The MA-X Maniple boss drops them and has plenty of break points, but we'll only care about its legs. You should definitely have your Level 30 Weapon by this point. Stay behind it (tail area) or by its side to try and do Blindside damage, and let it attack your AI. It's not required, but it is a "nice to have" (for bragging purposes). Go talk to Jeanne (Send Power) and access the electrical grid. We're going to be doing a lot of shopping here, so if you are lucky to have a Shop Character, Change Character to your Shop character with Cindy's Discount Boost at the tent in Lestallum. Note: You do not have to do the Urgent: A Familiar Fright as there is no Royal Sigil behind it. At the depot, barter 5 Dynamo for a Dancing Daggers. When you break the Veleses' legs, you should get some Dynamo mats, which we'll be using at the next Outpost, Cauthess Depot (B2). Afterwards, you'll earn a few weapons for beating them (nothing special unfortunately): Right after beating Ignis, you should earn the Trophy: Royal Retinue Rumble (King of Combat). However, we actually won't be getting our Avatar beyond the Level 30s, where the HP difference is much smaller, and the MP difference matters moreso. You'll need to power a Power Line southwest of Old Lestallum to get access to this quest (reference E1 on the map). At Hammerhead, pick up an ingredient inside the Diner (Takka's Pit Stop) and then head to the fence/gate to Depart. Also, if you haven't already, equip The Oracle's Sigil: Healing Light into your GEAR before starting this quest, as you'll want the 100% MP for doing Chain Warps. Please don't be like me and waste many hours trying this; I'm only trying to save you time: Once you've seen the Nest Manager (and hopefully it'll be sooner rather than later), you'll earn the Trophy: Come Back, Kenny! Game Info. He's pretty easy in this phase as he'll mainly just try to swat you with his hand and periodically jump back. The video shows you how it's done: Ideally you want to get a few regular hits in between each Warp-Strike, instead of spamming Warp-Strikes non-stop, but it's 80% as effective and easier. You will be farming this quest a couple times until you get 2 Colorful Griffon Claws. I'll let you know which Urgents require this in each of the below sub-sections. If you wish to postpone it, just exit the alley and the game will ask if you wish to return to Lestallum. Talk to Monica (Quest) next to Jeanne and do the quest using the Recruit AI option (your only option offline). Kill the two Mutant Gargoyles that spawn afterwards and the quest will be over. You'll find them near the same spot on the upper level (more directly in front of the Power Plant this time), and you'll be able to have a re-match with them individually or all at once. Equipment & Magic / Items / Treasures. Drooping Whiskers Treasures Dragon Horn Earth Gemstone. Buying kW from Navyth in Old Lestallum (0:48 Video). If you equip it into your GEAR's Royal Sigil slot, you'll see that it gives you 100% MP, doubling it to about 120. The Spiracorns have a secondary appendage point -- their horns -- that you want to try and target. Prompto is highly resilient to Polearm attacks, so you may want to fight him using your Imperial X-Blades instead. With the Rampage Sigil's Warp-Strike, you are very hard to hit for several frames, so if you and him both attack simultaneously, most of the time you'll come out on top. Staying in the air will keep you safe from the Hecteyes' laser beams as well; just stay away from the Necromancer. Do not sell the now-Level 1 Imperial Blades and Clarity Shield you just dismantled. If you plan on playing the Standalone and doing the post game content, it's possible to skip Crafting Goal #5 (which requires the 30% Cid Buff) by simply topping off your current DW with a Behemoth Tears. If you're lucky, you should be able to kill him with time to spare for the Gargoyles. For example, you may incorrectly get kW from a Fragile Rock, even though that's a Crystal-Laden Rock reward; if that happens, mine from different rocks. Buy 99 Rusted Bits (11,880 Gil or 9504 Gil [20%]) from the Treasures Shop woman in the middle (trivia: this was actually an old woman in 1.0, but is now a younger woman in 1.2). Keep hitting the Maniple's leg with your Shuriken until you see a red Inventory Full on the Electrolytic Condenser. Note that you will still need some Gil at the end to buy 100,000-150,000 kW to get the 999,999 kW so don't spend too much! You will then Dismantle the Weapon and Scrap it, earning the Parts shown (repeating the process if the table asks you to do it more than one time). This is a much more powerful Cure than your default one, and will heal for about ~1K HP for a palatable cost of 50 MP (just remember to switch to the Shield to cast it). Talk to the man located at the Pickax Icon on the mini-map in Meldacio. You'll be thrown into a Solo Quest: Let Sleeping Kings Lie, which requires you to just defeat some Goblins with an AI named Miles. After the 5-7 hours of grinding, you will want to have gained about 400,000 kW and about 200,000 Gil. You should have earned some more Gil, so buy more Chrome Bits to continue working on Crafting Goal #2. Divine Whiskers Silky whiskers of a mature serpent, very resilient and able to shed any liquid. If you've powered up all the Power Lines and Stations you can, that means you only need about 100,000-150,000 kW to get to 999,999. 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. It's possible to get 75%+ off his HP bar before the second phase depending on luck! Don't worry, the Escort and Defense are easy. Be careful as the Coerul's have an instant death attack! After beating the bros the first time, at some point later on (while still even playing Comrades 1.0 or after updating to 1.2), you might see a short cutscene when you load into Lestallum, signaling the Bros have arrived all together. If you're having any hint of trouble with him, refer back to Crafting Goals #2 and #3 and power up your gear. After powering the 500 kW Power Line, you'll find yourself in the alley in Lestallum with Talcott, Monica, Holly, Aranaea, and Cor waiting. I'll remind you when you should come here, but if you want to power it now, it isn't a big deal (you'll just end up doing one more Karlaboss run). Power up the longer path north of the Devon Elkton (C3) node nearby Meldacio and you'll unlock the Hunt: Smog on the Water. At least you'll be productive. We'll be going back to power just about everything right before we're done with this game (I'll let you know when). At some point you'll become very powerful -- too powerful, especially when you get your Level 99 Dragon Whisker. After getting the 7 Royal Sigils, you'll be able to continue the storyline. Note: If you are under-geared, try repeatedly doing the Finisher Attack on the Yojimbo to try and do maximum damage. The Cactuar Needle imbues Penetrator (Reduces target's defense by 30% when attacking) and an Insect Stinger, obtained from the Escort: Mechanic on the Move, imbues Air Supremacy X (Damage output increases by 50% when attacking in midair). It's now time to start "crafting," yay! This quest has basically a Hunt, Escort, Defense, and Urgent all rolled into one (one right after the other). You'll also unlock the Rematch: The Bladekeeper's Trial quest, but you shouldn't try it just yet as it's pretty tough. It imparts Curaga, +30 MP, and has an empty slot, giving it great flexibility. This will do a very quick 10-hit Combo and is faster than aerial attacking. I've tested this more times than I want to admit, having the AI without ingredients (but alive) and having them all killed off completely (dying twice with a red "X" and empty ingredient slot, which takes forever to do). Talk to Weskham up at the top of the lighthouse, then talk to the other man to travel back to Lestallum. Note: You will need 1 or 2 Treant Sap for Crafting Goals #2 and #3. Your AI allies (Libertus, Miles, Elea) won't start with any ingredients, but you will. Also, Ifrit will be a little easier to make Vulnerable in his first phase, and won't usually enter his third phase after you re-start. These new ones will be replacing your old Level 50 Weapons. If you have your Fire Resistance and Shot Resistance high enough, you won't take damage from the fireballs. You've now cleared Insomnia and beaten the game, but it's likely you still haven't amassed the staggering 999,999 kW required for this trophy. 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. Buy 1 Clarity Shield (7,030 Gil) from the Weapons Shop and replace one of your remaining Kite Shields with it. If you're playing a newer Comrades version, you won't be farming this much Gil. Then go in and defeat the enemies. I'll remind you when I want you to go do it. With your Level 99 Dragon Whisker and Penetrator X and Penetrator stacked, you'll end the fight in just a minute or two. Once you've broken its head and tail points about halfway into the fight, you will start to do a lot more damage. The Dragon Horns dropped about 20% of the time for me, but you'll want both mats for Crafting Goal #5. Fill up the remaining levels (if any) with the same mats or any other +STR/VIT mats like Sabertusk Claw, Hard Scale, or anything else really -- it doesn't make a huge difference. Note: You can also view the original map with all the locations listed, made by @TFORTIERPHOTO here: https://i.redd.it/zb6lwqsguqzz.jpg. Also, you should highly consider getting the Equalizer Buff before going into this battle, but it's not a must. I suggest making a mental note on where you have the weapons equipped on the d-pad (e.g. Point-Warp (Hold TRIANGLE) to the nearby building to recover MP and repeat. Then quickly tap O (switching to your index finger may work best) to mine it. If you want to be super-optimal, you can skip Old Lestallum (A3) until after you've gotten to Urgent: Ghost in the Machine (D3). The 1st wave of Gigantoads drop Thick Frog Leg, a 10 ingredient that may help your chances of getting Cid's Level 3 Crafting Boost, though if you wind up with Monica, you may wind up with a mediocre meal like the Murky Soup. The Tainted Club remodels into the Vesper Mace at Level 30 and then finally the Vitanova at Level 50 with SPI requirements met. Note: If you're playing the Standalone and have access to online, make sure you get started on getting the 30% Cid Buff (Crafting Boost Level 3) via the Daily Quest. Just keep your Jitterbug buff up, aerial attacking and breaking them with your Knight's Lance, and you'll wind up with the mats. It will take 37 Chrome Bits total to go from Level 1 - 51 on your Javelin -- don't worry, it's OK if you didn't have enough Chrome Bits to go all the way to Level 51 right now. In doing so, you'll also be able to put up a Barrier without losing MP when blocking them. Treasures items in Final Fantasy XV (189) You need 3,000 Gil to mine. When crafting, you can Imbue an Ability from a mat onto a Weapon. It covers everything you need to know about how Meteorites and other parts are determined from dismantling. Then it's some more Magitek enemies and a Daemonwall (no time limit like in FF4). You'll then craft a "weak" Dragon Whisker, again mostly using Chrome Bits, to help you get through to your next Crafting Goal. First, travel to Meldacio and re-buy 1 Imperial Blades (3,000 Gil) and 1 Clarity Shield (7,030 Gil). At Camp, remember to pick up an ingredient inside the tent before you Depart. You should already have access to this Urgent if you powered up the C Path to Meldacio. This will be your new best crafting mat for this point in the game. The ammo replenishes after a few seconds once it reaches 0 (so you want to always use each gun down to 0 before switching to the next). After you break the second Malbodoom, I strongly recommend Aborting the Quest instead of completing it and going through the extra loading/Camp sequence until you get it. When the battle starts, it will take Ifrit several seconds to get up from his throne and actually be susceptible to any damage. When you break a wing, you'll either get the Griffon Claw or the Colorful Griffon Claw. You have 4 Mindflayers opportunities, and the Octolegs dropped about 25-50% of the time for me. If you don't have enough +VIT mats, don't worry, and just wait until you get more mats from the next quest. Table of Contents Find in guide . (Trophy: Beacon of Hope), Crafting Goal #1: Remodeling a Javelin into a Level 30 Weapon (Trophy: One with Your Blade), Descent into Darkness: Supply power to major outposts. See Crafting Goal #3 for the specific crafting steps if needed. 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. This method is more manual work and you'll get hit a few times, so if you prefer the aerial method, that's still pretty fast and effective. Also, if you still have The Oracle's Sigil: Healing Light equipped, unequip it (OPTIONS > GEAR > L3) as we're about to get a lot more STR/VIT from crafting. Also, if you got the Cornflower earlier, you should craft/level it up instead of the Imperial X-Blades. searched on the wiki but couldn't find anything . 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 MP will be lower compared to the Healing Light Sigil's +100% MP, but that's OK (now you know why I recommended the Insomnia Birthplace!). 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