Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age Guide Walkthrough Part 4

The Feywood

Action Checklist

1. Cross the northern half of the Feywood.

2. Defeat Rafflesia.

	Pop odds	If pop, Gil odds & Amt		Normal Loot		w/Diamond Armlet
#	App. %	Gil %	Amt. if Gil	50%	50%	95%	5%
1	65%	50%	~250	Ether	Bacchus’s Wine	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
2	65%	50%	~250	Rime Fang	Handkerchief	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (B)
3	65%	50%	~250	Rime Fang	Gold Needle	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
4	65%	50%	~250	Ether	Prince’s Kiss	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
5	65%	50%	~250	Soleil Fang	Antidote	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
6	65%	50%	~250	Ether	Hi-Ether	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
7	65%	50%	~250	Ether	Hi-Ether	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
8	65%	50%	~250	Ether	Remedy	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
9	60%	50%	~300	Ether	Eye Drops	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (B)
10	65%	50%	~250	Lightning Fang	Phoenix Down	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (C)
11	60%	50%	~300	Lightning Fang	Echo Herbs	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
12	75%	50%	~300	Ether	Prince’s Kiss	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (B)
13	75%	50%	~300	Ether	Serum	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
14	75%	50%	~300	Ether	Serum	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
15	75%	50%	~300	Ether	Chronos Tear	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
16	75%	50%	~300	Rime Fang	Hi-Ether	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
17	75%	50%	~300	Ether	Nu Khai Sand	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
18	75%	50%	~300	Ether	Handkerchief	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
19	75%	50%	~300	Ether	Serum	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
20	75%	50%	~300	Soleil Fang	Phoenix Down	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (B)
21	75%	50%	~300	Soleil Fang	Serum	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
22	75%	50%	~300	Rime Fang	Nu Khai Sand	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (B)
23	75%	50%	~300	Ether	Bacchus’s Wine	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
24	75%	50%	~300	Ether	Gold Needle	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
25	75%	50%	~300	Lightning Fang	Hi-Ether	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
26	75%	50%	~300	Rime Fang	Chronos Tear	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (B)
27	75%	50%	~300	Ether	Hi-Potion	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (C)
28	75%	50%	~300	Ether	Remedy	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
29	75%	50%	~300	Ether	Chronos Tear	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
30	75%	50%	~300	Rime Fang	Phoenix Down	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
31	75%	50%	~300	Ether	Gold Needle	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
32	75%	50%	~300	Ether	Chronos Tear	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
33	25%	0%	—	Embroidered Tippet	Embroidered Tippet	Embroidered Tippet	Embroidered Tippet
34	100%	0%	—	Domaine Calvados	Domaine Calvados	Domaine Calvados	Domaine Calvados
35	100%	0%	—	X-Potion	X-Potion	X-Potion	X-Potion
36	75%	50%	~300	Ether	Chronos Tear	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (B)
37	75%	50%	~300	Ether	Hi-Potion	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
38	75%	50%	~300	Ether	Hi-Potion	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
39	100%	0%	—	Dispelga	Dispelga	Dispelga	Dispelga
40	75%	50%	~300	Rime Fang	Hi-Potion	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (C)
41	75%	50%	~300	Ether	Phoenix Down	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (B)
42	75%	50%	~300	Rime Fang	Hi-Ether	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
43	100%	0%	—	Golden Amulet	Golden Amulet	Golden Amulet	Golden Amulet
44	75%	50%	~300	Ether	Hi-Potion	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
45	75%	50%	~300	Ether	Giant’s Helmet	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
46	75%	50%	~300	Ether	Carabineer Mail	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
47	75%	50%	~300	Ether	Chakra Band	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
48	75%	50%	~300	Rime Fang	Remedy	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
49	100%	0%	—	Bubble Belt	Bubble Belt	Bubble Belt	Bubble Belt
50	75%	50%	~300	Soleil Fang	Jade Gown	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
51	75%	50%	~300	Soleil Fang	Hypnocrown	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (B)
52	75%	50%	~300	Rime Fang	Hi-Ether	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
53	75%	50%	~300	Ether	Power Vest	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
54	75%	50%	~300	Rime Fang	Serum	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (C)
55	75%	50%	~300	Ether	Kaiser Shield	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (B)
56	75%	50%	~300	Ether	Power Armlet	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
57	75%	50%	~300	Ether	Platinum Dagger	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
58	100%	0%	—	Defender	Defender	Defender	Defender
59	75%	50%	~300	Ether	Trident	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
60	5%	50%	~200	Lightning Fang	Ether	Knot of Rust	Baltoro Seed
61	75%	70%	~300	Ether	Spica	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
62	75%	50%	~300	Ether	Morning Star	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (C)
63	100%	0%	—	Reflectga	Reflectga	Reflectga	Reflectga
64	75%	50%	~300	Soleil Fang	Deathbringer	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (B)
65	75%	50%	~300	Ether	Ivory Pole	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
66	75%	50%	~300	Lightning Fang	Traitor’s Bow	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (A)
67	75%	40%	~350	Remedy	Serum	Knot of Rust	Meteorite (B)

Cross North Feywood

The first thing the party runs into is a swarm of Deadly Nightshades. Although they may look cute, don’t underestimate their lethality, especially in large packs. Creatures in the Feywood tend to cast magick such as Haste, Protect, and Shell upon themselves. Make sure your Dispel spell is at the ready.

You’ll find hyena-like creatures like a flaming Cerberus in the east, and massive Mirrorknights in the west.

Proceed to the southeast and cross the zone line into the Walk of Stolen Truths. Now just follow the left cliff wall until you find an alcove with the Map Urn. Your immediate goal is the small area called Antiquity’s End to the south, where you’ll find a Save Crystal. After saving, head for the dense, swirling mist in the southern exit. It prevents you from advancing, but then the spirit of Rasler appears again and opens a way to the south. Follow him through. He leads the party right into the lair of Rafflesia.

Someone seems to be lending a hand, opening a way through the dense mist.

Rafflesia

This battle is a status effects nightmare. Rafflesia slings every manner of ailment at the party, plus the MP Drain Field quickly drains your MP down to nothing. That’s right—every active character in your party soon loses the ability to cast any magick, including status removal magick!

Thus, it helps if you have plenty of status removal items available. Before you take your first swing (or even before you enter the clearing), you should adjust all of your status-removal gambits so that they use items instead of spells. For example, replace Blindna with Eye Drops, Raise with Phoenix Down, and so on.

Immediately upon entering, before Mist Points have been drained, direct any characters capable of casting Dispel to aim it at Rafflesia. This will remove its Haste, Shell, and Regen status buffs.

When your party has no more magick, just hack away with good old-fashioned weapon attacks. When Rafflesia’s HP hits the halfway mark, it spawns a trio of Malboros. Turn your attention to them and wipe them out, then go back to Rafflesia.

Another very effective tactic is to equip as many members of your party as possible with Mirror Mail. Those allies (like everyone else in your party) will rely on Potions for HP recovery anyway, so they don’t really lose out on curing magick. With Mirror Mail, the status ailment spells ricochet harmlessly away and you can hack away at the big stalk boy. Note that you can pick up dropped Mirror Mail from the Mirrorknights that prowl the Walk of Dancing Shadow area to the west if you build up a good Battle Chain against them.

By the way, check out Rafflesia’s official classification in your Clan Primer Bestiary: “Aggressive Vegetable.” After Rafflesia finally falls, go back north to use the Save Crystal and then move into the southern part of the Feywood.