Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age Guide Walkthrough Part 2

Paramina Rift 2

OBJECTIVE

Find the Sword of Kings in the Stilshrine of Miriam

The Gran Kiltias made mention of a great sword that can destroy nethicite. It is hidden in a vast underground sanctuary south of the frigid hoarfrost of the Paramina Rift.

Action Checklist

1. Cross the Paramina Rift to find the Stilshrine of Miriam.

Enemies here are the same as Paramina Rift's earlier listing.

Cross the Paramina Rift

Leave Mt Bur-Omisace and head back into Paramina Rift. Wander the wider Paramina Rift, if you want to just explore or take a peek at the Feywood via the western exit from the Icebound Flow area. At this point in the game, though, the Feywood beasts are likely many levels higher than your characters. Also, avoid the extremely powerful Anchag creature that roams in the Karydine Glacier. This foe can KO a party member with a single hit!

Side Quest: Paramina Exploration

To try the side quest/exploration route in the Paramina Rift, start at the Frozen Brook and head either east into the Icebound Flow or south into the Karydine Glacier. Explore the areas shown on this map, but don’t exit Icebound Flow to the west into the Feywood yet! Fierce foes at level 40 and higher roam that area.

There are a number of hunts in this area: Befoulment of the Beast, Wyrm Wrath’s Renewal, and Paramina Run. Paramina Run is a fight against a white chocobo named “Trickster,” and it is especially difficult. It does, however, earn a Bronze-grade "Sharpshooter" trophy.

For purposes of the story walkthrough, the most direct route to the Stilshrine starts at Freezing Gorge and heads south to Frozen Brook, then southwest to the Path of the Firstfall where you find a Save Crystal. From the crystal, go west and then south to exit into the Spine of the Icewyrm area, where some new enemies make an appearance. In particular, you must cross an ice bridge guarded by a trio of flying Garuda-Egi (weak against Dark magick) and filled with explosive traps. Use your ranged-weapon allies and magick attackers against them. If you've started the hunt for the Feral Retriever, you'll encounter it along this route to the west of the Save Crystal as well.

Continue south through Silverflow’s End, but watch out for a Level 29 Emperor Aevis lurking in this area. Hit it with a few Thunder spells to soften it up, then take it down. Finally, exit south to reach the Stilshrine of Miriam.