Mosphoran Highwaste

The Mosphoran Highwaste is a location in the land of Ivalice in Final Fantasy XII. It is a mountain pass that brings the traveler to the outskirts of the Salikawood. The Esper Exodus, the Judge-Sal can be found in Mosphoran Highwaste.

The Mosphoran Highwaste can be unlocked as soon as the Tomb of Raithwall is completed, but the player will need to rent a chocobo in Nalbina Town stables for a price of 800 gil and approach Gibbs and Deweg while riding it. This will cause Gibbs to abandon his post, and Deweg will follow him trying to persuade him to return.

Location
The Mosphoran Highwaste is located to the north of Dalmasca Estersand, and northwest of Nalbina Fortress. Travelers can continue north to reach the Salikawood.


 * Southern Skirts (to Nalbina Town)
 * Summit Path (to Dalmasca Estersand)
 * Babbling Vale
 * Empyrean Way
 * Rays of Ashen Light
 * Skyreach Ridge
 * Empyrean Seat
 * Trail of Sky-flung Stone
 * Northern Skirts
 * Halny Crossing (to the Salikawood)

Weather
Mosphoran Highwaste has three different weather conditions:
 * Sunny
 * Cloudy
 * Rain

The weather is either sunny or cloudy/rain. When the weather is cloudy it can switch between rain and cloudy when zoning through areas within the Highwaste. During rain Fire damage is halved and Lightning damage is boosted.

Fire Elemental comes out during sunny weather in the Summit Path and Trail of the Sky-Flung Stone areas.

Treasures
The treasure in the "town" area, in Babbling Vale, near the entrance to the Skyreach Ridge, can contain the Embroidered Tippet. The north part of the Rays of Ashen Light has a treasure that might have the Burning Bow. The treasure on the southern edge of the Trail of Sky-flung Stone may contain a Headband, and the northernmost treasure in the Northern Skirts area may have the Pirate Hat.

Most treasures on the Highwaste are common recovery items, such as Hi-Potions. With the Diamond Armlet equipped the item treasure is most commonly Knot of Rust, but the rare treasure can be Elixir or sometimes Hi-Ether or a Fang.

In Final Fantasy XII: International Zodiac Job System, the Thief's Cuffs can be found in a corner of the Babbling Vale.

Southern Skirts
These chests only appear in the International Zodiac Job System version.

Empyrean Way
These chests only appear in the International Zodiac Job System version.

Rays of Ashen Light

 *  - Chest does not respawn.

Babbling Vale

 *  - Chest does not respawn.

Trail of Sky-flung Stone

 *  - Chest does not respawn.

Halny Crossing
These chests only appear in the International Zodiac Job System version.


 *  - Chest does not respawn.

Skyreach Ridge
These chests only appear in the International Zodiac Job System version.


 *  - Chest does not respawn.

Hunts
Atomos is a Rank III Mark whose hunt becomes available after felling Judge Bergan at Mt Bur-Omisace. Atomos can be found in the Northern Skirts area of the Mosphoran Highwaste and is part of the Jovy sidequest in Nalbina.

The Braegh is a Rank IV Mark whose hunt also becomes available after felling Judge Bergan at Mt Bur-Omisace. Braegh is fought in the Corridor of Ages area of the Salikawood; to get to this area the player must defeat King Bomb in the Grand Bower. It is petitioned by Va'Kansa in the Mosphoran Highwaste.

Rare Game
The Wary Wolf can be found in the Summit Path area. It has a 7% chance of appearing in place of one of the many Worgen and is easily noticeable due to its size.

Grey Molter's spawn criterion uses the game's clock time, appearing when the minute timer displays a number between 10 and 20 (minutes). It spawns in the initially inaccessible western section of Empyrean Way, springing up like all Vipers in the game do. To access this area, the player must have reached the Phon Coast, as this causes the water to flow through the shrines in the Mosphoran Highwaste.

To reach the western part of the Empyrean Way, the player must activate the Shrine of the Northeast Wind, the Shrine of the East Wind, and the Shrine of the Southeast Wind within the Babbling Vale to create a new path at the Empyrean Way, allowing access to the area containing the Grey Molter.

Shrines
The shrines were built during Galtean Alliance, although the gods to which honor they were built have since been forgotten. Today, numerous shrines are found across the Highwaste, but not all of them are operational. After fixing the gate in Salikawood that leads to the Phon Coast, the player can return to Mosphoran Highwaste to find some of the shrines working. Using the shrines, the player can build bridges to areas that were inaccessible before. The optional boss and Esper Exodus is found in the area in the middle.

The party will need some Gysahl Greens that can be bought at the Clan Provisioner at the Rabanastre bazaar after reaching the rank Hedge Knight in Clan Centurio, or from Dyce next to the Gate Crystal in Balfonheim Port.

The player should activate the "South Wind Shrine" south from the shop and an exclamation mark appears on the map. The player should take the northeastern exit from the Babbling Vale and use Gysahl Greens to mount the chocobo and ride it across the hidden path, indicated by the exclamation mark on the map, and go all the way to the west and cross through the high grass. The player should proceed around the lower part of Skyreach Ridge back into Babbling Vale. Next the player must activate the "West Wind Shrine" and push the weathered rock nearby to create a path, which leads back to the Gate Crystal.

The player must next activate northwest Wind Shrine, which is nearest to the shop. There will be two more exclamation marks on the map somewhere around the west area. They can be crossed to find Exodus.

Enemies

 * Worgen
 * Python
 * Vulture
 * Clay Golem
 * Fire Elemental
 * Slaven Wilder
 * Seeq Cateran
 * Humbaba
 * Ash Wyrm
 * Grey Molter (Rare)
 * Wary Wolf (Rare)
 * Dheed (Rare)
 * Atomos (Mark)
 * Exodus (Optional Esper)

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Musical themes
"The Mosphoran Highwaste" is the twenty-fourth track on the original soundtrack. Playing at 2:50 minutes, the track is composed by Hitoshi Sakimoto and incorporates leitmotifs from "Opening Movie".

Theatrhythm Final Fantasy Curtain Call
The Mosphoran Highwaste appears as the Field Music Sequence for its eponymous theme.

Gallery
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