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Digging in the desert.

The Excavation Minigame is from Final Fantasy X-2 and can be done in Chapters 1, 2, 3 and 5. The game consists of Yuna looking for hidden treasures in various parts of the Bikanel Desert, Picket will advise the player of danger.

To initiate the Excavation Minigame, the player must visit Djose Temple and get enlisted by the Machine Faction by talking to Gippal and answering "We're sure" when the option comes up. He will give the Gullwings the Letter of Introduction Key Item. This will make Bikanel a Hotspot when the Gullwings go back to the Celsius.

Visiting Bikanel and talking to Nhadala will initiate the minigame. In Chapter 2, she will send the Gullwings to the Oasis to investigate some suspicious activity.

Digging

The player is given 60 seconds to find a golden X on the map, and dig up the mission-critical item. This will be either an assembly piece, which will affect the strength of Experiment in Chapter 5, or a piece of Scrap Metal. There will also be four silver X on the map which the player may also hunt for. These will either award the player an item, an Al Bhed Primer, a Sphere Break coin, or will initiate a battle. Successfully finding the mission-critical item and returning to the hover before the timer runs out, they will be rewarded with 200 gil.

Once the assembly piece is uncovered, the player should get back to the hover before the time runs out. If the player fails to make it back in time, Yuna will collapse from the effects of dehydration and fails the dig, losing all they have obtained in the dig. Failing to retrieve the mission-critical item also results in a loss. In the Western Expanse and the Central Expanse the player will also have to compete with other diggers for the treasures in the desert.

Occasionally after three to ten seconds have pass, the screen may flash red with a warning saying that an unidentified object is approaching the area. Later on in the dig, a red reticule may appear on the map heading for Yuna. If the reticule meets Yuna a battle will initiate. In Chapters 1, 2 and 3, this will be a battle against the Superboss Angra Mainyu, although the player may not be able to defeat it at this point. In Chapter 5, a battle against monsters indigenous to the area will initiate.

Guide Map Legend

The player will find the following icons on the guide map, here are what they represent:

• Yellow Square: The Hover.
• Golden X: Mission-critical item.
• Silver X: Gil, Al Bhed Primers, monsters, assembly piece, sphere break coins, or items.
• Green X: Event battle against Machina Hunters, one time only (Eastern Expanse).
• Red Arrow in a circle: A red arrow coming towards the party is Angra Mainyu. Picket will warn the party of an unidentified object approaching (Anywhere the player can dig).
• Silver Blinking Arrow in a circle: An Al Bhed digger (Western Expanse).
• Yellow Arrow in a circle: Yuna.

Areas

At certain points of the game, new areas will be unlocked

• Western Expanse: Unlocked after mission "Can you Dig It?" in Chapter 1
• Southern Expanse: Unlocked after mission "Water we doing here? in Chapter 2
• Eastern Expanse: Unlocked when the mission "The Cactuar Connection" is started in Chapter 3
• Northern Expanse: Unlocked when the mission "The Cactuar Connection" is started in Chapter 3
• Central Expanse: Unlocked after a Chocobo is sent from the ranch to Bikanel

Treasures

There are numerous treasures you can find during the sidequest. Different items will be found in different areas, and will be found at the white crosses on the map.

Western Expanse	Southern Expanse	Eastern Expanse	Northern Expanse	Central Expanse
200 Gil	200 Gil	1000 Gil	400 Gil	1000 Gil
500 Gil	400 gil	5000 gil	5000 gil	2000 gil
1000 Gil	1000 gil	Al Bhed Primer*	Al Bhed Primer*	Al Bhed Primer*
3000 gil	Al Bhed Primer*	Echo Screen	Candle of Life	Desert Key**
Al Bhed Primer*	Antarctic Wind	Ether	Chocobo Feather	Dispel Tonic
Antidote	Arctic Wind	Eye Drops	Chocobo Wing	Ether
Echo Screen	Bomb Core	Hi-Potion	Hi-Potion	Farplane Shadow
Ether	Bomb Fragment	Mega Phoenix	Light Curtain	Grenade
Eye Drops	Budget Grenade	Phoenix Down	Lunar Curtain	Hi-Potion
Hi-Potion	Dark Grenade	Potion	Phoenix Down	M-Bomb
Holy Water	Dragon Scale	Power Gloveswer Gloves	Potion	Mega Potion
	Electro Marble	Remedy	Silver Hourglass	Nature's Tome
	Fish Scale	Soft		Poison Fang
	Grenade			Potion
	L-Bomb			S-Bomb
	Lightning Marble
	M-Bomb
	Petrify Grenade
	Potion
	S-Bomb
	Silence Grenade

* - The player may only have one copy of each Al Bhed Primer.

** - Desert Key can only be found once. This will open the chest at the campsite.

Sphere Break Coins

Among the treasures you will find, the player may also find Sphere Break Coins. Again, different coins can be found in different areas.

Western Expanse & Southern Expanse	Eastern Expanse & Northern Expanse	Central Expanse
Adamantoise	Arachnid	Azi Dahaka
Behemoth	Bomb	Chocobo
Blade	Cactuar	Dinictus
Chimera	Creeper	Eater
Coeurl	Dragon	Evrae
Coyote	Fungus	Gel
Daeva	Magic Urn	Haizhe
Defender	Pairika	Hermit
Drake	Piranha	Omega Weapon
Elemental	Sahagin	Tentacles
Flan	Stalwart	Ultima Weapon
Helm	Tonberry
Iron Giant
Kukulcan
Malboro
Ochu
Ogre
Phantom
Purpurea
Ruminant
Tomb
Worm
Zu
Zurvan

Ranks

There are several ranks obtained through accumulating successful digs. Failing digs will count against gaining a rank. The ranks do not effect payment or unlocking new areas.

Digs	Rank
0	Sandbox League
15	Beach Comber
30	Sand Blaster
60	Zen Master of Digging

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