In case anyone hasn't mentioned it you can also farm Diamond Armlets in the first level of the trial mode. Each one says for 6000 Gil and it is a guaranteed item in one of the chests. Its about 5 minutes to get the chest, beat the level and exit and load the save. So its about 30 phoenix downs worth of gil per run
You can pic the loot before get away, throw the phoenix down on him and force move in his direction, when you get the loot you leave and repeat. Book of orgain + Flame Staff = almost 1800 gil.
Yes you can. When you enter the screen get a little close to the line, Dustia will spawn more close to the limit line. Force your ways through Dustia, get the loot and leave. And please, throw Penelo away from the party, she will leave until Dreadnought Leviathan and when she come back will be 2 level plus Vaan's level. But with her in your party you get only half EXP. Try this...
Two things you forgot to mention 1° With Penelo on party the XP is divide, so is not very good 2° If you get like 30 phoenix down you can get a lot of loots from dustia and sell them, so gils is not a problem. So the fastest way is: 1°Collect 40 phoenix down on jar farming 2°Farm Dustia with them (taking the loot when you can) 3°Sell loot 4°Take Penelo on party 5°Buy phoenix down 6°Farm Dustia for more loot and XP Repeat 5° and 6°
Anytime lemon. As far as I know you were the first one to actually remake the guide. Everyone just kept saying just check out the old videos without confirming the changes
FF 12 guide from LEK, yessssssssss. There actually isnt a lot of ff12 tza out there, great to see new content and the typical high quality from a fellow bovine gamer. keep up the awesome work man. loving the ff12 playthough as well!
Hey man good video. I remember doing this in my second playthrough back in 2009 or 2010. On my first playthrough I was not aware of this BUT I can also let you in on something. This guide also works as a gil farming as well. Every time you kill Dustia it drops something. I believe its a book or something but the point is that whatever he drops you can sell it for high gil. This method can help to buy all those Forgotten Grimoire. To unlock those Bazaar goods you need to talk to certain shops like 25 - 100 times.
Just wanted to say that I played FF12 when it came out in 2006 and got save trapped at the Wall of Death. It totally ruined the game once I realized I couldn't beat the Wall and my only file was saved right before the boss fight. I was so angry that I gave up and never played it again. 11 years later here I am playing this same game, but I'll be prepared for the Wall this time.
This is the exact reason why I always create multiple saves for a single playthrough (and overwrite them at different intervals) in any game that has manual saving. That way if I get save trapped at any point then I always have 1 or 2 saves that are only 1-3 hours behind the save that I get trapped in. Very useful habit that I picked up as a kid
Nice! Very looking forward to your guide. This game is a giant blackhole, it's easy to lose objective with so many things going on. The world is much more massive than FF15
Handy tip! you cannot phoenix down until his little red health bar appears, and when u kill him, bring up the battle menu to freeze him ( as long as you have wait not active on) and the loot will continue to drop to the ground, then exit menu and then ez pick up and get away!
I know this is quite a bit late. However, two things: 1) Take off the speed up mode. 2) Once it starts the death animation, if you see an item drop, alternate between X and O so you can assure you pick up the item as you exit. This creates a slight pause in the death animation, while the item drop, if you're close enough will still trigger the collection animation.
I personally don't care for the exp. I farm dustia for Gil. great way to buy all grimores before you go play the game. use pdown grab loot switch character controlled to leave. repeat. don't even need to move to get dustia closer. selling 99 books and 15+ flame staffs every 99 chain. also in the area before dustia the upper right side spawns two chest one gives pdowns. no need for begin that far away from dustia to start your pdown run farm.
Wait... so if I screw up and see the exp drop I don't have to reboot from save? I always thought Dustia was a one and done type of ad that you can only kill once in the entire game -__- lol
Warmage Monograph + 99 phoenix down, you can loot flame staves and book orgains from Dustia. Don't forget to sell them, because it's really high gill for early level.
You now have to exit and enter twice in a row in order to make the jars respawn in between the screens now, it looks like it gives a phoenix down every single time it respawns now though.
I'm playing this game on PS4 and it works, but a few times I stayed too long most times by mistake, at which point all you have to do is go back to the town and return here and Dustia will be back.
what I used to do and well anytime I use Dustia to level I slide the camera over the cliff were Vaan is on the left and Dustia is on the right. Once you zone in get as close to the zone out line as possible. that way when and if Dustia drops his loot you can quickly pick it up and then zone out.
oh man... I used your guides to gear up in the XV Comrades game mode and it worked wonders! I'm so glad i found your FFXII TZA playlist- time to break the game babyyyy~
I'm really sad that i noticed this trick after my group was complete with all 6 people (it is only usable like to 21/22; it takes to long after). BUT it is still an amazing way to get a lot of gil easily and fast. You REALLY should try to get a 50 or higher streak with the zone glitch. You can get up to 4 (!!) staffs in one kill :D Nice one. Thanks
Easiest method to get the money is to abuse the 1st stage of the trial mode and get that diamond thingy and sell it for 6k . Do that 3x and you have enough phoenix
After level 35, Dustia is slow to grind. Then it is better to go to the two werewolves who are in the Giza plains in Westersang. There is 2400 exp for them. But Vaan must have Shikari or monk as a job and then have Adrenaline, Last stand and it is good to have some Battle lore as well. The most important thing is to have a Brawler. Leave Vaan unarmed and bare-handed. At level 38, he can deal over 500 damage to werewolves. And when he has critical hp he can do 1000 damage. At 53 it is 1100 and when hp is critical 2200. Then just run to the crystal glade where is Jinn and save crystal and go to north bank and then come back and the werewolves will appear again. When a person accelerates four times, it goes very fast
loved your video guides on other games and laughed my ass off seeing that Dustia still works, sucks you need to talk to Jin tho. I'm considering leaving panelo in the dust so to speak and finishing her quest and atleast have balthier and Fran and everyone else. really wish I could use the vanilla board to use the flaming bow and flaming arrows assuming they still work the same and give a 50% damage boost when paired together.
I used this method solo. You get more exp for Vaan alone (not split). Either way i don't think it impacts too much. The loading times in this are really good, so it was quite a relaxing grind.
LemonEatingKow yeah man I normally did this until 36-40 and got my burning bow from that stupid bird. but that doesn't mean much now unless I make him a hunter. and level in the tunnels after I push story past penelo just to get everyone else to 99 besides penelo
Is there an npc that tells you about Dustia? im very curious about this kind of secrets, like lindbur wolf where you need to kill/chain 20 wolves before it respawns, etc.
Instead of setting the battle mode to wait, create this gambit: foe: nearest visible -> phoenix down. That way you won't need to "pause" the game. Could save you time
Just started playing this, first time... not sure why I never played it before!! I have levelled up using this method to 20 and wondering if it’s worth doing a bit more or if that will be enough for a good chunk of the game, thoughts?
The only question I have is how high should you level Vaan up? You don't want him leveled so high that it takes all the challenge out, no? I stopped once I got to lvl 19.
There was an old Power Leveling guide, a far better on that this on Gamefaqs for the Original. Where you would go until 30, then farm Katanas from the things in the Giza Plains, and so on. Was a great guide.
Awesome awesome exploit that I will use for a headstart after I replay this game I absolutely love the real way with all the challenges involved and real grinding :)
I tried this and it does work but sometimes for me he doesn't spawn ... like he'd spawn for 4 times then never spawn till I cure and get down to 10% health again or when I get an game over. I guess that's what u meant by the despawning thing... it's tricky but it's worth it in the end!
I've been wondering if it's good or "bad" to level up too fast. I guess too much can impact the game, but I'm not a very good player so a bit could be good.
Someday I made a separated file just for it, when I got patience just played a little and get more EXP, save and leave. When I wanted to play the entire game, save in a second slot. Got level 50... I already saw some people in 84 with this.... dont recommend... Could have a trophy for 122333...
Trying on Xbox One X version and all I get are knots of rust from the Phoenix down jar. Also after getting only two Diamond Armlets in the trial mode all I get is headguard now. Edit: headguard not headgear Edit 2: Nevermind I'm an idiot. Had a Diamond Armlet equipped. Took it off and went back to getting Diamond Armlets in trial and Phoenix downs instead of knots.
There's a SUPER easy way to earn gill, and it can be done IMMEDIATELY, as soon as you get to the first save point with Reks. You just need to farm diamond armlets on round one of Trial Mode. Just get it on the left side staircase, finish round one, quit trial mode when round 2 starts, go load that file you just made on the autosave on round 2 in the normal game, save at a save crystal, rinse and repeat as many times as you can stomach. You get 6000 gil per round. And it's a guaranteed spawn, so long as you aren't wearing a diamond armlet yourself. If you are, other things spawn instead. 17 is enough to get to 102k. It takes 67 to get to 402K. I've been that high before. And I myself need to do another grind run to restock on gil. It's a VERY tedious and boring, I won't lie. But if you do something else it can be a bit less boring. Just do that as many times as you can stomach and you'll get the gill you need to do this method.
So, Im trying to do this, and have Vann and Penelo both below 10% health, and once I walk through, noting spawns. Are there any other conditions that need to be met for him to spawn?
the 'won't respond' thing never happened to me :/ is that new for the PS4 version? huh, thanks I never knew! Yeah I try to do this BEFORE I get Pinelo that way lvling goes 2x as fast xD BUT it's very tricky to do so early in the game. you can make TONS of money chaining wolves in the westersands and don't worry if you happen to wonder into the dunes as hyena's are basically wolves (as they drop pelts as well) so they don't break your chain. Normally they're quite hard but if your persistant you can get the rod in a chest in the zone before Nalbina. Sorry it's been SO long I forget. So get bundles and bundles of pelts, sell it for 1 billion dollars and buy your books THAN buy Phoenix Downs. lvl up and get Pinelo... I've actualy never done it this way but I should... it's just too hard to solo wolves (though hitting them with Rod you eventually get to one shot them!) without someone on cure but... anyway.
OH! But I don't stop there! Dustia has a nifty book in his possession that sells for a bit of coin so with Pinelo when facing Dustia (and this is why it's important to spawn- exit- re-enter) must steal from Dustia. Do it every time get lots of money, go and buy your grimoire this is another reason why it may be good to have an accomplice at this point :/. oh but the fun STILL doesn't end there! Guess who my main target is his initials are WW, yes! Mr WereWolf(s) didn't think you could beat them so early? K now buy all the magics too, you NEED blind. Before the Werewolves we need to fight the Wolve mother, Limber. She's an NM spawn too. Well it's kind of tricky and you DO need 2 people to do this anyway google how to spawn her, you'll need to bait with one (usually Vaan cuz Limber hits HARD) and steel with the other. she holds a wind dagger. And now your ready to fight the big boys and they ARE fun! OK chain them they drop (meaning when killed) this sam sword that's SUPER Powerful you will use it for 70% of the game!
Oh be sure to BLIND the Werewolves, they are INCREDIBLY strong especially when they do their death move. But blind WWs almost never hit so no worries. Sorry I had to literally BARF on your video I just SO love this game (the PS2 one hopefully all of this works on the PS4!)
oh another easy lvl trick is to get this uber bow real early and snipe these birds from a vantage they can't fight back. It's so mean :/ I don't endorse that method. Digital PETA would NOT approve :/ oh wait no maybe it's the bird that drops the bow... either way I wasn't aware of this method until after I moved on from this game. I might try it in this version.
I've updated myself a little on my procedure for the PS4 and since I don't want to go Shikari (Vaan)/ BLM (Pinelo) I don't think this is what I want to do... but eh. darned progression lol
Leonard Washington Are you doing it with Vaan or Vaan and Fran both? for each character in the party it splits the exp. The best way to do it is yo use only Vaan. Later when Penelo rejoins, she will be the same level as the rest of your party.
This isnt to bad but once you get to around level 15 or so its pointless but this is def early power leveling worthy even at the beginning of the game for sure
I left a wall of text just showing a few of the best things you can do early game that can only be done by a high lvl character so it's not pointless... slightly rediculous though xD the game is easy, but if you must do the trophies this is really a must.
Was that your first time at Dustia farming? You forgot all about loot drops, and selling off items for more money. You should check GameFAQs... At least deactivate Penelo so Vaan gets ALL the exp!
I tried doing this trick and it doesn't spawn at all am I doing something wrong or have to do this at a certain point in the game after the Sunstone thing or did they patch it to prevent it?
there's easier way to time the dustia. dont time it. use speed 2x instead of 4x. after you prepared your hp below 10% and battle set to wait, get to the next screen. as soon as you're in the next screen, just push down (get back to the previous screen) without waiting for the dustia to spawn.then at the previous screen do the same (push down to the next screen). you can just easily hold the move button down the whole time. but the 2nd time you get back to the next screen,the dustia is already completely visible, dont hold the move button anymore but press x for command, do the phoenix down on dustia, as soon as your character already show animation raising hand to throw the phoenix down, just get the hell out of there, it doesnt matter if it hit or not. if the dustia 'teleporting' and missed the phoenix down, you didnt lose the phoenix down, and the dustia didnt die, try again the 3rd time you get into the next screen, get the hell out of there after throwing phoenix down and repeat the process. if dustia didnt teleport, then the dustia die already. not only you dont need to time your phoenix down, its much more faster. i didnt use speed x4 though just for room of error or if i fall asleep for a second.
The mistake you are making is just walking through and waiting. Keep walking about a second and he will spawn hard against the entrance. Now you can pick up his drop on the way out reliably. Make sure it's only about a second or half a second or it will teleport over to you and you'll get too far to get back to the entrance.
In case anyone hasn't mentioned it you can also farm Diamond Armlets in the first level of the trial mode. Each one says for 6000 Gil and it is a guaranteed item in one of the chests. Its about 5 minutes to get the chest, beat the level and exit and load the save. So its about 30 phoenix downs worth of gil per run
If you wear one while doing it. It will change to headguards and first aid
Man I love that this is still possible. It was the one thing I did the same in every run of the original game.
You can pic the loot before get away, throw the phoenix down on him and force move in his direction, when you get the loot you leave and repeat. Book of orgain + Flame Staff = almost 1800 gil.
Anderson I was wondering about how to do this! Thanks for the tip. Just tried it out and it worked.
I can't pick up the item without fuck up the respawn. TT
+over road Make sure your on wait mode and at the slowest battle speed.
Wait mode locks Dustia death animation while the loot still drops
Yes you can. When you enter the screen get a little close to the line, Dustia will spawn more close to the limit line. Force your ways through Dustia, get the loot and leave. And please, throw Penelo away from the party, she will leave until Dreadnought Leviathan and when she come back will be 2 level plus Vaan's level. But with her in your party you get only half EXP.
Try this...
Anderson you actually get more time than you think to loot and get out. dustias death animation is quite long
Dustia method still works on PS4 remaster,, Yeahhh!!!
This guide was for ps4 remaster
THEY STILL KEPT THIS TRICK!!! Thanks SO much for confirming this, I just started my playthrough!
Two things you forgot to mention
1° With Penelo on party the XP is divide, so is not very good
2° If you get like 30 phoenix down you can get a lot of loots from dustia and sell them, so gils is not a problem.
So the fastest way is:
1°Collect 40 phoenix down on jar farming
2°Farm Dustia with them (taking the loot when you can)
3°Sell loot
4°Take Penelo on party
5°Buy phoenix down
6°Farm Dustia for more loot and XP
Repeat 5° and 6°
Solid advice. If you keep the chain going it is possible to sometimes get 3 Flame Staves off one drop. It is crazy how much gil you can make!
You can go there once penelo leaves you in lowtown right? and then get the full experience.
LucasLPDC why would you not want Penelo levelled?
shandriser because you'll level twice as fast without her and she'll catch up automatically when she rejoins the party. Doing that now :)
Marley Hasselbach ooooh that makes sense (didn't know she left then rejoined :P) thanks
Press menu button as soon as you hit him with Phoenix down to make sure the loot drops and you'll have enough time to pick it up and leave
Gabriel Ortiz Thanks mate! Worked well on stream. Need to tweak my timing a little though.
Anytime lemon. As far as I know you were the first one to actually remake the guide. Everyone just kept saying just check out the old videos without confirming the changes
FF 12 guide from LEK, yessssssssss. There actually isnt a lot of ff12 tza out there, great to see new content and the typical high quality from a fellow bovine gamer. keep up the awesome work man.
loving the ff12 playthough as well!
Gianturtlecow Thanks, mate! So kind! Glad you are enjoying the playthrough and more guides to come over the next days/ weeks!
Hey man good video. I remember doing this in my second playthrough back in 2009 or 2010. On my first playthrough I was not aware of this BUT I can also let you in on something. This guide also works as a gil farming as well. Every time you kill Dustia it drops something. I believe its a book or something but the point is that whatever he drops you can sell it for high gil. This method can help to buy all those Forgotten Grimoire. To unlock those Bazaar goods you need to talk to certain shops like 25 - 100 times.
Just wanted to say that I played FF12 when it came out in 2006 and got save trapped at the Wall of Death. It totally ruined the game once I realized I couldn't beat the Wall and my only file was saved right before the boss fight. I was so angry that I gave up and never played it again. 11 years later here I am playing this same game, but I'll be prepared for the Wall this time.
That wall can be a ball breaker I have heard. Smash him with 11 years of rage !!!!
That wall FORCED me to learn how to chain Quickenings....
They must have changed it, i got stuck on the wall and went back out and leveled some more until i could beat the wall.
This is the exact reason why I always create multiple saves for a single playthrough (and overwrite them at different intervals) in any game that has manual saving. That way if I get save trapped at any point then I always have 1 or 2 saves that are only 1-3 hours behind the save that I get trapped in. Very useful habit that I picked up as a kid
@LemonEatingKow nice guide thx. My question is sometimes dustia drops golden loot coins. Whats that about?
hey brother glad to see you on this game. this game is so massive if you think about for it's time it was crazy in some ways.
anthony sweat Really liking it so far. but already feel the crushing pressure of job choices!
Nice! Very looking forward to your guide. This game is a giant blackhole, it's easy to lose objective with so many things going on. The world is much more massive than FF15
bomapdich I am finding that already. It's going to be hard to keep focus on stream
Handy tip! you cannot phoenix down until his little red health bar appears, and when u kill him, bring up the battle menu to freeze him ( as long as you have wait not active on) and the loot will continue to drop to the ground, then exit menu and then ez pick up and get away!
I know this is quite a bit late. However, two things:
1) Take off the speed up mode.
2) Once it starts the death animation, if you see an item drop, alternate between X and O so you can assure you pick up the item as you exit. This creates a slight pause in the death animation, while the item drop, if you're close enough will still trigger the collection animation.
I personally don't care for the exp. I farm dustia for Gil. great way to buy all grimores before you go play the game. use pdown grab loot switch character controlled to leave. repeat. don't even need to move to get dustia closer. selling 99 books and 15+ flame staffs every 99 chain. also in the area before dustia the upper right side spawns two chest one gives pdowns. no need for begin that far away from dustia to start your pdown run farm.
Wait... so if I screw up and see the exp drop I don't have to reboot from save? I always thought Dustia was a one and done type of ad that you can only kill once in the entire game -__- lol
Warmage Monograph + 99 phoenix down, you can loot flame staves and book orgains from Dustia. Don't forget to sell them, because it's really high gill for early level.
You now have to exit and enter twice in a row in order to make the jars respawn in between the screens now, it looks like it gives a phoenix down every single time it respawns now though.
Its correct. I went on the same npc without talking with Jinn and phoenix down was not available to buy. Thanks dude
I'm playing this game on PS4 and it works, but a few times I stayed too long most times by mistake, at which point all you have to do is go back to the town and return here and Dustia will be back.
Thanks i'm gonna try this today
what I used to do and well anytime I use Dustia to level I slide the camera over the cliff were Vaan is on the left and Dustia is on the right. Once you zone in get as close to the zone out line as possible. that way when and if Dustia drops his loot you can quickly pick it up and then zone out.
HAHAHA I can't believe that this track still works on the new version, anyone played the old version of ff12 know what I mean
i got 4 flame staffs drop in 1 loot coin. well happy. also grabbed a burning bow after 3 kills. very pleased with that lol
I remember doing this on the ps2
oh man... I used your guides to gear up in the XV Comrades game mode and it worked wonders! I'm so glad i found your FFXII TZA playlist- time to break the game babyyyy~
IIRC (I could be wrong) in IZJS, you can switch Penelo out and Vaan takes all the xp.
When will you make a guide on rare game and where to find em?
I'm really sad that i noticed this trick after my group was complete with all 6 people (it is only usable like to 21/22; it takes to long after). BUT it is still an amazing way to get a lot of gil easily and fast. You REALLY should try to get a 50 or higher streak with the zone glitch. You can get up to 4 (!!) staffs in one kill :D Nice one. Thanks
How much you level up on Dustia? I tend to stop at around lv25.
Black Widow I probably should have stopped at about 20 but I went on to 32 :/ I wont have to level again for quite some time.
Easiest method to get the money is to abuse the 1st stage of the trial mode and get that diamond thingy and sell it for 6k . Do that 3x and you have enough phoenix
After level 35, Dustia is slow to grind. Then it is better to go to the two werewolves who are in the Giza plains in Westersang. There is 2400 exp for them. But Vaan must have Shikari or monk as a job and then have Adrenaline, Last stand and it is good to have some Battle lore as well. The most important thing is to have a Brawler. Leave Vaan unarmed and bare-handed. At level 38, he can deal over 500 damage to werewolves. And when he has critical hp he can do 1000 damage. At 53 it is 1100 and when hp is critical 2200. Then just run to the crystal glade where is Jinn and save crystal and go to north bank and then come back and the werewolves will appear again. When a person accelerates four times, it goes very fast
Thank you!!!
loved your video guides on other games and laughed my ass off seeing that Dustia still works, sucks you need to talk to Jin tho. I'm considering leaving panelo in the dust so to speak and finishing her quest and atleast have balthier and Fran and everyone else. really wish I could use the vanilla board to use the flaming bow and flaming arrows assuming they still work the same and give a 50% damage boost when paired together.
I used this method solo. You get more exp for Vaan alone (not split). Either way i don't think it impacts too much. The loading times in this are really good, so it was quite a relaxing grind.
LemonEatingKow yeah man I normally did this until 36-40 and got my burning bow from that stupid bird. but that doesn't mean much now unless I make him a hunter. and level in the tunnels after I push story past penelo just to get everyone else to 99 besides penelo
great info bro....
I was able to do it once on my PS5 and now the monster is not spawning again
are there any good rods early in the game for a white mage
Is there an npc that tells you about Dustia? im very curious about this kind of secrets, like lindbur wolf where you need to kill/chain 20 wolves before it respawns, etc.
Instead of setting the battle mode to wait, create this gambit: foe: nearest visible -> phoenix down. That way you won't need to "pause" the game. Could save you time
You don't get that until bathier and Fran sadly with penelo turning on Gambit just let's her auto attack
Just started playing this, first time... not sure why I never played it before!! I have levelled up using this method to 20 and wondering if it’s worth doing a bit more or if that will be enough for a good chunk of the game, thoughts?
my jars arnt respawning
The only question I have is how high should you level Vaan up? You don't want him leveled so high that it takes all the challenge out, no? I stopped once I got to lvl 19.
adub4ever 19 I say is pretty good. I went to 32 and it was WAY too high. I am now one or two shotting most things.
There was an old Power Leveling guide, a far better on that this on Gamefaqs for the Original. Where you would go until 30, then farm Katanas from the things in the Giza Plains, and so on. Was a great guide.
dont stop leveling... there are loads of guides of the old game..wich is the same,they work for both
was a guide for powerfarming the game, really, i remember that one
Trying to do Phoenix down farm at that spot but the treasure won’t spawn after the first time
Awesome awesome exploit that I will use for a headstart after I replay this game I absolutely love the real way with all the challenges involved and real grinding :)
I tried this and it does work but sometimes for me he doesn't spawn ... like he'd spawn for 4 times then never spawn till I cure and get down to 10% health again or when I get an game over. I guess that's what u meant by the despawning thing... it's tricky but it's worth it in the end!
For me, this wasn't working. Phoenix Down would reduce him to low hp but not kill him, and he would one-shot my party until I died or ran. What do?
If you use this method, when new characters join your party, will they have a comparable level to vaan's or will they be low level?
Comparable. I was level 32 when I met Balth and Fran. They were level 33.
antonbrek when people firdt join your party they auto level to match yours
if i were slow and messed up, how do i reset the respwan?
Run back to Dalmasca. Only bad thing is that it resets your chain. :/
Hope my old Excel sheet will work on this...ya know the RNG cure list and selfattack thingy^^
Thanks a lot, will use this to Level to 10 early, not to much:)
I've been wondering if it's good or "bad" to level up too fast. I guess too much can impact the game, but I'm not a very good player so a bit could be good.
Spamming diamond armlet from trial mode would give you instant 6k to buy phoenix downs.
I’m playing on ps2 and the jar spawned once but won’t spawn again.
In that version you have to go three screens away for them to spawn again
how do you throw a phoenix down on dustia the game will not late you. need help
what lvl did u do this to
Joshua Henson I'm level 32 with Vaan on a side save. Have around 90k gil too.
LemonEatingKow ok thanks for the response I will definitely have to do this if I start having a hard time
Someday I made a separated file just for it, when I got patience just played a little and get more EXP, save and leave. When I wanted to play the entire game, save in a second slot. Got level 50... I already saw some people in 84 with this.... dont recommend...
Could have a trophy for 122333...
You get LP from this method?
Does this work for the original version on PS2?!
It is,this method was well knowed before the "zodiac age" exist.i did know this from RUclips like 9 years ago XD
Thnxs bro, I preordered it off of psn and I have to wait just a few more minutes b4 I can play it
Jordan Carlock You can do this super early on. I think it is effective til about level 20 or so.
LemonEatingKow thnxs bro that's really awesome, I really loved this game on the ps 2 and I put over a 120 hours into it but I only got to like lvl 70
Trying on Xbox One X version and all I get are knots of rust from the Phoenix down jar. Also after getting only two Diamond Armlets in the trial mode all I get is headguard now.
Edit: headguard not headgear
Edit 2: Nevermind I'm an idiot. Had a Diamond Armlet equipped. Took it off and went back to getting Diamond Armlets in trial and Phoenix downs instead of knots.
Is there a way to make him respawn after you see the Exp?
Leave 2 loading zones distance away and then go back and he should respawn.
Why is dustia isn't respawning?
There's a SUPER easy way to earn gill, and it can be done IMMEDIATELY, as soon as you get to the first save point with Reks. You just need to farm diamond armlets on round one of Trial Mode. Just get it on the left side staircase, finish round one, quit trial mode when round 2 starts, go load that file you just made on the autosave on round 2 in the normal game, save at a save crystal, rinse and repeat as many times as you can stomach. You get 6000 gil per round. And it's a guaranteed spawn, so long as you aren't wearing a diamond armlet yourself. If you are, other things spawn instead. 17 is enough to get to 102k. It takes 67 to get to 402K. I've been that high before. And I myself need to do another grind run to restock on gil. It's a VERY tedious and boring, I won't lie. But if you do something else it can be a bit less boring. Just do that as many times as you can stomach and you'll get the gill you need to do this method.
So, Im trying to do this, and have Vann and Penelo both below 10% health, and once I walk through, noting spawns. Are there any other conditions that need to be met for him to spawn?
SunilDeSky you have to be exactly 10% health. Red health numbers do not mean you are at 10%.
Hmm i cant get him to spawn for some reason???
I got 30gb left to download cnt w8 to play this and try this method.
the 'won't respond' thing never happened to me :/ is that new for the PS4 version? huh, thanks I never knew! Yeah I try to do this BEFORE I get Pinelo that way lvling goes 2x as fast xD BUT it's very tricky to do so early in the game. you can make TONS of money chaining wolves in the westersands and don't worry if you happen to wonder into the dunes as hyena's are basically wolves (as they drop pelts as well) so they don't break your chain. Normally they're quite hard but if your persistant you can get the rod in a chest in the zone before Nalbina. Sorry it's been SO long I forget. So get bundles and bundles of pelts, sell it for 1 billion dollars and buy your books THAN buy Phoenix Downs. lvl up and get Pinelo... I've actualy never done it this way but I should... it's just too hard to solo wolves (though hitting them with Rod you eventually get to one shot them!) without someone on cure but... anyway.
OH! But I don't stop there! Dustia has a nifty book in his possession that sells for a bit of coin so with Pinelo when facing Dustia (and this is why it's important to spawn- exit- re-enter) must steal from Dustia. Do it every time get lots of money, go and buy your grimoire this is another reason why it may be good to have an accomplice at this point :/. oh but the fun STILL doesn't end there! Guess who my main target is his initials are WW, yes! Mr WereWolf(s) didn't think you could beat them so early? K now buy all the magics too, you NEED blind. Before the Werewolves we need to fight the Wolve mother, Limber. She's an NM spawn too. Well it's kind of tricky and you DO need 2 people to do this anyway google how to spawn her, you'll need to bait with one (usually Vaan cuz Limber hits HARD) and steel with the other. she holds a wind dagger. And now your ready to fight the big boys and they ARE fun! OK chain them they drop (meaning when killed) this sam sword that's SUPER Powerful you will use it for 70% of the game!
Oh be sure to BLIND the Werewolves, they are INCREDIBLY strong especially when they do their death move. But blind WWs almost never hit so no worries.
Sorry I had to literally BARF on your video I just SO love this game (the PS2 one hopefully all of this works on the PS4!)
oh another easy lvl trick is to get this uber bow real early and snipe these birds from a vantage they can't fight back. It's so mean :/ I don't endorse that method. Digital PETA would NOT approve :/ oh wait no maybe it's the bird that drops the bow... either way I wasn't aware of this method until after I moved on from this game. I might try it in this version.
I've updated myself a little on my procedure for the PS4 and since I don't want to go Shikari (Vaan)/ BLM (Pinelo) I don't think this is what I want to do... but eh. darned progression lol
I dont think it works on switch lol gave it a try and only way i can do it is if i run 2 screens aways over and over again
Hope I can do this again lol
it is now fix
I'm only getting a little over 500 xp per attempt...
Leonard Washington Are you doing it with Vaan or Vaan and Fran both? for each character in the party it splits the exp.
The best way to do it is yo use only Vaan. Later when Penelo rejoins, she will be the same level as the rest of your party.
I had a guest in my party. once I ko'ed him I got over 1000 xp for one character per attempt
I’m playing on ps2 and holy shit vann refuses to throw the phoenix down at it.
He kills me before I can even use the Phoenix down on him
"couple of conditions"
>Is only one condition
Still thanks for the explanation
This isnt to bad but once you get to around level 15 or so its pointless but this is def early power leveling worthy even at the beginning of the game for sure
I left a wall of text just showing a few of the best things you can do early game that can only be done by a high lvl character so it's not pointless... slightly rediculous though xD the game is easy, but if you must do the trophies this is really a must.
Was that your first time at Dustia farming? You forgot all about loot drops, and selling off items for more money. You should check GameFAQs... At least deactivate Penelo so Vaan gets ALL the exp!
I tried doing this trick and it doesn't spawn at all am I doing something wrong or have to do this at a certain point in the game after the Sunstone thing or did they patch it to prevent it?
Is your health lower than 10%? it won't spawn til it is.
LemonEatingKow my health was in the red when I entered the zone so I think it was
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there's easier way to time the dustia. dont time it. use speed 2x instead of 4x. after you prepared your hp below 10% and battle set to wait, get to the next screen. as soon as you're in the next screen, just push down (get back to the previous screen) without waiting for the dustia to spawn.then at the previous screen do the same (push down to the next screen). you can just easily hold the move button down the whole time. but the 2nd time you get back to the next screen,the dustia is already completely visible, dont hold the move button anymore but press x for command, do the phoenix down on dustia, as soon as your character already show animation raising hand to throw the phoenix down, just get the hell out of there, it doesnt matter if it hit or not. if the dustia 'teleporting' and missed the phoenix down, you didnt lose the phoenix down, and the dustia didnt die, try again the 3rd time you get into the next screen, get the hell out of there after throwing phoenix down and repeat the process. if dustia didnt teleport, then the dustia die already. not only you dont need to time your phoenix down, its much more faster. i didnt use speed x4 though just for room of error or if i fall asleep for a second.
The mistake you are making is just walking through and waiting. Keep walking about a second and he will spawn hard against the entrance. Now you can pick up his drop on the way out reliably.
Make sure it's only about a second or half a second or it will teleport over to you and you'll get too far to get back to the entrance.
Lol Dustia still works 😂
The guy in Nalbina is not selling me any phoenix down...Why could it be? He only sells potions, eye drops and antidotes. :(
MoonChild You need to talk to Jinn during the sunstone mission first. 2:10
Yeeeeah! You´re the best, thank you!
didn't help at all his not there at all
gemma beechem You HAVE to be under 10% hp for him to show.
can, t throw a phonix down on on him , game will not work that way
yes you can. Dustia spawns, wait until his healthbar shows up, immediately go to use Phoenix down and then change target to enemy.
you copy my method XD
i still remember i reach level 50 use this method, idk how long i doing this