Final Fantasy XIII-2 Walkthrough
By
Peter Brown, Editor
Cocoon has fallen! Kweh! Our game guide for Final Fantasy XIII-2 features an in-depth walkthrough covering equipment, monsters, abilities, and more!
Main Story Walkthrough: Yaschas Massif, 010 AF
Yaschas Massif 010 AF, Enemies: Mandrake, Feral Behemoth, Narasimha, Gandayaks, Gahongas, Uridimmu
When you arrive at Yaschas Massif, take stock of your characters and level them up a bit.
I leveled up Serah to a level 39 Ravager, at which point the crystarium expanded for the second time so far. I chose to unlock the Medic Role as my level bonus. I had enough CP left to level her up to a level 4 Medic.
Now for Noel. Like Serah, you'll want to level up his primary role, Commando, to level 39. Rather than unlocking an role bonuses or additional roles when the crystarium expands, I increased his ATB gauge again. At this point, he has five bars in his ATB gauge. This is the maximum you can achieve through the crystarium. The only way to reach the true limit of six is through equipment, which won't come until much later in the game. I then upgraded him to a level five Sentinel with my remaining CP.
With that out of the way, talk to the male researcher at the start of the area and he'll supply you with a map of Yaschas Massif. After that, grab the treasure sphere nearby to collect 500 gil. Now, head east. After dropping down the cliff, make your way northwest.
You'll come upon a female researcher standing under a lamp post. Take heed of her warning. Remain within the light to avoid encounters, or run for the light to escape an oncoming threat. Behemoths (and the rare Narasimha variant) are too great of a callenge for your team at the moment. When you can topple a Behemoth, you'll collect a Behemoth Fang, a key item used in a Side Quest later in the game. It would be a good idea to return when you are strong enough to take on the challenge, as both monsters make excellent additions to your paradigm-pack repertoire, as well.
While navigating the area, keep an eye out for treasures along the walls. In the west, you'll find 960 gil in a treasure sphere. Just north of that is another sphere with 8 Mana Slivers. On the eastern side, you'll find a treasure cube containing the key item, Tablet of Padra. And just north of that, is a sphere containing Mana Bolts.
Eventually, you'll run into Chocolina. She has new weapons for Serah and Noel; The Volatile Spark and the Lunar Stinger. I recommend picking them up for substantial boosts to Physical and Magic stats for each character.
After you stock up on new equipment and items, continue along the path, heading east. Just after Chocolina is a treasure containing Scars Gate Seal. There are two more treasures that will be on your right; a sphere containing Gysahl Greens and another with 540 Gil.
Take a left at the fork (the path to the right is inaccessible at the moment). As you head north, you'll reach the goal marked on your map. You'll be able to purchase items from Chocolina again, but she has nothing new since running into her a minute ago. Unless you need to restock, chat with the girl to the left, but be warned; Initiating a conversation with her leads to a boss battle. Make sure your paradigms are up to snuff. Here's my setup:
| Paradigm | Noel | Serah | Monster |
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| Tri-Disaster | Ravager | Ravager | Ravager |
| Relentless Assault | Commando | Ravager | Ravager |
| Diversity | Commando | Ravager | Medic |
| Mystic Tower | Sentinel | Ravager | Ravager |
| Tortoise | Sentinel | Sentinel | Sentinel |
| Consolidation | Sentinel | Sentinel | Medic |
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When he casts Deshell and Deprotect, allow Cait Sith to remove the debuffs before switching
paradigms. Once you are set in that regard, switch to relentless assault to stagger him. When
he's staggered, hit him hard. Once he recovers, he'll cast defensive buffs on himself that
won't disappear until he's staggered again. Watch out for the Swipe prompt. Unless you switch to SEN SEN SEN, you will incur incredible damage. Mastering the art of reading enemies and managing paradigms is important for moments just like these. Try your best to beat him during the second stagger, or you will have to endure repeating the two-fold stagger sequence again. Once he's downed, Hope steps in to deal the final blow. |
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After the cutscene, follow Hope. When you come to a halt, talk to the soldier nearby to clear the path ahead.
Once you gain security access, feel free to explore the area a bit. There are a handful of treasures to discover. Two of which you won't be able to obtain, but it's good to remember their whereabouts.
There are three treasures near the Fal'Cie dock. On the metal scaffolding, you'll find a sphere with three remedies, a sphere with a Carbuncle Figurine adornment, and a hidden treasure cube with the Pathos Jewel Fragment near the Fal'Cie's head that's just out of reach at the moment. You can retrieve it after visiting the Sunleth Waterscape for first time.
In the nook just northeast from the Fal'Cie dock, there's a hidden treasure sphere with the Serenity Sachet accessory. Southeast from Hope is another sphere containing a Warding Talisman. In the northeast corner of the same platform, you'll find a sphere containing Gysahl Greens.
Talk to hope again, for a live trigger event.
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After the LTE, follow hope up the stairs an initiate another conversation with him. He shows off the Oracle Drive, a device that records memories. He then provides you with the Arteface you need to travel time in an effort to solve the paradox and clarify the message contained in the Oracle Drive.
Head south, and take the path heading east. Use the artefact from hope to open the gate. Before you take off, there's one last LTE for now.
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Finally, you'll head through the gate. Your new artefact unlocks the path to Oerba, in the year 200 AF.
By
Peter Brown, Editor
Peter Brown has been writing about video games and hardware since 1999. He grew up with the NES and has an unwavering love for retro and arcade games. Though he's a New England native, he's called the Bay Area home since 2004.
53 comments
Hi... Im stuck at Lvl 15 Augusta Towers AF300. Done everything there, But terminal in middle room says ''Need lvl 13 key, in other time period'' or similar. Also I have no A- Towers AF200, in the Historia Crux. Arrrrgh? Help.Also I cant throw Moogle.Cheers.
regarding the tomato thing, do I have to start over if after getting the black hole gem and the tomato is not mutant?
@shademalkovich There is more than 1 Oerba. there is 200AF, 300AF & 400AF. Not unlocked them all yet but you must be able to reach the water in 300 or 400AF
Also how to you get to the other side? there is usually a Chocobo to help but i can't find one you can ride. where treasures 14,15,16 and 21 are.
you have to use the way stones in the shape of cactaurs.the weather has to be the way it was when you first got there to find the way stone to the other side, n Mog has to find it.
I killed the faeryl in archylte, n I have the black hole gem, but when I went back to sunleth, the frigging tomato was still royal, not mutant! what do i do?
@calacake not sure about that it worked fine with me the other day. did you fight it when the weather was changed to Lightning?
how do i get back to augusta in the year 200af im stuck in 300 af and completed everthing im stuck
@smurf6 if you have already been to 200AF it will be unlocked in the Historia Crux.. press the start button and click the top one "return to Historia Crux' and look around and you will find it.
Cant get to academia? Beat the giant tomato thingy and have all the fragments. Still it hasn't been unlocked. What do I do?
@LiFERACE Go to The Void Beyond and travel through the space distortion. it's orange i thing on the top of the stairs ti the East.
The weapon Sacred Cross is not "just north of the gate" its miles north of the gate, its at the opposite end of the western section of the map (where as the gate is in the furthest south-westerly position on the map).Make sure you realise this before proceeding. If you assume like i did it will be near the gate its not. youll have to go to the north of the western section first by the 3 toppled pillars marked on the map and then to the very south west to the gate.
You already have Beta and Gamma NOT Alpha and Gamma as stated at the top of the page. So you need alpha, delta and epsilon if you are using this guide ;)
tell me how can you have 4 paradigms for monsters when you only get a paradigm pack of 3? You have Ravager, Commando, Sentinel and Medic roles for the monsters in the table above but this is surely not possible.
1 Like @Bulletrush12 Some monsters, much like Noel and Serah, they can have more than one paradigm. Behemoths can be Commandos or Ravagers. Cait Siths can be medics or commandos. Sometimes three. It depends on if they are late bloomers, well grown, or early bloomers.
first id like to say thanks for making this guide its helped me a lot. however im now a bit confused. When I went through the gate after collecting the artefact in waterscape I was given the options:
This guide helped a lot for myself and my husband. We enjoy the FF series, and he had gotten stuck in XIII-2 at Augusta 200AF the first time through, not sure where to go to use the Wild Artifact. ^^ This is a great guide.
This is turning out to be a game of little content, certainly not up to the level of FF#13. I can't recall another FF this shallow. On the positive side - IT'S FINAl FANTASY - STILL THE BEST RPG SERIES EVER.
Thanks Doc Brown...I apologize and to tell you the truth i followed your stradegy with maxing out Noel as a commando and serah as Ravager and been breezing threw the bosess like nothing. Great walkthrough
Interesting opinions Fuego...Anyway, since you asked, you get it from the Mystic in Serendipity. You can acquire it after the conclusion of Episode 5. Our fragment skills page listed under primers has the requirements for each skill.
I should have not been cheap this time around and bought the strategy guide...by the time they finish this walkthrough ill already have beaten Final Fantasy XIII-3, and be playing Final Fantasy XIII Verses
You think you can silence me Gamespot! this walkthrough is amateur at best. IGNs is much better! and no i do not work for IGN....TIME AND SPACE!!!!!
if you have troubles with the clock puzzles check out the on-line solver that I've made for them: http://clockpuzzle.pl/
@mkrool Check back this evening (Pacific time) for the completion of Episode 4. Episode 5 will wrap up tomorrow, with the final Episode going up on Friday.
this guide stops exactly where i have lol would love if u could put guide up bout where to go after u see caius in augusta tower and u need key 50
Hey could you add what you are putting your points into in the crystarium, You stoped letting us know what are you leveling into and what you take when the crystarium levels up for your characters after Oerba. Thanks, Otherwise great job on the guide so far, I hope you finish it soon. :)
damn gamespot you bozos are slow as sh*t..only up to episode 3 part one. Like an idiot i followed your walkthrough not knowing it was complete till i got to the end of yaschas massif. but then i finally came to my senses and went to IGN where they not only had a complete walkthrough, but a complete wiki on everything ffxiii-2. Step your sh*t up gameFLOP
OH GOD, NOT ANOTHER WALKTHROUGH!!! Gamespot diddnt even finish the skyrim walkthough, and all they have to do its stupid stuff like achievements, and the parts that are done, are really awfully written. Its very disappointing.
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Table of Contents
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- Prologue: Valhalla
- Episode 1: New Bodhum, 003 AF
- Episode 2: Bresha Ruins, 005 AF
- Episode 3: Yaschas Massif, 010 AF
- Episode 3: Oerba, 200 AF
- Episode 3: Yaschas Massif, 01X AF
- Episode 3: Locked Location/The Void Beyond
- Episode 3: Sunleth Waterscape, 300 AF
- Episode 3: Archylte Steppe, Unknown AF
- Episode 4: Academia, 400 AF
- Episode 4: Augusta Tower 200 AF
- Episode 4: Augusta Tower 300 AF
- Episode 4: Augusta Tower 200 AF
- Episode 4: Academia 4XX AF
- Episode 4: Graviton Core Hunt
- Episode 5: The Void Beyond ??? AF
- Episode 5: New Bodhum 00X AF
- Episode 5: A Dying World 700 AF
- New!Episode 5: New Bodhum 700 AF
- New!Episode 6: Academia 500 AF
- New!Episode 6: Final Bosses
Final Fantasy XIII-2
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X360, PS3
- Publisher:
- Square Enix
- Category:
- Role-Playing
- Release:
- Dec 15, 2011
