Part 340

Master Final Fantasy Tactics' Part 340 by understanding rank tests, Chocobo locations, and how to summon powerful Scions using the Smash Gauge and specific mission items.

Rank Test Mechanics:

Passing a rank test involves ensuring your team's 'Team Level' exceeds the 'Target to Beat'. The game calculates this using character levels, job multipliers, team size, leader bonuses (Test Competence Bonus), and member bonuses (Compatibility). While the exact formulas are provided, in practice, you'll likely just attempt the quest and see if you pass.

Chocobo Locations:

Chocobos are essential for the Chocobo Knight job and appear in random encounters. Their locations are as follows:

• Yellow Chocobo: Targ Woods Encounter
• Red Chocobo: Kthili Sands Encounter
• Black Chocobo: Galerria Deep Encounter
• Green Chocobo: Zedlei Forest Encounter
• Brown Chocobo: Aldanna Range Encounter
• White Chocobo: Rupie Mountains Encounter
• Random Chocobo: Goug Encounter

Random encounters respawn approximately 50 days after the last one. You can only encounter one at a time.

Scions:

Scions are powerful summons that can be used once per battle when your Smash Gauge reaches 25%. The Smash Gauge fills by performing actions in battle (casting spells, dealing damage, using abilities). Higher Smash Gauge levels result in stronger Scion effects. To summon a Scion, you need a specific item and must complete the associated mission (dispatching missions will not grant the item).

Here is a list of the Scions, their associated items, missions, and effects:

• Belias, the Gigas
  • Item: Gigas Pendent
  • Mission: Camoa Cup
  • Effect: Deals fire damage to all foes.
• Mateus, the Corrupt
  • Item: Corsage of Corruption
  • Mission: Graszton Cup
  • Effect: Deals ice damage to all foes.
• Adrammelech, the Wroth
  • Item: Raging Brooch
  • Mission: Moorabella Cup
  • Effect: Deals lightning damage to all foes.
• Hashmal, Bringer of Order
  • Item: Pin of Order
  • Mission: Fluorgis Cup
  • Effect: Deals earth damage to all foes.
• Famfrit, the Darkening Cloud
  • Item: Ewer of Darkness
  • Mission: Goug Cup
  • Effect: Deals water damage to all foes.
• Chaos, Walker of the Wheel
  • Item: Ring of the Wheel
  • Mission: Loar Cup
  • Effect: Deals wind damage to all foes.
• Cuchulainn, the Impure
  • Item: Tainted Cufflink
  • Mission: Ordalia Cup
  • Effect: Deals damage to all foes and poisons all foes.
• Exodus, the Judge-Sal
  • Item: Gift of the Judge-Sal
  • Mission: Jylland Cup
  • Effect: Summons a passive meteor to strike your foes.
• Zalera, the Death Seraph
  • Item: Earrings of the Dead
  • Mission: The Last Step
  • Effect: Deals dark damage to all foes and inflicts sleep and doom to all foes.
• Zeromus, the Condemner
  • Item: Condemner's Choker
  • Mission: The Five Kings
  • Effect: 50% chance to do damage to a single foe equal to the user's lost HP.
• Ultima, the High Seraph
  • Item: High Seraph's Plume
  • Mission: Hunted
  • Effect: Deals holy damage to all foes and restores HP to all allies.
• Shemhazal, the Whisperer
  • Item: Armlet of Whispers
  • Mission: Of a Feather (Goug random encounter, defeat Level 99 Red Chocobo Redhawk)
  • Effect: 100% chance to deal 999 damage to a single foe.
• Zodiark, Keeper of Precepts
  • Item: Ring of the Precepts
  • Mission: A Last