Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age Guide Walkthrough Part 2

Lhusu Mines

Action Checklist

1. Work your way into Site 2.

2. Escape Ba’Gamnan and crew!

	Pop odds	If pop, Gil odds & Amt		Normal Loot		w/Diamond Armlet
#	App. %	Gil %	Amt. if Gil	50%	50%	90%	10%
1	100%	0%	—	Silence	Silence	Silence	Silence
2	70%	35%	~220	Aqua Mote	Bronze Mace	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
3	70%	35%	~220	Aero Mote	Hi-Potion	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
4	70%	40%	~220	Aqua Mote	Osafune	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (B)
5	70%	30%	~220	Dark Mote	Chronos Tear	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
6	70%	30%	~220	Aero Mote	Ether	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
7	75%	40%	~240	Dark Mote	Topkapi Hat	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (B)
8	75%	40%	~240	Aero Mote	Onion Bombs	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
9	75%	40%	~240	Dark Mote	Echo Herbs	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
10	70%	30%	~270	Balance Mote	Potion	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
11	70%	40%	~270	Aero Mote	Leather Headgear	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (B)
12	100%	0%	—	Numerology	Numerology	Numerology	Numerology
13	80%	30%	~270	Potion	Potion	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
14	80%	30%	~270	Potion	Aero Mote	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
15	80%	30%	~270	Potion	Potion	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (B)
16	70%	30%	~260	Aero Mote	Steel Gorget	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
17	70%	30%	~260	Potion	Serpent Rod	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
18	75%	30%	~260	Dispel Mote	Ether	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (C)
19	70%	30%	~260	Cura Mote	Handkerchief	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (B)
20	80%	30%	~260	Gravity Mote	Assassin’s Dagger	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (B)
21	80%	30%	~260	Hi-Potion	Gold Needle	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
22	70%	30%	~260	Chronos Tear	Battle Bamboo	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
23	70%	30%	~260	Aero Mote	Phoenix Down	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
24	100%	0%	—	Multiscale	Multiscale	Multiscale	Multiscale
25	90%	50%	~450	Dark Mote	Warp Mote	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
26	90%	50%	~450	Cura Mote	Float Mote	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
27	90%	50%	~450	Aqua Mote	Hastega Mote	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
28	90%	50%	~450	Dispel Mote	Balance Mote	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (B)
29	100%	0%	—	Koga Blade	Koga Blade	Koga Blade	Koga Blade
30	100%	0%	—	Tumulus	Tumulus	Tumulus	Tumulus
31	90%	50%	~450	Bio Mote	Reflectga Mote	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (B)
32	100%	0%	—	Indigo Pendant	Indigo Pendant	Indigo Pendant	Indigo Pendant
33	90%	50%	~500	Aqua Mote	Cura Mote	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (C)
34	90%	50%	~500	Bio Mote	Dispel Mote	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (B)
35	100%	0%	—	Iga Blade	Iga Blade	Iga Blade	Iga Blade
36	90%	50%	~500	Dark Mote	Aeroga Mote	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
37	100%	0%	—	Expose	Expose	Expose	Expose
38	90%	50%	~500	Aero Mote	Gravity Mote	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (B)
39	90%	50%	~600	Bubble Mote	Cura Mote	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (B)
40	100%	0%	—	Orochi	Orochi	Orochi	Orochi
41	90%	50%	~600	Bio Mote	Oil Bombs	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
42	100%	0%	—	Zwill Crossblade	Zwill Crossblade	Zwill Crossblade	Zwill Crossblade
43	100%	0%	—	Golden Skullcap	Golden Skullcap	Golden Skullcap	Golden Skullcap
44	100%	0%	—	Renewing Morion	Renewing Morion	Renewing Morion	Renewing Morion
45	90%	50%	~600	Cura Mote	Holy Mote	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (B)
46	100%	0%	—	Dragon Whisker	Dragon Whisker	Dragon Whisker	Dragon Whisker
47	90%	50%	~600	Bio Mote	Vanishga Mote	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
48	90%	50%	~600	Bio Mote	Cura Mote	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (B)
49	90%	50%	~600	Dark Mote	Dispel Mote	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
50	90%	50%	~600	Bio Mote	Aeroga Mote	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (C)
51	100%	0%	—	Bone of Byblos	Bone of Byblos	Bone of Byblos	Bone of Byblos
52	100%	0%	—	Quasimodo Boots	Quasimodo Boots	Quasimodo Boots	Quasimodo Boots
53	90%	50%	~600	Hastega Mote	Reverse Mote	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (B)
54	90%	50%	~600	Dark Mote	Reflectga Mote	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
55	100%	0%	—	Glimmering Robes	Glimmering Robes	Glimmering Robes	Glimmering Robes
56	90%	50%	~600	Bubble Mote	Float Mote	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
57	90%	50%	~600	Warp Mote	Lead Bolts	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
58	100%	0%	—	Arcturus	Arcturus	Arcturus	Arcturus
59	100%	0%	—	Magepower Shishak	Magepower Shishak	Magepower Shishak	Magepower Shishak
60	90%	50%	~600	Aqua Mote	Holy Mote	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (B)
61	90%	50%	~600	Aero Mote	Aeroga Mote	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
62	90%	50%	~600	Dark Mote	Wyrmfire Shot	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
63	25%	0%	—	Germinas Boots	Germinas Boots	Germinas Boots	Germinas Boots
64	100%	0%	—	Maximillian	Maximillian	Maximillian	Maximillian
65	100%	100%	—	Whale Whisker	Whale Whisker	Whale Whisker	Whale Whisker
66	100%	0%	—	Scathe	Scathe	Scathe	Scathe
67	100%	0%	—	Masamune	Masamune	Masamune	Masamune

Get to Site 2

Descend into the Shaft Entry to trigger an event in which your party ducks away to avoid an Imperial inspection party led by the Archadian Judge Ghis and the Marquis Ondore.

Imperial inspectors grill Marquis Ondore about the mine’s magicite shipments.

After they pass, Lamont emerges and recalls how the Marquis served as the mediator at the negotiations of Dalmasca’s surrender. The question now: Are Ondore and Bhujerba still neutral? Or are the rumors true that he’s secretly helping the anti-Imperial resistance?

Continue into the mines. The path is linear, so just keep moving from sector to sector, battling bats and undead defenders while scoring treasures. Watch out for traps, though! Make sure you move down the westernmost corridor of the Shaft Entry, or else a gate will block the path to the west.

If you locate this gate in the Shaft Entry, head back north and then west to come out on the other side.

When you reach Transitway 1, the path splits. An impassable gate (for now) blocks the left path, so take the right fork. Continue north into the next sector, the Shunia Twinspan.

Fight your way through Skeletons and Skull Defenders across the span. There are a lot of these skeleton-type enemies here, so this is a great place to build up a good, long Battle Chain and earn some decent loot items. After clearing out all of the skeletons, move north to Site 2.

The Shunia Twinspan is loaded with skeleton enemies. Have the party fight back and forth over the bridge to build up a Battle Chain.

Unlike regular magicite, nethicite absorbs magickal energy, making it a very powerful substance. According to Lamont, the Draklor Laboratory has been behind research into the manufacture of nethicite. Balthier starts grilling the boy about his sources and identity, but is interrupted by the appearance of Ba’Gamnan and his bangaa crew. Ba’Gamnan claims he let Penelo loose and she ran off. Lamont leads a rush past the bangaas and the chase is on!

Your party isn’t strong enough to take on Ba’Gamnan’s crew. Although the fight isn’t entirely hopeless, it is very difficult and there’s no reward for winning. Therefore, just press and hold the R2 button and retrace your route all the way back to the Shaft Entry. When you cross the boundary into that sector, the pursuers give up and you can relax. Move all the way through the Shaft Entry to the exit into Bhujerba.

Don’t try to take on the bangaa boys. Just run!

Back in Bhujerba

The escape from the mines triggers a very interesting event. The boy, Lamont, turns out to be somewhat more than he seemed. After “Lamont” exits with Penelo for the Marquis’s estate, Basch says that the entire party now has reason to meet Ondore. But how to arrange such a meeting?