Rocktoise

Rocktoise is one of the Elite Marks in Final Fantasy XII. The hunt can be undertaken after the player returns to Royal City of Rabanastre after escaping from Barheim Passage. Rocktoise was originally a small pet named Carbo, owned by a Moogle named Pilika who works in the moogle-operated Technick shop in Bhujerba. Pilika had also kept a snake named Bianca, which still lingers within the shop.

Hunt 34: The Cry of Its Power
Petitioner: Pilika Petitioner's Location: Bhujerba/Khus Skygrounds
 * A petition has been submitted for the hunting of a rocktoise (Rank 1). The petitioner is Pilika at the Khus Skygrounds in Bhujerba.
 * Hunt accepted. Pilika confesses that she was keeping a rocktoise as a pet in secret (its name was Carbo), but it has escaped and has now become quite wild and violent. Carbo is to be found in Site 2 of the Lhusu Mines.
 * Rocktoise defeated! Report to Pilika at the Khus Skygrounds.
 * Hunt reported. The cowed Carbo has returned, and Pilika intends to find a house where they can both live in peace.

Bestiary Entry
Genus: Rank I Mark Classification: ???

''Being a great Titantoise that has assumed the Aspect of the Boulders and Rocks amongst which it matured. An unlikely Story, one might think, until one considers that the average Rocktoise grows to Adulthood over the course of several Thousands of Years. This Individual was kept as a Pet until it ran off into the Magicite Mines one day, whereupon It was transformed by Mist into something violent and wicked, and recognized as a Mark.''

Battle
The easiest way to defeat Rocktoise is to set gambits for Ally:Any::Reflect and Ally:Any::Dark/Aero/any multi-targeting spell. The player must lure Rocktoise near the entrance, and from there cast magicks. Rocktoise will only cast his weak level 1 spells, while the party bombard him with an onslaught of hits. Hi-Potions can be used to heal when necessary, but it is doubtful more than three will be needed.

Another surefire way to victory is to have only one character out equipped with a long-range weapon (gun or bow) and then run around in circles around Rocktoise. It takes a little bit of practice, but eventually one can get into a rhythm where Rocktoise never stops to attack, and is always chasing the character, but is too slow to catch up with them. The character will take damage from hitting the Rocktoise, but items can be used for a quick heal.

One can also cast Blind and Slow on Rocktoise and hack away at him. His attacks can sometimes still hit under Blind.

Rewards

 * 1,200 gil
 * Hi-Potion x2
 * Heavy Coat

Pilika will ask Vaan to retrieve her diary from her workplace if spoken to again after finishing the hunt. The player must go to the technick shop and will be given the choice to read the diary once it it found. Return to Pilika and give her the diary, she will ask if you read it, answer "I've done nothing" and she will give you a Shepard's Bolero, answer "Read it" and she will give you a Kilimweave Shirt.

Trivia

 * The Rocktoise seems to be the only Tortoise who doesn't have shackles binding his legs.

Related Enemies

 * Silicon Tortoise
 * Adamantitan
 * Emeralditan
 * Great Tortoise
 * Darksteel (Mark)
 * Gil Snapper (Mark)
 * Aspidochelon (Rare)
 * Thalassinon (Rare)

Granitite Lapitartus