New Playthrough¶

What to do early, and why, in story order.

Jobs¶

Change jobs any time after joining Clan Centurio: talk to Montblanc, the moogle in the Clan Hall.

• Vaan: Knight.
• Penelo: White Mage.
• Balthier: Machinist.
• Fran: Archer.

Innate Licenses¶

Each character always has these, whatever their jobs.

Start of the Game: Rabanastre¶

• Grind enemies for gil.
• Buy every magick in Rabanastre.
• Buy Potions.
• Start talking to shop owners. Every talk counts toward the Knight's, Mage's, Scholar's and Sage's Monographs.

After the Rogue Tomato Hunt¶

• Join Clan Centurio. Tomaj gives you the Clan Primer. The Clan Hall is in North End, Rabanastre, and isn't marked on the map. Talk to Montblanc at the top of the stairs. The Clan Shop opens in Muthru Bazaar.
• Start reading notice boards. 20 reads unlock the Warmage's Monograph, 40 the Dragoon's.
• The Thextera hunt (Wolf in the Waste) opens. Leave it until Penelo joins, when it's much easier.

Bazaar bundles from Dalmasca Estersand loot:

• Potion Pack: 2x Cactus Fruit (Cactoid)
• Tail of the Phoenix: 3x Small Feather (Cockatrice)
• Unassuming Surcoat: Earth Stone (Cactoid), 2x Wolf Pelt (Wolf)

Once Penelo Joins: Giza Plains¶

You can turn Gambits on and off, but not edit them.

Thextera Hunt¶

• Petitioner: Gatsly, next to the notice board in the Sandsea.
• Rewards: 500 gil, Headguard, Teleport Stone.
• Unlocks the Hunter's Monograph.

Trial Mode, Stages 1–3¶

Do this while Penelo is in the party. You need her to clear Stage 3.

• The game saves each time you clear a stage. Clear Stage 3 to keep what you steal there.
• Stage 1: the treasure always gives a Diamond Armlet if you don't have one equipped. It sells for 6,000 gil. Sell spares to pay for Monographs.
• Wear the Diamond Armlet in Stages 2 and 3 for better treasure.

• Stage 3: steal from the Flowering Cactoid, the big cactus.

• Get at least 1 Mythril Blade and 1 Karkata.

Bazaar Bundles¶

From Giza Plains loot:

• First-aid Kit: 3x Large Feather (Urstrix)
• Gilt Shield: 3x Fire Stone (Cockatrice), 3x Molting (Sleipnir)

After the Royal Palace: Garamsythe Waterway¶

• Balthier and Fran join, and Balthier explains Gambits. You can now edit Gambits. Make Balthier a Machinist and Fran an Archer.
• Start farming LP for the Karkata license. Before now, fighting without Gambits is slow.
• Get at least 3 Demon Eyeballs from Garchimacera before you leave. You need them for all of its Bazaar bundles.

Bazaar bundles from Garamsythe Waterway loot:

• Assorted Leathers: 2x Dark Stone (Ghost), Tanned Hide (Wild Saurian), 2x Wolf Pelt (Wolf)
• Bow & Bodkin: Bat Fang (steal, Steeling), 2x Dark Stone (Ghost), 2x Rat Pelt (Dire Rat)
• Eye Drop Set: 2x Demon Eyeball (Garchimacera)

After the Nalbina Dungeon and Barheim Passage¶

• Back in Rabanastre, the Gambit shop opens, with every Gambit for sale.
• Barheim Passage locks behind you until the Desert Patient side quest. Collect its loot before you leave.

Bazaar bundles from Barheim Passage and Dalmasca Estersand loot:

• Arrows Alight: 2x Crooked Fang (Seeker), 4x Fire Stone (Cockatrice)
• Iron-forged Blade: 3x Earth Stone (Cactoid), 2x Foul Flesh (Zombie), 3x Iron Scraps (Battery Mimic)
• Light Spear: 2x Foul Flesh (Zombie), 2x Horn (Gigantoad), 3x Wind Stone (Wolf)
• Magick Shards (Water Mote): 4x Festering Flesh (steal, Zombie)
• Hi-Potion Pack (repeatable): Rainbow Egg (steal, Nekhbet)

Monographs¶

Buy each one in the Bazaar once it's unlocked. See Monographs.