4-1 Bandits of the Desert is the beginning of the Dead Dunes main quest in Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII where the objective is to find the bandits' desert hideout: Ruffian. After meeting Adonis, the player must pass "Adonis's Audition", before they can begin "Aspiring Bandit", the next leg of the Dead Dunes main quest.
Quest log[]
- Entry 1
- Somewhere in the Dead Dunes lies the holy clavis, a treasure with the power to draw the souls of the dead and open doors to the otherworld. The Order is anxious to find it--perhaps Lightning should search, too.
Bandits operate in the desert, making a living from plundering the ruins. They might have information about the clavis. Lightning should seek them out.
- Entry 2
- The barren sands of the Dead Dunes are not a fit place for human habitation. People are drawn here only for some powerful reason--and in the case of the bandits who form the majority of desert dwellers, that reason is treasure.
If anyone knows where the clavis is, it is them. The question is: will they share their knowledge with an outsider?
- Entry 3
- The settlement of Ruffian is run by a bandit gang calling itself Monoculus. They are a cagey, secretive group, and they are not willing to share information about the clavis with strangers.
Lightning does not particularly want to join the gang, but she has little choice. She is going to have to take this trial that Adonis has presented to her.
- Entry 4
- Lightning isn't going to get information about the clavis or anything else until she joins the Monoculus gang, She has little choice but to take their absurd trial, however impossible it sounds. She must find the sandstorm known as God's Wrath that rages near the bandit settlement...and somehow make it stop.
Walkthrough[]
After arriving to the Dead Dunes, Lightning is to seek out the bandits' hideout, which is marked onto the map as the next destination. The player can do the main quests in any order after the monorail becomes operable in Luxerion.
The shortest way to Ruffian is blocked by a sandstorm, and Lightning must navigate her way to the west to find an alternate route. After finding Ruffian, Lightning is to speak to Adonis inside, who says she must join their group to get any information out of them. Lightning must first pass a test: "Adonis's Audition".