's Culinary Chronicle | Entry 3 located on a box behind the Arms Vendor at Prairie Outpost Obtain a Basilisk Breast by defeating a Basilisk
Fried Rookie on Rice
Birdbeast Egg, Saxham Rice, Sweet Pepper
Strength +100, HP +400, Immune to Poison
Read Oric's Culinary Chronicle | Entry 2 located on a red and white checkboard table in Lestallum. The table is across from the Cup Noodle truck, towards the city.
Toadsteak Drumsticks
Gigantoad Steak, Leiden Pepper
Strength +120, Magic +100, HP +500
Obtain a Gigantoad Steak by defeating a Gigantoad
Salmon-in-a-Suit
Nebula Salmon Fillet
Strength +120, HP +700
Croaker in Brown Sauce Moist Tomato Cake Crispy Fish Fritterwich Hot Hopper Skewers
Gigantoad Steak, Aegir Root, Funguar Killer Tomato, Fine Cleigne Wheat Zipper Barramundi Fillet, Cleigne Wheat Gigantoad Steak, Garlic, Aegir Root
Strength +150, HP +600, Immune to Toad Vitality +200, Spirit +300, HP +1,000
Read Oric's Culinary Chronicle | Entry 7 at Telghey Haven Read Oric's Culinary Chronicle | Entry 1 at a park bench located at Furloch Farms. Acquire Killer Tomato
Strength +160, HP +800
Acquire Zipper Barramundi Fillet
Equalizer, Immune to Toad
Acquire Garlic
New Recipes (Continued)
NAME
INGREDIENTS REQUIRED
EFFECTS
AVAILABILITY
Darkshells Marinières
Cleigne Darkshell, Garlic
Strength +100, Tech Boost
Acquire Cleigne Darkshell
Paella de Pollo
Chickatrice Leg, Saxham Rice
Strength +150, HP +500
Tomalley-Filled Dumplings
Shieldshears Claw, Fine Cleigne Wheat
Strength +100, Magic +200, HP +300
Beanball Croquettes
Chocobean, Cleigne Wheat, Schier Turmeric
HP +500, prevents most status ailments
Golden Egg Galette
Birdbeast Egg, Fine Gighee Ham, Strength +120, HP +400 Cleigne Wheat
Sweet & Spicy Cygillan Crab Kenny's Original Recipe
Cygillan Crab, Sweet Pepper
Strength +100, HP +200, Fire Resistance +70
Acquire Cygillan Crab
Nebula Salmon Fillet, Garlic
Strength +150, Vitality +200
Purchase Kenny’s Salmon at any Crow’s Nest Diner
Unlimited Stamina when sprinting, HP +500 Garulessandwich Garulessa Steak, Cleigne Wheat Strength +120, HP +600 Horntooth Meat Garulessa Steak, Dualhorn Steak, Strength +160, Magic +160, Cleigne Wheat HP +600 Pie Karlabos Claw, Wild Onion, Strength +160, HP Recovery Creamy Bisque Leiden Pepper Rate x2 Chickatrice Leg, Allural Shallot, Strength +160, HP +800, Fire Green Soup Sweet Pepper Resistance +70 Curry Duscaen Orange, Fine Cleigne Vitality +250, Spirit+400, HP Elegant Orange Wheat +1,000 Cake Magic +300, HP Recovery Rate Blazing Braised Sahagin Liver, Kettier Ginger, Sweet Pepper x1.5 Gizzard Strength +100, HP +1,500, Carp of the Diem Lucian Carp Fillet, Kettier Ginger Immune to Poison Immune to Fire, Ice, and Mighty Barramundi Fillet, Kettier Grilled Mighty Lightning damage, and to most Ginger Barramundi status ailments Dank Barramundi Fillet, Kettier Strength +200, Magic +200, Fire-Sauce Fillet Ginger, Sweet Pepper HP +600 Strength +200, HP +1,000, HP Karlabos Cream Karlabos Claw, Cleigne Wheat, Aegir Root Recovery Rate x1.5 Croquettes Magic +120, Spirit +400, HP Taelpar Harvest Duscaen Orange, Fine Cleigne Wheat, Sheep Milk +1,000 Galette Sweet Saltwater Shieldshears Claw, Cygillan Crab, Strength +120, HP +800, Fire Resistance +50 Crustacean Curry Sweet Pepper Prime Garula Rib Garulessa Steak, Garlic
Devilfin Soup Marrowshroom Chowder Fried Tide Grouper
Purchase Iron Shelf Recipes, Vol. 2 from Post Kiosk (Wiz Chocobo Post) Acquire Cleigne Wheat Observe a woman eating Horntooth Meat Pie outside Parvinath General Store at Meldacio Hunter HQ Obtain a Karlabos Claw by defeating a Karlabos Obtain an Allural Shallot from a Food Spot Obtain a Duscaen Orange from a Food Spot in Duscae Obtain Kettier Ginger from a Food Spot in Cleigne Obtain Lucian Carp Fillet by fishing Lucian Carp Obtain Mighty Barramundi Fillet by fishing Mighty Barramundi
Allural Sea Bass Fillet, Wild Onion Coraldevil Fin, Kettier Ginger, Leiden Pepper Kujata Marrow, Vesproom, Malmashroom
Read Orienteering Checkpoint A on the shack door west of Coernix Station – Alstor Purchase Iron Shelf Recipes, Vol. 4 from JM Market (Cape Caem) Purchase Iron Shelf Recipes, Vol. 3 at Burbost Souvenir Emporium Purchase Iron Shelf Recipes, Vol. 6 at Verinas Mart – Ravatogh Re-visit the spot where you learn the recipe for the HP +1,000, EXP x1.4, Item Drop Mother& Child Rice Bowl in Lestallum. Observe a Rate + 100% woman eating on a bench near the lookout Read Oric's Culinary Chronicle | Entry 4 on a bench HP +1,000, Critical Rate +50% to the north of the Arms Vendor at Galdin Quay Strength +200, HP +1,000, Obtain Allural Sea Bass Fillet by fishing Allural Sea Magic +150 Bass Strength +200, HP Recovery Obtain Coraldevil Fin by fishing Coraldevil Rate x2.25 Purchase Iron Shelf Recipes, Vol. 5 from Old Guaranteed critical hits Gobunant’s Boat (Altissia)
Tide Grouper Fillet, Garlic
Strength +500
Papa Bird & Baby Basilisk Breast, Birdbeast Egg, Saxham Rice Bowl Fishsticks on Sticks Anointed Allural Sea Bass
Read Oric's Culinary Chronicle | Entry 6 located on stone ruins east of Steyliff Grove, in the Vesperpool Read Oric’s Culinary Chronicle Chronicle | Entry 5 located on a bench west of the Crow’s Nest in Old Lestallum Read Orienteering Checkpoint D from a poster at Furloch Farms Read Orienteering Checkpoint E found on a signpost as you walk up the path from the road to the Cape Caem lighthouse
Sea Bass Fillet, Cleigne Wheat
Obtain Tide Grouper Fillet by fishing Tide Grouper
New Recipes (Continued)
NAME
INGREDIENTS REQUIRED
EFFECTS
AVAILABILITY
Roc of Ravatogh Rice
Zu Tender, Saxham Rice
Strength +300, HP +1,500
Purchase Iron Shelf Recipes, Vol. 7 at Parvinath General Store (Meldacio Hunter HQ)
Broiled King-ona-Stick
King Trout Fillet, Leiden Pepper
Kenny's Secret Recipe Oak-Smoked Devil Gar
Wennath Salmon Fillet, Garlic Devil Gar Fillet, Tenebraen Oak Adamantoise Meat, Kettier Ginger
Longwythe's Peak
Strength +300, HP +1500, immunity to most status ailments Strength +400, Magic +300, Vitality +300 HP +2,000, immunity to Fire, Ice, and Lightning damage Strength +600, HP +4,000, HP Recovery Rate x3
Obtain King Trout Fillet by fishing King Trout Purchase Kenny’s Special Salmon at The Original Crow’s Nest Diner (Old Lestallum) Obtain King Devil Gar Fillet by fishing Spotted Devil Gar Read Oric's Culinary Chronicle | Entry 8 located on a barrel in the shack west of The Three Valleys parking spot
Treasures (guide pages 216-217 & 279-281) A few fish-related treasures have been added to the game, and previously existing ones have been tweaked. Additional Treasures
NAME Barramundi Innards Barrelfish Mucus Bass Eye Bass Teeth Catfish Mucus Dace Scales Gar Fin Grouper Bones Grouper Fin Grouper Skin Large Arapaima Scales Lucian Carp Reverscales Lucian Carp Rowscales Morion Trout Scales Poisonous Catfish Fin Salmon Fin Snakehead Scales Spiny Barramundi Fin Trevally Fin Trevally Scales Trout Scales
ADDED EFFECT Cursecast
Tweaked Treasures
POWER EFFECT VALUE LEVEL
UNITS REQUIRED FOR DUPLICATION
24
99
2.08
1
-
1.92
None None Dualcast None Quintcast Dualcast Tricast Dualcast
14 5 1 1 1 3 10 5
5 1 1 10 5
3.13 3.13 6.67 1.92 8.33 5.56 2.78 4.55
Freecast
2
2
-
Expericast
3
12
8.33
Expericast
3
8
8.33
Tricast
8
30
3.03
Quadcast
1
20
4.00
Tricast
6
15
3.03
Dualcast
1
3
5.56
Cursecast
3
21
5.56
None None Dualcast
5 10 1
8
2.78 3.03 3.03
None
ADDED EFFECT
Adamantite
Limit Break
99
-
0.1
None
1
-
2.08
Freecast
2
2
-
None
1
-
3.03
None None Dualcast
4 1 1
1
2.78 3.03 6.67
Limit Break
34
99
4.17
Quadcast
12
15
2.08
Quintcast
0
1
12.50
Stopcast
12
25
2.27
None
3
-
3.13
None
2
-
3.03
Alstor Bass Bones Arapaima Scales Barrelfish Scales Bluegill Fin Bluegill Scale Catfish Barbel Jade Gar Mirrorscale Catfish Heart Mandrake Flower Murk Grouper Eye Phoenix Bass Bladder Snakehead Teeth
POWER EFFECT VALUE LEVEL
UNITS REQUIRED FOR DUPLICATION
NAME
Ingredients (guide page 280)
Tweaked Ingredients POWER VALUE
UNITS REQUIRED FOR DUPLICATION*
NAME
ADDED EFFECT
EFFECT LEVEL
NAME
ADDED EFFECT
Aegir Root
Healcast
1
10
20.00
Hulldagh Nutmeg
Quadcast
Allural Shallot
Quadcast
1
3
12.50
None
0
15
9.09
Jabberwock Sirloin
Alstroom
Cursecast
Anak Meat
None
3
-
11.11
Kettier Ginger
Arapaima Roe
Expericast
99
30
9.09
Barramundi Fillet
None
3
-
7.14
Behemoth Tenderloin
None
33
-
4.17
Birdbeast Egg
None
1
-
9.09
Caem Pinkshrimp
Dualcast
1
3
5.56
Catoblepas Brisket
None
26
-
Chickatrice Leg
None
5
Cleigne Darkshell
Dualcast
POWER VALUE
EFFECT LEVEL
UNITS REQUIRED FOR DUPLICATION*
1
5
20.00
31
-
-
Quadcast
1
2
12.50
Killer Tomato
Healcast
2
50
7.14
Kujata Marrow
Tricast
8
15
3.45
Leiden Pepper
Cursecast
1
15
12.50
Leiden Potato
Healcast
0
10
16.67
Leiden Sweet Potato
Healcast
1
20
16.67
Leukorn Steak
None
24
-
3.23
Lucian Tomato
Healcast
1
30
7.14
3.45
Malmashroom
Killcast
0
5
3.85
-
8.33
Midgardsormr Shank
None
34
-
4.76
1
4
5.56
Nebula Salmon Fillet
None
3
-
7.14
Cleigne Mollusk Dualcast
2
1
5.88
Cleigne Wheat
Healcast
0
25
9.09
Platinum Myrltrout Fillet
None
8
-
6.25
Cup Noodles
Healcast
0
99
12.50
Sahagin Liver
Tricast
6
10
7.14
Daggerquill Breast
None
1
-
12.50
Saxham Rice
Healcast
0
25
7.14
Schier Turmeric
Tricast
1
1
25.00
Dualhorn Steak
None
2
-
8.33
Sea Bass Fillet
None
4
-
6.25
Eos Green Peas
None
2
-
16.67
Sheep Milk
Dualcast
1
1
25.00
Fine Cleigne Wheat
Healcast
0
50
3.03
Smoking Wood
Tricast
1
1
25.00
Fine Gighee Ham
Tenebraen Oak
Quadcast
1
1
14.29
None
8
-
7.14
Tide Grouper Fillet None
5
-
6.25
Funguar
Venomcast
0
10
14.29
Trout Fillet
None
2
-
7.14
Garula Sirloin
None
4
-
10.00
Ulwaat Berries
Healcast
8
99
0.75
Giant Trevally Fillet
None
1
-
7.14
Vesper Gar Fillet
None
10
-
6.25
Stopcast
0
15
None
2
-
Vesproom
8.33
Gighee Ham
12.50
Healcast
0
10
None
33
-
Wild Onion
12.50
Griffon Breast
2.94
Zu Tender
None
52
-
2.50
AP Maximization Build (guide page 302) If you are keen to unlock every Ascension node, this section offers a detailed roadmap for the opening hours of your adventure. The two fundamental principles underlying this AP-maximizing approach are as follows:
You can now craft your first powerful spell. Allot all of your fire energy and Sheep Milk to a flask. This results in 6 “Dualcast: Firaga” spells with a potency of 204 – enough to one-shot the Bloodhorn awaiting you at the next encounter in the main quest.
1. Unlock Exploration nodes in Ascension related to camping, character skills, and driving in the Regalia very early in order to reap the rewards.
As you proceed, be sure to complete the “Rise and Shine and Run” tour at Lachyrte Haven upon your first visit to Galdin Quay for another easy 20 AP. We recommend that your next priorities in Ascension include the following nexuses, in whatever order you prefer: Roadrunning, Angler Action, Aftertaste, Appetize, Magic Action, Elementalism, and later on, Chocobump. These relatively cheap abilities will contribute greatly to your AP totals as you travel in the Regalia, camp at new havens, and complete sidequests.
If you’d prefer a mostly hands-off approach to AP grinding, the Roadrunning node enables you to gain 1 AP for approximately every 1.25 miles driven in the Regalia. Simply set up long automatic journeys throughout daylight hours, then camp at a haven when night falls.
In addition, you can use the Appetize ability to strengthen your allies with favorite foods, while also gaining an extra point of AP every time you camp. For example, the Prairie-Style Skewers are unlocked at cooking Level 2. This recipe is a favorite of Gladio’s and requires Anak Meat and Leiden Pepper, two cheap ingredients. Cooking this food repeatedly will enable you to level up his techniques very quickly.
2. Unlock Magic nodes in Ascension to develop a powerful “black mage” configuration capable of wreaking havoc against almost all enemies in the first half of the game. Upon completing the initial main quest conversations with Cindy at Hammerhead, you’ll begin with 10 AP. From there, do the following:
Ignore the main quest and immediately run north to Cotisse Haven. Absorb all energy from elemental deposits and camp for 1 AP. Choose a recipe that doesn’t require any ingredients. You’ll be asked to take the Stirred, Not Shaken tour with Ignis. Complete it for 20 AP.
Return to Hammerhead. Head to the Mini-mart and purchase 74 bottles of Sheep Milk, which cost 740 of your starting 1,000 Gil. You start with one Sheep Milk, so your total now is 75.
Proceed with the main quest, making sure you complete the first four strategy tutorials (for a total of 12 AP). Along the way, try to defeat at least three enemies with warp-strikes, blindsides, or parries for an extra 3 AP. After freeing Dave and hearing his request, choose to “do it for a price” for another 2 AP.
Head to nearby Merrioth Haven and absorb all elemental energy. Now unlock your first Ascension node: Happy Camping. Choose to camp (again, choice of food doesn’t matter), and your party should reach Level 3, resulting in another 26 AP total. In the morning, you can unlock Happier Camping.
Head south and fight the nearby Dualhorn to complete the tutorial strategy prompt on blindsides for another 3 AP. You can use the three Fire spells in the Magic Flask you received from Dave to defeat the beast.
Continue south and east to Criclawe Haven. Absorb all elemental energy. You should be fully stocked in all three elements at this point. At the haven, choose to train with Gladio and defeat him for 5 AP. Afterward, camp for 3 AP. Run back to Merrioth Haven and camp one more time, for another 3 AP.
You should now have enough AP to learn Powercraft from the Magic Ascension tree. If you’re short of the required total, you can run back to Criclawe Haven and camp again. In fact, sprinting back and forth between Merrioth and Criclawe to alternate campsites takes about four minutes for a total of 6 AP. This is a tedious but completely effortless method for farming AP at the beginning of the game.
With these Ascension abilities unlocked, you are now well on your way to plowing through the first half of the game with relative ease, simply by relying on this literal “magic formula”: 99 units of energy for a single element, catalyzed with 75 bottles of Sheep Milk. We recommend that you quickly advance to Chapter 02 in order to obtain your third Magic Flask; this will enable you to keep all three elemental spell varieties in stock at once. Furthermore, you should complete a handful of hunts, which should be entirely straightforward with the massive firepower at your disposal. Reinvest the Gil rewards regularly in Sheep Milk, which is readily available at many shops and will enable you to restock your spells once they run out. You may also want to unlock Noctis’s second accessory slot and fit him with Magic-boosting equipment. Most importantly, you’ll enjoy a substantial advantage in AP accumulation throughout this process. Once you accumulate a bit more AP, unlock Elementality and Extra Powercraft to further develop your magical prowess. Of course, those who do not favor such a playstyle can simply ignore anything related to elemancy, but the Exploration nodes we’ve mentioned are definitely worth your consideration. The sooner you learn them, the greater your long-term profits will be.
Fishing Lures (guide page 221) Fishing Lures
NAME
EFFECTIVENESS (TIME) MORNING
Poppeck: Chocobo Poppeck: White Chocobo
✔
DAY
EVENING
✔
✔
Stinker: Malboro
✔
✔
✔
Burrower: Abyss Worm
✔
Sweet Jamming: Custard
✔
✔ ✔
✔
✔
✔
✔
✔ ✔ ✔
✔
✔
Deadly Waters: Sahagin
✔
Vesper Gar ✔
Jade Snakehead, Sapphire Snakehead
✔
Cleigne Brown Trout
✔
Needle 1,000: Cactuar
✔
Callatein Brook Trout ✔
Cleigne Brown Trout, Murk Grouper
✔
Crag Barramundi Galdin Trevally
✔
Glowing Barrelfish
✔
✔
✔ ✔
✔
✔
✔
Needle 1,000: Gold Cactuar
Dark Allural Sea Bass
✔
Maiden Brook Trout
✔
✔
Giant Trevally, Crag Barramundi, Rainbow Trout
✔
Lucian Catfish
✔
Lucian Catfish
✔
Giant Needle 10,000: Gigantuar
✔ ✔
Giant Needle 10,000: Metal Gigantuar
✔
Giant Needle 10,000: Gold Gigantuar
✔
✔ ✔
✔
Bomber: Bomb
✔
✔
✔
✔
Bomber: Ice Bomb Bomber: Thunder Bomb
✔
Jumbo Tusk: Garula
✔
✔
✔ ✔
Sapphire Snakehead ✔
Jade Snakehead, Sapphire Snakehead Alstor Bass
✔ ✔
Golden Catfish Jade Snakehead
✔ ✔
Zipper Barramundi
✔
✔ ✔
Vesper Gar
✔
✔
Deadly Waters: Seadevil
Snakehead Garnet Snakehead
✔
Sweet Jamming: Flan
Needle 1,000: Metal Cactuar
✔
SUITED FOR Giant Trevally
✔
Burrower: Green Sandworm
RAINY
✔
Burrower: Mad Pink Sandworm
Tidal Might Leviathan
CLOUDY
✔
✔
Stinker: Great Malboro
Deadly Waters: Coraldevil
SUNNY
✔ ✔
Sweet Jamming: Mousse
NIGHT
✔
Poppeck: Red Chocobo
Stinker: Malbodoom
EFFECTIVENESS (WEATHER)
✔
Crag Barramundi Phoenix Bass, Dank Barramundi
✔
Garnet Snakehead
Fishing Lures (Continued)
NAME Jumbo Tusk: Green Garula
EFFECTIVENESS (TIME) MORNING
DAY
✔
✔
Jumbo Tusk: Garulessa
EVENING
✔
Whiskers: Pearly Moogle
✔
✔
✔
✔ ✔ ✔
✔
✔
Fatal Roulette: Ahriman
✔
✔
✔
✔ ✔
✔
✔
Stormer: Purple Berry Focalor
King Catfish
✔
Crag Barramundi, Tide Grouper, Vesper Gar
✔
Rainbow Trout, Allural Sea Bass
✔
Callatein Brook Trout, Copper Allural Sea Bass
✔
Tide Grouper, Wennath Salmon Nebula Salmon, King Trout
✔
Chrome Rainbow Trout, Nebula Salmon
✔
Nebula Salmon, Rainbow Trout, Lucinian Sea Bass
✔
Nebula Salmon, Tide Grouper, Dark Allural Sea Bass
✔
Alstor Bass, Lucian Carp
✔
Glowing Barrelfish
✔
✔
Lucinian Sea Bass, Striped Barramundi Cygillan Sea Bass, Striped Barramundi
✔
✔
Phoenix Bass Cygillan Sea Bass, Striped Barramundi
✔ ✔
✔ ✔
✔
✔
✔ ✔
Alstor Bass
✔
✔
Stormer: Chert Focalor
✔
✔
✔
Stormer: Focalor
Jade Snakehead
✔
✔
Fatal Roulette: Bloody Eye
SUITED FOR
✔
✔
Knife T. Tonberry ✔
RAINY
Cherrycomb Trout, Coral Allural Sea Bass ✔
✔
Gemlight: Caster Carbuncle
CLOUDY
✔
Hot Breather: Blue Dragon
Big Master Typhon
✔
✔
Hot Breather: Red Dragon
Fatal Roulette: Floating Eye
✔
✔ ✔
Whiskers: Crystal
Big Blaze Bahamut
SUNNY
✔
Ranker Tonberry
Hot Breather: Green Dragon
NIGHT
✔
Invincible Iron Giant
Whiskers: Chocolate
EFFECTIVENESS (WEATHER)
✔
✔
Pink Jade Gar
✔
✔
Platinum Myrltrout
Key Items (guide page 222) A new Key Item has been added to the game: the Beast Whistle, which enables the player to trigger the appearance of monsters.
Shops (guide pages 223-227) Multiple tackle shops have been added to the game. Saxham Reservoir/The Maidenwater
ITEM
The Vesperpool – Islet
PRICE (GIL) 30 100 50 50 50 50 50 50 200 200 200
Spider Silk Super Baleen Whiskers: Pearly Moogle Whiskers: Crystal Whiskers: Chocolate Fatal Roulette: Ahriman Fatal Roulette: Floating Eye Fatal Roulette: Bloody Eye Burrower: Mad Pink Sandworm Burrower: Green Sandworm Burrower: Abyss Worm
ITEM
PRICE (GIL)
Spider Silk Super Baleen Dragon's Beard Deadly Waters: Sahagin Deadly Waters: Coraldevil Deadly Waters: Seadevil Hot Breather: Red Dragon Hot Breather: Green Dragon Hot Breather: Blue Dragon Jumbo Tusk: Garula Jumbo Tusk: Green Garula Jumbo Tusk: Garulessa
30 100 500 200 200 200 50 50 50 200 200 200
The Archaean's Mirror
ITEM
PRICE (GIL) 30 100 500 50 50 50 50 50 200
Spider Silk Super Baleen Dragon's Beard Bomber: Bomb Bomber: Ice Bomb Bomber: Thunder Bomb Needle 1,000: Cactuar Needle 1,000: Metal Cactuar Needle 1,000: Gold Cactuar
Bestiar y Chapter Various enemy parameters have been adjusted and these are marked in green font in the following table. NAME
HP
Coeurl (Lv. 34) Coeurl (Lv. 34) (hunt target) Coeurl (Lv. 71) Elder Coeurl (Lv. 63) Elder Coeurl (Lv. 63) (hunt target) Elder Coeurl (Lv. 93) Foras
STRENGTH
VITALITY
SPIRIT
6,500 6,500 38,990 30,330 37,990 67,010 8,930
156 156 202 194 275 218 184
118 118 149 145 206 160 178
35,900 35,900 106,100 87,100 181,000 177,600 45,000
The levels of certain creatures summoned by other enemies have been tweaked.
SUMMONER NAME AND LEVEL
SUMMONED CREATURE NAME
Necromancer (Lv.41) Psychomancer (Lv.82) Arachne (Lv.12) Ariadne (Lv.41) Uttu (Lv.32) Uttu (Lv.97) Grenade (Lv.31) Cryonade (Lv.65) Galvanade (Lv.54)
Skeleton Skeleton Tarantula Tarantula Tarantula Tarantula Bomb Ice Bomb Thunder Bomb
LEVEL 21 62 6 35 26 91 15 49 38
The elemental weakness of flying insectoid beasts has been changed from Fire to Ice. This applies to:
Killer Bee Killer Wasp Killer Queen Brutal Bee Soldier Wasp
Finally, most creatures in the Chapter 15 mazes now enjoy significantly increased resistance to Instant Death and Alterna.
HP Recover y Rate (guide page 269) Noctis’s HP recovery rate has been changed from 0.4% per second to 0.04% during combat, and 0.08% outside of battles. His HP will not be replenished while the party is in a dungeon or a train car.
Ring of the Lucii (guide page 273) Holy now restores 10% of Noctis’s MP every time it is triggered.
Status Effects (guide page 282) “Phoenix's Favor” is a new combat status effect that has been added to the game. It is triggered when you use a Phoenix-type item on a character, and triples his HP and MP recovery rates.
Sword of the Tall (guide page 286) The Sword of the Tall now deals fewer blows per attack, but each blow inflicts more damage. This also applies to melee Machinery attacks executed with certain Machinery weapons (Circular Saw, Gravity Well, Drillbreaker).
Armiger (guide page 287) The rate of accumulation of Armiger points when phasing has been divided by two. However, certain weapon types now enjoy an accumulation multiplier:
Swords: x1.5 Greatswords: x2 Daggers: x1.5 Shields: x1.5
Link-Strikes (guide page 290) Link-Strikes can now occur even when Noctis is not parrying or standing behind an enemy.
Report Card (guide page 294) The bonus experience you can receive from your Report Card is now based on the following criteria:
Time: the total duration of the battle – the shorter this is, the better your multiplier. Finesse: the number of Blindsides and Parries you perform during the battle. Offense is unchanged, and is still determined by the proportion of enemies defeated during the encounter.
Parameter Growth (guide pages 294-295) The attributes of all four party members have been adjusted to make it less likely that they will reach a maximum cap. Overall, HP values have been lowered, but defense parameters have been increased.
Ascension (guide page 296) A new Wait Mode Ascension Tree has been added to the game. The abilities it unlocks gives you access to the following features:
Time Freeze: Unlimited Wait Timer Time-Restore: Wait Timer recovery every time you defeat an enemy Presto Libra: Reduced time to reveal a target’s intel via Libra Elementalist: Increased damage inflicted by a scanned enemy’s elemental weakness Sage: Increased damage inflicted by the party based on the number of enemies in Libra state Warp-Ambush: Increased breakage inflicted with Warp-Strikes when targeting enemies focusing on another party member during Wait Mode Warp-Punish: Increased damage inflicted with Warp-Strikes when targeting enemies with half HP or less during Wait Mode
Fish (guide pages 304-305) The Crown Update makes numerous small changes to parameters in the fishing mini-game, and also adds several new fishing spots. Fish Overview
NAME Allural Sea Bass Alstor Bass (big) Alstor Bass (small) Amber Lucian Carp Argus Salmon Barbaric Gar Bizarre Barramundi Black Barrelfish Bronze Lucian Carp Butterfly Bluegill Callatein Brook Trout Cascade Dace Cave Dace Cherrycomb Trout Chipped Bluegill Chrome Rainbow Trout Cleigne Brown Trout (big) Cleigne Brown Trout (small) Cloudy Lucian Carp Coeurl Dace Copper Allural Sea Bass Coral Allural Sea Bass Crag Barramundi Crimson Trevally Cygillan Grouper Cygillan Sea Bass (big) Cygillan Sea Bass (small) Dank Barramundi Dark Allural Sea Bass Dawn Lucian Carp Dread Grouper Duscaen Dace Dusk Lucian Carp Fan Bluegill Galdin Trevally Garnet Snakehead Giant Catfish Giant Trevally (big) Giant Trevally (small) Glimmering Bluegill Glowing Barrelfish Gold Lucian Carp Golden Catfish Great Nebula Salmon Grim Catfish Hookhorn Bluegill Horned Bluegill Jade Snakehead King Catfish King Trout Lambent Trout
SP
EXP
30 24 14 38 28 38 30 16 34 24 25 8 8 18 8 30 24 14 38 8 28 24 22 22 26 26 18 14 26 38 32 8 34 16 22 20 34 24 14 10 10 48 30 24 35 12 5 24 35 32 20
200 45 10 600 80 650 180 15 450 40 80 10 10 15 10 100 35 35 600 10 120 75 30 50 100 50 10 15 160 600 650 10 450 25 15 40 240 60 10 15 10 1,000 120 50 80 15 10 85 500 180 15
ITEM OBTAINED Allural Sea Bass Fillet Alstor Bass Bones Alstor Bass Bones Lucian Carp Rowscales Salmon Fin Gar Fin Barramundi Innards Barrelfish Mucus Lucian Carp Fillet Bluegill Fin Trout Fillet Dace Scales Dace Scales Trout Fillet Bluegill Scale Trout Fillet Trout Fillet Trout Fillet Lucian Carp Rowscales Dace Scales Allural Sea Bass Fillet Allural Sea Bass Fillet Barramundi Fillet Trevally Fin Grouper Skin Sea Bass Fillet Sea Bass Fillet Dank Barramundi Fillet Sea Bass Fillet Lucian Carp Rowscales Grouper Fin Dace Scales Lucian Carp Fillet Bluegill Fin Trevally Fillet Snakehead Teeth Catfish Heart Trevally Fillet Trevally Fillet Bluegill Scale Barrelfish Scales Lucian Carp Reverscales Catfish Barbel Nebula Salmon Fillet Poisonous Catfish Fin Bluegill Scale Bluegill Scale Snakehead Scales Catfish Heart King Trout Fillet Trout Scales
STAMINA 90,000 60,000 30,000 710,000 120,000 450,000 140,000 50000 700,000 50,000 70,000 25,000 25,000 40,000 20,000 80,000 80,000 30,000 750,000 32,000 240,000 230,000 50,000 280,000 160,000 80,000 40,000 57,500 120,000 850,000 1,000,000 10,000 740,000 40,000 60,000 60,000 550,000 75,000 45,000 30,000 35,000 720,000 100,000 160,000 150,000 14,000 10,000 70,000 450,000 120,000 50,000
POWER 1.8 2.0 1.2 1.9 2.8 3.5 2.0 1.5 1.6 1.3 1.6 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.8 1.9 1.2 1.6 1.3 2.4 3.2 1.6 3.0 2.1 1.7 1.2 1.2 1.8 2.0 2.6 1.1 2.2 1.3 1.1 1.7 3.4 2.3 1.0 1.2 1.1 1.8 1.7 3.2 2.0 1.3 1.0 1.9 2.5 3.2 2.2
Fish Overview (Continued)
NAME Leopard Trout Lotus Bluegill Lucian Carp Lucian Catfish Lucinian Sea Bass Lurking Catfish Maiden Brook Trout Marble Lucian Carp Mighty Barramundi Morion Trout Mud Dace Murk Grouper Nebula Salmon Noble Arapaima Opal Snakehead Pale Dace Panther Bass Phantom Snakehead Phoenix Bass Pigeon Grouper Pink Jade Gar Platinum Myrltrout Rainbow Trout (big) Rainbow Trout (small) Red Barrelfish Redeye Bass Reef Trevally Regal Arapaima Regal Dace Risorath Peacock Bass River Dace Rock Barramundi Sandy Dace Sapphire Snakehead Scorpion Grouper Shorthorn Bluegill Silver Lucian Carp Snakehead Specular Dace Spiked Alstor Bass Spotted Catfish Spotted Devil Gar Striped Barramundi Striped Catfish Sunny Lucian Carp Sunrise Lucian Carp Sunset Lucian Carp Tide Grouper Vesper Barramundi Vesper Dace Vesper Gar Wennath Dace Wennath Salmon Zipper Barramundi
SP
EXP
22 20 34 16 26 38 20 38 34 26 8 35 26 44 32 8 22 18 20 22 40 32 22 16 18 28 28 48 8 22 8 26 8 30 32 12 38 18 8 20 30 38 30 24 38 38 34 32 26 8 30 8 32 26
15 25 450 20 95 80 15 600 550 75 10 600 55 1,000 150 10 40 15 70 75 800 200 10 10 15 100 120 900 10 70 10 80 10 140 380 15 600 15 10 15 70 650 180 40 600 600 450 400 40 10 300 10 220 75
ITEM OBTAINED Trout Scales Bluegill Scale Lucian Carp Fillet Catfish Barbel Sea Bass Fillet Poisonous Catfish Fin Trout Fillet Lucian Carp Rowscales Mighty Barramundi Fillet Morion Trout Scales Dace Scales Murk Grouper Eye Nebula Salmon Fillet Arapaima Scales Snakehead Scales Dace Scales Bass Teeth Snakehead Teeth Phoenix Bass Bladder Grouper Bones Jade Gar Mirrorscale Platinum Myrltrout Fillet Trout Fillet Trout Fillet Barrelfish Mucus Bass Eye Trevally Scales Large Arapaima Scales Dace Scales Bass Teeth Dace Scales Spiny Barramundi Fin Dace Scales Snakehead Scales Grouper Skin Bluegill Scale Lucian Carp Rowscales Snakehead Teeth Dace Scales Alstor Bass Bones Catfish Mucus Devil Gar Fillet Barramundi Fillet Catfish Mucus Lucian Carp Rowscales Lucian Carp Rowscales Lucian Carp Fillet Tide Grouper Fillet Spiny Barramundi Fin Dace Scales Vesper Gar Fillet Dace Scales Wennath Salmon Fillet Zipper Barramundi Fillet
STAMINA 100,000 15,000 690,000 50,000 100,000 200,000 40,000 700,000 380,000 90,000 12,500 900,000 80,000 1,100,000 300,000 18,000 65,000 80,000 65,000 300,000 300,000 100,000 50,000 30,000 40,000 50,000 120,000 1,300,000 440,000 130,000 16,000 70,000 26,000 90,000 700,000 12,000 730,000 50,000 15,000 50,000 65,000 600,000 100,000 60,000 740,000 720,000 730,000 180,000 200,000 21,000 180,000 28,000 100,000 60,000
POWER 2.4 1.3 1.5 1.2 2.4 2.8 1.3 1.7 3.6 2.6 1.2 2.4 2.2 2.3 3.2 1.5 1.9 2.0 1.8 2.3 5.4 3.3 1.8 1.0 1.3 1.7 2.1 3.5 2.0 2.1 1.5 2.0 1.4 2.1 2.6 1.2 1.6 1.3 1.3 1.8 1.8 2.7 2.0 1.4 1.7 1.8 2.5 2.7 2.1 1.3 3.5 1.5 2.5 1.9
Fishing Spots (guide pages 306-307) Vannath Coast Giant Trevally, Galdin Trevally, Murk Grouper, Glowing Barrelfish, Reef Trevally, Dread Grouper
Rachsia Bridge Chipped Bluegill, Zipper Barramundi, Alstor Bass (large version with rainy weather), Nebula Salmon, Wennath Salmon, Pale Dace, Wennath Dace
Galdin Shoals (new fishing spot to the east of Galdin Quay) Copper Allural Sea Bass, Allural Sea Bass, Crimson Trevally, Rock Barramundi, Black Barrelfish, Cygillan Grouper
The Maidenwater Rainbow Trout, Cleigne Brown Trout, Maiden Brook Trout, Nebula Salmon, Great Nebula Salmon, River Dace
Crestholm Reservoir Horned Bluegill, Lucian Catfish Alstor Bass, Golden Catfish, Duscaen Dace, Lucian Carp, Dawn Lucian Carp
Caem Shore Striped Barramundi, Tide Grouper, Dark Allural Sea Bass, Black Barrelfish, Copper Allural Sea Bass, Cygillan Grouper
Neeglyss Towerfront (new fishing spot on the northern shore of Alstor Lake) Horned Bluegill, Shorthorn Bluegill, Alstor Bass, Dank Barramundi, Crag Barramundi, Lucian Catfish
The Vesperpool – East Bank Glimmering Bluegill, Lotus Bluegill, Phoenix Bass, Crag Barramundi, Golden Catfish, Sapphire Snakehead, Jade Snakehead, Vesper Gar, Noble Arapaima
Neeglyss Pond Horned Bluegill, Shorthorn Bluegill, Lucian Catfish, Alstor Bass, Crag Barramundi, King Catfish Swainsmere Horned Bluegill, Shorthorn Bluegill, Lucian Catfish, Alstor Bass (large version at night), Crag Barramundi, King Catfish
The Vesperpool – West Bank Glimmering Bluegill, Fan Bluegill, Panther Bass, Golden Catfish, Garnet Snakehead, Sapphire Snakehead, Vesper Gar
Malacchi Pond Alstor Bass, Lucian Catfish, Horned Bluegill, Chipped Bluegill, Spiked Alstor Bass, Mud Dace Forgotten Pool Shorthorn Bluegill, Chipped Bluegill, Hookhorn Bluegill, Specular Dace, Rainbow Trout, Lambent Trout, Spotted Catfish Saxham Reservoir (new fishing spot to the southwest of the Disc of Cauthess) Lucian Carp, Bronze Lucian Carp, Gold Lucian Carp, Silver Lucian Carp, Sunny Lucian Carp, Cloudy Lucian Carp, Marble Lucian Carp, Amber Lucian Carp, Sunrise Lucian Carp, Dusk Lucian Carp, Regal Dace, Duscaen Dace, Snakehead, Spotted Catfish The Archaean's Mirror (new fishing spot to the south of the Cauthess Rest Area) Hookhorn Bluegill, Alstor Bass, Redeye Bass (rainy weather), Dank Barramundi, Striped Catfish (at night, with rainy weather), Grim Catfish Daurell Spring Snakehead, Garnet Snakehead, Jade Snakehead (rainy weather), Spiked Alstor Bass (dusk), Alstor Bass (large version with rainy weather), Phoenix Bass, Pink Jade Gar, Redeye Bass, Striped Catfish Daurell Stills (new fishing spot inside Daurell Cavern) Cave Dace, Bizarre Barramundi, Lurking Catfish, Opal Snakehead River Wennath Cherrycomb Trout, Rainbow Trout, Callatein Brook Trout, Chrome Rainbow Trout, Argus Salmon, Sandy Dace
The Vesperpool – North Bank (new fishing spot to the north of the East Bank) Lotus Bluegill, Butterfly Bluegill, Fan Bluegill, Risorath Peacock Bass, Vesper Dace, Regal Arapaima, Giant Catfish The Vesperpool – Cape (new fishing spot to the northwest of the West Bank) Panther Bass, Mighty Barramundi, Vesper Dace, Coeurl Dace, Barbaric Gar, Giant Catfish The Vesperpool – Islet (new fishing spot to the north of the West Bank) King Trout, Leopard Trout, Spotted Devil Gar, Sunset Lucian Carp, Vesper Barramundi Myrlwood Falls Cleigne Brown Trout, Platinum Myrltrout, Maiden Brook Trout, Cascade Dace, Chrome Rainbow Trout, Lambent Trout, Morion Trout Gondola Marina Cygillan Sea Bass, Lucinian Sea Bass, Red Barrelfish, Tide Grouper, Scorpion Grouper (all species available at night) Furgola Canal (new fishing spot northeast of Ministerial Quarter Station) Coral Allural Sea Bass, Cygillan Sea Bass (all species available at night) San Elio Plaza (new fishing spot southeast of Port Station) Pigeon Grouper, Coral Allural Sea Bass, Lucinian Sea Bass
Food Items, Fishing Spots and Recipes The following maps reveal the location of the new food items, fishing spots and recipes that have been added to the game.
LEIDE
Legend ICON
MEANING
O3
Sweet Pepper
5
O4
Chocobean
M6
Leiden Sweet Potato
M7
Leiden Potato
MEAT-AND-BEET BOUILLON 5 10
CROWN CITY DIVE-STYLE DUMPLINGS
10 3
3
LONGWYTHE'S PEAK* 15
15
CLASSIC TOMATO & EGG STIR-FRY 6
FISHSTICKS ON STICKS 14
6 14
GALDIN SHOALS BATTERED BARRAMUNDI
*Only available after you finish the game
DUSCAE 12
9
4
NEEGLYSS TOWERFRONT
11
SAXHAM RESERVOIR 2
THE ARCHAEAN'S MIRROR
12
Legend ICON
MEANING
O1
Allural Shallot
O4
Chocobean
O5
Beetroot
O6
Garlic
O7
Duscaen Orange
M9
Wild Onion
N1
Schier Turmeric
N2
Hulldagh Nutmeg
2
BEANBALL CROQUETTES DAURELL STILLS
FIRE-SAUCE FILLET 4
CROAKER IN BROWN SAUCE
9
11
FRIED ROOKIE ON RICE
ACE HUNTER'S SCHNITZEL
CLEIGNE THE VESPERPOOL - NORTH BANK 7
7
THE VESPERPOOL - ISLET
THE VESPERPOOL - CAPE
PAELLA DE POLLO 1
SALMON-IN-A-SUIT 8
TOMALLEY-FILLED DUMPLINGS 13
GOLDEN EGG GALETTE
8
1
Legend ICON
MEANING
O1
Allural Shallot
O6
Garlic
N5
Kettier Ginger
13
A LT I S S I A
FURGOLA CANAL
SAN ELIO PLAZA