Me like: 3 hours straight trying to farm the damn Hell Gates Flame, and then somehow I realize "Hey, there's something wrong, I still didn't get any?" THANK YOU SUPER ENGINEER GUY
You can also get Damascus steel by plowing through the pharos second ascent theres some similar looking dudes in there that drop it when you chain them
For the Damascus Steel, it's quicker to run to The Feywood than it is running all the way up the mountain. For the Hell's Gate Flame, Monograph drops are not part of the chain loot table, so it's better to NOT chain them together. The higher the chain level, the less likely you are to get the Monograph drop. For the Scarletite, it's better to run from Echoes of the Past, into The Slumbermead, into Succor Midst Sorrow, and into Lifeless Strand and then run back to the Echoes. There's two additional Emeralditans in The Slumbermead thus making your trips more efficient.
I just started Zodiac Age but I recall from the PS2 you only need 3 Gemsteels. But the trick is you need to have ALL ingredients for both weapons. Sell them all at the same time and your 3 Gemsteels will also check the 2 Gemsteels requirement.
For the Scarletite, I used a path from Echoes of The Past > Slumbermead > Hope's Reach and back. Got 4 in about 25 minutes. Hit 40 streak, so approximately 1 every 10 kills.
It took me about an hour to collect 5 Scarletite since I killed the hunt Turtle a while back my only option was the first one😥 but managed to collect all that was necessary. Always appreciate your walkthroughs thank you.
There are actually 4 possible Emeralditan spawns in Nabreus Deadlands. 2 Spawn in the Slumbermead. 1 spawns in Echoes of the Past. And then when you return through the Slumbermead if you check the left path where you previously killed one, there will often be a 4th spawn. Then two screen away through the area with the Save Crystal and repeat. Still not super fast, but better than farming just one or two turtles per run.
3 of the Gemsteel - the idea is, if you have every single ingredient for both Tournesol and Khumba (which would be 3-Gemsteel, 3-Orichalcum, 3-Empyreal Soul, 3-Serpentarius, and 2-Mallet...and you sell all those items, one after the other, in a single "bazaar session", when you back out from the Sell menu and see "New Bazaar items are available !" - when you check Bazaar, at that point, you will see BOTH Khumba and Tournesol there for purchase. The game counts your 3-Gemsteels as "going towards both" of the recipes, because you sold everything in one go.) Handy !
A bit faster method for getting Damascus Steels, same as with Scarletite: kill enemies to spawn Anchag, steal the Damascus Steel (don't kill it), go to the Save Crystal and Anchor zone (you're zoning twice), head back and repeat.
Don't do double zone follow the instruction fuzz give it won't respawn other wise. Cause I tried to double zone it in killing the enemies doesn't work for double zone u literally got to leave that map.
You don't have to run all the way to Mt. Bur-Omisace. Running there you already went 3 zones. I just turned right back after exiting the Frozen Brook area.
Very good guide but I prefer to get the Gemsteel from the Level 99 Red Chocobo. Even with the Stone method it takes a while (though it is possible for it to spawn within 10 minutes or less if you're very lucky) but it's worth the time and effort because defeating it guarantees you a Ribbon and it has a 90% chance of it dropping a Gemsteel (with Knight Monograph) and a 90% chance of a High Arcana (with Canopic Jar). You can also steal Elixirs/Megalixirs from it and possibly, if you're really lucky, an Empyreal Soul). Much quicker than any other method I find, at least by comparison to finding/creating all the ingredients separately. Last night I manage to get 3 ribbons, 3 Gemsteels and 2 High Arcanas consecutively from the Level 99 Red Chocobo.
@@kieranhines7890 Sorry for the late reply but yes it does. It won't spawn at all until Reddas joins the party but after that you can get it to spawn at any time for as many times as you like even once Reddas is no longer in the party, it just might take a while.
@@AliceInBlunderland666 I'm kinda losing motivation in getting the Tournesol, it seems all the options are too long. Maybe I'll just go for the Kumbha.
To get the Scarletite I went back and forth from the save crystal to Echoes of the past as you can also pass another turtle in The Slumbermead area. I also used steal, have no idea if this helped but I got 4 scarletites in 30 minutes..
I think its much faster to get Damascus Steel from Bluesang in Cerobi Steppe. Join the hunt club to have him spawn in a certain area (near some windmills) then Steal from him. Run away from him to change zone (its right next to him) to get an auto save and reload save (or run away two zones). Go back in and steal again, he spawns 40% of the time and always in the same spot. Its important not to kill him since he's a Trophy Rare Game and stay dead once killed!!
I second this - Fuzz, the Bluesang method is outrageously fast. As insanepolarbear points out, you simply steal from him - run back to the save crystal zone, and then just past it (since it's a tiny zone just with the crystal and a Strahl anchor point) and then you've "zoned twice" and turn immediately round' and go back to Bluesang, to steal again. Far quicker than having to slay all 12 enemies in Karadyne each time, and then wait for the stealing to be successful from Anchag, etc. Both methods work - don't get us wrong - I just think if you have Bluesang still available in your games, then people would be better served / faster to use him :-)
insanepolarbear nah this way is faster, I've used both methods and am never going back to the cerobi step for it again(this was with the original version but I don't think they changed the spawn/steal rates from the original)
Only advice I say is the monograph for the hells gate one. Could have said it beforehand spent a good hour trying to get them to learn I'm missing an item but thank you for at least mentioning it no other channel mentioned that part after I got it was done with that step in about 30 mins
You could also just go to Cerobi Steppe,go to the blue save crystal/anchor and farm damascus steel at the "crossover" on the map. Bluesang spawns between two pillars and can steal damascus steels much faster. The save crystal is one zone and theres another zone that hugs the save zone. Cross into that zone and then back two, all in one motion and its the fastest spawn/farm. Its also right in the same area as the tortoise, just the neoghboring zone.
Over 1000 dogs later and 3 hours of life gone, I can't believe games expect this kind of crap from us. RNG rewards Below 10% chance should be banned from video games.
Samuel Ahrens nah that's what makes it worth it. They already nerfed us of super bosses actually being difficult (the original versions yiazmat was the last super boss final fantasy ever put out since they nerfed him in zodiac age)
zone out 2 zones and back and you can spawn the enemy and he will have demascus steel on him. the same goes for all other enemies with rare materials as far as i know.
Damascus Steel can be obtained by stealing from Bluesang upon starting the Phon Coast Hunt Club, easy to make him spawn, and reset the game every time you steal but don't kill Bluesang if you want more Damascus... you know how it works, steal, flee, change zone, reset, find Bluesang again, steal, feel, reset as much as you need
Quickest way to farm Damascus steel is Bluesang. Cerobbi steppe I think it is. Steal from it, 2 zones, come back, steal again. took me about 15 minutes to get 8.
For anyone trying to do this currently: I would suggest stealing scarletite from Aspidochelon. It's much faster than the other method. For the hell's-gate flame there really is no fast method. You definitely want the Hunter's Monograph, and I know Fuzz said chaining doesn't matter but I used that method. Even if it makes no difference for the drop rate this at least gives you a visual progress-cue which helps with not getting frustrated. Just turn off your attack gambits and manually kill both wolf-type enemies you see in the area--your chain will start building. I got my first flame around chain level 95 and the last one I needed around 350. Good luck!
i had killed that rare mob from the hunt quest ,right before i realised it has scarletite . And that i needed that to make gemsteel. I thought i was screwed,lol . Luckily you found another way of getting it . Couldnt find any other guide that had alternatives. Drop rate so far is fairly doable. It gave me 2 scarletite in roughly 20 minutes
Fun fact, you get more hells gate flames than you'll possibly ever need if you grind for the muramasa, i mustve killed that damn bunny more times than i care too mention.
If you teleport to Dalmasca Estersand and play the fishing game you can get the starletite needed for tournesol and kumbha much faster than the turtle. Takes about an hour to finish and then ~20 minutes to get scarletite from the best fishing spot AND you get adamantite at the same time.
Couldnt you steal from the guy bring him to an edge then kill him and run out before he disappears the run back on to fight him again? Or does he not reset that way?
A bit of advice for some. To actually get the Cerberus to start dropping hells gate flame you have to have a chain of at least 3 started. So what I did was put vaan up and did his attacking manually then put Fran gambit as hp status = critical and then attack and I used ashe for no attacks but up as a poach every so often if Cerberus was not dropping and it seemed to even out on acquiring the hells gate. Got all 10 within probably 20 to 30 mins. Also I just zoned out through the area of the save crystal and that seemed to reset the enemies well.
Very helpful video. I'd best crack on it. *Edit. 90 mins farming Hell Gate's Flame and all I got was 2. Last night it was so much better. I managed to get 2 dropped in a row. Pity there's no accessories to increase drop rates. *All done now. All 10 gemsteel acquired.
You need the Hunters Monograph for the Hells Gate. After beating Thextera and Reporting it, go find Gastly in the Muthru Bazaar & he will unlock it in the shops for you.
With the area he went to go get the emeralditan to respawn he does realize 2-6 can spawn there right ? Asking cause I been farming scarletite for a different challenge and it's so much faster but didnt know there was a extra one down there
Steal from the "Bluesang" in Cerobi Steppe / Crossfield. easy 2 zone clear and 40% spawn, just steal from it. In the next episode in the series he shows where it is. But I was averaging 1 min runs for the Damascus Steel item. It was crazy fast. I had 10 in 15 mins on X4.
I have killed so many cerberus to get hell gates flame so I do your poached ng method fuzz and I get one. I know u said it was a 5 percent drop but francisca drops when u kill cerberus so the drops follow fire gem, prime pelt, and francisca so I think if a francisca drops that takes the place of a hell gate flame. I finally got one from poaching.
It was faster then killing and was better then killing cause there's only one enemy that can't be poached there the golem can be poached and has a rare item can be killed, steal, or poach from to get Mystletainn. From the area cerberus is in the fey woods.
To speed it up, don't kill him go two zone out then come back kill all enemies and he'll spawn and you can steal again. Steal with all characters that can, it's his only item I believe.
Interesting. You have 4 characters in the party now. I am trying to add 1 more character in the party. It won't let me. I have only 3 characters in the party.
Which Monograph do you need to have in your "Key Items" I have 5 different Monographs and im not getting the Hell Gate Flame to drop. Im playing on Switch if that makes any difference?
Hey Fuzz got a question for you. For Balthier's quickenings, which one's did you get. I picked the Foebreaker/Shikari jobs like you and I have to decide on which quickening nodes to choose because you can't get all four.
Angel Fuentes buy a strategy guide bro literally everything you need is in it. I've already got all my weapons and armor, and it all came from the guide. if u know how to read tables and reference items in the lists you can get anything you need in a very fast way. So much speculation about percentages of drops, chains, monographs, yet it's all in the official guide!
Thank you for the insight. First time playing zodiac age and so much is different ESPECIALLY farming Dalmascus Steel. If I could make a suggestion? Instead of killing Anchag and having to go through those mechanics, I've just been stealing. Once I have the Steel, there is an exit in the north western most part of that area. Exit that, then head kind of south west for the exit to the feywood. Then go back the way you came, clear the area and there is Anchag again. I do have to admit, I feel like this way is messing with gambit a tad more, but with speed up turned on I find myself saving lots of time. Not that your method is bad or anything by any means, just thought I would share that
Do you know which stage the Tournesol can be looted in Trial Mode by any chance? I've already killed the Hunt Club mark that has scarletite (might try the lvl 99 chocobo's first, but that seems like a pain)
I tried to stealing more of the Scarletite by making the Aspidochelon respawn and after stealing from it once it won't let me steal another one. It keeps saying "nothing to steal" I even went out one map and went back in to see it again and I still can't steal it again
Need to kill all the enemy first. If you already spawned him once, you need to leave palmina rift and at least load 2 zone to make monster spawn again. Try the west exits and west again to go to the feywood. That way you load two and leave palmina.
Yeah the old glitch in the game from the PS2 version you need 500 chain combo & it appeared every 3, But I noticed that wolf never gives it if your chain is above 10. But Going in and out the save area and the boss area I seemed to get a lot. I got 12 in 37 minutes doing that over and over. But I don't know if that from me just being super lucky or there are still some math glitches still.
Yeah I was sort of wondering why I only got 2 Hell-Gate's Flames after a chain of 380. I was really getting annoyed. As soon as I found out that chaining doesn't heighten the chance of getting it, I just killed everything and broke my chain. It only took half an hour to get the other 8
The best way to get Hell Gate Flames is to not pick up every dropped item after defeating a fiend, I tried doing the chain method but to no avail. So I thought to myself "Hmm maybe if I don't pick up everything I'll have a much better chance in getting it" and it worked a lot more favorable than one might think. The same method can be applied for getting Serpent Eyes from the Basilisk, to make Serpentarius.
Why does everyone say you need 30 hells gate flame i have everything for the tournsoul just need 1 more empyreal soul and i still have 24 hellsgate flames left?
you have to sell 2HGF+2damascus+1scar for 1Gemsteel (you have to repeat this method to get 3Gemsteel), dont sell 6HGF+6damascus+3scar coz it will only give you 1Gemsteel
Great vid again but I'm an expert at the old ps2 version and your right about cerebus but if you equip Baan say,with the water sword massamarasa gambits to foe water weak they the Cerberus will only be attacked get penelo ideally ,to equip Excalibur foe holy weak the tartarus blue ones and who ever buffing up vaan and penelo they spawn the same places everytime. So two zone away past the Crystal into were the mirror knight's are back to them and although they hells gate flames are only five per cent it's better to chain them reason is when they do start to drop them they seem to do it all at once it took me an hour and it is humbley worth the grind the scarlitite there's three of them the one you farmed thread another to you left diagonally head down to mini bridge through the barrier into open field one there and head back to Crystal back out twenty mins but your ways quicker I'll try on new version but did you know you can get Damascus steel in the step off the very same method off a rare game June called bluesang just same as the tortoise same steal technique same method and all three items should take two hours max. Try getting soul powder that is fun. Not lol
Been farming for the Hell gates flame for 6 hours now and not a single one has dropped???? I've tried to chain them "brought it to a 311 chain" nothing tried not chaining them I've easily killed over 1000 of the red guys and not a single hell gates flame I've got 99 Francisca's and 99 X-potions though... There is no way it has a 5% drop rate because I would've got one already with killing over 1000 of them I should have 5 of them for killing 100 if it was 5% drop rate but yet here I sit with 0 with 1000 kills
Its' not to bad. Most issue with this video for me is the Scarletite. I even got the Seitengrat bow in 15 minutes so I guess the RNG has been very nice to me thus far
You are 100% correct Fuzz - Monograph drops aren't dependent upon battle-chain levels. They are just the flat % - whatever listed in the wikia // usually it's like 10-15% for a given special item to drop, but Hell-Gate Flame is particularly cruel, at just 5% chance to drop (one of the lowest of all Monograph drops in the game, I believe). which is why it's so hated, and why so many myths have built up about how to get them, over the years ;-)
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If people are wondering what type of monograph he is talking about it is the Hunter's monograph. You need that to get the hell gates flame
Me like: 3 hours straight trying to farm the damn Hell Gates Flame, and then somehow I realize "Hey, there's something wrong, I still didn't get any?"
THANK YOU SUPER ENGINEER GUY
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@@Gigio9956 yeah, Sadly this game doesn't tell you anything at all, you gotta always rely on the guides 💀
When you're farming damascus steel you can go to the feywood and back it is a quicker route
Such and absolutely beautifully crafted game.
You can also get Damascus steel by plowing through the pharos second ascent theres some similar looking dudes in there that drop it when you chain them
For the Damascus Steel, it's quicker to run to The Feywood than it is running all the way up the mountain.
For the Hell's Gate Flame, Monograph drops are not part of the chain loot table, so it's better to NOT chain them together. The higher the chain level, the less likely you are to get the Monograph drop.
For the Scarletite, it's better to run from Echoes of the Past, into The Slumbermead, into Succor Midst Sorrow, and into Lifeless Strand and then run back to the Echoes. There's two additional Emeralditans in The Slumbermead thus making your trips more efficient.
Chain drops are independent of the monographs. It does not matter if you have a chain or not.
I just started Zodiac Age but I recall from the PS2 you only need 3 Gemsteels. But the trick is you need to have ALL ingredients for both weapons. Sell them all at the same time and your 3 Gemsteels will also check the 2 Gemsteels requirement.
@@toddolsen4604 That’s not a trick.
For the Scarletite, I used a path from Echoes of The Past > Slumbermead > Hope's Reach and back. Got 4 in about 25 minutes. Hit 40 streak, so approximately 1 every 10 kills.
It took me about an hour to collect 5 Scarletite since I killed the hunt Turtle a while back my only option was the first one😥 but managed to collect all that was necessary. Always appreciate your walkthroughs thank you.
There are actually 4 possible Emeralditan spawns in Nabreus Deadlands. 2 Spawn in the Slumbermead. 1 spawns in Echoes of the Past. And then when you return through the Slumbermead if you check the left path where you previously killed one, there will often be a 4th spawn. Then two screen away through the area with the Save Crystal and repeat.
Still not super fast, but better than farming just one or two turtles per run.
If you do both weapons at the same time , you well only need 3 . Great guide keep it up
Thanks!
Fadi X 3 what?
3 of the Gemsteel - the idea is, if you have every single ingredient for both Tournesol and Khumba (which would be 3-Gemsteel, 3-Orichalcum, 3-Empyreal Soul, 3-Serpentarius, and 2-Mallet...and you sell all those items, one after the other, in a single "bazaar session", when you back out from the Sell menu and see "New Bazaar items are available !" - when you check Bazaar, at that point, you will see BOTH Khumba and Tournesol there for purchase. The game counts your 3-Gemsteels as "going towards both" of the recipes, because you sold everything in one go.) Handy !
AlekTrev006 that's true it's in my strategy guide too good job catching that.
Thanks for sharing!
A bit faster method for getting Damascus Steels, same as with Scarletite: kill enemies to spawn Anchag, steal the Damascus Steel (don't kill it), go to the Save Crystal and Anchor zone (you're zoning twice), head back and repeat.
Don't do double zone follow the instruction fuzz give it won't respawn other wise. Cause I tried to double zone it in killing the enemies doesn't work for double zone u literally got to leave that map.
You don't have to run all the way to Mt. Bur-Omisace. Running there you already went 3 zones. I just turned right back after exiting the Frozen Brook area.
Great guide Simon, you're the king of FFXII guides and the king of all of YT FF content
Didn't have the monograph either, after 20 minutes googled what I was doing wrong. Not sure it was mentioned in the walkthrough, apologies if it was!
Oh thank God you're making this i really want to get the "Tournesol" i didn't get it before on the PS2
Spent an hour farming before i realised due to your video i didn't have the hunters monograph 😫
Ive loved ff games for years and played them all now started again you channel is a great help thank you 🎉
There's more than 1 emeralditan in Nabreus deadlands, 1 or more north and 1 or more south, in the same zone seperated by a bridge.
I know that chaining them dont increase the percentage but it does increase the drop rate just in case some one wants to know
Very good guide but I prefer to get the Gemsteel from the Level 99 Red Chocobo. Even with the Stone method it takes a while (though it is possible for it to spawn within 10 minutes or less if you're very lucky) but it's worth the time and effort because defeating it guarantees you a Ribbon and it has a 90% chance of it dropping a Gemsteel (with Knight Monograph) and a 90% chance of a High Arcana (with Canopic Jar). You can also steal Elixirs/Megalixirs from it and possibly, if you're really lucky, an Empyreal Soul). Much quicker than any other method I find, at least by comparison to finding/creating all the ingredients separately. Last night I manage to get 3 ribbons, 3 Gemsteels and 2 High Arcanas consecutively from the Level 99 Red Chocobo.
Does the red chocobo respawn infinitely ?
@@kieranhines7890 Sorry for the late reply but yes it does. It won't spawn at all until Reddas joins the party but after that you can get it to spawn at any time for as many times as you like even once Reddas is no longer in the party, it just might take a while.
@@AliceInBlunderland666 I'm kinda losing motivation in getting the Tournesol, it seems all the options are too long. Maybe I'll just go for the Kumbha.
Going to the feywood is faster ;)
To get the Scarletite I went back and forth from the save crystal to Echoes of the past as you can also pass another turtle in The Slumbermead area. I also used steal, have no idea if this helped but I got 4 scarletites in 30 minutes..
You can actually just zone to the feywood and back it takes a very short time and it's much closer.
The Damascus Steel is also dropped from the same headless enemy type in the Pharos. Think its more of a rarer drop can also be poached.
I think its much faster to get Damascus Steel from Bluesang in Cerobi Steppe. Join the hunt club to have him spawn in a certain area (near some windmills) then Steal from him. Run away from him to change zone (its right next to him) to get an auto save and reload save (or run away two zones). Go back in and steal again, he spawns 40% of the time and always in the same spot. Its important not to kill him since he's a Trophy Rare Game and stay dead once killed!!
I second this - Fuzz, the Bluesang method is outrageously fast. As insanepolarbear points out, you simply steal from him - run back to the save crystal zone, and then just past it (since it's a tiny zone just with the crystal and a Strahl anchor point) and then you've "zoned twice" and turn immediately round' and go back to Bluesang, to steal again. Far quicker than having to slay all 12 enemies in Karadyne each time, and then wait for the stealing to be successful from Anchag, etc. Both methods work - don't get us wrong - I just think if you have Bluesang still available in your games, then people would be better served / faster to use him :-)
insanepolarbear nah this way is faster, I've used both methods and am never going back to the cerobi step for it again(this was with the original version but I don't think they changed the spawn/steal rates from the original)
just to make it like 10 seconds faster you can also just head out to feywoods then come back in its a shorter run so you can farm a little faster.
Only advice I say is the monograph for the hells gate one. Could have said it beforehand spent a good hour trying to get them to learn I'm missing an item but thank you for at least mentioning it no other channel mentioned that part after I got it was done with that step in about 30 mins
6:42 i think you can just go 2 zones away and come back
there is 2 emeraldtitan spawns for the last item and you can run a circle arround the 4 areas and i got 4 of Scarletite in about 15 mins.
You could also just go to Cerobi Steppe,go to the blue save crystal/anchor and farm damascus steel at the "crossover" on the map. Bluesang spawns between two pillars and can steal damascus steels much faster. The save crystal is one zone and theres another zone that hugs the save zone. Cross into that zone and then back two, all in one motion and its the fastest spawn/farm. Its also right in the same area as the tortoise, just the neoghboring zone.
Over 1000 dogs later and 3 hours of life gone, I can't believe games expect this kind of crap from us. RNG rewards Below 10% chance should be banned from video games.
Samuel Ahrens nah that's what makes it worth it. They already nerfed us of super bosses actually being difficult (the original versions yiazmat was the last super boss final fantasy ever put out since they nerfed him in zodiac age)
I never would have figured this out without your help, and I never want to see another Cerberus again 😂
You can yes exit 2 place and get back to the enemy and steel another item, i been doing that for some reason they got item again to steal
zone out 2 zones and back and you can spawn the enemy and he will have demascus steel on him. the same goes for all other enemies with rare materials as far as i know.
but if u kill him u need to leave the area if u didnt kill him u can go 2 zone and back
Why 10x Gemsteel in the video title?
My god, 130 hours into the game and I hadn't picked up the hunters monograph yet, it took this run to figure it out
Damascus Steel can be obtained by stealing from Bluesang upon starting the Phon Coast Hunt Club, easy to make him spawn, and reset the game every time you steal but don't kill Bluesang if you want more Damascus... you know how it works, steal, flee, change zone, reset, find Bluesang again, steal, feel, reset as much as you need
Quickest way to farm Damascus steel is Bluesang. Cerobbi steppe I think it is. Steal from it, 2 zones, come back, steal again. took me about 15 minutes to get 8.
For anyone trying to do this currently: I would suggest stealing scarletite from Aspidochelon. It's much faster than the other method. For the hell's-gate flame there really is no fast method. You definitely want the Hunter's Monograph, and I know Fuzz said chaining doesn't matter but I used that method.
Even if it makes no difference for the drop rate this at least gives you a visual progress-cue which helps with not getting frustrated. Just turn off your attack gambits and manually kill both wolf-type enemies you see in the area--your chain will start building. I got my first flame around chain level 95 and the last one I needed around 350. Good luck!
Awesome thanks!
If I don't get scarletite from the turtle in Cerobi should I reset my save or can I just continue zoning until I do so?
@@LN-Lifer you can zone every time u steal it. Don’t kill it until u are completely done.
Never heard someone pronounce it as "scarle-teat", I always hear it as "scarle-tight" lol. Thanks though for these guides mate, they are very helpful
You're welcome, glad they help :)
Scalette Johansson teats are the only scarletite for me
Sorting your equipment might help find them easier lol
i had killed that rare mob from the hunt quest ,right before i realised it has scarletite . And that i needed that to make gemsteel. I thought i was screwed,lol .
Luckily you found another way of getting it . Couldnt find any other guide that had alternatives. Drop rate so far is fairly doable. It gave me 2 scarletite in roughly 20 minutes
Really wish the whole “sell everything one at a time” thing was done at the beginning of this video.
No way I got it on my first try entering the rift ☺. Anyway thanks for the guide I love your FFXII content
Which hunt is that big turtle and how do i get it to spawn?
Good guide fuzz saved me a lot of headache trying to figure out how I was going to do this
Which monograph do you need?
Didn’t you say we need it for 2 weapons so doesn’t that mean we actually need 2x of each?
MAKE SURE you have the hunters monograph if you want the hells gate items!!
Hey fuzz what about this accessory turtle shell choker. Description enables casting of magicka with gil, rather than MP.
buy you can sell the gemsteel at the same time with the kumbha items, the game will count them together reducing the amount needed, right?
Do you need the diamond armlet when trying to get the hells gate flame? Also which mongraph is needed?
Fun fact, you get more hells gate flames than you'll possibly ever need if you grind for the muramasa, i mustve killed that damn bunny more times than i care too mention.
You can farm Chocobo lvl 99, in Ozmone plains. He ever drops a gemsteel + high arcana + a ribbon.
Really?
If you teleport to Dalmasca Estersand and play the fishing game you can get the starletite needed for tournesol and kumbha much faster than the turtle. Takes about an hour to finish and then ~20 minutes to get scarletite from the best fishing spot AND you get adamantite at the same time.
Couldnt you steal from the guy bring him to an edge then kill him and run out before he disappears the run back on to fight him again? Or does he not reset that way?
A bit of advice for some. To actually get the Cerberus to start dropping hells gate flame you have to have a chain of at least 3 started. So what I did was put vaan up and did his attacking manually then put Fran gambit as hp status = critical and then attack and I used ashe for no attacks but up as a poach every so often if Cerberus was not dropping and it seemed to even out on acquiring the hells gate. Got all 10 within probably 20 to 30 mins. Also I just zoned out through the area of the save crystal and that seemed to reset the enemies well.
Jeremy Evans you probably just got lucky, the monograph drops don't have anything to do wit the chains
Very helpful video. I'd best crack on it.
*Edit. 90 mins farming Hell Gate's Flame and all I got was 2. Last night it was so much better. I managed to get 2 dropped in a row. Pity there's no accessories to increase drop rates.
*All done now. All 10 gemsteel acquired.
Thank you Yggdrasil, hope it works out for you!
@@FuzzfingerGaming Sure. Someday. Going for a kip. Low drop rates + scaffolding = 😴.
How do you get that rare turtle hunt to spawn in the cerobbi steppe? The ones I find are named “Adamantitan.” Help!!!!
Do you have a video for the tournesol like you have for the kumbha?
You need the Hunters Monograph for the Hells Gate. After beating Thextera and Reporting it, go find Gastly in the Muthru Bazaar & he will unlock it in the shops for you.
Unlock what in the shops, the steels?
Wow thank you I spent an hour I’m like why isn’t it dropping, always read the comments!!!
With the area he went to go get the emeralditan to respawn he does realize 2-6 can spawn there right ? Asking cause I been farming scarletite for a different challenge and it's so much faster but didnt know there was a extra one down there
Steal from the "Bluesang" in Cerobi Steppe / Crossfield. easy 2 zone clear and 40% spawn, just steal from it. In the next episode in the series he shows where it is. But I was averaging 1 min runs for the Damascus Steel item. It was crazy fast. I had 10 in 15 mins on X4.
I was so sure I had the hunters monograph. 2 hrs later I realised I didn't.... great guide btw. beyond useful
Isaac Jenkinson what monagraph?
John cantu The hunters one. You have to find the guy (gatszy?) that gave you the thextra hunt in the bar then the bazaar for it to show up
Oh ok thanks.
Definitely kill the Anchag once you steal the Damascus steel, because he sometimes drops High Arcana.
Also you can lure him to the edge of the zone and use the same trick on him that you use on Dustia early game to respawn him with a fresh inventory
Dude sounds like David firth. I do appreciate the help here though
So I know this is an older video, but you can chain the wolves in the feywood and you can get them pretty easily that way
Chaining has no effect on monograph drops unfortunately.
I have killed so many cerberus to get hell gates flame so I do your poached ng method fuzz and I get one. I know u said it was a 5 percent drop but francisca drops when u kill cerberus so the drops follow fire gem, prime pelt, and francisca so I think if a francisca drops that takes the place of a hell gate flame. I finally got one from poaching.
Confirmed I got it from poaching again so poaching better at getting hell gate flame cause I got 2 in one more and poaching alot easier.
I got 14 Hell-Gate's Flame from poaching cause good fact it gets rid of the weapon if u poach.
It was faster then killing and was better then killing cause there's only one enemy that can't be poached there the golem can be poached and has a rare item can be killed, steal, or poach from to get Mystletainn. From the area cerberus is in the fey woods.
To speed it up, don't kill him go two zone out then come back kill all enemies and he'll spawn and you can steal again. Steal with all characters that can, it's his only item I believe.
For Anchag
I used the feywood to zone out it was a lot quicker
Wat manograph do I need and how do I get it
Interesting. You have 4 characters in the party now. I am trying to add 1 more character in the party. It won't let me. I have only 3 characters in the party.
Which Monograph do you need to have in your "Key Items" I have 5 different Monographs and im not getting the Hell Gate Flame to drop. Im playing on Switch if that makes any difference?
Hunters monograph from gastly after the second hunt you have to talk to him, I just had the same problem
@@lilukorbin2917 Thank you I found it
Hey Fuzz got a question for you. For Balthier's quickenings, which one's did you get. I picked the Foebreaker/Shikari jobs like you and I have to decide on which quickening nodes to choose because you can't get all four.
Angel Fuentes if you check game FAQs , most ppl said skip ninja blade 1
I actually recommend skipping Ninja Blade 2 or 3 rather than ninja blades 1. simply because NB1 gets you four options, and 2/3 only net you one.
Angel Fuentes buy a strategy guide bro literally everything you need is in it. I've already got all my weapons and armor, and it all came from the guide. if u know how to read tables and reference items in the lists you can get anything you need in a very fast way. So much speculation about percentages of drops, chains, monographs, yet it's all in the official guide!
been trying to get the hell gates flame for like 3 hours and i havnt had 1 yet lol
Thank you for the insight. First time playing zodiac age and so much is different ESPECIALLY farming Dalmascus Steel. If I could make a suggestion? Instead of killing Anchag and having to go through those mechanics, I've just been stealing. Once I have the Steel, there is an exit in the north western most part of that area. Exit that, then head kind of south west for the exit to the feywood. Then go back the way you came, clear the area and there is Anchag again. I do have to admit, I feel like this way is messing with gambit a tad more, but with speed up turned on I find myself saving lots of time. Not that your method is bad or anything by any means, just thought I would share that
Update: took me about I wanna say 25 minutes to get all 10
Great suggestion, thanks! Hopefully it will help others too.
To purchase a bazaar good do you need to sell all the necessary items in one transaction?
no but it guarantees that your only getting the one item that needs them.
A bit of time ? Took me hours to get 8 hell-gates flame but still a good guide , keep up the good work Brummie Boy 👍👍👍
Ugh. The Hell Gate''s Flame is a nightmare. I have all monographs, and I've respawned the area 3 times and still haven't gotten the first one.
I got Scarlettite from fishing more than anything honestly
Do you know which stage the Tournesol can be looted in Trial Mode by any chance? I've already killed the Hunt Club mark that has scarletite (might try the lvl 99 chocobo's first, but that seems like a pain)
Turtles in Nabreus Deadlands drop Scarletite, it's a monograph drop so no need to even chain them.
Oh, nice! Thanks, I'll try that out.
Great trick u dont need to leave de rift either just 2 zones but i never killed him got 8 in 10 mins!
I tried to stealing more of the Scarletite by making the Aspidochelon respawn and after stealing from it once it won't let me steal another one. It keeps saying "nothing to steal" I even went out one map and went back in to see it again and I still can't steal it again
Barren gotta go out two
you have to go out 2 waypoints and go back to where Aspi is located in order to reset the steal..
I can’t get anchag to spawn in the area I really want the Kumbha but I’m afraid that the only way to get Damascus steel is by anchag
Need to kill all the enemy first. If you already spawned him once, you need to leave palmina rift and at least load 2 zone to make monster spawn again. Try the west exits and west again to go to the feywood. That way you load two and leave palmina.
Yeah the old glitch in the game from the PS2 version you need 500 chain combo & it appeared every 3, But I noticed that wolf never gives it if your chain is above 10. But Going in and out the save area and the boss area I seemed to get a lot. I got 12 in 37 minutes doing that over and over. But I don't know if that from me just being super lucky or there are still some math glitches still.
Yeah I was sort of wondering why I only got 2 Hell-Gate's Flames after a chain of 380. I was really getting annoyed. As soon as I found out that chaining doesn't heighten the chance of getting it, I just killed everything and broke my chain. It only took half an hour to get the other 8
Hate the Hellsgate Flames. *shutters* Ohh how I hate them. I chained 105 cerebuses (only).
Is a monograph needed for the Hells-Gate Flame?
Yes , the hunter one
@@SamiraAlghamdi-s1j whats the hunter one?
Please continue the ingredients to get the Tournesol Fuzz pls pls pls
This weapon was such a huge dickride to obtain I got it on the ps2 izjs legit took me 3 days of grinding
Do you get the free gemsteel from any 8 espers or just the ones from the story?
Any of them.
Probably been said before but you dont need to leave Paramina Rift to make the Anchag appear. Only need to go two zones away.
Wohooo I'm the 1000th Like!
The best way to get Hell Gate Flames is to not pick up every dropped item after defeating a fiend, I tried doing the chain method but to no avail. So I thought to myself "Hmm maybe if I don't pick up everything I'll have a much better chance in getting it" and it worked a lot more favorable than one might think. The same method can be applied for getting Serpent Eyes from the Basilisk, to make Serpentarius.
Why does everyone say you need 30 hells gate flame i have everything for the tournsoul just need 1 more empyreal soul and i still have 24 hellsgate flames left?
you have to sell 2HGF+2damascus+1scar for 1Gemsteel (you have to repeat this method to get 3Gemsteel), dont sell 6HGF+6damascus+3scar coz it will only give you 1Gemsteel
@@marilynbumagat8467 exactly but all guides for getting the tournsoul say you need 30 hellsgate flames but you only need 6
Great vid again but I'm an expert at the old ps2 version and your right about cerebus but if you equip Baan say,with the water sword massamarasa gambits to foe water weak they the Cerberus will only be attacked get penelo ideally ,to equip Excalibur foe holy weak the tartarus blue ones and who ever buffing up vaan and penelo they spawn the same places everytime. So two zone away past the Crystal into were the mirror knight's are back to them and although they hells gate flames are only five per cent it's better to chain them reason is when they do start to drop them they seem to do it all at once it took me an hour and it is humbley worth the grind the scarlitite there's three of them the one you farmed thread another to you left diagonally head down to mini bridge through the barrier into open field one there and head back to Crystal back out twenty mins but your ways quicker I'll try on new version but did you know you can get Damascus steel in the step off the very same method off a rare game June called bluesang just same as the tortoise same steal technique same method and all three items should take two hours max. Try getting soul powder that is fun. Not lol
are you having a stroke?
Does anyone know how he's getting so many arcana to drop?
canopic jar maybe?
How does vann keep blocking
he was using the invisible shield called Gendarme, if u noticed vaan is using 1H sword called deathbringer..
Oh, and put EVERY character to steal. Thief's cuffs didn't seem to make any difference for some reason
in this video ur audio is great. but on some others i cant hear u. try to fix that plz.
Been farming for the Hell gates flame for 6 hours now and not a single one has dropped???? I've tried to chain them "brought it to a 311 chain" nothing tried not chaining them I've easily killed over 1000 of the red guys and not a single hell gates flame I've got 99 Francisca's and 99 X-potions though...
There is no way it has a 5% drop rate because I would've got one already with killing over 1000 of them I should have 5 of them for killing 100 if it was 5% drop rate but yet here I sit with 0 with 1000 kills
You have to have the Hunter's Monograph or it will never drop, as you just unfortunately found out.
Thank you sir for bestowing your infinite wisdom upon my retardation :)
Np the grind in this game is hard enough!
Its' not to bad. Most issue with this video for me is the Scarletite. I even got the Seitengrat bow in 15 minutes so I guess the RNG has been very nice to me thus far
For the Hell Gate items you should ONLY kill the dogs to build up the chain bro! a lot quicker.
Hmm, I'm almost certain they are a Monograph drop which are not affected by chains.
Mikkel S Doesn't work that way
You are 100% correct Fuzz - Monograph drops aren't dependent upon battle-chain levels. They are just the flat % - whatever listed in the wikia // usually it's like 10-15% for a given special item to drop, but Hell-Gate Flame is particularly cruel, at just 5% chance to drop (one of the lowest of all Monograph drops in the game, I believe). which is why it's so hated, and why so many myths have built up about how to get them, over the years ;-)
What monograph and how do you get it?
no they are not but the number of wich you get is! just saying it drops more of them at a time.