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Final Fantasy XIII Guide

by Ryan Winterhalter

Say farewell to tranquility. Join Lightning, Snow, Vanille and

crew in restoring peace to Cocoon, one chapter at a time. We'll

do our part with character and weapon leveling tips, plus a

complete walkthrough with boss fight strategies and more.

Inside this Final Fantasy XIII guide...

» Character & Weapon Leveling

» Battle System Breakdown

» Game Walkthrough

» Mission & Hunts Guide

» Achievements & Trophies Tips

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Final Fantasy XIII Guide Contents

Introduction

Battle Basics

Character & Weapon Leveling

Paradigms & Battle System

Battle Strategies

Walkthrough

Chapter 1 Walkthrough

Chapter 2 Walkthrough

Chapter 3 Walkthrough

Chapter 4 Walkthrough

Chapter 5 Walkthrough

Chapter 6 Walkthrough

Chapter 7 Walkthrough

Chapter 8 Walkthrough

Chapter 9 Walkthrough

Chapter 10 Walkthrough

Chapter 11 Walkthrough

Chapter 12 Walkthrough

Chapter 13 Walkthrough

Mission Guide

Items & Enemies Appendix

Achievements / Trophies

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Final Fantasy XIII Combat & Leveling Basics

Character & Weapon Leveling Paradigms & Battle System Battle Strategies

Chrystarium System & Character Leveling

Levelling up your characters in Final Fantasy XIII is a linear process. Throughout the first half of the game,

each character will only have access to three paradigms. The game provides enough enemies to max out each

class before it expands the Chrystarium.

After each character gains access to all of the classes, it is still a good idea to keep leveling them in their

original Paradigms. The CP cost of each new ability grows exponentially and you'll need to devote your energy

into obtaining the high level abilities in the characters' original Paradigms instead of the low level abilities in

new ones.

For example, late in chapter twelve you will run across an extremely powerful enemy, one of deadliest and

most powerful in the game. Unless you've leveled up your party, and Vanille's high level Saboteur abilities in

particular, you'll have no chance to take this enemy down.

Within the three classes granted to each character, use your own discretion when choosing which ones to

focus on first. Study the trees below and choose the path you want to take. You can easily switch focus if you

run into difficulties. For example, if, like us, you find that Lightning dies very quickly against the enemies in

chapter eleven, focus on the Medic paradigm, so as to boost her HP.

Within each paradigm, feel free to make a beeline for more powerful abilities and temporarily skip branches

that may offer immediate and tangible benefits.

Weapons & Weapon Leveling

Each character has access to a variety of weapons in Final Fantasy XIII, and each of these can be upgraded

and leveled up two times. Any given weapon can be upgraded to a star rank, meaning that without a special

item it is maxed out. However, if you find specific, rare and expensive items, it is possible to transform a star

level weapon. Once transformed, it will acquire new abilities. You can then upgrade it to star level again. Once

there, the weapon can be transformed into the character's ultimate weapon.

The levelling path for all weapons lead to similar end points, so which weapon you decide to use is a matter of

personal preference. A weapon will retain its special characteristics even after being upgraded to an ultimate

weapon. For example Lightnings ultimate weapon, Omega weapon, confers an ATB +1 bonus. Her weapon,

Apocalypse, slows ATB recovery. Once Apocalypse has been upgraded to Omega Weapon, it wall grant the

ATB +1 bonus and slow ATB recovery. Check the weapon chart for more information.

We have listed our recommendations down below. The most important things is that you pick a single weapon

per character and stick with it. Upgrading is expensive and there's no sense in wasting recourses on two

different weapons when they both have the ability to became an omega weapon.

Recommendations for each character:

Character Weapon

Star Level 1

Star Level 2

Req. Materials

Lightning Lionheart

Ultima Weapon

Omega Weapon

Scarletite and Trapezohedron

Snow

Power Circle

Battle Standard

Scarletite and Trapezohedron

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Vanille

Belladonna Wand

Malboro Wand

Nirvana

Uraninite and Trapezohedron

Sazh

Antares Deluxes

Fomalhaut Elites

Total Eclipses

Uraninite and Trapezohedron

Hope

Otshirvani

Urubutsin

Nue

Scarletite and Trapezohedron

Fang

Pandoran Spear

Calamity Spear

Kain's Lance

Scarletite and Trapezohedron

For quick upgrading, follow these tips:

Buy as many Wicked Fangs as you can. Use them to boost your experience multiplier.

After you've boosted your multiplier buy as many Crankshafts as possible. Cash them in all at once for

big experience. Later in the game, you can use Superconductors for even bigger bonuses.

Be aware of when you're nearing your weapons level cap. You don't want to waste experience on a

weapon that will be maxed out in 100 XP.

If an item doesn't seem to offer much experience, even in the presence of a large multiplier, check its

sell price. Items like Credit Chips and Premium Chips are worth more in Gil than XP.

Character & Weapon Leveling Paradigms & Battle System Battle Strategies

Paradigms & Battle System

Battle in Final Fantasy XIII is based around Paradigms—basically classes that can be changed on the fly.

There are six to choose from.

Commando

Commandos are the backbone of your damage dealing. They primarily use physical attacks.

Commandos will not boost the chain gauge of most enemies. Instead, they will stabilize it, giving you

time to recharge your ATB meter. While damage or spells from other Paradigms may spike the chain

gauge, it will deplete so fast that you'll have to start all over again. Hitting an enemy with at attack from

a Commando slows the rate at which the gauge decreases.

You never want more than one Commando at a time in a party. In most fights you are going to want to

focus on a single enemy. However, if you have two Commandos, the AI will choose two separate

enemies to attack.

The last advantage that Commandos have is not apparent until the enemy has been staggered. Most

Commandos, with the exception of Sazh, have an attack that will throw a staggered enemy up in the

air. Once there, the enemy is helpless and will not hit the ground as long as you continuously attack it.

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It is possible to stagger an enemy and then suspend it in the air indefinitely.

Ravager

Ravagers are damage dealing mages. They use elemental attacks to spike the chain gauge of

enemies. When you have a staggered enemy, you'll usually want to switch as many party members as

possible to Ravager, keeping one as a Commando so you can air juggle.

The biggest weakness of Ravagers is that their damage will cause the chain gauge to deplete very

quickly. If you want to stagger enemies later in the game, you will need at least one Commando to help

stabilize the gauge.

Medic

Medics are mages that use curative magic. You'll want at least one, but preferably two party members

who can act as Medics. You can also use Medics to raise comrades and dispel status effects. When a

battle looks hopeless a Commando/Medic/Sentinel party can take down almost any enemy...eventually.

Sentinel

Sentinels are the tanks of your party. In the early game, their skills may seem unnecessary, but as you

progress, you will face more and more battles that can only be one through proper use of the Sentinel

Paradigm.

Sentinels will bait enemies to focus fire on them, freeing the rest of the party from damage and

animation interrupting attacks. On top of this, Sentinels have an ability that will mitigate most of the

damage they receive. In exchange for this, the amount of damage Sentinels can deal is extremely

limited.

Use Sentinels in all battles where the enemy can kill you in one hit. Even if you don't use the Sentinel

role for the entire battle, it can be advantageous to have one in your party when it's time to heal, buff

your party or debuff enemies.

Saboteur

Saboteurs will inflict devastating status effects on enemies. While status effects may have been next to

useless in previous Final Fantasy games, they are indispensable in Final Fantasy XIII.

Use Saboteurs when you are facing down enemies with high resistances to damage. Their slow ability

can save the day when you're facing a large number of fast enemies.

In the late game, Saboteurs can be used to kill some enemies almost instantly. The second strongest

enemy in the game can be taken down in seconds with the Saboteur's Death spell (see chapter 12

walkthrough and the Mission guide for details.)

Synergist

Synergists are the opposite of Saboteurs. Whereas the latter cast harmful status effects on enemies,

the former buff your party with powerful stat boosting spells.

Synergists are perhaps the least used class in the game. You often have no control of what buffs are

cast, or when, and the AI prefers to spread the love evenly, rather than buffing a single character at a

time.

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