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The Great Crystal
Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age

The Great Crystal

Navigate the complex Great Crystal in Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age. Learn about its areas, unique enemies like Mom Bombs and Reapers, and find valuable treasures.

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Navigate the complex Great Crystal in Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age. Learn about its areas, unique enemies like Mom Bombs and Reapers, and find valuable treasures.

The Great Crystal is a complex and potentially lucrative area in Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age. Your first visit is designed to be straightforward, beginning in the A Prama Vikaari area. Notably, there is no mini-map available here, making navigation challenging. You will need to rely on relative directions and area names.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    Upon arriving in A Prama Vikaari, locate the Gate Scorpio. From here, you can take two paths: one to the right and one to the left.
  2. 2
    The path to the right leads uphill to the Sthaana Scorpio area. Here, you will find a Scorpio Gate Stone that cannot be activated yet. You will also encounter two Mom Bombs.
  3. 3
    After defeating the Mom Bombs, return to A Prama Vikaari. You may encounter a Reaper, a rare enemy that appears when the number of enemies killed in the Great Crystal is divisible by three.
  4. 4
    Head down the glyph-path to the left of the Gate Scorpio. This path descends to the Kaboii Jilaam Pratii’vaa area, guarded by two Ose.
  5. 5
    Defeat the Ose and loot the trapped treasure crystal in the center of the platform to obtain a Cloud Staff.
  6. 6
    From Kaboii Jilaam Pratii’vaa, take the new path that continues downhill to Kabonii Jilaam Avaa. This area also features two Ose guarding a trapped treasure crystal.
  7. 7
    Defeat the Ose and loot the chest to obtain a Thief’s Cap.
  8. 8
    Continue downhill to the Dha Vikaari Bhrum area. This platform contains Way Stone VII.
  9. 9
    Activate Way Stone VII to be transported to the A Vikaari Kabonii area.
  10. 10
    In A Vikaari Kabonii, you will have three paths. For efficiency, take the central path first, which leads uphill.

Enemies:

  • Mom Bomb: Weakest variety with 5,000 HP. Uses Protect, Shell, and Firaga. Technicks include Chain Reaction, Lunge, Mass-Destruct, and Chain Destruct. Drops: Bomb Shell, Fire Crystal, Diamond Armlet, Scorpio Gem. Steal: Bomb Shell, Soleil Fang, Scorpio Gem. Poach: Bomb Shell, Scorpio Gem. Weak to Water.
  • Reaper: Appears when enemy kills are divisible by three. Can be invisible. Uses Blizzara, Darkra, Death, Doom, Fira, Thundara, Dimensional Rift (KO), and Annul. Melee attacks inflict Slow. Drops: Dark Crystal, Book of Orgain-Cent, Serum, Capricorn Gem. Steal: Dark Crystal, Book of Orgain-Cent, Caliper. Healed by Dark, harmed by curatives, takes extra damage from Holy.
  • Ose: Coeurl-kin enemies. Their potent Hell Blaster attack inflicts Blind, Disable, Immobilize, Petrify, Poison, Sap, Silence, and Slow. Also uses Blaster, Darkra, Haste, Sleep, Thundaga, Hawk Glare, Mind Lash, Rake, and Stone Gaze. Drops: Prime Pelt, Dark Crystal, Morning Star, Libra Gem. Steal: Chronos Tear, Prime Pelt, Libra Gem. Poach: Prime Pelts, Coeurl Whiskers.
Tips
  • Note whether glyph-paths lead uphill or downhill to aid navigation.
  • A White Mage and Remedies are recommended when fighting Ose due to their Hell Blaster attack.
  • Coeurl Whiskers can be obtained from Ose and are used to unlock a Bazaar Bundle. They are Monograph drops (16% chance with Hunter Monograph).

Items:

  • Cloud Staff
  • Thief’s Cap
  • Diamond Armlet (possible Mom Bomb drop)
  • Caliper (possible Reaper steal)
  • Morning Star (possible Ose drop)

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