With your Knight's Lance imbued with Penetrator you can definitely take on this quest. Vitanova (Tainted Club) in Defense: Havoc Befalls the Hut (1:28 Video). Also, if you were lucky enough to encounter a Cactuar and you already have at least 2 Cactuar Needles in your Treasure Inventory, you don't need to do the mining. The Cornflower is arguably the best Shuriken in the game because it comes with two innate Abilities that can restore both your HP and MP by simply attacking: Soulsiphon X and Lifedrain X. Your final STR and VIT will be about 300-400 points lower than with Laser Sensors, but you will be just strong enough to reasonably handle the final boss in the storyline. He uses guns and plays a lot differently than the others. Noct is terrible against the Behemoth King. He's pretty easy in this phase as he'll mainly just try to swat you with his hand and periodically jump back. (This is the best available quest to do so.). If any slip past you, use Warp Strikes and try to catch up and break them before they exit the tunnel. However, if you are playing Version 1.0, and you know right now that you'll be playing the Standalone (Post Game content) later, you may want to try picking up the Cornflower now while you still have "unlimited" access to Laser Sensors and then filling it up with them. So, just to finally prove these rumors don't work offline (and were just a lucky coincidence), here are screenshots I took. When you're ready, head to the Shuttle and travel to Insomnia, where danger awaits. However, if you don't have 99 Laser Sensors, you may be better off grinding Urgent: Ghost in the Machine (3,600 Gil) to knock out two birds with one stone. You will be farming this quest in total for about 5-7 hours in order to get both kW and Gil. Kill them immediately. However, you can get an idea. Otherwise bought from the Norduscaen Garrison refugee leader item shop for 1740 gil. The remodeling process will be: Javelin > Heavy Lance > Knight's Lance. There are plenty of ingredients near the Behemoth King, so just prioritize picking one up if you die. Diara - Superior Light-type elemental magic. To differentiate them from the newer ones, your newer Clarity Shield and Imperial X-Blades should have higher STR/VIT, as they were leveled using godly Laser Sensors. You'll probably be around Level 6. Approach the Shuttle Truck and travel to Galdin Quay. Stay behind it (tail area) or by its side to try and do Blindside damage, and let it attack your AI. It's recommended you pick Insomnia because it offers the best stat gains for MP -- the hardest stat to increase in the game. You'll come back to this to do more Gil farming later. I recommend three quests for this (depending on your GEAR setup): Proving the "No Ingredient Nest Manager (Kenny)" Method Does Not Work Offline (1:00 Video). However, don't worry if you didn't get it the first time. Version 1.29). Breaking the second leg will cause it to stay down permanently. You'll need to power a Power Line southwest of Old Lestallum to get access to this quest (reference E1 on the map). (Note: My character had crafted the DW to Level 120 instead of Level 119 because at the time I was not planning on covering the Standalone/Post-Game content.). The second screenshot is for dispelling the "Finish with 4 Malboro Tentacles" story that has recently been brought up. Then a Defense with Troopers and Flans, which is easy, ending with 2 MA-Veles and 1 MA-X Maniple (break their legs as usual). Back at Lestallum, talk to Jeanne (Send Power) to power up the 8,000 kW Power Line south of Old Lestallum to Hidden Harbor, a new Outpost. You'll also unlock the Rematch: The Bladekeeper's Trial quest, but you shouldn't try it just yet as it's pretty tough. There are three phases during the fight with Ifrit. Each time you finish it, send power on the electrical grid to get to the next destination, which would be 10,000 kW (A2). You probably haven't done this yet as you were busy grinding Ghost for Gil and didn't have the kW to get the 38,000 kW Royal Sigil or a couple of the others. Your AI friends will also Warp-Strike to help out! If you're too far away, you'll do a lot less damage, thus affecting the HP/MP you'll get back. This quest is about 25 minutes long. Because this will be one of your final four weapons, you will be keeping it at Level 1 until we get a better mat to craft with it in Crafting Goal #3. A few seconds after the cutscene, the game will auto-save, and you'll get your first Trophy: Beacon of Hope. Power up the remaining Power Lines in Lestallum afterwards and a cutscene will ensue with Holly, who will issue you a Solo Quest. Final Fantasy XV Wiki. It can also take several hours (if not days) to get and may prove to be a frustrating experience. In order to do this, you'll need to get another Cactuar Needle from Meldacio (Mining), and then hunt for the other mats needed for the Corsesca in the upcoming Urgent: The Baleful Bandersnatch. Drooping Whiskers are a treasure . It works whether you're grounded or aerial and whether you use Aerial Ace or a different sigil (you'll probably be happy about the second point when you get to the 1.2 final boss). :) It will become available under the Future tab in Monica's quest list after Gladiolus arrives at Lestallum, starting in Comrades Version 1.2. You'll need these later for crafting. Talk to Monica (Quest) next to Jeanne and do the quest using the Recruit AI option (your only option offline). Roboresurrection Chain Warping (0:35 Video). Source. You must kill all 7 enemies, so help your AI kill the mobs first then the boss. Parts in bold indicate the ones we will be using in Crafting Goal #4. As you get more and more mats, keep going back to Cid and reference this section to continue crafting until you get one Weapon to Level 30. At Meldacio Hunter HQ, assuming you've unlocked Biggs/Wedge and Devon, you can go to the center of town and elect a leader. Important: This goal is only for completing Crafting Goal #4, which is only for players who started by playing the FFXV Main Game (Ver. You can now raise Chocobos at the stables here, dismantle gear at Cid's Remodeling Station (after listening to Cid and Weskham quarrel), and basically use this as a second base instead of Lestallum. For the Clarity Shield, we'll eventually add the Curative Spell: Cura via a Treant Sap (from Urgent: The Terrible Treant) to give us some curing power. Descent into Darkness: Retrieve the Royal Sigils (13), Crafting Goal #4: Meteorites and Level 120 Weapons, Descent into Darkness: Supply power to Insomnia, Insomnia: The Pyreburner's Trial (Trophy: Blessed by All), Protect a Player (Trophy: A Reliable Warrior) [Online], Bonus Quest Challenges (Trophy: Loyalty to Royalty, Ghostbuster, Peerless), Crafting Goal #5: The Level 30 Endgame Character, Challenge: Dastardly Duo (Trophy: Vanquisher of Villainy), Challenge: Feathered Foe (Trophy: Golden Nester), Rematch: The Bladekeeper's Trial (Level 50), Final Round: The Bladekeeper's Trial (Level 99), Rematch: The Pyreburner's Trial (Level 99), Urgent: The Malignant Mictlantecihuatl (Level 90), Level 1-25-50-75-99 Birthplace Comparison Tables, Why Laser Sensors Are So Much Better Than Monster Jaws (and Everything Else), Advanced Crafting: The Cid Buff and Optimal Multiples, The Best Weapons and Mats to Use for Dismantling, The "Best" Build for Beginners (Without Cid Buff), Out of Bounds Glitches (Exploring the World of Ruin), Missables and One-Time Only Opportunities, because it only offers middling quality weapons, Ghost in the Machine (53-93 Laser Sensors), The Injurious Jabberwock (11 Dragon Horns), 9 + 11 Drooping Whisker (Remodels into Imperial X-Blades after 9), +30% STR, +30% SPI (Magic Defense), +20% MP, Level 51 Knight's Lance from Crafting Goal #2, 6 Meteorite (or 7 Meteorite if you didn't add the 1 Meteorite in the Dismantling Goal). 2 or 3). Make sure you always Imbue Penetrator on the Javelin as you remodel it! This item is optional, but it has a nice Undaunted ability you can imbue into your Javelin in the upcoming Crafting Goal #1. I've tested each ability on two Level 99 Dragon Whiskers with identical STR, and the Penetrator version came out on top by 300-500 extra damage per aerial hit against the final boss in 1.0. If you attack and break their tusks, you'll get a Garula Tusk, which is much better for crafting than Garula Fur. Although Libertus buffs you, his buffs are random. It's OK if you let some Goblins run past you, as you should kill him pretty quickly. While you can buy Dynamos in Old Lestallum (420 Gil each), you shouldn't waste your kW / Gil right now. If you're low on Gil, you can lower the Whisker quantity or skip the Whiskers altogether and buy 9 Sinister Sharpscale (38,340 Gil or 30,672 Gil [20%]) instead to get the 90% + 10% = 100% Fire Resistance you'll need for the final battle -- you should have 10% already from the Dragon Whisker. Buy and sell rippers quickly and easily on Farm Tender. This is an easy urgent for you at this point. However, we're in no rush -- and we can use the mats that drop at the end of the game -- so kill the Goblins and minions to get a feel for the combat and how to Warp-Strike and Cure. That's 1 STR and 1 VIT per 125 EXP, extremely efficient. He teleports a lot so you'll never be in a "groove" when fighting him. Go back to the middle level of Lestallum and talk to Jeanne (Send Power). Drooping Whiskers. Sorry, I tried, I really did. Also, you should highly consider getting the Equalizer Buff before going into this battle, but it's not a must. Very disappointingly weak, but capable I suppose You'll want to switch between using his Durandal and Dragoon Lance depending on the enemy's weakness. OK, I get it the video above wasn't enough proof. However, this is a rare drop and can take several hours to get depending on your luck. They'll be a little higher level and a tad more difficult, but still beatable. Many people assume the next best thing to a Penetrator X is an Air Supremacy X or similar top-end "X" ability. Important: Whenever an enemy is Vulnerable, Prompto can spam Crackshot about 3 times (keep pressing TRIANGLE when you see Crackshot on the screen) doing massive damage per hit (5000-9999 damage). Use R2 and give her a Greeting, then adjust the camera to see the ropeway above as instructed. The Australian Dorper and White Dorper Association Inc (ADWDA) is the Australian breed organisation for all breeders of Australian Dorper and White Dorper sheep. You'll start off with two AI (Miles and Elea) and all of you have no ingredients. It's now time to use all the parts we dismantled and increase our Weapons' max levels to Level 120 for the final stretch of the game. You'll then go back to the Title Screen, and after selecting BEGIN you'll be back in Lestallum able to pickup right from where you last left off. When attacking Ifrit, float like a butterfly, sting like a bee is the key. You'll also unlock two new optional Level 99 Quests Rematch: The Pyreburner's Trial and Final Round: The Bladekeeper's Trial. Personal Note: I've had the most success with getting the Nest Manager to appear as a chef early at this point in the game when repeating this quest (in 3 out of 4 playthroughs). Even by this point in the game, you'll be so powerful there's really no point in me writing a strategy for this quest. Also, when it's nighttime, it's a little harder to see when mining as you'll be using your flashlight with reduced visibility. Refer to the Chocobos section to catch a Level 50 Chocobo and then level it to 99. When fighting the Behemoth King, keep your distance using the SMG and Bazooka, and try get it in a Vulnerable state, then spam Crackshot. Colorful Griffon Claws in Urgent: The Ghastly Griffon (0:37 Video). You should hopefully have been able to buy around 40-50 Chrome Bits with your current Gil. (This will make Chocobo hunting easier later on.) So, wait a few seconds (stay away from his sword as he thrusts it down while getting up), and then use your Jitterbug buff before going all out. Remember, the bugs we were exploiting will no longer work when we update, so don't put it off. In this hunt's last wave, when the Garulessa boss appears, kill all the smaller Garulas first so you get more item drops. If you lose the battle, the game will be kind enough to let you restart it immediately. This is more than enough to handle the final three high-level quests you'll need to do. You can repeat Double Deadeyes a couple more times to try for the Behemoth Tears until you get the kW needed to reach the Urgent: Ghost in the Machine (D3). In order to advance the storyline and continue with the Walkthrough, you'll now need to acquire a Level 99 Chocobo. Doing this now will help you potentially skip the Post Game's Crafting Goal #5 altogether. When you start reaching 99 on the Electrolytic Condensers, periodically sell some, but try to make sure you end up with around 99 Electrolytic Condensers in your inventory when you're finally done farming. You can also set your "Save Point" here (near the music-playing trio by Cid's Remodeling Station) so that when you begin the game, you start here instead of Lestallum. Your newer Level 50 Clarity Shield will be at Level 50/60. If you want to be optimal though, keep continuing with the Shuriken for another 3 or so minutes and try to hit 99 Laser Sensors. Note: You will need 1 or 2 Treant Sap for Crafting Goals #2 and #3. As a result, you may see "(HQ)" or (High Quality) referenced in this and many other FFXV Comrades guides. This is a pretty tough quest, so I only recommend doing this after completing Crafting Goal #3 and getting your Weapons maxed out with Laser Sensors (or at least getting your Dragon Whisker). It's time to do one last status check. You should definitely have your Level 30 Weapon by this point. gamespot.comgiantbomb.commetacritic.comfandom.comfanatical.com, Privacy PolicyCookie SettingsDo Not Sell My InformationReportAd. Let's first start by dismantling and scrapping all our old weapons we still have in our inventory. As usual, you'll want to start by buffing yourself with the Dancing Daggers and go all out on the Yojimbo. This outpost will be your main base of operations, where you'll undertake Quests and Send Power (kW) to light up the world. IT gives the phrase "a stiff drink" a whole new meaning: researchers have made the surprise discovery that alcohol actually improves men's sexual performance. If you make Ifrit Vulnerable while in Phase 2 or 3, he'll come back momentarily to Phase 1 and you'll go back to doing a ton of damage, so keep up the pressure if you notice him staggering. If you're having any hint of trouble with him, refer back to Crafting Goals #2 and #3 and power up your gear. They are both required for the Meldacio Imperial Shop to open. You'll start with Glad, who should already be in town by now. Back up your FFXV Comrades save data onto USB/PS+ (~100MB) and then delete it from your system storage. The final boss battle is like a Level 99 Quest in terms of difficulty and will be your hardest fight thus far. If you failed to remodel your Javelin into a Heavy Lance at Level 20, begin to level one of your Kite Shields to Level 30. 1.2 or Standalone), please see the Alternate Crafting Goal #3 at the end instead. My best advice for now is to just keep plowing through and farm for the mats you'll need in Crafting Goal #5. Your avatar may end up in an "infinite loop" of getting back up and falling back down. Just use this same strategy on the Behemoth King and you'll surely win. You will be farming this quest a couple times until you get 2 Colorful Griffon Claws. Kill the two Mutant Gargoyles that spawn afterwards and the quest will be over. Unfortunately, you won't be able to do the item drop bug in newer versions, as the MA-X Maniple's legs will no longer be targetable after breaking them. Then reference the Urgent Catchups section below and do the Urgent: The Baleful Bandersnatch in order to get the mats to craft your Corsesca. Before updating to 1.2, there are a few things you might wish to do while you're still playing 1.0. Note: You can also view the original map with all the locations listed, made by @TFORTIERPHOTO here: https://i.redd.it/zb6lwqsguqzz.jpg. After choosing your birthplace, buy a Javelin (500 Gil) from the Weapons Shop to your left and equip it into one of your 4 Weapon Slots (TOUCHPAD > GEAR). On average, I tend to get the bug activated on the 2nd leg when its HP has dropped by about 50% or so. The Tears imbue Penetrator X, one of the best abilities in the game dropping the target's defense by 50%. If you pick one up and Cid shows up back at camp, this may help your chances in getting his Crafting Boost (Level 3). After several attempts, this is the most STR-optimal and time-efficient mats list I've constructed to remodel a Corsesca without a Behemoth Tears and without Crafting Boost. Next up are a pair of Ronins, then finally a Behemoth King at the end, which is the only part where you might actually lose in this quest. You should already have 99 Rusted Bits, so you'll need to go back twice to buy 99 and then 2 more (99 + 99 + 2 = 200). Start by crafting your Level 1 Dancing Daggers, Clarity Shield, and Imperial Blades you just bought with the Laser Sensors. Go talk to Jeanne (Send Power) and access the electrical grid. If you make a mistake and accidentally dismantled your newer Clarity Shield, you can always Hold PS Button > Close Application (FFXV) before exiting the Crafting Screen as the game doesn't auto-save until exiting it. Your GEAR should now be: Knight's Lance, Dancing Daggers, Imperial X-Blades, Clarity Shield. If you start with 1.0, you'll be able to clear the Walkthrough in only about 15 hours. Here's an Easy way to Build your Dragon Whisker! I'll remind you when I want you to go do it. You'll fight the final boss of the Comrades 1.0 content, Bahamut. Also, note that you can ride the Elevator all the way up to the top of the Lighthouse and talk to Weskham and buy additional Avatar/Clothing Items (though you shouldn't right now). I'm only putting it here now with the others because it's part of the 1.0 map content and I want you to be aware of it. All weapons can be leveled up, but some weapons come with preset abilities and remodeling requirements. If you're already familiar with the game's crafting system, you may be wondering if you can do some minor STR stat optimization before reaching the Level cap in the first version of the game. After completing the Urgent: The Terrible Treant, you will unlock the "best" Royal Sigil in the game, The Rogue's Sigil: Aerial Ace. This was adopted as a convention to help differentiate between the . Your final major leg of the storyline is to retrieve the 6 additional Royal Sigils. Has the Penetrator X ability. 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