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FFXIII First Mission

Vanille approaches the first mission mark, the Ectopudding.

Missions in Final Fantasy XIII are quests that give the player party a target monster to defeat. They are found on the world of Gran Pulse, and can be repeated. Cie'th Stones will divulge the information about a certain monster that must be destroyed. There are 64 missions in all, some of which are overseen by the fal'Cie Titan.

Some of the Cie'th Stones have special properties:

  • Waystones serve as teleporters when the missions are completed, allowing travel to other activated waystones.
  • Palings emanate road blocks which dissipate when the missions are completed.

The toughest missions are battles against The Undying which normally have a specific effect on the area in which they take place.

Redoing missions is nearly essential for obtaining the trophy L'Cie Paragon that requires one to finish all missions with a 5-star rating. Other trophies obtained by completing missions are the Kelger's Cup for completing all D-rank missions, Xezat's Chalice for completing all mid-level missions, Dorgann's Trophy for completed all high-level Cie'th Stone missions, Exorcist for completing all the Undying missions, Floraphobe for defeating Gigantuar, Natural Selector for passing all of Titan's Trials, and Galuf's Grail for completing all of the Cie'th Stone missions.

Quick reference table[]

Mission Class Stone location Mark location Enemies Reward Repeat Reward Other
01 - Pond Scum D Archylte Steppe - Central Expanse Archylte Steppe - Central Expanse Ectopudding Energy Sash Bomb Shell x3
02 - Goodwill Hunting D Archylte Steppe - Central Expanse Archylte Steppe - Central Expanse Uridimmu,
Gorgonopsid x4
Cobaltite Bomb Shell x3
03 - Massif Contamination D Archylte Steppe - Central Expanse Yaschas Massif - Tsubaddran Highlands Ugallu Platinum Bangle Bomb Core x3
04 - A Hero's Charge D Yaschas Massif - Tsubaddran Highlands Yaschas Massif - The Ascendant Scarp Adroa x4,
Verdelet x2
Pearl Necklace Bomb Shell x3 Waystone
05 - Joyless Reunion D Yaschas Massif - The Ascendant Scarp Yaschas Massif - Tsumitran Basin Edimmu Sorcerer's Mark Bomb Core x5
06 - No Place Like Home C Yaschas Massif - Paddraean Archaeopolis Yaschas Massif - The Pass of Paddra Munchkin Maestro,
Munchkin x4
Fulmen Ring Bomb Shell x3 Waystone
07 - Bituitus, the Pillager C Yaschas Massif - Paddraean Archaeopolis Yaschas Massif - Paddraean Archaeopolis Bituitus R&D Depot Bomb Core x5
08 - The Eleventh Hour C Vallis Media - Base Camp Vallis Media - Atzilut's Tears Rakshasa,
Flan x3
Collector Catalog Bomb Shell x3 Waystone
09 - Heave-ho C Archylte Steppe - Central Expanse Archylte Steppe - Central Expanse Kaiser Behemoth Rhodochrosite Bomb Core x3 Waystone
10 - Hollow Hope C Archylte Steppe - Central Expanse Archylte Steppe - Northern Highplain Ambling Bellows Super Conductor x4 Thrust Bearing x3
11 - Pride Before a Fall C Archylte Steppe - Northern Highplain Archylte Steppe - Central Expanse Adroa x6 Frost Ring x2 Bomb Shell x3
12 - Geiseric, the Profane C Archylte Steppe - Arid Strath Archylte Steppe - Western Benchland Geiseric Royal Armlet Bomb Core x5 Paling
13 - Eternity Unpromised C Archylte Steppe - Central Expanse Archylte Steppe - Northern Highplain Goblin Chieftain,
Goblin x3
Cobaltite Bomb Shell x4
14 - Defender of the Flock C Archylte Steppe - Western Benchland Archylte Steppe - Font of Namva Sahagin x2,
Ceratosaur x2
Gysahl Reins Bomb Shell x3
15 - Tribal Warfare C Archylte Steppe - Central Expanse Archylte Steppe - Northern Highplain Goblin Chieftain,
Goblin x6
Survivalist Catalog Bomb Shell x4
16 - Surrogate Slayer B Archylte Steppe - Eastern Tors Archylte Steppe - Font of Namva Sahagin x2,
Ceratoraptor x4,
Ceratosaur x4
Rhodochrosite Bomb Shell x4
17 - A Widow's Wrath B Archylte Steppe - Northern Highplain Archylte Steppe - Northern Highplain Pulsework Champion Perfect Conductor x3 Piezoelectric Element x4 Waystone
18 - So Close, Yet So Far C Mah'habara Subterra - Twilit Cavern Mah'habara Subterra - Twilit Cavern Ambling Bellows Sorcerer's Mark Piezoelectric Element x4 Waystone
19 - Triangle of Tragedy C Sulyya Springs - Ceiling of Sky Sulyya Springs - Subterranean Lake Uridimmu x4 Cobaltite Bomb Shell x5 Waystone
20 - Words Unspoken C Taejin's Tower - The Palisades Taejin's Tower - The Palisades Goblin Chieftain,
Goblin x2,
Munchkin Maestro,
Munchkin
Rhodochrosite Bomb Shell x5 Waystone
21 - A Tremulous Terror C Taejin's Tower - Second Tier Taejin's Tower - Second Tier Gelatitan Speed Sash Bomb Shell x4 Menhirrim
22 - Infernal Machine C Taejin's Tower - Second Tier Taejin's Tower - Second Tier Ambling Bellows,
Cryptos x2
Particle Accelerator x3 Electrode x3 Menhirrim
23 - Natural Defenses B Taejin's Tower - Second Tier Taejin's Tower - Second Tier Gurangatch Warrior's Wristband Bomb Shell x4 Menhirrim
24 - A Potent Sting B Taejin's Tower - Fifth Tier Taejin's Tower - Fifth Tier Mushussu,
Yakshini x2
Moonblossom Seed x6 Moonblossom Seed Menhirrim
25 - Spectral Haunt B Taejin's Tower - Sixth Tier Taejin's Tower - Fifth Tier Vetala Cobaltite Bomb Core x6 Menhirrim
26 - So Shrill, the Cry B Taejin's Tower - Fifth Tier Taejin's Tower - Sixth Tier Penanggalan,
Chonchon x4
Diamond Bangle Bomb Core x6 Menhirrim
27 - Mithridates, the Lone B Taejin's Tower - The Cloven Spire Taejin's Tower - Ground Tier Mithridates Blaze Ring Bomb Core x6
28 - Faded Glory C Oerba - Village Proper Oerba - Village Proper Ceratosaur x10 Giant's Glove Bomb Shell x5 Waystone
29 - Faltering Faith B Mah'habara Subterra - Maw of the Abyss Taejin's Tower - The Palisades Juggernaut Uraninite Mobius Coil x3
30 - Syphax, the Insidious B Archylte Steppe - Haerii Oldroad Mah'habara Subterra - Abandoned Dig Syphax,
Numidia x26
Uraninite Bomb Core x6 Paling
31 - Newfound Purpose B Archylte Steppe - Haerii Archaeopolis Archylte Steppe - Haerii Archaeopolis Pulsework Champion,
Seeker x3
Perfect Conductor x3 Crystal Oscillator x2 Waystone
32 - And Then There Was One B Vallis Media - Earthen Bosom Archylte Steppe - Western Benchland Amam Glass Buckle Bomb Shell x5
33 - A Parent's Pledge B Archylte Steppe - Haerii Archaeopolis Archylte Steppe - Eastern Tors Adamanchelid White Cape Bomb Shell x5
34 - Zenobia, The Butcher B Archylte Steppe - Way of the Ancients Archylte Steppe - Haerii Archaeopolis Tonberry Hermes Sandals Bomb Core x7 Paling
35 - The Road Less Traveled C Faultwarrens - Truthseeker's Rise Faultwarrens - Primeval Crossroads Gurangatch Witch's Bracelet Bomb Shell x5
36 - Dark Deliverance C Faultwarrens - Primeval Crossroads Faultwarrens - A Dance of Shadow Amam x2 Uraninite Bomb Shell x6
37 - Dying of the Light C Faultwarrens - Primeval Crossroads Faultwarrens - A Dance of Light Rafflesia x5 Star Pendant Bomb Shell x5
38 - Moonlit Madness B Faultwarrens - A Dance of Shadow Faultwarrens - Via Lunae Verdelet x3,
Adroa
Diamond Bangle Bomb Shell x5
39 - Seeing Stars C Faultwarrens - A Dance of Shadow/A Dance of Light Faultwarrens - Via Stellarum Ochu,
Microchu x2
Siltstone Ring Moonblossom Seed x2
40 - Solar Power B Faultwarrens - A Dance of Light Faultwarrens - Via Solis Verdelet x2 Zealot's Amulet Bomb Shell x5
41 - Gaian Grudge A Faultwarrens - Via Lunae Faultwarrens - Gaian Path Tonberry x3 Doctor's Code Tonberry Figurine
42 - Antihero B Faultwarrens - Via Lunae/Via Stellarum Faultwarrens - Salamandrine Path Borgbear Hero,
Borgbear x4
Witch's Bracelet Bomb Core x7
43 - The Hero Never Dies B Faultwarrens - Via Stellarum/Via Solis Faultwarrens - Sylphid Path Borgbear,
Borgbear Hero,
Goblin,
Goblin Chieftain,
Munchkin,
Munchkin Maestro
Speed Sash Bomb Core x7
44 - The Old Ones go to Rust A Faultwarrens - Via Solis Faultwarrens - Nereid Path Corrosive Custard,
Monstrous Flan,
Hybrid Flora
General's Belt Bomb Core x7
45 - Emergent Evolution A Faultwarrens - Gaian Path Faultwarrens - Titan's Throne Neochu Hunter's Friend Moonblossom Seed x3
46 - On Silent Wings A Faultwarrens - Salamandrine Path Faultwarrens - Titan's Throne Zirnitra Gilgamesh, Inc. Bomb Core x10
47 - Unfocused Rage B Faultwarrens - Salamandrine Path Faultwarrens - Titan's Throne Raktavija Mnar Stone Bomb Core x10
48 - The Abyss Stares Back A Faultwarrens - Sylphid Path Faultwarrens - Titan's Throne Verdelet x4 Twenty-Sided Die Bomb Shell x10
49 - Tyrannicide A Faultwarrens - Sylphid Path Faultwarrens - Titan's Throne Tyrant Particle Accelerator x7 Crystal Oscillator x2
50 - Road to Predation B Faultwarrens - Nereid Path Faultwarrens - Titan's Throne Humbaba Scarletite Bomb Core x7
51 - Attacus, the Soulless A Faultwarrens - Sylphid Path/Gaian Path/Salamandrine Path/Nereid Path Faultwarrens - Titan's Throne Attacus Genji Glove Bomb Core x10
52 - Head in the Clouds A Archylte Steppe - Western Benchland Archylte Steppe - Eastern Tors Zirnitra Gale Ring Bomb Core x7
53 - Freedom from Fear A Mah'habara Subterra - An Asylum from Light Yaschas Massif - The Pass of Paddra Zirnitra,
Alraune x4
Blaze Ring Bomb Core x10
54 - The Bigger They Are... B Archylte Steppe - Northern Highplain Archylte Steppe - Eastern Tors Gigantuar Cactuar Doll Chocobo Plume x2
55 - Can't We All Just Get Along? A Oerba - Deserted Schoolhouse Archylte Steppe - Aggra's Pasture Neochu,
Picochu x5
Growth Egg Moonblossom Seed x2
56 - A Toothy Grin C Archylte Steppe - Eastern Tors Yaschas Massif - The Ascendant Scarp Ugallu,
Munchkin x4
Rhodochrosite Bomb Shell x5
57 - What's Yours is Brine C Archylte Steppe - Eastern Tors Vallis Media - Atzilut's Tears Sahagin x3,
Alraune x2
Uraninite Bomb Shell x5
58 - The Culler of Many B Archylte Steppe - Eastern Tors Mah'habara Subterra - The Earthworks Humbaba, Pulsework Centurion Speed Sash Bomb Shell x5
59 - Two-faced Fiend A Archylte Steppe - Eastern Tors Sulyya Springs - Subterranean Lake Zirnitra,
Ceratoraptor x3
Energy Sash Bomb Core x6
60 - Dégelà Vu A Archylte Steppe - Eastern Tors Taejin's Tower - The Cloven Spire, Apex Gelatitan x3 Mnar Stone Bomb Core x7
61 - I, Juggernaut A Archylte Steppe - Eastern Tors Oerba - Village Proper Juggernaut Royal Armlet Crystal Oscillator x2
62 - Indomitable Will A Archylte Steppe - Eastern Tors Archylte Steppe - Central Expanse Raktavija x2 Genji Glove Bomb Core x10
63 - Crushed by Doubt A Sulyya Springs - Subterranean Lake Archylte Steppe - Eastern Tors Adamantortoise Genji Glove Gold Nugget x1
64 - The Doomherald A Oerba - Rust-eaten Bridge Yaschas Massif - Paddraean Archaeopolis Vercingetorix Gold Watch Bomb Core x10

Mission list[]

01 - Pond Scum[]

Mark: Ectopudding
Locale: Archylte Steppe – Central Expanse
Class: D

The gelatinous rube beside that pond is the very ectopudding I seek! I need only slay it to avoid becoming a Cie'th.

How many years must it have been since I left the village in pursuit of that vile pest? My brand will not wait forever. I must kill it, and quick. And then, when I awaken from my crystal slumber, I can help to repair the ruin it left in its wake...

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02 - Goodwill Hunting[]

Mark: Uridimmu
Locale: Archylte Steppe – Central Expanse
Class: D

Time runs short. Today is the day I put an end to that troublesome uridimmu! The problem, I fear, will be the pack of loyal gorgonopsids. The master alone is a worthy enough foe. Must I face the hounds as well?

Alas...if it must be so, so be it.

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  • Stone location: Archylte Steppe – Central Expanse, near the mark from mission 01
  • Mark location: Approximately south of the Cie'th Stone's location
  • Additional foes: Gorgonopsid x4
  • Initial reward: Cobaltite
  • Repeat reward: Bomb Shell x3


03 - Massif Contamination[]

Mark: Ugallu
Locale: Yaschas Massif - Tsubaddran Highlands
Class: D

I must hurry to the Yaschas Massif. For the ugallu—lord of its peaks—is my prey. Yet those peaks loom distant on the horizon, and already my limbs refuse the urgings of my mind. Please, obey but for a few days more!

Would that I could still the passage of time...

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04 - A Hero's Charge[]

Mark: Adroa
Locale: Yaschas Massif - The Ascendant Scarp
Class: D

You mean to tell me my Focus is to hunt that one-eyed adroa that plagues the Ascendant Scarp? Did I really need to be made a l'Cie to go hunting? Did I not do that every day? Are l'Cie not meant to fight Cocoon? Is that not the reason I left, boasting of the feats of heroism I would accomplish?

...Am I never to return home again?

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05 - Joyless Reunion[]

Mark: Edimmu
Locale: Yaschas Massif - Tsumitran Basin
Class: D

So, I'm told to rid the world of Edimmu. She was prowling the Tsumitran Basin last I heard.

Perhaps it is time to pay her a final visit, and join her as a Cie'th. I could not bear to raise a weapon against my own wife, after all. Not even if her mind is no longer her own.

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06 - No Place Like Home[]

Mark: Munchkin Maestro
Locale: Yaschas Massif - The Pass of Paddra
Class: C

At last, reason to be thankful for the gift of l'Cie power! I am charged with slaying a munchkin maestro—the very creature which brought devastation upon my home I left behind.

When I have put an end to this demon, and saved the village... please, bear my crystal to the forum. There I shall rest, never to leave my beloved home again.

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07 - Bituitus, the Pillager[]

Mark: Bituitus
Locale: Yaschas Massif - Paddraean Archaeopolis
Class: C

The Undying—fearsome Cie'th who defy fal'Cie will, driven by an intense loathing of all that lives. The Pillager, Bituitus, is of their number, and it is my fate to seal his.

Villages that survived the war remain unsafe, for his path of destruction sweeps through them all. Even my own fell before him. The demon is said to make his fastness in the Paddraean archaeopolis, but he will find no sanctuary from me there.

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08 - The Eleventh Hour[]

Mark: Rakshasa
Locale: Vallis Media - Atzilut's Tears
Class: C

A rakshasa lurks along the route to the Yaschas Massif, and I'm supposed to hunt it down? I think I'll pass! If it's crystal or Cie'th, my life is over anyway. I might as well make the most of it! From here on out, I live for me!

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09 - Heave-ho[]

Mark: Kaiser Behemoth
Locale: Archylte Steppe - Central Expanse
Class: C

Even with the power of a l'Cie—a kaiser behemoth? Really? So I have the choice of being gored to death beside that pond, or wandering the wild as an eternally damned Cie'th? Lovely.

All those years of hard work and careful planning of this! I should have lived more for the moment.

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10 - Hollow Hope[]

Mark: Ambling Bellows
Locale: Archylte Steppe - Northern Highplain
Class: C

The war claimed my family.
The war claimed my home.
This focus is my last remaining hope.

I long for the release of crystal sleep. Perhaps when I wake the world will be a better place. I should hurry and destroy the ambling bellows raising havoc on the steppe's northern highplain.

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11 - Pride Before a Fall[]

Mark: Adroa
Locale: Archylte Steppe - Central Expanse
Class: C

My focus this time appears to be dispatching an adroa on the Archylte Steppe. I don't know how many years have passed since the fal'Cie last called upon me, but there seem to be more beasts about.

Not that it matters. Provided I can complete my Focus and retain my master's favor, I will never die. And a little hardship is a small price to pay for an eternity of peaceful dreaming.

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12 - Geiseric, the Profane[]

Mark: Geiseric
Locale: Archylte Steppe - Western Benchland
Class: C

The Undying—fearsome Cie'th who defy fal'Cie will, driven by an intense loathing of all that lives. Geiseric, the Profane, is of their number, and my Focus is his doom. He is said to lead a horde of Cie'th on the steppe's western benchland.

To think you would become such a Cie'th, Geiseric! You, who would not harm a fly. Whatever part of you lingers in that grotesque prison of crystal and flesh must suffer. I will set you free my friend.

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13 - Eternity Unpromised[]

Mark: Goblin Chieftain
Locale: Archylte Steppe - Northern Highplain
Class: C

It is a cruel and contemptible contest the fal'Cie have devised, but one from which I may not yet absent myself. We assembled l'Cie must overcome innumerable obstacles as we compete to slay the goblin chieftain on the northern highplain. The prize? Freedom from bondage as a l'Cie.

I will win, be made human again, and return to propose to my lover, from whose arms the tyrant fal'Cie stole me.

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14 - Defender of the Flock[]

Mark: Sahagin
Locale: Archylte Steppe - Font of Namva
Class: C

A sahagin infestation threatens the steppe chocobos who roost at the Font of Namva—those gentle souls I've known since I was a child!

The great and merciful fal'Cie heard my plea, and granted me the power to save them, I may never again be able to feel the warmth of their golden down, but I can think of no happier way to spend eternity than watching over them from the water's edge.

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15 - Tribal Warfare[]

Mark: Goblin Chieftain
Locale: Archylte Steppe - Northern Highplain
Class: C

There are other l'Cie who share my Focus. The first to complete it is the winner, with freedom from this l'Cie fate as his prize. But for all who have tried, none have yet survived.

...So I guess that will make me the first! No more being a fal'Cie tool for me! Just need to take out that goblin chieftain on the northern highplain, near the range of the behemoth king...

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16 - Surrogate Slayer[]

Mark: Sahagin
Locale: Archylte Steppe - Font of Namva
Class: B

My dear, sweet sister set out with her grandiose dreams of saving the chocobos, but never returned. I have sought her crystal high and low, but it is nowhere to be found. Can it be that she turned into a Cie'th? No, she will return—she must. But until she does, there is no one to defend the flock.

Perhaps if I complete her Focus, the fal'Cie will set her free? I will set out for the Font of Namva at dawn, and put an end to the sahagin's predation!

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17 - A Widow's Wrath[]

Mark: Pulsework Champion
Locale: Archylte Steppe - Northern Highplain
Class: B

A Pulsework champion that had been working the Mah'habara Subterra Subterra has gone haywire, and is now raising chaos on the steppe's northern highplain. It is my Focus to see the automaton deactivated—a duty which I undertake not only at the fal'Cie's behest, but for my husband, whom the accursed machine butchered.

By all that is sacred, I will not rest until I have torn it washer from bolt!

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18 - So Close, Yet So Far[]

Mark: Ambling Bellows
Locale: Mah'habara Subterra - Twilit Cavern
Class: C

Who designed this place? It's a maze of dead ends! How am I supposed to find the ambling bellows? Knowing it's in a twilight cavern doesn't help much when I'm trapped in a maze of the blasted things!

Curse my luck. I'm running out of time. I'd every intention of fulfilling my Focus, and now I'm going to end up a Cie'th!

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19 - Triangle of Tragedy[]

Mark: Uridimmu
Locale: Sulyya Springs - Subterranean Lake
Class: C

Time is of the essence. He must not defeat me in this! I must be the one to slay the uridimmu at Sulyya Springs.

We were always together—he, my princess and I—but it was he who won her love. Were he now to turn to crystal, I fear it would break her heart... and so it must be me! Then my princess can live out her days in happiness, as a princess rightly should.

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20 - Words Unspoken[]

FFXIII Mission 20 - Goblin Chieftain

Goblin Chieftain and his entourage.

Mark: Goblin Chieftain
Locale: Taejin's Tower - The Palisades
Class: C

When father told me he was leaving us, I struck him full in the face. I can still remember the look in his eye to this day... just as I'll never forget the way he picked himself up and left without a word. I found out later that he had turned to crystal. It pain me now to think of how I never made any attempt to understand how he suffered under the burden of his Focus. That is why I must triumph over the goblin chieftain near Taejin's Tower—so that someday I can tell him that I am sorry.

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21 - A Tremulous Terror[]

FFXIII Mission 21 - Gelatitan

Gelatitan.

Mark: Gelatitan
Locale: Taejin's Tower - Second Tier
Class: C

Brave soul, head my plea and we shall bring light to your dark path.

Know that a gelatitan holds my power thrall within this spire. Slay it and I shall once more be free.

If you can but restore the strength of my two brethren and I, here on the second tier, the way will be opened unto you.

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22 - Infernal Machine[]

FFXIII Mission 22 - Ambling Bellows

Ambling Bellows and Cryptoses.

Mark: Ambling Bellows
Locale: Taejin's Tower - Second Tier
Class: C

Puissant soul, head my plea and we shall bring light to your dark path.

Know that an ambling bellows holds my power thrall within this spire. Slay it and I shall once more be free.

If you can but restore the strength of my two brethren and I, here on the second tier, the way will be opened unto you.

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23 - Natural Defenses[]

FFXIII Mission 23 - Gurangatch

Gurangatch.

Mark: Gurangatch
Locale: Taejin's Tower - Second Tier
Class: B

Sage soul, head my plea and we shall bring light to your dark path.

Know that a gurangatch holds my power thrall within this spire. Slay it and I shall once more be free.

If you can but restore the strength of my two brethren and I, here on the second tier, the way will be opened unto you.

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24 - A Potent Sting[]

FFXIII Mission 24 - Mushussu

Mushussu.

Mark: Mushussu
Locale: Taejin's Tower - Fifth Tier
Class: B

Tormented soul, head my plea and we shall bring light to your dark path.

Know that a mushussu holds my power thrall within this spire. Slay it and I shall once more be free.

If you can but restore the strength of my two brethren and I, here on the upper tiers, the way will be opened unto you.

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25 - Spectral Haunt[]

FFXIII Mission 25 - Vetala

Vetala.

Mark: Vetala
Locale: Taejin's Tower - Fifth Tier
Class: B

Enlightened soul, head my plea and we shall bring light to your dark path.

Know that a vetala holds my power thrall within this spire. Slay it and I shall once more be free.

If you can but restore the strength of my two brethren and I, here on the upper tiers, the way will be opened unto you.

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26 - So Shrill, the Cry[]

FFXIII Mission 26 - Penanggalan

Penanggalan.

Mark: Penanggalan
Locale: Taejin's Tower - Sixth Tier
Class: B

Defiant soul, head my plea and we shall bring light to your dark path.

Know that a penangglan holds my power thrall within this spire. Slay it and I shall once more be free.

If you can but restore the strength of my two brethren and I, here on the upper tiers, the way will be opened unto you.

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27 - Mithridates, the Lone[]

Mark: Mithridates
Locale: Taejin's Tower - Ground Tier
Class: B

The Undying—fearsome Cie'th who defy fal'Cie will, driven by an intense loathing of all that lives. Mithridates, the lone, is of their number, and his undoing is my burden.

It is said in life he once loved music. I can but hope the notes sounded by the elevator in Taejin's Tower descending from the apex might lure him out, and allow me to restore a touch of harmony to the discord of the tower's tainted song.

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28 - Faded Glory[]

FFXIII Mission 28 - Ceratosaur

Ceratosaurs.

Mark: Ceratosaur
Locale: Oerba - Village Proper
Class: C

This timeworn ghost town is Oerba? I hardly recognize the place! Could the ceratosaurs I've been sent to destroy have done this? And even if they did, what purpose would it serve to eradicate them now? Are the fal'Cie planning to raise a new village in this white wasteland?

Well, whatever they intend, I suppose I'd better get to the harbor where the creatures nest...

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29 - Faltering Faith[]

Mark: Juggernaut
Locale: Taejin's Tower - The Palisades
Class: B

The cloven spire of Taejin's Tower forms the bridge between the Archylte Steppe and the outlying lands. Yet a rampaging juggernaut now bars all passage, and I have been charged with its disposal.

Why do the fal'Cie value that place so? Why do they protect it, and yet stand idly by when our village is threatened? I sense the place must guard some secret of theirs...

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30 - Syphax, the Insidious[]

Mark: Syphax
Locale: Mah'habara Subterra - Abandoned Dig
Class: B

The Undying—fearsome Cie'th who defy Fal'Cie will, driven by an intense loathing of all that lives. Syphax, the Insidious, is of their number—a number of which I am tasked with bringing low.

My mark dwells in the abandoned dig Cie'th lair deep withing the bowels of Mah'habara Subterra. He's a treacherous foe, to be sure, but one I must overcome if I am to see my crystallized beloved again.

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31 - Newfound Purpose[]

Mark: Pulsework Champion
Locale: Archylte Steppe - Haerii Archaeopolis
Class: B

It doesn't much matter if it's destroying a Pulsework champion in the Haerii archaeopolis or picking flowers in the yard—if it's my Focus, I'm going to do it. Life was boring before, with nothing to live for. But now I'm a l'Cie, I have a Focus—and life is beautiful, the clouds have parted, and...and there are rainbows! Cie'th or crystal, it's all the same to me—so long as I can put myself to the test, challenge my own limits, and win!

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32 - And Then There Was One[]

Mark: Amam
Locale: Archylte Steppe - Western Benchland
Class: B

Fate is not without a sense of irony, it seems. I am commanded to hunt the amam that stalks a pond in the steppe's western benchland—just as the rest of my family were once charged, to their doom. They are Cie'th now, and I alone am left to put an end to the abomination's bloody reign.

I am coming for you creature.
I will have my revenge.

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33 - A Parent's Pledge[]

Mark: Adamanchelid
Locale: Archylte Steppe - Eastern Tors
Class: B

I have been charged with putting down a stray adamanchelid that wanders the steppe's eastern tors, no doubt seeking its lost parents.

What kind of monster could preform such a deed? Not a day goes by I don't recall the pain of losing a child to a rampaging beast. Would I now subject other parents to that fate? No, I forsake my Focus. The cycle of suffering ends here.

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34 - Zenobia, The Butcher[]

Mark: Tonberry
Locale: Archylte Steppe - Haerii Archaeopolis
Class: B

The Undying—fearsome Cie'th who defy fal'Cie will, driven by an intense loathing of all that lives. Zenobia, The Butcher, is of their number, and I, of her line. But I go now to stay her blade, as my father and his father before him once attempted.

The Butcher's den is in the old Haerii archaeopolis, at the northern edge of the steppe. There, at the scene of her foulest atrocities, I will expunge her taint, and restore my family's honor.

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  • Stone location: Archylte Steppe - Way of the Ancients
  • Mark location: Archylte Steppe - Haerii Archaeopolis
  • Initial reward: Hermes Sandals
  • Repeat reward: Bomb Core x7
  • Rank earned: Curse Lifter
  • Paling
  • Zenobia is defeated by a Tonberry, therefore the actual mark fought is the Tonberry.


35 - The Road Less Traveled[]

(Titan's Trial A1)[]

Mark: Gurangatch
Locale: Faultwarrens - Truthseeker's Rise
Class: C

The path of the soul is an eternal one—ever changing, ever seeking its own source.

A gurangatch is the gateway to this path. Pass through it, and into the circle's unending flow.

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36 - Dark Deliverance[]

(Titan's Trial B1)[]

Mark: Amam
Locale: Faultwarrens - A Dance of Shadow
Class: C

Souls are wrought of shadow or of light; harmony, of a balance between the two.

Rejoin the harmonious circle. Feed the sharpened fangs of the amam, here at the source of shadow's flow.

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37 - Dying of the Light[]

(Titan's Trial B2)[]

Mark: Rafflesia
Locale: Faultwarrens - A Dance of Light
Class: C

Souls are wrought of shadow or of light; harmony, of a balance between the two.

Rejoin the harmonious circle. Feed the insatiable appetite of the Rafflesia, here at the source of light's flow.

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38 - Moonlit Madness[]

(Titan's Trial C1)[]

Mark: Verdelet
Locale: Faultwarrens - Via Lunae
Class: B

The moon's serene caress reveals a truth that no unknowing eye might see.

The illusions we name boundaries are but challenges to overcome. Overcome the challenge of the verdelet, and a greater truth shall be divulged.

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39 - Seeing Stars[]

(Titan's Trial C2)[]

Mark: Ochu
Locale: Faultwarrens - Via Stellarum
Class: C

Scattered starlight reveals a ghostly truth that no unknowing eye might see.

The illusions we name boundaries are but challenges to overcome. Overcome the challenge of the ochu, and a lasting truth shall be divulged.

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40 - Solar Power[]

(Titan's Trial C3)[]

Mark: Verdelet
Locale: Faultwarrens - Via Solis
Class: B

Effulgence like to sunlight reveals a truth that no unknowing eye might see.

The illusions we name boundaries are but challenges to overcome. Overcome the challenge of the verdelet, and an undeniable truth shall be divulged.

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41 - Gaian Grudge[]

(Titan's Trial D1)[]

Mark: Tonberry
Locale: Faultwarrens - Gaian Path
Class: A

Divine bounty fills the earth with life, giving birth to all creation.

A tonberry stands upon the living earth, consuming stagnation within the flow, ready to decide your fate.

Face its judgment.

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42 - Antihero[]

(Titan's Trial D2)[]

Mark: Borgbear Hero
Locale: Faultwarrens - Salamandrine Path
Class: B

Divine will fuel passion's fire, igniting the spark of life in all creation.

A Borgbear hero stands in burning ire, scorching stagnation within the flow, ready to decide your fate.

Face its judgment.

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43 - The Hero Never Dies[]

(Titan's Trial D3)[]

Mark: Borgbear Hero
Locale: Faultwarrens - Sylphid Path
Class: B

Divine breath drives the winds of chaos, molding the form of all creation.

A borgbear hero stands amidst the chaos, blowing stagnation from the flow, ready to decide your fate.

Face its judgment.

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44 - The Old Ones go to Rust[]

(Titan's Trial D4)[]

Mark: Corrosive Custard
Locale: Faultwarrens - Nereid Path
Class: A

Divine love flows within the waters, purifying all creation.

A corrosive custard stands amidst the chaos, cleansing stagnation within the flow, ready to decide your fate.

Face its judgment.

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45 - Emergent Evolution[]

(Titan's Trial E1)[]

Mark: Neochu
Locale: Faultwarrens - Titan's Throne
Class: A

The soul is vessel to the Divine. Divine will fills it, and through it is truth expressed.

Entreat with the neochu, who sings of earthen bounty, and becomes one with life's circle here again.

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46 - On Silent Wings[]

(Titan's Trial E2)[]

Mark: Zirnitra
Locale: Faultwarrens - Titan's Throne
Class: A

The soul's journey has no end. The truth it seeks lies hidden deep within.

Entreat with the zirnitra, who scours the skies in search of answers, and become one with life's circle here again.

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47 - Unfocused Rage[]

(Titan's Trial E3)[]

Mark: Raktavija
Locale: Faultwarrens - Titan's Throne
Class: B

The soul is without boundary. It exists in all places, at all times.

Entreat with the raktavija, who obscures the guarded truth, and become one with life's circle here again.

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48 - The Abyss Stares Back[]

(Titan's Trial E4)[]

Mark: Verdelet
Locale: Faultwarrens - Titan's Throne
Class: A

The soul is eternal. Never dying, never fading, it evolves in perpetuity.

Entreat with the verdelet, whose fixed gaze marks relentless change, and become one with life's circle here again.

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49 - Tyrannicide[]

(Titan's Trial E5)[]

Mark: Tyrant
Locale: Faultwarrens - Titan's Throne
Class: A

The soul's transitions are the impulses of the Divine. All life is sifted, sorted, blended, and made one once more.

Entreat with the tyrant, whose blade divides righteous from profane, and become one with life's circle here again.

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50 - Road to Predation[]

(Titan's Trial E6)[]

Mark: Humbaba
Locale: Faultwarrens - Titan's Throne
Class: B

The soul is one in number—both all and nothing.

Entreat with the humbaba, who defends the balance, and become one with life's circle here again.

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51 - Attacus, the Soulless[]

Mark: Attacus
Locale: Faultwarrens - Titan's Throne
Class: A

The soul defines existence. Its expression is found in feeling, choice, and action.

Entreat with the Undying Attacus, whose blade is hate made manifest, and become one with life's circle again.

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52 - Head in the Clouds[]

Mark: Zirnitra
Locale: Archylte Steppe - Eastern Tors
Class: A

Why do men dream of flying? And why must we be without wings? True, a nest of vipers hangs in our sky. Yet were the sky the province of all things harmful to life, still would I gladly soar amongst the clouds. What cruel irony then that I should be charged with smiting a winged zirnitra...

Regardless, I had best head to the eastern tors. Then again, crystals cannot fly, and some Cie'th can...

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53 - Freedom from Fear[]

Mark: Zirnitra
Locale: Yaschas Massif - The Pass of Paddra
Class: A

Curse my luck! I've lost it again. Last I saw, it was heading in the direction of... where? The southern part of the Yaschas Massif, perhaps? Damn that zirnitra and its wanderlust! It's caused me so much trouble, I think I'd kill it even if that weren't my Focus!

...And be a crystal when I do. I think I'd better concentrate on the present, and forget about what's to come. This is going to be a long walk.

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54 - The Bigger They Are...[]

Mark: Gigantuar
Locale: Archylte Steppe - Eastern Tors
Class: B

We five l'Cie are the Shepherds who see the caravan safe from harm. Though we act as one, it falls to me to fulfill our Focus, for I am the leader, and what manner of leader would shirk his most onerous of duties? I could not abide such shame. The eastern tors are the dominion of our mark—a fell gigantuar. It is said to frequent a rise within the oretoise territory. For honor, the fal'Cie, and my brothers, I will slay the spiny scourge, and carve my own legend in its ruined husk.

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55 - Can't We All Just Get Along?[]

Mark: Neochu
Locale: Archylte Steppe - Aggra's Pasture
Class: A

A new variety of ochu, dubbed the neochu, has sprung up in Aggra's Pasture. The pest has been driving the garden—variety ochu out of its limited habitat and straight into the jaws of extinction. Needless to say, my Focus appears to be elimination of the neochu before it can succeed.

Why do the fal'Cie seek to solve every problem by having it killed? Can't they craft a world where we can all just get along?

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56 - A Toothy Grin[]

Mark: Ugallu
Locale: Yaschas Massif - The Ascendant Scarp
Class: C

Expression of the soul creates ripples that travel far and wide. Those ripples quicken life throughout creation.

Entreat with the ugallu, whose heavy footfalls send forth mighty waves, and become one with life's circle here again.

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57 - What's Yours is Brine[]

Mark: Sahagin
Locale: Vallis Media - Atzilut's Tears
Class: C

The soul seeks opposite extremes, and rends its fiber in so doing—at once craving autonomy and yearning to be part of a greater whole.

Entreat with the sahagin, who eases suffering souls, and become one with life's circle here again.

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58 - The Culler of Many[]

Mark: Humbaba
Locale: Mah'habara Subterra - The Earthworks
Class: B

The soul must maintain balance. To be apart from the whole is to foment discord

Entreat with the humbaba, who culls the wayward, and become one with life's circle here again.

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59 - Two-faced Fiend[]

Mark: Zirnitra
Locale: Sulyya Springs - Subterranean Lake
Class: A

The soul thirsts for knowledge of the truth it hides within. Yet this truth can only be perceived in the solitude of conflict and discord.

Entreat with the zirnitra, whose moths pierce solitude with wrathful cries, and become one with life's circle here again.

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60 - Dégelà Vu[]

Mark: Gelatitan
Locale: Taejin's Tower - The Cloven Spire, Apex
Class: A

The path to enlightenment weaves throughout the valleys of the soul's nexus. At its end, as at its beginning, lies primal knowledge.

Entreat with the gelatitan, that monument to primal form, and become one with life's circle here again.

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61 - I, Juggernaut[]

Mark: Juggernaut
Locale: Oerba - Village Proper
Class: A

Part the veil of emotion and intellect. Discern the true nature of that to which the soul gives rise.

Entreat with the juggernaut, for whom all obstacles must part, and become one with life's circle here again.

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62 - Indomitable Will[]

Mark: Raktavija
Locale: Archylte Steppe - Central Expanse
Class: A

The soul is as the soul is meant to be. Resist not the flow of its will, and all shall be as ordained.

Entreat with the raktavija, of will unwavering, and become one with life's circle here again.

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63 - Crushed by Doubt[]

Mark: Adamantortoise
Locale: Archylte Steppe - Eastern Tors
Class: A

I've been given the Focus of eliminating a stampeding adamantortoise in the eastern tors of the Archylte Steppe. It seems someone enraged the beast by attacking its young, and the fal'Cie wish it dead.

I understand the danger it poses, but is violence the only solution? I would be enraged if someone attacked my child! It just seems so wrong...

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64 - The Doomherald[]

Mark: Vercingetorix
Locale: Yaschas Massif - Paddraean Archaeopolis
Class: A

Vercingetorix, bane lord of the Undying, lives on. But how? I smote the fiend's ruin so long ago it seems an eternity. Yet it was my Focus then, as it is now, and at his end I turned to crystal. Did some unearthly power quicken his lifeless corpse again, even as I dreamt?

No matter. I know where he lurks: in the Paddraean archaeopolis, whose doom he did herald. There do I go, to bury the beast as many times as I must.

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  • "5-Star All Missions" Rank: Great Redeemer

Behind the scenes[]

The trophies/achievements Kelger's Cup, Xezat's Chalice, Dorgann's Trophy, and Galuf's Grail are named after the Warriors of Dawn from Final Fantasy V.

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