Sometimes the items require so little EXP that instead of investing in a 3x EXP Bonus it will be cheaper to invest in a smaller bonus. This is why you will only see one set of EXP values for every weapon. All Rights Reserved. Note that if you made the maxed-out Tier-2 weapons suggested in the Story Walkthrough pages you can detract from that sum: - 133,480 Gil for the Durandal*- 115,540 Gil for the Hyades Magnums*- 115,540 Gil for the Unsetting Sun*- 140,680 Gil for the Urubutsin*- 120,520 Gil for the Malboro Wand*- 128,920 Gil for the Venus Gospel*- 754,680 Gil for all of the above. Lastly, I've also factored the Gil it will cost to buy the components, except for the Catalysts (which are added on their own column, but not accounted in the Gil cost). If so, the Vidofnir's good magic and buff-enhancing property and synthesis group are unmatched. EXP Information aggregated from various Final Fantasy 13 strategy guides. Choosing a weapon. Fang also has access to both the Ultimate Physic and Ultimate Magic synthesis group abilities, with Dragonhorn and Shamanic Spear, respectively. Some accessories have limited availability in the game, but they are not missable because at least one copy of them can be obtained in even in the Post-Ending game. They are mandatory items required to "promote" an item to its superior grade (for instance to upgrade a weapon from Tier 2 to Tier 3)- "Premium" items: they can have any of the previous three icons. It's also important that you know that the amount of EXP a certain item can "stock" is limited. To reach the 3x EXP Bonus you need 36x Sturdy Bones or 24x Otherworldly Bones. This is why if you need to use two units of a certain Inorganic Material to add the desired EXP you should use both of them at once instead of one by one. Airwing: Buy: Plautus Workshop EXP: 22,440 Catalyst: Uranin, Hawkeye: Buy: Up In Arms EXP: 33,000 Catalyst: Perovskite Tier 2: Eagletalon, Otshirvani: Buy: Plautus Workshop EXP: 66,750 Catalyst: Scarletite Tier 2: Urubutsin, Ninurta: Buy: Up In Arms EXP: 33,000 Catalyst: Perovskite Tier 2: Jatayu, Vidofnir: Buy: Plautus Workshop EXP: 66,750 Catalyst: Scarletite Tier 2: Hresvelgr, Simurgh: Buy: Gilgamesh Inc. EXP: 38,040 Catalyst: Uraninite Tier 2: Tezcatlipoca, Malphas: Buy: Gilgamesh Inc. EXP: 33,000 Catalyst: Perovskite Tier 2: Naberius, Alicanto: Buy: Gilgamesh Inc. EXP: 54,800 Catalyst: Uraninite Tier 2: Caladrius. of course. Rank A items, such as the Iron Bangle, will receive the highest EXP from materials (800 EXP and 60,000 EXP from the two most efficient materials). These amounts translate respectively to 43-44x and 38-39x Platinum Ingots. After that, when youre dealing with tens or hundreds of thousands of exp, the extra 500 or so exp wont matter. This makes their AI spam the same type of spell (e.g. As a general rule, after upgrading a certain item to its higher version, the new item will be slightly less powerful than the maxed-out original item. Unfortunately they are part of the list -- be careful and don't waste them as upgrading items, since they are meant to be sold. In other words, Superconductors and Ultracompact Reactors are still the two best Inorganic Materials, whether the item you're upgrading is Rank A or Rank K, or anything in-between. community members have thanked the author. 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. Most weapons and accessories in Final Fantasy XIII can be leveled up with components. Lightning uses a spectacular weapon with showy flips and transformations; its a collapsable gunblade. The best Synthetic components, the EXP they g. ive to an item at 1x, and their costs in the shops are as follows: Youll want to use the low-exp items for tier 1 weapons, while the higher exp items should be saved for tier 2 and 3. Anyway, the max cost starting from all Tier-1 Lv 1 weapons to all Tier-2 minimum-level weapons & one Tier-3 minimum-level weapon for each character will be: - 339,280 Gil for Lightning- 294,100 Gil for Sazh- 364,160 Gil for Snow- 301,960 Gil for Hope- 291,880 Gil for Vanille- 336,400 Gil for Fang. Obviously, in a "real case" where an item requires 70,000 EXP, you want to factor also the EXP Bonus. This is odd for many reasons, including the fact that it can fly almost as if by remote control, hit things and keep flying, and not fold up despite the hinge. Upgrading is a simple process, but there are rules to follow and things to know before you spend your materials. For Final Fantasy XIII on the PC, Guide and Walkthrough by bover_87. For the ultimate form, all weapons use the Trapezohedron catalyst after you've maxed their levels. They are the primary source of EXP Points- Catalysts: their icon is a crystal. Lightnings Ultimate weapon is the Omega Weapon. Below is a table with every piece of equipment required for Treasure Hunter. Check out the picture to the right to see what each of them looks like and then just go with the Malboro wand, because the debuff enhancement is excellent. For example, the Sturdy Bones and Otherworldly Bone cost respectively 80 Gil and 150 Gil. 2023 GAMESPOT, A FANDOM COMPANY. Refer to the first tables of this page to know how to upgrade them efficiently and as cheaply as possible. You guys might have figured out by now that I kind of have a thing for well-organized guides and that I like to try my hand at organizing them. which are available (but in limited amounts) in the areas explorable in the post-ending game. The former can be bought at the shop "Leonora's Garage"; the latter is available for sale at "R&D Depot". In Chapter 11 you may be able to kill the weaker turtles, but they only drop gold, not platinum. For example Lightnings ultimate weapon, Omega weapon, confers an ATB +1 bonus. If Fang is more of a Commando, Taming Pole offers the best all around stats and is part of the powerful Gestalt synthesis group. For instance, the Hauteclaire weapon can be upgraded to Durandal first, and then further upgraded to Omega Weapon. How do you increase this? The weapon you choose for Snow mainly depends on the role he'll be playing. HiryuMK 12 years ago #1. Weapon upgrade screen. Each type of component you get has a different effect; some can be used for exp, some for money, and others for transformation. This is a list of items with limited availability: - Gold Watch: only one can be obtained, as reward for Cie'th Mission # 64- Champion's Badge: can only be found in a treasure sphere (available to pick up in the Post-Ending game) of an area of Chapter 12. The number one thing youre going to need. This page was last edited on 27 November 2012, at 04:15. You can farm these as soon as you find the monster, but its still late in the game. Titanium Bangle and Nimbletoe Boots could be obtained via upgrade, but it would cost more than buying them from the shop. gamespot.comgiantbomb.commetacritic.comfandom.comfanatical.com, Privacy PolicyCookie SettingsDo Not Sell My InformationReportAd. These tables indicate the amount of EXP that is required to upgrade each piece of equipment to max Level, and also the minimum amount of Superconductor and/or Ultracompact Reactor to reach max Level as cheaply as possible. What characterizes them is the sentence "Can be sold for a premium" in their in-game description. When you use components, try to be as close as possible to the number needed, and finish it up with random extra components. This is a list of items with "apparent" limited availability (they may seem with limited availability because they can't be bought, but there are still other sources to get as many of them as you want): - Hermes Sandals: can be obtained by dismantling the Tetradic Crown*- Tetradic Crown: can be dropped by Bituitus and Mithridates (Cie'th Missions # 07 and # 27)- Ribbon: can be dropped by the Flowering Cactuar enemy (Faultwarrens - Salamandrine Path) and by Vercingetorix (Cie'th Mission # 64). In total, for both weapons and accessories, you need: 1x Rhodochrosite, 4x Cobaltite, 33x Perovskite, 20x Uraninite, 1x Mnar Stone, 12x Scarletite, 5x Adamantite, 5x Dark Matter, 6x Trapezohedron. This will immediately make the multiplier 3x, but will waste a small amount of exp. This Indiana Jones 5 trailer was revealed during Star Wars Celebration 2023. Final Fantasy XIII. Altairs: EXP: 470,550, Total Eclipses EXP: 1,551,723, Sirius Sidearms: EXP: 284,960, Total Eclipses EXP: 1,737,313, Canopus AMPs: EXP: 437,550, Total Eclipses EXP: 1,551,723, Polaris Specials: EXP: 332,560, Total Eclipses EXP: 1,634,913, Sadalmeliks: EXP: 233,872, Total Eclipses EXP: 1,768,953, Hyades Magnums: EXP: 437,550, Total Eclipses EXP: 1,551,723, Fomalhaut Elites: EXP: 153,000, Total Eclipses EXP: 1,831,233, Betelgeuse Customs: EXP: 243,740, Total Eclipses EXP: 1,715,473. The exact amount of EXP these items give depends, like for any other material used to add EXP, on a hidden stat of the Weapon/Accessory you want to upgrade: the so called "Grade of the item" (we'll talk about it in the next section). 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A detailed breakdown of the statistics and upgrade information for the Hawkeye weapon in Final Fantasy XIII (FF13, FFXIII, PlayStation 3, PS3, Xbox 360), including information on how to . That's quite a big difference. Weapons: Which can be Dismantled into Taming Pole - 1 shown. However they also take a vastly higher amount of exp to level. This next part of the Final Fantasy 13 Weapon Upgrade Guide deals with transformational Catalysts. Upgrading a Tetradic Tiara (which you already have from Chocobo treasures, and you are more than likely to never use it as an accessory since it's pretty useless when you can buy Aegisol for 12,000 Gil) to max level costs only 4,000 Gil. Tormoil798 12 years ago #2. use sturdy bones x36 to get the 3x bonus and then use 99 of something (particle accelerator for the first two tier lower rank weapons, and . This guide sets out to give you instructions and item lists that you may find useful for upgrading every weapon in the game. I'll be telling you exactly what items you need to use to upgrade your items, so this is just a premise in case you will wonder why sometimes we are not going to apply the 3x EXP Bonus, but a smaller bonus instead. However they also take a vastly higher amount of exp to level. Each Nirvana takes a different amount of EXP to max. Be aware of when you're nearing your weapons level cap. For the ultimate form, all weapons use the Trapezohedron catalyst after you've maxed their levels. They have a bone-looking emblem. Hopes Tier 2 weapons are all much stronger than their Tier 1 counterparts, once you level them up a little. For instance, if you add 5,000 EXP to the Black Belt Lv 1, you will waste (5,000-4,380) 620 EXP. However they also take a vastly higher amount of exp to level. Listed below is the Tier 2 weapon, how much EXP it takes to max level it, and how much it takes to max-level its variant of the Total Eclipses. All of them are for sale at the shop "Creature Comforts". For example, the Catalyst indicated in this Checklist for the "Flamberge" weapon for Lightning is the Perovskite (the one required to promote Blazefire Saber* to Flamberge), not the Trapezohedron (the one required to promote Flamberge* to Omega Weapon). Chances are that when you're getting Treasure Hunter you have at least upgraded Fang and Lightning's weapons to maxed-out Tier-2 or higher, and you've probably also upgraded a weapon for each other characters. Tetradic Crowns are available in the Post-Ending game in unlimited supplies as Common Drops from Bituitus and Mithridates (targets of Cie'th Mission # 07 and # 27). Therefore, all weapons, on all Tiers, can only have one starting level. Description Once the weapon of a l'Cie, this gunblade allows instant staggering of enemies near their stagger threshold. Vanillas Tier 2 weapons are all much stronger than their Tier 1 counterparts, once you level them up a little. If you add a surplus of EXP, for example 5,000 EXP to a Black Belt Lv 1 to get a Black Belt*, and then use a Catalyst on this Black Belt*, you will still get a General's Belt Lv 4 with 4,380 EXP. Different starting weapons (different Tier-2 weapons) upgraded to a Tier-3 weapon will have different stats, different passive abilities (the same as their Tier-2 version), different EXP requirements. The problem with Rigels is its Stagger Lock property, which won't allow Sazh to induce staggers on enemies. Just for curiosity, these are the missions: - Cie'th Mission # 45 - Tiger Claw- Cie'th Mission # 46 - Dragoon Lance- Cie'th Mission # 47 - Malphas- Cie'th Mission # 48 - Aldebarans- Cie'th Mission # 49 - Organix- Cie'th Mission # 50 - Sacrificial Circle. The second method means that the second 4 will have a 1.25x bonus to their small exp, the next 7 have a 1.5x, and so on. Skillful component use. In total, there are eleven different Ranks, which have been traditionally named from Rank A to Rank K (sometimes people use a numerical nomenclature; Rank 1 corresponds to Rank A, Rank 5 to Rank E, and so on). As we explained earlier, the surplus EXP on a maxed-out item is wasted, and therefore if you were to add an Ultracompact Reactor's EXP (60,000 EXP) you would be wasting 50,000 EXP, and you would have to pay 50,000 Gil to obtain the same result that you could obtain with 10,920 Gil by using Superconductors. There are four types of components in Final Fantasy 13. Buy36 Sturdy Bones to boost the Exp Multiplier to 3x. It's sorted by character, as well as giving you plenty of information; item exp, gil costs, and weapon names, for example. You get the Pearlwing Staff fairly early, so that's a good weapon to start with, and if you take it all the way to its ultimate form, it will reward you with the highest magic of any of her weapons, though it doesn't have a special property and its synthesis group is worthless later in the game. These drop from the giant turtles you see wandering Pulse. In this page we're going to focus on everything related to the Equipment Upgrading mechanics and the most time consuming achievement of the game, Treasure Hunter. Near the path between wrecked train cars, guarded by a Vetala. Although the Malphas looks tempting with its very high, balanced stats, unlike Snow, Hope doesn't have the HP to counteract the Paper Tiger and Silk Tiger properties of that weapon. The next step in the Final Fantasy 13 Weapon Upgrade guide is the EXP-giving components and the catalysts you'll need to evolve weapons. What's really important to understand is that not all the Materials are equally effective. So what do you do now? It will tell you the experience needed to level it to Star, and then it will tell you what catalyst transforms it. Those that are actually missable are those that I reported in the previous section. Another copy can also be obtained by upgrading the Gold Watch- Survivalist Catalog: one is obtained as reward for Cie'th Mission # 15. Find anything you think is wrong with this walkthrough? I will indicate only the cheapest source. The bonus ranges from the normal 100% of EXP added to 300%. In order to upgrade an item, you want to add EXP to it, so it can Level up and become more powerful. I will write the name of the Tier-1 weapon (the one that is the cheapest to upgrade from Tier-1_Lv-1 to Tier-3) in parenthesis after the name of the Tier-3 weapon (for example, "Omega Weapon (Organyx)"). Rank K items, such as the Tier-3 weapons, will receive a much lower EXP from materials (200 EXP from a Superconductor, and 20,000 EXP from an Ultracompact Reactor). Practically speaking, this means that if you want to upgrade a Silver Bangle to max level and you bought the Silver Bangle from the shop, you'll have to refer to the first row, and your Silver Bangle will require 1,560 EXP to reach max Level (starting from Lv 1). Add 4 items, then 4, then 7, then 3, then 18. Hopes Ultimate weapon is the Nue. First of all, it's important to understand that there are four main types of items that fall in the category "Components" (Components are the items you can use to upgrade your weapons): - Organic Materials: their icon is a sort of "cross". The best Inorganic Materials are Superconductor and Ultracompact Reactor. Please keep in mind that the Tier-3 weapons of a certain character share only the same name, but they are NOT the same weapon if you upgrade it from a certain Tier-2 weapon rather than another one. The game prevents you from adding more EXP once you've created a Black Belt* (max level), but if you add too much EXP on a non-max-level Black Belt (for example, a Black Belt Lv 1), the surplus will be wasted. To quickly find an item in these tables, use the CTRL+F search feature of your browser, and type in " +NameOfTheItem " (for example, " +Iron Bangle "). Since Gil is the main limit of the upgrading process, it's crucial to maximize the EXP-per-Gil rate of your upgrades. Final Fantasy Wiki is a FANDOM Games Community. Having held all weapons and accessories the player earns the Treasure Hunter achievement/trophy. The reasons for this should be obvious: the lowest-grade accessory of a certain type (such as the Iron Bangle) can't have the second row, since it can only be acquired as a Lv 1 item, and not by upgrading another accessory. During the course of the story you can have acquired (from fixed treasures, fixed drops, and Cie'th Missions rewards) these Catalysts: 5x Rhodochrosite, 4x Cobaltite, 2x Perovskite, 7x Uraninite, 3x Scarletite, 5x Mnar Stone. The only missable "grade-2" elemental accessory (Icicle Ring) can be obtained by upgrading the corresponding grade-1 elemental accessory (Frost Ring), which in its turn can be obtained by dismantling the Ice Charm. Mistilteinn, Belladonna Wand and Heavenly Axis are almost identical stat-wise, but the Belladonna Wand has a property for better debuffing, while the others are fairly useless or come with a downside (Stagger Lock). Fire Set (8x sources available): 2x Ember Ring in Vile Peaks, 1x Ember Ring on Palamecia, 2x Blaze Ring in Eden, 2x Blaze Ring for Cie'th Mission # 27 and # 53, 1x Ember Ring by dismantling Fire Charm.Ice Set (4x available): 2x Frost Ring for Cie'th Mission # 11, 1x Ice Charm in The Archylte Steppe, 1x Ice Charm in Mah'habara.Lightning Set (7x available): 1x Spark Ring in Lake Bresha, 2x Spark Ring in Vile Peaks, 1x Fulmen Ring in Sunleth Waterscape, 1x Spark Ring on Palamecia, 1x Fulmen Ring from Cie'th Mission # 06, 1x Lightning Charm in The Archylte Steppe.Water Set (6x available): 1x Aqua Ring in Sunleth Waterscape, 1x Riptide Ring in Sunleth Waterscape, 1x Aqua Ring in Palumpolum, 1x Water Charm in The Archyte Steppe, 1x Riptide Ring in Sulyya Springs, 1x Water Charm in Sulyya Springs.Wind Set (5x available): 1x Zephyr Ring in The Archylte Steppe, 1x Wind Charm in The Archylte Steppe, 1x Gale Ring in Taejin's Tower, 1x Gale Ring in Orphan's Cradle, 1x Gale Ring for Cie'th Mission # 52.Earth Set (4x available): 1x Clay Ring in The Archylte Steppe, 1x Earth Charm in The Archylte Steppe, 1x Clay Ring in Taejin's Tower, 1x Siltstone Ring for Cie'th Mission # 39. Weapons can be upgraded from the second . Note that you *could* obtain most of the above items (all except the Serenity Sachet, which must be bought) by other means, but buying them is, despite the huge cost of the weapons, the easiest/fastest way. Welcome to the Final Fantasy 13 Weapon Upgrade Guide! Once an item has reached its max level, it will stop being able to receive EXP, and its name will be followed by an asterisk (for example, " Black Belt* "). Dump all 36 components on an item at once. On the raised central platform, guarded by several troops. Every Tier 2 weapon requires a Trapezohedron to evolve into Tier 3. Binding Rod: Buy: Up In Arms EXP: 24,600 Cata, Tiger Claw: Buy: Gilgamesh Inc. EXP: 44,760 Catalyst: Cobaltite Tier 2: Wyrmfang, Healers Staff: Buy: Plautus Workshop EXP: 63,750 Catalyst: Adamantite Tier 2: Physicians Staff, Pearlwing Staff: Buy: Up In Arms EXP: 33,000 Catalyst: Perovskite Tier 2: Brightwing Staff, Rod of Thorns**:** Buy: Up In Arms EXP: 33,000 Catalyst: Perovskite Tier 2: Orochi Rod, Mistilteinn**:** Buy: Plautus Workshop EXP: 66,750 Catalyst: Scarletite Tier 2: Erinyes Cane, Belladonna Wand: Buy: Plautus Workshop EXP: 38,040 Catalyst: Uraninite Tier 2: Malboro Wand, Heavenly Axis**:** Buy: Gilgamesh Inc. EXP: 54,800 Catalyst: Uraninite Tier 2: Abraxas. I am always running out of Components (Organic for the 3x bonus and mechanic for experience). Obviously you dont want to use an ultracompact reactor on an item that only takes 23,000 exp to level up to the max. [This message was deleted at the request of a moderator or administrator], To say that democrats spend like drunken sailors is unfair to drunken sailors b/c at least they spend their own money. Similarly, the highest-grade accessory of a certain type (such as the Wurtzite Bangle) can't have the first row, since it can only be acquired as a Lv X (in its case, Lv 32) accessory by upgrading its lower-grade version (the Adamant Bangle-max level). Remember that the achievement will not unlock immediately after you get the last piece of equipment in your inventory, but you have to go talk to Bhakti in Oerba! There are two types of components: organic and synthetic. Strength. Contents 1 Lightning 1.1 Blazefire Sabre 1.2 Axis Blade 1.3 Edged Carbine 1.4 Lifesaber 1.5 Gladius 1.6 Organyx 1.7 Hauteclaire In particular, you can farm Scarletite (100,000 Gil/piece if you were to buy them) from the Sacrifices enemies in the areas visited for the first time in Chapter 12 and 13 (both available at the end of the game too); you can farm Dark Matter (840,000 Gil/piece) from the Shaolong Gui enemies; you can farm Trapezohedron (2,000,000 Gil/piece) from the Adamantoise/Adamantortoise, and even better from the Long Gui. That gil would be better spent buying upgrade components. Assuming that you wisely decide to farm Scarletite against the Sacrifice enemies of Orphan's Cradle and Eden (either area is ok), Dark Matter against Shaolong Gui, and Trapezohedron against Long Gui, you'll still need to buy: - 31x Perovskite (930,000 Gil)- 13x Uraninite (585,000 Gil)- 5x Adamantite (1,100,000 Gil). Special weapons cannot be found, and can only be purchased from special shops that must be unlocked; upgraded weapons are created with experience and catalysts; ultimate weapons are the highest level of upgrade; all . Sometimes you'll have to mix things up and use both Materials. Thankfully for the simplicity of calculations, an Inorganic Material that is good with a Rank will still be good with another Rank; just less effective, but still efficient compared to the other materials. You know what catalysts you need and where to find them. For Light its her Axis Blade and upgrades, cause of the ATB Charge property. Now get all of the following Accessories via Upgrade. If you're concentrating more on being a Medic than Saboteur, the Healer's Staff will boost your efficiency in that area. This guide just focuses on the most efficient items. The party . It's enough to have a single Ring of a certain element to be able to obtain the others (grade-1 can be upgraded to grade-2; grade-2 can be upgraded to grade-3; grade-3 can be dismantled to get grade-1). Best Weapons for Lightning, Sazh, and Hope? Accessories are a bit different, because it often happens that you can acquire an accessory both via loot/shops/, and by upgrading another accessory. Simple concept, but it's important that you grasp it. For the purpose of Treasure Hunter, it's enough to obtain just one Tier-3 weapon for every character. Youll end up needing to grind money in order to afford all the Ultracompact Reactors youll need for the Ultimates. Note: This is only useful for the first tier of weapons. The Materials to upgrade these items will cost a total of 454,800 Gil. Tier 1 weapons can be purchased in shops, found in treasure spheres on the map, or both. To upgrade a weapon to its intermediate form, you'll need to max its level, then find the appropriate catalyst. There are two reasons this is your first completely maxed weapon: 1) Fang is a straight badass and opens up great pre-postgame farming once you get that last ATB slot 2) Maxed, it can be dismantled into 3x TRAPS, saving you a lot of farming. 7. Listed below is the Tier 2 weapon, how much EXP it takes to max level it, and how much it takes to max-level its variant of the Omega Weapon. Just remember, no matter what, the total upgrade achievement is going to take a lot of grinding. So what else is there to the story? At this point, that item can be "promoted" to its higher version by using a specific Catalyst, which depends on the item. It's just not worthwhile, and you really can't realistically get the gil or the trapezoids you need for the last tier weapons until post-endgame. You know how to squeeze every last drop of exp out of each component if you so desire. The number needed is for upgrading every weapon. 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