Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age Guide Walkthrough Part 3

Mosphoran Highwaste

The map of the Mosphoran Highwaste shown here reflects only the areas of the main routes that are directly connected. To learn about access to the secret areas, refer to the “Side Quests” chapter in this guide.

Action Checklist

1. Cross the Mosphoran Highwaste.

	Pop odds	If pop, Gil odds & Amt		Normal Loot		w/Diamond Armlet
#	App. %	Gil %	Amt. if Gil	50%	50%	90%	10%
1	80%	30%	~320	Potion	Echo Herbs	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
2	80%	30%	~320	Potion	Echo Herbs	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
3	80%	30%	~320	Potion	Echo Herbs	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
4	70%	30%	~320	Phoenix Down	Echo Herbs	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
5	80%	30%	~320	Potion	Echo Herbs	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (B)
6	80%	35%	~360	Phoenix Down	Echo Herbs	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
7	80%	35%	~360	Aqua Mote	Echo Herbs	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
8	75%	40%	~290	Potion	Golden Staff	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
9	80%	35%	~360	Chronos Tear	Echo Herbs	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
10	80%	35%	~360	Aqua Mote	Hi-Potion	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
11	75%	40%	~290	Bio Mote	Kiku-ichimonji	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
12	80%	35%	~360	Chronos Tear	Bio Mote	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
13	70%	50%	~280	Echo Herbs	Antidote	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
14	70%	50%	~280	Echo Herbs	Hi-Potion	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
15	60%	50%	~280	Phoenix Down	Echo Herbs	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (C)
16	70%	50%	~280	Aqua Mote	Hi-Potion	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (B)
17	70%	50%	~280	Echo Herbs	Hi-Potion	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
18	70%	40%	~250	Echo Herbs	Avenger	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (B)
19	70%	35%	~300	Echo Herbs	Hi-Potion	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
20	100%	0%	—	Stamp	Stamp	Stamp	Stamp
21	80%	0%	—	Blood Sword	Blood Sword	Blood Sword	Blood Sword
22	50%	50%	500	Chronos Tear	Serum	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (C)
23	100%	100%	~50	—	—	—	—
24	100%	0%	—	Thief’s Cuffs	Thief’s Cuffs	Thief’s Cuffs	Thief’s Cuffs
25	100%	0%	—	Turtleshell Choker	Turtleshell Choker	Turtleshell Choker	Turtleshell Choker
26	100%	100%	6636	—	—	—	—
27	60%	30%	~400	Phoenix Down	Balance Mote	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (B)
28	100%	0%	—	Gillie Boots	Gillie Boots	Gillie Boots	Gillie Boots
29	75%	40%	~250	Echo Herbs	Diamond Armor	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
30	75%	40%	~250	Echo Herbs	Black Garb	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
31	70%	30%	~400	Echo Herbs	Remedy	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
32	75%	35%	~400	Echo Herbs	Potion	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
33	70%	40%	~350	Echo Herbs	Black Garb	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
34	75%	40%	~350	Echo Herbs	Remedy	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
35	70%	40%	~350	Echo Herbs	Metal Jerkin	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (B)
36	70%	40%	~350	Echo Herbs	Dragon Shield	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
37	75%	35%	~500	Echo Herbs	Potion	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
38	70%	40%	~350	Echo Herbs	Giant Stonebow	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
39	75%	40%	~350	Echo Herbs	Remedy	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
40	75%	35%	~250	Echo Herbs	Gold Needle	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
41	90%	90%	~120	Hi-Ether	Hi-Ether	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (B)
42	80%	0%	—	Elixir	Elixir	Elixir	Elixir
43	70%	50%	~400	Echo Herbs	Nu Khai Sand	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
44	70%	50%	~400	Aqua Mote	Ether	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (B)
45	100%	0%	—	Dispel Mote	Dispel Mote	Dispel Mote	Dispel Mote
46	100%	0%	—	Reflectga Mote	Reflectga Mote	Reflectga Mote	Reflectga Mote

Hike Through the Highwaste

Mosphoran Highwaste. Sounds like a fun place, doesn’t it? These mountain passes and canyons are crawling with wolf-like Worgens, making it a good place to string together a Battle Chain. The party starts in the Southern Skirts. Move northwest. You can take either one of two exits leading up to the next area, Summit Path, but watch out for the explosive traps blocking the passages. Move up against the ravine walls and carefully move past the traps.

Beware the Fire Elemental floating around this area. Your party may be strong enough to challenge this elemental, but make sure you know where the zone exits are just in case things get out of hand. Keep an eye out for the Wary Wolf on the Summit Path, too; it’s a powerful Rare Game animal—very rare, in fact!

Exit from Summit Path to the northwest into Babbling Vale. This area is a caravan rest stop with a Save Crystal, a traveling merchant named Luccio, and a Scout moogle who sells a Mosphoran Highwaste map and tells of a giant Bomb deep in the Salikawood. (This is an optional boss you can fight later.) Among new weapons and armor, Luccio also sells Aeroga and Vanishga.

Side Quest: The Wind Shrines

If you acquire the Mosphoran Highwaste map from the moogle in the Babbling Vale and examine it, you will see a number of seemingly unconnected areas tucked in and around the main areas of the Highwaste. These are areas that you can reach by finding the hidden paths.

Note the eight wind shrines around the Babbling Vale area of the Mosphoran Highwaste. Talk to the Learned Man looking at the northeast shrine and he gives you some information about what he has learned. Note, however, that you must return later to unlock the shrine puzzle, which leads to an Esper named Exodus. Also, the “Trouble in the Hills” hunt target, Atomos, is located in Northern Skirts.

Exit the Babbling Vale to the north into the coolest-sounding area so far, the Trail of Sky-flung Stone. Pythons start popping up to attack, so be ready. Near the rock bridge, a flock of Vultures can be seen circling above. Shoot them out of the sky and move to the east exit.

Remember to swap in party members with ranged weapons against flyers like the Vultures that patrol the Trail of Sky-flung Stone. If Fran is your archer, move her attack gambits higher and let others do the healing.

Now fight through the Northern Skirts to a long bridge at Halny Crossing. You'll run into the lumbering Atomos along the way through Northern Skirts, if you've triggered that hunt. Run across it to leave the Mosphoran Highwaste behind and enter the Salikawood.