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Contents

  • Changelog
    • Updates
  • Foreword
    • Foreword
  • Getting Started
    • Return to Ivalice
    • Character Relationships
  • Treasure Chest System
    • Treasure Chest System
  • Battle System
    • Battle System
  • Gambits
    • Gambits
  • Zodiac Job System
    • Zodiac Job System
    • Party Composition
    • Jobs
    • Archer
    • Black Mage
    • Bushi
    • Foebreaker
    • Knight
    • Machinist
    • Monk
    • Red Battlemage
    • Shikari
    • Time Battlemage
    • Uhlan
    • White Mage
  • Espers and Quickenings
    • Espers
    • Quickenings
  • Trophies
    • Trophies
  • Walkthrough Part 1
    • Introduction
    • The Story Begins
    • Nalbina Fortress
    • Rabanastre 1
    • Dalmasca Estersand (The Stepping)
    • Lowtown 1
    • Giza Plains (Dry)
    • Garamsythe Waterway 1
    • Royal Palace of Rabanastre
    • Garamsythe Waterway 2
    • Nalbina Dungeons
    • Fire Up the Power Relay and Open the Gate
    • Dalmasca Estersand
  • Walkthrough Part 2
    • Rabanastre 2
    • Lowtown 2
    • Back to Rabanastre
    • Bhujerba 1
    • Lhusu Mines
    • Bhujerba 2
    • The Dreadnought Leviathan
    • Ogir-Yensa Sandsea
    • Nam-Yensa Sandsea
    • Tomb of Raithwall
    • Giza Plains (The Rains)
    • Ozmone Plain
    • Jahara—Land of the Garif
    • Golmore Jungle 1
    • Eruyt Village
    • Golmore Jungle/Ozmone Plain
    • The Henne Mines
    • Golmore Jungle 2
    • Paramina Rift 1
    • Mt Bur-Omisace
    • Paramina Rift 2
  • Walkthrough Part 3
    • Stilshrine of Miriam
    • Nalbina Town
    • Mosphoran Highwaste
    • The Salikawood
    • The Phon Coast
    • Tchita Uplands
    • Sochen Cave Palace
    • Sochen Cave Palace (Main)
    • Old Archades
    • The Imperial City of Archades
    • Draklor Laboratory
  • Walkthrough Part 4
    • Balfonheim Port 1
    • Golmore Jungle
    • The Feywood
    • The Feywood (South)
    • The Ancient City of Giruvegan
    • Balfonheim Port 2
    • Ridorana Cataract
    • First Ascent: Horizon of First
    • Second Ascent: Reach of Diamond Law
    • Third Ascent: Mete of Dynasty
    • Balfonheim Port 3
    • Sky Fortress Bahamut
  • Side Events
    • Side Events Part 1
    • Side Events Part 2
    • Side Events Part 3
    • Side Events Part 4
    • Side Events Part 5
    • Other Stuff
  • Weapons, Armor, and Accessories
    • One-Handed Weapons
    • Two-Handed Weapons
    • Ranged Weapons
    • Shields & Armor
    • Accessories
  • Items
    • Items
  • Technicks and Magicks
    • Technicks and Magicks
  • The Bazaar
    • The Bazaar
  • Bestiary
    • Overview Enemies
    • The Dalmasca Sands Enemies
    • Giza Plains Enemies
    • The Garamsythe Waterway Enemies
    • The Barheim Passage Enemies
    • The Lhusu Mines Enemies
    • The Yensan Sandsea Enemies
    • The Tomb of Raithwall Enemies
    • Ozmone Plain Enemies
    • Golmore Jungle Enemies
    • The Henne Mines Enemies
    • Paramina Rift Enemies
    • The Stilshrine of Miriam Enemies
    • The Mosphoran Highwaste Enemies
    • The Salikawood Enemies
    • Phon Coast Enemies
    • Tchita Uplands Enemies
    • The Sochen Cave Palace Enemies
    • The Feywood Enemies
    • The Ancient City of Giruvegan Enemies
    • The Ridorana Cataract Enemies
    • The Pharos Enemies
    • Zertinan Caverns Enemies
    • Cerobi Steppe Enemies
    • The Nabreus Deadlands Enemies
    • The Necrohol of Nabudis Enemies
    • Marks
    • Elite Marks Enemies
    • Espers Enemies
    • Bosses
    • Rare Game Enemies
    • Humanoid Enemies
    • The Archadian Empire Enemies
  • Trial Mode
    • Trial Mode

Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age Guide › Walkthrough Part 2

Lowtown 2

Montblanc’s Largesse

Always visit the Clan Hall whenever you return to Rabanastre from your latest adventure. Montblanc offers rewards for any bosses or rare game you’ve defeated.

When you’re finished shopping (or window-shopping, as the case may be), head down to visit Old Dalan in Lowtown.

Be a Smart Buyer

Unless you’ve been overly active about acquiring loot and LP by obsessively revisiting areas you’ve already cleared, your resources may be limited at this point in the game, so spend carefully on equipment.

Remember that all party members can share certain purchases with the associated licenses, including those who join up later (except guests). For example, all party members can use licensed magicks and technicks, once purchased. In addition, all party members can use any of the gambits you buy, so you can be somewhat thrifty in this area.

Visit Old Dalan and Make His Delivery

Talk to Old Dalan to trigger an event. Vaan shows Dalan the stone, then the old man sends him on an errand. He wants Vaan to deliver a sword to someone named Azelas. Dalan marks his location on the area map; the red “X” isn’t far away, just up in the North Sprawl of Lowtown. Vaan asks Old Dalan to help him find out where Penelo is and the old man agrees.

Old Dalan wants Vaan to deliver a Sword of the Order to Azelas in the North Sprawl.

Follow the path to the “X” on the map and locate a man named Balzac sitting on a crate. Speak to him and he lets you into a secret Resistance hideout. Inside, men argue about the King’s assassination. Then Basch emerges…in his Dalmascan uniform. After the event, Basch joins your party.

As Vaan and Basch exit, Basch asks Vaan to take him to Balthier to acquire “wings.” Vaan agrees. Basch now joins your party.

Shield Basch

Basch joins with some nice equipment and licenses, plus a lot of LP to spend. However, he starts with no shield. Give him one right away if at all possible, or buy one at Panamis’s Protectives.

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