Tryst's "Solo Vaan" Challenge
Work in-progress
YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTF8ZWx6fllr9dCh9QV3GCPoqxoUL-c28
To-do
Introduction
Firstly if there's a guide already about this somewhere I'm sorry for remaking it but I couldn't find anything similar using search.
What is this all about?
The "Solo Vaan" Challenge is a style of playing Final Fantasy XII in which storyline-wise you only get as far as the Lord Consul's Parade. As soon as you've completed the Rogue Tomato hunt, you ignore the rest of the storyline completely and only focus on your one character: Vaan.
But... People already do this with Dustia Chaining
Dustia Chaining won't really get you anything other than a few cheap levels. The purpose of this is to limit yourself to what the game has to offer at this stage: few monsters and locations, hard to come by equipment, and more focussed training.
What's the aim?
To have every Loot, Key Item, Equip, Lisence, Ability, Trophy and Bestiary available at this point. The aim is not to get as many levels as possible before starting the game.
--
3 Rat Pelts, a Small Package and the Rogue Tomato hunt
Locations
Monsters
Marks
Rare Game
Equipment
Weapons
Swords
Katana
Spears
Poles
Bows
Guns
Daggers
Rods
Staves
Maces
Ammunition
Arrows
Bolts
Shots
Shields
Helm
Light Armour
Mystic Armour
Heavy Armour
Chest Pieces
Light Armour
Mystic Armour
Accessories
Items
This is purely for collection/Bazaar purpose. The list is done in order of how it appears when sorted in your inventories in-game*. I don't think I've missed anything, but if I have please tell me.
* If I don't already have the item I will simply add it to the end of the list for each category - as I don't know how it's sorted.
Key: Item - Easiest way to obtain.
Items
Loot
* Requires Monograph.
** Cannot hold both at once. Cannot obtain after creating Wyrmfire Shot.
Random Extra Bits
Try and steal Rat Pelt from the Dire Rats before beginning your adventure. This Loot is unobtainable once the three rats have been killed!
If you sell your Mithril Sword (Vaan's initial weapon), you won't be able to replace it this early in the game!
Before defeating Rogue Tomato, speak to the Desert Merchant in Rabanastre/Southern Plaza to receive a Loot named Small Package - this is nothing more than a collectible.
You can kill the Rabanastre Watch who appear in both Dalmasca Estersand/Yardang Labyrinth and Dalmasca Westersand/Galtea Downs and will sometimes gain a really small ammount of Gil. This will not add anything to your Bestiary.
The guard in Nalbina Town/West Barbican that is terrified of Chocobos isn't at all afraid this early in the story.
Don't bother trying to steal from Gnoma Entite until you have at least 1800 HP.
Work in-progress
YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTF8ZWx6fllr9dCh9QV3GCPoqxoUL-c28
To-do
- Add Shops, Items, Loot and Bazaar Goods.
- Add more detail about Monsters etc...
- Add more detail about how Equipment, Items etc... are obtained.
Introduction
Firstly if there's a guide already about this somewhere I'm sorry for remaking it but I couldn't find anything similar using search.
What is this all about?
The "Solo Vaan" Challenge is a style of playing Final Fantasy XII in which storyline-wise you only get as far as the Lord Consul's Parade. As soon as you've completed the Rogue Tomato hunt, you ignore the rest of the storyline completely and only focus on your one character: Vaan.
But... People already do this with Dustia Chaining
Dustia Chaining won't really get you anything other than a few cheap levels. The purpose of this is to limit yourself to what the game has to offer at this stage: few monsters and locations, hard to come by equipment, and more focussed training.
What's the aim?
To have every Loot, Key Item, Equip, Lisence, Ability, Trophy and Bestiary available at this point. The aim is not to get as many levels as possible before starting the game.
--
3 Rat Pelts, a Small Package and the Rogue Tomato hunt
Locations
- Rabinastre
- Lowtown - Dalmasca Estersand (as far as South Bank Village)
- Dalmasca Westersand (all apart from Wyrm's Nest)
- Zertinan Caverns (Invitation to Heresy only) - Giza Plains (Dry Season only)
- Nalbina Town
Monsters
- Cactite
- Cactite
- Cactoid
- Ichthon
- Wolf
- Alpha Wolf
- Wild Saurian
- Cockatrice
- Dive Talon
- Hyena
- Alpha Hyena
- Happy Bunny
- Sleipnir
- Wildsnake
- Werewolf
- Urstrix
- Slaven
- Dire Rat (only 3 available at start)
- Alraune
- Speartongue
- Slime
Marks
- Rogue Tomato
- Thextera
- Flowering Cactoid
Rare Game
- Greeden
- Lindbur Wolf
- Ripe Rampager
- Nekhbet
- Dustia
- Fideliant
Equipment
Weapons
Swords
- Mythril Sword - 13 Attack, 5 Evade - Vaan's default weapon.
- Broadsword - 15 Attack, 5 Evade - Rabanastre weapon shop.
- Longsword - 19 Attack, 5 Evade - Nalbina Town weapon shop.
- Iron Sword - 24 Attack, 5 Evade - Nalbina Town weapon shop.
Katana
- Kotetsu - 50 Attack, 5 Evade
Spears
- Heavy Lance - 48 Attack, 8 Evade, On hit: Slow (10%)
Poles
- Cypress Pole - 33 Attack, 25 Evade, Element: Earth
Bows
- Shortbow - 17 Attack - Drop from Slaven Wilder.
- Silver Bow - 22 Attack - Nalbina Town weapon shop.
- Burning Bow - 63 Attack, Element: Fire (50%) - Rare drop from Dive Talon.
Guns
- Altair - 6 Attack, 10 Evade - Nalbina Town weapon shop.
Daggers
- Mage Masher - 19 Attack, 5 Evade, On Hit: Silence (10%) - Nalbina Town weapon shop.
- Gladius - 45 Attack, 5 Evade, Element: Wind - Steal from rare game monster Lindbur Wolf.
Rods
- Rod - 30 Attack, 6 Evade - Treasure Chest in Estersand: Sand Swept Naze.
Staves
- Oak Staff - 18 Attack, 6 Evade
- Flame Staff - 33 Attack, 8 Evade, Element: Fire (50%) - Uncommon drop from rare game monster Dustia.
Maces
- Mace - 24 Attack, 4 Evade - Rare steal from Alraune.
Ammunition
Arrows
- Onion Arrows - 1 Attack
Bolts
- Onion Bolts - 1 Attack
Shots
- Onion Shot - 1 Attack
Shields
- Escutcheon - 6 Evade - Nalbina Town armour shop; various treasure chests.
- Leather Shield - 8 Evade - Nalbina Town armour shop.
Helm
Light Armour
- Leather Cap - 4 Magick Resist, 10 HP
- Headgear - 5 Magick Resist, 20 HP
- Headguard - 6 Magick Resist, 30 HP - Nalbina Town armour shop.
Mystic Armour
- Cotton Cap - 4 Magick Resist, 2 Magick Power
- Pointy Hat - 6 Magick Resist, 2 Magick Power
- Topkapi Hat - 8 Magick Resist, 3 Magick Power
- Calot Hat - 10 Magick Resist, 3 Magick Power
- Wizard's Hat - 12 Magick Resist, 4 Magick Power
- Feathered Cap - 18 Magick Resist, 5 Magick Power
Heavy Armour
- Leather Helm - 5 Magick Resist, 2 Strength
- Bronze Helm - 6 Magick Resist, 2 Strength - Nalbina Town armour shop.
- Barbut - 11 Magick Resist, 4 Strength - Treasure Chest in Zertinan Caverns.
- Winged Helm - 13 Magick Resist, 5 Strength, 3 Speed
- Bone Helm - 22 Magick Resist, 6 Strength - Drop from Wild Saurian.
Chest Pieces
Light Armour
- Leather Clothing - 4 Defence, 10 HP
- Chromed Leathers - 5 Defence, 20 HP
- Bronze Chestplate - 8 Defence, 40 HP - Nalbina Town armour shop.
Mystic Armour
- Cotton Shirt - 4 Defence, 1 Magick Power
- Light Woven Shirt - 5 Defence, 2 Magick Power
- Traveller's Vestment, 16 Defence, 5 Magick Power
Accessories
- Bangle - Equip: Libra
- Battle Harness - 2 Strength, Equip: Counter Attack ((Speed/2)%)
- Orrachea Armlet - 25 HP
Items
This is purely for collection/Bazaar purpose. The list is done in order of how it appears when sorted in your inventories in-game*. I don't think I've missed anything, but if I have please tell me.
* If I don't already have the item I will simply add it to the end of the list for each category - as I don't know how it's sorted.
Key: Item - Easiest way to obtain.
Items
- Potion
- Hi-Potion - Buy from Clan Provisioner after becoming a Hedge Knight.
- X-Potion (x10) - Sell 3 Screamroots to obtain through Bazaar Goods. [Video]
- Antidote
- Eye Drops
- Echo Herbs
- Phoenix Down
- Red Fang - Treasure Chest in Giza Plains.
- Aero Mote - Treasure Chest in Dalmasca Estersands.
- Dark Mote - Treasure Chest in Giza Plains.
- Water Mote - Treasure Chest in Dalmasca Westersands.
- Holy Mote - Treasure Chest in Dalmasca Westersands.
- Hastega Mote - Treasure Chest in Dalmasca Westersands.
- Balance Mote - Treasure Chest in Dalmasca Westersands.
- Warp Mote (x2) - From Montblanc after becoming a Hedge Knight.
Loot
- Teleport Stone - Steal from Werewolf.
- Small Package - Obtain from Desert Merchant in Rabanastre/Southern Plaza before defeating the mark Rogue Tomato.
- Earth Stone - Various monsters.
- Wind Stone - Drop/Steal from Wolf
- Water Stone - Drop/Steal from Giza Rabbit
- Fire Stone - Drop/Steal from Hyena
- Storm Stone - Drop/Steal from Sleipnir
- Earth Magicite -
- Wind Magicite -
- Earth Crystal - Steal from Gnoma Entite
- Capricorn Gem - Steal from Fideliant
- Gnoma Halcyon - Steal from Gnoma Entite
- Arcana - Drop* from all Rare Game monsters
- Moulting - Drop from Sleipnir
- Fish Scale - Drop/Steal from Ichthon
- Ichthon Scale* - Drop from Ripe Rampager
- Drab Wool - Drop/Steal/Poach from Giza Rabbit
- Snake Skin - Drop/Steal from Wildsnake
- Quality Hide -
- Tanned Hide -
- Tanned Giantskin -
- Rat Pelt - Steal from Dire Rat at the beginning of the game
- Wolf Pelt - Drop from Wolf/Hyena
- Small Feather - Drop/Steal from Cockatrice
- Large Feather - Drop/Steal from Urstrix
- Giant Feather - Poach from Dive Talon
- Horn - Drop from Speartongue
- Cactus Fruit - Drop/Steal from Cactite/Cactoid
- Succulent Fruit - Drop/Steal from Alraune
- Screamroot - Steal from Ripe Rampager
- Bone Fragment - Drop from Fideliant
- Green Liquid - Steal from Slime in Zertinan Caverns.
- Yellow Liquid - Poach Slime in Zertinan Caverns.
- Book of Orgain - Drop from rare game monster Dustia.
- Book of Orgain-Mille - Rare steal from rare game monster Dustia.
- Feystone - Steal from Gnoma Entite.
- Pebble - Most monsters with relevant monograph, steal from Thextera.
- Tyrant Bone - Drop* from Wild Saurian
- Frog Oil - Drop*/Poach from Speartongue
- Rainbow Egg - Steal from rare game monster Nekhbet.
- Electrum - Drop* from Gnoma Entite.
- Broken Spear - Poach from Fideliant
- Seaclam Shell** - Used in Dalmasca Patient Quest (part 1).
- Nebralim** - Used in Dalmasca Patient Quest (part 2).
* Requires Monograph.
** Cannot hold both at once. Cannot obtain after creating Wyrmfire Shot.
Random Extra Bits
Try and steal Rat Pelt from the Dire Rats before beginning your adventure. This Loot is unobtainable once the three rats have been killed!
If you sell your Mithril Sword (Vaan's initial weapon), you won't be able to replace it this early in the game!
Before defeating Rogue Tomato, speak to the Desert Merchant in Rabanastre/Southern Plaza to receive a Loot named Small Package - this is nothing more than a collectible.
You can kill the Rabanastre Watch who appear in both Dalmasca Estersand/Yardang Labyrinth and Dalmasca Westersand/Galtea Downs and will sometimes gain a really small ammount of Gil. This will not add anything to your Bestiary.
The guard in Nalbina Town/West Barbican that is terrified of Chocobos isn't at all afraid this early in the story.
Don't bother trying to steal from Gnoma Entite until you have at least 1800 HP.
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